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NAIROBI:Some corals have lived for centuries at the fringes of Mauritius. Now smothered for days in heavy fuel oil spilled from a wrecked Japanese tanker nearby, parts of those reefs may be in trouble.The full impact of the toxic spill is still unfolding, scientists say. As the Indian Ocean island rsquo s residents scramble to mop up
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nike af y-dallying, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday announced the next general elections i
air jordan 1low n the last week of January ndash almost three months after the constitutional time-frame ndash but the commission again stopped short of giving a firm date.Still the announcement offers the much-needed hope to a nation that has been grappling with the consequences of pol
adidas gazelle hellblau itical uncertainty since the last one-and-a-half-year.The elections were due to be held in November, but were delayed due to fresh demarcation of constituencies under a new census. The ECP did not give a definite date for the voting which is considered crucial to salvage a falling economy.Since the dissolution of the assemblies last month, two main political parties ndash the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ndash have consistently been impressing upon the ECP to announce a date for the general elections.The ECP, in a statement, said that it revi
