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40°C |
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30°C |
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05 : 30 AM |
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Sunset |
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06 : 30 PM |
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03:58 am |
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Dhuhr |
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12:09 pm |
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Asar |
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03:30 pm |
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Magrib |
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06:50 pm |
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08:09 pm |
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17.37 |
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22ct / gm |
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17.00 |
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Forex Rates vs R01
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2.60 |
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2.01 |
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Pound |
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1.72 |
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Indian Rs. |
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144.42 |
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Pak Rs. |
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255.85 |
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Bangla Taka |
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201.35 |
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Angela Merkel
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Berlin: In an extremely tight German state election that seemed to produce few clear cut winners, there was no question who the biggest loser was — Angela Merkel. Her Christian Democrats (CDU), led by local star David McAllister, had convinced themselves over the past week that they were on the verge of a come-from-behind victory to keep control of Lower Saxony, a vast agricultural and industrial region. But on Sunday, they came up short, losing the state to the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens, who together won one more seat in the state assembly than the centre-right.
Initiate laws
The result gives the centre-left a majority in the Bundesrat upper house of parliament, meaning the opposition can block major legislation from Merkel's government and initiate laws themselves. It is a bitter defeat for the 58-year-old chancellor, even if she remains popular and a strong favourite to win a third term in a federal election eight months from now.
"I'm not going to pretend. After all the feelings generated by this election, defeat hurts even more," Angela told a news conference in Berlin, standing alongside a gloomy-looking McAllister. "We are all sad today. Sad that it didn't work out." The centre-left will keep control of the upper house after the national election in September, even if Merkel's centre-right coalition with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) manages to hold
onto power.
In the run-up to the vote, Angela's room for manoeuvre will be limited, and the notoriously risk-averse German leader may take a more cautious stance on a range of policy issues, including the euro zone debt crisis.
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