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JapanHerald.com Tuesday 9th February 2010 Issue 2119
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"It is unfair you enjoy a safe life while our brothers in Gaza suffer greatly. Our attacks will continue as long as you support Israel. "
Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda leader was addressing U.S. President Barack Obama in a recently-released videotape.

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Costa Rica elects first woman president
Yanukovych wins Ukraine presidential vote
Multi-nation exercise Milan concludes successfully in Andaman
Sikh kids should be allowed to wear kirpans, karas in public: Brit Asian judge
Iran to build 10 nuke enrichment sites within one year

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Rajasthan Royals form global alliance
Australia announce squad for hockey World Cup
China gives parents power to pull the plug on kids' web games
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Man dies after stowing away on jetMan dies after stowing away on jet
The body of a man has been found slumped in the landing gear of a plane at Japan's Narita...

PAC to discuss multibillion scandal regarding embassy building
Islamabad, Feb. 8 : Pakistan's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to discuss the mega scandal regarding the sale of Pakistan Embassy's building in Tokyo at a throwaway price in...
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Islamabad, Feb. 8 : Pakistan's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to discuss the mega scandal regarding the sale of Pakistan Embassy's building in Tokyo at a throwaway price in 2007.

After surfacing of the scandal last month, the PAC directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present a detailed report on it before the Committee, The Nation reports.

According to reports, Pakistan's Embassy's building in Tokyo, built on a plot measuring 2249.10 square metres, had been sold for 6.3 billion yens while the actual value of the land at time of the sale in 2007 was stated to be around 12 billion yens.

A petition has also been filed in the Rawalpindi-based bench of the Lahore High Court against the sale.

"I have filed a petition against sale of the said building in the Rawalpindi-based bench of the Lahore High Court, " said Supreme Court's lawyer, Muhammad Sadiq Mughal.

Sadiq Mughal said that his petition is still pending in the court.

"I also had been approached by Pakistani community in Japan to raise the issue," he said adding that he had approached the court of the law in 2007 when the building was being sold at a throwaway price.

MNA Riaz Fatyana, a member of the Committee, said the Parliament could discuss matters which were pending in the court.


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