Tuesday October 21, 2008 / Shawwal 21, 1429 AH
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'''   Minister of Manpower takes oath   '''   SAI chief meets senior audit official   '''   NHI, Safeer Hotels lay stress on job avenues for Omanis   '''   Four firms bid for Duqm and Ghubrah IWPP advisory services contract   '''   Top management team from MAN arrives   '''   Egypt to host Palestinian unity talks on Nov 9   '''   Al Nahda’s coach Radenovic confident but cautious   '''   Attacking players talk of the Champions League   '''

 

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His Majesty receives Negroponte

MANAH — His Majesty Sultan Qaboos gave an audience at Hisn al Shumookh here yesterday to John D Negroponte, US Deputy Secretary of State. They discussed bilateral relations and ways of enhancing co-operation between the Sultanate and US, besides issues of common concern. The audience was attended by Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, and Gary Grappo, US Ambassador to the Sultanate.     — ONA


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Picture of the day

A Kashmiri labourer packs apples into a box before loading it onto a lorry
bound for Pakistan-administered Kashmir, at a fruit market in Srinagar yesterday. India and Pakistan will open a historic trade link across divided Kashmir for the 1st time in 6 decades on Tuesday, a step aimed at reducing tensions between the two nuclear powers. . — Reuters
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