question: karachi stocks rose thursday amid optimism that the scheduled visit of pakistani foreign minister sartaj aziz to india will help ease the existing tension in kashmir .

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summary: karachi stocks close higher

question: a chinese woman has been sentenced in los angeles to a year in federal prison for trying to export military equipment to china .

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summary: chinese woman sentenced in us arms case

question: a u.s. military contractor was killed monday and three others injured in an accident that may have involved unexploded ordinance at the largest american military base in kuwait , the u.s. military said .

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summary: u.s. military contractor in kuwait killed in accident that may have involved unexploded ordinance

question: in stifling heat and humidity tens of thousands of protesters swarmed through the streets of hong kong thursday to send a defiant call for democracy to communist rulers in china .

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summary:
in stifling heat thousands send a message of defiance from hong kong