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Punch

A 7.6 earthquake hit the Pakistan-India border region on the 8th of October, 2005. Recent news articles mentioning Punch .

Proudly hosted by IGN FAQs Nov 28, 2005
IGN, ...mirror coat killing those blasted electric types and the ocasional grass type (sceptile).There's also ice beam,earthquake,brick break,focus punch,and iron tail ...

On a wing and a prayer Dec 2, 2005
Merrimack River Current, But bird flu has a potential punch that could be far more destructive than any tsunami, hurricane or earthquake. So far, Southeast Asia has been hardest hit. ...

Defeated Oona steers clear of rematch with Galloway Nov 30, 2005
Independent, Oona King, at the general election was the most ferocious political punch-up in ... great cameos," she said at the launch of the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal concert ...

Bill Graham Presents Nov 29, 2005
East Bay Express, December 4, 1983 BGP opens Punch Line Comedy Club of San Francisco. ... November 26, 1989 A month after the 7.0 earthquake wracks the San Francisco Bay Area, BGP ...

The day the sea came Nov 25, 2005
International Herald Tribune, But then, shortly before he could begin, another earthquake rattled the city, and the ... to his account, using the phrase "be patient" as a recurrent punch line. ...

Scott Ostler Nov 27, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle, And after the 49ers' gut-punch 33-22 loss to the non-titanic Titans Sunday, the ... a decade, or a bauble of a stadium that might fall down in the next earthquake? ...

Widow Speak Nov 30, 2005
Miami New Times, ...and on television from Beijing to Buenos Aires and caused a media earthquake that even shook ... and despite a hot temper that once caused him to punch a lobbyist ...

Off-limits no no-no to vet comic Comedy / Music Nov 27, 2005
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, ...material: “I was at a red light and I thought there was an earthquake and my ... twists her elastic mouth sideways, the way she sometimes does for a punch line. ...

Kashmiris have high hopes, despite delay in border crossings Nov 6, 2005
CBC News, ...rushing Punch River. Titrinote, a rural community still interspersed by bunkers and blast barriers, was largely spared destruction from the Oct. 8 earthquake ...

Big One's first jolts may be lifesavers Researchers say fast ... Nov 9, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle, ...based formula that analyzes the first pulse of high-speed seismic waves -- those that jolt the ground like a sharp punch when an earthquake starts -- and ...

India, Pakistan Exchange Aid at Border Nov 7, 2005
ABC News ...meeting point in Punch river, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 7, 2005. Pakistan and India prepared to exchange food, tents and blankets for earthquake victims Monday at ...

Pakistan, India Exchange Aid at Border Nov 6, 2005
Guardian Unlimited, INDIA-PAKISTAN LINE OF CONTROL (AP) - India handed tents for earthquake victims to ... Ghose across a white line painted at the Rawalakot-Punch border crossing set ...

Pakistan, India exchange aid across disputed frontier Nov 7, 2005
Globe and Mail, India-Pakistan Line of Control — India handed tents for earthquake victims to ... Santnu Ghose across a white line painted at the Rawalakot-Punch border crossing ...

Police Keep Kashmiris From Crossing Border Nov 7, 2005
ABC News ...meeting point in Punch river, Pakistan, while others stand watch in the background, Monday, Nov. 7, 2005. India handed tents for earthquake victims to Pakistan ...

Rioters try to cash in on Kashmir aid exchange Nov 7, 2005
Guardian Unlimited, ...to exchange aid for victims of the devastating South Asian earthquake. Hundreds of villagers on the Pakistani side of the Rawalakot-Punch crossing broke into a ...

India delays border openings for quake victims Nov 5, 2005
ABC Online, ...on Saturday evening that only the camp in Kashmir's Punch district will open as ... and reunite families of divided Kashmir devastated in the October 8 earthquake. ...

Kashmir civilian exchange is delayed Nov 7, 2005
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), ...border today and opened a crossing to exchange aid for earthquake victims, a ... Santnu Ghose at the Rawalakot-Punch border crossing and declared it open for aid ...

India and Pakistan open Kashmir border Nov 7, 2005
International Herald Tribune, ...long-lost relatives and to see whether family members had survived the earthquake. ... of villagers from the Pakistani side of the Rawalakot-Punch crossing started ...

Aid exchanged across disputed Kashmir frontier Nov 7, 2005
Ireland Online, India handed tents for earthquake victims to Pakistan today at a much-heralded ... Santnu Ghose across a white line painted at the Rawalakot-Punch border crossing ...

Kashmir crossing opens for aid exchange Nov 7, 2005
Aljazeera.net, ...earthquake. Pakistani Brigadier Tahir Naqvi shook hands with Indian Colonel Santanu Ghose across a white line painted at the crossing set up near the Punch ...

God's Punishment? Nov 14, 2005
alt.muslim With the one-two-three-four punch of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, and the devastating South Asian earthquake - not long after the horrific December 2004 ...

India, Pakistan Exchange Aid at Border Nov 7, 2005
Guardian Unlimited, 8 earthquake. Pakistan Brig. Tahir Naqvi shook hands with Indian Col. Santnu Ghose across a white line painted at the crossing set up near the Punch River, and ...

Pakistan, India exchange aid at border Nov 6, 2005
Miami Herald, ...border Monday and opened a crossing to exchange aid for earthquake victims - a ... Santnu Ghose at the Rawalakot-Punch border crossing and declared it open for aid ...

Aftershock Sets Off Pakistan Landslide Nov 6, 2005
Guardian Unlimited, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Earthquake victims won't initially be allowed to cross ... and only relief supplies would be delivered across the Punch-Rawalkot crossing ...

Kashmir border opens for quake aid Nov 6, 2005
Scotsman, October 8 earthquake. Pakistan Brig Tahir Naqvi shook hands with Indian Col Santnu Ghose across a white line painted at the Rawalakot-Punch border crossing set ...

Food bank donations down sharply Nov 20, 2005
MSNBC ...are down in large measure because of the one-two-three punch of serial ... was only compounded by the staggering need in Pakistan after an earthquake killed 70,000 ...

LoC opens for quake relief today Nov 6, 2005
Ispoline, ..."Relief material for earthquake victims will ... be allowed to cross on Monday, and that only relief supplies would be delivered across the Punch-Rawlakot crossing ...

Avian flu prospects don't rattle many Nov 21, 2005
MSNBC ...its own reserves that it can tap in the event of a flu pandemic or a natural disaster, such as an earthquake. ... The avian flu packs a potentially potent punch. ...

Pakistan, India Exchange Aid at Border Nov 6, 2005
CRI, ...the border at Tritinote meeting point in Punch river, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 7, 2005. AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim). India handed tents for earthquake victims to ...

Tear gas fired at Kashmir border Nov 7, 2005
Scotsman, South Asian rivals to exchange aid for victims of last month's earthquake. Hundreds of villagers on the Pakistani side of the Rawalakot-Punch crossing broke ...

Red Tape, Security Delay Kashmir Opening Nov 6, 2005
Guardian Unlimited, Pakistan and India had agreed to cooperate to allow earthquake victims to ... and that only relief supplies would be delivered across the Punch-Rawalakot crossing. ...

Severe Aftershock Hits Pakistan Quake Zone Nov 6, 2005
FOX News Earthquake victims won't initially be allowed to cross the heavily militarized ... and only relief supplies would be delivered across the Punch-Rawalkot crossing. ...

Pakistan, India open second crossing point Nov 9, 2005
Islamic Republic News Agency, The 7.6-magnitude earthquake that badly hit parts in Pakistan- administered Kashmir ... The two countries opened the Rawalakot-Punch crossing on Monday, and the ...

Proudly hosted by IGN FAQs Nov 9, 2005
IGN, 1. When he attempts to slam down on top of you creating an earthquake, don't ... First you just let Darkside punch to the ground, then hit his head or his punching ...

Red tape delays Kashmir crossings Nov 6, 2005
London Free Press, ...rivals Pakistan and India agreed to co-operate to allow earthquake victims to ... and only relief supplies would be delivered across the Punch-Rawalakot crossing.

Aftershock Sets Off Pakistan Landslide Nov 6, 2005
ABC News ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Nov 6, 2005 — Earthquake victims won't initially be allowed ... and only relief supplies would be delivered across the Punch-Rawalkot crossing ...

Glitches Delay Kashmir Border Crossing Nov 6, 2005
ABC News 8 massive earthquake in capital of Pakistani Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, to show her a ... and only relief supplies would be delivered across the Punch-Rawalkot crossing ...

Frontier opening marred by unrest Nov 7, 2005
Scotsman, ...of several hundred gathered on the Pakistan side of the Punch Valley, frustrated ... of the estimated 80,000 people killed in the October 8 earthquake lived in ...

Police Keep Kashmiris From Crossing Border Nov 7, 2005
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), ...of villagers on the Pakistani side of the Rawalakot-Punch crossing broke ... of their frontier, following the region's devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake a month ...

Kashmiris protest as LoC ‘opens’ Nov 7, 2005
Daily Times, ...the Line of Control to exchange aid for victims of the October 8 earthquake. Hundreds of villagers on the Pakistani side of the Rawalakot-Punch crossing broke ...

Tear gas fired at border Nov 8, 2005
Indianapolis Star, ...frontier ceremony by the South Asian nuclear rivals to exchange earthquake aid. ... Several hundred protesters gathered on Pakistan's side of the Punch Valley in ...

UN: 100,000 Quake Survivors Get No Aid Nov 7, 2005
ABC News ...load tent materials into trucks, at the Line of Control, at Punch, India, Monday ... 8 earthquake still have not received any form of aid, and a leading British ...

Tatafu starts his run for 2007 Nov 10, 2005
Australian, ...this was a shake-up equivalent to the San Francisco earthquake, yet it ... smaller player base at his disposal, insists Australia can continue to punch way above ...

Landslides, land mines limit plan to open Kashmir border for quake ... Nov 5, 2005
Hindu, Landslides and land mines are limiting a plan to let earthquake relief supplies and ... three points _ at Nauseri-Teethwal, Chakothi-Uri and Rawalakot-Punch _ will ...

Galaxy takes MLS Cup in OT Nov 14, 2005
Contra Costa Times, Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis ran out to punch it away, only to send it ... impressed and extremely happy for him," said Donovan, the former Earthquake who won ...

Bay Area Smackdown Nov 17, 2005
Harrisonburg Daily News Record, ...city, but Mr. O’Reilly is the master of the one-two punch and the ... If another earthquake — such as the major one in 1906 — occurs, the city would be ...

MUSIC REVIEW OF MR PRIME MINISTER Nov 8, 2005
Smash Hits, An earthquake of story that'll shake you?. Evergreen superstar of Bollywood Dev Anand punches hard with this punch line with his forthcoming 'Mr Prime Minister ...

Politicians of both parties put nation’s real business on hold ... Nov 6, 2005
Asheville Citizen-Times, But inside the Beltway a gleeful feeding frenzy has erased the earthquake tragedy in Pakistan from ... It is a free sucker punch, and you are never held accountable ...

Smaller, More Powerful Nov 12, 2005
Indian Express, ...com) belong to a new breed of convertible ultraportables that pack the punch of a ... Faint signals during the first moments of a large earthquake can be used to ...

The media and access to information Nov 18, 2005
The Tide, An earthquake occurs in India, a plane crashes in America, a house collapses in ... 2 . Mr. Innocent Adikwu, Editor of Sunday Punch, published a story on April 15 ...

THE VELOCITY REPORT Nov 6, 2005
Pro Wrestling Insider, If I get this, I will surely love to re-visit my childhood nightmares of watching Earthquake crush Damien. ... He holds him open for a punch from Regal. ...

Quake victims repelled from border Nov 7, 2005
St. Petersburg Times, 8 earthquake. ... Several hundred protesters gathered on the Pakistan side of the Punch Valley in disputed Kashmir, frustrated by a delay in plans to let civilians ...


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The mission of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society as the leading non-governmental humanitarian organization, is to ameliorate the suffering of the most vulnerable people in distress without discrimination of nationality, race, religious belief, class, or political opinion.

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Islamic Relief (IR) is an international relief and development charity, which aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s poorest people. It is an independent Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded in the UK in 1984 by Dr Hany El Banna.

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