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3 day int’l gems, jewellery exhibition starts from today

AsianetApril 12, 2013 11:04

Three-day international gems and jewellery exhibition will start here on Friday. More than seventy local companies besides foreign companies will participate. President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Zubair Ahmed Malik will inaugurate this very important event, at a local hotel. Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Merchants’ Association (PGJMA), Kashif-ur-Rehman informed APP. The exhibition has been jointly organised by Jewel Time Magazine and PGJMA in collaboration with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP). The Nation

Taiwan police arrest tomb raider: report

Agence France-PresseFebruary 23, 2013 05:15

Police in Taiwan have arrested a suspected grave robber thought to have stolen gold jewellery worth more than half a million dollars from hundreds of tombs across the island, a report said Saturday. The man, identified only by his surname Cheng, was arrested in western Yunlin county on Friday after his car was caught on a surveillance camera at a cemetery raided last month, said the Central News Agency.

The new U.S. philanthropic chic: bullets to bling

Thomson ReutersJanuary 18, 2013 19:15

By Mary Barr Mann MAPLEWOOD, N.J., Jan 18 (Reuters) - The age-old call to beat swords into ploughshares is being answered in Newark, New Jersey by turning bullets into bling. Guns and shell casings seized by the Newark Police are being melted down and made into bracelets by a jewelry company. A portion of proceeds from each sale goes to fund gun buy-back amnesty programs in New Jersey's largest city.