Moreover, if the merger does fail, one has to wonder what will become of Sadia.

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Both Shagufta and Sadia would like to use the UK courts to get access to their children.

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"It's a good thing, " said Sadia White, chief academic officer at Newark schools.

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There is limited help on hand for women like Shagufta and Sadia.

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The economy grew at 0.9% last year, yet inflation rose over 6% (suggesting demand for everything from private schools to gasoline to Sadia chicken remained high).

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In fact, earlier this week, Brasil Foods, owners of the Sadia and Perdigao brands, said they would be hiking prices by 5 percent to 10 percent starting immediately.

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Sadia, for example, is a Brazilian frozen-foods company that has become a household name in the Middle East, helped perhaps by its name's similarity to sa'ada, the Arabic word for happiness.

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Earlier this year Brazil brought its first successful criminal prosecution for insider trading against two former executives of Sadia, a food producer, who were fined and sentenced to 17 and 21 months in jail.

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We spoke to Sadia's husband in Britain.

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Among the speakers and presenters were Dr. Kozue Kay Nagata, Country Director, UNESCO Pakistan, Dr. Suleman Shaikh of SZABIST, Ms. Yasmeen Lari of Heritage Foundation, Dr. Riaz Memon, Special Secretary (Acting Secretary) Education and Literacy Department, GoS. Dr. Nisar Solangi from Health Reform Support Unit, Mr. Kamran Naeem from UNHABITAT, Mr. Kazi Ayaz Mahessar, UNESCO, Mr. Ghulam Nabi from RSU, Dr. Santosh Kamrani from UNESCO and Ms. Sadia Fazli from UNHABITAT.

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