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CM happy over good response to housing scheme

Hyderabad, Feb 6 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today said 'Rajiv Swagruha', a housing scheme for middle class families, was getting good response.

While reviewing the implementaion of the scheme with State Housing Minister B Satyanarayana and officials here he said the government would construct 69,400 'swagruhas' in the first phase and develop 35 townships, availing bank loans.

A special mechanism would be set up to maintain quality in the construction of houses. The scheme would cost the government Rs 12,800 crore, he added.

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Saddam Hussein's half-brother executed

Baghdad, Jan 15: A lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants said he and another condemned aide were hanged today, although there was no official confirmation. Badia Aref told CNN the son of his client, Awad al-Bander, had told him that U.S. officials had informed him that both the former judge and Saddam's half-brother, Barzan al-Tikriti, had been executed. A senior prosecutor, Munkith al-Faroon, denied telling media that the executions had taken place. Other senior.....
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