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Byline: manish03 In a bid to come out clean on the much-hyped mining scam running into thousands of crores, the Naveen Patnaik government has ordered the suspension of work in at least 69 iron ore mines after the operators failed to produce documents to show their mining activities were legal, officials said here.

Fayyad's statement read, "From the position of the National Authority which craves public freedoms, journalistic and media work, and after consultation with a number of legal advisers, and in order to allow the judicial proceedings to take their natural course and without prejudice to rights, I issued a decision to halt the suspension of work of the Al Jazeera office in Palestine, and allow the office to carry on its work as usual.

While commenting on reports of suspension of work by UN and foreign Missions in Peshawar, she said that through such terrorist activities, the militants are aiming at intimidating the workers who are engaged in relief activities.

The suspension of work will cost another £400,000 in laying off workers, compensating the contractor and restarting the project later.

The Minister was responding to MEP Kathy Sinnott, who earlier on the showcalled for the suspension of work on the project.

Last week, a state news agency quoted officials who cited public concerns about radiation exposure in announcing the suspension of work on a futuristic magnetic-levitation train line in Shanghai that critics said was too expensive and impractical.

They've made their mark straightaway, with the suspension of works on the new stadium the first sign that Gillett and Hicks mean business.

Rolls-Royce says its suspension of work on engines for the Airbus A380 will not affect the company's turnover.