US double blow kills 21 in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH / WANA, Oct 31: An Al Qaeda militant was among at least 21 people killed in two missile attacks by US drones in North and South Waziristan on Friday night....
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Official rationalises raids in ‘badlands’
LONDON, Oct 31: A country should have the right to attack another if it is harbouring a potential terrorist threat, according to the US homeland security chief....
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FO admits ties with US strained
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Foreign Office on Friday indirectly admitted that Islamabad’s relations with Washington were strained over the handling of militancy “politically and diplomatically”....
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30,000 children rendered homeless by earthquake
WAM, Oct 31: Over 70,000 people, including 30,000 children, have been left homeless in quake-hit Balochistan, Unicef said on Friday, as health workers warned that deadly diseases were spreading....
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Suicide bomber hits Mardan DIG office
MARDAN, Oct 31: Nine people, including four policemen, were killed and 24 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the office of a senior police officer here on Friday....
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19 security men among 21 freed by militants
WANA / GHALANAI, Oct 31: Militants freed on Friday 19 paramilitary personnel and two non-combatants they had kidnapped several months ago in South Waziristan and Mohmand tribal regions....
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Pakistan can raise $5bn in 30 days
Given the current ‘political realities’, Pakistan seems to have little option but to go to the IMF. But the truth is Pakistan can raise $5 billion in the next 30 days...
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Petrol and diesel prices reduced
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The government has reduced the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs5 and Rs4 a litre, respectively. Petrol will now sell at Rs76.66 and diesel at Rs64.68....
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Police in a fix over child marriage law
KARACHI, Oct 31: Police broke up a child marriage but did not register a case on Friday saying there was no provision in the relevant law to book the people who had arranged the ceremony....
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Removal of judges be declared illegal: AI: Pakistan suffering from Musharraf’s policies
LONDON, Oct 31: A year after General Pervez Musharraf unlawfully declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, the country is still suffering from the abusive policies he put in place on November 3, 2007, Amnesty International said on Friday....
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Taliban vacate area after talks
MINGORA, Oct 31: Security forces are poised to take control of Sarsenai vacated by Taliban militants after talks with a jirga of elders from Kanju....
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Clocks put back
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Clocks across the country were put back by an hour (GMT+5) at Friday midnight, after five months of daylight saving time (DST)....
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50 injured in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 31: Fifty people, including police and demonstrators, were injured on Friday when police fired bullets and teargas to break up a protest against Indian occupation of Kashmir, officials and doctors said....
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‘Thousands held in US in ’04 to disrupt terror plots’
NEW YORK, Oct 31: Thousands of immigrants, mainly from Muslim countries, were rounded up by US authorities in 2004 in an operation meant to disrupt potential terrorist plots before and after...
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Nato asked to stop airspace violations
ISTANBUL, Oct 31: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Nato forces in Afghanistan must stop violating Pakistan’s airspace because it adversely affects the country’s efforts in the war against terrorism....
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UK to probe abuse of Guantanamo detainee
LONDON, Oct 31: Britain is to investigate alleged mistreatment of one of its nationals held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, an official said on Friday....
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Obscure group claims Assam serial blasts
GUWAHATI, Oct 31: A little-known Muslim group claimed responsibility in a text message to a news channel on Friday for serial blasts in India’s northeast that claimed 76 lives the day before, police said....
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World leaders to attend interfaith dialogue
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31: Dozens of world leaders, including King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, US President George Bush, King Juan Carlos of Spain and President Asif Zardari, are expected to attend...
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Gen Petraeus takes charge of Centcom
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE (Florida), Oct 31: Gen David Petraeus, regarded as rescuer of a failing war in Iraq, rose to the helm of Central Command on Friday....
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Chaudhry Shujaat meets Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: In an apparent defiance of an agreement with senior party leaders, PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is reported to have held a meeting with former president Pervez Musharraf here on Friday....
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