New operation to quell Mohmand insurgency
CHARSADDA / GHALANAI, Nov 14: Security forces, backed by helicopters and tanks, have launched an operation to flush out militants from areas around Charsadda and Peshawar as part of a wider plan to establish the government’s writ in Mohmand Agency....
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Nine Arabs among 13 killed in drone attack
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 14: Nine foreigners and four local tribesmen were killed and seven people injured in a missile attack on a residential compound in Shagai village of North Waziristan on Friday....
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Peshawarites’ worst fears refuse to go away
THE capital of the North-West Frontier Province may be less vulnerable than it was, say five months ago, when militants lurking around in the tribal regions from southern fringes to the...
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Two foreign journalists attacked in Hayatabad
PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Two foreign journalists were injured on Friday after they were attacked in Peshawar. The journalists were on their way to an unspecified place to interview a militant leader....
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Every major terror threat involves Pakistan: CIA
WASHINGTON, Nov 14: CIA director Michael Hayden has warned that every major terrorist threat confronting the world has ties to Pakistan....
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Talks ‘almost complete’ with IMF
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said here on Friday there was no plan to reduce defence spending....
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US senators pledge help for aid package
NEW YORK, Nov 14: Senator Hillary Clinton assured President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday that she would work with the US Congress for early approval of a $15 billion aid package for Pakistan....
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Karachi a pollution hotspot: UN report
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14: A United Nations environment report named 13 megacities, including Karachi, as being ‘atmospheric brown clouds’ (ABC) ‘hotspots’. The other 12 are: Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Dhaka, Kolkata, Lagos, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Tehran....
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Pakistan clinch series
ABU DHABI, Nov 14: Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a fighting century but couldn’t stop Pakistan from winning the second day-night international by 24 runs here on Friday, securing an unbeatable 2-0 lead....
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‘Drones scare away hearts and minds’
NEW YORK, Nov 14: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that US drone attacks inside the Pakistani territory are undermining efforts to win over people’s hearts and minds....
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Pakistan’s terror war cost rises to Rs678bn
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Pakistan’s cost of war on terror has increased by 40 per cent to Rs678 billion from Rs484 billion last year, causing an adverse impact on the country’s socio-economic development....
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US aid workers moving to Islamabad from NWFP
WASHINGTON, Nov 14: The US State Department has said that American aid agencies were moving their operations from NWFP to Islamabad after the assassination of a USAID worker in Peshawar earlier this week....
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PM orders acquisition of land for Guru Nanak varsity
ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday issued instructions for the acquisition of land for the Baba Guru Nanak University in Nankana Sahib....
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Troops deployed in snow-hit Kashmir as election nears
SRINAGAR, Nov 14: Indian authorities on Friday deployed thousands of troops to prevent a rally by Kashmiris opposed to a multi-phase election starting on Monday....
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Europe in recession, US in pain as leaders meet
NEW YORK / LONDON, Nov 14: Europe officially fell into recession on Friday and the US economy suffered further blows as world leaders headed to Washington to address the worst financial crisis in 80 years....
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UN rejects religion’s use to justify killings
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14: A high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly has rejected the use of religion to justify the killing of innocent people and terrorist acts and voiced...
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Israeli troops face trial over abuse video
JERUSALEM, Nov 14: The Israeli army is to try several soldiers suspected of posting a video on YouTube that shows them humiliating a bound and blindfolded Palestininan, a statement said on Friday....
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Indian probe sends images from moon
BANGALORE, Nov 14: An Indian probe landed on the moon on Friday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) announced, in a milestone for the country’s 45-year-old space programme....
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