US drone attacks intolerable: PM: No secret accord with Washington, NA assured
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Most fingers were pointed at the United States in the National Assembly on Thursday for what Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called an `intolerable’ drone attack on a...
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Ambassador summoned over Bannu attack
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Pakistan summoned US Ambassador Anne W Patterson to the Foreign Office on Thursday and lodged a protest against Wednesday’s drone strike in Bannu, a settled area of the NWFP....
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Suicide attack on mosque: Lashkar chief eliminated
KHAR, Nov 20: The chief of a tribal lashkar and eight other people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Bajaur Agency on Thursday....
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Khair Bakhsh Marri’s close aide freed
QUETTA, Nov 20: Baloch nationalist leader Mir Abdul Nabi Bangulzai was released from the Quetta district jail on Thursday....
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Export of traditional items up by 44 per cent
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The export of traditional products soared by 44 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal year over the corresponding period last year....
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European shares down to five-year low
LONDON, Nov 20: European stocks slid 3.8 per cent on Thursday as oil at $50 whipped energy shares and a fresh 20-per cent slide in Citigroup on Wall Street rattled banks....
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US, Pakistan share drone data: general
WASHINGTON, Nov 20: The United States not only has an understanding with Pakistan to attack suspected terrorist targets inside its borders but also shares with the Pakistani military top-secret video feeds...
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Russia allows transit of Nato arms to Afghanistan
MOSCOW, Nov 20: Russia said on Thursday it had authorised the transport of German military equipment to Afghanistan through Russian territory, the first time it had allowed such a transit by a foreign state....
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Dr Khan moves court against restrictions
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan filed another habeas corpus petition in the Islamabad High Court on Thursday, seeking lifting of what he called ‘restrictions’ imposed on him....
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Provinces allowed to lift wheat from ports
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Economy Monitoring Committee allowed provinces on Thursday to lift imported wheat directly from ports to save time and ease supplies to far-flung areas....
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Poor nations call for more aid despite world crisis
SIEM REAP (Cambodia), Nov 20: The world’s poorest countries on Thursday called on rich nations to continue giving aid despite the global financial crisis....
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US seeks $290bn from Gulf states, says daily
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 20: The United States had asked four oil-rich Gulf states for $290 billion to help it deal with the global financial crisis, Kuwait’s daily Al-Seyassah claimed on Thursday....
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Secret Guantanamo camp opened to defence lawyers
SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), Nov 20: For the first time, defence lawyers have been allowed to see a section of the Guantanamo prison that is so restricted that even its location on the US base is secret....
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Iran has produced material for one nuclear bomb: NYT
NEW YORK, Nov 20: Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, the New York Times reported on Thursday citing nuclear experts analysing the latest report from global inspectors....
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Pirates demand $25m for Saudi oil tanker
MOGADISHU, Nov 20: Somali pirates who hijacked Saudi oil super-tanker Sirius Star demanded $25 million in ransom on Thursday and set a 10-day deadline amid mounting calls for tougher action on sea bandits....
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Hijacked ship released after payment of ransom
HONG KONG, Nov 20: A Hong Kong-flagged ship hijacked two months ago off the coast of Somalia is returning home after its owner paid a ransom to a group of pirates, AFP was told on Thursday....
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Abbas reaches out to Israelis with peace ads
RAMALLAH, Nov 20: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took his case for a peace deal directly to ordinary Israelis on Thursday, assuring them in Hebrew-language newspaper adverts that a withdrawal from the...
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Incentives for Chinese investors
NANJING (China), Nov 20: Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said his government has prepared a comprehensive package of incentives for Chinese companies intending to make investments in Punjab....
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