Terror attack on funeral in D.I. Khan: Nine killed, 43 injured
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 21: Nine people were killed and 43 others injured when a bomb ripped through a funeral procession here on Friday. The funeral was for Syed...
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Security forces claim killing 15 militants
KHAR: Security forces claimed killing 15 militants after planes attacked militants’ hideouts in Damadola, Thanai, Sperai and Kharkai areas in Mamond tehsil and Charmang and Kotki in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Friday....
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It’s an era of ‘economic terrorism’: Zardari
KARACHI, Nov 21: President Asif Ali Zardari vowed on Friday to steer the country out of crisis with the help of people and all political forces....
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Increase in gas tariff approved
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority approved on Friday an increase of Rs20.56 and Rs18.55 per million million British thermal unit (mmbtu) in prices of gas supplied by the SNGPL and SSGCL, respectively....
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Year 2025 to see sun setting on US era, says report
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Fading US economic and military power will lead to the decline of America as the dominant global power, predicts a US intelligence report....
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Obama weighing new Kashmir plan
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: US President-elect Barack Obama is considering a new diplomatic push on Kashmir, reversing eight years of American silence on the issue, an influential US newspaper reported on Friday....
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India assails FO’s Kashmir comments
NEW DELHI, Nov 21: Indian reports described conditions in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday ahead of another round of controversial state polls as ‘curfew-like’, but comments by Pakistan’s spokesman questioning the ballot invited a stern rebuttal by New Delhi....
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47,000 died in Kashmir, says Delhi
SRINAGAR, Nov 21: The nearly two-decade-old anti-India campaign in occupied Kashmir has left 47,000 people dead, more than 20,000 of them civilians, according to official figures released on Friday....
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Steep road ahead of NWFP renaming
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: An uproar in the National Assembly on Friday before the house was prorogued after a 12-day session pointed to a steep road for the name of ‘Pakhtunkhwa’ to...
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Constable among two killed in Quetta attack
QUETTA, Nov 21: A police constable and a man were gunned down in Dashat area, some 20 kilometres from here on the Quetta-Sibi road, on Friday....
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Pirates made $150m in a year: Kenya
NAIROBI, Nov 21: Somali pirates have collected more than $150 million in ransoms over the past year, according to Kenya’s foreign affairs minister....
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Myanmar junta jails comedian for 45 years
YANGON, Nov 21: A secret court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced popular comedian and activist Zarganar to 45 years in prison on Friday, the latest in a series of lengthy jail terms handed down to more than 100 dissidents, relatives said....
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US Muslims reject ‘Al Qaeda slurs’
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Muslim organisations across the United States have rejected Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri’s threatening rhetoric and racist slur contained in a newly released video, pointing out that...
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Hillary to head state dept: paper
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Senator Hillary Clinton has accepted an offer from president-elect Barack Obama to become US secretary of state, joining her former Democratic rival to help guide foreign policy, the New York Times said on Friday....
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Crisis-hit US stores mount unprecedented sale
NEW YORK: A man walks by a branch of US electronic giant retailer Circuit City with advertisements announcing the entire store on sale prior to the closure of the branch here on Friday....
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Network to help children caught in war
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21: Former child soldiers have teamed up with the United Nations Children’s Fund and the UN office of the secretary-general’s special representative for children and armed conflict to...
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Release of five Algerians from Guantanamo ordered
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Five of six Algerians held nearly seven years at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba must be released, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a setback for the Bush administration....
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UN voices concern over US attacks
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over cross-border attacks on suspected militant targets inside Pakistan by the United States....
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‘US attorney general had fainting spell’
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: US Attorney General Michael Mukasey was doing well in hospital on Friday after an apparent “fainting spell” that caused his collapse during a speech the night before, a spokeswoman said....
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Al Qaeda Suspect extradited to Germany
BERLIN, Nov 21: A German suspected of being part of an Al Qaeda cell and arrested in Turkey has been extradited to Germany, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Friday....
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