8 Al Qaeda men, 2 troops killed in gunbattle: •Copters take part in operation •18 held
 PESHAWAR, Oct 2: Eight suspected Al Qaeda fighters and two soldiers of Pakistan Army were killed in a gunbattle in a small hamlet in South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on...
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One killed in Fallujah shootout: Two suicide bombings, six explosions in Kirkuk
 FALLUJAH, Iraq, Oct 2: A gunman was killed while two US soldiers and four Iraqi civilians were wounded on Thursday in a battle that erupted after a military patrol was ambushed...
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N. Korea claims making plutonium
SEOUL, Oct 2: North Korea raised the stakes in the nuclear standoff on Thursday, saying it had produced enough weapons-grade plutonium for half-a-dozen atomic bombs as a step towards boosting its...
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10 Afghan soldiers die in ambush
KANDAHAR, Oct 2: Government troops and suspected Taliban fighters clashed in southern Afghanistan, killing 10 soldiers, two children and one rebel, a military official said on Thursday....
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Jamali offers conditional cooperation to US in Iraq
WASHINGTON, Oct 2: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali assured US lawmakers here on Thursday that Pakistan would like to cooperate with the United States in Iraq but Washington may have...
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Pakistan hopes to get weapons from US
PINDI BHATTIAN, Oct 2: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday expressed the hope that Pakistan would get defence equipment from the United States, it needed to maintain a conventional arms balance...
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Irsa fails to work out formula for Rabi: Provinces disagree on water data
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Indus River System Authority on Thursday failed to finalise water management plan for the Rabi season as provinces did not agree over the water shortage figures....
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ADB asks govt to create jobs
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Asian Development Bank has urged the Pakistan government to create job opportunities, control poverty and attract foreign as well as domestic investment....
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Devolution plan will be reformed: NRB chief
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: National Reconstruction Bureau chairman Daniyal Aziz on Thursday said the devolution plan would be so reformed as to meet the requirement of the people....
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Third Bali bomber sentenced to death
 DENPASAR, (Indonesia), Oct 2: An Islamic teacher was sentenced to death by firing squad on Thursday after being found guilty of giving the final go-ahead to the Bali bombings which killed...
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Six killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: Four Mujahideen and two civilians were killed in occupied Kashmir in the latest violence, police said on Thursday....
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Armitage, Rocca due tomorrow
WASHINGTON, Oct 2: The United States has rescheduled the visit of its two foreign policy experts to Pakistan and Afghanistan, quashing rumours that visit has been postponed indefinitely....
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Wapda tariff reduced but no relief for poor
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority on Thursday reduced Wapda tariff by an average seven paisa per unit....
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Jamali seeks American investment
WASHINGTON, Oct 2: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Thursday urged American businessmen to invest in Pakistan....
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No WMDs found in Iraq: CIA official
WASHINGTON, Oct 2: The US-led team hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has not found any stocks of biological or chemical weapons, but will keep searching the country, CIA...
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Coetzee wins Nobel prize for literature
 STOCKHOLM, Oct 2: South African novelist J.M. Coetzee won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, a choice hailed by critics who described him as an elusive man but accessible writer,...
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