Operation in Fata to continue, NA told
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The government told the National Assembly on Tuesday it would go ahead with the current military operation in tribal areas to check Al Qaeda militants and possible intrusions...
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Last-minute call delays Pakistan response to CBMs
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Pakistan on Tuesday postponed the announcement of its own package of proposals in response to the Indian offer owing to a last-minute call from the highest political level...
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Six more killed in Iraq bomb explosion
 FALLUJAH (Iraq), Oct 28: At least six people, including school children, were killed on Tuesday when a pickup truck exploded near a police station in Fallujah, west of Baghdad....
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US blames Baathists, foreigners for attacks
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: US President George Bush on Tuesday blamed a wave of explosions and attacks in Iraq in part on “foreign terrorists”, and said he expected Syria and Iran to...
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India takes follow-up steps on peace moves
NEW DELHI, Oct 28: India on Tuesday took formal steps to implement peace proposals it put forward last week to ease tensions with Pakistan, an official said....
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Opposition to stage demo against action
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The combined opposition in the National Assembly will hold a demonstration outside the parliament house at 11am on Friday to protest what it called the unjustified military operation...
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Islamabad to resume air link talks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Pakistan has decided to go for the second round of talks with India on resumption of air links and will soon agree to one of the two sets...
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Qorei to stay on, expand cabinet
RAMALLAH, Oct 28: Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei has agreed to stay on as head of an enlarged government after the end of his emergency cabinet’s one-month tenure, foreign minister Nabil...
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MNAs blast Wapda for high bills, seek relief
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Member after member from the treasury benches in the National Assembly blasted Wapda on Tuesday for charging high power bills and demanded relief....
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‘Delhi, Islamabad making N-arms’
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: India and Pakistan are making nuclear weapons and missiles at an “accelerated” pace and the race is fuelled by their mutual fear of being left behind by the...
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‘Major response to CBMs unlikely’
NEW DELHI, Oct 28: India maintained on Tuesday that the United States was eying a positive response from Islamabad to New Delhi’s peace proposals but senior Indian and American analysts saw...
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Iran refuses to deport Al Qaeda leaders
TEHRAN, Oct 28: Iran on Tuesday reiterated its refusal to hand over suspected members of the Al Qaeda network detained in the country, insisting that operatives from the group would be...
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SC restores old system of hearing cases
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The Supreme Court administration on Tuesday restored the old system of fixing cases for hearing, bringing back normality to and smooth functioning of the apex court....
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Two CIA men killed in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: The CIA said on Tuesday that two US nationals working under contract with the intelligence agency were killed over the weekend in an ambush in Afghanistan while tracking...
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Two fishing boats seized
NEW DELHI, Oct 28: Two Pakistani fishing boats, Al- Shaina and Al Kabootar, were seized along with their 11 crewmen by Coast Guard vessels, about 60 kilometres west of Dwarka port...
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Fed interest rates steady
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: Federal Reserve officials opted on Tuesday to keep US interest rates at 1958 lows, saying they expected to hold rates down for a considerable period out of concerns...
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Seven killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 28: Seven people were killed and 45 others injured on Tuesday in occupied Kashmir on first day of Ramazan....
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IMF grants waivers, approves $247m
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: The International Monetary Fund has granted waivers on three structural performance criteria while approving on Monday the disbursement of two tranches amounting to $247.54 million (special drawing rights...
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