Jamali says he exercises all powers: Policy improvements pledged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali, who begins his second year in office on Sunday, says he exercises full powers given by the Constitution but could not achieve as much...
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Georgian protesters storm parliament
 TBILISI, Nov 22: Georgia teetered on the brink of anarchy on Saturday after protesters proclaiming a “bloodless revolution”...
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Suicide attacks leave 20 dead in Iraq
 BAQUBA, Nov 22: Suicide bombers blew up cars packed with explosives outside two police stations north of Baghdad on Saturday...
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ARD yet to decide about protest mode
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) is still undecided about the mode of protest it would like to use against the Legal Framework Order and the...
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United States will help Pakistan, India to live peacefully
WASHINGTON, Nov 22: The United States would use its influence on both India and Pakistan to encourage them to live peacefully but is not going to play a mediatory role in...
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Dignified political culture introduced, says PM
PESHAWAR, Nov 22: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that the days of ‘jiyala’ politics are gone and that his government has introduced a new political culture that is...
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US softens stand on taking Iran to UN
VIENNA, Nov 22: The United States was backing off on demands to take Iran’s nuclear programme before the UN Security Council as US and European diplomats launched intense weekend negotiations on...
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US detonates ‘mother of all bombs’ in Florida
WASHINGTON, Nov 22: The most powerful conventional bomb in the US arsenal exploded in a huge, fiery cloud on a Florida test range on Friday after being dropped by an Air...
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President takes note of honour killing
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has noted with concern a news item appearing in a section of the press in which it has been reported that a woman, Ms...
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5 Pakistanis freed from Guantanamo
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Five Pakistanis held by the US military at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba returned home on Saturday, senior interior ministry official Brigadier Iqbal Cheema said....
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Assam fighters kill 15 Biharis
GUWAHATI, Nov 22: At least 15 immigrant settlers were gunned down on Saturday by separatist rebels in India’s troubled northeastern state of Assam, officials said....
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UN’s main role in Iraq sought
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22: Russia, Germany and France on Friday called for a primary role for the United Nations in the Iraqi self-rule process and asked the United States and Britain...
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Targets not achieved, says Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Pakistan could not overcome the challenges of poverty reduction, increase in investment level and creation of employment opportunities although macroeconomic stability has been achieved during the last couple...
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Suicide bombers were Turks, says Erdogan
ISTANBUL, Nov 22: Four suicide bombers who killed more than 50 people in Istanbul over the past week were Turkish citizens, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, as some in...
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