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| July 08, 2007 | Sunday | Jamadi-us-Sani 22, 1428 |
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Musharraf tells Hafsa brigade to surrender or die
QUETTA, July 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday warned the militants barricaded in Lal Masjid to surrender or be prepared to get killed. “The government has the power and could... 
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Questions raised as standoff drags on
ISLAMABAD: As the stand-off between the Lal Masjid brigade and security forces continued for the fifth day running amid yet another round of fierce gunbattles on Saturday, residents of the curfew...
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MPC vows to resist military rule: Fazl criticises chief justice
LONDON, July 7: The two-day Multi-Party Conference (MPC) started here on Saturday, with the leaders of main parties, the PML-N, PPP, JI, JUI and others vowing to launch a determined struggle...
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Investigation begins into mysterious shooting
RAWALPINDI, July 7: The government has begun investigations into the incident of machinegun firing on Friday from the rooftop of a Rawalpindi house situated along the flight path of planes taking off from the Islamabad airport, sources said....
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Ghazi claims receiving call from attacker
ISLAMABAD, July 7: Besieged cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi claimed on Saturday he had received a call from an unidentified man who said he tried to shoot President Gen Pervez Musharraf''s plane on Friday....
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Tribes urged to expel foreigners
PESHAWAR, July 7: Expressing concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in North Waziristan, NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai on Saturday asked the tribal elders to expel foreign elements from the agency....
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Three dozen bombs seized in Zhob
QUETTA, July 7: Border security officials on Saturday arrested a suspected militant in Sambaza area of the Zhob district and claimed to have recovered over three dozen bombs from him....
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SC asks govt to enhance security for judges
ISLAMABAD, July 7: The Supreme Court on Saturday declared security arrangements for its judges and the building as inadequate and directed the authorities to make it comprehensive and fool proof....
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Over 100 killed in Iraq
TUZ KHURMATU (Iraq), July 7: A suicide truck bomber killed at least 105 people and demolished dozens of homes and shops in a northern Iraqi village on Saturday, police and medics said....
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2 Republican senators oppose Bush over Iraq
WASHINGTON, July 7: With a daily departure of Republican lawmakers from the Bush camp, desertions over President Bush’s Iraq policy is rapidly turning from a trickle to a deluge....
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12 Pakistanis held in Ukraine
LVIV (Ukraine), July 7: Ukrainian authorities on Saturday arrested 12 Pakistani and five Somali illegal immigrants in two raids near the country’s western frontier. Ten Pakistanis were arrested on Friday in...
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Reform process will continue, hopes US
WASHINGTON, July 7: The United States has said that despite an attempt on his life it expects President Gen Pervez Musharraf to continue the reform process he has started....
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Delhi vows to maintain checks on proliferation
NEW DELHI, July 7: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that India did not wish to engage in an arms race with any one and it would continue to maintain highest standards of non-proliferation controls....
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Pop stars urge governments to go green
LONDON, July 7: Many of the world’s biggest pop stars performed at Live Earth concerts around the globe on Saturday to try to persuade fans and governments to go green....
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Venus wins 4th Wimbledon title
LONDON, July 7: Venus Williams of the United States beat France’s Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-1 to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title for the fourth time on Saturday....
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Departure of Thar Express delayed
KARACHI, July 7: The departure of the Thar Express which shuttles between Sindh and Rajasthan has once again been postponed by 24 hours at the request of the Indian railway authorities....
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Religious parties send relief goods
QUETTA, July 7: The Jamaat-ud-Dawa has claimed that the organisation was providing food and medicines to around fifty thousand families stranded in the flood-hit areas of Turbat, Gwadar, Pasni, Dasht, Nushki and Kharan....
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Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to boost anti-terror fight
ANKARA, July 7: Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed on closer cooperation in fighting the Taliban, during talks in the Turkish capital, the foreign ministry announced on Saturday....
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