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| July 09, 2007 | Monday | Jamadi-us-Sani 23, 1428 |
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MPC declaration asks Musharraf to resign: PPP’s stand accommodated
LONDON, July 8: The two-day Multi-Party Conference (MPC) concluded here on Saturday without causing any serious damage to the unity of the participating opposition political parties in the face of bitter... 
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Commander’s killing raises spectre of all-out assault
ISLAMABAD, July 8: As the standoff between Lal Masjid militants and security forces entered the sixth day on Sunday, the killing of SSG Commander Lt-Col Haroon Islam by militants raised the possibility of an all-out assault on the complex....
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‘Last warning’
ISLAMABAD: The authorities issued a ‘last warning’ on Sunday to the Lal Masjid cleric and his fighters, as speculation mounted security forces would launch a full-scale assault....
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3 Chinese shot dead in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, July 8: Three Chinese men were killed and another was injured when gunmen opened fire on them on the Charsadda Road on Sunday. The victims ran their business in the area....
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Ulema’s talks with Aziz and Shujaat fail
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Talks between a group of Ulema and PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held here on Sunday to discuss ways of ending the Lal...
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20 more Sindh villages flooded
LARKANA, July 8: Twenty more villages in Warah taluka’s Gaji Khuhawar union council were inundated after breaches in the main Ghar drain on Sunday....
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All hostages must be freed, asserts Aziz
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated the government position on Sunday that all children and girls held hostage at the Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa complex must be released immediately and the remaining people should surrender....
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Soldiers deployed again at posts in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, July 8: In a major development, army and paramilitary forces were again deployed at all important checkpoints in the restive North Waziristan Agency on Sunday, sources and eyewitnesses said....
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ADB to fund electricity, gas import projects
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support and finance import of about 2,000MW electricity to Pakistan from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The bank will also provide assistance for the pipeline project for importing gas from Turkmenistan....
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‘Secret US mission in 2005 aborted’
NEW YORK, July 8: A secret US mission in 2005 to capture senior Al Qaeda members in Pakistan''s tribal areas was aborted at the last moment when Bush administration officials decided...
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Who are these militants?
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The stiff resistance coming from inside the Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa complex, with the heavily-armed militants refusing to surrender has continued to raise questions about the identity of those...
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Bajaur blast kills levies personnel
KHAAR, July 8: One levies personnel was killed and six were injured when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb. In another incident, four levies personnel were kidnapped after their checkpoint was attacked on Sunday morning....
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Call for suo motu notice
ISLAMABAD, July 8: A meeting of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal lawmakers held here on Sunday demanded that the government should immediately halt the Lal Masjid operation and called for resolving the issue through negotiations....
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Baghdad blasts, shootings kill 60
BAGHDAD, July 8: Bombings and shootings killed at least 60 people on Sunday around Baghdad in a surge of violence, and prominent Shia and Sunni politicians said civilians should take up...
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Federer equals Borg’s record
LONDON, July 8: Roger Federer equalled legendary Bjorn Borg’s record of five successive Wimbledon men’s singles title wins with a 7-6 (9/7), 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 2-6, 6-2 victory over Rafael Nadal on Sunday....
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Indian train in BD after 42 years
DHAKA, July 8: An Indian train arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday on the first trial run before a planned resumption of rail services suspended some 42 years ago....
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Former Indian PM dies of cancer
NEW DELHI: Former Indian Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar died of cancer on Sunday in New Delhi at the age of 80, a hospital statement said. Chandra Shekhar, who headed a coalition...
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UN inspectors to stay in North Korea
SEOUL: The UN nuclear watchdog plans to leave inspectors behind in North Korea''s main nuclear facilities after shutting them down under a disarmament deal, a news report said on Sunday....
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