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| July 23, 2007 | Monday | Rajab 07, 1428 |
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Washington hints at strikes on ‘Al Qaeda bases’
WASHINGTON, July 22: A senior White House aide and a top leader of the Democratic Party said on Sunday that the US would consider using military force to destroy alleged Al Qaeda hideouts in Pakistan.... 
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Options range from ground invasion to covert action: NYT
NEW YORK, July 22: The options facing US President George Bush regarding action against `Al Qaeda havens in Pakistan’ are as unpalatable as those that confronted former president Bill Clinton, the New York Times said in its Sunday edition....
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Six militants killed: Copters used after attack on army in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, July 22: Sporadic clashes took place between security forces and militants in North Waziristan on Saturday night and Sunday as the army claimed to have killed six militants and arrested seven others....
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Deal with Musharraf to damage PPP, says Benazir
LONDON, July 22: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has said that any deal with President Gen Pervez Musharraf in the present scenario will be damaging to her Pakistan People’s Party....
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AG likely to be the fall guy in case against CJ
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The government is apparently trying to find a scapegoat after the Supreme Court set aside the reference against the Chief Justice, with many eyes now being fixed on Attorney-General Makhdoom Ali Khan....
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Threats anger Islamabad
WASHINGTON, July 22: The US claim that Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan and Washington does not rule out attacking Al Qaeda bases in Pakistan drew an angry response from Islamabad...
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Fall in onion export costs country Rs8m weekly
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Pakistan is facing Rs8.29 million weekly losses as onion export has almost come to a halt after the recent rains damaged the supply chain between Balochistan and Sindh....
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Body found in Lal Masjid
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Authorities on Sunday discovered an unidentified body and an assault rifle at the Lal Masjid -- a week and a half after a deadly army assault on militants holed up inside....
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UNHCR seeks $2.7m for 150,000 flood victims
QUETTA, July, 22: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has sought assistance of $2.7 million from donors to provide immediate shelter to around 150,000 victims of cyclone and floods in Balochistan....
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ASI, five ‘bandits’ killed in encounter
NAWABSHAH, July 22: Five alleged dacoits and an assistant sub-inspector of police were killed and a man, who was kidnapped by the bandits, was injured seriously in an encounter at the Mubarakpur police post, some 15kms from Pano Aqil, on Sunday....
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Railway line blown up
QUETTA, July 22: Rail traffic remained suspended for several hours on Sunday after the main railway line, linking Quetta with rest of the country, was blown up in the New Sariab area....
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Ruling party wins Turkish elections
ANKARA, July 22: Turkey’s ruling party won parliamentary elections on Sunday that had pitted the government against opponents warning of a threat to secular traditions....
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Renovation of Lal Masjid to be completed by Friday: PM to select new Imam
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will select a new Imam for the Lal Masjid, who will be a regular employee of the Auqaf department, government sources told Dawn on Sunday....
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PML-N seeks resignations of Aziz, Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, July 22: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to immediately resign, saying that both were disqualified to hold their offices after...
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Pindi police in self-protection exercise
RAWALPINDI, July 22: The police, whose job is to maintain law and order, have started protecting themselves from possible terrorist strikes by building bunkers and deploying personnel at the gates and rooftops of police stations in the Rawalpindi city....
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EU parliament resolution hailed
ISLAMABAD, July 22: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has welcomed a recent European Parliament resolution calling for free, fair and democratic elections in Pakistan and warning against imposition of emergency or adoption of any other measures to stifle dissent....
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Ban asks Kabul to seek release of South Koreans
UNITED NATIONS, July 22: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki moon on Saturday called on Afghanistan Government to try and secure the release of the abducted Koreans and Germans in the country....
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Last Potter set to become fastest selling book ever
LONDON, July 22: Cash tills around the world rang to the tune of Harry Potter over the weekend and the seventh and final book in the boy wizard series looked on course to become the fastest selling book ever....
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