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| July 26, 2007 | Thursday | Rajab 10, 1428 |
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Rocket barrage mows down nine in Bannu
BANNU, July 25: At least nine people were killed and 41 others, including seven policemen, were injured when five rockets, fired by militants, hit heavily-populated parts of the city in early hours of Wednesday, officials and residents of the area said....
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Ex-militant, eight others killed
QUETTA, July 25: A former Taliban commander and eight other people, including an engineer, a police constable and two Uzbek nationals, were shot dead in different parts of Balochistan on Wednesday, police said....
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Washington says situation improving after operation
WASHINGTON, July 25: Attacks by militants along the Afghan-Pakistani border doubled last month over the same period in 2006, but are decreasing now because of Pakistan’s new military operations on its...
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US tries to ease fears of direct action
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The United States on Wednesday moved to ease fears that Washington was considering a unilateral action against militants in the tribal area. The reassurance coincided with meetings...
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ANP and PkMAP form alliance
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) on Wednesday announced the formation of a new alliance called Pakhtoonkhwah National Democratic Alliance (PNDA) with...
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US calls for ‘sustainable democracy’
WASHINGTON, July 25: The United States urged President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday to build a sustainable and more functional democracy in Pakistan. The comments by Deputy Secretary of State Nicholas...
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Miliband arrives
ISLAMABAD, July 25: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived here on Wednesday, leading a high-level delegation on his first visit to Pakistan after assuming office last month....
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ECP gets 3 million applications: Inclusion of names in voter lists
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received three million applications for inclusion of names in the computerised electoral rolls. A spokesman for the ECP said the applications...
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Aziz may be sacrificed in damage control move
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The establishment and the presidential camp are said to be pondering over a strategy aimed at repairing the damage sustained by the government following the Lal Masjid operation...
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Indian cabinet okays N-pact with US
NEW DELHI, July 25: India''s cabinet approved a bilateral agreement for civilian nuclear trade with the United States on Wednesday but the landmark deal still faces hurdles before it can be finalised, officials and analysts said....
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Musharraf congratulates Pratibha Patil
ISLAMABAD, July 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday congratulated his new Indian counterpart, Mrs Pratibha Patil, on her election to the top office and expressed the hope that under her leadership relations between the two countries would strengthen....
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FBI raids offices of 2 Muslim charities
NEW YORK, July 25: US federal authorities on Tuesday raided offices of two Muslim charities in Dearborn, Michigan, who were suspected of having ties with terrorist groups in the Middle East, according to news reports....
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12 convicted in US for ‘jihad conspiracy’
ALEXANDRIA (USA), July 25: More than a dozen Muslims, including at least one Pakistani and several US citizens of Pakistani-origin, have been sentenced to imprisonment for their association with Lashkar-i-Taiba and for conspiracy to wage jihad against India....
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US image in Muslim world abysmal: poll
WASHINGTON, July 25: Fully 70 per cent of Palestinians believe suicide bombing is justified but support for terrorism is declining in the wider Muslim world, according to a comprehensive US survey released on Tuesday (Wednesday in Pakistan)....
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British PM unveils plan against terrorism
LONDON, July 25: British Prime Minister Gordon brown has proposed a series of measures which he believes will strengthen national security and help defeat terrorism. The proposals include a range...
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Ushr, Abiana waived for flood-hit Balochistan areas
QUETTA, July 25: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has announced that Ushr and Abiana would not be collected from poor growers and zamindars of the cyclone- and flood-affected districts of the province until their rehabilitation....
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Contempt charges against White House advisers
WASHINGTON, July 25: A key US congressional committee on Wednesday voted to file rare contempt of Congress citations against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former legal counsel Harriet Miers....
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Five workers killed in cylinder blast
HYDERABAD, July 25: Five workers were killed and another was injured after an oxygen cylinder exploded in a Site area factory late Wednesday night. The explosion also caused power disruption in the area, causing severe difficulties in rescue operation....
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