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| August 27, 2007 | Monday | Sha’aban 13, 1428 |
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Shelling from Afghanistan leaves 19 dead
KABUL, Aug 26: US-led forces and Afghan troops struck Taliban positions inside Pakistan in fresh clashes with the extremist militia that left at least 19 rebels dead, security forces said on Sunday.... 
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Team in UK to salvage ‘deal’ with Benazir
LONDON, Aug 26: Three heavyweight official negotiators are understood to have arrived here from Pakistan ostensibly to dissuade former prime minister Benazir Bhutto from walking out of the ‘deal’ which she...
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Soldier, 5 militants killed in clash
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 26: Security forces killed five militants and arrested another in Datakhel area in North Waziristan on Saturday night in a clash which followed an attack on a security post leaving one soldier dead and two others injured....
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‘Saad Hariri met Sharifs in July’
LONDON, Aug 26: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif met Saad Hariri, son of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, in late July when the Sharif family was on a visit to Scotland,...
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Pylons, gas pipelines blown up
QUETTA, Aug 26: Militants blew up gas pipelines in Quetta and Dera Bugti, damaged power pylons in Dera Bugti and Dera Murad Jamali and fired rockets on the Sui gas purification plant on Sunday....
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4 policemen die in suicide attack
SWAT, Aug 26: A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden jeep into a police vehicle on Sunday, killing four policemen, including the SHO of Alpuri police station of Shangla district, on Sunday....
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Profits of oil firms, dealers cut
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The government has slashed the profit margins of oil marketing companies (OMC) and dealers in petrol prices by between 22 and 33 per cent....
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Strike marks Bugti’s death anniversary
QUETTA, Aug 26: A complete strike was observed in Quetta and some other cities and towns of Balochistan and at least eight people were injured in a clash with police in...
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India blames BD terror groups, ISI for blasts
NEW DELHI, Aug 26: A day after a series of blasts killed 43 people in the Indian city of Hyederabad, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Sunday blamed terrorist...
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‘New Delhi’s N-deal with Washington unravelling’
WASHINGTON, Aug 26: A historic nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and India appears to be unravelling as opposition parties urge the Indian government to scrap the pact while US officials say the deal is final and cannot be renegotiated....
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Three music centres blown up in Malakand
BUNER, Aug 26: Three music centres were blown up in Swari bazaar on Saturday night....
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18 killed in Helmand
KANDAHAR, Aug 26: Soldiers killed a dozen suspected Taliban late on Saturday in Helmand, the US-led coalition said on Sunday, as locals said several civilians were killed or wounded....
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S. Korean Muslims seek release of hostages
PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The Korea Muslim Federation (KMF) here on Sunday requested the Taliban to release the 19 Koreans taken hostage in Afghanistan....
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‘US forces nearly snared Osama’
WASHINGTON, Aug 26: US forces in Afghanistan came so close to discovering Osama bin Laden in the winter of 2004-05 that his supporters were on the verge of killing him to prevent his capture, Newsweek reported on Sunday....
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Three injured in blast
KOHAT, Aug 26: A man and his two children were injured in a bomb blast outside their house in Miankhel bazaar on Saturday night....
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Helicopter attacks on Dera Bugti villages alleged
QUETTA, Aug 26: Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, chief of his own faction of the Jamhoori Watan Party, has said that helicopters bombed Zain and Arsula areas of Dera Bugti for five hours on Sunday....
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Oil dealers decry cut in profit margin
MULTAN, August 26: The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Associations has criticised the recent reduction in their commission announced by the government and petroleum companies and threatened to suspend their business from Aug 30....
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HEC tries to allay security concerns of foreign partners
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is actively trying to persuade its foreign partners to implement their plans to set up of nine engineering universities after they expressed concern over the worsening security situation in the country....
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