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| October 08, 2007 | Monday | Ramazan 25, 1428 |
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45 militants, 20 troops killed in clashes
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 7: Fierce clashes broke out between security forces and militants in Mirali and Miramshah in the North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday and both sides suffered heavy casualties, officials and residents said.... 
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‘Support for separating religion from govt grows’
WASHINGTON, Oct 7: Support for strict separation between religion and government has grown steadily in Pakistan over the past five years, says a US survey released this weekend....
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‘Militants targeting civilians’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The government has ignored pleas for help from civilians living in the tribal area along the Afghan border, who are being targeted by militants, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan claimed on Sunday....
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Pakistanis among 16 killed in Paktika
KHOST, Oct 7: International military planes called in by Afghan security forces killed 16 militants, apparently all foreigners, suspected of preparing an attack in the country’s east, police said on Sunday....
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Wrongs keep quake survivors homeless
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 7: Two years after the killer earthquake, administrative wrongs seem to keep without proper homes most of people made shelterless in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir....
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Erra says work on track in quake-hit areas
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) has said that the reconstruction and rehabilitation programme of the earthquake-affected areas is on track....
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Garden town of Kashmir struggling to survive
BAGH (Azad Kashmir), Oct 7: Kissing her 13-month-old daughter Saba, she cannot control her tears. Two years ago on October 8, Salma Kausar lost her two daughters -- Teenat aged 10...
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No-trust motion to be withdrawn: CM has lost majority: Muqam
PESHAWAR, Oct 7: The pro-Musharraf opposition in the NWFP Assembly on Monday decided to withdraw the noconfidence motion against Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani....
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Dissolution of NWFP Assembly put off
PESHAWAR, Oct 7: The NWFP chief minister has put off for the time being his plan to advise the governor to dissolve the assembly and has decided to first tackle the issue of no-confidence resolutions against himself and the assembly’s speaker....
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Militants kill ‘spy’
KOHAT, Oct 7: Militants beheaded a man they said was ‘spying for the government’ and shot dead a man in Darra Adamkhel on Saturday night, residents and officials said....
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Shujaat claims PPP was outsmarted on ordinance
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Buoyed by Saturday’s victory in the presidential election, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Sunday that the agreement with the...
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Presidency committed to deal with PPP
LAHORE, Oct 7: The presidency doesn’t endorse the views expressed by ruling Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz that the National Reconciliation Ordinance was a...
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Five captured soldiers escape
BANNU, Oct 7: Five paramilitary soldiers, kidnapped last week along with 28 others from Bakakhel in the Frontier Region of Bannu, escaped from their captors and returned home on Saturday....
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India may see mid-term poll after next budget
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: India appeared to have caught up with Pakistan in competitive electoral turbulence on Sunday after words were exchanged between Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi and her main...
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Full-page ad in NYT blasts Sonia
NEW YORK, Oct 7: In an expensive full-page advertisement in New York Times on Saturday, a coalition of Indian organisations blasted Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi for representing India on October...
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Vietnam hit by typhoon, floods and landslides
THANH HOA (Vietnam), Oct 7: At least 67 people were killed or went missing after a typhoon, floods and landslides cut power and closed roads in what officials in two Vietnamese...
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Hiking and biking across the world
LONDON, Oct 7: He was hit by a car in Colorado, attacked by a crocodile in Australia, detained as a suspected spy in Egypt, and survived illness and periods of despair....
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Explosion
QUETTA, Oct 7: A powerful explosion took place near the house of provincial Home Minister Mir Shoaib Nausherwani in Kharan on Sunday. The minister was not in the house....
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