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| October 19, 2007 | Friday | Shawwal 6, 1428 |
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Benazir survives midnight carnage: Twin blasts cast shadow over homecoming •At least 125 dead
KARACHI, Oct 18: Over 125 participants of a procession led by former prime minister Benazir Bhutto upon her return to the country lost their lives on Thursday night after two powerful...
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Western media enthralled
KARACHI, Oct 18: They were all on board. Her trusted confidantes; her boisterous party activists; her old friends from Oxford days and, of course, journalists from all over the world on...
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Phased operation against militants in NWFP planned
PESHAWAR, Oct 18: The federal government is seriously considering a phased operation to check growing militancy and improve deteriorating law and order situation in the NWFP, credible sources said....
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Swiss judge wraps up probe
GENEVA, Oct 18: A Swiss investigative judge said on Thursday that he had completed a long-running probe into alleged money laundering by former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband....
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Washington wants Musharraf, Benazir to work together
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: A senior US official has said that the United States would like President Gen Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to work together to deal with the challenging issues their country faces....
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India-Pakistan conventional CBMs in the doldrums
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Their leaders grappling with serious domestic turbulence, foreign ministry officials from India and Pakistan were predictably engaged in a tame dialogue on conventional confidence building measures (CBMs)...
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PTCL allowed to lay off 60pc employees
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The government on Thursday formally allowed the management of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to lay off more than 29,000 employees under its Rs17 billion voluntary separation scheme (VSS)....
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200 BD politicians, others jailed on corruption charges
DHAKA, Oct 18: More than 200 people, mostly politicians, have so far been jailed for varying terms on charges of corruption since the military-backed interim government of Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed took over office in January this year....
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Putin says Iraq invasion aimed at controlling oil
MOSCOW, Oct 18: Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at US policies in Iraq and Iran in a national phone-in broadcast on Thursday, and announced new nuclear weapons for Russia’s increasingly powerful armed forces....
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Rights group blasts CM’s claim on disappearances
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: Ten people have disappeared in occupied Kashmir after being arrested by Indian troops this year, a leading rights group said on Thursday, disputing claims by a leader that there have been no such cases....
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Actress Deborah Kerr dies
LONDON, Oct 18: British actress Deborah Kerr, star of films including “From Here To Eternity” and “The King And I”, has died at the age of 86, her agent said on Thursday....
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Russia, India sign fighter development accord
MOSCOW, Oct 18: Russia and India will jointly modify a fifth-generation Russian fighter aircraft for Indian use under a deal signed on Thursday, Russia’s federal service for military and technical cooperation said....
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Iraq sees limited Turkish strikes
BAGHDAD, Oct 18: Iraq sees only limited Turkish air strikes on Kurdish separatists in the north of the country and wants the guerrillas to leave as soon as possible, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday....
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Benazir’s return to promote reconciliation: PM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday the arrival of Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto would strengthen the efforts for national political reconciliation....
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India waits for Pakistan to settle down: Singh
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that the new political order was yet to take shape in Pakistan but emphasised that the two countries must...
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Militant killed in accident
SWAT, Oct 18: A militant was killed and eight others were injured when their vehicle fell off a bridge at Wanay in Matta tehsil here on Thursday....
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Wheat shortage feared
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Wheat shortage is feared next year as experts anticipate up to 25 per cent less water availability between October 1 and April 30 during Rabi season....
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3 killed in different incidents
TAXILA, Oct 18: Three persons were killed and a dozen others injured in different incidents here on Thursday....
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