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| October 29, 2007 | Monday | Shawwal 16, 1428 |
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10 militants die in fierce clashes near Mingora
SWAT, Oct 28: Security forces, backed by artillery and Cobra helicopters, on Sunday started advancing towards the strongholds of militants and there were reports that at least 10 militants had been killed in Kot and Manglor areas on the Mingora-Kalam road....
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Aziz hints at talks with PML-N
KARACHI, Oct 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday hinted at initiating talks with the leadership of the Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League as part of his government’s policy of reconciliation....
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Large parts of NWFP, tribal areas plunge into darkness
KOHAT/PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Terrorists blew up on Sunday night a high-tension power pylon in the tribal Bosti Khel area of the Kohat Frontier Region, plunging the southern district of the NWFP, including the tribal areas, into darkness....
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Benazir asks terrorists to lay down arms
LARKANA, Oct 28: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has asked terrorists to lay down their arms, and start respecting the Constitution....
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Positive signal from govt for Benazir
LAHORE, Oct 28: The establishment will not block Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s return to power or efforts to repeal the legal ban on her becoming prime minister for a...
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Wheat prices will fall, predicts adviser
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: Expectations of a good crop across the globe and reports that Pakistan will curb wheat imports next year have caused the price of the grain to fall in the international market....
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Plot to attack Peshawar airport foiled
PESHAWAR, Oct 28: A plot to attack the Peshawar airport was foiled when Russian-made rockets planted in the nearby Bazidkhel village were defused by security personnel on Sunday....
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‘Israel planned to hit Kahuta from India’s Jamnagar base’
NEW DELHI, Oct 28: India and Israel secretly planned to hit nuclear facility in Kahuta near Islamabad in 1983-84 but backed off when the CIA tipped off Pakistan’s then president Gen Ziaul Haq....
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Benazir’s request
KARACHI, Oct 28: The Sindh government has declined a request of Benazir Bhutto to allow her to use vehicles with tinted glass and retain private armed guards for her personal security....
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US strikes leave 80 Taliban dead
KABUL, Oct 28: Around 80 Taliban fighters were killed when they tried to ambush a patrol of Afghan and US-led Nato soldiers in the south of Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said on Sunday....
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US nudges India on N-deal
MUMBAI, Oct 28: US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Sunday urged India to proceed with a controversial US civilian nuclear deal and to take a leadership role in stalled global trade talks by opening more of its economy....
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IAEA chief says Iran not making N-weapons
WASHINGTON, Oct 28: Chief of the UN nuclear watchdog agency Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday he had no evidence that Iran was building nuclear weapons and accused US leaders of adding ‘fuel to the fire’ with recent bellicose rhetoric....
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Anti-war protests across US
NEW YORK, Oct 28: Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters held rallies across the United States on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Iraq and a cut-off of congressional funding....
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Indian sleuths framed two Muslims, says report NEW DELHI, Oct 28: India’s federal police are investigating elite sleuths for apparently faking the identities of two police informers as Kashmiri militants because the police were required to produce results...
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Minor changes planned in NA judiciary
GILGIT, Oct 28: After the announcement of a political and administrative reforms package for the Northern Areas by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, the federal government is considering some minor changes in...
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UK keeping close watch on Benazir attack probe
LONDON, Oct 28: The UK government is said to be keeping a close watch on the progress of the investigations in Pakistan into the October 18 suicide attack on Benazir Bhutto’s...
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99 districts polio-free, claims govt
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28: Failing to achieve the distinction of freeing the country from polio, the government, which is about to complete its tenure, has decided to claim the success of having 99 polio-free districts in the country....
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Blast suspends gas supply
QUETTA, Oct 28: Gas supply was suspended to the Uch power plant in Dera Murad Jamali in the early hours of Sunday after a pipeline connecting the Uch gas field with the power plant was blown up....
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