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| November 01, 2007 | Thursday | Shawwal 19, 1428 |
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PPP to resist emergency, says Benazir : Dubai visit postponed
KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Wednesday that her party would not support imposition of emergency and reversal of the process for transition to democracy.... 
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Ceasefire in Swat collapses
SWAT, Oct 31: Security forces used helicopter gunships to attack militants’ positions as a tenuous ceasefire in effect in troubled Swat areas since Monday collapsed on Wednesday....
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High-level meeting held to discuss govt’s options
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday held consultations with the Pakistan Muslim League leadership on the issue of caretaker government, general elections and government’s possible response to the...
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SC can intervene in presidential poll, says judge
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: A senior judge of the Supreme Court asked on Wednesday why should the court not intervene in an issue of national importance involving the highest office in the...
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‘Al Qaeda, Taliban behind Pindi blast’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Police said on Wednesday that Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban were likely linked to Tuesday’s suicide attack in Rawalpindi that killed seven people....
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Talks only if militants lay down arms: CM
PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Talks with militants will be held only if they lay down their weapons, says NWFP’s caretaker Chief Minister Shamsul Mulk....
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Nadra claims FBI has no access to its record
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has no access to the record of the National Database and Registration Authority, including fingerprints, about Pakistani citizens....
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WB chief lays stress on continuity of reforms after polls
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The World Bank on Wednesday stressed on Pakistan to enhance its capacity building in areas of infrastructure and social sector for enhancement in the bank’s annual assistance from the present $1.5...
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NRO not to cover foreign cases: Azim
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Tariq Azim said on Wednesday that the National Reconciliation Ordinance would not apply to cases pending against Benazir Bhutto in foreign...
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India more important than Pakistan, says US official
WASHINGTON, Oct 31: A senior US official has categorically said that in a long-term perspective India is a more important ally for Washington than Pakistan....
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Jamali sees poll postponement
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Former Prime Minister Mir Zafrullah Khan Jamali has said that general elections are likely to be put off for some time because of existing situation in the country....
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State counsel told to obtain army court’s judgments
RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court asked the state counsel on Wednesday to obtain copies of judgments of an army court which convicted seven armymen who...
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Oil jumps 4pc to record high
NEW YORK, Oct 31: Oil surged more than 4 per cent to a record over $94 a barrel on Wednesday after a steep drop in US inventories fuelled winter supply concerns and the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates....
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Grand jirga offers help to end conflict in Swat
UPPER DIR, Oct 31: A grand peace jirga of Upper Dir district offered on Wednesday its services to the government for holding talks with militant cleric Maulana Fazlullah to peacefully end the Swat conflict....
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Russian bus bomb kills eight
TOLYATTI (Russia), Oct 31: A bomb ripped through a bus at rush hour in the southern Russian city of Tolyatti on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 50, prosecutors said....
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Two Madrid bombing convicts sentenced to 40,000 years
MADRID, Oct 31: A Spanish court found 21 people guilty on Wednesday of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people but the alleged masterminds were cleared of plotting Europe’s deadliest militant attack....
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Myanmar monks on the march again
YANGON, Oct 31: Buddhist monks in Myanmar staged a protest march on Wednesday, their first since soldiers crushed a pro-democracy uprising a month ago, as UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari got ready for a return visit to the former Burma....
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Boy started California fire, say police
LOS ANGELES, Oct 31: A young boy playing with matches has confessed to starting the deadly fires that recently devastated southern California, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department....
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