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| December 01, 2007 | Saturday | Ziqa’ad 20, 1428 |
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Musharraf to quit if ‘situation worsens’
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that if the coming elections created a situation that was ‘unacceptable’ to him, he would step down.... 
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BB links poll boycott to ‘common goal’: Five-point manifesto unveiled
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday issued a five-point manifesto brimming with pledges and promises, leaving no doubt about its intention to participate in the Jan 8 polls....
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Boycott not to benefit APDM, says Fazl
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The JUI (F) will not abide by the decision of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) to boycott the elections as it will not benefit the movement, the chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, said on Friday....
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US team underlines need for fair polls: Meeting with Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: A visiting US Congressional delegation during a meeting with President Pervez Musharraf on Friday underlined the importance of holding free, fair and transparent elections....
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Bush calls Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: US President George W. Bush telephoned President Pervez Musharraf on Friday night to congratulate him on assumption of office as head of the state for a second term....
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EU, India favour ‘democracy’ in Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Nov 30: India and the European Union, in their talks here on Friday, expressed the hope that stability and democracy would return soon to Pakistan even as they appeared...
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We’ll teach troops a lesson, says Fazlullah
MINGORA, Nov 30: Security forces claimed to have dislodged militants from some of their strongholds on Friday as Maulana Fazlullah confirmed the killing of his commander for Matta....
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Gunmen kill 2 schoolchildren in Bannu
BANNU, Nov 30: Two schoolchildren of a family were killed and two others were injured when some gunmen lying in ambush, opened fire on them in the Domanzi area here on Friday, officials and residents said....
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Seven Taliban arrested in Dir
UPPER DIR, Nov 30: Seven local Taliban militants who were sneaking into the Upper Dir area after fleeing from the restive Swat valley, were caught by local people of Wari here on Thursday and were handed over to police....
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Govt intervenes to pre-empt fall in sugar prices ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The caretaker government on Friday removed a 15 per cent duty on sugar export and increased the duty on its import to help the sugar industry reduce surplus stocks....
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30pc duty to be slapped on flour export
LAHORE, Nov 30: The federal government plans to slap 30 to 35 per cent duty on export of flour to Afghanistan to take the pressure off the domestic flour price....
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56 die in Turkish plane crash
ISPARTA (Turkey), Nov 30: A Turkish domestic airliner crashed in the mountains in southwest Turkey on Friday killing all 56 people on board, officials said. Private AtlasJet Airlines Chief Executive Tuncay...
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Activists stopped from entering Chakothi
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 30: At least three dozen activists belonging to various Kashmiri nationalist organisations were prevented on Friday from entering a town near the line of control, where they planned to...
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Aids prevalence rising in Pakistan: UN report
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Expressing concern over the rise in HIV/Aids cases in the country, the UNAIDS — a United Nations joint programme on HIV/Aids — on Friday said Pakistan had become...
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Iran, EU N-talks fail to make headway
LONDON, Nov 30: Iran and EU failed to reach a compromise over nuclear enrichment issue on Friday, with EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana complaining he was disappointed at Tehran’s refusal...
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US envoy hopes for free media
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) here on Friday organised a conference on media freedom in Pakistan. People associated with the print and electronic media and representing...
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Karzai looks for better ties
KABUL, Nov 30: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday expressed the hope that Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s term as a civilian president would see “greater and more effective” cooperation against extremism confronting both Afghanistan and Pakistan....
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Man with bomb takes over Hillary’s office
NEW YORK, Nov 30: A man believed to be armed with a bomb took over a campaign office of Democratic Party presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton in north-eastern New Hampshire, US police said on Friday....
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