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| December 03, 2007 | Monday | Ziqa'ad 22, 1428 |
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Balkanisation a grave threat, warns Benazir: Failure in Fata to invite foreign troops
PESHAWAR, Dec 2: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that besides the growing challenge of Talibanisation, Pakistan faces an equally grave threat of ‘Balkanisation’ because of the government’s domestic policies.... 
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‘Boycott to benefit Musharraf’
FORMER prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Sunday that an opposition boycott of the coming polls would only help President Pervez Musharraf to legitimise his emergency rule....
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Effective boycott only if opposition unites: Nawaz
KASUR, Dec 2: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that boycott of the elections will be effective only if all opposition parties stay away from the polling....
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Warm welcome for Gul
ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Turkish President Abdullah Gul was given a red-carpet warm welcome as he arrived here on Sunday on a two-day state visit to Pakistan on the invitation of President Pervez Musharraf....
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Rains improve prospects for Rabi crop
ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The weekend rains have improved prospects of Pakistan’s crop output and, therefore, a meeting scheduled on Monday for slashing provincial water shares has been postponed....
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26 militants held in Swat
MINGORA, Dec 2: Security forces occupied two important mountain tops which had been recently vacated by militants in their stronghold of Matta tehsil. Also on Sunday, 26 militants were detained at checkpoints....
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Impact of US wargames on Pakistan N-arms ‘negative’
WASHINGTON, Dec 2: US-sponsored wargames that simulate capturing Pakistan’s nuclear weapons to prevent them from falling into wrong hands are having a negative impact, experts say....
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Ahmadinejad to attend Gulf summit
TEHRAN, Dec 2: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend this week’s summit of six US-allied Gulf Arab states in Qatar, Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Sunday, saying it could help boost regional cooperation....
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22 peasants freed from landlord’s ‘prison’
KARACHI, Dec 2: A rights group on Sunday claimed to have got 22 bonded labourers freed from a private prison in the outskirts of Karachi. “We have got released 22 people,...
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Jemima recalls her ordeal
LONDON, Dec 2: Recalling some of her not-so-happy experiences in Pakistan when she was “married to an outspoken opposition politician” Jemima Khan in a Sunday Telegraph article remembered rather bitterly that...
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New York rally against Musharraf
NEW YORK, Dec 2: Scores of students and political activists held a protest rally in front of the United Nations on Saturday afternoon demanding President Musharraf’s resignation....
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India tests interceptor missile
BHUBANESWAR (India), Dec 2: India on Sunday successfully tested a new interceptor missile in the eastern state of Orissa, defence sources said. The test took place at Wheeler Island, off the...
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Breakthrough in cancer research
PARIS, Dec 2: A nano-scale tool that distinguishes soft cancerous cells from stiffer normal ones could save lives by making it easier to diagnosis cancer, according to a study released on Sunday....
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Landslide for Putin’s party
MOSCOW, Dec 2: President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a landslide in parliamentary elections on Sunday with more than 60 per cent of the vote, according to two exit polls....
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Soldier killed in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, Dec 2: A Frontier Corps soldier was killed in an attack on a checkpost in Dera Bugti district on Saturday. He was identified as Allah Ditta....
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US senators call for participation in polls
WASHINGTON, Dec 2: Two key US senators on Sunday urged former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif to participate in the Jan 8 elections. “I’m hopeful that not only...
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Inamul Haq to attend Saarc conference
NEW DELHI, Dec 2: Foreign Minister Inamul Haq will arrive here on Thursday to attend the 29th session of Saarc Council of Ministers commencing on Friday....
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‘Struggle for freedom of press to continue’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: A meeting of the federal executive council of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and the national executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation resolved on...
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