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| December 12, 2007 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 1, 1428 |
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Musharraf vows to work with elected government
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: President Pervez Musharraf pledged in an interview broadcast on Tuesday to cooperate with whoever wins January’s general election, saying that he was not a “trouble creator”.... 
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Benazir, Nawaz out to fire up campaign
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: With boycott talk out of the way, former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have taken a plunge to fire up their parties’ election campaigns, against both natural and man-made odds....
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Twin bomb blasts kill 67 in Algiers
ALGIERS, Dec 11: A twin car bomb strike rocked Algiers on Tuesday killing at least 67 people and devastating a UN office where staff were trapped for hours after the blasts, hospital officials said....
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Balochistan CM launches reconciliation initiative
QUETTA, Dec 11: Balochistan’s caretaker chief minister has started meetings with tribal elders and leaders of the Baloch and Pakhtun nationalist parties as part of an initiative to bring about a reconciliation in the province....
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Pakistan votes for Israeli resolution
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11: Pakistan on Tuesday surprised the Muslim nations by voting for a resolution sponsored by Israel in a committee of the UN General Assembly. Most Muslim countries abstained....
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Hyrbyair Marri charged in UK court
LONDON, Dec 11: Nawab Khair Bux Marri’s son Hyrbyair Marri and his companion were charged by Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday with inciting terrorism offences in Pakistan....
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LHC summons Justices Iftikhar, Bhagwandas
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Justice Abdul Shakoor Paracha of the Rawalpindi Bench of Lahore High Court has summoned Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Justice Rana Bhagwandas to appear before him in person to answer why were they illegally occupying official residences....
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Airport built by private sector inaugurated
SIALKOT, Dec 11: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday inaugurated the Rs2.6 billion Sialkot International Airport, the country’s first mega project built by the private sector....
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ADB gives $1.15bn for roads, Punjab reforms
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The Asian Development Bank announced on Tuesday it would provide Pakistan up to $1.15 billion new loans for the north-south highway network — called National Trade Corridor — and for public sector reforms in Punjab....
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Man ‘recruiting suicide bombers’ arrested
MINGORA, Dec 11: Security forces, backed by helicopter gunships and artillery, attacked on Tuesday some areas in Swat still believed to be infested with militants. The forces claimed to have arrested...
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MMA council meets without JI chief
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The Supreme Council of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal met here on Tuesday, although its president Qazi Hussain Ahmed had cancelled the meeting owing to a decision by four of MMA’s six components to contest the coming elections....
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US sending 65 poll observers
WASHINGTON, Dec 11: The United States plans to send 65 observers to monitor the Jan 8 parliamentary elections in Pakistan, the State Department informed the US Congress....
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Advanced cruise missile test-fired
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test-fired an indigenously-developed cruise missile with a range of 700 kilometres....
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Pakistan, Iran ready to sign gas accord
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Pakistan and Iran are close to signing a gas sales purchase agreement for the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project since most of the issues have been resolved....
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Mistrial declared in insider trading case
NEW YORK, Dec 11: A US judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in an insider trading case against a former Credit Suisse investment banker after finding that two jurors had failed to follow instructions....
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Four CD shops destroyed
PESHAWAR, Dec 11: Four CD and video shops were destroyed in different bomb explosions in the Badha Bera Bazaar and adjoining areas on Monday night....
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Taliban execute ‘outlaw’ in public
KOHAT, Dec 11: Militants on Tuesday publicly executed an alleged outlaw wanted by the Kohat police in connection with two murder cases in Darra Adamkhel....
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3 killed in train-car collision
RAWALPINDI, Dec 11: A passenger train crashed into a car at a crossing near the Golra Railway Station on Tuesday, killing three persons and injuring four, railway and police authorities said....
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