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| December 26, 2007 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 15, 1428 |
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Kabul tells UN, EU officials to leave
KABUL, Dec 25: Afghanistan has ordered a top European Union official and a United Nations staffer to leave the country for threatening national security, government and diplomatic officials said on Tuesday.... 
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Pope terms Pakistan a ‘tortured land’
VATICAN CITY, Dec 25: Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday lamented the “grim sound of arms” in the world’s conflict zones, from Sudan to Sri Lanka and especially the volatile Middle East, in his Christmas message....
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Musharraf to ‘follow’ Quaid
KARACHI, Dec 25: President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to take the country forward on the path of progress and prosperity according to the vision of the Quaid-i-Azam....
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Vision forgotten: Justice Iftikhar
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has said that after 60 years of its existence the country has drifted away from the ideals, principles and vision of the Quaid-i-Azam....
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PML-Q to back MQM on 22 seats
KARACHI, Dec 25: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) failed to reach an understanding on seat adjustment for five provincial assembly and one National Assembly constituencies in Karachi after talks on Tuesday....
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Army to assist police, Rangers during polls
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The army will be stationed at sensitive places across the country, providing assistance to police and Rangers during the elections, caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan said on Tuesday....
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Violence spreads to more areas in Kurram Agency
PARACHINAR, Dec 25: Violence spread to more areas in the Kurram Agency on Tuesday amid reports of infiltration of militants from nearby areas, sources said....
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Militant base blown up
MINGORA, Dec 25: Security forces on Tuesday blew up the hujra (living quarters) of Mahmood Khan, an associate of Maulana Fazlullah, in Hazara village of Kabal tehsil....
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Army being used against countrymen, says Benazir
MUZAFFARGARH/MULTAN, Dec 25: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Tuesday that the force that was supposed to defend the country and its borders (army) was being used against own countrymen....
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Nawaz seeks votes to ‘save country’
BAHAWALPUR, Dec 25: PML-N chief Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has appealed to voters to support his party’s candidates in the Jan 8 elections in order to “save Pakistan from further disintegration”....
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Kidnapped Mohmand Agency candidate set free
GHALANAI, Dec 25: A former MNA and candidate for NA-36, Mohmand Agency, Maulana Mohammad Sadiq, who was kidnapped on Dec 18 in the Ambar area, was set free by his captors in the Gandao area here on Monday night....
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Frontier Corps fort attacked
QUETTA, Dec 25: A fort of the Frontier Corps in Wadh came under rocket attack on Tuesday....
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US aid for Fata in jeopardy: paper
WASHINGTON, Dec 25: The US aid plan for Pakistan’s tribal areas is in jeopardy as there are concerns about the lack of an adequate system to keep track of the money, according to The New York Times....
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Adjustments not to benefit any party : Election diary
ISLAMABAD: Seat-adjustment accords between the PPP and the PML-N are not going to be of any benefit to either of them, sources in both parties say....
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Ballot papers to be ready by Jan 5: Dilshad
BAHAWALPUR, Dec 25: Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Dilshad has said that printing of ballot papers would be completed by Jan 5. He claimed that the use of special paper had eliminated the possibility of fraud and forgery....
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Indians kill three Kashmiris holed up in mosque
SRINAGAR, Dec 25: Indian forces killed three suspected militants holed up in a mosque in occupied Kashmir, ending a two-day standoff and sparking angry protests that injured dozens of people, police said on Tuesday....
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Afghan president Karzai due today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is scheduled to arrive here on Wednesday on a two-day state visit. He will hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart on issues of bilateral interest....
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Turkey claims killing 150 Kurds
SULAIMANIYA (Iraq), Dec 25: Turkish planes bombed an area of Iraq bordering Turkey on Tuesday to attack Kurdish separatists and the army claimed it had killed at least 150 guerrillas in its air offensive earlier this month....
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‘Castro still involved in major decisions’
HAVANA, Dec 25: Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro remains mentally active and is consulted on major decisions despite some physical limitations, his brother and stand-in leader Raul Castro has said....
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BD artefacts stolen on way to France
DHAKA, Dec 25: Bangladesh on Tuesday cancelled plans to send rare artefacts to Paris for a museum exhibition next year after two ancient statues of a Hindu deity were stolen en route to France....
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