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| December 27, 2007 | Thursday | Zilhaj 16, 1428 |
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Four-hour countrywide loadshedding planned
LAHORE, Dec 26: The power supply situation deteriorated further on Wednesday with peak-hour shortage reaching over 2,000MW, or 20 per cent of the total demand of 10,000MW, an unprecedented level for winter.... 
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Musharraf, Karzai renew pledge to combat terror
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: President Pervez Musharraf and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai pledged on Wednesday to share intelligence and tighten border controls to quash increasing attacks by Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists....
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Severe shortage of food, medicines in Parachinar
PARACHINAR, Dec 26: Continuing sectarian clashes in Parachinar and other areas of the Kurram Agency have created a serious shortage of live-saving drugs and food items in the area and the entire region may soon face a humanitarian crisis....
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Commonwealth shut out; 200 election observers due
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Pakistan will be hosting hundreds of foreign election observers, comprising parliamentarians, NGO representatives, officials and media persons from several countries, including the US and the European Union, for the January 8 polls in the country....
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‘US forces to train troops’
WASHINGTON, Dec 26: The United States is sending its Special Forces to Pakistan early next year to train Pakistani troops and support the country’s efforts to fight terrorists, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday....
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10 policemen reported kidnapped
BANNU, Dec 26: Militants are reported to have kidnapped 10 policemen after blowing up a checkpoint of the Haivad police station here on Wednesday evening....
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Tough action ordered against display of weapons at rallies
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: A high level meeting held here on Wednesday directed the interior ministry and the provincial governments to make foolproof security arrangements for the general elections....
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Youth with dynamite held near rally venue
PESHAWAR, Dec 26: A young man, allegedly carrying dynamite, was arrested here on Wednesday from outside the Arbab Niaz Stadium where Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto addressed a public meeting....
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Militants pull down poll posters in Dara Adamkhel
DARA ADAMKHEL, Dec 26: The local Taliban brought down billboards, posters and banners of all candidates for the NA-47, tribal territory-12 seat, on Wednesday and warned of ‘dire consequences’ if these are put up again....
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7 Levies men released
KHAR, Dec 26: Militants set free seven Levies personnel in Bajaur Agency on Wednesday....
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Kidnapped armymen not freed yet
KOHAT, Dec 26: Securing release of 16 kidnapped people, among them four army officials and a senior officer of the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CAR), who went missing in and near...
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PPP won’t allow rigging: Benazir
PESHAWAR, Dec 26: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said her party is the biggest political force in the country and it will not allow the rulers to rig the elections....
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PML-N manifesto has seeds of confrontation with military leadership
LAHORE, Dec 26: Knowing well that it stands no chance to return to power as long as President Pervez Musharraf is on the political scene, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has presented...
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‘PIA to seek arbitration in dispute with prince’ : NY district court dismisses lawsuit
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Pakistan International Airlines said on Wednesday it would seek arbitration for resolving its dispute with Saudi Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Saud over the sale of his...
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Bhutto hanging site withers but city astir for Benazir’s rally
RAWALPINDI, Dec 26: The unkempt grass at the site of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s hanging lay withered on Wednesday as Rawalpindi waited for his daughter Benazir Bhutto to bring her campaign close...
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ELECTION DIARY: Sargodha takes it personally
NAMES influence personalities, it is said. Does the name of a place affect the opinion of its dwellers? Shahpur’s Ghulam Qadir appears to indicate that it does....
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Election staff concerned about security
PESHAWAR, Dec 26: Despite government assurance to deploy the army to assist police and other security personnel at polling stations, the government school teachers tasked to perform duty as election staff fear for their security....
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14 churches in Orissa attacked on Xmas night
BHUBANESWAR (India), Dec 26: Hindu extremists attacked at least 14 churches in eastern India leaving one man dead and 30 injured on Christmas night, police said on Wednesday....
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