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| January 12, 2008 | Saturday | Muharram 02,1429 |
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Drastic cut in energy use to be put in use: Markets to close at 7.30pm
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has sought the nation’s support in energy conservation efforts to confront the challenge of energy shortage.... 
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Musharraf says he will quit if opposition tries to impeach him: US warned against intervention
SINGAPORE, Jan 11: President Pervez Musharraf has warned that the US troops will be regarded as invaders if they cross into Pakistan to hunt Al Qaeda militants and has said he...
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Scotland Yard mandated to determine cause of death
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Scotland Yard team assisting local investigators in the probe into the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto is mandated to determine the precise cause of her death,...
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DNA test results expected today: Lahore bombing
LAHORE, Jan 11: As the city slowly recovered from Thursday’s shock of the terror attack that left 24 people dead, police investigators and forensic experts on Friday made efforts to find...
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Rice scarcity looming
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: With the flour crisis deteriorating by the day, officials and analysts are raising the spectre of a looming shortage of rice....
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Dimensions of Fata conflict worry US
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: A senior US military official said on Friday that the United States had grave concerns about the internal dimensions of the Fata conflict which had escalated violence inside Pakistan....
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Pakistan cautions conditional US aid may impede war on terror
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Pakistan cautioned on Friday that any attempt to link the US aid to certain conditions could impede its role in the war on terror and hurt bilateral ties....
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Sindh rejects tariff offered for Thar power project: Centre accused of hurting investment prospects
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday offered a 30-year indicative tariff of 7.8 cents per unit for a 1000MW coal-based power project in Thar on prime minister’s instructions....
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Madressah reforms put on hold for next government
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The process of bringing Madressahs into the mainstream education system, the most important part of the Madressah Reforms plan, has been put on hold for the next government, according to sources in the ministry of religious affairs....
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Bush ends peace mission without breakthrough
KUWAIT, Jan 11: US President George W. Bush wrapped up his mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, emboldened enough to have predicted a peace treaty within a year but with no major breakthroughs for his efforts....
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UK seeks early release of political prisoners
LONDON, Jan 11: Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants all political prisoners to be released before Feb 18 elections in Pakistan which he said should be held in a free and fair way and without intimidation and censorship....
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Truck carrying fuel for Nato blown up
QUETTA, Jan 11: An oil tanker carrying fuel for Nato forces was blown up near the Chaman border on Thursday night....
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Border settlement with China strategic objective: Singh
NEW DELHI, Jan 11: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, starting his maiden trip to China on Sunday, has said both countries should pursue an early settlement of the boundary issue as...
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US military chief warns Iran
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: The top US military officer warned Iran on Friday not to mistake US restraint in an incident in the Strait of Hormuz for a lack of resolve, saying US warships would defend themselves....
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Thai Airways cutting flights to Pakistan
BANGKOK, Jan 11: Thai Airways International said on Friday it would cut flights to Pakistan as demand had fallen amid political unrest following the assassination of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto....
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Japan’s navy to resume anti-terror mission in Indian Ocean
TOKYO, Jan 11: Japan’s defence minister ordered the navy on Friday to ready ships for dispatch to the Indian Ocean to join the fight on terror, ending a three-month hiatus but deepening a political battle at home with the opposition....
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Berlusconi gets bullet shells, threatening letter MILAN, Jan 11: Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and his brother were mailed two bullet casings accompanied by death threats on Friday, Berlusconi’s Il Giornale newspaper said....
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Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies at 88
WELLINGTON, Jan 11: New Zealand’s Sir Edmund Hillary, who with Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, died in hospital on Friday....
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‘British girl who feared arranged marriage was murdered’
LONDON, Jan 11: A British teenager who feared her parents would force her into an arranged marriage and claimed to be the victim of domestic abuse was murdered, a coroner said on Friday....
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Republicans to maintain ties with Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: Five out of six Republican presidential candidates told a television debate on Thursday night that if elected they would like to see Pervez Musharraf continue as president although they would also back more democratic reforms in Pakistan....
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