Militants launch fierce attacks in Waziristan
TANK/MIRAMSHAH, Jan 22: Five soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded when militants attacked an observation post and the Laddah fort in South Waziristan on Tuesday, the ISPR said....
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Move to revive ration cards: Cabinet approves action against hoarders, black marketeers
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The caretaker cabinet approved a proposal on Tuesday to revive the old ration card system to provide essential food items to the people at reasonable rates....
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Ban on flour export by private sector
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Tuesday banned the export of flour to Afghanistan through private sector to stabilise flour price in the domestic market....
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Scotland Yard to be allowed to quiz suspects: Cheema
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Scotland Yard team investigating into the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto would be allowed to interrogate the suspected teenager and his partner allegedly involved in the...
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‘Osama less of a threat than Taliban remnants’
PARIS, Jan 22: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that it’s more important to battle the remnants of Afghanistan’s former Taliban militia than chase after top Al Qaeda leaders....
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‘US working hard with Musharraf for free polls’
BERLIN, Jan 22: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday pressured President Pervez Musharraf to stick to his pledge to hold free elections but said she understood democracy was not “born in a minute.”...
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Sub-assembly of Thunder aircraft begins at Kamra
ATTOCK, Jan 22: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed has said that the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) is looking forward to achieving, within one year, the capacity of producing annually 15 JF-17 aircraft....
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Stocks recover after plunge
LONDON/NEW YORK, Jan 22: European stocks gained on Tuesday as investors cheered a move by the US Federal Reserve to lower interest rates by 75 basis points and prop up the world’s biggest economy....
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US not satisfied with quality of information about tribal areas
WASHINGTON, Jan 22: The Bush administration is not satisfied with the quality of information it is getting about terrorist groups operating in Pakistan’s volatile tribal area, a senior US official said on Tuesday....
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Centcom chief meets Kayani
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Commander of United States Central Command (Centcom), Admiral William J. Fallon, visited General Headquarters on Tuesday and called on Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani....
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Observers to ensure poll credibility, says Brown
NEW DELHI, Jan 22: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that elections in Pakistan should be fair and free amid international community’s watch....
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Thaw with India not to hurt ties with Pakistan, says China
BEIJING, Jan 22: China assured Pakistan on Tuesday that its traditional friendship would not be hurt by warming ties with India....
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Playing with fire: Plan for Qazi courts
THE Frontier government’s draft regulation for a switchover to the system of quasi-religious courts in Swat, Dir and Chitral districts amounts to playing with fire. Planned apparently to appease militancy in...
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Egyptian border guards clash with Palestinians at Rafah crossing
RAFAH CROSSING (Gaza Strip), Jan 22: Egyptian border guards clashed with hundreds of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Egypt border on Tuesday, leaving at least 10 Egyptians and 60 Palestinians hurt....
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World powers agree on new Iran resolution
BERLIN, Jan 22: The UN Security Council’s permanent members and Germany agreed on Tuesday on a new draft resolution on sanctions against Iran, strengthening existing measures over the country’s refusal to suspend its nuclear programme, officials said....
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Gulf, Asian states to combat labour abuse
ABU DHABI, Jan 22: Gulf Arab states heavily dependent on an Asian labour force agreed on Tuesday with labour-sending Asian countries to join forces against the exploitation of expat workers from Asia....
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Indian bird flu spreads fast
KOLKATA, Jan 22: An outbreak of bird flu in India’s most densely populated state could spiral out of control, officials said on Tuesday, as the disease spread to a seventh district....
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Malaysia condemns Gaza blockade
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22: Malaysia on Tuesday condemned Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, describing it as a “collective punishment” that contravened international law and would cause a humanitarian catastrophe....
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