Troops close in on Darra after fierce clashes
DARRA ADAM KHEL/ KOHAT, Jan 26: Security forces killed 26 militants who had assembled near the Friendship Tunnel, on the Indus Highway, in a fresh offensive on Saturday morning, senior officials said....
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Jets bomb militants’ positions in Waziristan
TANK, Jan 26: Jet fighters and ground forces bombed suspected locations of militants in Touda Cheena and other parts of the South Waziristan Agency on Saturday, killing one tribesman and wounding eight others, sources said....
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Security at nuclear facilities boosted
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: An official in charge of strategic weapons gave an unprecedented presentation to foreign media in Islamabad on Saturday to allay fears that nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists....
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Army convoy escapes disaster near Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Jan 26: Suspected militants on Saturday made an unsuccessful attempt to target an army convoy with an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Peshawar-Kohat highway, near the Badabher police station....
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Musharraf assures Altaf of fair polls
LONDON, Jan 26: President Pervez Musharraf reassured MQM chief Altaf Hussain here on Saturday that coming elections would be fair, free, transparent and peaceful....
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EC receives 1,378 complaints
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The Election Commission has received 1,378 complaints from across the country on matters pertaining to the Feb 18 general election. Sindh has sent the highest number of complaints...
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Food committee lacks teeth to bring down flour prices
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The Federal Food Committee (FFC), tasked with controlling flour prices but with a limited mandate, is stumped by the lack of coordination between the centre and provinces over national food security....
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Two policemen, FC man killed
TIMERGARA, Jan 26: Two police constables and a Frontier Constabulary man were killed early on Saturday when a security post came under rocket attack....
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US says wanted militant killed in Pakistan
KABUL, Jan 26: The US military in Afghanistan said on Saturday that a Taliban-linked militant leader wanted by Washington had been killed in neighbouring Pakistan....
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Shujaat offers talks for fair polls
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, president of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q), on Saturday invited all political leaders to discuss ways and means to ensure “impartial and peaceful” elections....
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Missile test not unusual: US
WASHINGTON, Jan 26: The United States has said that there’s nothing alarming about Pakistan’s latest missile test but urged all countries in the region to observe their international obligations....
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Karzai says US help saved Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Jan 26: The US-installed Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he knew people called him “a puppet of America” and he was willing to accept this image because without...
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Strike shuts held Srinagar on India’s Republic Day
SRINAGAR, Jan 26: Occupied Kashmir’s biggest city was crippled by a strike on Saturday called by Muslim militants and separatists on India’s Republic Day....
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Sarkozy watches show of Indian military might
NEW DELHI, Jan 26: French President Nicolas Sarkozy was guest of honour on Saturday at India’s Republic Day parade as New Delhi showcased its latest military hardware including nuclear-capable missiles....
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Egypt allows Palestinians to enter its territory
RAFAH, Jan 26: Egypt said on Saturday it would keep allowing the Palestinians to cross the border and stock up on supplies for a fourth day of unfettered access from the Gaza Strip....
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George Habash dies in Amman
AMMAN, Jan 26: George Habash, the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), died on Saturday in Amman at the age of 82, Jordanian and Palestinian officials said....
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Govt has changed policy for tribal areas, says minister
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The government has changed its policy towards the tribal areas after the induction of a new governor in the NWFP, caretaker Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan said here on Saturday....
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SPDC report finds lacunas in devolution system
KARACHI, Jan 26: Introduction of the devolution process in 2001 has failed to empower the people of Pakistan, an analysis of characteristics of the district nazims conducted by the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) shows....
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