School hostage standoff ends; children freed: Gunmen given safe passage
BANNU/KARAK, Jan 28: Gunmen took over 60 schoolchildren and eight teachers hostage in a school on Monday but freed them unharmed after local elders prevailed upon police to provide safe passage...
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Talks for new peace deal in N. Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Jan 28: Security forces have released seven tribesmen as a goodwill gesture amid reports that the government and militants are inching towards an agreement for restoring peace in North Waziristan....
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Troops regain control of FC fort in Swat
SWAT, Jan 28: Security forces on Monday regained control of the Durshkhela fort in Matta’s Bagh Dheri area which had fallen to militants loyal to cleric Maulana Fazlullah three months ago....
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UK links aid increase to polls
LONDON, Jan 28: Prime Minister Gordon Brown indicated on Monday that Britain’s enhanced assistance to Pakistan or for that matter that of the world would crucially depend on the forthcoming February...
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Musharraf met Israeli defence minister
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: President Pervez Musharraf last week met Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak in Paris and the Foreign Office described it as ‘a chance encounter’....
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Mills seek sugar price rise
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Sugar mills are putting pressure on the caretaker government to buy at least half a million tons of sugar from them at higher rates and export it in...
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Mass exodus as clashes continue in South Waziristan
TANK, Jan 28: A large number of people moved out of the conflict-hit areas of South Waziristan as fierce clashes between security forces and militants continued on Sunday night and Monday, officials and local people said....
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Tense calm prevails in Darra Adamkhel
KOHAT, Jan 28: Darra Adamkhel was calm but tense on Monday as security forces consolidated their positions on hilltops in the area....
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Foreign hands blamed for turmoil
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The government on Monday blamed foreign hands for the recent suicide attacks and other acts of terrorism in the country....
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US administration not changing Pakistan policy
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: US Congress appears more sympathetic to the Pakistani opposition than the US administration, which showed little interest in their demands for the restoration of the previous judiciary in...
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Edhi faces deportation
NEW YORK, Jan 28: US authorities have threatened Pakistan’s most respected citizen Abdul Sattar Edhi with deportation, he said....
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US embassy official found dead in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A security officer of the US embassy was found dead in his residence on Monday....
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Commonwealth to review suspension after polls
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: The Commonwealth could review Pakistan’s suspension after the country’s parliamentary elections next month, the 53-nation group’s secretary general, Don McKinnon, said here on Monday....
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Thaksin ally elected Thai PM
BANGKOK, Jan 28: Thai lawmakers elected Samak Sundaravej, an ally of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the nation’s new prime minister on Monday, restoring civilian leadership after 16 months of military rule....
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PPP delegates return from US
LAHORE, Jan 28: A three-member PPP delegation which visited the United States to seek support for its demand that the government entrust the investigation of Ms Benazir Bhutto’s assassination to the...
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Ministry denies Rashid Rauf in police custody
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Interior Ministry rejected on Monday claims by the lawyer for British suspect Rashid Rauf that his client, who escaped from police custody, was being secretly held by the authorities....
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Media personnel escape attack
PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Several journalists escaped unhurt when their vehicles came under fire from militants and security personnel on the Peshawar-Kohat highway near Darra Adamkhel....
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Baitullah is on his own, say Afghan Taliban
PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The Taliban in Afghanistan have distanced themselves from Pakistani militants led by Baitullah Mehsud, saying they don’t support any militant activity in Pakistan....
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