Four soldiers killed in ambush along LoC
ISLAMABAD, June 19: Four Pakistani soldiers were killed in an encounter with ‘unknown miscreants’ in the Hajira sector, close to the Line of Control, on Thursday, Inter Services Public Relations said....
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Heavy fighting in Kurram after convoy attack: Four drivers, three militants killed
PARACHINAR, June 19: Security forces, backed by helicopter gunships, killed three militants and injured 30 others after armed men attacked a food convoy, killing four drivers in the Kurram Agency’s Sadda town on Thursday....
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Drug probe against bowler Asif dropped
DUBAI, June 19: Dubai authorities dropped a drug investigation against Pakistani cricketer Mohammed Asif and he will be deported, the public prosecutor said on Thursday....
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NWFP allowed to strike deal with Taliban
PESHAWAR: Islamabad has authorised the NWFP government to enter into deals with the Taliban for ensuring peace in the province and called for respecting such agreements....
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More concessions for farm sector, NA assured: Budget debate wound up
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The government told the National Assembly on Thursday it planned to begin budget deliberations in the house in future as early as March rather than June and vowed...
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Oilseed shortage in store
ISLAMABAD, June 19: After wheat and sugar, the country’s agriculture sector is in the grip of oilseeds crisis amid a constant surge in prices of edible oil in the local market....
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Pakistan high on US policy agenda: Rice
WASHINGTON, June 19: Pakistan enjoys a prominent place in the US policy for Asia but it also is a place where America’s worst nightmare of a nexus of terrorism and weapons...
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‘Mastermind’ of suicide blasts arrested
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The ring leader of a terrorist group busted last week by the Federal Investigation Agency was reportedly arrested in Rawalpindi on Thursday....
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MNAs seek reduction in President House expenses
ISLAMABAD, June 19: A majority of lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday opposed the increase sought by the government in the President House’s expenditure and said the rise was incomprehensible...
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Nato claims routing Taliban in Kandahar vicinity
ARGHANDAB (Afghanistan), June 19: Nato and Afghan forces using air power cleared Taliban militants from villages near the strategic city of Kandahar on Thursday, killing at least 56 militants, officials said....
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US military has lost hundreds of N-parts, says newspaper
LONDON, June 19: The US military has lost hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, in the latest embarrassment for The Pentagon, the Financial Times reported in its online version on Thursday....
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Wiretapping now legal in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, June 19: Sweden has adopted contentious legislation that will give officials sweeping powers to eavesdrop on all e-mail and telephone traffic that crosses the Nordic nation’s borders....
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Confusion over Saudi plan on oil output
LONDON, June 19: Oil prices slumped on Thursday after Saudi Arabia said it planned to boost daily output by 200,000 barrels to help cool record-breaking energy costs....
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Elderly Japanese killing themselves over health woes
TOKYO, June 19: The number of elderly Japanese killing themselves surged 9 per cent to a record high last year, fuelled by mounting health and economic worries among seniors in a rapidly aging society, the government said on Thursday....
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Polio case detected
QUETTA, June 19: A new case of polio has been detected in a village near Chaman town in Qila Abdullah district....
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West’s new nuclear game to fail, says Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN, June 19: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday the “new game” of the West in the nuclear standoff with Iran would end in humiliation, days after world powers presented a new offer to end the crisis.“The...
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Full Israel-Syria talks unlikely this year: Barak
JERUSALEM: Israel and Syria are unlikely to hold full peace negotiations before the end of the year, or without the involvement of the United States, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak was quoted as saying on Thursday....
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Case against US soldier quashed
ROME: Italy’s highest appeals court ruled on Thursday that the country did not have jurisdiction to try a US soldier for killing a top Italian intelligence agent in Iraq in 2005, ANSA news agency reported....
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