D-8 Muslim states agree to boost food production
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8: Eight Muslim developing nations agreed on Tuesday to embark on joint ventures to boost food production and endorsed a 10-year blueprint to expand trade cooperation....
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State Bank acts to save rupee: Sweeping changes in foreign exchange regulations
KARACHI, July 8: The State Bank made sweeping changes in foreign exchange regulations to protect the rupee against US dollar by suspending forward cover facility against imports and reducing advance payment against imports to 25 per cent from 50 per cent....
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Four soldiers of Chitral Scouts killed in Khyber
LANDI KOTAL, July 8: Paramilitary forces suffered their first casualty during the Khyber Agency operation when militants killed four soldiers of Chitral Scouts in an ambush on Tuesday near a graveyard in Akakhel....
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Extremists behind Indian embassy blast in Kabul: US
WASHINGTON, July 8: The US State Department on Tuesday refused to endorse Afghanistan’s claim that Pakistan is involved in the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul and pledged to continue to work with Pakistan to defeat terrorism....
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US slaps new curbs on Iran
WASHINGTON, July 8: The United States announced new sanctions on Tuesday over Iran’s nuclear energy programme, naming four individuals and four entities for their ties to Tehran’s nuclear and missile programmes....
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Gilani seeks help to defeat militancy
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said Pakistan is working for world peace and stability by playing the role of a frontline state in the war against terrorism and extremism....
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Iran to hit Israel, American ships if attacked
TEHRAN, July 8: Iran will hit Israel, US shipping in the Gulf and American interests around the world if it is attacked over its disputed nuclear activities, an aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader was quoted as saying on Tuesday....
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US carrier moved to Arabian Sea
WASHINGTON, July 8: A US aircraft carrier has moved to the Arabian Sea to support military operations in Afghanistan, leaving the Gulf without a carrier, US defence officials said on Tuesday....
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Team from Islamabad for Karachi blast probe
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The federal government has sent a team of intelligence experts to Karachi to probe into Monday’s serial blasts....
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Indian left quits govt over nuclear deal with US
NEW DELHI, July 8: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government was thrown in a crisis on Tuesday after the Left Front withdrew its crucial support to the four and a half years...
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G-8 expresses ‘strong concern’ over rising oil, food prices
RUSUTSU (Japan), July 8: Leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers warned on Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth but maintained that their long-term outlook on the global economy was positive....
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Ahmadinejad asks G-8 to destroy all N-arms
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the G-8 nations, whose leaders are currently meeting in Japan, to announce destruction of all nuclear warheads in their countries to prove their commitment to peace and stability....
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Kabul blames ‘agency’ for embassy blast
KABUL, July 8: A suicide bomb attack on the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital bore all the hallmarks of a foreign intelligence agency, Afghanistan’s presidential spokesman said on Tuesday in a likely reference to Pakistan....
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US signs missile deal in Prague
PRAGUE, July 8: The US and the Czech Republic signed a treaty on Tuesday, allowing Washington to build part of a missile defence shield in the central European state despite opposition from Russia.—Reuters...
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Two soldiers injured in mine blast
QUETTA, July 8: Two security personnel were injured when a landmine exploded in Suhbatpur area of Jaffarabad district on Tuesday morning....
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Two women shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA, July 8: A man killed his sister-in-law and her mother on Tuesday following a marriage dispute....
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Suicide bomber a native of Tank
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The suicide bomber who targeted law enforcers and blown himself on Sunday was identified as a native of Tank, the sources close to investigations told Dawn here on Tuesday....
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Strong quake jolts Japan
TOKYO, July 8: A strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 jolted southern Japan on Tuesday, a government agency said, but there was no risk of a tsunami....
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