Taliban besiege police station in Hangu: Army battalion sent to evacuate policemen
KOHAT, July 9: A 400-strong force of Taliban militants laid siege to a police station in Hangu on Wednesday after the arrest of seven of their associates by security agencies....
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Asif, Gilani discuss key issues in Dubai
DUBAI/ISLAMABAD, July 9: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari met Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and other senior members of his party in Dubai on Wednesday and discussed important national issues, party matters and the current political situation in the country....
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Mounting trade deficit touches $20.7 billion
ISLAMABAD, July 9: With imports not keeping pace with export growth, the country’s trade deficit ballooned to an unprecedented $20.745 billion during the outgoing fiscal year (2007-08) — up by 52.95...
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Power plants top gas supply priority list
ISLAMABAD, July 9: The government has decided to give priority to the power sector in allocation of fresh gas supplies in view of the continuous rise in the oil import bill and the resultant increase in power tariffs....
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US consulate in Istanbul attacked; six killed
ISTANBUL, July 9: Three Turkish policemen and three gunmen were killed in an attack on the United States consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, the city’s governor said....
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Militants barred from Bara under peace deal
LANDI KOTAL, July 9: The political administration and Lashkar-i-Islam signed an agreement on Wednesday making it binding on the banned group to accept the government’s writ in the Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency....
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Iran tests long-range missiles
TEHRAN, July 9: Iran test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles on Wednesday during war games that officials said aimed to show the country can retaliate against any US or Israeli attack, state television reported....
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US sending more air power to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, July 9: The United States is sending more air power to Afghanistan amid reports that American commandos are poised to stage hot pursuit raids into Fata....
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Left wants Singh govt to face trust vote
NEW DELHI, July 9: A bloc of Indian left-wing parties on Wednesday formally requested a confidence vote in parliament after pulling support for the ruling coalition over a controversial nuclear pact with the United States....
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G-8 summit ends with little progress on climate accord: Big emerging economies remain unconvinced
TOYAKO (Japan), July 9: The G-8 leaders patched together a deal to fight climate change at a summit that wound up on Wednesday, but failed to convince big emerging economies that rich countries were doing enough....
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Chinese ‘holy’ warriors crushed
BEIJING, July 9: Chinese police shot dead five members of a radical separatist group intent on waging “holy war”, state media reported on Wednesday, as top officials called for an all-out security push ahead of next month’s Beijing Olympics....
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Iran missile tests irk US
WASHINGTON, July 9: The United States has reacted angrily to Iran’s missile tests, saying Washington retains the option to use force to prevent it from making weapons of mass destruction....
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Food security
DUBAI, July 9: The UAE is seeking to buy farmland in Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa and South America to secure food supplies, the economy minister said in comments published on Wednesday....
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Terror attacks in Pakistan condemned
UNITED NATIONS, July 9: The United Nations Security Council has condemned recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan which claimed numerous lives and wounded many others, calling on those behind these “reprehensible” incidents to be brought to justice....
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Rockets hit Nowshera
NOWSHERA, July 9: Panic gripped Nowshera on Wednesday when rockets were fired from a hill near Kaka Sahib on the Nowshera cantonment area early in the morning....
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No foreign hand in Kabul embassy attack: Gates
WASHINGTON, July 9: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday he had seen no evidence that foreign agents were involved in the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul....
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Tribal elders call for grand jirga in Fata
ISLAMABAD, July 9: Three delegations of tribal elders from Khyber, Kurram and Mohmand agencies called on the Adviser to Prime Minister on Religious Affairs, Mr Hamid Saeed Kazmi, on Wednesday and...
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Two killed in Lebanon clashes
TRIPOLI (Lebanon), July 9: Two people were killed and dozens wounded in street battles between rival sectarian camps armed with rockets, sniper rifles and grenades in the north Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday....
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