Protest lodged with Nato over cross-border attack
ISLAMABAD, July 11: Mortar shells fired from Afghanistan wounded at least six Pakistani security personnel along the border, and Pakistan had lodged a “strong protest” with Nato, the army’s top spokesman said on Friday....
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UN agrees ‘in principle’ to Benazir probe
UNITED NATIONS, July 11: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has agreed in principle to establish an international inquiry commission to investigate the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, according to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi....
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Inflation jumps to all-time high
ISLAMABAD, July 11: Inflation jumped to an all-time high of 12 per cent during the outgoing fiscal year (2007-08) from 7.7 per cent in the previous year on the back of spiralling food and energy prices....
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Taliban threaten to kill hostages
PESHAWAR, July 11: A Taliban spokesman has said that militants will start killing a group of hostages if their men detained by the government are not released by Saturday afternoon....
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Kashmir comes under direct Delhi rule
SRINAGAR, July 11: India imposed federal rule in occupied Kashmir on Friday after the regional government fell over a controversial transfer of land to a Hindu shrine trust that sparked days of rioting in the Muslim-dominated territory....
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FM avoids adverse comments on US strikes
WASHINGON, July 11: Fo-reign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that it’s harsh to describe US strikes on targets inside Fata as unfriendly acts....
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Gas tariff being reduced for captive industrial units
ISLAMABAD, July 11: The government has decided to reduce gas tariff for captive industrial units and regulate consumer prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) at sale points to ensure uniform rates across the country....
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Shift in US strategy: Fata operation, hot pursuit feared
ISLAMABAD, July 11: There has been a significant shift in the US military’s strategy vis-à-vis Pakistan in dealing with counter-terror measures in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) as, contrary to the...
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Petraeus confirmed as Centcom chief
WASHINGTON, July 11: The US Senate has approved the appointment of Gen David Petraeus as head of the US Central Command (Centcom), making him in charge of US military interests in 27 countries, including Pakistan....
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64 Afghan civilians died in recent US-led strikes
JALALABAD, July 11: Official investigations have found that US-led air strikes a week ago killed 64 people, most of them women and children, the heads of separate investigation teams said on Friday....
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Iraq, Israel reject report about drills against Iran
BAGHDAD, July 11: Iraq’s defence ministry on Friday denied any Israeli air force drills had taken place in its airspace after a report that the Israelis were preparing there for a possible strike on Iran....
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Bosnia buries 300 massacre victims
SREBRENICA (Bosnia-Herzegovina), July 11: Some 30,000 Muslims from across Bosnia gathered on Friday to remember the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and bury the remains of more than 300 newly identified victims....
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Pakistani charged with killing daughter
NEW YORK, July 11: A Pakistani immigrant of Jonesboro, Georgia, who strangled his daughter because she wanted to end her arranged marriage did it because she “would disgrace the family”, a news report said on Friday, citing an arrest warrant....
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Muslim woman deemed too radical to be French
PARIS, July 11: France has denied citizenship to a veiled Moroccan woman on the grounds that her “radical” practice of Islam is incompatible with basic French values such as equality of the sexes, a legal ruling showed on Friday....
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9/11 accused says he’s not being allowed to defend himself
GUANTANAMO BAY, (Cuba), July 11: The alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks said on Thursday that the US military was making it difficult for him to serve as his own lawyer....
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Aircraft part smuggling ring busted
MADRID, July 11: Spanish police said on Friday they had broken up a network suspected of smuggling spare parts for military aircraft to a country in the Middle East which Spanish media identified as Iran....
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Pakistani driver killed
QUETTA, July 11: A Pakistani driver was killed and two people were injured when a convoy carrying fuel and other supplies for US-led forces in Afghanistan was attacked by Taliban near Kandahar on Friday....
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India accuses Pakistan of Supporting infiltration
SRINAGAR, July 11: The Indian army on Friday lodged a protest with Pakistani forces, accusing them of providing cover for Kashmiri freedom fighters trying to sneak into Indian occupied Kashmir....
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