Gilani contacts leaders of main coalition parties: Cabinet expansion
ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR, July 13: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani held consultations with coalition partners for expanding his cabinet, election of chairmen of standing committees and appointment of parliamentary secretaries....
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Blaming Baitullah for Benazir murder premature: Qureshi
NEW YORK, July 13: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has questioned the guilt of a key Taliban suspect fingered by the CIA and Pakistan’s previous government in Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, suggesting a wider conspiracy was behind her death....
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Suicide attack in D.I. Khan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 13: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a place where a religious conference was being held here on Sunday....
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10 US soldiers killed in attack on Afghan base: Suicide attack, clashes leave 64 dead
KABUL, July 13: A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote US base killed 10 American soldiers and wounded 15 on Sunday in the deadliest attack on US forces in Afghanistan in three years....
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Postponed LoC talks to be held on 18th
NEW DELHI, July 13: India and Pakistan have rescheduled their postponed talks on Cross-LoC confidence building measures for July 18 ignoring a hiccup caused by the recent terror attack on Delhi’s mission in Kabul, official sources said on Sunday....
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PML-Q blasts govt decision to seek UN probe
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q on Sunday severely criticised the PPP-led coalition government’s decision to seek UN investigation into Ms Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and said the move showed incompetence...
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Mediterranean union launched: 43-nation group plans regional projects
PARIS, July 13: French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a 43-nation Union for the Mediterranean on Sunday with a plea for Middle Eastern countries to emulate Europe’s model of reconciliation and integration....
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Salient points of declaration
PARIS: Leaders from more than 40 nations have launched a new Union of the Mediterranean, aimed at boosting cooperation between Europe, north Africa and the Middle East through a series of regional projects....
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Protest in Kashmir against pro-India politicians
SRINAGAR, July 13: Police fired live ammunition in the air and used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters who attacked pro-Indian political activists during a memorial ceremony on Sunday in occupied Srinagar, police said....
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Gilani to attend ‘national prayer breakfast’
NEW YORK, July 13: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has accepted an invitation by a US Congressman to visit Washington in February to attend a prayer breakfast meeting, a favourite winter...
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Tale of two mothers
HYDERABAD, July 13: Leaving ‘unwanted’ infants in cradles placed outside Edhi centres is not an uncommon phenomenon, but it is rare for poverty-stricken parents, often widows, handing over their children to the centres so that they may survive....
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Industrialists plan protest rally today
FAISALABAD, July 13: Industrialists will hold a rally on Monday to press the government to annul the recent hike in prices of gas and electricity and meet their other demands....
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Palestinian peace accord closer than ever: Olmert
PARIS, July 13: Israel and the Palestinians have never been closer to a peace deal, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday following talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and French President Nicolas Sarkozy....
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Indian charge against ISI rejected
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Pakistan on Sunday rejected Indian government’s allegation about involvement of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in last week’s attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul....
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Bush urged to send troops withdrawn from Iraq to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, July 13: A senior American senator urged the Bush administration on Sunday to send the troops withdrawn from Iraq to Afghanistan to help stop cross-border infiltration....
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Ahmadinejad doesn’t oppose US mission
TEHRAN, July 13: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has indicated that he is not against the opening of a US mission in Tehran, saying Iran will consider favourably any request aimed at boosting relations between the two peoples....
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US towns get creative as fuel costs bite
SCOTCH PLAINS, (New Jersey), July 13: Police are doing more patrolling on bikes here, while elsewhere across America small towns are taking unusual measures to rein in rising energy costs....
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Asian Bank likely to finance project for water resource management
RAWALPINDI, July 13: The Asian Development Bank is expected to finance a management and development programme for water resources in Sindh under its multitranche financing facility....
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