US slander against ISI rubbished: Indian embassy blast
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Pakistan on Friday angrily rejected a report that the United States had accused its main spy agency – ISI – of helping to plan a fatal bombing at India’s embassy in Kabul last month....
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Swat action to continue till peace restored, says govt
PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The NWFP government on Friday decided that law-enforcement agencies would continue their operation in Swat till its objectives were achieved and peace was restored in the area....
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Peace talks at lowest point, says India
COLOMBO, Aug 1: India said on Friday that peace talks with Pakistan were at the lowest point in their four-year history after a spate of bombings in Indian cities and at the country’s embassy in Kabul....
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Terrorism, poverty on top of Saarc summit agenda
COLOMBO, Aug 1: Terrorism, food shortages and poverty alleviation are likely to dominate the agenda of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit which begins here on Saturday....
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IAEA approves US-India nuclear deal
VIENNA, Aug 1: Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved an inspections plan for India by consensus on Friday, a key step towards finalising a US-Indian nuclear cooperation deal, diplomats said....
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Dozens perish in Indian train fire
HYDERABAD (India), Aug 1: At least 32 people died when a fire believed to have been sparked by a short-circuit spread through an Indian train on Friday morning while many passengers were asleep, the government and police said....
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US, UK urged to come clean about Diego Garcia secrets
NEW YORK, Aug 1: The Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) on Friday called for investigations by the US Congress and British parliament into allegations made in a Time magazine report that...
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No verdict in case of ‘7/7 accomplices’
LONDON, Aug 1: Waheed Ali, 25, Sadeer Saleem, 28, and 32-year-old Mohammed Shakil, all presumably of Pakistani origin, were on Friday remanded in custody following the failure of the jury to...
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Senate body seeks Jamrud official’s removal
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: A Senate committee has called for immediate suspension of the assistant political agent of Jamrud for his alleged failure to prevent the murder of four family members of Senator Hafiz Abdul Malik Qadri....
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Taliban’s demands conveyed to govt: Little hope of positive outcome: Jirga member
KOHAT, Aug 1: A grand jirga negotiating peace in Hangu conveyed to the provincial government on Friday Taliban’s demands after talks with local militant chief Mullah Kareem....
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CII concerned over religious extremism
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) at a meeting here on Friday expressed concern over reports of enforcement of Sharia and Nizam-i-Adl in some tribal areas without consultation with the council and over growing religious extremism in society....
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Turkey to pick new mly chief
ISTANBUL, Aug 1: Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan chaired a military council on Friday to appoint a new chief of Turkey’s powerful armed forces as domestic tensions eased....
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German team claims first transplant of two arms
BERLIN, Aug 1: A German medical team said on Friday it had performed what it called the world’s first transplant of two full arms, on a farmer who had lost both his limbs in an accident....
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Nasa says Mars has water
LOS ANGELES, Aug 1: Nasa scientists have said they have definitive proof that water exists on Mars after further tests on ice found on the planet in June by the Phoenix Mars Lander....
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Four-year-old girl married off for father’s sin
HYDERABAD, Aug 1: A four-year-old girl of Kohli community has been married to a boy of the same age under a decision taken by elders to punish the family of the girl whose father disappeared with a sister of the boy....
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In waist-deep superstition!
HYDERABAD, Aug 1: There are many beliefs and superstitions about the eclipse. While in some places it is considered a bad omen, in others it is considered an opportunity for warding off the evil....
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Darkness rules with sun still in the sky
JIAYUGUAN FORT (China), Aug 1: Darkness fell on Friday over the last outpost of the Great Wall of China, where a rare total solar eclipse delighted sky watchers a week before the Olympics open in Beijing....
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5 Nato troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug 1: Two improvised explosive devices killed five soldiers from Nato-led forces and one civilian, while a young suicide bomber killed three civilians in Afghanistan on Friday....
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