Coalition struggles to find a way out: Flip-flop over judges issue
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: A surprise move by President Pervez Musharraf to re-appoint eight deposed judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC) threw a spanner in the works of the ruling coalition, severely affecting their earlier agreed plan to impeach him....
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Musharraf, loyalists decide to fight it out
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: A beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf held consultations with his political loyalists and constitutional and legal aides on Wednesday in what appeared to be an effort to prepare himself...
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Eight SHC judges accept offer
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Eight deposed judges of the Sindh High Court are reported to have accepted the government’s offer of a fresh oath, prompting President Pervez Musharraf to sign a summary for their re-entry to the superior judiciary....
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President to visit China
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf, who earlier on Wednesday cancelled a planned visit to China ostensibly because of a move by coalition partners to impeach him, later decided to go ahead with the visit....
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Key Taliban commander among 14 killed in Swat
MINGORA, Aug 6: Commander Ali Bakht, a close aide of Maulana Fazlullah, and 13 other militants were killed in Swat on Wednesday....
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Sacked army officers overthrow president in Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT (Mauritania), Aug 6: Mauritanian soldiers overthrew the elected president in a coup on Wednesday and announced the formation of a military ruling council in the northwest African state....
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Aafia Siddiqui appears in US court, denied bail
NEW YORK, Aug 6: Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, was ordered to be held without bail by a US federal court judge in Manhattan on Tuesday on charges that she tried...
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Sindh minister rejects threats of Talibanisation in Karachi
KARACHI, Aug 6: Mincing no words, Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Ali Mirza denied that ‘Talibanisation’ was taking place in Karachi and said that no one would be evicted from the metropolis without concrete proof of involvement in criminal or terrorist activities....
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Joint efforts under way on ISI issue: US
Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell made the observation at a regular briefing when asked if Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had assured the US that the ISI would cooperate with US forces to help stop cross-border attacks into Afghanistan....
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Gains made in Gilani’s visit to US, Qureshi tells Senate
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told the Senate on Wednesday that Pakistan made substantial gains during Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s recent visit to the United States marked...
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India again claims truce violation along LoC
SRINAGAR, Aug 6: Pakistan said it had no intimation of shooting from its side of the Line of Control after India claimed on Wednesday that Pakistani soldiers had violated the ceasefire in occupied Kashmir....
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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of aiding militants
KABUL, Aug 6: Afghanistan’s spy agency alleged on Wednesday that a member of Pakistan’s consulate in the country’s south helped a Taliban commander in his attempts to weaken the government....
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Smog hovers over Olympic venues
BEIJING, Aug 6: Beijing remained shrouded in smog on Wednesday as the hours ticked down to the opening Olympic ceremony, but despite complaints from athletes some organisers insisted air quality was safe....
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Motorbike bomb kills four in Sibi
QUETTA, Aug 6: Four people were killed and four others were injured when a bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded in Sibi on Wednesday morning....
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Yasin Malik begins fast unto death over land row
SRINAGAR, Aug 6: Yasin Malik, the chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, has gone on a fast unto death in protest against the “sectarian forces in Jammu who are hell-bent upon annihilating Muslims,” according to a press release....
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Rwanda calls for French officials’ indictment
KIGALI, Aug 6: Rwanda’s information minister said on Wednesday she hoped a raft of French political and military officials accused of playing a role in the country’s 1994 genocide would soon be indicted for war crimes....
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Split verdict in trial of Osama’s driver
GUANTANAMO BAY, Aug 6: A jury of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay reached a split verdict on Wednesday in the war crimes trial of a former driver for Osama bin...
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Red Cross slams misuse of its emblem
GENEVA, Aug 6: The international Red Cross said on Wednesday it deplored the apparent ‘deliberate misuse’ of its emblem by Colombian forces during the liberation of hostage Ingrid Betancourt last month....
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