Asif in presidency, takes oath today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: President-elect Asif Ali Zardari moved to the Presidency on Monday and will take oath of his office on Tuesday....
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PML-N declines to rejoin coalition
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The PML-N on Monday politely declined president-elect Asif Ali Zardari’s request to rejoin the ruling coalition, but assured him that it would play a positive role in the opposition....
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Haqqani’s close relatives killed in US missile strike
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 8: Suspected US drones hit the house and seminary of former Taliban commander Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani in Dandi Derpakhel area of North Waziristan on Monday killing 23 people, including three Arab and two Azerbaijani nationals among them....
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Teenage ‘suicide bomber’ held in Nowshera
NOWSHERA, Sept 8: Security personnel arrested on Monday a teenage boy they claimed was on a suicide mission and defused his explosives-lined vest. The boy was near a church in the Cantonment area when he was apprehended....
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Senators call for scrapping 17th Amendment
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: Senators from both sides of the divide on Monday greeted Asif Ali Zardari on winning the presidential election and urged him to restore the judiciary to its pre-Nov 3 position, repeal the 17th Amendment and change foreign policy....
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Strike in Kashmir against Indian poll plan
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: A one-day strike called by Kashmiri freedom-seekers to denounce planned elections closed shops, schools and businesses across occupied Kashmir on Monday and sparked fresh clashes that hurt 60 people....
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‘China supported Pakistan at NSG’
NEW DELHI, Sept 8: Foreign ministers of India and China met on Monday amid accusations by India’s main security official that Beijing tried to torpedo last week’s decision by the Nuclear...
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Pakistan fully backs terror war, says US
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: The White House said on Monday that the new civilian government in Pakistan fully supported the US anti-terrorist strategy and was also participating in US-led actions against the militants....
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Fresh clashes in Kurram leave 11 dead
PARACHINAR, Sept 8: Eleven people were killed and 14 injured as clashes continued in the Kurram region on Monday despite a ceasefire declared by the warring tribes....
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UK court finds three men guilty of bomb conspiracy: Plot to smuggle liquid bombs onto jets
LONDON, Sept 8: Three men, all presumed to be of Pakistani origin, have been found guilty of a massive conspiracy to murder involving home-made bombs....
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Altaf opposes plan to sell Sindh assets
KARACHI, Sept 8: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has expressed serious concern over what he called a plan to sell national assets of Sindh to raise money to meet the shortfall in the country’s balance of payments and trade deficit....
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Plot to use primitive N-device against European target
LONDON, Sept 8: At least one plot has been uncovered involving Pakistani-based terrorists planning to use nuclear material against a major European target, says a report in the Daily Telegraph on Monday....
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US using anti-insurgency tactics of Iraq in Fata
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: The US decision to conduct raids into Pakistan’s tribal areas reflects its desire to duplicate the same strategy in Fata and Afghanistan that led to a steady decrease in insurgency in Iraq....
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Kabul backs Fata attack
BERLIN, Sept 8: Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said on Monday the battle against insurgents in his country must be taken to its “breeding ground” in Pakistan....
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Peshawar infant tests positive for polio
PESHAWAR, Sept 8: A 13-month-old girl has tested positive for polio, bringing the number of children afflicted with the disease in the NWFP to 17 this year....
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Zardari urged to prove civilian rule can succeed
LONDON, Sept 8: President Asif Ali Zardari must prove that civilian rule can succeed, says British Foreign Secretary David Miliband....
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Canadian judge gives go-ahead to terror trial
OTTAWA, Sept 8: A judge has rejected a plea to toss out terrorism charges against a Canadian man accused of participating in a plot to bomb British targets in 2004....
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Eid likely on Oct 2
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The Shawwal moon is likely to be sighted on Oct 1 and, therefore, Eid will be on Thursday, Oct 2, according to the meteorological department....
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‘Iran working with US forces’
CAIRO, Sept 8: Al Qaeda No 2 Ayman al Zawahri has accused Iran of working with US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq in his latest video message....
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Ruling today in Thai PM’s cookery show case: Political crisis takes ‘spicy’ turn
UDON THANI, Sept 8: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej vowed on Monday not to resign or dissolve parliament ahead of a court ruling that could force him from power in less than 24 hours....
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