New US attack mocks talk of sovereignty: Missile kills 12 in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 12: Twelve people were killed and 14 others injured when a US drone hit the building of a non-functional school in Toolkhel area of North Waziristan on Friday....
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White House refuses to comment on rules of engagement
WASHINGTON, Sept 12: The United States continues to refuse to talk about US military actions inside Fata with the White House saying that it does not want to comment on rules of engagement with the enemy....
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Unanimity of views between govt and army: Kayani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that under the new democratic leadership all elements of national power will defend the country’s territorial integrity with full support of the people....
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Only Pakistan can act in Fata: PM
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday any action against militants “inside our territory is the sole right of Pakistan”....
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PML-N seeks joint session of parliament
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Pakistan Muslim League-N on Friday called for a joint session of the two houses of parliament to discuss the security situation in the country in the wake...
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85 militants, 10 civilians killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Sept 12: Security forces in Bajaur Agency intensified attacks on militants on Friday to re-establish the government’s writ in the face of stiff resistance....
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Irsa and Punjab at odds over cut in water flow
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) and the Punjab government are at odds over the reduction in discharges from water reservoirs as the river flows decline, creating a...
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Inflation soars to 24.83 per cent
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Inflation rose to 24.83 per cent during the first two months of the current fiscal year on the back of spiralling food and energy prices....
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Aafia suffering from psychosis
NEW YORK, Sept 12. Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, incarcerated in a New York prison, was diagnosed with chronic depressive-type psychosis, according to court documents released on Thursday....
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Two killed in fresh Kashmir clashes
SRINAGAR, Sept 12: Two people were killed and 80 wounded in occupied Kashmir on Friday when troops fired bullets and teargas shells to break up renewed protests by Muslims against New Delhi’s rule in the disputed region....
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PM condemns atrocities in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed concern over the recent incidents of violence in occupied Kashmir and condemned excessive use of force by Indian security forces against the people of the valley....
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Network used net to diffuse knowhow: IAEA
VIENNA, Sept 12: The network supplying Iran, North Korea and Libya with “illicit nuclear technology” had substantial and sensitive information on how to make atomic arms, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday....
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Old stuff, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Foreign Office rejected on Friday a UN nuclear watchdog report about contacts between Libya and Dr A.Q. Khan as ‘old stuff’....
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Nuclear deal jeopardises national security: BJP
NEW DELHI, Sept 12: An India-specific nuclear deal awaiting approval by the US Congress shackles New Delhi’s weapons programme and jeopardises its national security, particularly if Pakistan or China choose to...
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Venezuela insults US, expels envoy
CARACAS, Sept 12: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has thrust his Opec nation into its worst diplomatic crisis for years by expelling the US ambassador in a growing feud between Washington and Latin America’s leftist leaders....
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Washington accuses Morales, Chavez of weakness
WASHINGTON, Sept 12: The US State Department said on Friday it had told Venezuela its ambassador to the United States would be expelled in a tit-for-tat diplomatic dispute with Latin America’s left-wing leaders....
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Honduras president snubs US
TEGUCIGALPA, Sept 12: Honduras, a former US ally in Central America now run by a leftist government, told a US envoy not to present his credentials as ambassador on Friday in a diplomatic snub in support of Bolivia....
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‘Muslim Massacre’ computer game assailed
LONDON, Sept 12: British Muslims on Friday condemned as deeply offensive a computer game called “Muslim Massacre”, which trumpets itself as a “game of modern religious genocide”....
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Bangladeshis in S. Arabia hit hard by image problem
RIYADH, Sept 12: Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing visa for domestic helpers and farm workers from Bangladesh, Waheedur Rahman, a senior Bangladeshi diplomat in Riyadh, told the local press....
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UN chief uses ‘Solartaxi’ to get to work
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 12: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took ‘Solartaxi’ — a fully solar-powered car — from his home in New York to the UN headquarters on Friday morning to underscore his deep concern over environmental changes....
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Child mortality rate has fallen by 27pc since ’90: Unicef
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 12: The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) called on Friday for accelerated efforts to save young people’s lives as new figures indicated that the rate of deaths of...
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Two held by Indian troops for straying across LoC
MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 12: Indian troops have taken two residents of Azad Kashmir into custody for crossing the Line of Control in Neelum Valley....
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