Serial blasts numb Delhi shoppers: 22 killed, over 100 injured in attacks
NEW DELHI, Sept 13: At least five bombs exploded in quick succession in crowded markets and streets in the heart of New Delhi on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and injuring scores more, police said....
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20 civilians among 50 killed in Bajaur
KHAR/GHALANAI, Sept 13: Security forces on Saturday claimed killing 30 militants in fierce clashes in Bajaur and Mohmand tribal regions amid reports that 20 civilians were also killed over the past 24 hours....
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Senate panel asks govt to cut oil prices
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: A Senate body has recommended to the government to reduce oil prices in view of the recent decrease in the international market....
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Fehmida first woman acting
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza became the first woman acting president of the country on Saturday as both President Asif Ali Zardari and Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro are out of the country, according to an official notification....
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PAF jets in flights over North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 13: The Pakistan Air Force started reconnaissance flights in areas on the border with Afghanistan on Saturday in the wake of increased airspace violations by US drones and incursions by coalition forces into tribal areas....
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Security men surround area after hostage scare
PESHAWAR, Sept 13: Hundreds of personnel of law-enforcement agencies besieged the Regi Area late on Saturday night after reports that armed men had made a number of people hostage in a government building....
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US Congressional committee plans hearing on F-16 sale
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: A US congressional panel has called a hearing on the Bush administration’s decision to sell F-16 aircraft to Pakistan, probing allegations that Islamabad is using US anti-terrorism funds to buy weapons that can only be used against India....
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Three-phase American plan to capture Al Qaeda leaders
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: The Bush administration has approved a three-phase plan to capture top Al Qaeda leaders and has increased military strikes inside Pakistan to achieve this target, a media report said on Saturday....
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Swat militants’ hideouts pounded
MINGORA, Sept 13: Seven suspected militants and an activist of the Awami National Party were killed and several other people injured as military operation in Koza, Bara and Ser Bandai continued on Saturday....
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Police station attacked
QUETTA, Sept 13: A police station was attacked in Khuzdar with a hand grenade on Saturday night....
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Governor among four killed in Afghan blast
KABUL, Sept 13: A provincial governor and former cabinet minister was among four people killed in a bomb blast near Kabul on Saturday, police said. Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack....
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20 injured in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 13: At least 20 Kashmiris were injured on Saturday in the main city of occupied Kashmir when demonstrators clashed with troops in the latest anti-India protest to hit the region, police and witnesses said....
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Gunmen slaughter Iraqi TV crew
MOSUL, Sept 13: Gunmen kidnapped and killed on Saturday a four-member Iraqi television crew filming a popular Ramazan programme, just hours after 10 people were slain in two separate bombings in the country....
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Ike lashes Texas coast, Houston
HOUSTON, Sept 13: Hurricane Ike barreled into the densely populated Texas coast near Houston early on Saturday, bringing with it a wall of water, ferocious winds and rain that flooded large...
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‘Hackers find black hole in Big Bang computers’
LONDON, Sept 13: Hackers claim they have broken into the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the mega-machine designed to expose secrets of the cosmos, according to British newspapers....
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President, PM condemn Delhi bomb blasts
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani strongly condemned the bomb blasts in New Delhi on Saturday....
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US warned against sending troops to Pakistan: Congressman terms Bush’s decision an election issue
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: The Bush administration risks expanding the failed war in Afghanistan into Pakistan, says a US lawmaker while commenting on the US decision to conduct raids into Pakistani territory....
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‘US cannot capture Osama through attacks’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said on Saturday that the United States had assured Pakistan that it would not violate the country’s territory in future....
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