Unilateral actions cannot defeat militants, says Negroponte
WASHINGTON, Sept 18: Unilateral actions cannot defeat militancy in Fata, said US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte who also indicated on Thursday that the United States and Pakistan were working on a more collaborative approach to deal with this problem....
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‘Rules of engagement may be reviewed’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan had not been informed about Wednesday’s attack in South Waziristan....
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Villagers kill two militants, foil bid to seize children
UPPER DIR, Sept 18: Two militants were killed and one was captured in a shootout with local residents on Thursday after their attempt to hold 300 schoolchildren hostage was foiled in Nihag Darra area of upper Dir....
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14 killed in Kurram
PARACHINAR, Sept 18: At least 14 people were killed and 26 others wounded when fierce clashes erupted once again between rival tribes in Kurram Agency on Thursday....
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Justice Sabih likely to join apex court
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Former chief justice of Sindh High Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed is likely to be appointed to the Supreme Court and two judges of the apex court, Justice Sardar...
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Bush to meet Zardari on 23rd
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 18: US President George W. Bush is expected to meet President Asif Ali Zardari on Sept 23 at a traditional reception he would host for the visiting heads...
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Pakistan-India nuclear arms race feared
VIENNA, Sept 18: Pakistan is close to completing a second plutonium-producing reactor, is well into building a third and these could increase its ability to make atomic bombs, a US think tank said on Thursday....
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Karachi railway among 51 projects approved
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The government approved on Thursday 51 projects, including revival of the Karachi Circular Railway and construction of Cherah dam....
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Central banks inject $180bn to rescue sinking markets
NEW YORK, Sept 18: The US Federal Reserve, and central banks in Europe, Canada and Asia, pumped as much as $180 billion into money markets on Thursday to combat shock waves...
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Russia warns Nato of blocking air space
KABUL, Sept 18: Russia threatened to block Nato from using its air space for operations in Afghanistan if member states did not stop ‘hostile’ policies towards Moscow, the Kremlin’s top diplomat in Kabul said....
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Karzai ally shot dead ‘by mistake’
KABUL, Sept 18: A district governor in southern Afghanistan and ally of President Hamid Karzai was killed in a ‘misunderstanding’ involving foreign troops and Afghan security forces on Thursday, the president’s office said....
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US trying to ‘tickle’ enemy, says CIA
WASHINGTON, Sept 18: The US government is analysing the results of strikes against enemy targets to learn how the groups respond when attacked, the CIA’s director said on Wednesday....
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TTP claims responsibility for foiled terror plan in Barcelona
MADRID, Sept 18: A Pakistani Taliban group linked to Al Qaeda claims it was behind suicide attacks that were planned for Barcelona but thwarted by police, a terrorism expert wrote in a Spanish daily on Thursday....
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Another polio case in NWFP
PESHAWAR, Sept 18: Two-year-old Shakila of Battagram has tested positive for poliomyelitis. She is afflicted with the P1 virus....
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Swat Taliban free eight policemen
MINGORA, Sept 18: The Swat Taliban released eight policemen on Thursday, more than 50 days after they were taken hostage....
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11 suspected militants killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Sept 18: Security forces backed by helicopter gunships and planes made further advance into the troubled areas of Bajaur Agency on Thursday and moved into Siddiqabad and Tauhidabad areas....
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US told to stop raids, says Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that the US government had been asked to stop incursions in Pakistan’s territory....
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Nato chief calls for new approach to Fata problems
LONDON, Sept 18: All sides need to help bolster security along the Pakistan-Afghan border, where recent US incursions have strained US-Pakistan ties, Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday....
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