Plan for sale of Qadirpur gas field approved: Heavy Electrical Complex and SME Bank also to be privatised
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani approved on Friday a plan to privatise Qadirpur gas field, Small and Medium Enterprises Bank and Heavy Electrical Complex....
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Obama hints at ‘different approach’ to Muslim world
WASHINGTON, Nov 7: US President-elect Barack Obama indicated on Friday that his approach to the Muslim world will be different from that of the Bush administration, saying he would respond “appropriately” to a congratulatory letter from the Iranian leader....
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Operation continues in Bajaur; 20 militants dead
KHAR, Nov 7: Twenty militants were killed and 10 others injured when planes and helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in different areas of the Bajaur tribal region on Friday morning....
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Arabs among 13 killed in new missile attack
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 7: Thirteen people, some Arabs among them, were killed in a missile attack on a residential compound in Kamsum area of North Waziristan on Friday....
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NWFP govt takes back illegally allotted land
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 7: The NWFP agriculture department took possession on Friday of 3,759 kanals of farmlands which had been leased out to some alleged frontmen of JUI-F chief Maulana...
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Troops ‘turn Srinagar into prison’
SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Troops carrying automatic rifles locked down occupied Srinagar on Friday as Kashmiris tried for a second day to hold a big rally against New Delhi’s rule and upcoming elections in the disputed region....
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Palestinian state soon, says Rice
TEL AVIV, Nov 7: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday Palestinians should soon have their own state, though she has made it clear she does not expect a breakthrough before Barack Obama moves into the White House....
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Probe confirms 37 civilians killed in Afghan air strike
KANDAHAR, Nov 7: An Afghan investigation has found that 37 non-combatants were killed in US air strikes that hit a wedding party, along with 26 Taliban, the Kandahar provincial government said on Friday....
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Indian police to grill more army officers in terrorist plot
NEW DELHI, Nov 7: Indian police plan to quiz more army officers linked to rightwing Hindu extremists after a serving lieutenant colonel among them was accused of planting bombs to target Muslims, reports said on Friday....
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Party leaders avert split in PML-Q
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q averted a split on Friday after a meeting between Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and a group of legislators led by Chaudhry Hamid Nasir Chattha....
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NA, Senate summoned on Monday
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Sessions of National Assembly and Senate have been summoned on Monday....
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Zardari may meet Obama during US trip
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: President Asif Zardari is likely to meet US President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden during his trip to the United States next week to attend an inter-faith conference....
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EU wants sustained efforts on reform
BRUSSELS, Nov 7: An international summit next week in Washington should mark only the beginning of a global revamp of the financial order, EU leaders agreed on Friday, calling for a second meeting in early spring....
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‘Kidnapped Pole is alive’
WARSAW, Nov 7: A Polish engineer kidnapped in Pakistan by suspected Taliban militants is still alive according to new information received by the Polish foreign ministry, a spokesperson said on Friday....
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Parliamentary body formed to monitor implementation: Joint session’s resolution on security
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has constituted a parliamentary committee to monitor implementation of the resolution passed by the parliament during the in-camera joint session on security last month....
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EU warns of heroin crisis in Britain
LONDON, Nov 7: A glut of opium on the world market, fuelled by a record Afghan harvest, threatens a new heroin crisis in Britain, the European Union’s drug agency has warned....
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Rights declaration to head into space
PARIS, Nov 7: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is to be hoisted to the International Space Station to mark the 60th anniversary of the document’s adoption by the UN, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday....
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Queen’s pottery-maker is broke
LONDON, Nov 7: Royal Worcester & Spode Ltd, the 250-year-old pottery-maker for Queen Elizabeth II, became the latest victim of the global economic slowdown when it filed for administration late on Thursday....
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