Mayhem in Mumbai: Terrorist attacks claim at least 80 lives; hundreds taken hostage
MUMBAI, Nov 26: Heavy exchanges of gunfire were taking place at around 2 this morning between police and terrorists, who were holed up in two luxury hotels in south Mumbai, after...
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Peace linked to Kashmir, says France: Qureshi, Mukherjee meet
NEW DELHI, Nov 26: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met here on Wednesday amid renewed interest by the international community in a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute....
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Danger of default averted
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The federal cabinet on Wednesday discussed the economic recovery plan against the background of a bailout package approved by the International Monetary Fund and expressed satisfaction that the danger of default had been averted....
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IMF says Pakistan still needs over $20bn
WASHINGTON, Nov 26: Pakistan still needs more than $20 billion to cover its current account deficit for the current and the next fiscal years and to make debt repayments, says the International Monetary Fund....
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Pakistan has replaced Iraq as Al Qaeda’s target: US
NEW YORK, Nov 26: Pakistan has replaced Iraq as Al Qaeda’s main focus, and the group has stepped up its efforts to destabilise the nuclear-armed South Asian nation, the Wall Street...
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US, Nato running ‘parallel’ govt, says Karzai
KABUL, Nov 26: President Hamid Karzai criticised the US and other foreign countries for creating a ‘parallel government’ in the countryside during a blunt overview of Afghanistan’s problems before a UN Security Council delegation....
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UK conveys Afghan message for joint operations
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband conveyed to Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday Afghanistan’s new proposal for joint military operations along the Pak-Afghan border for effectively dealing with cross-border insurgent attacks in Afghanistan....
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No pressure to reduce defence budget, says Mukhtar
KARACHI, Nov 26: Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said on Wednesday that IMF had not exerted any pressure on Pakistan to reduce its defence budget nor was it a condition for its loan....
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Thai premier rejects army pressure to hold new election
BANGKOK, Nov 26: Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on Wednesday rejected a call by the army chief to hold new elections, in a major escalation of tensions with protesters who have seized the country’s main airport....
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War of words over sinking of ‘pirate’ ship by Indian navy
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26: The Somali pirate ‘mother ship’ that the Indian Navy sank in the Gulf of Aden last week was actually a Thai ship carrying fishing equipment that was being hijacked, an anti-piracy watchdog said on Wednesday....
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Winners of UN rights award formally announced
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26: The President of the General Assembly, Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, announced on Wednesday the winners of the prestigious United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights for 2008....
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Over 5 million say ‘no’ to violence against women
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26: More than five million people around the world have sent a clear and unequivocal message to their governments to take decisive action in stopping the relentless cycle...
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Call for sovereign Palestinian state
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26: Pakistan has reiterated its call for implementation of relevant UN resolutions to pave the way for a sovereign state of Palestine, with Jerusalem as its capital....
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‘Melamine in US-made baby formula’
WASHINGTON, Nov 26: Officials have found traces of melamine in an infant formula made in US, but believe the contamination resulted from the manufacturing process and was not intentional, CNN reported on Wednesday....
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Foreign firms plan fund for infrastructure
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Foreign investment companies operating in Pakistan have agreed to establish an infrastructure fund of $2 billion. This was stated by Minister for Investment Waqar Ahmed Khan after a meeting with representatives of investment companies on Wednesday....
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Outrage in UK over failure to spot incest
LONDON, Nov 26: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced anger on Wednesday over how authorities failed to spot a harrowing trail of incest which has been likened to the case of the Austrian cellar rapist Josef Fritzl....
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$259bn sought to help European economy
BRUSSELS, Nov 26: The European Commission called on Wednesday for a 200-billion-euro ($259 billion) stimulus package to snap Europe’s economy out of recession through spending hikes and tax breaks....
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Second Iranian space rocket fired
TEHRAN, Nov 26: Iran on Wednesday announced it had fired a second rocket, ‘Kavoshgar 2’, into space, following up on the success of its first space launch in February, state television said....
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Green cars
BRUSSELS: The European Commission on Wednesday offered 5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) to help automakers manufacture safer and greener cars, an initiative to be funded by the EU, industry and member states....
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Disbanding of ISI’s political wing announced
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has officially announced the winding up of the political wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)....
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