Pakistani soil was used in attacks: Rice: Mumbai carnage
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday there was evidence to suggest that people living in Pakistan were involved in the recent attacks in Mumbai....
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Zardari sent right signals after attacks, says Obama
NEW YORK, Dec 7: President-elect Barack Obama offered guarded praise for the actions of President Asif Ali Zardari in the aftermath of Mumbai bombings saying “he has sent the right signals”, and expressed hope for establishing “close, effective working relationship”....
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Operation against LeT-Dawa launched in AJK
MUZAFFARABAD/ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Security forces have launched a ‘quiet’ crackdown on activists belonging to the banned jihadi outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba in different parts of the country and Azad Jammu and Kashmir....
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Militants torch 150 Nato supply vehicles
PESHAWAR, Dec 7: At least 150 trucks, loaded with supplies and military vehicles and other hardware for Nato forces in Afghanistan, were set on fire by militants who attacked two terminals on the city’s main Ring Road early on Sunday morning....
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Defence committee of cabinet meets today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: After remaining dormant for almost a decade, the Defence Committee of the Cabinet will meet here on Monday to discuss security situation against the backdrop of Pakistan-India tension....
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FIA officials suspended for ordering Mirza’s arrest
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik has suspended two officers of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for including the name of Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar...
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Terrorism a crime, says Grand Mufti of S. Arabia
MOUNT ARAFAT, Dec 7: Creating a sea of white robes, nearly three million Muslims converged on a rocky desert hill outside Makkah on Sunday to beg God’s forgiveness....
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Govt concealing actual inflationary pressures
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: A delay in including more areas and in revising consumption patterns for measurement of inflation has helped the government to conceal actual inflationary pressures in the economy, Dawn has learnt....
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‘Killer’ officer held after Greek protests
ATHENS, Dec 7: Two Greek police officers were arrested on Sunday over the killing of a 15-year-old boy, touching off a wave of violent protests by youths setting Athens and other Greek cities ablaze....
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Clashes mar new phase of Kashmir election
SRINAGAR, Dec 7: People voted in several towns in occupied Kashmir on Sunday, while Kashmiris in other areas boycotted the polls and clashed with Indian forces in the fourth phase of elections in the disputed Himalayan region....
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Fresh US troops to be deployed around Kabul
KABUL, Dec 7: The United States would deploy the first of its new forces arriving in Afghanistan next year around Kabul, a US general said on Sunday, reflecting fears the Afghan capital was increasingly under threat....
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Senior journalist M.J. Zahedi dead
KARACHI, Dec 7: Veteran journalist Mahbub Jamal Zahedi, a former news editor and senior assistant editor of Dawn and editor of Khaleej Times, Dubai, passed away on Sunday night after a prolonged illness....
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Iraqi mayor injured in bomb blast
BAQUBA, Dec 7: The mayor of the Iraqi city of Baquba was among 34 people wounded in a roadside bombing in the restive provincial capital northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, medical and security sources said....
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Pirates threaten to scrap ransom deal
MOGADISHU, Dec 7: Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian cargo ship on Sunday accused the owners of stalling on a ransom payment and threatened to pull out of a deal for its release struck a week ago....
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‘Hoax call’ claim termed diversionary
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday that claims he had made a threatening telephone call to President Asif Ali Zardari over the recent terror attack...
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Pakistan’s response to India’s demarche likely in a couple of days
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Pakistan’s response to India’s second demarche that had listed the actions it wants Pakistan to take, is expected in a few days....
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Reports about US pressure for Gul’s extradition denied
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: The United States has not asked Pakistan to hand over former ISI chief Hameed Gul to India, US and diplomatic sources told Dawn on Sunday....
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Strategy being prepared for Obama to reverse militants’ gains
NEW YORK, Dec 7: The Bush administration is preparing to present President-elect Barack Obama with a lengthy, classified strategy review aimed at reversing the gains that militants have made in destabilising Afghanistan and Pakistan, the New York Times reported on Sunday....
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