Pakistan renews cooperation offer: International obligations to be fulfilled: Defence Committee
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Pakistan has renewed its offer of full cooperation to India, including intelligence-sharing and assistance in investigation into the Mumbai attacks as well as setting up a joint investigation commission....
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Stringent security for Eidul Azha
KARACHI, Dec 8: Strict security arrangements have been put in place all over the country to maintain peace as people celebrate Eidul Azha from Tuesday....
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Extradition demand rejected in response to demarche
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Pakistan has rejected India’s demand to extradite three fugitives and urged it to share evidence proving that elements from this country territory had carried out the recent attacks in Mumbai....
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Operation continues against LeT-Dawa
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The government launched on Monday a countrywide crackdown on the banned jihadi outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and charity organisation Jamaatud Dawa....
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New attack on Nato supplies; 53 trucks torched
PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Militants torched on Monday 53 Nato supply vehicles at a terminal on the Ring Road in the second such attack in two days....
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Indians vote for peace in key states
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: India’s ruling Congress party scored a stunning victory on Monday over the rightwing Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party in key state polls seen as the semi-final before the general elections due by April....
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Pakistan has taken positive steps: US
WASHINGTON, Dec 8: The United States said on Monday that Pakistan had taken “some positive steps” to help India probe the attacks in Mumbai, but added that more cooperation was needed to prevent any follow-on attacks....
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EU welcomes crackdown
BRUSSELS, Dec 8: The European Union on Monday welcomed Pakistan’s raid on a suspected militant camp and the arrest of a suspected ringleader of last month’s deadly attacks in Mumbai....
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Pakistan had historic ties with Lashkar: Rice
WASHINGTON, Dec 8: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that the Pakistani establishment has had historic ties with Lashkar-e-Taiba although now it’s committed to fighting them....
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Taliban posing threat to Kabul: report
KABUL, Dec 8: Taliban insurgents have a “permanent presence” in almost three-quarters of Afghanistan and pose an increasing threat to Kabul itself, a think-tank said on Monday....
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Pilgrims stone devil at Mina
MINA, Dec 8: Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims stoned walls symbolising the devil in a narrow valley outside Makkah on Monday at the most dangerous stage of the Haj pilgrimage....
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Mullah Omar vows violent response to US troop increase
KABUL, Dec 8: The Taliban’s fugitive leader said the planned increase in US troops in Afghanistan would give his fighters incentive to kill and maim more Americans than ever....
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World trade deal likely soon, says Brown
LONDON, Dec 8: A world trade deal is within reach in a few days, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday....
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9/11 accused Khalid pleads guilty
GUANTANAMO BAY, Dec 8: Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendants said on Monday that they would plead guilty to terror charges....
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UK move against products by child labour
LONDON, Dec 8: Britain’s state-funded health service on Monday published plans to ensure hospitals know where their surgical instruments are coming from, after acknowledging that some may be produced by child labourers in Pakistan....
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France floats EU plan on N-weapons cuts
PARIS, Dec 8: French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented an ambitious European plan on Monday to the United Nations to revive global nuclear disarmament efforts....
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Protests against police spread to more Greek cities
ATHENS, Dec 8: A third day of street battles erupted in Greek cities on Monday as authorities fended off mounting anger over the police killing of a 15-year-old boy....
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Announcement
THE offices of Dawn will remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday (Dec 9 and 10) on account of Eidul Azha. There will be no issue of the newspaper on Wednesday and Thursday (Dec 10 and 11)....
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