Brown blames LeT for Mumbai attacks: Zardari stresses need for international cooperation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered help to Pakistan and India on Sunday in investigating the Mumbai attacks. He also offered a new “pact against terror”....
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Incursion was a ‘technical mistake’: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday there was no danger of a war breaking out between India and Pakistan, adding that Indian planes had intruded into Pakistan airspace on Saturday because of a ‘technical mistake’....
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Cross-border terrorist hunt illegal: India’s CJ
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: The Chief Justice of India has counselled restraint in the concept of hot pursuit in cross-border hunt for terrorists, advocating instead a new legal definition for terrorism...
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Singh wants ties with Pakistan normalised
KHUNDRU, Dec 14: India’s prime minister said on Sunday he wanted normalised relations with Pakistan amid rising tensions between the South Asian rivals following Mumbai attacks that left more than 160 people dead....
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KSE floor goes today
KARACHI, Dec 14: The Karachi Stock Exchange starts trading from Monday without the floor, which brought the bourse to a virtual halt for more than 100 days....
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US papers question Pakistan’s version
WASHINGTON, Dec 14: The US media on Sunday questioned Pakistan’s version of the Indian air violations, pointing out that two violations happening at least 100 miles from each other could not have been inadvertent....
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Bush justifies invasion on farewell visit to Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 14: Outgoing US President George W. Bush said during a surprise farewell visit to Baghdad on Sunday that America’s involvement in Iraq had been difficult but necessary....
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Unpleasant Iraq farewell for Bush
BAGHDAD: President George Bush got a stunning ‘parting shot’ during his farewell visit to Iraq on Sunday when a local journalist, obviously annoyed over the US invasion of his country, hurled both his shoes at him....
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Close cooperation urged for Afghan stability: Conference in Paris
PARIS, Dec 14: Top envoys from Afghanistan, neighbouring nations and the world’s great powers agreed on Sunday at a Paris meeting to work more closely to try to restore stability in the war-torn state....
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Nato looks to Afghanistan’s north for supplies
KABUL, Dec 14: Nato is in talks with Afghanistan’s northern neighbours to allow the shipment of more supplies to troops, the force’s commander said on Sunday, after Taliban attacks destroyed hundreds of trucks coming from Pakistan....
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Thousands attend Hamas rally
GAZA CITY, Dec 14: Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters massed in Gaza City on Sunday to mark the 21st anniversary of the creation of the Islamist movement which violently seized control of the Gaza Strip last year....
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Iranian minister snubs Kouchner
PARIS, Dec 14: Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki failed to turn up for lunch with his French counterpart on Saturday, a diplomat said, in what could be Iran’s latest protest over tough French rhetoric towards the Tehran government....
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Three police officers die in Kandahar bomb blast
KANDAHAR, Dec 14: Three police officers died and five others were wounded when a bomb exploded near their vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official said....
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UN condemns Taliban’s use of children in attacks
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14: The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has strongly condemned a suicide bombing by Taliban, allegedly using a 13-year-old boy, against British forces in the south of the violence-wracked nation....
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US northeast ravaged by ice storm
ROCHESTER (New Hampshire), Dec 14: Utility officials trying to recover from a devastating ice storm in the US northeast warned on Sunday there could be more outages as drooping trees and...
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Militants firebomb police in Athens
ATHENS, Dec 14: Greek students announced fresh rallies on Sunday after a night of violence during which hooded militants firebombed an Athens police station in fresh protests over the police shooting of a teenager....
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Obama aide linked to graft
WASHINGTON, Dec 14: Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff faced questions on Sunday over reported contacts with Illinois’s corruption-tainted governor. Rahm Emanuel, who will serve as Obama’s manager in the White...
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Lebanese married to foreign men want equality
BEIRUT, Dec 14: Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income of $3,600 just to keep her three sons and three daughters from being deported from their homeland....
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