Drone attacks to continue, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: US President George W. Bush has indicated that drone attacks on suspected terrorist targets inside the tribal areas would continue and Washington will not consult other governments before ordering such strikes....
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Nuclear assets out of terrorists’ reach, Kerry told
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Pakistan’s nuclear assets are safe and out of terrorists’ reach, President Asif Ali Zardari told US Senator John Kerry on Monday....
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Pakistan ready to handle security threats, says PM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the National Assembly on Monday that Pakistan did not want war but could stand up to one imposed on it as his...
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Hauliers stop Nato supplies
PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Haulage companies have stopped delivering to foreign troops in Afghanistan after a major deterioration in security along the key supply route....
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US missile attack kills two near Miramshah
MIRAMSHAH, Dec 15: A missile strike by US forces killed at least two militants and injured three othersin North Waziristan on Monday, an official said....
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‘India was ready for air strike’
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: The United States believes that after the Mumbai attacks India’s air force began preliminary preparations for possible strikes at suspected terrorist camps in Pakistan, a US news channel reported on Monday....
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Pakistan, China to boost military ties
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Pakistan and China on Monday signed an agreement for military cooperation, pledging to take existing bilateral military ties to new heights....
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Shoe-flinging reporter ‘hero’ or ‘barbarian’!
BAGHDAD, Dec 15: The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush in a supreme insult has suddenly become the talk of Iraq, hailed by marchers as...
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`Pakistan and India trade thinly-veiled barbs
PARIS, Dec 15: Tensions between Pakistan and India over last month’s attacks in Mumbai overshadowed a conference on Sunday aimed at fostering cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbours....
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Peaceful Kashmir protests headache for India: paper
NEW YORK, Dec 15: The peaceful civil disobedience movement in Indian-occupied Kashmir – from armed fight to peaceful campaign for self-determination – poses serious problems for India, says a report in Wall Street Journal on Monday....
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China and Taiwan launch shipping, air link
SHANGHAI, Dec 15: China and Taiwan launched direct daily flights, postal and shipping services on Monday in a historic move hailed by both sides as cementing a new era in warm ties between the long-time rivals....
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Greek rights activists protest over Pakistani’s injury
ATHENS, Dec 15: Activists in Greece demanded the interior minister’s resignation on Monday over the severe injury of a Pakistani man in an alleged police attack on asylum-seekers....
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Illegally detained Palestinians released
RAMALLAH (Palestine), Dec 15: Hundreds of people gave a heroes’ welcome on Monday to more than 200 Palestinians illegally detained by Israel freed as a goodwill gesture towards Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas....
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UNGA chief complains of Israeli death threats
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15: The President of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d’escoto Brockman, on Monday disclosed that he had received death threats on the internet....
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Saddam attorney will defend Iraqi reporter: Shoe attack on Bush
AMMAN, Dec 15: A lawyer who defended former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein said on Monday he was forming a team to defend the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George Bush during his farewell visit to Baghdad....
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Opposition’s Vejjajiva new Thai premier
BANGKOK, Dec 15: Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva became Thailand’s third prime minister in as many months on Monday, taking control with a slender majority in parliament and an economy teetering on the brink of recession....
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‘Nobel medal to be buried’
TOKYO, Dec 15: Japanese Nobel physics laureate Toshihide Maskawa said on Monday he planned to bury his medal in the ground as the camera-shy professor returned from the ceremony in Sweden....
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Benazir zarai card, tractor scheme from next month: Zardari issues directives
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: President Asif Ali Zardari asked the Zarai Taraqiati Bank and the ministry of agriculture on Monday to implement Benazir zarai card and tractor schemes for small farmers from next month....
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