New strategy to tackle latest security threats: Foreign models being studied, NA told
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The government on Thursday hinted in the National Assembly at the possibility of formulating a new national security policy to meet present-day challenges about which it said foreign models were being studied and opposition views would be welcome....
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‘Concerns’ conveyed to India over airspace violation
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Foreign Office summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner on Thursday and conveyed ‘concerns’ over last week’s violation of Pakistani airspace by Indian Air Force jets....
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Gwadar Port to become functional on 21st
QUETTA, Dec 18: Gwadar Port will become functional on Dec 21 with the arrival of a large ship carrying fertiliser....
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‘Full control over Bajaur, Mohmand by end of December’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: President Asif Ali Zardari continued his meeting with elders from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) for the second day on Thursday and the participants were informed that...
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Discussion turns into Pakistan-bashing fest: Munir Akram removed from panel
NEW YORK, Dec 18: A panel discussion titled “Understanding Mumbai Attacks” at New York’s Asia Society on Wednesday evening became a one-sided Pakistan bashing event, with writer Salman Rushdie taking the lead in berating Pakistan and its ruling “elite”....
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‘Denial of legal aid violation of rights’: Lawyers unwilling to represent Mumbai accused
MUMBAI, Dec 18: India could be in breach of international law if the surviving Mumbai attacker is refused legal representation, a human rights group said, amid strong public calls for harsh retribution....
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India calls off Pakistan tour
MUMBAI, Dec 18: India have called off next month’s cricket tour of Pakistan, the government refusing permission amid simmering tension between the two neighbours....
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The unbearable lightness of Indian cricket
THE spirit of cricket has died many times, and it has now died a further death. India’s cancellation of its tour of Pakistan is a purely political decision....
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India tests cruise missile
NEW DELHI, Dec 18: India successfully tested a supersonic cruise missile from a moving ship for the first time on Thursday, in what officials said was a major boost for the South Asian nation’s defence capabilities....
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New Delhi calls it disinformation
NEW DELHI, Dec 18: India on Thursday dismissed as disinformation Pakistan’s protest that Indian planes had violated its airspace but said that Islamabad’s claim would be examined nevertheless and appropriately responded to....
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Gates orders plan for closing Guantanamo
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has ordered aides to draw up plans for closing the “war on terror” prison at Guantanamo, a declared priority for president-elect Barack Obama, a spokesman said on Thursday....
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US crude price drops to $36
NEW YORK, Dec 18: US crude prices dropped more than nine per cent to $36 a barrel on Thursday as slumping demand and swelling US inventories offset Opec’s record supply cut agreement....
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Bush lauds ties with Pakistan, S. Arabia
WASHINGTON, Dec 18: US President George W. Bush has named two countries – Pakistan and Saudi Arabia – that will continue to play a key role in the war against terror after he leaves his office on Jan 20....
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Rwanda genocide mastermind jailed for life
KIGALI, Dec 18: A UN court sentenced a former army colonel accused of masterminding the slaughter of 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994 to life in prison on Thursday....
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Iraqi journalist’s shoes destroyed, says judge
BAGHDAD, Dec 18: Security agents destroyed the shoes thrown at US President George W. Bush by an Iraqi journalist during checks to ensure they did not contain explosives, the investigating judge said on Thursday....
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Muntazer says sorry to Maliki
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi journalist arrested for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush has written to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki apologising over the incident, Maliki’s office said on Thursday....
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Fresh rules for Indian television channels
NEW DELHI, Dec 18: Indian broadcasters unveiled on Thursday a new set of rules on covering live events after accusations that television news channels might have unintentionally aided militants during the Mumbai attacks....
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Two Indian suspects remanded in custody
MUMBAI, Dec 18: Two suspected members of a militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks appeared in court here on Thursday and were remanded in police custody for questioning, a senior officer said....
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South Korean legislators in brawl over US trade pact
SEOUL, Dec 18: Brawling South Korean lawmakers tried to sledgehammer their way into a parliamentary meeting room barricaded by the ruling party as the National Assembly descended into chaos on Thursday over a free trade agreement with the United States....
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Poverty rate has crossed 40pc: Aseff
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Planning Commission’s Deputy Chairman Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali said on Thursday that poverty had skyrocketed to above 40 per cent in the country, leaving millions helpless....
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Bid to blow up Chiltan Express foiled
QUETTA, Dec 18: Law-enforcement agencies foiled on Thursday an attempt to blow up a Quetta-bound train by defusing a powerful bomb planted under a railway bridge in the Sariab area....
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Distressed dolphin rescued from canal
SUKKUR, Dec 18: A blind dolphin was rescued from the shallow waters of the Dadu Canal after a rescue operation on Thursday and released into the Indus river....
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‘American Idol’ judge shaken by fan’s death
LOS ANGELES, Dec 18: Acerbic ‘American Idol’ judge Simon Cowell said on Wednesday the apparent suicide of a former contestant and obsessed fan forced him to think “long and hard” about his blunt comments to hopeless singers on the show....
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Mine kills health official
QUETTA, Dec 18: An employee of the provincial health department was killed when a landmine exploded in Baker town on Thursday night....
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