SC rejects plea to stop probe by NA panel: Additional exam marks case
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: The Supreme Court threw out on Friday a petition seeking to stop a parliamentary standing committee from probing the issue of additional marks given to a daughter of...
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Privilege motion in NA against judge
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-N submitted on Friday a privilege motion in the National Assembly against Justice Zawwar Hussain Jaffery of the Supreme Court for staying the National Assembly’s Standing Committee...
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Poll shows pessimism growing in Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Dec 19: About 88 per cent Pakistanis feel their country is headed in the wrong direction, 59 per cent say the next year will be worse than the current year...
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Weather forces Zardari to put off Kabul trip
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: President Asif Ali Zardari postponed his scheduled visit to Afghanistan on Friday because of inclement weather....
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Pressure on Singh to sack Antulay over Mumbai remarks
NEW DELHI, Dec 19: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was under renewed pressure on Friday to sack a Muslim cabinet minister who asked whether the killing of the head of Mumbai’s anti-terror...
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India’s new law violates HR treaties, says AI
NEW DELHI, Dec 19: Amnesty International slammed on Friday India’s new anti-terror legislation to beef up police powers in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, saying it violates international human rights treaties....
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$17bn bailout for US carmakers
WASHINGTON, Dec 19: President George W. Bush unveiled plans on Friday to provide $17.4 billion in emergency loans to faltering US carmakers in a dramatic step that would pull the industry...
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Al Qaeda terror cell manager jailed for life
LONDON, Dec 19: Rangzieb Ahmed, 33, a Briton presumably of Pakistani origin convicted of running an Al Qaeda terror cell, was jailed for life on Friday, with the judge directing that...
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Palestinians fling shoes at Israeli soldiers
BILIN (West Bank), Dec 19: Demonstrators hurled their shoes at Israeli security forces on Friday in a protest against the West Bank separation barrier, following in the footprints of a now famous Iraqi journalist....
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Shoe-tossing Iraqi beaten up: judge
BAGHDAD, Dec 19: The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush was beaten up after the incident and had bruises on his face and around his eyes, the judge in the case said on Friday....
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Court says Bangladeshi can’t be removed forcibly from UK
LONDON, Dec 19: London’s High Court ruled on Friday that a doctor who says she was forced into a marriage in Bangladesh cannot be removed from Britain without her consent....
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Watergate’s ‘Deep Throat’ informant dies at 95
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 19: W. Mark Felt — the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as ‘Deep Throat’ 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president — has died....
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Tehran urges Islamabad to crack down on terrorists
NEW DELHI, Dec 19: Iran’s deputy foreign minister urged Pakistan on Friday to boost its counter-terrorism efforts, three weeks after the attacks in Mumbai....
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Indian army claims killing LeT commander
SRINAGAR, Dec 19: An Indian soldier and five militants were killed in gunbattles in occupied Kashmir, where troops patrolled deserted streets ahead of a planned anti-India rally, officials said on Friday....
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Buddha statues seized
KARACHI, Dec 19: Two antique Buddha statues were seized by Pakistan Customs at a mail office on Thursday....
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Undersea cable faults hit internet service
KARACHI, Dec 19: Internet service and call centre operations in the country suffered fluctuation on Friday night after at least two of the four undersea optic-fibre communications cables were damaged, officials said....
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Two women tortured, killed by exorcist
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 19: Two men were arrested on Friday on charges of torturing two women to death in ritualistic exorcism in Qadir Bux Behrani village of Kot Ghulam Mohammad taluka....
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Oil remains under pressure
NEW YORK, Dec 19: Oil prices fell further on Friday as fears of economic slowdown weighed heavier than proposed production cuts by the world’s major oil exporters....
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Brown vows wide-ranging measures for UK economy
LONDON, Dec 19: With both the economy and the Bush shoe incident seemingly heavy on his mind, Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday finished his opening remarks at his last monthly...
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Protest against India held in Chaman
QUETTA, Dec 19: Hundreds of people demonstrated in Chaman on Friday in protest against allegations levelled by India against Pakistan over the Mumbai terrorist attacks....
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