NWFP govt airs reservations on Swat operation: •Call for ‘effective action’ against militants •Sweeping powers for police planned
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The NWFP government on Saturday termed the military operation in Swat a failure and called upon the security forces to take “effective action” against militants so that peace returned to the valley....
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Gwadar port accord to be reviewed, says Gabol
QUETTA, Dec 20: Minister of State for Ports and Shipping Nabil Gabol has said the Gwadar port agreement with the Singapore Port Authority will be thoroughly reviewed and it can be cancelled if found against the interests of Balochistan....
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Fire destroys Pindi mall; five killed
RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: A massive fire gutted a major shopping plaza here on Saturday, killing at least five people and injuring 59 others....
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US urges Pakistan to understand ‘gravity’ of situation
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, both in public statements and private meetings, has urged Pakistan to understand the gravity of the current situation and take immediate steps to stop terrorists from using its soil for attacking others....
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India claims having irrefutable evidence: Mumbai attacks
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Terrorism, unless weeded out from the region completely, will keep South Asia trapped in a time warp, hobbling progress and sowing mistrust, delegates at a conference to...
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Kasab was not arrested in Nepal: ambassador
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Nepal’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr Bala B. Kunwar, said on Saturday that Ajmal Amir Kasab, an accused in the Mumbai carnage, was neither arrested nor handed over to India by Nepal....
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Benazir HR Fund set up
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani announced on Saturday setting up of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Human Rights Fund with an initial amount of Rs10 million....
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US to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 20: The United States plans to send between 20,000 and 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan next year, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mike Mullen, said here on Saturday....
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Protesters rain pastries on Greek mayor
THESSALONIKI (Greece), Dec 20: Youths protesting the fatal shooting of a teenager by police on Saturday occupied a prominent film hall in the Greek city of Thessaloniki while others pelted the city mayor with pastries, police said....
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Interpol offers to help India in probe
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: The chief of global police agency Interpol met Indian officials on Saturday and pledged assistance in a probe into last month’s attacks in Mumbai by gunmen....
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Iraqi legislators reject UK troops’ stay beyond December
BAGHDAD, Dec 20: Iraq’s parliament voted on Saturday to reject a draft law that allowed troops from Britain, Australia and several other countries to remain beyond the end of this year, Iraqi parliamentarians said....
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Israeli air strike kills militant in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Dec 20: Israeli forces killed one Palestinian and wounded three others in an air raid on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, a day after the end of a shaky six-month truce, medical sources and witnesses said....
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Internet services improve
PARIS, Dec 20: A French ship on Saturday took experts to repair broken undersea Mediterranean cables that caused severe disruption to telephone and internet services across the Middle East and Asia, France Telecom said....
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Zardari tells Baloch leaders to take the democratic road
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: President Asif Ali Zardari advised Baloch leaders on Saturday to move resolutions in the provincial assembly to address various provincial issues, which would then be taken up by parliament....
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US agrees to increase military assistance
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: The United States will provide more than $300 million a year in military aid to Pakistan over the next five years, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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No loadshedding next year: minister
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The government is committed to achieving its targets for inducting more power capacity into the national grid and get rid of the menace of loadshedding by the next year....
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A fire that devastated Rawalpindi business
RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: Saturday will be remembered as a black day for the business community in Rawalpindi which lost billions of rupees in the fire at Ghakkar Plaza and later its subsequent collapse....
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Body to assess damage
RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: The City District Government has constituted a committee which would investigate the causes of fire at the ‘Gakhar Plaza’ and assess the damages in its wake....
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