Terrorists won’t be allowed to succeed: Gilani
LARKANA/LAHORE, Dec 25: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani urged the international community on Thursday to persuade India to defuse tension with Pakistan....
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Karachi tormented by new wave of outages
KARACHI, Dec 25: Frequent power outages and fluctuations over the past week have left Karachiites badmouthing the Karachi Electricity Supply Company....
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Three Indian nationals arrested in Lahore
LAHORE, Dec 25: Law-enforcement agencies claimed on Thursday to have arrested three Indian nationals, two of them brothers, in the city on information provided by detained Indian spy Satish Anand Shukla,...
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650kgs of explosives seized
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: Police have seized a large quantity of explosives from a house in Kural area and arrested a number of people....
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Glimmer of hope for KSE
KARACHI, Dec 25: The Karachi Stock Exchange may start trading on Friday with a glimmer of hope because its most pressing problem of stuck-up funds in the Continuous Funding System (CFS)...
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Nawaz, Pervaiz met in Dubai, or did they?
LAHORE, Dec 25: A ‘breaking news’ on some private TV channels on Thursday night — about a meeting between PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi in Dubai...
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US to fight insurgency across Muslim world for 25 years
WASHINGTON, Dec 25: The United States is committed to fighting insurgency in the Muslim world for 25 years, says a report released by the US Joint Forces Command....
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G8 to address Afghan issue on priority, says Italy
ROME, Dec 25: Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Thursday Afghanistan would be one of the G8’s main priorities when Rome takes over the rotating presidency of the rich nations’ club on Jan 1....
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Israeli army gets go-ahead for attack on Gaza: report
CAIRO, Dec 25: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni vowed on Thursday to strike back at the Hamas rulers of Gaza after a sharp escalation of violence in the Palestinian territory dashed hopes of a new truce....
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Nobel laureate Harold Pinter dies at 78
LONDON, Dec 25: Harold Pinter, praised as the most influential British playwright of his generation and a longtime voice of political protest, has died after a long battle with cancer....
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War, economic hardship loom over Xmas festivity
VATICAN CITY, Dec 25: War and economic hardship loomed over Christmas celebrations across the world on Thursday, with Pope Benedict XVI denouncing greed and pleading for an end to violence in the Middle East....
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Abbas asks Hamas to resume talks
HEBRON (West Bank), Dec 25: President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday called on Hamas to resume reconciliation talks with his Fatah party which broke down in November....
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Hunt on for ‘Santa’ in deadly shooting
LOS ANGELES, Dec 25: Police hunted on Thursday for a gun-toting man who burst into a holiday party dressed as Santa Claus and opened fire, apparently causing a house blaze that left three people dead, a spokesman said....
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US embassy to move out of Saddam palace
BAGHDAD, Dec 25: The United States said on Thursday it would hand over Saddam Hussein’s former official residence to the Iraqi government by Dec 31 after occupying the majestic palace since the 2003 invasion....
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Statement of Purohit’s ex-colleague recorded
NEW DELHI, Dec 25: India’s Anti-Terrorism Squad recorded the statement of a former colleague of Lt-Col Shrikant Purohit in the Military Intelligence on Thursday and he will be made a prosecution witness in the Malegaon blast case....
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German navy saves Egyptian ship
BERLIN, Dec 25: The German navy foiled a hijack attempt by Somali pirates on an Egyptian bulk carrier on Thursday that left one crewman wounded on the merchant ship, Germany’s military said....
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Egyptian teacher jailed for killing student
CAIRO, Dec 25: An Egyptian court on Thursday jailed a teacher for six years for kicking a schoolboy to death after he failed to do his homework, a court official said....
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Qureshi warns against ‘surgical strike’
MULTAN, Dec 25: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has urged India to desist from any aggressive action and said that Pakistan is fully prepared to meet any eventuality....
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