War hysteria abating on both sides
NEW DELHI, Dec 29: There is always a risk of exaggerating the prospects of peace breaking out between India and Pakistan, just as there is that irrepressible tendency to overplay the fear of war lurking round the corner....
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China calls for immediate de-escalation of tension
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: China called on Monday for immediate steps for de-escalation of tension and resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan and warned that a lingering crisis would strengthen terrorists....
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Toll climbs to 364 as Israel terms it ‘all-out war’
GAZA, Dec 29: Israeli air strikes flattened bastions of Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip on Monday – the third day of an offensive that has killed more than 364 Palestinians in the deadliest violence in the territory in decades....
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Israeli attacks on Hamas to continue, says US
WASHINGTON, Dec 29: The White House said on Monday that Israel would continue its military operations against the Palestinians in Gaza, ignoring worldwide protests calling for forcing the Jewish state to stop the attacks....
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UK calls for ceasefire in Gaza
LONDON, Dec 29: Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called for immediate ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza where more than 300 Palestinians have so far been killed in attacks by Israeli fighter planes carrying out sorties continuously for the last three days....
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Suicide attacker kills several Iranian troops
QUETTA, Dec 29: A large number of Iranian security personnel were killed and scores of others injured in a suicide attack on the headquarters of the Iranian security force in Sarwan district of Sistan-Balochistan on Monday....
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Rice urges restraint as relocation of troops alarms US
WASHINGTON, Dec 29: Pakistan’s decision to redeploy troops from the Afghan to the Indian border appears to have alarmed Washington, forcing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to telephone President Asif Zardari and Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee....
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Five killed in Afghan bomb blasts
CHARIKAR (Afghanistan), Dec 29: Five people were killed and about 40 others wounded in two bomb blasts in Afghanistan on Monday, as a town mourned 14 children killed in a recent Taliban suicide attack....
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Two gas pipelines blown up
QUETTA, Dec 29: Two pipelines supplying gas to the Sui purification plant from Pirkoh and Loti gas fields were blown up by militants early on Monday morning....
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Hasina-led alliance in sight of majority
DHAKA, Dec 29: An alliance headed by Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina took an early lead in unofficial results from Monday’s parliamentary polls, election officials said....
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Awami League sweeps poll
DHAKA, Dec 29: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed was heading for a landslide victory on Monday after unofficial results showed that she had crushed her bitter rival Khaleda Zia in the general election....
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Economy shows improvement in first quarter: SBP
KARACHI, Dec 29: The State Bank of Pakistan said on Monday that the economy had improved during the first quarter of the current fiscal year and some macro-economic indicators had shown strength after a steep fall in 2007-08....
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Saleem Raza is new SBP governor
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: President Asif Ali Zardari has appointed Saleem Raza as governor of the State Bank of Pakistan at a time when the central bank will be required to play...
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Kashmir parties in bid to cobble coalition
SRINAGAR, Dec 29: Political parties in occupied Kashmir tried to stitch together a coalition on Monday after an election which was seen as a vote for better governance in the disputed region rather than acceptance of Indian rule....
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Somalia’s president resigns
BAIDOA (Somalia), Dec 29: Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf resigned on Monday, ending a deadlock at the top of the fractured government and opening the door for a new administration in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation....
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Purohit remanded in custody
NEW DELHI, Dec 29: A special court in Mumbai on Monday remanded in judicial custody till Jan 6 Lt-Col Shrikant Purohit and nine other accused for their involvement in the Malegaon blasts....
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Worst is still ahead: general
The Israeli army’s deputy chief has vowed to raze every single Hamas structure in the Gaza Strip. Brig Gen Dan Harel also warned that was it was just the beginning....
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Rocket hits Isaf oil tankers
LANDI KOTAL, Dec 29: Four oil tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan were set ablaze near the Afghan border on Monday evening....
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