Qureshi asks India to play it cool
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated its call for negotiations and de-escalation with India, spelling out two proposals for defusing tensions arising from the Mumbai attacks....
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Nothing to de-escalate, says Mukherjee
NEW DELHI: India said on Tuesday that Pakistan’s demand for de-escalation of military tensions by New Delhi had no meaning, as there was no escalation by its armed forces to begin with....
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McCain says situation ‘very dicey’
WASHINGTON, Dec 30: US Senator John McCain has warned that India is on the verge of carrying out an air raid on alleged terrorist camps inside Pakistan....
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Pakistan under pressure to extradite Lakhvi
WASHINGTON, Dec 30: Pakistan faces tremendous pressure from the United States to extradite to India Zaki Al Rahman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, US and diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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Nato supplies through Khyber suspended: Operation launched in Jamrud
LANDI KOTAL, Dec 30: Paramilitary forces closed the Peshawar-Torkham highway and the Torkham border, blocking the major Nato supply route, and imposed a curfew before launching an operation on Tuesday against...
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Israel scorns calls for truce
GAZA CITY, Dec 30: Israel on Tuesday shunned world appeals for a truce, massed forces on the Gaza border and warned that its deadly assault on Hamas could last for weeks as jets pummelled targets for a fourth day....
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Clashes erupt after Khaleda rejects poll results
DHAKA, Dec 30: Former Bangladeshi prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, defeated by a landslide in Monday’s parliamentary election, claimed on Tuesday there had been widespread vote rigging....
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Awami League wins 231 of 297 seats
DHAKA, Dec 30: Bangladesh’s former premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed won the country’s first election since 2001 in a landslide on Tuesday, crushing her rival to retake power in the impoverished south Asian nation....
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Accord likely with Iran for oil on deferred payment
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Pakistan and Iran are likely to sign an accord under which Pakistan will get oil supply on deferred payment. The two countries are also likely to reach an...
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Protesters in Yemen break into Egyptian consulate
ADEN, Dec 30: Demonstrators in the Yemeni port city of Aden briefly broke into the Egyptian consulate on Tuesday in a protest against Cairo’s response to Israeli military offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza, a security official said....
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Gulf leaders assail Israeli savagery
MUSCAT, Dec 30: Gulf Arab leaders, wrapping up a two-day summit on Tuesday, strongly condemned Israeli military attacks on Gaza and endorsed an agreement to set up a long-sought after monetary...
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Pro-India parties to take power in held Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Dec 30: Pro-India parties will form the next government in occupied Kashmir....
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Hindu leader admits he was involved in Malegaon blasts
NEW DELHI, Dec 30: Dayanand Pandey, a Hindu religious leader, has admitted to his involvement in the Malegaon blasts, according to officials....
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Nine Suu Kyi supporters arrested for protest
YANGON, Dec 30: Nine supporters of detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi were arrested on Tuesday as they held a protest in Yangon calling for her release, witnesses said....
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Countdown to new year will take a second longer this time
PARIS, Dec 30: Eager to see the back end of 2008? Be forewarned: the world’s official timekeeper has decided to prolong the year — by one full second, to be precise....
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Two ‘middlemen’ charged in milk scandal
BEIJING, Dec 30: Two more suspects in China’s tainted milk scandal went on trial on Tuesday, bringing to 17 the number of people who have faced court in high-profile proceedings over the nation’s worst food safety case in years....
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Fata havens responsible for Taliban resurgence, says Rice
WASHINGTON, Dec 30: Welcoming the incoming Obama administration’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that the existence of alleged safe havens in...
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India hands over freed prisoners at Wagah
LAHORE, Dec 30: Indian authorities handed over 66 Pakistani prisoners, including 28 women and three children, to Rangers officials at Wagah on Tuesday....
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