US wants Mumbai suspects tried in Pakistan, not to call for extradition
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: The US administration is now urging Pakistan to ensure that those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks are punished inside the country instead of being extradited to India, US sources told Dawn....
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Coercion won’t work, FO tells India
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Pakistan would not accept any political or military coercion from India and it was ready to defend itself, the Foreign Office said on Thursday....
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Zardari links stability to defeat of militants
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Thursday the government had to defeat militants to restore peace and stability in the country....
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CNG dealers not to raise price for now
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The All Pakistan CNG Association has decided not to pass on the 10 per cent increase in the price of compressed natural gas, announced on Wednesday, to consumers...
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10 militants, 3 FC men die in clash
QUETTA, Jan 1: At least three security personnel and 10 militants were killed in a clash near Uch gas field, in Dera Bugti district, on Thursday....
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Five killed in Assam bomb blasts
GUWAHATI (India), Jan 1: At least five people were killed on Thursday in separate bombings in the Indian city of Guwahati, police said, blaming a dominant insurgent group active in the northeast of the country....
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US drone attack kills three in S. Waziristan
WANA, Jan 1: The new year dawned on South Waziristan with a US missile attack in which three suspected foreign militants were killed....
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POWER RIOTS IN FAISALABAD
FAISALABAD: A vehicle set on fire by enraged industrial workers who held massive demonstrations here on Thursday in protest against the loadshedding of gas and electricity whose duration has been increasing by the day....
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Toll in Bangkok’s nightclub inferno rises to 58
BANGKOK, Jan 1: Police forensic investigators sifted through the charred remains of an upscale Bangkok nightclub on Thursday, seeking clues to a blaze that killed 58 revellers ringing in the New Year....
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Israeli attack kills senior Hamas leader
GAZA, Jan 1: Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the group in...
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Khaleda’s party concedes election defeat
DHAKA, Jan 1: Former Bangladesh premier Khaleda Zia’s party on Thursday accepted its heavy defeat in the general election despite alleging the vote was rigged, a spokesman for the party said....
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Indian Muslims refuse to bury Mumbai gunmen
NEW DELHI, Jan 1: In a government morgue in Mumbai lie the bodies of nine gunmen responsible for killing 170-odd people in a bloody attack on India’s financial hub....
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Taliban execute ‘kidnapper’
PARACHINAR, Jan 1: The Taliban publicly executed an alleged ring leader of a gang of kidnappers in the Kurram tribal region on Thursday....
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Chinese president hails 30 years of US ties
BEIJING, Jan 1: Chinese President Hu Jintao called for strengthened cooperation with the United States as the two countries marked the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties on New Year’s Day....
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Somali pirates seize Egyptian ship
CAIRO, Jan 1: Somali pirates seized an Egyptian merchant ship off the Somali coast on Thursday and were taking it to Somalia with the crew of 28 Egyptians as hostages, a foreign ministry official said....
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Iraq hails low December toll
BAGHDAD, Jan 1: A total of 316 Iraqis were killed in political violence in December, the lowest monthly death toll in nearly three years, Iraqi officials said on Thursday....
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‘Era of unbridled capitalism over’
Reiterating his opposition to ‘unfettered capitalism’, the prime minister in his New Year message said the year 2008 would be remembered as the year in which the old era of ‘unbridled’ free market dogma was finally shown the door....
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Controlling diseases by cutting short mosquitoes’ life
WASHINGTON, Jan 1: Old mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger — naturally, not poisoned....
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38 houses and shops razed in Jamrud
LANDI KOTAL, Jan 1: At least 38 houses and shops of Kukikhel tribesmen were demolished as security personnel pressed ahead with the operation against militants in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on Thursday....
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Pakistan, India swap lists of nuclear installations
ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Pakistan and India exchanged lists of nuclear installations on Thursday, despite tensions fuelled by the Mumbai attacks which derailed the peace process they had been pursuing for about five years....
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