Ajmal’s nationality confirmed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Pakistani authorities, during the course of their own investigations into the Mumbai carnage, have established that the only surviving terrorist Ajmal Kasab is a Pakistani national....
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Indiscretion cost Durrani his job
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday summarily dismissed his National Security Adviser Major General (retd) Mehmud Ali Durrani for being a bit too candid on the tricky...
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All options open against terror groups, says India
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: India said on Wednesday it would keep all options open to dismantle “terror outfits” after the Mumbai attacks, raising the rhetoric against Pakistan....
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One-third of Gaza dead are children
GAZA CITY, Jan 7: Almost a third of the 689 Palestinians killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive were children, with most killed since the start of a ground offensive after a week of aerial bombardment, medics said on Wednesday....
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Over 2m observe Ashura at Karbala
KARBALA, Jan 7: More than two million devotees from across the Middle East swarmed the city of Karbala in central Iraq on Wednesday to observe Ashura amid tight security....
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All ‘possibilities open’ against Israel, says Hezb
BEIRUT, Jan 7: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday “all possibilities” were open against Israel and warned that the Jewish state’s 2006 war with his party would resemble “a walk in the park” in the event of renewed conflict....
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Gilani says Singh’s remarks ‘most unfortunate’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has termed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent statement ‘unhelpful’ to the objectives of investigation into the Mumbai terrorist attacks, and said it could amount to unnecessarily whipping up tensions in South Asia....
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All the presidents American
AN entire generation has gone by since the United States last saw this tableau of American history: every living president together at the White House....
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Venezuela calls it Israeli state terrorism
CARACAS, Jan 7: Venezuela on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador to Caracas as calls mounted in Latin America for an end to the Jewish state’s deadly military assault on the Gaza Strip....
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India upgrades MiG-27 to sharpen strike capability
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: India is upgrading its MiG-27 fighters to sharpen their strike capabilities, officials said on Wednesday, even as experts say the recent Mumbai attacks have exposed the country’s need to modernise its defence forces....
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Zardari and Karzai vow to work together
KABUL, Jan 7: President Asif Ali Zardari and President Hamid Karzai held another meeting on Wednesday....
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Peace brokers claim breakthrough
CAIRO, Jan 7: Peace brokers proclaimed a breakthrough on Wednesday in efforts to halt the Gaza conflict as Israel warmed to a Franco-Egyptian initiative and Russia pressed for a diplomatic solution in talks with Hamas....
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Obama hopes to learn from former presidents
WASHINGTON, Jan 7: Barack Obama said on Wednesday he hoped to learn from his predecessors as he met outgoing President George W. Bush and all the living former presidents at the White House....
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Five women in new Bangladeshi cabinet
DHAKA, Jan 7: Bangladesh’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has unveiled her cabinet team, appointing women for the first time to head the home and foreign ministries....
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Militants holed up in caves, says India
SRINAGAR, Jan 7: A gunbattle between Indian troops and a group of militants raged for a seventh day on Wednesday, making it one of the longest battles in occupied Kashmir in years, officials said....
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A phone watch ‘worthy of James Bond’
LAS VEGAS, Jan 7: An executive of an electronics firm paused mid-sentence, raised a hand and spoke to his wrist....
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Pakistani among 13 held in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7: Malaysian police said on Wednesday they had arrested 13 people for running an international narcotics syndicate that smuggled heroin from Pakistan....
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Russian gas flow to Europe halts as price row with Ukraine deepens
MOSCOW / KIEV, Jan 7: Russia shut down all gas flows to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday, sharpening a dispute that has left industries and homes in southeast Europe without power and disrupted supplies to major economies....
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