22 children among 40 killed in fire
KARACHI, Jan 9: At least 40 people, 22 of them children, died when a fire engulfed about two dozen huts in the city’s North Karachi area after Thursday midnight....
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Savagery continues as Israel rejects UN call
GAZA CITY, Jan 9: Israel rejected a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday and warplanes and tanks pounded the Palestinian enclave....
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Drone attack killed four Al Qaeda men
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: An Amercian counter-terrorism official confirmed on Friday that an unmanned CIA drone aircraft killed four top Al...
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Gilani says ISI’s response forwarded to India
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said that premier intelligence agencies of the United States and Pakistan had been working closely to untangle the knots of the...
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Five blasts rip through Lahore theatres
LAHORE, Jan 9: Five low-intensity explosions ripped through two theatres in Lahore on Friday, sending a chill down the spines of Lahorites. No casualties were reported as the theatres were closed because of Muharram....
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Biden assures Pakistan of long-term commitment
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: US Vice-President-elect Joe Biden has described Pakistan as an “incredibly valued ally and partner” and assured it of the Obama administration’s “real, long-term and broad commitment”....
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Some Gaza incidents may warrant war crimes prosecution, says UN
GENEVA, Jan 9: The UN human rights chief opened a special session of the Human Rights Council on Friday with a warning that violations in the Gaza Strip were severe and that some reported incidents may warrant prosecutions for war crimes....
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Saudi supertanker freed, say Somali pirates
NAIROBI, Jan 9: Somali pirates said on Friday they had freed a Saudi-owned supertanker, whose capture nearly two months ago caused panic in international shipping and spurred the world into tougher anti-piracy action....
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Nato seeks new supply routes
BRUSSELS, Jan 9: Talks aimed at setting up alternative supply routes to the Khyber Pass for the United States and Nato forces fighting in Afghanistan are at an advanced stage, officials have said....
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Key Tamil pass falls
COLOMBO, Jan 9: Sri Lankan troops battling rebels captured the Elephant Pass, a strategically important region in the country’s north, President Mahinda Rajapakse announced on Friday....
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IEA accused of blocking switch to renewable energy sources
LONDON, Jan 9: In a claim that would surely shock the world, especially the oil importing poor countries, the Energy Watch group asserted on Friday that the International Energy Agency (IEA)...
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Fears in US about Mumbai-type attacks
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: The terrorist attacks in Mumbai have dramatically damaged Pakistan’s image in the United States where a consensus seems to be emerging that the terrorists may be planning a...
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UK’s first ‘cancer free’ baby born
LONDON, Jan 9: The first British baby genetically screened before conception to be free of a breast cancer gene has been born....
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Lawmakers impeach Illinois governor
CHICAGO, Jan 9: Illinois lawmakers impeached their corruption-tainted governor on Friday in a move which could oust the man accused of trying to sell president-elect Barack Obama’s senate seat from office....
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New anti-piracy force
MANAMA: The US Fifth Fleet announced the launch of a new international naval force to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean after a wave of hijackings off the coast of Somalia....
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US, Iran share interests in Afghanistan: Petraeus
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: Iran could become involved in a regional strategy to the conflict in Afghanistan, as Tehran shares common interests with the United States there, suggested General David Petraeus, head of US Central Command....
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Kashmir battle
SRINAGAR, Jan 9: A gunbattle between Indian forces and Kashmiri militants holed up in caves for nine days has ended, the army said on Friday....
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Satyam scam brings into focus quality of governance
REVELATIONS of major fraud at Indian software firm Satyam have put the spotlight on the quality of corporate governance and regulation across Asia....
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