Israel to intensify war
GAZA CITY, Jan 10: Israel on Saturday vowed to escalate its war in Gaza after carrying out more deadly air strikes, as troops battled Palestinian fighters into a third week despite growing calls for a ceasefire....
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Fierce battles in Hangu leave 26 dead
KOHAT, Jan 10: A fierce gunbattle between rival sects in Hangu continued on Saturday amid efforts to broker an early truce to stop bloodshed....
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India has not exhausted all options: FM
NEW DELHI, Jan 10: India has not exhausted its diplomatic options in its attempt to bring the Mumbai attack plotters to justice, India’s foreign minister said on Saturday....
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Gilani assails ‘double standards’
KARACHI, Jan 10: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday berated the international community for “double standards” in its reaction over atrocities in Kashmir and Palestinian territories on the one hand, and the Mumbai attacks on the other....
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Half-year trade deficit hits $9.55bn
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The country’s trade deficit hit $9.55 billion during the first half of the current financial year (July-Dec 2008). The figure for the corresponding period during the last financial year was $8.29...
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Anti-Israel protesters clash with police
WASHINGTON, Jan 10: Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the White House on Saturday, urging the incoming Obama administration to persuade Israel to stop its ground and air offensives inside Gaza....
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No pact with US over drone attacks: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday he had not entered into any agreement with the United States to allow drone attacks inside Pakistan’s territory....
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Hafiz Saeed’s detention extended
LAHORE, Jan 10: The Punjab government has extended the detention of Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and five others for 60 days....
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First ladies seek end to Israeli invasion
ISTANBUL, Jan 10: First ladies from Middle Eastern countries on Saturday added their voices to international demands that Israel halt military attacks on the Gaza Strip, withdraw troops and end its blockade....
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Russia signs accord with EU to monitor gas shipments
MOSCOW, Jan 10: Russia and the European Union signed an accord on Saturday to monitor Russian gas shipments to Europe, piling pressure on transit country Ukraine to accept the deal that would resume supply to gas-starved countries....
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Satyam founder sent to prison
MUMBAI, Jan 10: The disgraced former chairman of top Indian outsourcing firm Satyam was sent to prison on Saturday, days after admitting to a one-billion dollar fraud that has rattled the country’s business community....
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Chinese officials gamble away millions in public funds
BEIJING, Jan 10: Dozens of Chinese officials from the southern province of Guangdong have gambled away more than 20 million yuan (2.9 million dollars) of public funds in Hong Kong and Macau since 2003, state media reported on Saturday....
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More copters, support needed to defeat Taliban, Biden told
KABUL, Jan 10: US Vice President-elect Joe Biden was told on Saturday that thousands of new American troops expected in southern Afghanistan would need more helicopters and other support to beat back a surging Taliban resistance, an official said....
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Five injured in Chicago school shooting
CHICAGO, Jan 10: Five people were shot at as spectators left a crowded high school basketball game on Friday in what police called a possibly gang-related attack that sent panicked students running into a snowy street on the city’s South Side....
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Three Yemenis tried for sending email to Israeli prime minister
SANAA, Jan 10: A Yemeni court began on Saturday the trial of three workers of an Islamic organisation accused of establishing contact with Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and offering to collaborate with the Jewish state....
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Six of supertanker’s hijackers drown
NAIROBI, Jan 10: Six of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their small boat capsized, their...
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Balochistan cancels allotment of land to PAF: MoU annulled
QUETTA, Jan 10: The Balochistan cabinet revoked on Saturday allotment of 63,000 acres of land to the Pakistan Air Force in coastal areas of Lasbela district....
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PML-N seeks UK’s role in defusing tension
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has urged Britain to play a proactive role in defusing the tension between India and Pakistan....
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