FIA told to come up with Mumbai report in 10 days
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: A preliminary investigation into the information provided by New Delhi about the Mumbai attacks would be completed in 10 days, but all suspects would be tried in Pakistan, the prime minister’s adviser on interior said on Saturday....
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Israelis end Gaza offensive
TEL AVIV, Jan 17: Israel decided to halt its offensive in Gaza at 0000 GMT (5am PST on Sunday), but troops will remain there for the time being and will respond to Hamas fire, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Saturday....
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Govt lukewarm about repeal of amendment
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The government seems to be non-committal on repealing the 17th Amendment as President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani discussed with their aides a strategy...
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Dialogue has failed: India
NEW DELHI, Jan 17: India has said Pakistan’s approach to the Mumbai terror attacks proved that the composite dialogue between the two countries was meaningless....
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Snags in Thar coal project be removed: Zardari
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The government will take bold steps to overcome the energy crisis, says President Asif Ali Zardari....
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Obama sets off on train ride to presidency
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 17: President-elect Barack Obama, tracing the train route Abraham Lincoln took nearly a century and a half earlier, undertook the final leg of his inaugural journey to the US...
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‘Osama’s son in Pakistan’
WASHINGTON, Jan 17: Osama bin Laden’s son Saad, reportedly a prominent figure in the relationship between Iran and Al Qaeda, has left that country and is believed to be in Pakistan, according to US intelligence....
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Iran jails ‘US agents’ for plotting to subvert govt
TEHRAN, Jan 17: A Tehran court has jailed a number of people accused of involvement in a US-sponsored plot to overthrow Iran’s Islamic system of government, a semi-official news agency said on Saturday....
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Miliband’s Kashmir remarks upset India
NEW DELHI, Jan 17: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s trip to India, billed as a ‘solidarity visit’ following the deadly Mumbai attacks, was dubbed ‘upsetting’ by the government on Saturday....
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Cricketer Asif ‘detained in New Delhi’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: Cricketer Mohammad Asif was detained in New Delhi on Saturday, reportedly for not carrying complete travel documents....
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US soldier killed in Kabul attack
KABUL, Jan 17: A suicide car bomb killed a US soldier and four civilians and wounded 19 other people in an attack outside a US military base and the German embassy here on Saturday, officials and witnesses said....
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Moving into White House sometimes has pitfalls
WASHINGTON: Presidential inaugurations have not always gone smoothly. Here are a few of the mix-ups between comings and goings of former presidents, adapted from “America’s First Families” by National First Ladies...
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Rule of law key to stability: Iftikhar
KARACHI, Jan 17: Lawyers will continue their struggle for the rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution and an independent judiciary, which are essential for the country’s stability, according to...
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Five militants killed in Lakki Marwat
LAKKI MARWAT/KHAR, Jan 17: Five militants and a tribesman were killed in a gunbattle with security forces backed by a tribal lashkar in Kherukhel Pakka area of the Lakki Marwat district on Saturday....
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Posting, transfers in BPS-20 restricted
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The Prime Minister’s Secretariat has asked the Establishment Division not to make any posting or transfer of officers of BPS-20 without its approval, Dawn has learnt on authority....
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Nawaz links country’s integrity with judges’ restoration
BADIN, Jan 17: Former Prime Minister and president of PML-N, Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, has linked the country’s integrity with reinstatement of deposed judges, including chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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Three ‘terrorists’ held in Lahore
LAHORE, Jan 17: Three people were arrested at the Burki area on Saturday for their suspected involvement in some bomb blasts and links to the intelligence agency of a neighbouring country....
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Mohmand clash claims 3 lives
GHALANAI, Jan 17: A paramilitary soldier and two militants were killed and a civilian was injured in a clash in Mohmand Agency on Saturday....
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