Investigation will be transparent, India assured
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Pakistan on Monday reassured India that it would conduct a transparent investigation on ‘information’ about the Mumbai attack and said that defeating terrorists was its top priority....
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‘Adventurism to get firm reply’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has cautioned the world that it will befittingly retaliate against any Indian military adventurism....
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5,000 houses in Gaza reduced to rubble
GAZA, Jan 19: More Israeli forces left the Gaza Strip on Monday and both sides kept a ceasefire, allowing dazed Palestinians to survey the destruction and mourn their dead....
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Lashkar offers to put down arms in held Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: In a move clearly timed to coincide with the inauguration of a new American administration, the Lashkar-e-Taiba in Jammu and Kashmir was reported on Monday to have...
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A ‘friendly’ handshake to defuse tension
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Tensions between Pakistan and India de-escalated to some extent when the two countries took a step forward with a “friendly handshake” between Adviser to the Prime Minister on...
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India keeps up pressure on Pakistan over Mumbai
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: India’s foreign minister, keeping up pressure on Pakistan to act against militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, said on Monday that countries failing to clamp down on terrorism would pay a heavy price....
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Militants blow up five more schools
MINGORA, Jan 19: Suspected militants blew up five government schools in Swat on Monday....
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Militant attack briefly affects Nato supplies
LANDI KOTAL, Jan 19: Militants attacked an army camp on late Sunday night, killing one soldier and injuring dozens others and causing closure of the Peshawar-Torkham highway, a Nato supply route, for some time....
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Nato urges allies to follow Obama’s Afghan lead
BRUSSELS, Jan 19: Nato members need to follow the US lead in boosting their commitment to the fight against militants in Afghanistan, the alliance’s chief said on Monday, the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration as US president....
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Deep recession and unemployment threaten Europe
BRUSSELS, Jan 19: The EU economy will shrink nearly 2.0 per cent this year as one of the worst recessions on record drives unemployment and government deficits to levels not seen for years, the European Commission forecast on Monday....
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Obama to fulfil King’s dream
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: Barack Obama on Monday paid homage to the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, vowing to revive the spirit of sacrifice to overcome war and economic crisis during his upcoming presidency....
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Russia keen to help cement Afghan defence: Kabul
KABUL, Jan 19: Russia is willing to help strengthen Afghanistan’s defence sector, according to a letter released on Monday by the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai....
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Three accused of conspiring with London bombers
LONDON, Jan 19: A prosecutor on Monday accused three British Muslims of scouting out potential targets on behalf of suicide bombers who killed 52 commuters on London’s transit system in 2005....
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Doctors among US-backed coup plotters: Iran
TEHRAN, Jan 19: Iran said on Monday that two doctors jailed since June were among a group convicted of a ‘US-backed plot to overthrow’ the government by creating social upheaval, Fars news agency reported....
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Further custody extension for Mumbai attacker: police
MUMBAI, Jan 19: Indian police were on Monday granted a further two-week extension to hold and question the lone surviving gunman captured during the deadly attacks on Mumbai, a senior officer said....
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Suicide attack in Khost
KHOST, Jan 19: Bomb blasts killed two policemen and a teenager in Afghanistan on Monday, and wounded nearly 20 other people in fresh attacks....
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Australian writer jailed for insulting Thai royals
BANGKOK, Jan 19: An Australian writer was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison for ‘insulting’ Thailand’s royal family in his novel, a rare conviction of a foreigner amid a crackdown on people and websites deemed critical of the monarchy....
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Ex-Taiwan president defends himself in bribery case
TAIPEI, Jan 19: Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian insisted on Monday he was innocent of taking bribes, as he appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing on charges he says are politically motivated....
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‘Microbot’ likely to swim human bloodstreams
PARIS, Jan 19: In 1966, the film ‘Fantastic Voyage’ recounted the tale of doctors who are miniaturised along with a submarine and injected into the body of a Soviet defector, sailing...
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Mumbai probe not under external pressure, NA told
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani informed the National Assembly on Monday that Pakistan was investigating the Mumbai attacks in its own interest and not under any external pressure....
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