Obama orders closure of Guantanamo
WASHINGTON, Jan 22: President Barack Obama signed executive orders on Thursday to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and directed the Central Intelligence Agency to shut its network of secret prisons....
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Afghanistan, India open strategic road to Iran
KABUL, Jan 22: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and India’s foreign minister opened a new road on Thursday that would help link Afghanistan with a port in Iran and challenge Pakistani dominance of trade routes into the landlocked country....
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Dialogue only with those who don’t challenge writ: Zardari
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: President Asif Ali Zardari held a series of meetings on Thursday with top security officials and political leaders from the NWFP on growing militancy in settled areas where militants are trying to enforce their ‘self-styled’ Sharia....
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Special envoy for Afghanistan, Pakistan named: Hillary Clinton calls Zardari
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: Hillary Clinton, on her first day as the secretary of state, telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari and told him that the Obama administration was appointing a special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan....
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Balochistan’s Rs17.5bn overdraft waived
QUETTA, Jan 22: The federal government has waived an overdraft of over Rs17.5 billion pending against Balochistan to help the province overcome its economic problems, Chief Minister Aslam Raisani told a press conference here on Thursday....
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Exporters get one-year grace for loan payment
KARACHI, Jan 22: The State Bank announced on Thursday a Rs12 billion plan to help borrowers of the export financing scheme, deferring payment of their loans for one year....
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Miliband’s Kashmir remarks reflect Obama’s plan: report
LONDON, Jan 22: Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s suggestion during his recent visit to India that Mumbai attacks were rooted in the Kashmir dispute reflected the thinking of US President Barack Obama...
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‘Dr Khan network’ suspect tipped off CIA: Swiss TV
GENEVA, Jan 22: A Swiss man suspected of being involved in the world’s biggest nuclear smuggling ring claims he supplied the CIA with information that led to the breakup of the...
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Site older than Moenjodaro found in Sukkur
SUKKUR, Jan 22: An archaeological site, about 5,500 years old, has been found in Lakhian Jo Daro near Goth Nihal Khoso in the district of Sukkur....
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India, Pakistan urged to resume dialogue
NEW YORK, Jan 22: Saying that “war is not an option” Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram called upon India and Pakistan to restart composite dialogue to resolve the festering Kashmir dispute and tackle the terrorism issue....
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Six Indian troops shot dead by colleague
GUWAHATI (India), Jan 22: A paratrooper in a remote mountainous area of India’s troubled northeast went on a shooting rampage, killing six of his own unit after an altercation, security officials said on Thursday....
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22 militants killed by Nato in Khost
KABUL, Jan 22: Afghan and international forces said on Thursday they had killed around 30 militants in Afghanistan, 22 of them in Nato air strikes after a patrol was attacked near the Pakistan border....
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Development, diplomacy best tools, says Hillary: Securing America’s future
WASHINGTON, Jan 22: Hillary Clinton took charge on Thursday of US foreign policy proclaiming a “new era for America” based on robust diplomacy and a fresh unity of purpose....
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Obama to review Afghan situation
WASHINGTON, Jan 22: US President Barack Obama has promised to soon undertake a full review of the situation in Afghanistan so as to develop a ‘comprehensive’ policy for the entire region....
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Microsoft to slash 5,000 jobs
NEW YORK, Jan 22: US software giant Microsoft announced on Thursday it was cutting up to 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months as a slow economy and weak spending on technology sent quarterly profit lower....
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Gaza tunnels to be hit, warns Israel
GAZA CITY, Jan 22: The United Nations urged Israel on Thursday to reopen Gaza crossings as senior officials assessed war damage and the Jewish state warned it would strike again if Hamas rearms through ‘smuggling’ tunnels....
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Kennedy’s daughter pulls out of Senate race
NEW YORK, Jan 22: Caroline Kennedy caught many political experts by surprise when she decided to drop out of contention to succeed Hillary Clinton as New York’s senator....
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China quake, Myanmar cyclone top disaster toll
GENEVA, Jan 22: More than 90 per cent of the 235,816 people killed worldwide in natural disasters last year succumbed during the cyclone in Myanmar or the earthquake in China’s Sichuan province, the UN said on Thursday....
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Death sentence for milk scam convicts
BEIJING, Jan 22: A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced two men to death and gave stiff jail terms to 19 others over a milk scandal that led to widespread poisoning of babies in China and dairy recalls around the world....
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Abolition of local govt system sought
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Local Government and Rural Development has called for abolition of the local government system introduced by former president Pervez Musharraf and restoration of the earlier set-up....
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