Urgent steps needed to ease tensions with India: PM
SINGAPORE, Jan 24: Pakistan needed to move swiftly to ease tensions with India, including examining laws standing in the way of prosecuting militants who committed violence in other countries, the Financial Times quoted the prime minister as saying....
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Envoy to India gets death threats
ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India has received death threats from an Indian extremist group, which has also warned of strikes on the parliament in Islamabad and the high commission in Delhi....
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Obama endorses missile attacks
WASHINGTON, Jan 24: Hours after US missiles killed 22 people in Fata, President Barack Obama convened a meeting of his top national security advisers and endorsed the decision to continue drone strikes into Pakistan....
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Pakistan protests toUS over air strikes
ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Pakistan on Saturday lodged a strong protest with the new US administration over continuing drone attacks, terming them an infringement of the country’s sovereignty and calling for a review of the policy....
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Sri Lanka win ODI series
LAHORE, Jan 24: A hundred from Tillakaratne Dilshan followed by devastating spells from Sri Lanka’s bowlers handed Pakistan their heaviest one-day defeat in the third and final clash here on Saturday....
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Troops to guard Swat schools
MINGORA, Jan 24: The government has decided to deploy army and paramilitary troops at a number of educational institutions in Mingora in the wake of mounting attacks, especially on girls’ schools, in the Swat valley....
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Singh stable after heart bypass surgery
NEW DELHI, Jan 24: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was conscious and stable after successful heart bypass surgery on Saturday, doctors said, months before he is due to lead the ruling Congress into national polls....
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Fata missile strikes: toll jumps to 22
ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The death toll from two suspected US missile attacks in tribal areas of Pakistan has risen to 22, officials and residents said on Saturday....
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Two traders from Punjab shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA, Jan 24: Two traders from Rahimyar Khan were gunned down in an attack here on Saturday....
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Storm kills 14 in Spain, France
BARCELONA, Jan 24: Hurricane-force winds lashed Spain and France on Saturday, killing 14 people, including four children when part of a sports hall collapsed. Nearly two million were left without electricity....
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War-hit Gaza children return to school
BEIT LAHIYA (Gaza Strip), Jan 24: Gaza’s children returned to school on Saturday for the first time since Israel’s massive offensive, many having lost family members, homes and their sense of security....
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BBC assailed over refusal to show Gaza appeal
LONDON, Jan 24: The BBC faced intense criticism on Saturday from the British government and campaigners after refusing to broadcast a charity appeal to raise emergency funds for people in the Gaza Strip....
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Afghans dispute US account of operation
KABUL, Jan 24: US-led coalition forces said on Saturday they had killed 15 militants in an operation in eastern Afghanistan....
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Deepening of power crisis feared if IPPs not paid dues
ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The Water and Power Development Authority has failed to pay Rs100 billion to independent power producers (IPPs), causing a shortfall of 1,366 MW in the country’s power system....
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Pakistan deserves more US aid, says Musharraf
NEW YORK, Jan 24: Former president Pervez Musharraf criticised US drone strikes in Pakistan, the lack of respect the attacks showed, and the failure of the United States to capture Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden....
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Nadra launches fast-track service
ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has launched a fast-track service to facilitate the applicants willing to pay for an urgent service....
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Seven shot dead in Southern Thailand
YALA (Thailand), Jan 24: Suspected insurgents have shot dead seven people in attacks across Thailand’s far south, where a bloody separatist rebellion has been raging for five years, police said on Saturday....
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Anarchists fight with police in central Athens
ATHENS, Jan 24: Several hundred self-styled anarchists fought with police in central Athens on Saturday after a march to demand the release of people arrested during riots last month....
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