US resolve on test in Pakistan, says Mullen
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: “Some level of stability, no safe havens, reasonable development… nuclear weapons not a significant concern in Pakistan,” said America’s top military official when asked what would constitute success for him in the South Asian region....
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Zardari vows to curb militancy, parallel courts
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated the government’s commitment that militants will never be allowed to set up a parallel judiciary....
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Gilani urges Obama to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty
DAVOS, Jan 28: Calling on President Barack Obama to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani urged the US administration on Wednesday to stop drone attacks in Fata....
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Army has the will to crush militancy: Kayani
MINGORA, Jan 28: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Swat on Wednesday and gave fresh directives for the operation in the volatile valley....
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Seven militants killed in Swat
MINGORA, Jan 28: Seven militants and seven civilians were killed in clashes between the local Taliban and security forces in Swat on Wednesday....
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School blown up in Bajaur
KHAR, Jan 28: Taking a leaf out of their counterpart’s war on education in Swat, suspected militants blew up a government school for boys near a security post in the Nawagai subdivision of Bajaur Agency on Tuesday night....
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Economy crawling to a halt: IMF
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday forecast the world economy would slow to a near standstill this year, warning that deflation risks were rising and saying toxic assets need to be removed from the banking system....
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Cut in interest rate likely soon: minister
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A federal minister told the National Assembly on Wednesday the government was likely to decide soon to reduce the interest rate on bank lending to help a slumping industrial sector....
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Wheat production target to be met, says ministry
ISLMABAD, Jan 28: The country would be able to meet the wheat production target of 25 million tons despite a 50 per cent shortfall in availability of urea fertiliser, the committee on agriculture was told on Wednesday....
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Unilateral US decision not binding on Pakistan: Rabbani: Drone attacks
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Senate was informed on Wednesday that the government had not been informed by the United States about its decision to continue drone attacks in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas....
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FIA keeping watch on currency movements
RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is keeping a close watch on domestic and international flights to check movement of foreign exchange, particularly to the United Arab Emirates....
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Prices surge with sharp rise in meat exports
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The prices of meat in the local market have gone up substantially in a couple of months due to a phenomenal increase in meat exports during the first half of the current financial year....
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LeT commander killed in Kashmir: police
SRINAGAR, Jan 28: Indian soldiers gunned down a senior member of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group after a fierce firefight in occupied Kashmir on Wednesday, police said....
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ElBaradei cancels BBC interviews over Gaza appeal row
VIENNA, Jan 28: The head of the UN nuclear agency cancelled interviews with the BBC over its refusal to air an appeal for victims of the Gaza conflict, saying on Wednesday that the decision violated “basic human decency”....
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Obama should apologise for past US crimes: Iran
TEHRAN, Jan 28: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded on Wednesday that President Barack Obama apologise for past US “crimes” against the Islamic republic, after the new US leader extended a hand of diplomacy to Tehran....
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Jobless man kills jobless wife, five children and himself
LOS ANGELES, Jan 28: A man fatally shot his wife, five young children and himself, claiming in a note he faxed to a TV station that the couple had just been...
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Japanese fishing boat seized by Russians: official
TOKYO, Jan 28: Russia captured a Japanese fishing vessel with 10 crew members on board and Tokyo was pressing for their release, officials said on Wednesday....
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Distant planet is ‘an orbiting hell’
PARIS, Jan 28: Astronomers have observed a planet some 200 light years from Earth that, for a few hours, becomes 700 degrees Celsius hotter every time its elliptical orbit brings it close to its sun....
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Gloom enshrouds Davos summit
DAVOS, Jan 28: The annual Davos political and business summit started on Wednesday with new warnings over the gravity of the global recession and the impact of the damage already done....
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Smuggled medicines seized
QUETTA, Jan 28: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seized a large quantity of medicines smuggled from Iran and India here on Wednesday night....
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