Militants venture into Punjab, kill 8 security men: Checkpost destroyed in Mianwali
MIANWALI, Feb 7: Eight security personnel were killed in an attack on a checkpost here in the small hours of Saturday....
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Taliban claim beheading Pole
KOHAT, Feb 7: Taliban militants have beheaded a Polish geologist kidnapped in September after negotiations for a prisoner swap with the government failed, a Taliban spokesman told Dawn on Saturday....
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Pakistan key to success in Afghanistan: Biden
MUNICH, Feb 7: US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that no strategy for Afghanistan could succeed without Pakistan’s assistance....
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Congress wants Pakistan declared terror state
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: A spokesman for India’s ruling Congress party on Saturday called on the international community to consider declaring Pakistan a terrorist state in the wake of the release of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan....
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Zardari unveils hefty package for Fata uplift
PESHAWAR, Jan 7: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday announced a compensation package of Rs280 million for the heirs of those killed in Fata in attacks by militants....
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Balochistan group says it kidnapped Solecki
QUETTA, Feb 7: A hitherto unknown organisation, Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF), on Saturday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of John Solecki, the head of the UN refugee agency in Quetta....
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Khan nuclear network dismantled: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Pakistan sought to allay US concerns about the freedom of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, insisting on Saturday that his network which allegedly supplied Iran and North Korea...
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Three ‘Indian agents’ arrested
LAHORE, Feb 7: Three alleged agents of the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) were taken into custody by law-enforcement agencies from a Baidian Road locality on Saturday....
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Ambassador opposes US aid with strings
LONDON, Feb 7: Aid from the Obama administration to Pakistan should come without strings attached, Pakistan’s ambassador to the US said in an interview published on Saturday....
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World Bank to provide $2 billion this year
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The World Bank will provide Pakistan $2 billion this year for poverty alleviation and development programmes, an official said here on Saturday....
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Financial crisis a threat to peace, says WTO
BERLIN, Feb 7: The global economic crisis could trigger political unrest equal to that seen during the 1930s, the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said in a German newspaper interview on Saturday....
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Nato accuses Europe of upsetting alliance
MUNICH, Feb 7: The head of Nato joined on Saturday a chorus of criticism of European allies refusing to step up their efforts in Afghanistan, as the US prepares to send in thousands more troops....
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Madagascar police gun down 23 protesters
ANTANANARIVO, Feb 7: Madagascan police shot dead at least 23 supporters of opposition leader Andry Rajoelina on Saturday as they tried to march on a palace of President Marc Ravalomanana during a protest....
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Scotland’s first Muslim lawmaker passes away
LONDON, Feb 7: Tributes poured in on Saturday for Bashir Ahmad, the first Muslim member of the Scottish parliament, who has died aged 68, his party announced....
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Vajpayee under intensive care
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was being treated for a respiratory track infection in a New Delhi hospital’s intensive care unit, media reported on Saturday....
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‘Spy’ strangled
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 7: A tribesman was killed on Saturday in Razmak, North Waziristan Agency, on suspicion of spying for the United States, sources said....
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Nato supply vehicles attacked
PESHAWAR, Feb 7: A truck engaged in carrying supplies for Nato forces in Afghanistan was burnt and a crane was damaged when rockets fired from nearby farms hit them at a terminal on the Ring Road on Saturday....
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LTTE ‘naval’ leader survives attack; exodus picks up
COLOMBO, Feb 7: The stream of civilians fleeing Sri Lanka’s war zone picked up speed and air force jets killed 11 rebels in a strike that left the leader of the Tamil Tigers’ naval wing missing, the military said on Saturday....
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Ecuador expels US embassy official
QUITO, Feb 7: Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Saturday ordered the expulsion of a US embassy official, accusing him of treating the country like a US colony....
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4 officials among 17 killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Feb 7: Bomb blasts, ambushes and other incidents left seven Afghans dead, including government officials, authorities said on Saturday, also reporting that security forces had killed 10 militants....
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