Drone mows down 28 in S. Waziristan
WANA, Feb 14: Two missile strikes on a site suspected to be housing militants loyal to Baitullah Mehsud killed 28 people and injured 15 others in Ladha sub-division of South Waziristan on Saturday....
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FIA foils attempts to hack its website
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The Federal Investigation Agency, which has been asked to look into Indian allegations about the involvement of Pakistanis in the Mumbai terror attacks, has foiled multiple attempts to...
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Taliban trying to take over state: Zardari
NEW YORK, Feb 14: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan is fighting for “survival” in the face of an onslaught by the Taliban who have “established themselves across a large part of the country”....
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FIA gets remand of Mumbai suspects
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday granted a 14-day remand of seven suspects in the Mumbai attacks to the Federal Investigation Agency....
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Pentagon unaware of drone base in Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 14: The Pentagon has said that the first time it heard about the presence of a drone base in Pakistan was when the issue came up during a hearing in the US Senate earlier this week....
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Railways in financial crisis
LAHORE, Feb 14: The Pakistan Railways (PR) does not have enough funds to buy fuel to keep trains running beyond Sunday, officials told Dawn on Saturday....
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Leads in UN official’s kidnap being investigated: Malik
QUETTA, Feb 14: The government is making efforts for the safe recovery of the kidnapped chief of UNHCR in Quetta, John Solecki, and investigators have uncovered important leads, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik said on Saturday....
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UN seeks access to kidnappers
QUETTA: The United Nations has sought direct contact with the kidnappers of UNHCR representative John Solecki to discuss his release as soon as possible, the world body said in a statement on Saturday....
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Protesters force cancellation of concert
KARACHI, Feb 14: Police had to intervene to avert an ugly situation late on Saturday night when a group of worshippers from a mosque, armed with clubs and sticks, surrounded the crowd at a concert in Defence Society....
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Ordinance to reinstate employees promulgated
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday promulgated an ordinance to reinstate people removed from service between Nov 1996 and Dec 1998. The ordinance will apply to those employees...
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First woman in Saudi cabinet
RIYADH, Feb 14: King Abdullah on Saturday appointed a woman for the first time to the Saudi cabinet....
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Congress approves $787bn package: Obama hails vote as milestone
WASHINGTON, Feb 14: US President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed a 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan passed by Congress as a major milestone and promised to sign the bill into law shortly....
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100,000 deportees forced to leave children behind in US
WASHINGTON, Feb 14: More than 100,000 parents whose children are US citizens were deported over the decade that ended in 2007, a Department of Homeland Security’s investigation has found....
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Holbrooke meets Karzai
KABUL, Feb 14: President Barack Obama’s envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan met President Hamid Karzai on Saturday amid a downturn in US-Afghan relations....
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Soviet veterans warn US on Afghan surge
MOSCOW, Feb 14: Soviet veterans marking 20 years since their defeat in Afghanistan warned the United States it would never truly control the country, citing bitter memories of a fiercely proud people and unforgiving landscape....
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No Hamas truce without soldier’s release: Israel
JERUSALEM, Feb 14: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Saturday Israel would not agree to any truce with the Hamas movement without the release of an Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian militants in 2006....
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Turkey mediated between Pakistan, Israel: Erdogan
SIVAS (Turkey), Feb 14: Turkey’s fierce censure of Israel’s offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip will not end its role as a peace mediator in the Middle East, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said....
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Surplus wheat may lead to collapse of prices
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: Availability of surplus wheat in the country could lead to collapse of prices in local markets this year....
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