Deal acceptable in Afghanistan, not in Pakistan: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 20: The United States has rejected the truce in Swat but US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that Washington could accept a similar agreement between the government and Taliban militants in Afghanistan....
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Suicide bomber attacks funeral; 30 killed
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 20: Thirty people were killed and over 150 others injured when a suicide bomber attacked the funeral procession of the caretaker of an Imambargah here on Friday....
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Asfandyar vows to implement accord
PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has said he can quit the government but cannot back out of his party’s commitment to get the amended version of...
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Pakistani, Indian ministers may come face to face in Colombo
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: All eyes will be on the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan next week when they come face to face at a Saarc ministers’ meeting in Colombo...
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US to use Uzbek, Tajik routes for Nato supply
DUSHANBE, Feb 20: The United States said on Friday it had found new Central Asian routes for sending supplies for expanded military operations in Afghanistan after Kyrgyzstan refused to reverse its closure of a key base....
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Planning Commission proposes four N-power plants
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Planning Commission has proposed construction of four nuclear power plants in Karachi and Guddu on the lines of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant and has asked the government to seek China’s help for the projects....
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Nawaz says his party to take part in long march and sit-in
LAHORE, Feb 20: The PML-N has decided in principle to take part in the lawyers’ sit-in in front of the parliament building in Islamabad, which the organisers say will continue till the reinstatement of all deposed judges of the superior judiciary....
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TNSM claims progress in talks with Taliban
MINGORA, Feb 20: The Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) has claimed a breakthrough in talks with the Swat Taliban amid reports that militants are likely to extend the 10-day ceasefire they announced on Monday....
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LTTE aircraft bomb Colombo
COLOMBO, Feb 20: Forty-two people were injured, two of them seriously, when two aircraft of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the Sri Lankan capital on Friday night....
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Work begins on tunnel for AJK power project
LAHORE, Feb 20: Work on a 47km network of tunnels — one of the main works of 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric project — has started at the project site near Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir....
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Gilani links Nizam-i-Adl bill with peace in region
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday an ordinance for enforcement of Nizam-i-Adl in Malakand would be promulgated after restoration of peace in the region....
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Pakistan calls for a representative UNSC
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20: Pakistan has called for the United Nations Security Council reform that is no longer hostage to the ambitions of a few and accommodates the interests and positions...
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US warns N. Korea against acts of provocation
SEOUL, Feb 20: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned North Korea on Friday to stop its provocative acts, saying its “war of words” with the South would not help it forge a new relationship with Washington....
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Accords on trade, energy with China likely during Zardari visit
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: President Asif Ali Zardari left for China on Friday on a four-day official visit during which he will sign a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding on trade, agriculture and energy....
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West contemplates buying Afghan poppy: report
LONDON, Feb 20: Western governments are contemplating to buy every year the entire poppy crop of Afghanistan or legalise the use of heroin because they are finding it increasingly difficult to...
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26 injured in Kashmir police firing
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: Police opened fire and lobbed teargas shells to disperse protesters demanding the release of a top pro-independence leader on Friday, injuring at least 26 people....
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Turbulence hits plane; 47 hurt
TOKYO, Feb 20: Forty-seven people were injured on Friday when a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 hit turbulence on the Manila-Tokyo leg of a US-bound flight, airport officials said....
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UK’s Muslim schools opposed to integration, says report
LONDON, Feb 20: Believe it or not, music, chess, cricket, drama, dance, sport, Shakespeare, and, in some cases, all other aspects of western culture are banned in some Muslim schools in...
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