NWFP plans elite police force to combat militancy
PESHAWAR, Feb 22: NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has ordered distribution of 30,000 assault rifles among villagers in different parts of the province and approved a plan to raise an elite police force comprising 2,500 personnel....
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PPP stalwarts asked to exercise restraint: Gilani calls Shahbaz to allay misgivings
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani assured Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday that the centre would not support any undemocratic move to dislodge or undermine the Punjab government....
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Accord with China on power cooperation
YICHANG (China), Feb 22: Pakistan and China signed an agreement on Sunday for cooperation in the field of hydel-power generation....
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FBI team interrogates Indian suspects
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: An FBI team questioned for several hours Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin, Indians suspected to be involved in the late November Mumbai attacks, according to media reports....
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Pakistan still in ‘denial mode’, says Mukherjee
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday that New Delhi’s fight against the Taliban was total and New Delhi could not compromise with the group in any form....
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Kidnapped DCO swapped for two militants
MINGORA: Taliban kidnapped the new District Coordination Officer of Swat, Khushhal Khan, on Sunday, but claimed that he was their guest and they had picked him up for “discussing important matters”....
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Police charge army with murder: Mass protests over death of Kashmiri youths
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Police in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday filed murder charges against the Indian army and curfew was imposed in the northern town of Sopore after two youths...
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Jaswant disowns military build-up along Pakistan border in 2002
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Former Indian foreign minister Jaswant Singh has distanced himself from his government’s decision to deploy troops along Pakistan’s border, which had triggered fears of a nuclear conflict during 2002....
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Pilot-stage operations of N-plant this week: Iran
TEHRAN, Feb 22: The long-delayed preliminary phase of operations for Iran’s first nuclear power plant would begin on Wednesday, the state atomic energy agency said on Sunday....
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Egypt opens Gaza border for three days
GAZA CITY, Feb 22: Hundreds of people went into and out of the Gaza Strip on Sunday after Egypt opened the Rafah crossing, the enclave’s sole crossing that bypasses the Jewish state, a Hamas official said....
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US, Pakistan poles apart on anti-terrorism strategy
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: Three key allies in the war against terrorism — the United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan — begin a series of crucial talks in Washington on Monday to devise a common strategy for fighting terrorists....
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87 candidates for 20 Senate seats
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: About 87 candidates are in the run for 20 Senate seats, according to the final list published by the Election Commission on Sunday....
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Dozens killed in Chinese mine blast
BEIJING, Feb 22: An explosion in a coal mine killed 74 miners in China’s Shanxi province on Sunday and scores more were rescued after being trapped underground for hours, Xinhua news agency reported....
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EU economies agree to regulate markets
BERLIN, Feb 22: The heads of Europe’s largest economies agreed on Sunday on the need for greater regulation of financial markets and to double IMF funding to avoid a repeat of the global economic crisis....
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Dying reality television star weds on camera
LONDON, Feb 22: A British reality TV star who is dying of cervical cancer got married on Sunday in full glare of the cameras — a wedding extravaganza auctioned off to...
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Republican governors split over stimulus
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: Republican governors were split on Sunday over whether to accept all of the money their states stand to receive from a $787 billion economic stimulus plan which President Barack Obama signed last week....
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France to open base in UAE
ABU DHABI, Feb 22: France, set to open a military base in the United Arab Emirates this year, said on Sunday that Iran should take part in a dialogue with Gulf Arab countries to ally their fears over its nuclear programme....
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Doctors held over hepatitis outbreak in India
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Police in India arrested on Sunday two doctors on homicide charges for spreading hepatitis B by injecting patients with used needles, officials said....
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