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cricket: Dhoni guides India to last over win
Skipper struck an unbeaten 46 off 34 balls to guide India to a six-wicket victory against West Indies.
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05:36 AM PST | Saturday, 04 Jul, 2009 |

pakistan: Nawaz backs govt’s stance on military operation
The PML-N leader said that nobody should be allowed to challenge the writ of the state at gunpoint.
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04:04 AM PST | Saturday, 04 Jul, 2009 |

pakistan: Zardari seeks help for beefing up civilian security network
Pakistan has urged the US govt to provide security gadgets to curb the movement of terrorists.
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03:18 AM PST | Saturday, 04 Jul, 2009 |

pakistan: New policy to focus on scientific education
A new education policy with a focus on equal opportunities for all will be unfurled soon, said PM Gilani.
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01:59 AM PST | Saturday, 04 Jul, 2009 |

metropolitan: Sindh home minister, SP booked in murder case
Dr Zulfiqar Mirza and five police officials are booked in the murder case of two political workers.
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01:48 AM PST | Saturday, 04 Jul, 2009 |

pakistan: Helicopter crash kills 41 security personnel
Officials say the crash was due to a technical fault, and that the plane was headed from Fata to Peshawar.
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11:55 PM PST | Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 |

provinces: Sects reach agreement to end violence in D I Khan
Under a six-point agreement brokered Maulana Fazlur, wanted men from both sides would be handed to the police.
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11:16 PM PST | Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 |

pakistan: Pakistan repeats call for fencing Afghan border
PM Gilani met the US domestic security chief and asked for help in combating infiltration across the Pak-Afghan border.
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09:48 PM PST | Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 |

provinces: Upper Dir Lashkar stops fighting to bury slain men
Locals say that a militant commander, two foreign militants and others were killed in recent clashes in Doog Darra.
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07:59 PM PST | Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 |

world: Iran says local British embassy staff will be tried
The staff will be put on trial for allegedly stoking post-election unrest, the head of Iran’s Guardians Council said.
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04:46 PM PST | Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 |

pakistan: Drone attack leaves eight dead in South Waziristan
The missiles fired from US drones targeted militant hideouts in Montoi and Kokat Khel villages of South Waziristan.
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04:20 PM PST | Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 |

business: Electricity tariff won’t increase: Tarin
‘It is not logical to enhance electricity rates at a time when people are facing load-shedding problems,’ Tarin said.
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03:53 PM PST | Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 |

pakistan: PM Gilani rules out formation of more provinces
The PM said dividing provinces would open ‘a Pandora’s box’, and did not comment on Fazlullah’s condition.
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03:49 PM PST | Friday, 03 Jul, 2009 |

PML-N chief nails Musharraf?
Nawaz accused Musharraf of spreading falsehood about his meeting with Clinton in 1999.
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