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Gunbattle erupts in Hub after raid on ex-DCO’s residence
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Aug 20: Intense gunfire shook Hub town on Wednesday after police raided the residence of a former DCO of Dera Bugti t |
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Washington urges Islamabad to focus on terrorism
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By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Aug 20: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has advised Pakistan’s democratic government to focus on fighting mi |
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17 killed in attacks on militants’ positions in Bajaur
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By Anwarullah Khan
KHAR, Aug 20: Security forces bombed suspected positions of militants in the Bajaur tribal region on Wednesday, reportedly |
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Convert sues homeland deptt
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HARRISBURG (Pennsylvania), Aug 20: A commercial pilot and convert to Islam, who says his name is on the US government’s secret terrorist watch list, has fought back, filing a federal lawsuit against |
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Two more hit by polio virus
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PESHAWAR, Aug 20: Two children have tested positive for polio in Charsadda district, taking to 14 the number of such cases in the NWFP and Fata this year.
Health officials said on Wednesday |
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Mao successor Hua dies at 87
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BEIJING, Aug 20: Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong as chairman of China’s ruling Communist Party and briefly ruled the country, died on Wednesday at the age of 87, state media reported.
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Two women of ‘loose character’ executed
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By Ali Hazrat Bacha
PESHAWAR, Aug 20: In the first incident of its kind in and around the provincial capital, bullet-riddled bodies of two wom |
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US to deliver 20 trainer aircraft
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WASHINGTON, Aug 20: The US government on Wednesday authorised the delivery of 20 P-37 trainer aircraft to Pakistan.
The US government would not charge for the aircraft and Pakistan would on |
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Pakistan to help in Colombo’s final battle against Tigers
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By Frances Bulathsinghala
COLOMBO, Aug 20: As India continues to call for a political solution to Sri Lanka’s 25-year-old ethnic conflict, rep |
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45 die in Spain air crash
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MADRID, Aug 20: At least 45 people were killed when a Spanair jet crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid airport on Wednesday, the government said, but an emergency services source repor |