South Asia
November 21st, 2009 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi/Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is slated to travel to China, has said Beijing has a "direct link with Kashmir".
The Mirwaiz, who is set to ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
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By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Expressing concern about the rise of terrorism in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India would like the United States to use all its ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) India Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will raise the issue of terrorism emanating from Pakistan-based extremist groups with US President Barack Obama in Washington next ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 9:35 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Nov 20 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Office has denied reports regarding the presence of Taliban supreme leaders Mullah Omar in Pakistan.
Spokesman Abdul Basit told Geo News that the reports published in ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Friday urged the US to fully share the contours of its road map on Afghanistan and incorporate Islamabad's input in it.
He made ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Nov 20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani during his meeting with the visiting CIA chief Leon Panetta stressed that the new US strategy for Afghanistan should not affect regional ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) The alleged mastermind of the suicide attacks on the World Food Programme office and on a police helpline office here has been arrested, police said Friday.
Briefing reporters, Islamabad ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 8:51 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has helped Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar to flee from the border town of Quetta to the port city of Karachi, fearing ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad/Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Pakistan has rejected a US newspaper report claiming that the one-eyed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar is in Karachi, terming it false and baseless.
Foreign Office spokesman ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) Policemen and passport officials here are blaming each other for a passport issued by the Regional Passport Office to suspected Pakistani spy Amir Ali, arrested in New Delhi ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Lahore, Nov 20 (IANS) The Lahore High Court has sought a detailed reply from the
government on an application alleging that US security agency Black Water was indulging in illegal activities ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Nov.20 (ANI): Islamabad police on Friday claimed to have arrested the mastermind of the suicide attack on the UN World Food Program building in which six UN officials were killed and ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov.20 (ANI): Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar has shifted his base from Quetta to Karachi with the help of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), the Washington Times reports.
According to the ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Pakistan was using "terror as an instrument of state policy" and the US must use "all its influence" to get it to desist from that path, ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Taliban, is living in Karachi with the help of Pakistan's intelligence service, The Washington Times said Friday.
Mullah Omar, who ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Nov.20 (ANI): At least eight persons were killed in a suspected US drone attack in North Waziristan on Friday.
According to reports, two missiles were fired from an unmanned Predator aircraft ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) Eight people were killed in a suspected US drone strike in northwestern Pakistan's tribal area, officials said Friday.
The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a house at Mir ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov.20 (ANI): Stressing that pending issues between India and Pakistan should be resolved amicably by both countries, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that a resumption of bilateral talks ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Nov 20 (DPA) A roadside bomb killed three police officers and wounded six early Friday in Pakistan's troubled north-western city of Peshawar, police said.
The casualties occurred when a police vehicle ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
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Rawalpindi, Nov.20 (ANI): Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has denied reports about correspondencing with a Washington Post journalist.
According to reports, Dr. Khan submitted a statement to the Lahore High ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
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Rawalpindi, Nov. 20 (ANI): The Lahore High Court's (LHC) Rawalpindi bench has asked the government to reach an out-of-court settlement with nuclear scientist Dr. A Q Khan with regard to his security.
Hearing ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Nov.20 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has reportedly funnelled a large amount of money to his former aides in the country in order to improve his image, as ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley's father was a prominent Pakistani diplomat while his mother belonged to Philadelphia. Born Daood Gilani, Headley changed his name in 2006 ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) The arrests of David Coleman Headley and his associate Tawwahur Hussain Rana - the two Chicago men accused of planning a new attack in India - have widened ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers met in Kabul Thursday on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
According to sources, External Affairs Minister ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Peshawar, Nov 19 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed and 26 seriously injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate of this North West Frontier Province ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sarwar Kashani
Srinagar, Nov 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's Hurriyat Conference is committed to solving the Kashmir issue through meaningful dialogue with New Delhi but also wants Pakistan on board, says ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
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Dhaka, Nov 19 (ANI): Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court verdict that confirmed the death sentences of 12 retired and dismissed army men involved in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov.19 (ANI): The United States has said Pakistan need not worry about the growing Indo-US ties, as it wants to maintain a close relationship with both New Delhi and Islamabad.
Addressing ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Huang Zhong, a farmer too possessive of his wife, was arrested last week after he extorted 100,000 yuan from a fellow villager for taking his wife to ...
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