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Eight killed as rockets shatter Basra calm
1386 hours ago
Source: Dawn
BAGHDAD, May 9 (AFP): A rocket attack on a coalition military base in Basra killed two civilian contractors Friday, while a retaliatory strike... ... more
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More quakes hit Japan
1386 hours ago
Source: Dawn
TOKYO, May 9 (AFP): Earthquakes shook Tokyo and other areas in eastern Japan for a second day Friday, although there were no immediate... ... more
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Bosnia’s teen crime
1388 hours ago
Source: Dawn
By Zack Baddorf
IT started with a murder. Three teenage gang members beat up and stabbed to death 17-year-old high school student Denis Mrnjavac,... ... more
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Senators for immediate steps to end energy crisis
Tahir Niaz
1392 hours ago
Source: The Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD: The members of the Upper House of the Parliament Thursday urged the government to exploit oil and gas resources besides preparing short-term ... ... more
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Asia sets $2.5 bn aid in food price fight
1392 hours ago
Source: The News
MADRID: The ADB pledged $2.5 billion in emergency aid and loans in Asian nations hit hardest by soaring food costs as finance chiefs agreed on Tuesday ... more
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Flour crisis in NWFP resurfaces
1392 hours ago
Source: The News
PESHAWAR: The flour crisis on Tuesday resurfaced in the NWFP three days after the Punjab tightened curbs on purchase and movement of the commodity to ... more
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Medvedev nominates Putin as new Russian PM
1392 hours ago
Source: The News
MOSCOW: Russia''s new President Dmitry Medvedev has nominated his predecessor Vladimir Putin as his prime minister and sought parliamentary approval fo ... more
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5,000 sq km of Myanmar still underwater: UN
1392 hours ago
Source: The News
BANGKOK: About 5,000 square kilometers (1,930 square miles) of Myanmar''s cyclone-hit regions remain underwater, with more than a million people in nee ... more
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Bush to
meet Karzai in Egypt on 17th
1392 hours ago
Source: The Frontier Post
NEW YORK (PAN): The US President, George W Bush, during his next week?s trip to Middle East would meet his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, in Egypt on ... ... more
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Gilani, Zardari favour by-polls in June
1392 hours ago
Source: The News
ISLAMABAD: In a damage control move, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday decided to approach the El ... more
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