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Inquiry by Pak into alleged US strikes

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:47:08 -0400

By MUNIR AHMED Islamabad Oct. 10: Pakistani intelligence agents on Friday were investigating the identities of up to eight foreigners believed to be killed in a suspected

Suicide bomber kills 40 in Pak tribal area

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:49:04 -0400

By Shafqat Ali with agency inputs ISLAMABAD Oct. 10: At least 40 people were killed and over 100 others injured when a suicide attacker blew himself during a

Lanka jets attack LTTE base

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:49:18 -0400

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Colombo Oct. 10: Sri Lankan fighter jets pounded a Tamil Tiger suicide bombers’ camp deep in the embattled north on Friday, a day after

Qaeda, Taliban men escape missile strike

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:49:38 -0400

BY OUR PAKISTAN CORRESPONDENT with agency inputs ISLAMABAD Oct. 10: A US missile strike in Miranshah just missed top Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders, officials said on Friday.

No change in Kashmir policy, says Zardari

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:44:36 -0400

By Our Pakistan Correspondent Islamabad Oct. 10: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that government’s Kashmir policy will remain unchan-ged. "There is no ambiguity between the

2 govt officials die in Afghan suicide attack

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:44:42 -0400

Khost, Afghanistan: A Taliban suicide bomber killed two government workers in southeastern Afghanistan on Friday in an attack aimed at a district intelligence chief, the

Jail officials: Sobhraj wedding a gimmick

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:44:58 -0400

Kathmandu, Oct. 10: A day after Charles Sobhraj’s Nepali fiancée Nihita Biswas announced that she had tied the knot with the murder convict, Nepal’s central

‘US, N. Korea compromise on nuke deal’

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:46:24 -0400

Seoul, Oct. 10: The US and North Korea have agreed on a compromise to get the communist nation to resume dismantling its nuclear program, a

‘Govt must summon Musharraf to House’

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:46:40 -0400

Islamabad, Oct. 10: Pakistani legislators are still looking for answers from the top intelligence brass on reasons for an upsurge in terrorist violence in the

IAEA probes Russia role in Iran N-arms

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:40:42 -0400

New York, Oct. 10: International nuclear inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments related to detonating a nuclear weapon, a