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  • Pakistan – Five Killed In Suicide-Attack In Pakistan’s Peshawar City (INO News)


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    Five Killed In Suicide-Attack In Pakistan’s Peshawar City (INO News) (RTTNews) – Monday, a suicide-bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a police station in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing more than five persons and injuring 20 others in the latest in a wave of deadly terrorist ...
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  • Afghan market attack ‘kills 10′


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    At least 10 people are reported killed in a rocket attack on a market in north-east Afghanistan, officials say.
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  • Goethe Institut to organise year-long cultural fest in India


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    Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) To promote and strengthen bilateral ties, Germany’s cultural arm Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan plans to organise a year-long festival at 15 locations across India in 2011.“The idea is to bring together a comprehensive and authentic picture of Germany in India enhancing the cultural ...
    6 hours ago
  • Villagers flee war zone as India battles Maoists


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    Babulal Mahato hides in paddy fields each night in an easternIndian village as security forces carry out search operations forMaoist supporters. Along with dozens of villagers in West Bengal state, 85-year-oldMahato does the same when the Maoists come to the village. “I am too old, so I hide,” said Mahato, his ...
    8 hours ago
  • Is Pakistans prime minister really so powerful?


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    The Pakistani newspaper Dawn is reporting that Forbes magazine has named Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, the Pakistani prime minister, the 38th most powerful man in the world. Forbes doesnt seem to have published its new list online yet, so I cant verify the story, but if its true, its a bizarre choice. Im not even ...
    8 hours ago
  • Sri Lanka: Militarization And Politicization


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    In Sri Lanka, the former army chief is poised to wage an electoral battle against his former commander in chief, the incumbent president. D.B.S. Jeyaraj comments that: “the current situation is (also) the culmination of a long process of militarization of Sri Lankan society and a gradual politicization of the ...
    10 hours ago
  • Nepal: Minister Mentality


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    A deputy minister of Nepal had beaten a top government employee for not providing a vehicle of her taste. Xnepali Blog has details .
    10 hours ago
  • Pakistan: Insurgency And IT


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    “Its true that Pakistan faces some serious challenges, but if, as a nation, it can keep providing a service for outsourcing IT skills internationally even while bullets are flying, thats a good sign for the future,” comments Alamzeb Khan .
    10 hours ago
  • India: Time To Reclaim The Swastika


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    Runa at Uber Desi comments on the outrage on the Hindu religious symbol swastika printed on gift papers: “Isn’t it time people broadened their horizons a little to recognize that the swastika (in the Hindu form) is not the same as the horrible symbol of the unforgivable atrocities of the Holocaust?”
    11 hours ago
  • FICCI suggestions on Pakistan ‘irresponsible’: Kashmir business lobby


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    Srinagar/New Delhi Nov 16 (IANS) India’s top industry lobby recommending hard military and economic counter-actions against Pakistan has drawn flak from a business body in Jammu and Kashmir which says its recommendations are “irresponsible and immature”.The Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir (FCIK), the ...
    11 hours ago
  • Four killed in Peshawar suicide bombing (Third Lead)


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    Peshawar, Nov 16 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 30 injured Monday morning when a suicide bomber detonated his car packed with explosives near a police station in the outskirts of this Pakistani city, an official said.The blast took place at 7.45 a.m. in Badhbeer, which is located close to the North-West ...
    11 hours ago
  • Why Pakistan Is Winning Its War & US/NATO Losing It In Afghanistan


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    by Moin Ansari | Rupee NewsIn Mingora, the city of 250,000 people that was until recently the headquarters of Pakistan’s Swat valley Taliban, the shopping centre is heaving.‘Bloody Chowk’, the crossroads where the militants used to leave the butchered bodies of their victims every night, is once again merely a ...
    11 hours ago
  • At least 25 hurt in U.S. troop search in Afghanistan


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    More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a searchFriday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan,the NATO-led force said. The Taliban said the two missing soldiers were dead and it hadrecovered their bodies. A statement by the International Security Assistance Force inAfghanistan said ...
    12 hours ago
  • Drunk man falls into toilet pit, keeps sleeping!


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    New Delhi, Nov 16 (ANI): A man fell asleep inside a village-type dry toilet after he fell into it in an inebriated state.Another man found the drunkard there and called the firefighters, who rescued him from the toilet pit and took him to a hospital in Hohhot, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, reports the China ...
    13 hours ago
  • Shoaib Akhtar requires another five months to get into shape


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    Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will require another three to five months to get into shape to play cricket following liposuction surgery.Shoaib underwent surgery at a private hospital in Islamabad on Friday, shedding a good amount of fat in the process. “He would require three to five ...
    13 hours ago
  • US wants to destabilise Pakistan, Afghanistan: Jamaat-e-Islami


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    Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has said that America is undermining the roots of Pakistan through political, strategic and economic intervention, and its presence in Afghanistan would cause devastation for this region.Addressing a press conference, he blamed America for ...
    13 hours ago
  • Zardari ready to shed grabbed powers, conveys plan to Gilani


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    Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is committed to shed some constitutional powers well before March 30, the deadline he had set for materialising his plan, well-placed official sources have said.The sources said that the President has finally conveyed his power-shedding plan to Prime ...
    14 hours ago
  • US asks Pakistan to step up pressure on Taliban, Al Qaeda


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    Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) As President Barack Obama prepares to announce his new strategy for Afghanistan, his administration is stepping up pressure on Pakistan to expand and reorient its fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the New York Times reported Monday.As Obama travelled to Asia, his national security ...
    14 hours ago
  • Musharraf can be arrested if Balochistan Govt. requests: Malik


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    Rawalpindi, Nov 16 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that if the Balochistan Government made a request for the arrest of former president Pervez Musharraf, action would be taken. Malik said that he was in contact with the Baloch leaders, including Hairbyar Marri and Brahamdagh Bugti. He said ...
    14 hours ago
  • Suicide bombing kills four in Peshawar (Second Lead)


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    Peshawar, Nov 16 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 25 injured Monday morning when a suicide bomber struck near a police station in the outskirts of this Pakistani city, an official said.The blast took place at 7.45 a.m. in Badhbeer, which is located in the outskirts of the North-West Frontier Province ...
    14 hours ago

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