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Pakistan on alert amidst fear of attacks on MPs
Pak policeman, militant die in failed suicide attack
Pakistani security forces have been put on high alert after intelligence agencies warned of terrorist attacks targeting parliamentarians and sensitive locations, including the Parliament House, in retaliation
 
Indo-US nuke deal risks arms race
Says Pakistan
Pakistan warned yesterday that a civilian nuclear accord between India and the United States threatens regional stability, saying it would allow its arch rival to produce more atomic bombs.
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Israel ready to talk peace fundamentals
Rice tells Abbas
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas yesterday that Israel was ready to discuss "fundamental issues" to advance the stalled Middle East peace.
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Aid scarce for 18m people stranded in S Asia floods
Relief teams in India, Bangladesh and Nepal yesterday battled to reach about 18 million people stranded in massive flooding, with food, clean drinking water and medicines in short supply.
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Mississippi bridge collapse kills 7
Divers resumed sifting the mangled wreckage yesterday of a highway bridge that collapsed in rush hour plunging vehicles into the Mississippi river, killing several people.
 
Taliban agree to meet South Koreans over hostages
A face-to-face meeting between a South Korean delegation and the Taliban is being planned in a new bid to end a deadlock over 21 hostages, an Afghan official and the rebels said Thursday.
 
Suicide bomb kills 13 in Iraq
3 more US soldiers slain
A suicide car bomber slammed into an Iraqi police station northeast of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 13 people, police said.
 
Sharif challenges exile in court
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday launched a Supreme Court appeal against his exile seven years ago by President Pervez Musharraf, who overthrew him in a bloodless coup.
 
8 slain Kashmir infiltrators were Pakistanis: Indian army
Eight suspected militants killed in a clash with Indian troops were Pakistani nationals who were "major leaders" of a powerful rebel group, the army said yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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