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Pakistan military didn't interact with US for 2 days

The Pakistani military "didn't have very good contact" with US forces in Afghanistan for two days following the daring US commando raid in Abbottabad that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, it was reported here.

PCB backs ICC for day-night Test matches

After staging the final of its premier domestic tournament under lights early in 2011, the Pakistan Cricket Board is now backing the ICC's idea to introduce day/night Test matches.

Taliban, tribesmen in Pak vow to avenge Osama’s killing

Taliban militants led by commander Maulvi Nazir and tribesmen in Pakistan's restive South Waziristan region have vowed to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by US special forces.

Pakistan media report alleged name of CIA official

Pakistani media have reported what they say is the name of the CIA station chief in Islamabad the second such potential outing of a sensitive covert operative in six months, and one that comes with tensions running high over the US raid that killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

Yousaf Raza Gilani to address Parliament over Osama raid

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will address Parliament on Monday over the US commando raid at Abbottabad in which Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed, a media report said.

Japan’s Hamaoka nuclear plant to halt operations

The operator of Japan's Hamaoka nuclear plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, said on Monday it would shut down its reactors as requested by Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

Osama raid: Nawaz calls it attack on Pakistan's sovereignty

The unilateral operation by US special forces to kill Osama bin Laden was "a major attack on Pakistan's sovereignty", main opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said on Monday.

Reports of Pak incompetence over Osama absurd: Gilani

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told his Parliament on Monday that widespread allegations of official complicity or incompetence over Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad hideout were 'absurd'.

Al Qaeda confirms Bin Laden is dead, vows revenge

Al Qaeda has acknowledged that Osama bin Laden is dead, dispelling the doubts of some Muslims over whether the militant group's leader had really been killed by US forces, and vowed to mount more attacks on the West.

Myanmar row, Thai-Cambodia spat cloud Asean summit

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Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) met in Indonesia on Saturday under the cloud of conflict on the Thai-Cambodia border and ongoing rights abuses in Myanmar.

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