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Pakistan-origin man charged in fake DC bomb plot

Washington: A Pakistani-born Virginia man was arrested on Wednesday and accused of casing Washington-area subway stations in what he thought was an al-Qaida plot to bomb and kill commuters.

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Quake jolts northwest Pak; five injured

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 rocked Peshawar and other parts of northwest Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, leaving at least five persons injured.

Obama urges Zardari for more action on terror

Washington: Days after the US-Pak Strategic Dialogue, the Presidents of both the nations, during a telephonic conversation, agreed to do more in combating threats posed by terrorists in Pakistan.

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Follow India's example, give land to Pak poor to avoid Taliban

Toronto: A University of Washington academic has said Pakistan can learn from India’s example of helping landless poor build better lives from themselves.

Roy Prosterman, the founder and chair emerit

HC watches footage of Kasab's Mumbai attack

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court today watched the CCTV footage of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab and his accomplice Abu Ismael unleashing terror at Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus during the 26/11 Mumbai

Taliban had hand in Benazir Bhutto's assassination: Probe

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was responsible for the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, concluded a probe carried out by the country's Federal Investigation Agency.

Kashmir unlikely to figure during Singh-Obama talks: sources

The Kashmir issue is unlikely to figure during talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama in New Delhi next month as US considers this an "internal" matter of India, Ind

Pakistan confirms 99 cases of cholera: WHO

Geneva: Pakistan has confirmed 99 cases of cholera from across flood-affected areas, as well as outbreaks of a rare tick-borne disease and a surge in dengue fever, the World Health Organisation said t

PCB may sue Brit paper for ‘baseless’ fixing claims

Karachi: Following the International Cricket Council’s admission that it had no ‘compelling evidence’ of match-fixing in the third one-dayer against England, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is mullin

Karachi Taliban 'schools’ promise 'heaven’ to kids in suicide training

Karachi: The Taliban have set up 'schools' on the outskirts of the city, where they deliver lectures and sermons in an attempt to brainwash innocent youngsters and convince them to join their ranks, r

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