Lawmaker's home bombed in Pakistan; 15 dead
AP - 2 hours, 54 minutes agoA suicide bomber attacked a lawmaker's house in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 50, officials and a witness said.
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Zardari comments welcomed in India
UPI - Mon Oct 6, 7:51 am EDTNEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Indian media gave prominent play to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's reported statement that India has never been a threat to his country.
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Pakistan says Arab militants among dead in suspected U.S. strike
San Diego Union-Tribune - Sun Oct 5, 6:04 am EDTDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Militants yesterday buried the bodies of Arab comrades who were among at least 20 people killed when suspected U.S. missiles hit a house near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.
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Senior Taliban militant said to have been killed
The Washington Times - Mon Oct 6, 5:07 am EDTThe Pakistani Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents said Sunday.
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American Qaeda figure says U.S. still runs Pakistan
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Oct 4, 5:17 am EDTAmerican al Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn described Pakistan's new leaders as U.S. puppets in a war against Islamic militants, in an Internet video posted on Saturday.
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Kashmir Curfew Imposed to Prevent Protest
ABC News - Mon Oct 6, 7:13 am EDTIndian police issue warning that violators will be shot.
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Taliban, Afghan officials met in Saudi Arabia
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours, 35 minutes agoTaliban representatives met with Afghan government officials last month in Saudi Arabia, a former high-level Taliban ambassador said Monday, but he denied the meeting could be construed as peace talks. Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban's former ambassador to...
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India Imposes Curfew in Kashmir, Separatist Leaders Detained
Bloomberg - Mon Oct 6, 5:43 am EDTOct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- India detained separatist leaders in Kashmir and imposed a daylong curfew to prevent a pro- independence rally in Srinagar, the summer capital, police said.
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Taliban angered over U.S. airstrike
Baltimore Sun - Mon Oct 6, 3:34 am EDTThe Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents said yesterday.
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US policy shifts seen in Asia under new president
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Oct 5, 6:32 pm EDTUS policy in Asia is expected to undergo major shifts, whoever wins the race to the White House.
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Officials say Taliban mad over alleged US strike
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Oct 5, 7:34 am EDTThe Taliban are unusually angry about the latest suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, a sign a top militant may have died in the attack, officials and residents said Sunday amid reports the death toll rose by two to 24.
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Miles Mogulescu: Bin Laden Used a Similar Strategy to Decimate American Capitalism as Reagan Used to Hasten End of ...
HuffingtonPost - 1 hour, 5 minutes agoIn a cave somewhere on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border, Osama Bin Laden must be laughing as he watches the collapse of American capitalism as we know...
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Suicide bombing at Pakistani lawmaker's house kills 18 - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - 1 hour, 34 minutes agoIslamabad - At least 18 people were killed and more than 40 injured on Monday in a suicide bomb attack at the guest house of a lawmaker in Pakistan's central province of Punjab, the police said. The explosion occurred when Rashid Akbar Nawani, a memb...
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Nobel Peace Prize May Go to Chinese Activist, Angering Beijing
Bloomberg - Mon Oct 6, 4:51 am EDTOct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Two Chinese dissidents are among this year's Nobel Peace Prize contenders, prompting moves by leaders in Beijing to pre-emptively counter possible negative attention on their human rights record.
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Pakistan gets $500 mln loan to aid ailing economy
Market Watch - Sat Oct 4, 1:42 pm EDTPakistan receives a $500 million loan from the Asia Development Bank, part of a broader finance package to prop up the country's economy, which has been shaken by soaring commodity prices and political uncertainty.
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Report: Afghan government negotiating with Taliban
New York Daily News - Mon Oct 6, 8:54 am EDTTaliban leaders are offering to sever ties with al Qaeda in the effort to make peace with the Afghan government, according to a television report.
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