Pakistan Taliban claim retaliatory bombing
A bomb blast aimed at a police van in the Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday killed 12 people, furthering a string of attacks in the northwest near where the Army is pursuing the Taliban.

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Manmohan must hold meaningful talks with Kashmiri people: Mirwaiz
SRINAGAR: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (Moderate) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday rejected “quiet diplomacy” as “tactics” to create confusion among the Jammu and Kashmir people.

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Karakoram traders flee border post
KARACHI, Pakistan – The damage to Pakistan’s already fragile economy caused by a landslide blockage of the Karakoram Highway (KKH), the country’s key landlink with China, is mounting, with the evacuation this week of Sost, the land port on the border between the two countries.

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Five reasons why UPA-2 is floundering
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s coalition government completes one year in office, the allies are blaming the Congress party, which is blaming its partners. India is the loser, says Sheela Bhatt. In 2009, when the Congress party won a whopping 206 seats to emerge victorious after a difficult general election battle, there was amazement. And hope. A year later, the Congress party-led United …

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28 killed in Karachi violence
Karachi, May 20 (PTI) At least 28 people have been killed and over 40 injured in political-ethnic violence here, prompting authorities to arrest 200 suspects and deploy paramilitary Pakistan Rangers to bring the situation under control in the southern port city.

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