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7 hrs ago | The Times of India

Obama signals easing of drone strikes on Pakistan

President Barack Obama praised Pakistan's sacrifices, although it was underlined by the subtle subtext of the state's lack of will and capacity to meet the terrorism threat headlong.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Terrorism, National Defense University, World News, Pakistan,

8 hrs ago | Voice of America

Attack on Police Convoy in Pakistan Kills 6

A militant attack on a police convoy near the city of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least six policemen.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Asia,

10 hrs ago | Reuters

At least six killed in Peshawar convoy attack

ROUGH CUT STORY: At least six policemen were killed and three others, including the District Police Officer, were injured when militants ambushed their vehicles on the Indus Highway near Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan late Friday night.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Asia,

Thu May 23, 2013

Daily Mail

Inside the twisted mind of a jihadist: He's addicted to Al Qaeda...

MI5 believes there are 2,000 potential terrorists in the UK who pose a threat to national security and the great majority are radicalised Muslims.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, Europe, United Kingdom

Daily Times

EDITORIAL: Chinese Prime Minister's visit

Among the many good things that China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang said during his two-day visit to Pakistan was the offer of cooperation in the energy sector.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Pakistan, Asia, Afghanistan, Journalism, Opinion

CPJ Press Freedom Online

Roots of Impunity

A couple of years ago, Hamid Mir , Najam Sethi , Umar Cheema , and other prominent figures in the news media began going public with the threats they were receiving from intelligence agencies.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, National University,

Wed May 22, 2013

Daily Times

Business Periscope : Attock Group distributes prizes under CSR

ISLAMABAD: Attock Gen Ltd , an Attock Group Company is arranging sports activities and providing grounds, sports material and kits free of cost to the underprivileged schools of Morgah and Kotha Kalan under its Corporate Social Responsibility plan.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, World News,

GroundReport.com

JK BJP Chief terms 4-year Upa rule as black chapter

Jammu, May 22 BJP JK State President Jugal Kishore Sharma termed the four year rule of Congress-led UPA at the centre as a black chapter in Indian history.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Asia, Manmohan Singh, Pakistan,

CNN

9 myths about drones and Guantanamo

Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad," the basis for the HBO documentary "Manhunt" that will be shown on CNN on May 24.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, World News, Pakistan, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, Opinion

Tue May 21, 2013

The Nation

Should ban on YouTube stay?

The YouTube was banned in Pakistan in September 2012 after a blasphemous video titled "Innocence of Muslims" was uploaded on it, and Muslims all over the world protested against it.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Asia,

The Nation

Men cast votes on behalf of women in Orakzai

It was for the first time in the history of Pakistan that turnout exceeded 55 per cent during recently held elections.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan

Alaska Star

Book details more than just bin Laden raid

Some details are mundane: Terrorist leader Osama bin Laden wore a sleeveless white shirt and tan pants when he was shot and killed by U.S. Navy SEALS, he used Just For Men to dye his beard, he was a neat freak.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, World News, Pakistan,

Seattle Times

Deal on bin Laden evidence made in WikiLeaks case

Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden.

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Related Topix: Prison, Osama bin Laden, US Military, US Navy, World News, Pakistan, Iceland

National Public Radio

Court Backs Withholding 'Potent' Images Of Bin Laden's Body

Pakistanis, along with international and local media, gather outside Osama bin Laden's compound, a day after the successful raid by U.S. Special Forces in May 2011.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan,

AlertNet

U.S. court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.

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Related Topix: District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, World News, Pakistan,

Mon May 20, 2013

INDOlink

Ring leader of gang that kidnapped Gilani's son arrested

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police today claimed they had arrested the leader of the gang that kidnapped former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider, even as security forces were continuing their search for him.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Asia, India,

Sat May 18, 2013

PakTribune

Operations: Attock and PSO acquire refuelling hub

KARACHI: Attock refineries and Pakistan State Oil announced on Thursday the successful bid for a 'Fuel Farm and Operation and Maintenance of Hydrant Refuelling System' at the Benazir International Airport.

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PakTribune

Leader of Ali Haider Gilani kidnappers' gang arrested

NOWSHERA: The chief of the gang that kidnapped Ali Haider Gilani, a son of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, was arrested during an operation by police against the abductors on Friday.

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PakTribune

21 killed in twin blasts at Malakand mosques

DARGAI: Twenty-one persons were killed and around 120 others sustained injuries in separate bomb blasts during the Friday prayer at two mosques in Bazdarra village in Palai Union Council of Malakand Agency, official and local sources said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Explosion, World News, Pakistan

Fri May 17, 2013

The Nation

Twin blasts wreck Malakand mosques; 20 killed

At least 20 people were killed and dozens other injured in two bomb blasts at two different mosques in Malakand Agency on Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Explosion