Petraeus begins Pakistan visit (Chicago Tribune)

Tensions high over suspected strikes by U.S. DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Gen. David Petraeus, newly tasked with responsibility for America’s two wars, arrived in Pakistan on Sunday as part of his first international trip as head of the U.S. Central Command.

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Petraeus visits shaky anti-terror ally Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)

Pakistan and the U.S. had a chance to sort through tensions in their anti-terror alliance Monday as David Petraeus, the general newly tasked with responsibility for America’s two wars, visited the Muslim nation.

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Petraeus visits shaky anti-terror ally Pakistan (CNN)

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Gen. David Petraeus, newly tasked with responsibility for America’s two wars, has arrived in Pakistan as part of his first international trip as head of the U.S. Central Command.

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Tennis-Tsonga wins Paris Masters and goes to Shanghai

PARIS: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his maiden Masters Series event when he beat Argentine David Nalbandian 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the final of the Paris Masters on Sunday to clinch the last qualifying spot for the season’’s finale in Shanghai.The 23-year-old Frenchman joined Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Nikolay Davydenko, Andy Roddick and Juan Martin del Potro as the players who qualified for the Masters Cup, which will start on Nov. 9.”It wraps up a very rich season for me. I played very well. The icing on the cake will be Shanghai.”I”m just happy,” said Tsonga, who broke into tears when Nalbandian netted an easy backhand on match point.”He has had a great week, he is a great player and congratulations to him. I am very happy to have reached the final,” said Nalbandian.Australian Open runner-up Tsonga, whose only previous title was the Bangkok Open in September, will climb to world number seven when the ATP release their rankings on Monday.With compatriot Gilles Simon moving up to ninth, France will have two players in the top 10 for the first time since Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte in 1988.

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South Waziristan suicide attack

By Irfan BurkiWANA: Eight personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were killed and five others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-

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Bomb, fighting take toll in Pakistan (UPI)

WANA, Pakistan, Nov. 2 (UPI) — A suicide truck bomber and gun battles in Pakistan Sunday claimed at least 18 lives and left an undetermined number of others wounded, authorities said.

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New mindset in ministry may

IslamabadThe federal health secretary, Sulaiman Ghani, is planning to make history by setting an example in the domain of tobacco control.

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Pakistan News

Nine selected for commissioner posts

LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has interviewed some 14 officers for commissioner posts and selected nine of them, The News has learnt. Sources

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Militants kidnap seven tribal elders in Mohmand

GHALLANAI: Militants kidnapped seven tribal elders and occupied the building of a government high school in Lakaro Tehsil of the Mohmand Agency on Sun

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India wants to address issues with Pakistan: Mukherjee

NEW DELHI: Expressing desire to address issues with Pakistan, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday that India in recent ye

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