Rice heads for Pakistan on Mumbai attacks mission (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has flown from India to Pakistan on a hastily arranged visit aimed at defusing tension between the two rival nations after the Mumbai attacks.

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Rice urges Pakistan to take on terrorists (CNN)

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived Thursday in Pakistan for talks aimed at easing Indian-Pakistani tensions over last week’s massacre in the Indian city of Mumbai.

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Rice demands robust response from Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the Pakistani government must mount a “robust response” to the terror bombings in India, which blames the carnage on terrorists operating from neighboring Pakistan.

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Mumbai attacks test ability of Pakistan to curb militants (International Herald Tribune)

Evidence that a Pakistani militant group was involved in the attacks raises questions whether Pakistan’s government can — or wants to — rein in militancy.

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U.S. Tries to Ease India-Pakistan Tensions (New York Times)

The Bush administration on Wednesday waged a two-pronged diplomatic effort to keep tensions between Pakistan and India from blooming into war.

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Rice in Pakistan after Mumbai attacks (AFP via Yahoo! News)

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Pakistan on Thursday on a hastily arranged visit aimed at defusing tensions with India after the Mumbai militant attacks.

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Mumbai Attacks Are Testing Pakistan?s Ability to Curb Militants (New York Times)

Evidence that a Pakistani militant group was involved in the attacks raises the question of whether Pakistan?s government can or wants to rein in militancy.

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Doctors resent change of director in 15 days

KarachiThe Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) academic council, faculty and doctors have vowed to reject the change of executive direc

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Group of Pak-Afghan mini-jirga leaders formed

KABUL: Governor NWFP Owais Ahmed Ghani here on Wednesday said that a group consists of the representatives of the Pak-Afghan mini-jirga has been formed to make a consistent coordination between Pakistan and Afghanistan.The governor NWFP said this during his one-day visit to Kabul where he met with Afghan president Hamid Karzai and the representatives of the Afghan mini jirga.In these meetings, views were exchanged on various matters regarding improvement in relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan and dealing with the present situation in a better way.Talking with Geo News and other representatives of media in Kabul, Owais Ahmed Ghani said that his visit of Kabul has been successful.The governor returned back to Peshawar on Wednesday evening after his one-day visit.

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PM in hunt for top aides

ISLAMABAD: A genuinely-worried prime minister, believing his success hinges on them, has launched a hunt for two suitable officials to fill the posts

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