Bomb at Pakistan movie house kills 6 (Chicago Tribune)

The car bombing of the theater in the northwestern city of Peshawar raised fears that Taliban militants could retaliate against an army offensive by targeting urban centers. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan — A powerful car bomb blast at a movie house in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed six people and injured 75 others Friday, raising fears here that gains made …

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Can Pakistan say no? (Asia News Network)

Only one newspaper has carried the story. It was about the four-hour in-camera briefing of the Parliament by Pakistan Army Chief on May 15. No one knows whether the account is accurate but it does loo …..

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Arrival of IDPs leads to increase in house rent

PESHAWAR: Influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Dir, Swat and Buner has led to escalating house rents and has created a shortage of resid

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IOM appeals for funds to assist displaced families

ISLAMABAD: International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has appealed for $14.7 million to provide the urgently needed relief assistance to families

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Ishant gets sharp for T20 defence

CHENNAI: Strike bowler Ishant Sharma is looking to sharpen his yorkers and widen his repertoire to help India defend their title in the Twenty20 World

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Major terror plot in Karachi foiled

KARACHI: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU), Karachi, has foiled plans for major terrorist activities in the city by capturing six militants belongi

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SA clear way for return of ICL players

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa on Friday cleared the way for players contracted to the breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL) to return to official

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Headingley will be fit for Ashes, says Yorkshire boss

LEEDS, England: Yorkshire chief executive Stewart Regan insisted the drainage system at the county’’s Headingley home would work fully come August’’s As

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Hughes’’s Ashes hopes boosted by plunder

SYDNEY: Australian Test opener Phillip Hughes said on Friday he will head into this year’’s Ashes series full of confidence after his “Bradmanesque” st

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Pakistan News

PCB to propose neutral venues for World Cup in Dubai

KARACHI: Pakistan is ready to propose a neutral venue for the World Cup 2011 matches of which it was stripped in a bid to find a solution to an increa

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