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NSG grants controversial
waiver to India
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VIENNA—Forty-five nations
approved a U.S. proposal on Saturday to lift a global ban on nuclear
trade with India in a breakthrough towards sealing a U.S.-Indian atomic
energy deal... |
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World leaders greet
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ALGIERS (Algeria)—Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice said Pakistan’s election of a new president
Saturday was a positive sign for the civilian government of the U.S... |
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Zardari secures landslide win
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD—Ruling coalition candidate and PPP
co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has been
elected as 12th president of the country
with a thumping majority securing 480 votes.
According to the results, Zardari got 480
votes out of the 702 votes from the national
and provincial legislatures while his rival
from PML-Nawaz, Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui,
received 153 votes and Mushahid Hussain Syed,
the candidate of the Quaid faction of PML
could get only 43 votes. 18 votes were
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Car blast kills 30 in Peshawar
Bureau Report
PESHAWAR—At least 15 people including five
policemen, two children and a woman have
been killed and several dozens injured in a
suicide car blast at Kohat Road near
Peshawar. The blast took place at about
11.55 am Saturday morning when people were
busy in daily routine work at busy Kohat
road. According to police sources, an
explosive-laden Double Cabin vehicle, which
was coming from Darra Adam Khel area towards
Peshawar, blasted near Zangali check post
barricade at Kohat Road. Eye witnesses said
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Imbalances to be rectified: Zardari
By Saad Saud
ISLAMABAD—President-elect Asif Ali Zardari
Saturday said the parliament was sovereign
and the President shall be subservient to
the Parliament. “I congratulate the nation,
the parliament,” Zardari said in his maiden
speech after obtaining an overwhelming
number of votes from the Parliament and the
four provincial assemblies. Flanked by his
two daughters, Zardari told a gathering of
parliamentarians, party workers and friends
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WORLD
GALLERY
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 Italian
actress Valeria Bilello poses for photographers
during a photocall at the Venice Film Festival. “Il
Papa di Giovanna” movie by WItalian director Pupi
Avati is shown in competition at the Venice Film
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 A
model wears a creation from the BCBG by Max Azria
2008/2009 fall collection show during New York
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