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| Haqqani ban lifted |
| SC reprieve for ex-envoy
eases govt-army tension |
| Pakistan’s Supreme Court today eased tension in the country’s worst crisis in civilian-military ties since a 1999 coup by lifting a travel ban on a former envoy to Washington who angered the generals after the emergence of a murky memo.
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| Battles rage at Damascus gates |
| Street battles raged at the gates of the Syrian capital today as President Bashar al-Assad’s troops sought to consolidate their grip on suburbs that rebel fighters had t
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| Afghan killed for birth of girl |
| An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said toda
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| Women can park: Study |
| Covert surveillance of car parks across Britain show women are better at manoeuvring into parking spaces.
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| Gilani hints at early Pak polls |
| Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has hinted at the possibility of Pakistan’s next general election being held ahead of schedule, saying he will hold consultations on th
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