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		<title>UN report: Benazir Bhutto&#8217;s death due to security flaws</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/benazir-bhutto-assassination-report-set-for-release/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan’s former military regime failed to protect ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto despite knowing of numerous threats against her shortly before her assassination]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese earthquake deaths climb to 617; school collapse kills 76</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/chinese-earthquake-deaths-climb-to-617-school-collapses-killing-66-students-10-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/chinese-earthquake-deaths-climb-to-617-school-collapses-killing-66-students-10-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING: The death toll from the earthquake in a remote part of western China rose to 617, with 66 students and 10 teachers dying in school collapses that echo the country’s last major quake in 2008. Thousands of survivors battled freezing temperatures overnight with scant shelter after a 6.9-magnitude temblor flattened the town of Jiegu in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manmohan Singh alerts world about A Q Khan&#8217;s network</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/manmohan-singh-alerts-world-about-pakistans-a-q-khan-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/manmohan-singh-alerts-world-about-pakistans-a-q-khan-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism Watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: Without naming Pakistan&#8217;s A Q Khan operation, India on Tuesday reminded the world of the dangers of &#8220;clandestine proliferation networks&#8221; and asked the world to join hands to combat trafficking of nuclear materials. &#8220;Clandestine proliferation networks have flourished and led to insecurity for all, including and especially for India,&#8221; Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan makes surprise offer of nuclear fuel under IAEA rules</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pakistan-makes-surprise-offer-of-nuclear-fuel-under-iaea-safeguards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pakistan-makes-surprise-offer-of-nuclear-fuel-under-iaea-safeguards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan has said that it has acquired advanced nuclear fuel cycle capability and can offer it to the rest of the world under]]></description>
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		<title>Pilots&#8217; lack of Russian led to tragedy – theories swirl over Polish air disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/language-barrier-and-a-president-determined-to-land-%e2%80%93-theories-swirl-over-polish-air-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/language-barrier-and-a-president-determined-to-land-%e2%80%93-theories-swirl-over-polish-air-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EUROPE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WARSAW: Language problems between Russian air traffic controllers and Polish pilots, and pressure from high-ranking plane passengers, may have contributed to the crash on Saturday in which 96 people – including the Polish president – were killed, it was revealed today. The Russian air traffic controller Pavel Plusnin – who was the last person to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan seeks equal access to civil nuclear technology</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pakistan-seeks-equal-access-to-civil-nuclear-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pakistan-seeks-equal-access-to-civil-nuclear-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: Pakistan Monday urged non-discriminatory access to civil nuclear technology to meet the country’s exponentially growing]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan-wide protests continue against loadshedding</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/country-wide-protests-continue-against-loadshedding-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/country-wide-protests-continue-against-loadshedding-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: The frustration of the people intensifies as the hours of loadshedding increases throughout the country. Protests against prolonged and unscheduled power outages continued throughout the country on Monday.  In Hyderabad, a rally was taken out by members of a business association as protesters blocked the main Jinnah roundabout. Residents of Multan also took to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan nuclear weapons at risk of theft by terrorists, US study warns</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pakistan-nuclear-weapons-at-risk-of-theft-by-terrorists-us-study-warns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AMERICAS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: Pakistan yesterday came under increased pressure over its nuclear arsenal when a Harvard study warned of &#8220;a very real possibility&#8221; that its warheads could be stolen by terrorists. The rising concern about poorly-guarded nuclear weapons and material was the subject of an extraordinary two-day summit which began in Washington yesterday. Last night, Ukraine became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dismantling terror network in Pak-Afghan region &#8220;singular focus&#8221;: Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/dismantling-terror-network-in-pak-afghan-region-singular-focus-of-us-barack-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/dismantling-terror-network-in-pak-afghan-region-singular-focus-of-us-barack-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK: Stressing on the need of establishing peace and a secure environment in Pakistan and Afghanistan, US President Barack Obama has said that dismantling the terror network flourishing in the region is the &#8220;singular focus&#8221; of his administration. In an extensive interview with the ABC, Obama said rooting out the militant base in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MQM rape victims &amp; so-called Pak legislations for women</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/mqm-rape-victims-so-called-legislations-for-womens-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/mqm-rape-victims-so-called-legislations-for-womens-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: A case of rape, attempted murder, corruption and impunity that took place in 2008 and 2009 continues to haunt two girls in]]></description>
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		<title>SCBA, LHCBA (lawyers&#8217; mafia) to challenge 18th Amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/scba-lhcba-lawyers-mafia-to-challenge-18th-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/scba-lhcba-lawyers-mafia-to-challenge-18th-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE: Showing their reservations on certain clauses of the 18th Amendment, the Supreme Court Bar Association and Lahore]]></description>
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		<title>Obama &amp; his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev sign nuclear arms treaty</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/us-president-barack-obama-his-russian-counterpart-dmitry-medvedev-sign-nuclear-arms-treaty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/us-president-barack-obama-his-russian-counterpart-dmitry-medvedev-sign-nuclear-arms-treaty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestatesmen.net/?p=15600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PRAGUE: US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, have signed a landmark nuclear arms treaty in the Czech capital, Prague. The treaty commits the former Cold War enemies to each reduce the number of deployed strategic warheads to 1,550 &#8211; 30% lower than the previous ceiling. Mr Obama said it was an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US commander pleas to forgive after killing innocent Afghans</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/us-commander-pleas-to-forgive-after-killing-innocent-afghans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/us-commander-pleas-to-forgive-after-killing-innocent-afghans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[TERRORISM & CRIME]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL: US special forces commander visited a family in rural Afghanistan to plead for forgiveness after finally admitting that his troops killed five innocent people in a raid. Vice-Admiral William H. McRaven went to Paktia to the home of family who lost two sons, two pregnant women and teenage girl when the US special forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM’s wife, Fauzia Gilani gets another Rs 38m loan written off</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pm%e2%80%99s-wife-fauzia-gilani-gets-another-rs-38m-loan-written-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pm%e2%80%99s-wife-fauzia-gilani-gets-another-rs-38m-loan-written-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The wife of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is one of the main beneficiaries of the recent loan write-off policy of the National Bank of Pakistan. The bank waived a loan of over Rs 38 million loan taken by Pak Green Fertiliser Limited (PGFL) which she owned as one of its main partners, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AJK president forms parallel Supreme Judicial Council</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/ajk-president-forms-parallel-supreme-judicial-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/ajk-president-forms-parallel-supreme-judicial-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUZAFFARABAD: A judicial crisis in Azad Jammu and Kashmir took a turn for the worse after AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan]]></description>
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		<title>National assembly approves 18th Amendment Bill unanimously</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/national-assembly-approves-18th-amendment-bill-unanimously/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/national-assembly-approves-18th-amendment-bill-unanimously/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national assembly on Thursday unanimously approved reforms stripping President Asif Ali Zardari of key powers in a move to bolster parliamentary]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan President Hamid Karzai &#8216;threatened to join Taliban&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/afghan-president-hamid-karzai-threatened-to-join-taliban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/afghan-president-hamid-karzai-threatened-to-join-taliban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened over the weekend to quit the political process and join the Taliban if he continued to come under outside pressure to reform, according to several members of parliament. They said that Karzai made the unusual statement at a closed-door meeting with selected lawmakers &#8211; just days after kicking up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India rejects US call to shun Iran gas talks amid energy priorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[India has rejected a call from the US to shun participation in gas talks with Iran, saying "energy security" is a priority for New Delhi.]]></description>
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		<title>Israel closer to death if it attacks Gaza, says Iran&#8217;s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that world pressure on Iran, including talk of new sanctions, makes the Islamic republic more determined than ever to pursue its nuclear programme. His defiance came after US President Barack Obama vowed to ratchet up global pressure on Tehran to abandon its controversial atomic programme which he said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of Pakistanis seeking UK visa, lose their passports</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/thousands-of-pakistanis-seeking-uk-visa-lose-their-passports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: While the British High Commission hogs on to its claim of having lost just 150 Pakistani passports, additional evidence has come to light suggesting that the scam involves thousands of lost travel documents. A Pakistani investigating agency is in possession of a list of 3,362 passports, which are believed to have gone missing at [...]]]></description>
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