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Top Stories: Islamabad, Dec 26 (IANS) At least 13 people were injured Saturday night in a blast, apparently caused by a faulty gas kit, in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, Xinhua reported. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:20:02 -0500Srinagar, Dec.26 : Jammu and Kashmir had to use teargas and batons charge on Saturday (December 26) to disperse a Shi'ite Muslim procession in Srinagar in Kashmir valley. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:50:04 -0500Samba, Dec.26 : Five troopers of Border Security Force (BSF) were injured in a landmine blast in the Mangu Chak sector of Samba in Jammu and Kashmir state. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:40:05 -0500Karachi, Dec 26 (IANS) A close relative of slain Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has accused her widower President Asif Ali Zardari of tampering with evidence relating to the assassination. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:10:05 -0500Lahore, Dec. 26 : Pakistan's religious party Jamaat-e-Islami has resolved that freedom from US "slavery" is the country's foremost need. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:08 -0500Lahore, Dec. 26 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) Swat chapter has said that it is ready to accept the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as a mediator for talks with the government in order to restore peace in the region. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:04 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has said he was unfairly treated for testing positive to steroids. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:10:06 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Australian openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich fell agonisingly short of centuries, but their side was in a commanding position against Pakistan on the first day of the first Test of the series at the MCG here. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:10:05 -0500Lahore, Dec. 26 : Former Pakistan Test opener Saeed Anwar would be organising a special training camp for the opening batsmen of the national squad soon after the team returns from Australia. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:28 -0500Islamabad, Dec.26 : Notwithstanding US pressure, Pakistan has denied allowing Indian goods to pass through its territory to Afghanistan. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:26 -0500Gulmarg , Dec 26 : Tourists are thronging the snow covered picturesque and pristine Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir to take part in the annual snow festival. he snow festival, involving a number of events like snow cycling, ice hockey and snow rugby, began on Friday. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:22 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting urged Pakistan to bring on a bouncer war as he declared himself an almost certain starter for his 13th Boxing Day Test. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:19 -0500New York/Islamabad, Dec. 26 : Pakistani police have said they plan to pursue terrorism charges against the five American men they have apprehended, putting paid to hopes of their early return to the United States. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:20:02 -0500JALALABAD // Two sets of the same people straddle the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Their division has been a source of unrest and acrimony for decades. Now with violence across the frontier threatenin... The National Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:53:44 -0500JALALABAD // Two sets of the same people straddle the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Their division has been a source of unrest and acrimony for decades. Now with violence across the frontier threatenin... The National Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:51:49 -0500KARACHI (Reuters) - A bomb in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi wounded at least 19 people on Saturday, police said, in an apparent attack on Shi'ite Muslims ahead of one of their most important m... The Star Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:34:25 -0500Pakistan Battles Militancy, Political Turmoil in 2009 Pakistani security officials say five people have been killed in a U.S. drone attack on a suspected militant target in Pakistan's northwest tribal... VOA Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:30:02 -0500Officials say an explosion has wounded 19 people in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi.Saturday's blast, which also destroyed a car, occurred near a procession of minority Shi'ite Muslims... West Australian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:28:35 -0500ISLAMABAD - Taliban insurgents had planned to use five Americans, now detained in Pakistan, who had contacted the militants via the Internet, to carry out attacks in the U.S.-allied country, a police ... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:23:06 -0500(AP Photo/Shakil Adil)Local residents and rescue workers gather beside a damaged car after an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. Officials say an explosion has wounded 19 peopl... Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:15:20 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrated, tw... MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:06:36 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are conce... Deseret News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:51:30 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrate... Find Law Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:28:19 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrat... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:25:57 -0500By ASIF SHAHZADAssociated Press Writer ISLAMABAD (AP) - Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities... KTNV Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:56:47 -0500(Getty Images/file) ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities sa... Fox 23 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:53:26 -0500(AP Photo/Sargodha Police Department, File)FILE - In this five-combo file photo released by Sargodha Police Department on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, arrested American Muslims, from left, Waqar Hussain, Ra... Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:53:10 -0500Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, currently on a lecture tour of Europe, has said he will return home when the time is right."I will surely return to Pakistan. The timing, however, is of es... Daily Star Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:24:48 -0500(AP) ? ISLAMABAD - Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities said Saturday. ... New Jersey Online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:23:06 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrated, tw... MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:21:06 -0500Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities said Saturday. Gadsden Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:17:40 -0500ISLAMABAD—Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities said Saturday. The young Mu... Denver Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:14:52 -0500ISLAMABAD (AP) - Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities said Saturday. The young M... Breitbart Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:11:36 -0500ISLAMABAD (AP) - Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities said Saturday. The young M... Find Law Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:07:08 -0500At least four people have been killed and several more injured in a suspected US drone attack on a house in Pakistan's northwest. Pakistani intelligence officials said the missile strike targeted a h... Al Jazeera Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:05:38 -0500FILE - In this five-combo file photo released by Sargodha Police Department on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, arrested American Muslims, from left, Waqar Hussain, Ramy Zamzam, Umar Farooq, Ahmad Minni, Aman Y... Sign on San Diego Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:46:59 -0500(Getty Images/file) ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities, authorities sa... WHP CBS 21 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:46:39 -0500FILE - In this five-combo file photo released by Sargodha Police Department on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, arrested American Muslims, from left, Waqar Hussain, Ramy Zamzam, Umar Farooq, Ahmad Minni, Aman Y... The Miami Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:35:49 -0500Afghanistan are concentrated, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.The strike was apparently the latest in a lengthy campaign of such attacks by the U.S., which rarely discusses the covert progra... Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:31:12 -0500Islamabad - Pakistan officials on Saturday handed over a group of 100 fishermen who were jailed for three years for illegal fishing to Indian authorities, media reports said. The fishermen were repatr... Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:30:17 -0500A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrated, two Pakistani intellig... The News Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:01:55 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan—A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrated... Denver Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:51:43 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrate... Breitbart Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:48:26 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrate... Find Law Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:43:58 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrat... New York Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:41:40 -0500MIR ALI, Pakistan ? A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people Saturday in a northwest Pakistani tribal region where militants focused on fighting the West in Afghanistan are concentrat... Sign on San Diego Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:20:03 -0500A pilotless U.S. drone aicraft attacked on northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing three people, intelligence officials said. Two missiles hit a house in North Waziristan in the attack. Two people wer... World Bulletin Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:19:57 -0500SRINAGAR, India ? At least 42 people were injured when police used tear gas and batons to break up religious processions of hundreds of people in the Indian section of Kashmir on Saturday, police... CTV Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:03:55 -0500Islamabad, Dec 26 : A Pakistani journalists' federation has urged the government, media owners, political parties and other democratic forces to shed their differences and unite to save the country fr... New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:44:04 -0500VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI looked in good form on Friday, saluting pilgrims as he began delivering his traditional Christmas message the day after falling during an assault at St Peter’s Basili... Pak Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:08:27 -0500ISLAMABAD: With the only exception of President Asif Ali Zardari, every mighty beneficiary of the now defunct National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) including Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Minister... Pak Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:08:26 -0500KALAYA: Ten persons, including women and children, were killed when fighter jets while bombing the militants’ hideouts in Orakzai Agency on Friday hit the houses of five tribesmen in the Ferozkhel M... Pak Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:08:24 -0500Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presented a resolution for the recovery of loans worth billions of rupees which were written off on political basis, during a function arranged by Nazaria ... Pak Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:08:21 -0500According to sources, Americans would now be able to land only at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad.The decision has been taken following a steep rise in the suspicious activities ... New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:25:07 -0500KARACHI: A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) met with President Asif Ali Zardari here at Bilawal House and vowed to work together for the betterment of Pakistan and its democracy. Pak Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:49:25 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Australia must not rest on the laurels that it has achieved in the recent series against the West Indies, but should be concerned about the possibility of Pakistan putting up a fi... New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:05:36 -0500Islamabad, Dec 26 : The US embassy has formally requested the Pakistani government to provide bulletproof vehicles for its diplomats and other American staff posted in this country. New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:49:32 -0500(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Pakistan's all-rounder Sohail Tanvir yesterday pulled out of a contract with Australian side Victoria after doctors advised him to rest an injured knee. The 25-year-old was du... MENAFN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:13:51 -0500By Arun Kumar, Washington, Dec 26 : American-Pakistani terror suspect David Headley's visa application did not ring any alarm bells in the Indian consulate in Chicago as he did not disclose his Pakist... New Kerala Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:30 -0500Pakistani police are pursuing terrorism charges against five detained American men, a move that could complicate efforts to bring the men back to the US where they could also land in the courts. The ... Belfast Telegraph Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:23:19 -0500AP ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police are pursuing terrorism charges against five detained American men, police said on Friday, a move that could complicate efforts to bring the men back to the United States... Arab News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:02:15 -0500Denies any clash between institutions Saturday, December 26, 2009 By Imtiaz Ali KARACHI: Minister for Law and Justice Babar Awan on Friday dispelled the impression that military trial courts wo... The News International Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:36:53 -0500Unity, love can restore peace in society, says Pastor Lorin Saturday, December 26, 2009 Khalid Iqbal RawalpindiThe Christian community like other parts of the country celebrated Christmas in Ra... The News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:36:53 -0500Saturday, December 26, 2009 By our correspondent LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has issued notices to 39 owners of illegally constructed plazas, directing them to demolish their il... 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