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Waseela-e-Haq Program Launched for Poverty Alleviation
Sep 17 2009, Karim Khan

President Asif Ali Zardari, on Tuesday (September 15, 2009), launched the landmark Waseela-e-Haq program to help the country’s poor out of their misery. The program, an offshoot of the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), will allow an interest-free..

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Forced DNA tests? Argentine law limits privacy
Johnny, Bogota
Argentina - Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina’s Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to...
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Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
Andrew, Tempe
A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was...
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Russia out of crisis, but Putin to continue stimulus
Didier, Moscow
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to continue Russia’s anti-crisis program as the economy moves out of one of the deepest recessions in post-Soviet...
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This Time, Egyptian Riot Over Soccer, Not Bread
Ahmed, Cairo
President Hosni Mubarak vowed on Saturday that Egypt will be firm in dealing with attacks on its nationals, amid hot tempers and a diplomatic spat with Algeria over a...
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Mussolini's brain stolen, up for sale on eBay
Raffaele, Rome
Alessandra Mussolini, a right-wing MP, said she was outraged and upset when she heard reports that the remains of her grandfather were being sold online. The initial...
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Robert Gates: US would withhold aid if Afghanistan doesn’t curb Corruption
Jamshid, Kabul
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday that the United States could start holding Afghanistan’s government accountable for corruption by withholding money for...
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Lula is in too hurry to get his good friend Chavez in Mercosur
Yoann, Minneapolis
representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay met in Caracas to sign the protocol for the entrance of Venezuela into the Southern Common Market (Mercosur)....
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Ethiopian Jews in Israel still await the promised land
Bisrat, Addis Ababa
“There should be no differences between black Jews and white Jews,” said Ayeli, 29, who was among 15,000 people who this week celebrated the...
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Uribe's meek surrender, says Colombia won't retaliate against Venezuela
Prince, Columbus
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday declared that his country will not retaliate with war threats against Venezuela, his only aim being to defeat terrorism in...
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Clashes are daily occurrences in Congo – this time it’s for fishing rights
Nsubuga, Kampala
More than 50,000 people have fled clashes between two ethnic groups in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN says. Many of those fleeing...
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Behind derailing Tony Blair’s bid for EU Presidency: Angela Merkel
Elliott, Manchester
Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German...
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Quiet American 'planned another Mumbai attack'
CJ, San Francisco
In almost every way, David Headley was the perfect neighbour. When the 49-year-old American citizen began renting an apartment in Mumbai last year he charmed his...
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Hangu Police Disposes Bomb to Save Boys College
Karim Khan, Peshawar
Hangu police on Friday morning acted efficiently to dispose a bomb placed outside a high school and college building in the Muslim Abad neighborhood of the town. The...
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42 dead, 66 trapped in China's mine explosion
Marshall, Shenzhen
A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily...
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Transsexual Prostitute Linked To Italian Political Sex Scandal Found Burned To Death
Angelo, Rome
A transsexual Brazilian prostitute known as ‘Brenda,’ who was linked to a sex scandal involving former Italian politician Piero Marrazzo, has been found...
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Leading Climate Center Hacked, Global Warming Deniers Have A Field Day
Tommy, Manchester
A group of hackers recently broke into the email system at the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU), one of the leading climate research...
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Man arrested with 15 Live Lizards Strapped to his Chest at Los Angeles airport
Erick, Los Angeles
Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. The U.S. Fish and...
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India gets wary of Obama
Chintan, Ambala
Conspicuous by its absence was India. Was India not on his radar? Or was it such a close ally that he skipped naming it at a public function? It left New Delhi...
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India's shame: 5,000 child deaths a day
Sukhbahar, Ludhiana
For millions of children in India, childhood is an elusive dream, as a UN report has revealed that 5,000 children below five die every day. It may be a shocking...
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Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi Unite As One Nation
John, Kampala
THE five leaders of the East African Community (EAC) have signed a landmark agreement for a common market which allows free movement of people, goods, labour and...
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Book claims relationship between Imran and Benazir
Mohit Dubey, Ghaziabad
Political leaders are unlucky in many ways. One being - controversies and gossips do not spare them even in death. Or so it appears as a new book - a biography on...
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made popular Aug 20 2009
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Remembering Bibi: Raza Rumi Retraces the Bittesweet Legacy of Benazir Bhutto
Raza Rumi, Lahore
Image It was only yesterday that we were mourning for the loss of an icon of our times. The much loved, and passionately hated Benazir Bhutto whose tragic murder in...
Benazir Bhutto, Democracy in Pakistan, Politics in Pakistan
made popular Feb 26 2009
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December 27 to be Observed as Benazir Bhutto Holiday
Karim Khan, Peshawar
December 27, marking the assassination of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is going to be observed as a public holiday in the Sind province. This...
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made popular Dec 18 2008
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Please spare your moral outrage for something that really matters
Shahneela, Islamabad
Unless one lives under a rock, it’s been hard to miss the news of President Asif Ali Zardari calling Sarah Palin ‘gorgeous’. From newspapers to TV...
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made popular Oct 1 2008
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Will Zardari prove to be an efficient president?
View Point, Shimla
Asif Ali Zardari, came in to political limelight after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. And he succeeded in giving people the faith and optimism needed in times of...
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made popular Sep 6 2008
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Women Who Rule The World...
Charles, New York
With Hillary’s Presidential Parade over and drowning in debt and Hillary showing more gravitas than her husband in her loss. I grow a bit sad to see it all end, even...
Hillary Clinton, Ingrid Bentancourt, Benazir Bhutto, Aung San Suu Kyi
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UN to investigate Bhutto killing
Radhika, Shimla
Pakistan and the United Nations have agreed in principle to set up a UN panel to investigate the killing of Pakistani ex-PM Benazir Bhutto.
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made popular Jul 12 2008
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UN to investigate Benazir killing
Bhagaban Sahu, New Delhi
The UN chief has agreed to Pakistan’s request to establish an independent commission that will investigate the killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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made popular Jul 11 2008
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Benazir Bhutto was shot in the head :Assistant exposed the truth
Vikas, solan
Benazir Bhutto was shot in the head, a close aide who prepared her body for burial said on Saturday, dismissing as “ludicrous” a government theory that she...
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made popular May 19 2008
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When will we learn?
Nandini Ratnaparkhi, Mhow(MP)
After the demise of Benazir Bhutto (murder/accident whatever), Pakistan looked ‘broken down’. The steam blew away of all the grudges mustered against then President...
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made popular May 17 2008
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Benazir carried nuclear secrets in overcoat to North Korea: Biography
Gaurav S, New Delhi
Benazir Bhutto, then prime minister of Pakistan, carried critical nuclear data on CDs in her overcoat to Pyongyang in 1993 and brought back North Korea’s missile...
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made popular May 13 2008
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Reconciliation Plans Going Awry
Huma Imtiaz, Karachi
He may have only been hit by a shoe, but the MQM boycott of the Sindh Assembly proceedings after ex-Chief Minister of Sindh Arbab Rahim was assaulted by an alleged PPP...
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Family run Politics in Pakistan
Destitute Rebel, Lahore
Although Pakistan can still be considered a young country, and people can and do claim that we need some time to adopt a true democratic system which will take...
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Women have no political clout in Pakistan
Unaiza, Islamabad
Would there be a day when we in Pakistan live a life of our free will, a time without fear? I have lived all my life seeking for that peace but I do pray to Allah that...
Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan Elections, Pakistan Female Voters
made popular Feb 21 2008
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Pakistan, Zardari told India not to send anyone at funeral
Pratyush, New Delhi
Bhutto’s supporters buried their leader at her ancestral graveyard in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh near Larkan, Pakistan on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of mourners paid...
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made popular Dec 29 2007
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Bhutto killing: India expresses shock, goes on high alert
Pratyush, New Delhi
The government of India and several political leaders in the country have expressed shock over Bhutto’s assassination in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This is being said...
Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherhee
made popular Dec 28 2007
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Benazir assassination: Is breakup of Pakistan imminent?
Jayanta Bhattacharya, New Delhi
Two-time former prime minister of Pakistan and immensely popular leader was killed in an apparent suicide attack today. Is this a sure sign of Pakistan breaking...
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made popular Dec 27 2007
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Will an alternative leader to General Musharraf help?
Pankaj, Shimla
# Bush administration is now seriously considering how it might work with an alternative leader to General Musharraf. # General Kiyani is seen as a possible successor...
Pakistan, USA, General Parvez Musharraf
made popular Nov 16 2007
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India condemns attack on Bhutto's cavalcade
Pratyush, New Delhi
India has expressed deep shock over the terror attack on Benazir Bhutto at the homecoming procession in Karachi on Thursday midnight. India criticized the bomb attack...
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made popular Oct 19 2007
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