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First drone attack since NATO strike in Pak
Islamabad: At least four suspected militants were killed on Wednesday when a US drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal area along the border with Afghanistan, a media report said.The strike took place around 2 a.m. Two missiles were fired at a house suspected to be a militant hideout in Miranshah town of North Waziristan, Xinhua reported.Several were injured in the strike,

Is the Pakistan government planning to sack General Kayani, ISI chief?
Islamabad: The Pakistan government is seriously contemplating the removal of army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and ISI head Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, against the backdrop of a standoff on a

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US 'gave wrong coordinates to get permission for air strike'
London: US officials gave the wrong coordinates -- saying they were of a Taliban hideout -- to their Pakistani counterparts to seek clearance for the air strike on border posts that killed 24

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Sudan: UN investigates freash round of air strike in Darfur
New York, May 19 (IBNS): Sudanese armed forces have carried out another round of air strikes against a village in Darfur, this time striking a settlement in the north of the war-torn region, the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported on Wednesday.

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Sarkozy promises to intensify air strikes in Libya

Paris: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised to intensify raids against forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and to back rebels and protect civilians. In an meeting on Wednesday

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Civilians injured in coalition air strike in Libya: Report

Tripoli: A number of civilians, including children, were wounded in a coalition air strike early on Monday on a weapons depot in the southwest city of Jabal al-Sabha, according to Libyan sources.

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