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US, Pakistani officials believe Mehsud is dead: report (AFP)

AFP – Pakistani and US officials are increasingly convinced that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, who was behind the suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan in December, had died from wounds sustained in a drone strike, Th…

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U.S. deflation no longer a risk says Fed’s Bullard: report

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States has escaped the danger of a Japanese-style deflationary trap, but it is not yet time to start tightening policy, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard told the Financial Times.

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Taliban rejects report about Hakimullahs death

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has once again rejected reports regarding the death of its chief Hakimullah Mehsud, even as the Pakistan Army said it was still investigating reports which said the extremist chieftain was killed in a US drone atta…

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N.B. report on power deal with Quebec pending

A provincially appointed panel will release its opinion Monday on a controversial deal to sell major NB Power assets to Hydro-Quebec, but New Brunswick’s Opposition leader is already dismissing its work.

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Pakistan Taliban deny leader killed

"It is a total lie," a spokesman for the group told Reuters by telephone from northwest Pakistan, referring to a report on Pakistani state television.Pakistan's military said earlier it was …

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Pakistan Taliban deny leader Hakimullah killed

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Taliban denied a report on Sunday that their leader Hakimullah Mehsud had been killed in a U.S. drone aircraft strike.

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Pakistan investigates report Taliban chief is dead

In this Nov. 26, 2008 file photo, Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is seen in Orakzai tribal region of Pakistan.

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Lovers told to pay fine in buffaloes, pig

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A news report says a Malaysian court has ordered two lovers to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig after they were found guilty of having an illicit affair.

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Lovers told to pay fine in buffaloes, pig

A news report says a Malaysian court has ordered two lovers to pay a fine of four buffaloes and a pig after they were found guilty of having an illicit affair.

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Indian taxi driver fatally stabbed in New Zealand

Wellington, Jan 31 (IANS) An Indian taxi driver was fatally stabbed early Sunday in New Zealand, a media report said.

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