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PakistanTelegraph.com Saturday 4th July 2009 Volume 7/27
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"Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times."
Joseph Jackson
The father of Michael Jackson and the family patriarch was speaking after the sudden death of his son.

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Manmohan Singh, Gilani to meet in Egypt July 16
US drone, Pakistani troops kill 28 militants in Pakistan
Taliban claims downing Pakistan Army helicopter
Mumbai terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed's release challenged
Pak PM to use meeting with Manmohan in Egypt to strengthen bilateral ties

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New 203 room hotel opens in Mumbai this week
BSP leader, 2 aides booked for raping woman
In Goa, church steps in to appeal for safe driving
Humid weekend in store for Delhi
Central forces' deployment in Kandhamal extended

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Jacko death probe spam a threat to bank account numbers, passwords
Hyatt Place opens at The Gateway
Why Dell Can't Do Gadgets
Dell turns netbooks into navigation devices

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Pakistani residents ask Taliban commander to go away
Pakistani residents in the Hamza Banda area of Lower Dir district have ordered Taliban commander Mufti Aftab to leave the area immediately, a media report said...

Pakistan seals border with Afghanistan, clamps curfew
Pakistan has sealed its South Waziristan border with Afghanistan and imposed a curfew there to prevent Afghan militants from infiltrating into its territory in the wake of fresh offensives by US troops on the Taliban on the other side of the...

Pakistani police arrest terrorist
The Pakistani police have arrested a terrorist considered to be an expert in making suicide bomb vests, a media report said...

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World
New IAEA chief sees no proof Iran developing nuclear weapons
The incoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he knows of no hard evidence that Iran is trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear...

Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska
Politics in Washington picked up a beat Friday. when former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suddenly announced her resignation as Alaskan...

Damning report slams Israel, Hamas over civilian deaths, destruction
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week....

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Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter...

Obama still popular despite weakening economy, employment
The U.S. jobless rate rose to 9.5 percent last month -- the highest figure in 26 years. In the short term, the jobs report is a political setback for President Barack Obama and his economic policies. But the latest opinion polls suggest the president continues to hold public support despite the weak...

European equities mixed, U.S. markets closed
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