Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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Eight killed in suicide blast near Police Line in Islamabad

Eight killed in suicide blast near Police Line in Islamabad

Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:38

A powerful suicide blast has occurred outside ATS building near Police line in Islamabad today (Thursday). According to a foreign news agency, at least eight people have been killed in a car bombing at the main police complex ...

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Security Council slams Islamabad blast

Security Council slams Islamabad blast

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:30

The UN Security Council on Monday condemned the truck bombing that killed at least 60 people in an Islamabad hotel and stressed those responsible must be brought to justice. A non-binding statement issued after a council meeting "condemns ...

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Venue change saves president, PM from hotel blast: Rehman Malik

Venue change saves president, PM from hotel blast: Rehman Malik

Monday, September 22, 2008 15:36

President and prime minister were to have had dinner at the Marriott hotel here when it was bombed but the venue was changed at the last minute, the interior ministry said on Monday. A suicide bomber rammed a ...

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BA stops Pakistan flights after bomb

BA stops Pakistan flights after bomb

Monday, September 22, 2008 15:30

British Airways has suspended its flights to Pakistan because of security fears after a huge suicide truck-bomb blast at an Islamabad hotel killed 53 people at the weekend, an airline spokesman ...

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Search operation concludes, investigation report due today

Search operation concludes, investigation report due today

Monday, September 22, 2008 11:27

Search operation in most parts of Marriott hotel including its 298 rooms was completed here on Monday. According to rescue workers, there is no possibility of any other dead body in the gutted structure of the Islamabad Hotel. Meanwhile, ...

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Czech ambassador killed, Pentagon confirms death of two Americans

Czech ambassador killed, Pentagon confirms death of two Americans

Monday, September 22, 2008 11:21

Rescue workers have pulled more bodies from the Marriott Hotel, which was hit by what was called 'the country's worst suicide attack' pushing the death toll to 53, including the Czech ambassador and two Americans. The Tehrik ...

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Rescue work underway in Islamabad

Rescue work underway in Islamabad

Sunday, September 21, 2008 14:00

The death toll in the Islamabad hotel suicide blast has climbed to 53 after 10 more dead bodies have been pulled out of the gutted structure. The five-star hotel was completely gutted after the suicide blast in which ...

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Islamabad carnage vindicates cricket boycott

Islamabad carnage vindicates cricket boycott

Sunday, September 21, 2008 12:29

Cricket Australia's decision to boycott the Champions Trophy appears to have been vindicated following a bomb blast in Islamabad which killed at least 40 people. A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives at the Marriott Hotel ...

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Islamabad: Six suspects detained

Islamabad: Six suspects detained

Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:33

Six suspects have been arrested after the Marriott Hotel suicide bombing in Islamabad. The security agencies detained six persons belonging to the tribal areas who were fled from the scene of bombing in an injured state after the ...

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President, PM condemn bast

President, PM condemn bast

Sunday, September 21, 2008 10:41

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani have strongly condemned the suicide blast outside Marriott hotel in the federal capital on Saturday evening. The President and the Prime Minister expressed shock and grief over ...

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