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Imran Khan rules out ‘deal’, vows never to leave Pakistan: lawyer

Shawdesh Desk: TAXILA: PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who is incarcerated in Attock Jail has ruled out “any deal to seek his release and asserted he would never leave Pakistan,” his

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N.Korea test-fires missiles as part of mock ‘nuclear attack’

Shawdesh desk: North Korea staged a “simulated tactical nuclear attack” drill at the weekend with mock atomic warheads attached to two long-range cruise missiles that were test-fired into the ocean,

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Pope Francis hails power of interfaith dialogue for peace in Mongolia

Shawdesh desk: Pope Francis hailed religion’s power to resolve conflict and promote peace on Sunday, on his final full day in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar for a visit that

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6 killed in Chile train-minibus collision

Shawdesh desk: At least six people were killed Friday after a train crashed into a minibus in the Biobio Region of central Chile, local authorities said. The collision took place

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16 pilgrims killed, 13 injured in Iraq road accident: state media

Shawdesh Desk: A road accident killed 16 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad overnight, the state news agency INA reported on Saturday. The ‘horrible accident’ between

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S.Africa’s Johannesburg fire death toll rises to 73

Shawdesh desk: A fire that engulfed a five-storey building killed more than 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city’s emergency services said. Another 52

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Building fire in South Africa’s Johannesburg kills over 70

Shawdesh desk: A fire that engulfed a five-storey building killed over 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city’s emergency services said. Another 52 were

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Myanmar’s landmine clearers working with pliers, bare hands

Shawdesh desk: Six men prod and poke at dense undergrowth in eastern Myanmar with rakes and hoes — not farmers, but a rebel unit clearing deadly landmines from the war

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