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Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-10-04T10:49:41+11:00 2008-10-04T10:49:41+11:00 A US strike on a Pakistani village near the Afghan border has killed at least nine people including suspected foreign militants.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2382087.htm2008-10-04T10:49:41+11:00Pakistan's prime minister says his country wants a similar nuclear deal as its neighbour, following India's landmark agreement with the United States.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2380971.htm2008-10-03T04:47:03+11:00Authorities in Pakistan have been unable to confirm the death of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2379814.htm2008-10-02T08:06:34+11:00Pakistani tribesmen supporting a government assault on Islamic militants near the troubled Afghan frontier have killed 13 Taliban insurgents.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2379731.htm2008-10-02T04:44:28+11:00Authorities in Pakistan have been unable to confirm the death of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2379729.htm2008-10-02T04:44:23+11:00The alleged mastermind in the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto is believed to have died after a protracted illness.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2378826.htm2008-10-01T11:21:01+11:00Pakistan has appointed a new man to head its powerful Inter Services Intelligence agency, previously led by a key lieutenant of the former President Pervez Musharraf.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2378628.htm2008-10-01T11:20:59+11:00Afghanistan's top diplomat in Pakistan, ambassador-designate Abdul Khaliq Farahi, is reportedly recovering, a week after gunmen kidnapped him and killed his driver.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2377777.htm2008-09-30T14:27:45+11:00Pakistan's military says it exchanged fire with NATO forces when two NATO helicopters crossed the border from Afghanistan.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2375052.htm2008-09-26T12:00:47+11:00The United States has suspended visa services at consular offices in Pakistan citing deepening concerns over security.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2374764.htm2008-09-26T04:13:00+11:00The Pakistan military says troops have fired warning shots at two NATO helicopters after they crossed the border from Afghanistan.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2374761.htm2008-09-26T04:13:00+11:00All of Pakistan's airports have been placed on high alert in response to a terrorist threat.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2374577.htm2008-09-26T01:32:54+11:00A pilotless United States drone aircraft has crashed in the north-western Pakistani region of South Waziristan overnight, but it is not clear why it came down, Pakistani news channels report.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2372828.htm2008-09-24T10:15:47+11:00Pakistani police have shot dead five people in the north western Swat Valley during a protest against the alleged killing of children in a military operation.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2372836.htm2008-09-24T10:15:46+11:00http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2371585.htm2008-09-23T11:50:10+11:00A US counter terrorism official says Al Qaeda or an affiliate remain prime suspects in the Marriott hotel bombing in Pakistan.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2371428.htm2008-09-23T04:59:24+11:00Suspected Taliban militants have kidnapped more than 150 civilian labourers travelling by bus in Afghanistan.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2371424.htm2008-09-23T04:59:24+11:00Pakistani officials say their troops opened fire twice to repel two US helicopter gunships which violated their airspace in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2371362.htm2008-09-23T04:59:23+11:00A little known Islamic group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2371426.htm2008-09-23T01:54:40+11:00The Pakistani government says it will take targeted action against militants in the country, a day after a suicide bomber killed more than fifty people in the capital Islamabad.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2370935.htm2008-09-22T22:17:38+11:00Pakistani and US intelligence officials say a suicide attack that killed 53 people at the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital bears the hallmarks of an operation by al Qaeda or an affiliate.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2370259.htm2008-09-22T12:48:19+11:00Nobody has claimed responsibility for the Islamabad bombing but investigators say it has the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2370211.htm2008-09-21T20:51:07+11:00Searchers combing through the burnt shell of the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Islamabad say they have so far found a total of 52 bodies.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2370175.htm2008-09-21T17:24:09+11:00President George W Bush says the United States will help Pakistan bring the perpetrators of the bombing to justice.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2370170.htm2008-09-21T17:24:02+11:00The Pakistani government has vowed to defeat terrorism in the wake of a massive suicide bomb blast in the capital, Islamabad, which has left at least 40 people dead.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2370078.htm2008-09-21T10:37:04+11:00