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US rejects Pakistan’s demand to vacate Shamsi air base used for drone attacks: Report

Washington/Islamabad, July 1(ANI): The United States is not complying with Pakistan’s demands that American personnel abandon the Shamsi air base used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to stage drone attacks against militants, according to US officials.

LeT poses formidable terrorist threat to India, US

Washington, July 1: The US considers Pakistan based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), held responsible for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, as a formidable terrorist threat to Indian, US, and other Western interests in South Asia and potentially elsewhere.

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Nikki Haley publishing her memoir

Washington, July 1: South Carolina’s Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley is all set to publish her memoir just shy of her 40th birthday.

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300 new species found in Philippines

Manila, July 1: Around 300 new species of flora and fauna have been discovered in the Philippines by an expedition of foreign and national scientists, the Prensa Latina news agency reports.

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US-Pak strategic dialogue postponed ‘indefinitely’

Islamabad, July 1(ANI): The strategic dialogue between the United States and Pakistan is said to have been postponed indefinitely, in the latest sign of worsening ties between the key ‘allies’ in the ongoing war on terror.

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PETA asks Pak Govt for permission to paint bin Laden’s lair with ‘peace messages’

London, July 1(ANI): People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world’s largest animal rights organisation, has asked the Pakistan Government for permission to paint Osama bin Laden’s lair in Abbottabad with ‘peace messages’.

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National Highway No:1: India’s melancholy road

Pipli (Haryana), July 1: Harkirat Singh has driven on the Ambala-New Delhi section of the busy National Highway No.

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India, China giving US stiff competition on jobs: Obama

Washington, July 1: Citing stiff competition from nation’s like China, India and Brazil, President Barack Obama has said he is not prepared to bring US deficit down by sacrificing education, medical research or rebuilding of infrastructure.

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Wrongly jailed for 18 years, US man gets $1.4 mn

Washington, July 1: A US man who spent 18 years in jail after being wrongly charged of killing six people has received $1.4 million in compensation, Xinhua reported.

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