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Polio vaccine campaign faces extremist opposition, public apathy in Pakistan - PBS NewsHour Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:17:15 GMT

Polio vaccine campaign faces extremist opposition, public apathy in Pakistan
PBS NewsHour
Most of the world is polio-free, but not in Pakistan, where setbacks have hampered efforts to eradicate the virus. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how health workers are working to reverse perceptions created by religious extremists ...


India says Pakistan pushing fighters into Kashmir before 2014 - Reuters Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:53:00 GMT

Economic Times

India says Pakistan pushing fighters into Kashmir before 2014
Reuters
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, two of them over Kashmir. The two armies frequently exchanged artillery fire across the Himalayan region for years until a 2003 ceasefire that has been fraying in recent ...
India's Pakistan policy has lost all sense of directionEconomic Times
An Indian's Maiden Visit to PakistanNew York Times (blog)
India says it has killed seven in clashes along Pakistan borderNDTV
Critical Threats Project -The National
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Pakistan quake toll reaches 515, insurgents hamper aid efforts - Reuters Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:36:54 GMT

GlobalPost

Pakistan quake toll reaches 515, insurgents hamper aid efforts
Reuters
AWARAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll from an earthquake in southwestern Pakistan has reached 515, a provincial official said Friday, as insurgent attacks threaten relief efforts and survivors complain of lack of shelter from the scorching sun.
Pakistan blocking foreign aid to quake-devastated Baluchistan, where 100000 ...GlobalPost
Pakistan won't halt quake relief effortsCentral Asia Online

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Karachi Vice: Pakistan's Megacity Is a Sweltering Gangland - TIME Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:22:08 GMT

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Karachi Vice: Pakistan's Megacity Is a Sweltering Gangland
TIME
Like many parts of Pakistan, swaths of the sweltering Pakistani city of Karachi experience regular power outages for up to nine hours a day. The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, despite its priority status for receiving power, keeps several large ...
9 suspected criminals nabbed in KarachiPakistanToday.com.pk

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Pakistan bomb blast: why health workers keep getting attacked - Christian Science Monitor Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:22:51 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Pakistan bomb blast: why health workers keep getting attacked
Christian Science Monitor
As of the beginning of October, Pakistan has reported 36 cases, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, with eight new cases recorded last week alone, mainly in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, of which Peshawar is the administrative ...
Blast near polio workers kills two in Pakistan's PeshawarReuters
Pakistan deadly bomb targets Peshawar polio campaignBBC News
Polio-vaccination team targeted in PakistanAl Jazeera America
New York Times -Boston Globe -Aljazeera.com
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One year on: Malala Yousafzai wants to return to Pakistan, keep fighting for girls - Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:50:03 GMT

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One year on: Malala Yousafzai wants to return to Pakistan, keep fighting for girls
Sydney Morning Herald
This Wednesday, October 9, will mark exactly a year since a Taliban gunman boarded Malala Yousafzai's tiny school bus in the remote Swat Valley of Pakistan, called out her name, and put a bullet through the left side of her head. Although the attack ...
Pakistan politicians are prisoners of own ignorancegulfnews.com
Interview: Even If Its People Hate Me, I Will Still Love Pakistan, Says MalalaRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Malala Yousafzai: In Pakistan terrorists are afraid of educationBBC News
Al-Arabiya -SBS
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Top order keeps South Africans solid - ESPNcricinfo.com Tue, 08 Oct 2013 08:30:38 GMT

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Top order keeps South Africans solid
ESPNcricinfo.com
Four of South Africa's top five strolled to half-centuries against Pakistan A in Sharjah on a surface reminiscent of the ones they played the two Test series on in 2010 for its lifelessness. JP Duminy threatened to extend that feat as he finished the ...

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Malala Yousafzai: Why the global hero is scorned in Pakistan - Christian Science Monitor Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:41:22 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Malala Yousafzai: Why the global hero is scorned in Pakistan
Christian Science Monitor
Malala Yousafzai – the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban – is publishing her autobiography worldwide today and may cap the week by becoming the youngest winner ever of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala Wants to Go Back to Pakistan Despite Death ThreatsHispanicBusiness.com
Taliban renews threat against the teenage girlConcord Monitor
Malala relives horror of Taliban shooting in autobiographyPakistan Daily Times

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Pakistan Muslims Dig Up Hindu Grave, Spiking Religious Tensions - Voice of America Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:44:12 GMT

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Pakistan Muslims Dig Up Hindu Grave, Spiking Religious Tensions
Voice of America
ISLAMABAD — A crowd of Islamic fundamentalists dug up the grave of a Hindu man in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the increasingly unstable province of Sindh. Shouting “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is ...
Mob removes Hindu's body from graveyard in southern PakistanDeccan Herald

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Keran infiltration impossible without Pakistan Army knowledge: General Bikram ... - Economic Times Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:05:04 GMT

Economic Times

Keran infiltration impossible without Pakistan Army knowledge: General Bikram ...
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Stating that the Indian Army is 'pretty satisfied' that Keran sector of Kashmir has been cleared of terrorists, Army chief General Bikram Singh told Times Now that it is impossible to infiltrate the area without the knowledge of Pakistan Army.
LoC infiltration: Blame game not solution to any issue, says PakistanZee News
India asks Pakistan to maintain sanctity of LoCTimes of India
Pakistan aiding infiltration bids: Gen Bikram SinghDeccan Chronicle
NDTV -India Today
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