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Pakistan will not seek new IMF program:finance ministry official

Pakistan will not seek a new International Monetary Fund programme, nor will it ask for an extension of the current one due to end on September 30, because it has no balance of payments crisis and has enough foreign exchange reserves, a finance ministry official told Reuters on Sunday.

Pakistan won't seek new IMF program - official

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Pakistan will not seek a new IMF loan program or ask for an extension when its existing loan package ends on September 30, because it has no balance of payments crisis and has enough foreign exchange reserves, a finance ministry official told Reuters on Sunday.

6.8 Earthquake Rattles India; At Least 8 Dead

India earthquake
The Indian government has reported that at least eight people died in India and Nepal, and at least three people died when a building in Kathmandu collapsed. The quake also created a number of mudslides on the outskirts of Gangtok, India, killing at least one man who was trapped inside his car.
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Kabul

Kabul Attack Ends; Siege Linked to Haqqani Network

Afghan and NATO security forces have stopped the attack in Kabul that killed 14 people. It took 20 hours, but the last two militants were cleared from their high-rise hiding spot in on Wednesday morning.
9/11 Anniversary

With Funereal Grief, America Marks September 11

Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
A file photo of Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan

Is Osama Bin Laden Really Dead? Some Don't Think So

Is Osama bin Laden really dead? That's what the young lady asked me.She knew I am a journalist, not quick to buy suspicious facts peddled as such, but not quick to buy into conspiracy theories, either -- like the one that Osama bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. military was faked.
With tears and emotion, Americans mark September 11

With tears and emotion, Americans mark September 11

Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

New York Terror Threat: City Police Increasing Security, Searching Vehicles

As New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg promised, security has been ramped up following the reveal of credible intelligence that al-Qaida militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington and New York City to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

Terror Threat: U.S. Cites 'Specific, Credible' Source as it Rachets Up Alert

President Barack Obama on Thursday directed U.S. intelligence officials to take all precautions after receiving credible intelligence that al-Qaida militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington, D.C., and New York City to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Sikh-Americans

9/11 Anniversary: The View of South Asians

In the immediate wake of the terrorist strikes in New York and Washington D.C., when Osama bin Laden's face become plastered across TV sets, people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh suddenly became viewed with extreme suspicion and in some case abuse.
U.S. Foreign Policy

Opinion: Did Osama Bin Laden Succeed?

The United States has killed the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, Osama bin Laden. But in engaging in two costly wars, did the U.S. do much of what bin Laden wanted the U.S. to do?
9/11 Tenth Anniversary

U.S. Sees Credible September 11 Threat

President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a redoubling of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts in the face of a credible but unconfirmed threat ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Delhi High Court Blast

Indian Cops Question 3 in Court Bombing

Indian police detained for questioning three people Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Kashmir, over an e-mail allegedly claiming responsibility for the deadly bombing at the New Delhi High Court, police said.
Delhi Blast sketch suspect

Police Detain Three People Over Delhi Blast

Police detained for questioning three people on Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Kashmir over an email allegedly claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing of the New Delhi High Court, police said.

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