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LONDON : Spanish curators claim the 'Mona Lisa' at the Prado in Madrid was executed by an artist in Leonardo da Vinci's workshop at the same time as the original. It is the first known copy of the most famous painting in history, and a discovery that curators at Spain's national art museum believe sheds new light on the creation of the masterpiece, The Independent reported Thursday.
Thursday, February 02, 2012 AT 08:54 PM (IST)
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ISLAMABAD/LONDON : Pakistani security agencies are helping the Taliban in Afghanistan and Islamabad knows the location of senior Taliban leaders, BBC reported Wednesday citing a secret NATO report. Islamabad has rejected the accusations. The report, prepared from thousands of interrogations, says the Taliban have wide support among the Afghan people. It alleges that Pakistan knows the locations of senior Taliban leaders.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 AT 08:47 PM (IST)
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former envoy to the US Husain Haqqani today left for the US after the Supreme Court eased travel restrictions that were imposed on him after he was implicated in the memo scandal. Haqqani travelled from the Prime Minister's House, where he was living for the past few weeks, to the international airport in Rawalpindi along with a large security detail early this morning.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 AT 03:19 PM (IST)
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ISLAMABAD : At least three people were killed and eight others injured Monday in a suicide blast in Pakistan's Peshawar city, media reports said. Citing Urdu TV channel Dunya, Xinhua said the blast hit a police check-post. However, Geo News said the explosion took place in Pakha Ghulam area at an under-construction house belonging to the leader of banned organisation Ansar-ul-Islam.
Monday, January 30, 2012 AT 07:39 PM (IST)
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DAVOS: Wary of the European debt crisis causing collateral damage all around the world, India, Japan and South Korea are working together to prevent the Eurozone turmoil spreading to Asia. The united efforts of the three major Asian economies were shared with the delegates at the World Economic Forum meeting by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
Saturday, January 28, 2012 AT 08:00 PM (IST)
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ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terror court conducting the trial of seven suspects linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks today adjourned proceedings till February 4 after defence lawyers raised legal questions about a judicial panel set to visit India to quiz key officials.
Saturday, January 28, 2012 AT 07:03 PM (IST)
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ISLAMABAD: Militants today fired rockets at the prestigious Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) near the compound where Osama bin Laden's was killed last year in Abbottabad, hours after army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani attended a meeting there.
Friday, January 27, 2012 AT 01:57 PM (IST)
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WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has made clear that she won't be serving in a second Obama term if there is one, is ready to step off "the high wire of American politics". Clinton told State Department employees Thursday that she's ready to be out of the public eye.
Friday, January 27, 2012 AT 11:59 AM (IST)
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WASHINGTON: Twitter has announced that it can now selectively censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, a move which may augur well for India which reportedly urged social media websites to remove offensive contents. In its blog post, titled 'Tweets Must Flow', the San Fransico-based micro-blogging company has said that it could "reactively withhold content from users in a specific country" if legally required to do so.
Friday, January 27, 2012 AT 11:08 AM (IST)
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ISLAMABAD : The ties between the US and Pakistan are witnessing a diplomatic thaw but it won't be back to business as usual, said a daily. An editorial in the News International Monday said that all the indicators are that "we are slowly returning to something resembling normalcy in our relations with the US". "...but it is not going to be back to 'business as usual'.
Monday, January 23, 2012 AT 07:23 PM (IST)
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