Militant linked to attack on UN office arrested in Pak
Pakistani police on Friday said they had arrested a militant suspected to be linked to several suicide attacks including on the office of the UN food agency in the federal capital in which five persons were killed.
'Mullah Omar not in Karachi'
Pakistan has rejected a US newspaper report claiming that the one-eyed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar is in Karachi, terming it false and baseless.
Italy meeting of Dalai Lama draws China ire
China has voiced strong dissatisfaction over Italian Chamber of Deputies speaker Gianfranco Fini's meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, a media report said.

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