Pakistan to stay in US-led coalition: Musharraf rules out coup
 LONDON, Nov 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf vowed on Thursday that his country would stay in the US-led anti-terrorism coalition until its aims were met....
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Taliban asked to close Karachi consulate: Staff given three days for withdrawal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The government on Thursday asked the Afghan embassy to close down its Karachi consulate and immediately withdraw all its staff stationed there....
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Vajpayee not to attend UN lunch
NEW YORK, Nov 8: To avoid meeting President Gen Pervez Musharraf, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has decided not to attend a luncheon being hosted by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan...
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PPP, govt ‘very close’ to finalizing deal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The government and PPP are reportedly “very close” to finalizing a deal under which Ms Benazir Bhutto will be able to come back to the country without any...
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Osama factor may force Pakistan, India to meet
NEW DELHI, Nov 8: There are enough loose cannons in India and Pakistan who are loyal to Osama bin Laden and regard leaders of both countries as their enemies and who...
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Bush, Blair go back on ME peace commitment: War against ‘terrorism’
WASHINGTON, Nov 8: The United States appeared on Thursday to distance itself from the Middle East conflict, which it has been trying to dampen down since the Sept 11 attacks on...
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World Bank ponders on Afghans’ uplift
WASHINGTON, Nov 8: The World Bank, looking at a post-Taliban scenario for Afghanistan, believes that reconstruction funding should be channelled through a trust fund, a mechanism that it feels would ensure...
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Alliance ready for big attack on Mazar
KABUL, Nov 8: Afghan opposition forces were poised on Thursday for a major attack on Mazar-i-Sharif in their first big push of the US-led war against the Taliban....
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US blocks assets of 2 financial networks
WASHINGTON, Nov 8: The United States on Wednesday blocked the American assets of two financial networks, Al-Barakaat and Al-Taqwa, and similar action was taken at several places abroad as part of...
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85 Harkat fighters killed in bombing
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: US bombing in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed 85 fighters of a militant group allied with the ruling Taliban, a spokesman for the Harkat Jihad-i-Islami group said....
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Taliban ‘repulse’ 3 attacks
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Afghanistan’s Taliban militia denies opposition forces are close to the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and claims to have repulsed three attacks to the southwest, the Afghan Islamic Press...
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Iqbal birth anniversary today
 ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The nation will celebrate 124th birth anniversary of philosopher and poet of the East, Allama Mohammad Iqbal on Friday in a befitting manner throughout the country....
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Aid package for Pakistan being readied
WASHINGTON, Nov 8: The Bush administration is readying a trade promotion package of up to $700 million for Pakistan, a key US ally in the war in Afghanistan, officials said on...
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Edhi says 4m lives at stake in Afghanistan
KARACHI, Nov 8: Over four million Afghans have been affected by the bombings of the US-led coalition and with the on set of chilling winter they were threatened with annihilation due...
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Increase in pension announced
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The pesion of federal government employees has been increased by 15 per cent with effect from December 1, 2001....
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Beijing to supply 69 locomotives
BEIJING, Nov 8: A formal contract was signed here on Thursday under which China would supply 69 locomotives and 175 passengers coaches worth $200 million to Pakistan to modernize its railway...
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Nabi Bakhsh Zehri dies
KARACHI, Nov 8: Mir Nabi Bakhsh Zehri, a former senator, died here on Thursday after a protracted illness. He was 80....
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US warplanes begin using Bagram airfield
TEHRAN, Nov 8: A representative of an anti-Taliban in northeastern Iran said on Thursday US warplanes touched down for the first time at Afghanistan’s key Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, late...
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