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255 die in NY Airbus crash: It’s an accident, says US
NEW YORK, Nov 12: An American Airlines flight with 255 people on board crashed in a nosedive on Monday while taking off from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, setting fire...
N. Alliance takes over Herat, halts near Kabul
KABUL, Nov 12: Afghan opposition infantry reached the outskirts of Kabul on Monday after a major advance, but stayed out of the city in accordance with US wishes amid reports the...
Six-plus-two ministers back UN efforts
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12: Foreign ministers of Six-Plus Two group on Afghanistan on Monday endorsed efforts of Secretary General’s special representative on Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi to establish a broad-based Afghan administration...
Call for ceasefire in Valley
SRINAGAR, Nov 12: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Monday called for a ceasefire by all groups, including Indian occupation forces and Mujahideen, in Kashmir....
1994 water sharing decision annulled
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Indus River System Authority on Monday annulled the 1994 inter-ministerial committee decision regarding distribution of irrigation water among the provinces in proportions worked out on the basis...
Musharraf wants extremists isolated
NEW YORK, Nov 12: Regretting that mosques and madressahs in Pakistan were being used to spread religious and sectarian dissension, President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday urged the “silent majority” of...
22 killed in Valley
JAMMU, Nov 12: At least 22 people were killed in widespread violence in occupied Kashmir, senior army and police officials said on Monday....
Man, sister stabbed to death in Canada
TORONTO, Nov 12: Two Muslim students — a brother and a sister, whose parents are living in Jeddah — were stabbed to death in a high-rise complex in Mississauga, 25km west...
Pakistan repulses Indian attack
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Pakistan army on Sunday night effectively repulsed an unprovoked Indian attack in the Gyong sector, Siachen....
Global stocks fall
NEW YORK, Nov 12: Global stocks and the US dollar fell on Monday as investors took fright and fled for the safe haven of bonds, gold and the Swiss franc after...
Nepalese princess dies in copter crash
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The sister-in-law of the Nepalese king died on Monday when a private helicopter carrying her and five others plunged into the kingdom’s largest lake, state television said....
Vajpayee, Blair discuss Kashmir
LONDON, Nov 12: Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday held talks with Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee in which they discussed the disputed territory of Kashmir and the nature of...
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
NEW YORK, Nov 12: An American Airlines flight with 255 people on board crashed in a nosedive on Monday while taking off from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, setting fire...
SRINAGAR, Nov 12: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Monday called for a ceasefire by all groups, including Indian occupation forces and Mujahideen, in Kashmir....
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The sister-in-law of the Nepalese king died on Monday when a private helicopter carrying her and five others plunged into the kingdom’s largest lake, state television said....
