Suicide attacks kill 25 Israelis: Bush asks Arafat to hunt murderers
 HAIFA, Dec 2: A Palestinian suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens when he blew himself up on a bus in northern Israel on Sunday, hours after a...
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UN draft deal offers 6-month interim govt: Symbolic role for Zahir Shah proposed
BONN, Dec 2: The United Nations on Sunday outlined a draft agreement for Afghanistan’s future, saying a text submitted for approval by rival Afghan groups meeting in Germany provided for a...
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26 killed, 21 houses destroyed in Valley
SRINAGAR, Dec 2: Seven Hindus en route to a wedding were massacred on Sunday by freedom fighters in the southern mountains of occupied Kashmir, adding to 19 deaths in overnight violence,...
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Wapda to challenge Chashnup tariff
ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Wapda has decided to challenge the tariff of Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (Chashnup) fixed by the economic coordination committee of the cabinet, causing it an additional annual...
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No Pakistani jets flew into Afghanistan, says US
NEW YORK, Dec 2: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday that he was convinced that Pakistan did not fly any airplanes or helicopters into Afghanistan to evacuate any Pakistani...
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Airstrikes, heavy tribal assault on Kandahar
KABUL, Dec 2: Dozens of civilians and at least 12 Arab fighters were on Sunday killed in heavy fighting outside Kandahar, as US warplanes backed tribal militias with some of the...
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Violence erupts in Bangladesh
 DHAKA, Dec 2: Several people were hurt on Sunday when police fired tear gas and used batons on strikers from Bangladesh’s main opposition party protesting the repeal of special security for...
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US mediation can help solve Kashmir dispute: expert
LONDON Dec 2: Former Deputy of UN mission in Kashmir, Brian Cloughley, has said the dispute cannot be resolved without intervention of a third party and America can do it....
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UN fears ‘war-like’ situation
GAZA CITY, Dec 2: The United Nation’s special coordinator for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, fears the unprecedented series of Palestinian suicide attacks against Israel could lead to a “war-like” state,...
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SAS missed Osama by hours: press
LONDON, Dec 2: A hand-picked group of British special forces operatives stormed one of Osama bin Laden’s mountain strongholds missing him by just two hours, said a British Sunday paper....
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Afghans urged to unite under Zahir Shah
 QUETTA, Dec 2: President Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party Mehmood Khan Achakzai has asked all the Afghan factions to shun their difference and unite under the leadership of former King Zahir Shah....
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Powell asks Arafat to act ‘sternly’
WASHINGTON, Dec 2: The United States has welcomed signs of some progress at the Bonn talks between various Afghan factions, with Secretary of State Colin Powell describing moves to set up...
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Expert suggests break-up of Afghanistan
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2: A US expert has suggested the break up of Afghanistan into allied independent states because it is a failed state destined to spread instability for ever....
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Army to get 300 Al-Khalid tanks by 2007
TAXILA, Dec 2: Pakistan plans to induct another force of 300 main battle tanks Al-Khalid into its armoury by 2007, sources told Dawn....
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Foreign newsman expelled
QUETTA, Dec 2: The government on Sunday expelled another journalist for his alleged involvement in undesirable activities....
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Blast near Pakistan mission
TEHRAN, Dec 2: A bomb exploded late on Saturday near Pakistan’s consulate in Zahedan, the Tehran daily Jomhuri-Eslami reported on Sunday....
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