Pakistan backs UN peace efforts: Bonn accord flawed, says Fawzi
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: President Pervez Musharraf reiterated support for United Nations efforts to bring durable peace and stability to Afghanistan during a meeting with UN Secretary-General representative Lakhdar Brahimi here on...
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10 killed in ambush of Israeli bus
IMMANUEL (West Bank), Dec 12: Ten people were killed and at least 30 wounded on Wednesday when guerillas ambushed a bus outside a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, police said....
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Military action against Al Qaeda to go on, says coalition
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Coalition military action against Al Qaeda will not end in Afghanistan and it will continue to wipe out its cells operating elsewhere in the world, Spokesman Kenton Keith...
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US bombs Tora Bora as surrender deadline lapses
TORA BORA, Dec 12: US warplanes, including B-52 bombers, pounded Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda fighters on Wednesday after they rejected a deadline to surrender or die....
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Rs51.8bn budget approved for PIA
RAWALPINDI, Dec 12: The Pakistan International Airlines’ Board of Directors here on Wednesday approved Rs51.811 billion budget for the national flag carrier for the fiscal 2002....
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Mountainous escape routes under US watch
WASHINGTON, Dec 12: With the crumbling of Taliban and Al Qaeda resistance and amidst heightened surveillance of Pakistan’s borders with Afghanistan, the US military is reported to be examining potential escape...
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Pakistan will send report to UN : Anti-terrorism steps
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Pakistan will report, within a fortnight, to the United Nations on the implementation of “mandatory anti- terrorism measures” suggested by the world body, a government official told Dawn...
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Paris Club considering $4bn debt rescheduling plea
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The Paris Club creditors, now meeting in Paris, are considering sympathetically Pakistan’s request for rescheduling $4 billion debt, part of which also includes debt re-profiling....
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Ashcroft hints at execution of Osama
LONDON, Dec 12: US Attorney General John Ashcroft, on a visit to Britain, on Wednesday refused to rule out the possibility that Osama bin Laden could be executed if he is...
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2 Jews held in LA over plot to bomb mosque
LOS ANGELES, Dec 12: The chairman of the militant Jewish Defense League and one of his followers have been arrested in an alleged plot to bomb a major Los Angeles area...
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India tests long-range version of Prithvi
NEW DELHI, Dec 12: India on Wednesday test fired a longer-range version of its Prithvi surface-to-surface missile from a launch site off the eastern coast....
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Bullets fly over newsmens’ hotel in Kabul
KABUL, Dec 12: Television crews halted live broadcasts from the rooftop of Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel on Wednesday after bullets flew over their heads, journalists based there said....
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B-1 bomber crashes
WASHINGTON, Dec 12: All four crew members of a B-1 bomber that crashed in the Indian Ocean Wednesday have been rescued, US military officials said, citing initial reports....
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Islamabad to Mazar flight begins
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The flight operations from Islamabad to Mazar-i-Sharif started on Wednesday as the first UN flight left Islamabad International airport....
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Three-fold rise in remittances from US
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Remittances from USA to Pakistan have posted a three-fold increase during the last few months, President National Bank of Pakistan Syed Ali Raza said....
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Kandahar people being disarmed
CHAMAN, Dec 12: Governor Kandahar, Gul Agha, has announced that de-weaponisation and restoration of peace and order in the province is his top priority and soon a squad of 300 policemen...
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