New Delhi warns of ‘hard-hitting’ response
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: Indian officials squarely blamed Pakistan’s intelligence agencies on Sunday for last week’s audacious armed attack on Delhi’s Parliament House and Home Minister Lal Krishan Advani said New...
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Victory declared against Al Qaeda: Osama fled: commander
 TORA BORA, Dec 16: An Afghan militia leader on Sunday declared victory over Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda fighters in the battle for their last known stronghold in Afghanistan....
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US stresses restraint
NEW YORK, Dec 16: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday warned India and Pakistan not to allow situation in the region “to spiral out of control” following the attack...
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US may seek increased pressure on Jihadi groups
NEW YORK, Dec 16: The United States plans to increase pressure on Pakistan to curb the activities of two Mujahideen groups after a suicide attack on the Indian Parliament that killed...
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24 explosions rock three cities in China
BEIJING, Dec 16: China on Sunday was probing 24 explosions which rocked three cities in just two days, with 20 bombs exploding in one city and elsewhere a blast ripping through...
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AL voices concern over veto
CAIRO, Dec 16: Arab League secretary general Amr Mussa voiced surprise and concern at the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution on the Middle East crisis, the MENA news...
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UK army opposes Afghan troop plan
LONDON, Dec 16: Military chiefs are opposing Prime Minister Tony Blair’s plans to send thousands of peacekeeping troops to Afghanistan because they fear it may leave British forces overstretched, the Sunday...
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33 Hamas, Islamic Jihad offices closed
GAZA CITY, Dec 16: The Palestinian Authority has closed 33 premises of radical Islamist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the past two days,...
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Three US Marines injured
KANDAHAR, Dec 16: Three US Marines were seriously injured in an explosion at Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan on Sunday....
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Open Haj scheme date extended
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Last date for receipt of applications under Open Haj scheme has been extended up to Dec 22 for the convenience of the intending pilgrims, a religious affairs ministry...
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19 killed in Italian fire
NAPLES, Dec 16: A fire tore through a care home in southern Italy early on Sunday, killing 19 people, many as they slept, and injuring nearly a dozen, police said....
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Pakistan dismisses Indian allegations
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Pakistan on Sunday refuted allegations levelled by India that the attack on Indian parliament had been carried out by the activists of Jaish-i-Muhammad on the instigation of Inter-Services...
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Nation told to help set up tolerant society
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that by following the golden principles of Islam we can curb the negative trends of sentimentalism, extremism, hatred, violence and sectarianism....
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Ismail Cem holds talks with Sattar
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, arrived here on Sunday evening at the head of a high-level delegation, while on his way to Afghanistan....
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10 killed in Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Dec 16: A divisional commander and eight other members of the Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen were buried alive by an avalanche in occupied Kashmir on Saturday....
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Papers about WMD found, says Rumsfeld
KABUL, Dec 16: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday that “significant” documents were found during a search for evidence that Osama’s fighters may have been developing weapons of mass...
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Arafat calls for halt to attacks on Israelis
RAMALLAH, Dec 16: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat called in an address to his people on Sunday for a halt to all armed activities, including suicide bombings, against Israelis and said Israel...
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‘Progress in Tora Bora continues’
WASHINGTON, Dec 16: Despite claims by US-allied Afghan troops that they have driven Al-Qaeda fighters from their hideouts, US warplanes resumed bombing raids on Sunday, supporting a Pentagon contention that “it’s...
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