Musharraf, Jiang pledge to work jointly for peace: Islamabad’s stance on terrorism backed
 BEIJING, Dec 20: President Pervez Musharraf and Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Thursday pledged to work together with complete unanimity for maintaining regional peace and stability....
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US tracking Al-Qaeda men in Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: American forces were reported here on Thursday to be engaged in hunting Al-Qaeda men fleeing into Pakistan....
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7 accords on vital matters signed
BEIJING, Dec 20: Seven agreements were signed here on Thursday, on the first day of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s five-day state visit, which will promote economy, science and technology in Pakistan....
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We have no territorial aims: FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Pakistan said here on Thursday it strictly believed in peaceful co-existence and had no territorial ambition against any country. “However, any misadventure on our eastern border or the...
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Initial reconstruction cost estimated at $3bn
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: Initial estimates of what it will cost to begin the reconstruction of Afghanistan over the next two-and-a-half-years range from US$2 to $3 billion, according to an early version...
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US to seek extradition of Al-Qaeda leaders
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The United States will seek to extradite Osama bin Laden and any other senior Al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders captured in Afghanistan or Pakistan, a spokesman for the US-led...
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Pakistan’s war fears imaginary, says India
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: Using a common idiom to dismiss Pakistan’s fears of a war with India as farfetched and even imaginary, New Delhi stood its ground on Thursday nevertheless against...
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Ex-Taliban official held in Chaman
QUETTA, Dec 20: Pakistan border security agencies have arrested a former Taliban official, Mulla Aminullah, in Chaman....
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Huge aid package for Afghanistan announced
BRUSSELS, Dec 20: Major donors launched a big aid scheme for Afghanistan on Thursday, saying it could grow into funding worth billions of dollars if the country’s new government keeps peace...
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Terrorism outcome of deprivation, says Moin
KARACHI, Dec 20: Federal Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider advised the US government here on Thursday to desist from converting the current war in Afghanistan into a conflict between Islam and Christianity,...
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Three more die in clash with fugitives
PESHAWAR, Dec 20: A fierce gunbattle between the Al Qaeda escapees and the law enforcement agencies in the Kurram Agency left three more people dead on Thursday, a senior government official...
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India begins troop build-up in Rajasthan
JODHPUR, Dec 20: India has begun moving hundreds of tanks and other army vehicles towards the Sindh-Rajasthan border, army officials and witnesses said....
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US freezes assets of Lashkar & Ummah
WASHINGTON, Dec 20: In action designed to mark the first 100 days of the start of its “campaign against terrorism”, the United States on Thursday placed the Lashkar-i-Tayyaba and Ummah Tameer-i-nau,...
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CE cancels Bangladesh visit
DHAKA, Dec 20: President Pervez Musharraf has cancelled a planned stopover in Dhaka next week on his way home from a visit to China, a Bangladesh foreign ministry statement said on...
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