4 Israeli troops die in attack on post: Hamas claims responsibility
 KEREM SHALOM (Israel), Jan 9: Two Palestinian guerillas stormed an Israeli army post in southern Israel on Wednesday, killing four soldiers before they were shot dead in an attack that shattered...
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Curbs on extremist groups likely: Musharraf’s upcoming speech
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is expected to address the nation on Saturday to take people into confidence about the growing tension in the region and the proposed measures...
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National Kashmir committee set up
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has constituted the National Kashmir Committee (NKC) presided over by Azad Kashmir Muslim Conference chief Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan....
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Border tension not an election issue, says BJP
NEW DELHI, Jan 9: India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party said on Wednesday that war with Pakistan was not part of its election plank in the forthcoming polls due next month in...
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Afghan troops told to leave Kabul
KABUL, Jan 9: Afghanistan’s new government ordered Afghan troops to quit Kabul within three days on Wednesday to make way for a 17-nation security force, while controversy broke out over the...
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Arrangement not being changed: US hunt for Osama
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Pakistan has refuted reports that the arrangement with the United States on the conduct of military operations in Afghanistan to hunt Osama bin Laden is being altered....
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China not to play peacemaker’s role
BEIJING, Jan 9: China does not see itself in the role of peacemaker in the ongoing dispute between its two neighbours India and Pakistan, a ranking foreign ministry official said on...
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Peres advises India not to raid Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Jan 9: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Wednesday said India should not launch attacks on alleged guerilla camps in Pakistan as it was “unnecessary and unwise”....
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US plane crashes in Kharan: 7 killed
QUETTA, Jan 9: At least seven American marines were killed when a US military aircraft KC-130 crashed into a mountain some 10 kilometres ahead of Shimshi base in Kharan District, Pakistan,...
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Bangladesh police teargas AL protesters
 DHAKA, Jan 9: At least 20 people were injured on Wednesday as police in Bangladesh fired teargas to disperse leaders and activists from the Awami League protesting fuel price hikes....
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Iran-India study on gas project by June
ABU DHABI, Jan 9: Iran and India will conclude by mid-2002 a feasibility study for a gas pipeline linking the two countries, a project dogged by New Delhi’s security concerns of...
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Powell due in Pakistan next week
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: US Secretary of State Colin Powell is due to visit Pakistan and India next week, it was announced here on Wednesday....
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Kashmiris protest killing of shopkeeper
SRINAGAR, Jan 9: Police in occupied Kashmir fired teargas on Wednesday to disperse several thousand Muslim villagers protesting over the alleged murder of a civilian by the Indian forces....
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Donors for Afghanistan to meet on 21st
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: More than 50 countries, almost all multilateral donors, the United Nations, and Afghanistan’s interim government, will participate in the ministerial-level conference on the Reconstruction of Afghanistan to be...
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Convoys’ security to be discussed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The officials of the International Assistance Security Force, the UN officials and the representatives of the Afghan interim administration would hold the first joint meeting on security issues...
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US assures Pakistan of defence help
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: A senior United States defence official here on Wednesday assured Islamabad of Washington’s continued defence assistance and cooperation, the defence ministry said....
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