India hints at giving in to US-led diplomacy
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: India is said to have privately hinted to Washington that it will take no unprovoked military action against Pakistan as long as American-led diplomatic efforts continue to defuse...
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No key shift in Kashmir policy expected: Musharraf addresses nation today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will address the nation on Saturday, at 7.30pm, over state-owned electronic media, official sources said....
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3m tons of wheat may be exported
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: With wheat stocks of around eight million tons, Pakistan is expected to allow export of around 3 million tons of surplus commodity here on Saturday....
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US raids force Pakistanis to flee border town
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: US planes continued bombing Zhawar town and its surrounding areas in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, prompting Pakistanis living close to the border to flee their homes, the Afghan...
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Israeli tanks bulldoze Gaza runway, cut off key road
 RAFAH, Jan 11: Israeli tanks and bulldozers tore up the runway of the Palestinian-controlled international airport in the Gaza Strip on Friday in retaliation for a Palestinian raid that killed four...
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Fire breaks out in Indian arms depot; 70 trucks gutted
JODHPUR, Jan 11: Two people were killed and at least eight others wounded in a fire on Friday at an Indian army ordnance depot in Rajasthan....
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Tensions high in Belfast but rioting abates
 BELFAST, Jan 11: Sectarian rioting abated on Friday in a run-down area of Belfast after two nights of fierce violence, allowing Catholic girls to attend school without major incident....
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Powell to discuss Indian demands with Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: US Secretary of State Colin Powell is arriving here on Wednesday to hold talks with the Pakistani authorities for de-escalating the tense situation in the region....
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Powell urges Delhi to be patient
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday urged India to be patient in its demands for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to take more action against terrorists....
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Indian army chief sees ‘scope’ for limited war
NEW DELHI, Jan 11: India’s army chief said on Friday the military situation with Pakistan was serious and “there is scope for a limited conventional war.”...
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Kuwaiti NGO seeks probe into Pakistan branch
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 11: A leading charity in Kuwait has rejected US accusations that it is financing Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda terror network and called for forming a Kuwaiti-American...
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Malaysia trying to help ease tension
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11: Warning of “major consequences” for all Asia if India and Pakistan went to war, Malaysia said on Friday it was trying to help ease tensions between the...
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16 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Jan 11: Sixteen people, mainly guerillas, were killed on Friday in fresh violence in Jammu and Kashmir which is at the heart of a military standoff between nuclear-armed India and...
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Chinese trader, son kidnapped, released
KARACHI, Jan 11: A Chinese and his eight-year-old son were kidnapped in Clifton and taken to Multan where a deal was struck; they were released on Friday, the police said....
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Anti-aircraft guns atop important buildings
RAWALPINDI, Jan 11: In view of the rising tension between New Delhi and Islamabad, anti-aircraft guns have been installed on the rooftops of important buildings in Rawalpindi; federal lodges and the...
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445 war detainees have no rights: US
WASHINGTON, Jan 11: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declared on Friday that the detainees from the war in Afghanistan — some of whom just arrived at a US naval base in...
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70 German troops arrive in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIRBASE, Jan 11: The first German troops taking part in an international security force in Afghanistan landed at an airbase outside Kabul on Friday after a two-day delay caused by...
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India claims killing 10 Pakistani soldiers
JAMMU, Jan 11: India on Friday claimed killing 10 Pakistani soldiers in firing across the Line of Control (LoC)....
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