Delhi will hand over Pakistani criminals: Jaswant asks for list
NEW DELHI, Jan 21: India said on Monday it would extradite swiftly any Pakistani fugitives hiding out in its territory if Islamabad made such a request....
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Israelis seize W. Bank town
TULKARM (West Bank), Jan 21: Israeli tanks and troops took over Tulkarm in the West Bank on Monday in what Palestinian officials said was the first reoccupation of an entire city...
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India restarts work on Chenab power project
LAHORE, Jan 21: The Indian government has restarted work on a hydro-electric project, called Baghliar, on the Chenab River in spite of “strong reservations Pakistan had expressed about its design”....
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ADB raises social sector aid
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to increase by 20 per cent its annual assistance for social sectors with a view to alleviating poverty substantially....
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NSC to ensure continuation of policies: US team meets BoI chief
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Pakistan on Monday assured a US delegation that the National Security Council would ensure continuity of military government’s policies beyond Oct 12, 2002....
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Islamabad, New Delhi sincere in de-escalation: Canadian minister talks to Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Jan 21: India and Pakistan do not want their military standoff to trigger a war, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister John Manley said on Monday after talks with leaders of...
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US-India talks to focus on infiltration
NEW DELHI, Jan 21: Senior United States security officials were expected on Monday to share expertise in border management with their Indian counterparts as a meeting on counter-terrorism got underway, officials...
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Musharraf wants friendship with India: envoy
NEW DELHI, Jan 21: President Pervez Musharraf is committed to ushering a modern Islamic state in Pakistan which seeks to build an abiding friendship with India, a quest nurtured by the...
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Plea on jurisdiction of judges dismissed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition requesting the court to determine whether jurisdiction of the high court judges working at the benches has been curtailed as...
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Dialogue: Russian help sought
MOSCOW, Jan 21: Pakistan on Monday asked Russia to intercede with its ally India over the Kashmir dispute in a personal message to Russian leader Vladimir Putin delivered by a special...
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VHP begins march over temple row
AYODHYA, Jan 21: Thousands of Hindu activists and religious figures set off on Monday on a 600-kilometre procession to New Delhi to push their demands for a temple to be built...
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US efforts for easing tension to continue
TACOMA, Washington, Jan 21: US Secretary of State Colin Powell, flying home from a one-week tour of Asia, said on Monday he would resume work on reducing tension between India and...
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Donors pledge $4bn for Afghans
 TOKYO, Jan 21: World leaders on Monday pledged nearly four billion dollars at an international conference here to help pull Afghanistan out of its dark years of rubble, famine and misery....
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Musharraf won’t meet Benazir
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The government on Monday contradicted a report which suggested that a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto was on the cards during the former’s...
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Forces ready to thwart aggression: Musharraf
BAHAWALPUR, Jan 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan desired peace but its valiant armed forces were fully prepared to thwart any attempt at misadventure by the adversary....
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JI chief shifted to hospital
KOHAT, Jan 21: In view of the deteriorating health of Jamaat-i-Islami chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who was under house arrest in the Tanda Dam Rest-house, the provincial government on Monday night...
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Dostum’s men clash with Rabbani loyalists
KABUL, Jan 21: Fighting between factions of Afghanistan’s fragile Northern Alliance reportedly broke out on Monday even as pledges of reconstruction aid flowed in from international donors meeting in Japan....
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11 of a family shot dead in Valley
JAMMU, Jan 21: Unidentified men shot dead all 11 members of a Muslim family, including eight children, in occupied Kashmir on Sunday night....
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