India test-fires new Agni version
 NEW DELHI, Jan 25: India on Friday flexed its muscles by test-firing a missile seen as the linchpin of its nuclear capability....
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Delhi has no reason to escalate tension: Musharraf calls for peace
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Friday that there was no reason for India to escalate tension on borders and called upon its leadership to improve relations...
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West deplores Indian act
WASHINGTON, Jan 25: US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday lamented India’s test of a short-range nuclear missile, but said he did not believe it would further inflame tensions between...
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Delhi braces for terror attacks on republic day
NEW DELHI, Jan 25: The Indian capital was turned into a veritable fortress on Friday ahead of the nation’s annual Jan 26 Republic Day military parade, with army and paramilitary sharpshooters...
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Karzai wants peace force for entire Afghanistan
 KABUL, Jan 25: Afghanistan’s interim leader met United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday and said there was a wide desire among Afghans for a broadened multinational military presence to help...
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Sattar terms missile test unwarranted
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar on Friday termed India’s missile test as “unwarranted and unwise” for being conducted at a time of heightened tension....
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Chirac to play role in ME peace process
PARIS, Jan 25: French President Jacques Chirac has decided to personally involve himself in bringing about peace in the Middle East, and to that end has publicly received two of the...
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ADB to help fight poverty
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Director General Asian Development Bank (ADB) South Asian region, Mr Yoshihiro Iwasaki here on Friday met Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz and discussed with him the bank’s lending programme,...
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Strike cripples life in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 25: A one-day strike to denounce excesses by Indian troops closed down shops here on Friday....
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Karzai names team to form Loya Jirga
KABUL, Jan 25: Afghanistan announced on Friday the line-up of a team that will take the first steps to form a government while a clash between the US forces and remnant...
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Sarajevans protest handover of Arabs to US
SARAJEVO, Jan 25: Some 200 people gathered in downtown Sarajevo on Friday to protest last week’s handover of six Arab terror suspects to US authorities, saying the move violated Bosnia’s laws...
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Al Quds committee calls for UN force
 MARRAKESH (Morocco), Jan 25: The Al Quds Committee on Friday appealed to the United Nations to immediately deploy an international force to the Middle East to “protect the Palestinian people”....
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Coalition troops using Karachi airport
KARACHI, Jan 25: A contingent of the US-led coalition troops has started using “some facilities” at the Quaid-i-Azam International airport as staging post for onward transportation of personnel and supplies to...
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Israeli F-16s bombard Palestinian targets
 GAZA, Jan 25: Israeli F-16 fighter planes launched strikes on Palestinian security targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday night, hours after a Palestinian suicide bomber in Tel...
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Islamabad condemns missile test
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Pakistan condemned a missile test by India on Friday, saying it threatened regional security....
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Islamabad favours policy of restraint
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Pakistan favours a policy of restraint in the region and will test-fire a series of its missiles when it is “technically required”....
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UNHCR, Kabul sign accord for DPs return
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: The UNHCR has signed a pact with the Afghan interim administration paving the way for the return of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran...
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8 Pakistani troops killed, claims India
JAMMU, Jan 25: The Indian army on Friday claimed killing eight Pakistani soldiers and destroying 10 bunkers in an exchange of fire across the Line of Control (LoC)....
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Warrants issued in Kolkata attack case
NEW DELHI, Jan 25: India said on Friday that Interpol had issued a warrant for the arrest of Dubai-based Farhan Malik, who heads a group India suspects of carrying out the...
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Musharraf greets Narayanan
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has greeted the President of India, K.R. Narayanan, on the occasion of their 52nd Republic Day falling on Jan 26....
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