No point in holding talks, says Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Jan 28: In a politically vital endorsement of Home Minister Lal Krishan Advani’s rejection of talks with Pakistan in at least the foreseeable future, Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari...
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Six Al Qaeda men die as US forces storm hospital
KABUL, Jan 28: US and Afghan forces stormed a hospital in Kandahar and killed six suspected Al Qaeda fighters on Monday, ending a tense six-week siege....
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Over 600 killed in Nigeria explosions
LAGOS, Jan 28: More than 600 bodies of drowned people were retrieved from canals in Lagos on Monday after bomb explosions from a burning military arms depot triggered panic in Nigeria’s...
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Five killed in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 28: At least five people were killed and 11 others injured in indiscriminate and unprovoked Indian shelling in two sectors of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Monday....
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JI chief set free, shifted to Lahore in custody
PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The NWFP government on Monday withdrew the detention orders against Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad on medical grounds and set him at liberty....
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IMF mission due on 31st to review economy
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A four-member IMF review mission is arriving here on Jan 31 for two weeks’ visit to discuss the performance of the Pakistan economy during the first six months...
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World Bank urges govt to bridge social gap
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The World Bank has called upon the government to adequately narrow down social gap in society to alleviate poverty and contain huge public and foreign debt.
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UN to step up efforts for DPs’ return
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The UNHCR has decided to intensify efforts to identify invisible refugees who continue to live precariously in urban centres such as Peshawar and Quetta and relocate them to refugee...
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Delhi’s response unfortunate: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Pakistan Monday termed “unfortunate” the Indian response to Pakistan’s offer for peaceful settlement of all outstanding issues between the two countries....
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Donors’ team in talks to revive Afghan economy
KABUL, Jan 28: A team of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund experts began talks with Afghan officials on Monday on ways to help revive the country’s shattered economy....
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Powell raises newsman’s case with Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: Secretary of State Colin Powell talked to President Pervez Musharraf by telephone on Monday and discussed with him the India-Pakistan situation....
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5 fishermen drown as boat capsizes
KARACHI, Jan 28: Five fishermen drowned in a boat accident near Charna Island off Mubarak Village on Friday night, it was learnt on Monday....
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Delhi claim on killing of 2 Pakistanis denied
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The official spokesman on Monday described as “ridiculous and funny” the claim by Indian authorities in New Delhi that they had gunned down two Pakistanis suspected of involvement...
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APHC to set up body for special polls
 SRINAGAR, Jan 28: The All Party Hurriyat Conference said on Monday it would set up its own election commission as a first step towards holding polls for representatives to discuss Kashmir’s...
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‘Briton held at US base brainwashed’
 LONDON, Jan 28: One of the Britons being held at the Camp X-Ray detention centre at the US naval base in Cuba must have been brainwashed, or the victim of a...
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Karzai meets Bush
 WASHINGTON, Jan 28: The US operation against terrorism in Afghanistan must go “to the absolute end”, interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said on Monday after meeting President George W. Bush....
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