22 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza HQ
 GAZA CITY, Feb 10: Israeli F-16 warplanes on Sunday bombed the security headquarters in Yasser Arafat’s Gaza City compound, hours after Palestinian gunmen shot dead two women soldiers in the southern...
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New tax on petroleum products under study
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: The government may charge a new tax on petroleum products to collect Rs15 billion for increasing strategic oil storage, Dawn learnt on authority....
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Vajpayee threatens to step down
NEW DELHI, Feb 10: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was quoted on Sunday as threatening to quit over differences with rightwing hawks in his coalition, and for the first time...
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Iran closes offices of Hekmatyar
TEHRAN, Feb 10: Iranian authorities have closed offices of exiled Afghan warlord Gulbadin Hekmatyar, sources said on Sunday....
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AJK rejects Wapda’s figures on arrears
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 10: The AJK Electricity Department has rejected Wapda’s figures regarding the outstanding power dues against it, maintaining that the authority had no justification to disconnect power supply to Azad...
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UK declares itself no US ‘patsy’
LONDON, Feb 10: Foreign Office Minister Peter Hain said on Saturday that Britain was a staunch ally of the United States but would not be its “patsy” on the world stage....
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France claims success in Al Qaeda investigation
PARIS, Feb 10: French authorities say that one of the three men arrested last Monday, (Feb 4) in Paris, has “come clean” with them and made a number of “stunning revelations”...
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Kabul seeks Moscow’s help to build army
MOSCOW, Feb 10: Afghan interim Defence Minister General Mohammad Qasim Fahim flew to Moscow on Sunday seeking pledges from Russia, a long-time sponsor of the victorious anti-Taliban forces, to help beef...
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Extradition treaty draft finalized with UAE
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates have finalized the draft law for the extradition treaty, allowing both the countries to seek the extradition of those convicted or wanted...
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Karzai in UAE to mend fences
KABUL, Feb 10: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai arrived in the United Arab Emirates Sunday on a fence-mending mission, as authorities questioned the top Taliban official to surrender since the regime’s...
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S. Arabia willing to quiz suspects
RIYADH, Feb 10: Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz said Sunday that Riyadh would interrogate Saudi suspects being held by the United States if Washington hands them over....
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India tests cryogenic engine
NEW DELHI, Feb 10: India has successfully carried out the “full test firing” of a domestically developed powerful cryogenic engine used in rockets to launch satellites in geostationary orbits, the PTI...
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