Bush pledges long-term ties with Pakistan: US hopes to facilitate talks on Kashmir
 WASHINGTON, Feb 13: US President George W. Bush declared Washington’s commitment to remain engaged with Islamabad and work with it on a long-term basis after his talks with President Pervez Musharraf...
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5 Palestinian cops die in Israeli raids
 BEIT HANOUN, Feb 13: Israeli forces killed five Palestinian policemen in raids in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after vowing to carve “security zones” in Palestinian areas to protect Israeli cities...
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Pakistan ready for talks on fugitives
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Pakistan on Wednesday reiterated that it was ready to discuss the extradition of 20 alleged “fugitives from law” and all other issues once a comprehensive dialogue between Islamabad...
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Omar a hard nut to crack: IGP
KARACHI, Feb 13: The police raided on Wednesday several places in various localities in the city for the recovery of the kidnapped US journalist, Daniel Pearl, on a lead given by...
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ME peace linked to just solution: OIC-EU dialogue ends
ISTANBUL, Feb 13: The two-day joint forum of the Organization of Islamic Conference and the European Union on the political dimension of civilization and harmony ended here on a high note...
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Musharraf seeks US mediation on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday urged the United States to mediate in Kashmir dispute, stating that bilateralism between Islamabad and New Delhi had failed....
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Pearl is alive, says President
WASHINGTON, Feb 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday he was “reasonably sure” kidnapped US reporter Daniel Pearl was alive and held out hope he would be quickly released....
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Top Al Qaeda man killed, says report
WASHINGTON, Feb 13: Despite reports that a missile fired by a CIA-operated Predator drone killed three civilians in Afghanistan, some US officials believe a top Al Qaeda finance director died in...
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Bus accident kills 37 Pakistani pilgrims
RIYADH, Feb 13: Forty pilgrims travelling by a bus from the United Arab Emirates to Makkah for performing Haj were killed on Wednesday in a road accident in eastern Saudi Arabia,...
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6 of a family killed as jeep hits landmine
BAHAWALPUR, Feb 13: Six members of a family were killed when their jeep blew up on Tuesday night after it passed over a landmine near Toba Chakowala close to Indo-Pakistan border...
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Dr Ehsan Rashid passes away
 KARACHI, Feb 13: Dr Prof Ehsan Rashid, eminent economists and former Vice Chancellor of Karachi University, died here on Wednesday night at Aga Khan Hospital where he was rushed after he...
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Mobile dealer in Pearl case released
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: The Judicial Magistrate, Islamabad, Mohammad Mumtaz Hussain, discharged on Wednesday a mobile phone dealer from his alleged involvement in the abduction of the US journalist for lack of...
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US leaders commend Pakistan policies
WASHINGTON, Feb 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf met a broad spectrum of US officials and politicians representing both sides of the aisle, leaders of world financial institutions and top leaders of...
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US army team calls on CGS
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: A five-member US delegation, led by Lt-Gen Mikolashek, Commanding General Third US Army, called on Wednesday on the Chief of General Staff, Pakistan Army, Lt-Gen Shahid Aziz Khan,...
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US plane crashes in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Feb 13: A US military MC-130 aircraft carrying nine crew and an undisclosed number of passengers has crashed in Afghanistan, a spokesman at the US base at Kandahar airport said...
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Pakistan shares clues of new Indian N-test with US
WASHINGTON, Feb 13: Pakistan had received some indications of an impending new nuclear test by India and shared its information with the United States, but Islamabad had no concrete evidence to...
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Nepal’s plea for taking embassy clerk to task
KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the Pakistan government to take “necessary action” against a junior embassy official who was allegedly involved in a fake currency case....
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Zilhaj moon sighted
QUETTA, Feb 13: Zilhaj moon has been sighted in the country and Eid-ul-Azha will be observed on Feb 23....
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