Bush wants priority to Pakistan’s debt relief: Larson lauds economic reforms
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: Administration officials are “under instruction” from President George Bush to give “top priority” to working with Congress on the debt relief package for Pakistan announced by the US...
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Man carrying Pearl’s murder tape arrested
KARACHI, Feb 22: A man, who had allegedly handed over the videotape showing the killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl, was taken into custody in Karachi and shifted to Islamabad on...
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Musharraf phones Bush, offers sympathies
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The US president George Bush and President Gen Pervez Musharraf, on Friday resolved to continue the campaign against terrorism to make the world safe and peaceful for all...
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MoU signed for gas pipeline study
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Iranian Minister for Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh on Friday, said a decision on the issue of taking gaspipline from Iran to India either through Pakistan or deepsea would...
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President stresses spirit of sacrifice
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has urged people to demonstrate unmatched spirit of sacrifice with utmost adherence to religious traditions, and promote fraternity, equality and peaceful coexistence....
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NBP, HBL allowed to open branches in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Pakistan has granted permission to National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Habib Bank Limited (HBL) to open their branches in Afghanistan’s four cities....
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Middle East conflict can turn into war, warns Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22: Calling for a third party role in the Middle-East, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could slide towards full-fledged war....
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Muslims body vows to rebuild Babri mosque
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: An Indian Muslim organization vowed on Friday to rebuild a 16th century mosque whose demolition by Hindu zealots nine years ago sparked communal riots that claimed around...
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Jiang briefs Musharraf on Bush visit
 BEIJING, Feb 22: Chinese President Jiang Zemin telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf to brief them the on US President George W. Bush’s two-day visit to China,...
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Bush ‘deeply saddened’
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: The United States reacted with shock and outrage to news of the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl....
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Pilgrims stone the Satan
 MINA, Feb 22: Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims stoned the devil on Friday in the last stage of the annual Haj, as Muslims around the world marked the first day of...
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RSF protests destruction of PBC building in Gaza
PARIS, Feb 22: French journalists’ rights organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has sent off a stern protest to Defence Minister Benjamin Bel-Eliezer expressing its “indignation” at the destruction by Israel of...
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