Israeli PM threatens more bloodshed: 19 die in DP camps raid
 RAMALLAH, March 4: Israeli troops swept back into Palestinian refugee camps on Monday and killed 19 Palestinians, including five children and a doctor....
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Election Commission pledges impartiality
ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Election Commission on Monday resolved to “act with neutrality, objectivity, impartiality and independence” at every stage of the electoral process....
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US helicopter shot down in Gardez: Nine troops killed, 40 injured
WASHINGTON, March 4: Nine US troops were killed in Afghanistan on Monday in fierce fighting that brought down a special forces MH-47 helicopter and caused another to lose a man as...
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Omar not being extradited
ISLAMABAD, March 4: Pakistan has formally conveyed its decision to the United States that it will try Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, the prime suspect in Daniel Pearl kidnapping case, sources in...
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ADB to give loans on soft terms: Shaukat
ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Asian Development Bank has accepted Pakistan’s request to extend it concessional loans to help improve its economy in a big way....
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Mly govt’s overall HR record poor: US report acknowledges efforts on extremism
WASHINGTON, March 4: The Musharraf government’s effort to curb religious extremism and its decision to end separate electorates are noted in the US State Department’s human rights report for the year...
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Fata to be integrated with NWFP
PESHAWAR, March 4: Federally Administered Tribal Areas would gradually be converted into the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas in line with the under-implementation administrative and judicial reforms, envisaging Fata’s integration into the...
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Attacks on Muslims’ houses in Gujarat continue
 NEW DELHI, March 4: India was under international scrutiny on Monday over its handling of religious violence in Gujarat, which has killed at least 500 people, but officials in the devastated...
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Salaried class may lose tax exemptions
ISLAMABAD, March 4: The government is considering withdrawing tax exemptions being enjoyed by the salaried class on its perks and privileges, from July 1, 2002....
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BD slates Gujarat killings
DHAKA, March 4: The Bangladeshi government has described the communal violence in India, which has killed nearly 550 people, as a “slur on humanity.”...
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Nisar Memon to take oath today
ISLAMABAD, March 4: Nisar Memon will be sworn in on Tuesday evening as federal information minister, a slot lying vacant since Javed Jabbar’s resignation several months ago, official sources said....
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MoU signed on logistic cooperation with Thailand
 ISLAMABAD, March 4: The defence officials of Pakistan and Thailand on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for extending logistic cooperation between the two countries, a Foreign Office official said....
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Afghan quake toll rises to 210
ISLAMABAD, March 4: At least 150 people have been killed in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province by landslides caused by Sunday’s earthquake, raising the death toll to 210, according to an Afghan...
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Blair hints at backing US in ousting Saddam
LONDON, March 4: The British prime minister Tony Blair gave the biggest hint yet that Britain will support the US in any military confrontation to depose the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein....
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Two killed in Macedonia identified as Pakistanis
SKOPJE, March 4: At least two of the seven men killed by Macedonian police in a weekend clash were Pakistani nationals who fought in Afghanistan, Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski said on...
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5 cops among 22 killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, March 4: Five Indian policemen and 17 Mujahideen were killed in a series of gunfights occupied Kashmir on Sunday night and Monday....
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Pearl case: suspected kidnapper’s wife held
FAISALABAD, March 4: Police arrested on Sunday night the wife of Amjad Hussain Farooqi who is allegedly involved in the kidnapping-cum-murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl....
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Saudi proposal
JEDDAH, March 4: The 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Monday threw its weight behind Saudi Arabia’s proposal for peace in the Middle East and urged the US to...
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