India rigid on talks, withdrawal of troops
NEW DELHI, March 9: India said on Saturday it was neither interested in resuming bilateral talks with Pakistan nor was it planning to withdraw troops from the border until its problems...
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Participants sure moot will promote tolerance
ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Saarc information ministers’ conference ended on Saturday after taking many decisions, including agreement on free movement of journalists within the region and establishment of a media development...
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34 Israelis wounded in shooting
AL QUDS, March 9: Three Palestinian gunmen opened fire near a hotel in the coastal town of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv, wounding at least 34 people, before being gunned down...
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HBL, UBL sell-off before polls
KARACHI, March 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Saturday that the privatization of United Bank and Habib Bank will be completed before elections in October....
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Zubaida, Powell discuss reforms
WASHINGTON, March 9: Federal Education Minister Zubaida Jalal met Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice on Friday....
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Afghans, UN seek ‘truth commission’
KABUL, March 9: Afghanistan’s interim leader Hamid Karzai and UN leaders on Saturday called for a “Truth Commission” to investigate civilian killings and human rights abuses so the wounds of the...
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Karzai assured of Pakistan’s support
ISLAMABAD, March 9: In a meeting with Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Minister for Women Development, Attiya Inayatullah conveyed President Pervez Musharraf’s greeting and message of support....
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Seven women die in road accident
BAHAWALPUR, March 9: Seven women were killed and several others sustained serious injures on Saturday when a tractor- trolley carrying them overturned in Basti Gharibabad near Ahmedpur city....
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Kashmir was cause of discord at Agra: Sushma
ISLAMABAD, March 9: Indian Information Minister Sushma Swaraj has attributed the failure of Agra summit to Pakistan’s refusal to denounce ‘cross-border terrorism’ and India’s rejection of Islamabad’s demand to accept Kashmir...
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Delhi to abide by SC verdict on Ayodhya
 NEW DELHI, March 9: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said on Saturday the Government would abide by the Supreme Court directions on VHP’s programme to carry out ‘Bhoomi Puja’ near the...
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BD blames Indian govt for killings
DHAKA, March 9: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Saturday said India could have done more to prevent the massive death toll in the country’s worst communal violence in more than...
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Narayanan ashamed at killings
NEW DELHI, March 9: Indian President K.R. Narayanan said on Saturday that he felt “ashamed” at the happenings in Gujarat and assured a delegation of Muslim leaders of taking up the...
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Paris plans trial of ‘French Taliban’
PARIS, March 9: French Justice Minister Marylise Lebranchu said on Saturday that the French government had decided to try on French soil the seven French citizens accused by Washington of being...
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Three cops killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, March 9: Three Indian policemen were among 12 people killed in occupied Kashmir on Friday night and Saturday....
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ANF seizes 160kg heroin
QUETTA, March 9: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Balochistan has seized 160kg of heroin from Posti Girdi Jungle area of Chaghai district on Saturday, some 70 km North of Dalbandin, official sources...
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Latif Galadari passes away
KARACHI, March 9: Abdul Latif Galadari, a noted industrialist, died here on Saturday evening. He was 62....
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