Japan presses for talks on Kashmir: Musharraf lauded for reforms, fight on terror
 TOKYO, March 14: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday praised President Pervez Musharraf for his reforms and resolve to fight terrorism, but said he wanted both Pakistan and India to...
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Ayodhya braces for showdown today: More troops amassed; VHP adamant about prayers
AYODHYA, March 14: A major showdown loomed in Ayodhya on Thursday, after Hindu activists vowed to stage an inflammatory religious ceremony in defiance of a supreme court ban and government warnings....
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Palestinians blow up Israel’s hi-tech tank
 TEL AVIV, March 14: A crack Israeli Merkava battle tank was destroyed for the second time in a month by Palestinians in an attack in Gaza Strip on Thursday....
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Punjab closes canals for Sindh
LAHORE, March 14: The Punjab government on Thursday decided to close down all its canals and gift inflows of Indus, Jehlum and Chenab rivers to Sindh. Lt Gen Khalid Maqbool, the Punjab governor, took this decision on the instruction of President Pervez Musharraf...
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European Union eyes for major political role
BRUSSELS, March 14: European Union leaders start meeting in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday on transforming the 15-nation bloc into the new millennium’s most dynamic economic powerhouse....
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All contracts be made public first, observes SC
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that all the contracts/treaties which the government intends to sign with the foreign countries and companies must be made public before their...
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Dispatching of NICs to AJK residents stopped
ISLAMABAD, March 14: The federal government has stopped dispatching around 37,000 national identity cards (NICs) to the residents of Azad Kashmir because of objections over their nationality status, official sources said...
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PML-Q manifesto next month
ISLAMABAD March 14: The PML-Q leadership, which met here on Thursday, decided to announce its election manifesto for the October polls in April....
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3 Lashkar activists killed
VEHARI, March 14: Three Lashkar-i-Jhangvi terrorists, one of them carrying Rs500,000 head money, were killed in an encounter with police on Wednesday night....
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Over 80 PPP leaders, workers arrested
KARACHI, March 14: Over 80 PPP workers, including some top leaders, were arrested by police on Thursday when they tried to take out a procession against the Thal Canal Project....
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President meets emperor, empress
 TOKYO, March 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf met Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko here on Thursday at the Imperial Palace....
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Deceased Pakistani pilgrims buried in S. Arabia
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Saudi authorities have buried 36 Pakistani nationals who expired in a tragic bus accident at Batha, Saudi Arabia....
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USAID reopening missions: official
ISLAMABAD, March 14: US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Thursday that it was re-opening its missions in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the new fiscal year with a focus on...
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Man retracts Pearl’s murder confession
LAHORE, March 14: A man appeared in the office of an Urdu daily on Thursday, claiming to have killed US journalist Daniel Peal....
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FO endorses UN Security Council’s resolution
ISLAMABAD, Mar 14: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the UN Security Council Resolution 1897, passed early this week, which affirmed vision of “a Palestine living state side by side with Israel within...
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War on terror to help resolve world conflicts: Bush
WASHINGTON, March 14: With US special envoy Gen Anthony Zinni in the Middle East trying yet once again to arrange a truce, President George Bush has distanced himself somewhat from the...
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US indicts Omar
WASHINGTON, March 14: British-born militant Ahmed Saeed Omar Shaikh was indicted on two counts of hostage taking in the kidnapping and slaying of US reporter Daniel Pearl, according to documents released...
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Stocks jump to 2-year high
KARACHI, March 14: The KSE 100-share index on Thursday crossed the 1,900 points barrier marking a two-year high on heavy buying in the energy shares, appreciating by 3.77 per cent or...
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