Israel kills four on Jordanian border
 TEL AVIV, March 24: Despite intensified US-led efforts to close in on an elusive ceasefire, nine Palestinians and an Israeli were killed in incidents across the region on Sunday, from the...
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Troops patrol tense Gujarat streets: India’s image tarnished: Vajpayee
 AHMEDABAD, March 24: A woman was stripped and fatally stabbed by a mob on Sunday in the Gujarat state where hundreds, mostly Muslims, have died in the decade’s bloodiest communal riots....
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Delhi reiterates stance on ties
SIMLA, March 24: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday said that India wanted to resume normal relations with Pakistan, provided it gave up support to “cross-border militancy”....
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Al Qaeda fighters regrouping, says Cheney
NEW YORK, March 24: Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters are regrouping in Afghanistan after the recent end of the biggest ground offensive of the war, and are expected to try to...
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Musharraf urges nation to promote brotherhood
ISLAMABAD, March 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called upon the nation to renew its pledge to work for the progress and prosperity of the country....
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US can hit Iraq without Arab support: Murphy
RIYADH, March 24: Former US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy has said that even without the Arab support, the US can go ahead and hit Iraq....
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14 PPP, PML men released on bail: Nawabzada opposes referendum
LAHORE, March 24: Fourteen activists of the PPP and the PML (N) arrested by police for trying to hold a meeting of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) at Mochi...
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50 injured as police teargas rally in BD
 DHAKA, March 24: At least 50 people were injured on Sunday as riot police tear-gassed opposition activists to break up an anti- government rally in a park in central Dhaka, hospital...
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French FM meets Karzai
KABUL, March 24: French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine flew into Afghanistan on Sunday for talks with interim leader Hamid Karzai and offering Paris’s support for the six-month old administration....
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WB calls for removal of subsidy on gas
ISLAMABAD, March 24: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to reduce the number of lifeline (residential) gas consumers enjoying subsidized fixed rates from 80 per cent to 20 per cent and...
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Top Tamil negotiator arrives in Maldives
MALE (Maldives), March 24: The chief negotiator of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels arrived at this Indian Ocean atoll nation on Sunday on his way home, ending three years of self...
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US dept under fire over Pakistanis’ disappearance
WASHINGTON, March 24: US Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Sunday he had ordered a “very substantial” investigation at the embattled immigration agency and reassigned one official as authorities searched for...
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4 Indian troops killed in Valley
SRINAGAR, March 24: Four Indian soldiers were among six people killed in occupied Kashmir on Saturday night and Sunday....
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Two Afghans killed
ISLAMABAD, March 24: Two Afghans were killed and four others injured on Sunday in an ambush near an airfield used by US forces in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, the Afghan Islamic...
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Indonesia, China vow to improve relations
 BEIJING, March 24: China and Indonesia pledged to boost trade and cooperation in wide ranging fields on Sunday, as the two countries’ largest oil companies agreed to form a partnership on...
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India working on SBAS for plane guidance
NEW DELHI, March 24: India is developing its own satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) for communication, navigation and guidance of aircraft in their respective airspace and surrounding areas....
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EC not informed of referendum, says official
ISLAMABAD, March 24: The Election Commission has not been intimated of the government plans for holding presidential referendum, a high official of the Commission told Dawn....
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Taliban-era passports cancelled
KABUL, March 24: Afghanistan announced on Sunday the cancellation of all passports issued during the Taliban’s 1996-2001 rule in a bid to stop “foreign terrorists” travelling on them....
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80,000 DPs repatriated since March 1
ISLAMABAD, March 24: Nearly 80,000 Afghan refugees have returned home from Pakistan since March 1, quoting United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Voice of America reports....
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Truce talks begin
AL QUDS: Senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials started a new round of US-mediated talks late on Sunday seeking agreement on a ceasefire declaration, sources from both sides said....
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