Israel lays siege to Nativity Church: Cairo suspends political contacts with Tel Aviv
 BETHLEHEM (West Bank), April 3: Israeli forces laid siege to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity on Wednesday, seeking to arrest, as they put it, dozens of Palestinians who had fired on...
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115,000 Wapda staffers transferred to corporate firms
ISLAMABAD, April 3: Wapda has transferred its 115,000 employees of grade 16 and below to 12 distribution, transmission and generation companies with effect from April 1, Wapda sources told Dawn....
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Cabinet okays referendum: Musharraf to address nation tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, April 3: The cabinet and the National Security Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the holding of a referendum to extend President Pervez Musharraf’s rule for a term of five years...
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2 more Al Qaeda men arrested
LAHORE, April 3: Police late on Wednesday night picked up two more suspected Al Qaeda men from a house in Township....
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5 Muslims burnt alive in India
 ABASNA (India), April 3: Eight people died, including five who were burnt to death, in renewed violence in Gujarat, two days before Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was due to...
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Israeli aggression threat to peace: FO
ISLAMABAD, April 3: Pakistan on Wednesday said the relentless escalation of Israeli military aggression against the Palestinians and the violation of Lebanese airspace by Israeli fighter bombers could widen the area...
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Handout on referendum creates confusion
ISLAMABAD, April 3: The language used in the seven-line handout which disclosed the most important news of the year that the NSC/cabinet had approved scheme of holding of ‘referendum on important...
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UN urged to send fact-finding team to West Bank
UNITED NATIONS, April 3: The UN high commissioner for human rights, Mary Robinson on Tuesday called for the United Nations to send an urgent fact-finding mission to the West Bank and...
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Plan to hit US interests foiled:L Faisalabad raid against Al Qaeda
FAISALABAD, April 3: A special team of American and local law enforcement agencies has succeeded in extorting vital information from the Al Qaeda members arrested during Thursday’s operation jointly conducted in...
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Has US hunted a top Osama aide?
PESHAWAR, April 3: Officials say they are certain that a top Al Qaeda lieutenant arrested last week was Osama bin Laden’s bagman, Abu Zubaydah....
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‘Musharraf speaks like opposition leader’
NEW DELHI, April 3: Going by the way he likes to target Home Minister Lal Krishan Advani, President Pervez Musharraf speaks like an Indian opposition leader, according to the only response...
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MMA team to meet Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, April 3: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), the conglomerate of six religio-political parties, has accepted President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s invitation to meeting him on Saturday (April 6)....
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Saarc official calls on President
 ISLAMABAD, April 3: The new secretary-general of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), Q.A.M.A. Rahim met President Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday....
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Indian with knives held at US airport
LOS ANGELES, April 3: An Indian who was carrying seven knives and two pairs of scissors in his baggage was taken into custody at the New Orleans airport in the US...
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Levy of GST on cooking oil, ghee put off
ISLAMABAD, April 3: The ministry of finance has decided to postpone the levy of general sales tax (GST) on cooking oil and vegetable ghee to avoid public anger....
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US asked to extradite French, Russian suspects
NEW YORK, April 3: Russia and France on Tuesday asked the United States to extradite their citizens who are among the Taliban and Al Qaeda captives at the United States Naval...
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New Delhi harassing leaders: APHC
SRINAGAR, April 3: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Wednesday accused New Delhi of terrorizing the body by detaining and harassing its top leaders....
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Tanks enter Nablus
NABLUS: More than 100 Israeli tanks entered the outskirts of Nablus on Wednesday, trading fire with Palestinian forces as they moved on the West Bank’s largest city, Palestinian security sources said.—AFP...
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