Nine shot dead in Gaza, West Bank: Israel withdraws troops from Jenin
 TEL AVIV, April 19: Bloodshed across the West Bank and Gaza Strip left 10 Palestinians dead _ nine shot by Israeli troops and the tenth a suicide bomber, with an Israeli...
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Musharraf offers farmers incentives
 MULTAN, April 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf announced on Friday lifting of the entire wheat stock with the growers at a support price of Rs300 per 40kg as well as one-third...
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Bukhari warns of civil war
NEW DELHI, April 19: The imam of India’s biggest mosque said on Friday that civil war could erupt if genocide against Muslims in Gujarat did not end....
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Altaf seeks new constitution
KARACHI, April 19: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, has said a new constitution should be framed in accordance with the spirit of 1940 resolution, in which provincial autonomy...
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Indian HC man held with secret papers
ISLAMABAD, April 19: An official of the Indian High Commission, A.K. Khanna, was caught red-handed while receiving sensitive documents from a Pakistani national working at the Federal Secretariat, Foreign Office said...
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Paris moot to suggest steps for debt relief
ISLAMABAD, April 19: A two-day meeting of the Pakistan Development Forum (PDF) is due to begin on April 29 in Paris to discuss Pakistan’s current economic situation, with special reference to...
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7 French-Pakistani suspects arrested
. PARIS, April 19: Seven Pakistanis suspected of being Al Qaeda men were rounded up in a series of early-morning raids in Paris by the French anti-terrorist police...
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AI seeks inquiry into Jenin killing
LONDON, April 19: Amnesty International said on Friday there was evidence Israel’s military operation in Jenin had breached international law and called for an inquiry into human rights abuses against Palestinians....
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FBI cautions banks over terror attack
WASHINGTON, April 19: The US government has received “unsubstantiated information” that “unspecified terrorists” are considering physical attacks against US banks, the FBI said on Friday....
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Jaswant discusses stand-off with top commanders
NEW DELHI, April 19: Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh addressed a rare meeting of the armed forces commanders amid increasing decibels and stepped up diplomatic indiscretions between Islamabad and New...
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MQM urges end to plunder of resources
KARACHI, April 19: The “Sindh Solidarity Convention” held at Nishtar Park on Friday adopted the following resolutions, which were moved by deputy chief of MQM Coordination Committee, Aftab Ahmad:...
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Three Indian troops held on assault charge
 SRINAGAR, April 19: Indian forces have arrested three of their troops on suspicion of raping a teenage girl in occupied Kashmir, a spokesman for India’s Border Security Force (BSF) said on...
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Army’s stay in Gujarat will continue: Fernandes
AHMEDABAD, April 19: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes said on Friday that the army would continue to be deployed in Gujarat until the state government felt it was no longer needed....
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8 die in police ‘encounter’
KARACHI, April 19: Five alleged bandits and three residents were killed and nine others injured in Lyari early Friday in what police termed an encounter....
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Warrant for Benazir’s arrest issued
RAWALPINDI, April 19: An accountability court here has issued a non-bailable warrant for the arrest of the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto....
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Trade ties with Finland discussed
 ISLAMABAD, April 19: Pakistan and Finland on Friday expressed desire to strengthen the bilateral relations in various fields, with particular emphasis on economy and trade....
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