Israelis pull out of Nablus, Ramallah: Siege of Arafat HQ continues
RAMALLAH, April 21: Israeli tanks rumbled out of two West Bank cities on Sunday after a crushing three-week occupation, but kept up sieges of Yasser Arafat’s headquarters and the Nativity Church...
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12 killed in fresh Gujarat violence
 AHMEDABAD, April 21: Twelve people, including a policeman, were killed and around 71 others injured on Sunday in fresh violence in Gujarat as Defence Minister George Fernandes toured the riot-torn state....
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France frees six Pakistani suspects
PARIS, April 21: French police who last Tuesday arrested seven Pakistani men during an early morning raid in Paris on suspicion of their links with Al Qaeda, have released six of...
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Referendum: SC to hear petitions daily
ISLAMABAD, April 21: A special bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of nine senior judges, would start day-to-day hearing of five constitutional petitions challenging the assumption of office of president by...
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ARD chief, others taken into custody
 RAWALPINDI, April 21: Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, president of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and former MPA of Jamaat-i-Islami, Dr Afzal Aizaz, were taken into custody by Rawalpindi police late...
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Qayyum, Lone stress peaceful struggle: Talks held in Dubai
ISLAMABAD, April 21: Sardar Abdul Qayyum, chairman Kashmir Committee, on Sunday confirmed that he met Abdul Ghani Lone in Dubai three days ago, but failed to recall if he had been...
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Man dies in police custody
KARACHI, April 21: Another man died in police custody on Sunday in an outpost of Orangi Town police station....
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Rocket damages gas well in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, April 21: A gas well of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) received damage when unknown armed men fired rockets in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district, some...
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10 die as wagon rams into tree
MULTAN, April 21: Ten persons were killed and eight others injured when a speeding wagon rammed into a roadside tree while negotiating a sharp turn near Adda Quarter, Chak no 215/EB,...
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Chirac to face Le Pen in runoff
PARIS, April 21: Far-right nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen ousted Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin from France’s presidential election race in the first round of voting on Sunday, first exit polls showed....
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Pakistan crush Kiwis
KARACHI, April 21: Pakistan romped to a crushing 153 run victory against New Zealand in the first One-day International here on Sunday, with fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar producing a career-best performance....
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Indus Treaty may be scrapped
LAHORE, April 21: The Indus Basin Water Treaty will be “automatically suspended” if India fails to invite Pakistan for the mandatory May meeting of the treaty....
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Three killed in grenade attack on function
PESHAWAR, April 21: At least three persons, including two children, were killed and 45 others sustained injuries when a man hurled a hand-grenade on a wedding function at Mehr Gul village...
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Jamaat chief put under house arrest
LAHORE, April 21: Police thwarted the Jamaat-i-Islami’s bid to hold its proposed Lahore-Rawalpindi long march through the GT Road by arresting its top leadership, including Qazi Hussain Ahmed, and some activists...
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Zahir not to revive monarchy
KABUL, April 21: Former Afghan king Mohammed Zahir Shah insisted on Sunday that he had no intention of reclaiming his throne after returning from 29 years in exile, he said in...
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Nawabshah sizzles
NAWABSHAH, April 21: The citizens of Nawabshah experienced the hottest day of summer on Sunday when the temperature rose to 46 degrees Celsius....
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Two killed in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, April 21: Two people died and three others were injured in Poonch district of Azad Kashmir on Saturday night in Indian shelling from across the Line of Control, police said....
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Blair to provide evidence against Saddam
LONDON, April 21: The British Prime Minister Tony Blair has dispelled impressions that a dossier of evidence that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction has been “pulled” for...
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