Musharraf slams religious parties: Address at Peshawar meeting
 PESHAWAR, April 23: Reprimanding his opponents for misleading the people, President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on Tuesday he had established his democratic credentials by presenting himself before the nation to...
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Vajpayee faces censure at home, trouble abroad
 NEW DELHI, April 23: The Indian parliament decided on Tuesday to discuss an opposition censure motion against Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s government on April 30 over the Gujarat carnage amid...
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Pakistan won’t seek more fund for PRGF: Talks held with IMF officials
NEW YORK, April 23: Pakistan told the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday that the Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) would be the last Fund programme in Pakistan....
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CJ asks counsel to confine to referendum
ISLAMABAD, April 23: The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that Qazi Hussain Ahmad could not plead the case of Rafiq Tarar’s removal from the office of president who himself declared one...
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Palestinian commando leader killed
 AL KHALIL, April 23: Israel killed a leader of one of the deadliest Palestinian groups on Tuesday as its West Bank campaign shifted back to commando raids....
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Sri Lanka president says neglect led to ethnic war
NEW DELHI, April 23: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said on Tuesday her country had failed to build a pluralist state since independence and this had given rise to one of...
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Italian pensioners oppose immigration law
ROME, April 23: Raising angry fists towards parliament, hundreds of Italian pensioners who depend on migrant labour for domestic help protested on Tuesday against planned tough new immigration laws....
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Le Pen seeks TV showdown as protests swell
PARIS, April 23: Extreme right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen pushed for a head-on TV showdown with French President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday as protests snowballed across the country at his shock...
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Penalty for not keeping books of account
ISLAMABAD, April 23: The government has decided to levy penalty on all those persons who failed to maintain proper books of account, documents and records of income derived from business or...
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Amnesty for vehicles without duty planned
ISLAMABAD, April 23: The government is likely to announce an amnesty scheme for the non-duty-paid vehicles plying in various parts of the country....
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Indian soldier killed
NEW DELHI, April 23: Three people, including an Indian soldier, were killed on Monday when their jeep ran over a mine in Rajasthan....
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Army clothing banned
SRINAGAR, April 23: The authorities in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday banned the sale or production of army clothing apparently in a bid to prevent guerillas misusing fake military uniforms....
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Pakistan, China sign accord on railways
ISLAMABAD, April 23: Federal Minister for Communications and Railways Lt-Gen (retired) Javed Asharf Qazi said here on Tuesday that economic cooperation between Pakistan and China would further cement mutual relations between...
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Al Qaeda Building bomb, says a report
WASHINGTON, April 23: A top aide to Osama bin Laden has said the Al Qaeda network is attempting to build a “dirty bomb”, CBS television said on Monday, but the network...
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Muslim charity files law suit against US government
WASHINGTON, April 23: A US federal judge has said a law suit filed by America’s largest Muslim charity, the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, has raised distressing allegations...
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Musharraf’s defence team to be paid Rs4m
ISLAMABAD, April 23: The government has committed Rs4 million as fee to the defence team it has engaged to defend the assumption of Office of President by Gen Pervez Musharraf and...
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Osama in Peshawar, says paper
WASHINGTON, April 23: Osama bin Laden is alive and being harboured in the slums of Peshawar, a newspaper report said on Tuesday....
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APHC to boycott election
SRINAGAR, April 23: A hardline leader of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) said on Tuesday the coalition would boycott upcoming elections in occupied Kashmir and vowed no let-up in the...
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