Two killed in fresh Gujarat violence
 AHMEDABAD, May 5: Two people were killed and more than 30 injured on Sunday in fresh Hindu-Muslim violence in India’s riot-hit western state of Gujarat, after a nearly week-long calm, police...
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Islamabad to seek fugitives’ custody : Moin leaves for Washington tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Pakistan is asking the United States to hand over about a dozen of its fugitives living there and release a handful of innocent Pakistanis detained in Guantanamo Bay...
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10 children buried alive in Sukkur
SUKKUR, May 5: Ten children were buried alive and 90 other people injured when a double-storey building collapsed in the Bunder Road locality on Sunday....
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Landslide victory for Chirac
PARIS, May 5: France dealt a heavy defeat to extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen on Sunday in a presidential election runoff that returned conservative incumbent Jacques Chirac by a landslide, exit...
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Jatoi, Leghari may lead pro-govt group
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Pro-Musharraf politicians met at a dinner on Sunday to chalk out a course of action for countering the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, sources informed Dawn....
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India violating Indus Water Treaty
ISLAMABAD, May 5: India is well into the advanced stages of implementing the controversial Baglihar project in clear breach of the Indus Water Treaty, but Pakistan’s ministries of foreign affairs and...
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Osama seen in Pakistan: report
NEW YORK, May 5: The Afghan chief of military intelligence, Hazrat Uddin, has said that he has received “credible reports” that Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenant Ayman al Zawahiri,...
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400 Pakistanis to be freed: Dostum
KABUL, May 5: Top Afghan warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum on Sunday announced plans to free 400 more Pakistani prisoners suspected of involvement with the Taliban from the notorious Shiberghan jail...
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ARD’s call for interim government dismissed
LAHORE, May 5: The government on Sunday dismissed with contempt repeated demands by parties in the ARD that an interim government of national consensus should be set up to ensure free...
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Suu Kyi may be freed today
YANGON, May 5: Nobel Peace laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be released from 19 months of house arrest as early as Monday, according to sources in military-ruled...
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55 income tax exemptions to be withdrawn
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The government has decided to withdraw 55 income tax exemptions from the next financial year, officials sources told Dawn....
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12 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, May 5: Indian troops on Sunday killed eight Mujahideen in disputed Kashmir and four more people died in violence elsewhere in the Himalayan territory, police said....
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Many suffer heatstroke
SUKKUR, May 5: Scores of people fell unconscious as heatwave continued to grip many parts of Sindh on Sunday....
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Indian HR body censures govt over killings
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Indian’s National Human Rights Commission has censured in strong terms both the government and intelligence agencies for the recent anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state that have claimed more...
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