New force to fight terrorism: Musharraf discusses strategy
ISLAMABAD, May 11: The government decided on Saturday to raise a special investigation force and arm it with latest equipment for combating terrorism in the country....
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S. Arabia sets terms for ties with Israel
RIYADH, May 11: Saudi Arabia has for the first time come out with conditions for establishing diplomatic relations with Israel....
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Moin gives detainees list to US
WASHINGTON, May 11: No United States troops are stationed in Pakistan’s tribal areas, Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said here on Friday afternoon....
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Princess Abida Sultaan passes away
KARACHI, May 11: Princess Abida Sultaan, the heir apparent of the Bhopal state, who had migrated to Pakistan, died here on Saturday morning after a protracted illness. She was 89....
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First US-India wargames begin
AGRA, May 11: Special forces soldiers from the United States and India on Saturday took part in their first wargames in 39 years, marking a milestone in military cooperation between the...
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Attack on Al Qaeda delayed: report
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11: The US-led coalition forces were forced to postpone plans for a major assault against Al Qaeda remnants along the border with Pakistan, the Chicago Tribune reported on...
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Washington tightening rules for foreign students
WASHINGTON, May 11: The United States is instituting a new system for what amounts to heightened surveillance of the more than one million foreign nationals who are in this country attending...
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President calls off tour
ISLAMABAD, May 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called off his forthcoming visit to Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia on account of the recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan....
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Agreement on Omar’s trial in Pakistan
WASHINGTON, May 11: The United States has apparently agreed to let Pakistan try Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main accused in the Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder case, before making any...
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Another batch of prisoners returns from Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, May 11: Another batch of over 200 Pakistani prisoners freed from a jail in northern Afghanistan arrived here on Saturday....
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Arms seized from train: suspect held
MIRPURKHAS, May 11: The local police and law enforcement agencies on Saturday evening arrested a man suspected of bringing arms and ammunition from Karachi by Mehran Express....
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Crackdown on illegal immigrants ordered
ISLAMABAD, May 11: The federal government has directed the provincial governments to launch a crackdown on illegal immigrants and given police a two-week deadline to arrest them, an official source said...
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19 people drown in Philippines
TACLOBAN (Philippines) May 11: At least 19 people, most of them children, drowned when a motor launch overturned in the waters of the central Philippines on Saturday afternoon, police reports said...
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9 Mujahideen killed in valley
JAMMU, May 11: Indian troops on Saturday claimed killing nine Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir....
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