W. Bank assures Islamabad of support
 ISLAMABAD, May 13: World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn on Monday said that terrorism was not a unique problem in Pakistan and it must be seen in the global context....
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Pakistan seeks troop pullback, dialogue
ISLAMABAD, May 13: Pakistan on Monday reiterated its policy of seeking peace and asked India for de-escalation of the situation by withdrawing troops to their peace-time locations and resolving all disputes...
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Arafat prepared to accept Israel
WASHINGTON, May 13: On the same day as Israel’s Likud Party rejected the very concept of a Palestinian state, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said he was prepared to accept the state...
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‘Army kept PM in dark’
NEW YORK, May 13: The Pakistan army mobilized its nuclear arsenal against India in July, 1999, without the knowledge of the then Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, a senior White House adviser...
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Likud rejects Palestinian state
TEL AVIV, May 13: Israel’s ruling Likud Party passed a resolution on Sunday saying it would never agree to an independent Palestinian state, a victory for former Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu...
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Pakistan refuses to open Wagah border: India-Afghanistan trade
 ISLAMABAD, May 13: Islamabad has turned down a Kabul’s proposal to allow transportation of Indian goods to Afghanistan through the Wagah border, but indicated to open the Khunjrab Pass for Chinese...
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US lauds anti-terror efforts
WASHINGTON, May 13: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld praised Pakistan’s contribution to the war on terrorism on Monday, rejecting published reports that US officials are chafing at Islamabad’s reluctance to attack...
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US will grant $73m to fight terrorism: Moin
ISLAMABAD, May 13: Interior minister Moinuddin Haider on Monday said that Pakistan would get a $73 million grant from the United States to combat terrorism in the country....
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Wendy meets Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 13: US Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin on Monday called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday....
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‘France will not be humiliated by attacks’
PARIS, May 13: Accompanied by his new prime minister Jean- Pierre Raffarin and defence minister Michele Alliot-Marie, president Jacques Chirac came to Cherbourg this morning to mourn the 11 dead French...
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Rockets land at US base in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIR BASE, May 13: Unknown assailants fired two rockets in the latest attack on an airfield in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as US troops searched nearby for those responsible for...
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Stand-off has overburdened economy, IMF told
ISLAMABAD, May 13: The visiting five-member IMF review mission was told here on Monday that the external shocks and continued deployment of troops on borders have “overrun the expenditure” during the...
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Archaeology dept shifting ‘delayed’
LAHORE, May 13: The shifting of the archaeology department’s head offices to Lahore seems to have been “delayed” if not stopped as no record or personnel of its planning and development...
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Rabi-ul-Awwal moon sighted
ISLAMABAD, May 13: The Rabi-ul-Awwal moon has been sighted, chairman of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneebur Rehman, announced on Monday....
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Four arrested over UK arson attack
LONDON, May 13: Police have arrested four people in connection with an arson attack which killed seven people, including five young sisters and their mother from Pakistan who were on holidays...
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Chinese team due today
ISLAMABAD, May 13: An eight-member Chinese team headed by Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan is arriving on a two-day visit to Pakistan on Tuesday, a foreign office press release said....
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