US call to oust Arafat gets no support: Bush ME plan widely backed
 MADRID, June 25: Governments and leaders around the world on Tuesday praised US President George W. Bush’s speech supporting the creation of a Palestinian state, but told him Yasser Arafat’s fate...
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Palestine, Kashmir worlds apart: India
NEW DELHI, June 25: India on Tuesday rejected Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s comparison of the situation in the Palestinian territories to that in disputed Kashmir, saying the two were “worlds apart.”...
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Afghanistan still top supplier of heroin: Anti-Narcotics Day today
KABUL, June 25: Afghanistan is still the top supplier of heroin to Europe and produces almost the entire bulk of opiates consumed in central Asia, a top United Nations narcotics official...
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Razak unaware of bus convoy
ISLAMABAD, June 25: Commerce Minister Abdul Razak Dawood has expressed his ignorance about reports of the crossing over of a convoy of 50 Indian buses into Pakistan, through Wagah border on...
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Punjab PFC award by Sept 30
LAHORE, June 25: Punjab will announce the final Provincial Finance Commission (PFC) award distributing its resources between the 34 districts and the provincial government for the next three years before Sept...
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US officials have no clue to Osama whereabouts
WASHINGTON, June 25: US intelligence believes Osama bin laden is probably alive and hiding out in Pakistan’s tribal area, but US officials conceded on Monday they don’t really know....
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Mahathir to step down next year
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25: Veteran Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad will step down as prime minister and be replaced by his deputy Abdullah Ahmad Badawi next year, his ruling party announced on...
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750 feared dead in China floods
BEIJING, June 25: More than 750 people are feared dead in severe floods which have devastated large areas of China, official figures showed Tuesday, as an aid agency warned many of...
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Omar Asghar found dead
 KARACHI, June 25: Former federal minister Omar Asghar Khan died in mysterious circumstances on Tuesday as his body was found hanging from the ceiling fan at the residence of his in-laws...
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OIC moot begins
KHARTOUM, June 25: The 29th meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference began on Tuesday here with Sudanese President Omar Beshir alerting the participants to the challenges facing the Islamic world...
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Iran, India discuss terrorism
 NEW DELHI, June 25: Iran’s national security chief, Hassan Rowhani, held talks on Tuesday with the Indian leadership on terrorism and India’s tensions with Pakistan, officials said....
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Ex-hockey captain gets seven years RI
KARACHI, June 25: A former hockey captain, Mansoor Ahmed, was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment, with Rs2 million fine, by an accountability court here on Tuesday....
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Israel takes over Al Khalil
TEL AVIV, June 25: Israel, buoyed by US President George W. Bush’s new hardline policy on the Middle East, on Tuesday seized the West Bank’s largest city and geared up for...
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4 Russian copters to arrive soon
MOSCOW, June 25: Russia is selling a dozen Mi-171 military transport helicopters to Pakistan, the first Russian defence sale to Islamabad in six years, the Vedemosti Moscow business daily said on...
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India to help Nepal combat Maoists
NEW DELHI, June 25: India on Tuesday assured Nepal’s visiting King Gyanendra of military help, including helicopters, to help combat the Maoist insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom, officials said....
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Taj Khattak new VCNS
ISLAMABAD, June 25: The government on Tuesday announced the appointment of Vice Admiral Taj M. Khattak as Vice Chief of Naval Staff....
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