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I will not run govt after polls: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that he would no longer be running the government after elections as the responsibility would stand transferred fully to the elected...
War with Iraq may be unavoidable: Bush
MANCHESTER, N.H., Oct 5: US President George W. Bush said on Saturday that war with Iraq may be unavoidable and that delay was not an option to keep a defiant Iraqi...
American Muslims express outrage: Remarks against Prophet
NEW YORK, Oct 5: The American Muslim groups on Friday expressed outrage over the recent attacks by Christian fundamentalist Baptist Minister Rev Jerry Falwell on Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)...
Deterrence policy reiterated
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The government vowed to forge ahead with its defence policy of “minimum deterrence,” amidst a barrage of international condemnation on Saturday of its pre-election testing of a nuclear...
5 Muslims indicted on war charges in US
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: The US Justice Department on Friday charged six people, five of them Muslims, with conspiracy to wage a war against the United States by fighting on the side...
13 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Three Indian soldiers were killed and two injured in an explosion at a polling booth in occupied Kashmir, where 10 more people died in other related separatist violence,...
Thousands march in Italy against Iraq war
ROME, Oct 5: Thousands of anti-war demonstrators took to the streets of Rome and several other major Italian cities including Milan, Bologna, Venice and Florence on Saturday to protest US plans...
Tests to encourage missile, N-race: US
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: The United States said on Friday that tit-for-tat missiles tests by India and Pakistan would further increase tension in an already tense region and encourage a nuclear and...
President wants press laws issue resolved
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday issued directions to the ministries of information and law to immediately resolve the issue of press laws without compromising the freedom of...
US foresees resumption of talks on Kashmir
WASHINGTON, Oct 5: The Americans hope that India and Pakistan would resume their dialogue on the Kashmir dispute and other bilateral issues once the elections in Pakistan and the held Kashmir...
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