Committee set up to remove differences: GNA, MMA make headway
ISLAMABAD Nov 10: The Grand National Alliance (GNA) and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) have narrowed down major differences on contentious issues and came closer to an agreement on formation of government after...
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Iran MPs okay bill to clip judiciary powers
 TEHRAN, Nov 10: Iran’s parliament on Sunday approved a draft bill to allow President Mohammad Khatami curb the powers of the hardline judiciary, part of a bid to assert his authority...
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Curfew in Jordan city after riots
AMMAN, Nov 10: A policeman and two civilians were killed and another three people seriously injured in a southern city on Sunday as Jordanian special troops clashed with hundreds of armed...
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US plans swift ground action
NEW YORK, Nov 10: President Bush has settled on a war plan for Iraq that would begin with an air campaign shorter than the one for the first Gulf war, said...
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Cabinet, NSC meeting cancelled
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: A joint meeting of the cabinet and National Security Council (NSC), which was scheduled to be held on Monday, has been cancelled due to unknown reasons, sources in...
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US warns Iraq of ‘zero tolerance’
WASHINGTON, Nov 10: Iraq will be held to a “zero tolerance” standard on arms inspections under a new U.N. resolution, and any breach will trigger serious consequences, the US national security...
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ICSID asks govt not to pursue case against SGS
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has “recommended” to the government of Pakistan not to pursue the case which it filed against the Swiss company, SGS,...
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Jamali briefed at GHQ, claims PML-Q
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday held separate meetings with political leaders, including two aspirants for the top slot....
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More foreign students enrolled in US varsities
NEW YORK, Nov 10: Despite tighter visa regulations imposed by the US Justice Department the number of foreign students enrolled in public research universities rose modestly since the Sept 11 attacks,...
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20 Afghan women prisoners released
 KABUL, Nov 10: Twenty women prisoners jailed without trial in Afghanistan for violations of Shariat laws walked free on Sunday after a pardon was issued by Afghan President Hamid Karzai....
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Two rockets land at military base
PESHAWAR, Nov 10: Unknown assailants fired two rockets at a paramilitary base on the Afghan border that instead landed in a residential area in Miranshah, administrative officials and residents said on...
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Two suicide bombers die in Israel
TEL AVIV, Nov 10: Two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up in northern Israel on Sunday after Israeli border guards spotted them and moved in to arrest them....
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UK newsman forced to leave Lanka
PARIS, Nov 10: British journalist Paul Harris, correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and Jane’s Intelligence Review, is being forced to leave Sri Lanka, allegedly following a campaign of intimidation....
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Nawaz demands early convening of NA session
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N, Mian Nawaz Sharif on Sunday expressed concern over the uncalled for delay in convening of the inaugural session of the National Assembly, saying...
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