UN inspectors spying, says Saddam
BAGHDAD, Jan 6: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Monday declared his country ready for war and issued his first public criticism of UN weapons inspectors, accusing them of spying....
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Pakistan alone to conduct operations: FO rejects hot pursuit deal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Pakistan on Monday said that India’s official statement about nuclear weapons last week signalled an “important extension of Indian policy of using nuclear weapons”....
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NCA to decide on use of N-weapons
 RAWALPINDI, Jan 6: The National Command Authority headed by President Gen Pervez Musharraf is authorized to take a “unanimous decision” for using nuclear weapons unlike India where the prime minister has...
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Pakistanis advised not to miss registration
WASHINGTON, Jan 6: The US Immigration and Naturalization Service has asked Pakistanis living in America not to miss the special registration that begins next week....
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Haass rules out anti-Pakistan deal with India
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: US envoy Richard Haass on Monday ruled out any quid pro quo deal with India against Pakistan even as Washington seeks to enlist New Delhi’s support over...
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UN gives another chance to N. Korea
VIENNA, Jan 6: The United Nations nuclear watchdog adopted a resolution on Monday deploring North Korea’s decision to restart its nuclear programme without international inspections, but giving Pyongyang a second chance...
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Supreme Court takes up losers’ case today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday start hearing of constitutional petitions seeking change in the law which barred those politicians who were defeated in the October elections from...
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Agni, Prithvi being placed under new command
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: Two operational missile groups of the Indian army, with 150-250kms short-range Prithvi and longer version 2,500kms Agni missiles, both capable of carrying nuclear warheads, are being transferred...
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More profit on savings schemes for pensioners
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The government has decided to offer an additional 1.5 per cent profit rate to pensioners on all the National Saving Schemes (NSS)....
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LFO not part of Constitution, says PBC
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: Pakistan Bar Council, the apex body of legal practitioners, on Monday said that Legal Framework Order 2002, was not part of the Constitution, and three years’ extension in...
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US forces infiltrated into Iraq: paper
WASHINGTON, Jan 6: About 100 United States special forces members and more than 50 Central Intelligence Agency officers have been infiltrated inside Iraq and have been operating there in small groups...
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KESC tariff reduced by 5.5 paisa
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has reduced power tariff for the consumers of the Karachi Electric Supply Company by an average 5.5 paisa per unit....
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No decision on Iraq attack: US
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: The United States has not taken any decision to attack Iraq, a top official travelling here said on Monday....
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Four killed in accident
QUETTA, Jan 6: Four persons were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger wagon and a trailer on Quetta-Chaman Highway near Saranan, some 60kms north of...
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Pakistanis not to get dual Indian citizenship
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: India on Monday declared Pakistan as among the countries whose nationals would not be entitled to claim the proposed dual citizenship for people of Indian origin, news...
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French PM to visit India
NEW DELHI, Jan 6: French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin will pay a state visit to India on Feb 6-7 to launch a “French Season”, a series of economic and cultural events...
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