UN inspectors seek more time: Iraq asked to give account of chemical material; US presses for action
 UNITED NATIONS, Jan 27: The chief UN weapons inspector, Mr Hans Blix, and the Director General of the Inter-...
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Forces sent to guard gas installations
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The government on Monday sent paramilitary forces to protect sensitive gas installations in the three provinces after the Sui gas pipeline was blown up for the second time...
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Pakistan, US differ on infiltration: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Pakistan said on Monday that no request had been made by the United States seeking Islamabad’s assistance in the possible military action against Iraq....
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Blast an act of sabotage: SNGPL
MAZARI GOTH (Rajanpur), Jan 27: The Sui Northern experts have ruled out the possibility of any technical fault being behind the Sunday night’s pipeline blast, saying it was clearly an act...
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Dr Swamy wants ‘reconciliatory’ steps by Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Dr Subramanium Swamy, President of India’s opposition Janata Party, has expressed the hope that President Pervez Musharraf would take some “reconciliatory” initiatives during what the Indian politician described...
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EU seeks more time for UN inspectors
BRUSSELS, Jan 27: Struggling to paper over their policy split on Iraq, European Union foreign ministers on Monday pleaded for more time for United Nations weapons inspectors to continue their disarmament...
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ADB to offer $800m for development projects
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will offer $800 million in 2003 to undertake seven development projects including $150 million “Decentralization of Social Services Project” in Sindh....
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India offers Pakistan ‘China model’: Resolution of issues
NEW DELHI, Jan 27: India urged Pakistan on Monday to take a lesson from the way New Delhi and Beijing have been peacefully seeking to resolve their complex bilateral problems, including...
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FBI chief orders mosque counting
WASHINGTON, Jan 27: FBI Director Robert Mueller has ordered the agency’s 56 field offices to develop a demographic profile of their localities, which would include counting the mosques in their areas....
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Washington terms Delhi durable partner
NEW DELHI, Jan 27: The United States on Monday virtually anointed India as its most durable ally in the war on terrorism and declared that New Delhi and Washington faced a...
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Pakistan wants peaceful solution to Iraq issue: PM
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 27: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has reiterated that Pakistan was very much concerned over the developments in the Gulf region and wanted to resolve the...
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Musharraf, Franks discuss Afghan situation
 RAWALPINDI, Jan 27: The Commander-in-Chief of the United States Central Command (Centcom), General Tommy R. Franks, called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Monday and discussed with him issues concerning...
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Landmines at border areas posing threat to lives
SIALKOT/BAHAWALPUR, Jan 27: A number of people have lost their lives or become crippled due to the landmines planted by the army along the border areas....
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Sindh PA initiates debate on law, order
 KARACHI, Jan 27: Amid mounting incidents of kidnapping for ransom and dacoity and killings in the province, the Sindh Assembly on Monday initiated a debate on the law and order situation,...
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Gold at 6-year high; $ tumbles versus euro
LONDON, Jan 27: Spot gold on Monday hit $372.55 an ounce in European trading, its firmest level since December 1996 and more than 30 per cent higher than this time last...
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Seven buried alive in Chitral
CHITRAL, Jan 27: Seven people were buried alive in an avalanche near the Lowari top on Sunday evening. The victims were travelling in a jeep...
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