ElBaradei, Blix leave Iraq with optimism: ‘Change of heart’ seen
 BAGHDAD, Feb 9: Chief weapons inspector Hans Blix and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Sunday saw a positive...
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Punjab, Sindh likely to get 50pc less water
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) is likely to impose a 50 per cent cut on the water share of the Punjab and Sindh with effect from next week till March 31, Irsa sources told Dawn....
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India delaying visa to new diplomat: APHC’s Delhi office closed
NEW DELHI, Feb 9: When four of the five expelled Pakistani officials in India will be heading home by a land crossing on Monday, the fifth one would be bracing for...
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Pakistan wants talks: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the government and people of Pakistan desire talks with India to resolve all outstanding issues including core issue of Kashmir....
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US rejects proposal for more inspectors
NEW YORK, Feb 9: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that United States would go to war against Iraq “with or without” the UN approval....
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Over 2m faithful reach Mina
MINA, Feb 9: Haj 1423 Hijra has begun. The arrival by Sunday evening of more than two million faithful in this tented city of Mina, donning ihram and chanting talbiyah, marked...
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Windies surprise S. Africa
CAPE TOWN, Feb 9: Brian Lara inspired West Indies to an upset three-run victory over hosts South Africa after an extraordinary finish to the opening match of the 2003 World Cup...
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One killed in Indian shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 9: A man was killed and at least eleven others wounded in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday in unprovoked Indian shelling from across the Line of Control, officials...
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Arab govts powerless to stop war: Mubarak
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt) Feb 9: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hosted a mini-summit on the Iraq crisis in this Red Sea resort on Sunday even as he acknowledged that Arab governments were...
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GCC will send force to Kuwait
RIYADH, Feb 9: The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council announced mobilising and sending the joint “Peninsula Shield Force” to Kuwait “as soon as possible” so as to protect the Gulf state, it...
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Three die in attack on Israeli post
AL QUDS, Feb 9: Three Palestinian were killed in an attack on an Israeli army post guarding a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Israeli medical sources said....
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Putin against removing Saddam
PARIS, Feb 9: Russia does not support the US goal of removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power and believes a unilateral US strike would be a “big mistake”, President Vladimir...
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