NAM asks Iraq to cooperate with UN: Unilateral war opposed
 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23: Two-thirds of the world’s nations pressured Iraq on Sunday to defuse the Gulf time-bomb by “actively” cooperating with UN weapons inspectors, while warning the United States against...
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Pakistan’s N-arms in safe hands, says US
WASHINGTON, Feb 23: Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are in safe hands and the United States is satisfied with the measures Islamabad has taken to secure them, says a senior official of the...
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It was a pilot error: initial findings
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Initial investigations into Thursday’s VIP plane crash near Kohat that killed Pakistan Air Force chief Air Marshal Mushaf Ali and 16 others on board suggest it was due...
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Tough race on cards for Senate majority
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: A tough race for a Senate majority is expected when the country’s four provincial assemblies will elect 80 members of the 100-seat upper house on Monday....
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Power firms will pay fine to consumers: Performance standards
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: The electricity distribution companies (Discos) would be required to pay a fine of up to Rs10,000 to each consumer in case of power interruptions beyond a given time...
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Vehicles set ablaze, property damaged in Karachi
 KARACHI, Feb 23: Several vehicles were burnt and property damaged by the agitating participants of a funeral procession on Rashid Minhas Road and Sharea Faisal here on Sunday....
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Turkey may give green signal to US forces
 ANKARA, Feb 23: The Turkish government was expected to give its approval to a deal that would allow tens of thousands of US troops to deploy across its territory ahead of...
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Evicted Pakistanis submit memo to HC in Dhaka
DHAKA, Feb 23: The stranded Pakistanis, who were evicted from the Mirpur ADC relief camp on Saturday, submitted a memorandum to the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Dhaka on Sunday morning,...
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12 die as Israelis occupy Gaza town
BEIT HANUN (Gaza Strip), Feb 23: Israeli forces occupied a northern Gaza Strip town and started building camps in commandeered houses on Sunday, killing six Palestinians....
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NAM to adopt mild version of resolution
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23: Thanks to Arab disunity, the Non-Aligned Movement Summit conference is likely to adopt a highly watered-down declaration on Iraq, dropping the word “US aggression” and replacing it...
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Musharraf arrives in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Sunday to lead the country at the 13th Non-Aligned Movement Summit....
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Pope calls for day of fasting
VATICAN CITY, Feb 23: Pope John Paul II condemned “terrorism and the logic of war” during service on Sunday, and called on Catholics to fast and pray for peace on Ash...
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Powell in China to seek support
BEIJING, Feb 23: US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Beijing on Sunday from Tokyo on the second leg of a three-nation Asian tour hoping to secure Chinese support for...
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Vajpayee reiterates stance
NEW DELHI, Feb 23: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said that talks with Pakistan could resume tomorrow if Islamabad gave up what he said was cross-border terrorism, but he...
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Six die in road crash
 MULTAN, Feb 23: Six people, including five of a family, were killed and 21 others were injured in a road accident near Khanewal on Sunday....
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OIC meeting on NAM sidelines unlikely
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23: A meeting of the leaders of the Organization of Islamic Conference is unlikely to be held on the sidelines of the 13th Non-Aligned Movement summit conference beginning...
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Landmine kills four Iranians
QUETTA, Feb 23: Four Iranians were killed in a landmine explosion on Saturday near Mand at the border....
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Seven killed in Valley
JAMMU, Feb 23: Indian troops killed seven suspected freedom fighters on Sunday as they entered into occupied Kashmir, a police spokesman said....
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