Muslims mulling oil as weapon: Mahathir’s briefing on OIC deliberations
 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26: The Muslim world is considering the use of oil as a weapon to exert pressure on the United States, but is unlikely to do so....
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NA takes up legislation after Senate elections
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The National Assembly opened its first regular session on Wednesday more than four months after its election, setting the stage for resumption of parliamentary law-making following three years...
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Blair suffers MPs revolt over Iraq
LONDON, Feb 26: Nearly 200 members of parliament defied British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s hawkish Iraq stance on Wednesday, saying that the case for war had not been proven....
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PM wants law, order improved
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has directed the ministry of interior to improve the law and order situation by coordinating with the provinces....
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US lawmakers ask India to open Kashmir to world
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 26: A six-member delegation of legislators from the northeastern US state of New Hampshire on Wednesday called upon the Indian government to open occupied Kashmir to the outside world...
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67 re-employed to be sacked: Jamali
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali assured the National Assembly on Wednesday that 67 persons who were re-employed against civil posts after retirement during the military government would be...
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Russia hints at using veto on Iraq issue
MOSCOW, Feb 26: Russia may veto a new resolution on Iraq put forth jointly by the United States, Britain and Spain, a senior Kremlin source said on Wednesday....
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Nehra sends England reeling to defeat
DURBAN, Feb 26: Barely-fit Ashish Nehra produced the third-best bowling figures in World Cup history to rout England by 82 runs as India took a huge step towards the Super Sixes...
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Snowfall in Al Quds
 AL QUDS, Feb 26: Snow poured down on the Middle East for a second straight day, shutting down businesses, schools and roads in Israel, Jordan and Lebanon....
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US allowed to use Saudi bases
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The United States and Saudi Arabia have reached new agreements on expanded use of Saudi military facilities in an invasion of Iraq, The Washington Post said on Wednesday,...
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Stranded Pakistanis observe hunger strike
DHAKA, Feb 26: Stranded Pakistanis evicted from Dhaka city’s Mirpur relief camp on Feb 22 staged a token hunger strike here on Wednesday morning, demanding immediate rehabilitation....
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Saudi Arabia sees no need for OIC meeting
RIYADH, Feb 26: Saudi Arabia sees no point in holding an emergency summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Iraq, as proposed by Qatar, a Saudi official said...
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3 tribal MNAs abducted, freed by agencies
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Three tribal MNAs invited by NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain at the Governor’s House were picked up by some secret agents and later freed on Tuesday evening, MMA...
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Briton kills two Afghan traders
KABUL, Feb 26: A British man killed two Afghans when an argument over a business deal erupted into a shootout at Kabul’s largest hotel, state media said on Wednesday....
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