Pakistan in complex equation on Iraq: Saddam not popular: US
WASHINGTON, March 3: The United States understands that Pakistan faces a “very complicated equation” on Iraq and wants to resolve this conflict quickly to the benefit of Pakistan and other nations...
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Israeli army kills nine Palestinians
 GAZA CITY, March 3: Eight Palestinians, including a nine-month pregnant woman and a child, were killed on Monday and some 35 wounded as Israeli armour staged a new large-scale raid into...
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Sindh to get more water
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Monday agreed to release one per cent water more than historic share of Sindh before March 18 as total Rabi shortages...
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Khalid Shaikh being quizzed: Faisal
RAWALPINDI, March 3: President Pervez Musharraf’s spokesman Rashid Qureshi on Monday strongly dismissed claims that Khalid Sheikh had been shifted out of Pakistan....
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Govt avoids debate on MNAs kidnapping: Opposition members stage walkout
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Walkout after walkout by protesting opposition parties in the National Assembly on Monday failed to force the government to an immediate debate on alleged abduction of some tribal...
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12 paisa increase in power rates likely
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The power rates are likely to increase by at least 3 per cent (around 12 paisa per unit) as a result of quarterly fuel-based tariff revision due on...
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Apex court upholds LHC verdict : Khwajas’ release
LAHORE, March 3: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Lahore High Court verdict by which three members of the Khwaja family were ordered to be freed....
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Use of oil as weapon not feasible: Saudi envoy
RAWALPINDI, March 3: The Muslim countries should not use oil as a weapon in case of US attack on Iraq, said the ambassador of Saudi Arabia, adding “it is not feasible.”...
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Pakistan does not believe in arms race
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Pakistan does not believe in an arms race, though, India’s relentless pursuit of arms and its ambition to impose its hegemony on the region through force of arms...
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No decision on fresh UN resolution,says Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri told his British counterpart Jack Straw on Monday that Pakistan supported disarmament of Iraq in accordance with resolution 1441 and keenly awaits the...
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Major detained in raid for questioning
KOHAT, March 3: Intelligence personnel have detained a major of the Pakistan army, Major Adil Qudoos, who is described as an uncle of Ahmad Qudoos, who was arrested at the...
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Baghdad destroys missiles, warheads
BAGHDAD, March 3: Iraq scrapped six more banned Al Samoud 2 missiles and two warheads on Monday in line with UN disarmament demands, raising the total number of destroyed rockets to...
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NA debate on foreign policy tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain decided to defer the debate on foreign policy which was to be taken up on Monday after he found that the foreign minister...
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South Africa crash out of World Cup
DURBAN, March 3: South Africa were knocked out of the World Cup in the cruellest of circumstances on Monday as rain intervened to leave their final Group ‘B’ match against Sri...
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Six killed in Basra raids
BAGHDAD, March 3: Iraq said on Monday that US and British warplanes killed six civilians and wounded another 15 in raids on Basra, but Washington said the jets struck military targets...
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Pope ponders appeal to UN to avoid war
VATICAN CITY, March 3: Pope John Paul II intends to make a personal address to the United Nations Security Council if an appeal this week to US President George W. Bush...
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