Govt ready to concede ground on LFO: Talks next week: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The government and the opposition have decided to hold talks next week to remove their differences on the...
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Russia to block passage of fresh resolution
MOSCOW, March 8: Russia will block the passage of a second UN Security Council resolution on Iraq, doing “everything it can” to prevent it passing, a top foreign ministry official said...
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Ultimatum to UNSC members on vote
UNITED NATIONS, March 8: Members of the deadlocked United Nations Security Council were given an ultimatum on Friday to be prepared to vote on a US/Britain-Spain...
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Women seek peace, workplace security
KABUL, March 8: Calls for peace, political clout and workplace protection were trumpeted across Asia as thousands celebrated International Women’s Day on Saturday....
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Khalid’s arrest to help prevent attacks: Bush
WASHINGTON, March 8: President George W. Bush said on Saturday that the arrest of a key Al Qaeda leader, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, will help prevent future terror attacks....
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Lawyers observe ‘black day’
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Lawyers on Saturday observed a black day to protest against the amendments made to the Constitution through the LFO, Gen Pervez Musharraf’s...
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Israel kills Hamas security chief
 GAZA CITY, March 8: The Israeli army killed the security chief of Hamas and three of his bodyguards in a helicopter...
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Musharraf summons Senate on 12th
ISLAMABAD, March 8: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday called the newly elected Senate to meet on Wednesday for its inaugural session where opposition parties have threatened to create a furore to...
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Iraq praises Blix report, flays US attitude
BAGHDAD, March 8: Baghdad said on Saturday it viewed the new disarmament report delivered to the United Nations as “fair” but likely to offer only a brief respite on the road...
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Six more missiles destroyed
BAGHDAD, March 8: Iraq destroyed six more banned Al-Samoud 2 missiles on Saturday, resuming a process chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix described as...
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Musharraf’s nephew detained, freed
WASHINGTON, March 8: US authorities kept a nephew of President Pervez Musharraf in detention for two weeks for a visa violation, US and Pakistani officials said on Saturday....
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Publisher arrested in Delhi for spying
NEW DELHI, March 8: An Indian book publisher was arrested for allegedly passing on classified documents to foreign missions in New Delhi, including the Pakistan high commission, a police source said...
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One killed in Heart bomb attack
KABUL, March 8: One person was killed and 10, including seven children, injured in a series of bomb attacks in the western Afghanistan province of Herat, a local commander said on...
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Pakistani held in Spain
MADRID, March 8: A Pakistani is among the five men arrested in Spain on suspicion of involvement in the suicide attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian resort island of Djerba...
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Turkish debt rescheduled
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Turkey has rescheduled $51.6 million debt owed to it by Pakistan. Secretary Economic Affairs Division, Dr Waqar Masood Khan and General Manager Export Credit Bank of Turkey,...
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India-Iran naval exercises soon
NEW DELHI, March 8: India and Iran will carry out their first ever joint naval exercises in the Arabian Sea to boost bilateral defence ties, an official said on Saturday....
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