Bush gives UN one day to decide on Iraq: Role in post-Saddam era sought
 LAJES (Azores Islands), March 16: US President George Bush said that Monday was the deadline to see if diplomacy could find common ground on the Iraq crisis....
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Politicians to continue talks on LFO
ISLAMABAD March 16: The president and parliamentary leader in the National Assembly of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, has said his party is ready to open dialogue...
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Afghanistan to set Pakistanis free
KABUL, March 16: Afghanistan has agreed to release hundreds of Pakistani prisoners who fought alongside the Taliban regime against US-backed opposition groups late in 2001, Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul said on...
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Israel seals West Bank, Gaza
AL QUDS, March 16: Israel on Sunday sealed off the Palestinian territories amid fears of an attack during the Jewish festival of Purim, as press reports revealed Israel wants the word...
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Nusrat Bhutto’s condition serious
ISLAMABAD, March 16: Begum Nusrat Bhutto, former first lady and mother of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, suffered a stroke in Dubai on Sunday and was in a serious...
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Pakistanis’ exodus to Canada accelerates
SAN FRANCISCO, March 16: An exodus of Pakistanis seeking to leave the United States has overwhelmed Canadian immigration authorities and swamped shelters, mosques, churches and aid agencies along the US-Canada border....
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UNSC to meet on Iraq today
UNITED NATIONS, March 16: The UN Security Council will hold closed-door consultations on Monday on French-German-Russian proposals on a disarmament timetable for Iraq, despite US insistence that the time for diplomacy...
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Aid to help win ‘war on terror’, says Powell
WASHINGTON, March 16: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has informed Congress that $395 million of financial assistance for Pakistan in 2004 will come from the Bush administration’s anti-terrorist budget....
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Arrested Al Qaeda man being quizzed
ISLAMABAD, March 16: Pakistani and FBI agents on Sunday interrogated Yasser Al-Jazeeri, a suspected Al Qaeda member, who was arrested in Lahore on Saturday....
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France, Germany, Russia want more time
PARIS, March 16: In a new declaration issued here, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Russia have asked that the UN inspectors be allowed to continue their work as “nothing...
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Trade zone to be set up in Karachi
KABUL, March 16: Pakistan is to establish a special trade zone in Karachi to allow swift transit of goods to Afghanistan and boost trade ties, Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul said on...
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Belgium to cut off facilities to US
BRUSSELS, March 16: Nato member Belgium threatened on Sunday to cut off its airspace and the port of Antwerp to the US military if the United States invades Iraq in violation...
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Pope urges Iraq to cooperate
VATICAN CITY, March 16: Pope John Paul on Sunday made one of his strongest appeals for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq crisis, warning of “tremendous consequences” if war broke out...
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Baghdad destroys more missiles
 BAGHDAD, March 16: Iraq carried on destroying banned al-Samoud missiles on Sunday, United Nations weapons inspectors said, despite Baghdad’s moves to put the country on a war footing ahead of a...
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Nine cops killed in Kashmir
JAMMU, March 16: Eleven people, including nine policemen, were killed and four were missing when mujahideen attacked a remote police post in disputed Kashmir early on Sunday, police said....
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Woman councillor shifted
KHAIRPUR, March 16: Ms Noor Khatoon Shar was shifted from here to an undisclosed location on Sunday, most probably Karachi, in view of the persistent threat to her life....
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