US warplanes destroy Iraqi artillery: Americans told to be ready for a long war
 WASHINGTON, March 19: The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that US aircraft had destroyed 10 Iraqi artillery pieces in southern Iraq....
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No justification for war, says Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The Pakistani government said on Wednesday the US-threatened war against Iraq was unjustified, but avoided to bring a joint resolution with opposition parties in the National Assembly to...
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Saddam’s exile impossible: Aziz: Bahrain’s king offers asylum
BAGHDAD, March 19: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said on Wednesday it was “impossible” for President Saddam Hussein to bow to US President George W. Bush’s ultimatum to go into...
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Essentials’ stocks to be replenished
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The federal cabinet here on Wednesday discussed the threat of an imminent war in the region, and decided to maximize stocks of oil and other essential commodities to...
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UN Charter violated, say Russia, France
UNITED NATIONS, March 19: The United States was lambasted at the UN Security Council on Wednesday for its “unilateral” decision to take military action against Iraq, with foreign Ministers of France,...
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Turkish parliament to vote only on overflights
ANKARA, March 19: Turkey’s government said on Wednesday it would ask parliament only to approve US military overflights to Iraq, signalling the end of Washington’s urgent efforts to deploy thousands of...
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Germany expels four Iraqi diplomats: Bonn insists on peaceful means
BERLIN, March 19: Germany has expelled four Iraqi diplomats for activities considered “incompatible with their diplomatic status”, the foreign ministry announced on Wednesday....
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US must protect civilians: Annan
UNITED NATIONS, March 19: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan reminded the United States and Britain on Wednesday of their legal duty to protect Iraqi civilians in what he called the imminent...
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US special forces, agents enter Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 19: US special forces and CIA agents have already entered Iraq to prepare the battlefield for an invasion that would be code-named Operation Iraqi Freedom, major television channels here...
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30 states join coalition to disarm Saddam, says Washington
WASHINGTON, March 19: The United States has announced that 30 countries have agreed to be a part of the coalition for the immediate disarmament of Iraq, and several more countries are...
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US slams Croatia, Chile over opposition
ZAGREB, March 19: The United States on Wednesday voiced disappointment over Croatia’s opposition to military intervention in Iraq without the support of the United Nations, warning it could have negative consequences...
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Musharraf receives Khatami’s message
 ISLAMABAD, March 19: A special Iranian envoy flew into Pakistan on Wednesday to deliver a message from President Mohammad Khatami to President Pervez Musharraf as a US-led invasion of Iraq appeared...
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Jamali’s visit to US put off
ISLAMABAD, March 19: In view of an imminent US-led attack on Iraq, Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s scheduled visit to the United States has been postponed, sources in the Prime Minister’s...
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Now war is upon us, says Chirac
PARIS, March 19: President Jacques Chirac told his council of ministers on Wednesday that “all that’s left now is to resolve ourselves to a war which will arrive in the next...
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Kaleem Saadat appointed air chief
 ISLAMABAD, March 19: Air Marshal Kaleem Saadat has been appointed chief of Air Staff with immediate effect, says an ISPR statement issued here on Wednesday....
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Iraq warns US troops of definite death
BAGHDAD, March 19: Washington is deceiving US soldiers and officers and sending them to “definite death” in any invasion of Iraq, Iraqi Information Minister Mohamad Saeed al-Sahhaf claimed on Wednesday....
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Non-essential staff may leave Pakistan: US
WASHINGTON, March 19: The US State Department on Wednesday authorized the voluntary departure of non-emergency staff and diplomats posted in Pakistan, ahead of an expected backlash in the country to any...
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Five killed in tribal clash
QUETTA, March 19: Five tribesmen were killed and as many others injured in an armed clash between two rival groups of Kahri and Sawand tribes in Nasirabad district, on Wednesday evening....
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Arif Nizami elected APNS president
KARACHI, March 19: Arif Nizami of Nawa-i-Waqt and Mohammad Aslam Kazi of Kawish have been elected president and general secretary, respectively, of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society for the year 2003-04,...
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17 Iraqi troops surrender: US army officer
WASHINGTON, March 19: Seventeen Iraqi soldiers surrendered to US and allied forces close to the Iraqi-Kuwait border on Wednesday, the Pentagon said....
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