Baghdad turns into inferno: ‘Shock and awe’ attack begins
 BAGHDAD, March 21: The United States unleashed its full military might against Iraq on Friday with waves of air strikes that turned much of Baghdad into an inferno, as Washington declared...
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France, Russia to challenge invasion
MOSCOW, PARIS, March 21: Russia and France on Friday challenged the legal basis of the US-led invasion of Iraq, with Moscow saying it would appeal to the United Nations to rule...
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More Muslim states may be hit: Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21: More Muslim countries could be targeted by the United States after it has finished its war against Iraq, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Friday....
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Fiscal policies to continue: PM
 ISLAMABAD, March 21: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has assured the World Bank that Pakistan will remain fiscally responsible, and there will be continuity of reforms in the country....
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22,000 Pakistanis register with INS
WASHINGTON, March 21: The deadline for registration of Pakistani nationals with the US immigration department expired on Friday; almost 22,000 reported for registration....
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Pakistan unlikely to meet US demand
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Pakistan said on Friday that it had not yet received any request from the Bush administration to snap diplomatic ties with Baghdad and expel Iraqi diplomats in Islamabad....
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EU states split over post-war order
BRUSSELS, March 21: European Union leaders on Friday promised aid for Iraqi war victims but failed to heal their rifts over the rights and wrongs of the Gulf conflict....
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NWFP announces enforcement of Shariat
PESHAWAR, March 21: The NWFP government has decided to enforce Islamic Shariat in the province by introducing Enforcement of Shariat Act and Provincial Accountability Act in the provincial assembly....
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France, Germany reject call to expel Iraqi diplomats
PARIS, March 21: France said on Friday that it will not accede to an American request to expel Iraqi diplomats....
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Saddam injured: report
WASHINGTON, March 21: US intelligence sources say Saddam Hussein was seen being wheeled out of a Baghdad residential complex on a stretcher after the complex was struck in “decapitation attacks” by...
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Turkey opens airspace to US planes
ANKARA, March 21: Turkey has opened its airspace to US warplanes for operations against Iraq, Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul said late Friday on television....
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Rocket hits Iranian oil depot
TEHRAN, March 21: An oil refinery depot in southwestern Iran close to the border with Iraq was hit by a rocket on Friday, and two people were injured, Iranian government sources...
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Rallies held, partial strike observed
KARACHI, March 21: Anti-war protest rallies were held all over the country on Friday....
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12 US, UK troops killed
WASHINGTON, March 21: Eight Britons and four Americans became the first allied fatalities in the US-led invasion of Iraq on Friday when their helicopter crashed in Kuwait....
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PM’s US visit, Pakistan Day parade put off
ISLAMABAD, March 21: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has postponed his visit to the United States, UK, and France, an official announcement late Friday night said....
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SAF Games cancelled
ISLAMABAD, March 21: The government on Friday decided to cancel the traditional March 23 Pakistan Day Parade and the forthcoming SAF Games owing to the situation in Iraq, official sources said....
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