US troops close in on Baghdad after resistance: 25 US, UK soldiers killed
NASIRIYAH, Iraq, March 23: US forces moved past stiff resistance on Sunday in southern Iraq, reportedly suffering heavy losses in this Euphrates river town, to close in on Baghdad from two...
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Iraqis have captured 11 soldiers: Rumsfeld: Marines come under heavy fire, 50 wounded
WASHINGTON, March 23: Iraqi troops have captured some US soldiers who were earlier reported missing, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday....
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5 planes, 2 copters shot down: Iraq
 BAGHDAD, March 23: Iraq said on Sunday that it had shot down five coalition planes and two helicopters, and had stopped the advance of invading troops near Nasiriyah and Najaf in...
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Germany asks Europe to counter-balance US might
HAMBURG, March 23: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer warns against a series of US-led “disarmament wars” against other countries in the wake of presumed victory over Iraq, the German weekly Der...
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Historic use to determine water share in Kharif
ISLAMABAD, March 23: The Indus River System Authority has decided to distribute irrigation water to the provinces on the basis of historic use in the upcoming Kharif season amid continuing tussle...
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Italy, Jordan expel Iraqi diplomats
ROME, March 23: Italy’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that it had ordered four Iraqi diplomats to leave the country immediately....
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China may seek role in PSM expansion: Jamali flies to Beijing today
ISLAMABAD, March 23: China is expected to seek permission for its companies to compete with Russia in the expansion of Pakistan Steel Mills, Karachi, during Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s three-day...
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Senate to debate Iraq and LFO
ISLAMABAD, March 23: The special session of the Senate summoned by its chairman Mianmohammad Soomro for Thursday will debate the US war on Iraq, foreign policy issues and the controversial Legal...
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US protests Russian arms sales to Iraq
 WASHINGTON, March 23: The United States has protested to Russia about reports that Russian firms have sold some weapons to Iraq, officials said on Sunday....
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MMA marchers condemn attack
 LAHORE, March 23: Tens of thousands of supporters of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and other opposition parties marched here on Sunday from Nasser Bagh to the Charing Cross on The Mall to...
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RAF plane downed by Patriot
LONDON, March 23: A British Royal Air Force plane shot down over the Gulf by a US Patriot missile was a Tornado fighter-bomber, Foreign Office minister Mike O’Brien said....
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Australia clinch World Cup
JOHANNESBURG, March 23: Australia captain Ricky Ponting’s 140 not out ensured the defending champions became the first team to win three World Cups when they beat India by 125 runs in...
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Kashmiri Leader shot dead
 SOPORE, March 23: Former chief commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen, Abdul Majid...
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US POWs, bodies Shown on TV
DOHA, March 23: Al Jazeera TV on Sunday broadcast images of several bodies, apparently of US soldiers killed in Iraq, with five prisoners, including two wounded, one of them a woman....
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Bush, Blair review invasion of Iraq
WASHINGTON, March 23: US President George Bush spoke with British Prime Minister Tony Blair over the weekend and the two leaders reviewed the invasion of Iraq, the White House said in...
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Tough fight lies ahead, says Bush
WASHINGTON, March 23: US President George Bush on Sunday warned Iraqis they would be punished as “war criminals” if they mistreated US prisoners, and said the United States was just beginning...
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Baghdad to respect Geneva Conventions
BAGHDAD, March 23: Defence Minister Sultan Hashem Ahmad said on Sunday that Iraq would respect the Geneva Conventions in its treatment of US and British prisoners of war....
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Four Jordanians killed in missile attack
AMMAN, March 23: Four Jordanian students were killed when a missile exploded near their car as they were driving out of Mosul, in northern Iraq, to flee US and British bombardments,...
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