Coalition forces bogged down at Basra, Nasiriyah: Progress made on other fronts
 NASIRIYAH, March 24: US and British forces were bogged down in fierce battles for the strategic southern Iraqi cities of Nasiriyah and Basra on Monday, despite reassurances from their top commander...
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Pakistan, China share identical views: Jamali: Kashmir issue, Iraq war
 BEIJING, March 24: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Monday that China and Pakistan had unanimity of views on all international issues including the war in Iraq....
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No facilities to US for Iraq war: FO
ISLAMABAD, March 24: Pakistan has extended no facilities to the United States-led military action in Iraq war, foreign ministry spokesman Aziz Ahmad Khan said here at Monday’s news briefing and affirmed...
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Budget for tackling poverty to be increased
ISLAMABAD, March 24: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the government to increase the poverty-related expenditure from Rs160 billion to Rs180 billion in the next budget....
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150 drown as ferry capsizes in DR Congo
BUJUMBURA, March 24: Up to 150 Congolese drowned after an overloaded ferry carrying around 200 passengers capsized in bad weather on East Africa’s Lake Tanganyika at the weekend, port and militia...
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No request moved for UN council meeting
UNITED NATIONS, March 24: The United Nations Security Council is unable to convene in an emergency meeting to consider the US-led invasion of Iraq in absence of any such request from...
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China to help set up nuclear power plant
BEIJING, March 24: China has agreed to help set up another 300-megawatt nuclear power plant at Chashma....
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Kashmir killing stokes tension
NEW DELHI, March 24: The United States and Britain held high-level talks with New Delhi on Monday to thwart any fresh tensions they feared could rise between Pakistan and India after...
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Bush urges Putin to stop arms supply to Baghdad
WASHINGTON, March 24: President George W. Bush called his Russian counterpart on Monday and urged him to stop a Russian firm from supplying electronic jamming devices and other weapons to Iraq,...
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24 killed in Valley
NADI MARG (Held Kashmir), March 24: Unknown suspects lined up 24 Hindu men, women and children and gunned them down in occupied Kashmir on Sunday night. The bloodletting dimmed New Delhi’s...
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Pakistan flays killing in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, March 24: Pakistan on Monday condemned the killing of 24 Hindus in occupied Kashmir, calling it an act of terrorism....
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Islamabad wants to resume talks: Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, March 24: Pakistan wants to resume deadlocked peace talks with India in a composite dialogue to settle all disputes between the two countries and will welcome a helping role by...
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US stocks tumble
NEW YORK, March 24: Stocks tumbled over 3 per cent on Monday, with the blue-chip Dow average falling more than 300 points as grim TV footage out of Iraq reminded investors...
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Russia wants Security Council to meet on Iraq
MOSCOW, March 24: Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov on Monday called for a session of the UN Security Council to discuss the US-led war in Iraq....
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New Delhi blamed for Kashmir massacre
MUZAFFARABAD, March 24: The chairman of Muttahida Jihad Council and supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Syed Salahuddin, on Monday strongly condemned the killing of 24 Kashmiri Pundits and blamed the Indian...
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Uplift plan for Gwadar being finalized
ISLAMABAD, March 24: The government is finalizing a massive plan for the development of entire Gwadar coastal region during 2003-04....
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Babri mosque: more time for digging sought
LUCKNOW, March 24: Archaeologists sought an extra two months from an Indian court on Monday to complete the excavation of the Babri mosque site claimed by both Hindus and Muslims....
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Pakistan, India troops trade fire
JAMMU, March 24: Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire across the Line of Control in occupied Kashmir on Monday, underlining tensions in the region after 24 Hindu villagers were shot dead....
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UK expels two Iraqi diplomats
LONDON, March 24: Britain ordered the expulsion of two Iraqi diplomats on Monday, the Foreign Office said....
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Blast near US Navy’s HQ in Bahrain
MANAMA, March 24: A strong explosion was heard on Monday evening in Bahrain near the Jufair base which serves as headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, witnesses said....
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