Coalition forces cross Euphrates after tough fight: Sandstorm hampers operation
 NASSIRIYA, March 25: Warplanes hammered elite Republican Guards defending Baghdad on Tuesday as US armoured columns, slowed by blinding sandstorms, closed in for the decisive fight for the Iraqi capital....
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Pakistan demands neutral inquiry: Village massacre
ISLAMABAD, March 25: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Tuesday he deplored “Indian motivated” allegations of Pakistan’s involvement in the massacre of 24 Hindus in occupied Kashmir and demanded an...
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Deterrence vital for defence: PM
 BEIJING, March 25: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali said here on Tuesday Pakistan was obliged to develop nuclear option in order to restore strategic balance, which was particularly disrupted by the...
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Annan seeks steps to avoid humanitarian disaster
UNITED NATIONS, March 25: Reiterating that the United Nations would do everything possible to help the Iraqi people, Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called for urgent measures to restore water and...
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Arab nations call for UN Council meeting
UNITED NATIONS, March 25: Arab nations on Monday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council demanding an end to the US-led war against Iraq and the withdrawal...
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Funds for telemetry system not released
ISLAMABAD, March 25: The Rs450 million telemetry system, installed on the demand of provincial governments to monitor water discharge at dams and barrages, is in doldrums due to non-availability of funds...
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Ambassadors of Germany, France call for end to war
ISLAMABAD, March 25: The French and German envoys in Islamabad on Tuesday called for an early end to the Iraq war and pressed for a more pro-active UN role to end...
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Strategy prepared to repay loans
ISLAMABAD, March 25: The government has finalized a strategy to repay the $15 billion multilateral debt as early as possible, and $2.5 billion to $3 billion of such loan, which is...
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Saddam asks tribesmen to wage guerilla war
BAGHDAD, March 25: President Saddam Hussein urged Iraqi tribesmen on Tuesday to join the battle against US and British forces, telling them how to wage a guerilla campaign against invading troops....
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Uprising erupts in Basra?
OUTSIDE BASRA, March 25: British forces outside Basra said a violent uprising against the Baghdad government had erupted on Tuesday and that Iraqi troops opened fire to put down the revolt....
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Bush seeks $74.7bn in war funds
WASHINGTON, March 25: President George W. Bush formally announced on Tuesday that he was asking Congress to approve $74.7 billion in new spending on operational, humanitarian and homeland security measures associated...
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Pope rejects war
VATICAN CITY, March 25: The current war on Iraq has been rejected by the conscience of humanity, Pope John Paul said on Tuesday, expressing “deep concern and great anguish” at the...
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US urged to grant right of defence to prisoners
RIYADH, March 25: The secretary-general of the Committee for the Defence of Guantanamo Detainees has urged the United States to apply Geneva Conventions in its treatment of prisoners....
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Blair to hold talks with Bush today
LONDON, March 25: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he will travel to the United States to meet President George W. Bush on Wednesday for talks on the Iraq war....
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Islamabad principal beneficiary of aid: US
WASHINGTON, March 25: Pakistan will be a principal beneficiary of a $1.5 billion assistance package the Bush administration is seeking from Congress to help its coalition partners cope with the effects...
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S. Arabia puts forward peace plan to US, Iraq: report
RIYADH, March 25: Saudi Arabia has reportedly put forward a peace plan to Washington and Baghdad which envisages a safe exit to President Saddam Hussein and immediate cessation of hostilities....
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India claims Pakistan behind massacre
NEW DELHI, March 25: India on Tuesday squarely laid the blame for the massacre of 24 Hindus in held Kashmir on Pakistan....
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8 allied forces men killed: Baghdad
BAGHDAD, March 25: Militia from Iraq’s ruling Baath Party killed eight British or US soldiers, downed three helicopters and destroyed more than 30 military vehicles in fierce fighting around Nasiriyah and...
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US justice department to get new spy powers
LOS ANGELES, March 25: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday said the US Justice Department is acquiring new spy powers that will allow the department to force banks, internet...
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7 Marines killed: US
WASHINGTON, March 25: The US Defence Department on Tuesday identified seven Marines killed in Sunday’s firefight near Nassiriya, raising to 18 the total number of confirmed US casualties in the Iraq...
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