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Republican Guard, US forces clash
BAGHDAD, March 31: US and British planes pounded Baghdad on Monday, striking Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s palace compound, after US forces engaged in their....
NAB should keep an eye on govts too: Shujaat
LAHORE, March 31: Pakistan Muslim League (Q) President, Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, says the National Accountability Bureau should be able to hold sitting governments also to...
Pakistan stresses diplomacy
ISLAMABAD, March 31: Pakistan believes that diplomacy still offers an opportunity for finding a peaceful resolution of the Iraq crisis and Islamabad has been making its contribution towards that objective in...
AL chief warns of Iraq war spilling over
ATHENS, March 31: Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa expressed concern here on Monday that the Iraq war could spill over and destabilize the entire Middle East....
Traders to boycott US, UK goods
ISLAMABAD, March 31: The All Pakistan Traders’ Association on Monday announced a boycott of American and British products in protest against the war on Iraq....
Khwajas taken into custody again
LAHORE, March 31: The State has brought espionage charges against Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and Ahmad Naveed Khwaja, who, after the lapse of their three-month detention, have once again been detained...
US warns Syria, Iran to stop helping ‘terrorists’
WASHINGTON, March 31: Secretary of State Colin Powell warned Syria and Iran to stop backing terrorists, two days after another top US official warned them to stay out of the US-led...
Oil prices slashed
KARACHI, March 31: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee has slashed petroleum prices by Rs3.84 to Rs33.27 from Rs37.11 per litre. Besides the three top oil marketing companies have also reduced...
No defection from Iraqi regime: Hoon
LONDON, March 31: Twelve days into the Iraq war, not one senior Iraqi politician or military commander has defected from President Saddam Hussein’s regime, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon...
WMD may be hidden in Syria, says Israel
AL QUDS, March 31: Iraqi chemical and biological weapons may be hidden in Syria, a senior Israeli intelligence officer told a parliamentary committee here on Monday, Israeli public radio said. “It...
Pakistan imported Korean missiles: US
WASHINGTON, March 31: The United States has imposed commercial sanctions on the Khan Research Laboratories because it arranged a transfer of North Korean missiles to Pakistan, a US official alleged on...
20,000 detained after Ayodhya verdict
NEW DELHI, March 31: Nearly 20,000 Hindu militants were detained by police in Delhi on Monday after they vowed to take unspecified direct action to claim the disputed site of a...
Car explodes at UK embassy
LONDON, March 31: A car exploded outside the main gate of the British embassy in Tehran on Monday, killing the driver, Foreign Office in London said. “I confirm a car exploded...
Investors due from UAE
APROPOS “Saudi investors team due on April 21,” published on March 31, the UAE investors were inadvertently reported as Saudi investors. Jabel Ali Zone is in Dubai and Ahmed bin Sulayem...
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BAGHDAD, March 31: US and British planes pounded Baghdad on Monday, striking Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s palace compound, after US forces engaged in their....
ISLAMABAD, March 31: France, Egypt and Algeria have supported Pakistan’s stance that the US-led war on Iraq should have...
