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Friendly fire kills 18 Kurds, injures 45 in Northern Iraq
ARBIL (Iraq), April 6: Eighteen Kurds were killed and 45 others wounded near here on Sunday when US aircraft mistakenly bombed a convoy in northern Iraq, a Kurdish official said, denying...
Sanctions not to affect military sales: Kasuri
LAHORE, April 6: The United States has assured Pakistan that Washington’s economic assistance and military sales to Islamabad will remain unaffected despite sanctions on the Kahuta...
UK tanks roll into Basra; US forces capture Karbala
BASRA, April 6: British tanks rolled into the centre of Basra on Sunday and surrounded the local Baath Party headquarters, effectively taking control of Iraq’s southern metropolis, military officials said....
Pakistanis still have to register, says INS
WASHINGTON, April 6: Pakistani citizens coming to the United States will still have to register when they arrive at a US port of entry, warns the US Immigration and Naturalization Service....
Wapda refuses to waive Fata dues
LAHORE, April 6: The Water and Power Development Authority on Sunday refused to write off Rs23.92 billion arrears against the Federally Administered Tribal Areas as proposed by the NWFP governor....
Three killed as tribal clash continues
JACOBABAD, April 6: Three more tribesmen were killed and 25 others injured in Lanjoo Pat village of the Buxapur area on Sunday as the clash between the Qalandarani and Chakrani clans...
Iraqis in control of Baghdad, says US
WASHINGTON, April 6: Troops loyal to President Saddam Hussein still control large sections in Baghdad, US Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz said on Sunday....
US asks Israel not to sell radar to India
NEW DELHI, April 6: The United States has persuaded Israel into postponing a billion dollar defence deal with India involving the sale of Israeli Phalcon Awacs radar warning system, saying that...
Evacuating Russian envoy injured
MOSCOW, April 6: Several people were injured on Sunday when the convoy evacuating the Russian ambassador to Iraq out of Baghdad came under fire, a foreign ministry spokesman said....
Test-firing of Agni III this year: Fernandes
NEW DELHI, April 6: India hopes to test-fire later this year a new, longer-range missile that can carry a nuclear warhead, the government said Sunday. The weapon could reach far into...
Garner puts off briefing on post-war Iraq
KUWAIT, April 6: Retired US General Jay Garner, who will head a post-war Iraqi civil administration, has postponed a debut news briefing scheduled for Monday, an aide said....
Pakistan a ‘fit case’ for US attack, says India
NEW DELHI, April 6: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha has described Pakistan as a “fit case” for an Iraqi style military action by the US “because it has weapons of mass...
No more talks on LFO: Qazi
LAHORE, April 6: The MMA, after considerable discussions, has refused further contact with the government on the issue of the LFO unless President Gen Pervez Musharraf agreed to resign as chief...
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BAGHDAD, April 6: US forces tightened their grip on most of the roads leading to Baghdad on Sunday, as bombs and artillery...
