US troops storm central Baghdad: Three Saddam palaces taken
 BAGHDAD, April 7: US forces stormed into Baghdad with tanks and troops on Monday, raiding three of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s palaces....
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President holds parleys with PML-Q team: Meeting with other parties on agenda
ISLAMABAD April 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday held an in-depth exchange of views on national and international issues with a large delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-Q. Prime Minister Zafarullah...
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Military sales to continue: US
WASHINGTON, April 7: The United States said on Monday that military sales and economic assistance to Pakistan would continue despite recent sanctions....
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Pakistan wants UN to play role in Iraq
ISLAMABAD, April 7: Pakistan wants the United Nations to continue to play its role in finding a peaceful resolution to the Iraq problem and wants an end to hostilities....
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Battle for Basra nearly over, say UK troops
BASRA, April 7: British troops declared the battle for Basra “more or less over” on Monday as thousands of soldiers poured into Iraq’s main southern city, triggering some scenes of jubilation...
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US sending team to study interim govt
BELFAST, April 7: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday that Washington would send a team to Iraq this week to begin looking at what is needed to set...
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Annan seeks post-war role for UN
UNITED NATIONS, April 7: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday a significant United Nations role in Iraq would bring international legitimacy to any new Iraqi government....
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Irsa to approve water management plan for Kharif
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The advisory committee of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) meets here on April 9 to approve a water management plan for the Kharif season amid Sindh’s demand...
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Pressure to back PML(Q) led to break—Imran
ISLAMABAD, April 7: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan wants policy changes — from freeing politics from the establishment’s hold, to fighting corruption, to independence from the perceived subservience to America, to...
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Power Tariff raised
ISLAMABAD, April 7: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday announced increase in power tariff by 14.35 paisa per unit for residential, agricultural consumers and public lighting of residential...
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ANP leader awarded 10-year prison term
ISLAMABAD, April 7: Azam Hoti, a former communications minister and a leader of Awami National Party, was convicted by the Accountability Court on Monday....
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EU slams Israeli incursion
 ATHENS, April 7: The European Union’s Greek presidency on Monday condemned an incursion by Israeli troops into a...
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Pakistani made UN adviser on Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, April 7: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday announced appointment of veteran UN Pakistani official Rafeeuddin Ahmed as his special adviser on Iraq....
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Harkat vows to avenge chief’s killing
MUZAFFARABAD, April 7: Kashmir’s hard-line fighter group, Harkatul Mujahideen, on Monday appointed a new chief commander for the occupied territory, and vowed to...
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7 killed near Abbottabad
ABBOTTABAD, April 7: Seven people were killed on Monday when members of a rival group opened indiscriminate fire on formers’ car at village Dhobather near Abbottabad....
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Indian MiG crashes
CHANDIGARH, April 7: An Indian Air Force Mig-21 fighter jet crashed into a milk processing plant in Haryana on Monday, injuring at least three people, air force officials said....
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Anti-terror move: SBP freezes 24 accounts
LONDON, April 7: Twenty-four bank accounts have been frozen in a bid to stop financing of terrorist organizations, State Bank of Pakistan Governor Ishrat Hussein said on Monday....
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15 Indian fishermen arrested
KARACHI, April 7: The Maritime Security Agency has seized three Indian fishing boats with 15 fishermen for illegal fishing in Pakistan’s Exclusive Economic Zone....
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