12 killed as US troops fire on crowd in Mosul
 UR (Iraq), April 15: The search for a new Iraqi leadership began on Tuesday with US officials meeting opposition leaders, but tensions flared as 12 people were killed in the northern...
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NA session adjourned amid uproar
ISLAMABAD, April 15: Protesting opposition parties on Tuesday blocked the start of the National Assembly session over the sweeping presidential powers after Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali warned the opposition of...
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WMDs claims baseless, says Damascus
WASHINGTON, April 15: Syria on Tuesday again denied it has weapons of mass destruction and accused Washington of double standards over its open support of Israel, the strongest...
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PM rejects Indian extremism
ISLAMABAD April 15: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Tuesday that Pakistan was ready to resume talks with India in the interest of peace and tranquillity in the region....
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Pakistan’s missiles better than India’s: Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, April 15: Foreign Minister on Tuesday warned India of massive retaliation if it tried to launch a pre-emptive strike on Pakistan, arguing that Islamabad had a more advanced missile programme...
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Pakistanis will not be extradited, US told
WASHINGTON, April 15: Pakistan has informed the United States that it would not extradite its nationals suspected of helping the Taliban or Al Qaeda networks and instead would prefer to try...
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LFO: treasury, opposition agree on talks
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The combined parliamentary opposition in the National Assembly forced the treasury benches not to defend President Gen Pervez Musharraf in the event of his address to the joint...
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Annan concerned over US remarks
UNITED NATIONS, April 15: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday expressed concern that the stepped up American criticism of Syria could further destablize the Middle...
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IMF asks govt to levy GST on more items
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The tax authorities are reluctant to impose 15 per cent General Sales Tax (GST) on more items from the next financial year as has been demanded by the...
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G-8 to discuss India-Pakistan tension
NEW DELHI, April 15: The resumption of menacing verbal exchanges between India and Pakistan has prompted the G-8 to put the issue on their agenda when the leaders of the world’s...
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US urges lowering of tension in Valley
WASHINGTON, April 15: Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that the United States would continue to work with India and Pakistan to lower tensions in Kashmir....
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Six die in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, April 15: Four Muslim militants and two civilians were killed in continuing freedom movement in occupied Kashmir, police said on Tuesday....
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No plan to attack Iran, Syria, says Powell
WASHINGTON, April 15: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday that the United States had no war plan to attack either Syria or Iran....
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Petroleum prices reduced
KARACHI, April 15: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) has curtailed the ex-depot fixed sales price of petrol by Rs2.69 per litre while oil marketing companies (OMCs) have also reduced the...
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Dostum commander killed in ambush
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, April 15: A military commander and two bodyguards from Deputy Defence Minister Abdul Rashid Dostum’s militia force were killed on Tuesday in an ambush in northern Afghanistan, police and local...
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Indian Muslims disqualified by US army
KARACHI, April 15: Advertisements placed recently in Indian newspapers by the US army for clerical and semi-skilled positions in their Middle Eastern bases lay down three conditions for applicants — ought...
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UN rights body condemns Israel
GENEVA, April 15: The UN’s top human rights body on Tuesday condemned Israel for “acts of mass killing”, “liquidation” or “extrajudicial executions” of Palestinians....
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Shrine row claims one more life
KARACHI, April 15: The dispute over the possession of Lowari Sharif shrine in Badin between two groups claimed another life on Tuesday, when a man killed an advocate in a courtroom...
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