Parties show flexibility Smaller parties also to be invited: •Some LFO points to be taken to NA: •Another round on Monday
 ISLAMABAD, April 25: The first round of government-opposition talks remained inconclusive on Friday, but both sides expressed optimism about the success....
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Iraqis denounce US occupation
BAGHDAD, April 25: Hundreds of worshippers at a leading mosque in Baghdad on Friday denounced the US occupation of Iraq and vowed to launch a jihad if the troops did not...
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Pakistan awaiting formal offer
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Pakistan is awaiting a formal offer for dialogue from India after responding positively to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s recent peace talks’ offer....
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UN extends Iraq’s oil-for-food plan: US to handle oil income till interim authority
UNITED NATIONS, April 25: The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously extended its oil-for-food programme for Iraq until June 3, but the US has demanded that the control of the programme...
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Bomb blast, attacks kill 18 in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 25: Violence exploded afresh in occupied Kashmir on Friday when at least 18 people were killed and nearly 50 injured in the bombing of a courthouse, a suicide attack...
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Saddam may have destroyed WMDs before war: Bush
NEW YORK, April 25: President Bush said on Friday that Iraqi officials and scientists had provided the United States with information that Saddam Hussein might have destroyed or dispersed chemical and...
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National Assembly session adjourned
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Guns fell silent in the National Assembly on Friday as the 342-seat lower house adjourned for three days to help cool tempers for talks between the ruling and...
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Two American soldiers killed
WASHINGTON, April 25: Two US soldiers were killed and five wounded in a clash with unidentified attackers in southeastern Afghanistan on Friday, the US Central Command said in a statement....
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China invited to G8 summit
BEIJING/PARIS, April 25: France on Friday issued an unprecedented invitation to China to a prestigious world economic summit, at the same time praising Beijing’s role in trying to avert war in...
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Four more to be sworn in as Sindh ministers
KARACHI, April 25: Four more members of the ruling coalition in the Sindh Assembly are likely to be sworn in by Monday as ministers of the provincial cabinet, raising its strength...
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Daughter of Pakistani diplomat seeks asylum
OSLO, April 25: The daughter of a Pakistani diplomat stationed in Norway has sought asylum in the Scandinavian country, Norwegian media said on Friday....
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Rashid hopeful of positive outcome
ISLAMABAD, April 25: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad expressed his optimism on Friday that government-opposition parleys on constitutional matters would be successful....
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Davidow may be US envoy to Delhi
NEW DELHI, April 25: An India-educated career diplomat, Jeffrey Davidow, is being tipped to be the next US ambassador to India in place of Robert Blackwill, who recently resigned to pursue...
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13 killed in army copter crash
GILGIT, April 25: At least 13 people were killed when an army aviation’s MI-17 helicopter crashed on Thursday evening between Minimarg and Burzal villages of Astore valley, 190km from here, an...
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IATA refines battle plans against SARS
 KARACHI, April 25: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) gathered the world’s airlines with the WHO in Bangkok on Wednesday...
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Winnie gets 5-year jail sentence for fraud
 PRETORIA, April 25: A South African court sentenced anti-apartheid heroine Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to five years in jail, with one year suspended, on Friday, a day after she was convicted on dozens...
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