Protests in Iraq after arms dump blows up: 14 civilians killed, scores injured
 BAGHDAD, April 26: At least 14 Iraqis died on Saturday when an arms dump exploded on the edge of Baghdad, sending rockets scything...
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Powell, Musharraf discuss Kashmir: US not to take army action in subcontinent
WASHINGTON, April 26: Secretary of State Colin Powell has spoken to President Pervez Musharraf amid continued US concern over the situation in Kashmir, according to the State Department....
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US worried over Iraq power vacuum
BAGHDAD, April 26: The rise of self-proclaimed leaders and Muslim clerics in Iraq is providing a major challenge to US efforts to introduce democracy but avert the establishment of a fundamentalist...
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Indian opposition supports talks to end Kashmir issue
SRINAGAR, April 26: The local leader of India’s main opposition Congress party has met with New Delhi’s new interlocuter on Kashmir and assured full support for peace through dialogue....
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Attacks on US forces in Afghanistan increase: Rumsfeld due today
WASHINGTON, April 26: Pro-Taliban forces have increased their attacks on US forces and their Afghan allies before a scheduled visit by Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday....
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PML-N pledges to protect economic, political rights
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The central leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, taking serious notice of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s remarks about Mr Nawaz Sharif, resolved that the party would not permit...
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FC man dies as tribesmen resist anti-poppy drive
QUETTA, April 26: A soldier of the Frontier Corps was killed and nine other persons were injured in a heavy exchange of fire between the law enforcement agencies and armed tribesmen...
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Benazir says she will return soon
DUBAI, April 26: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto seems to be preparing for a head-on confrontation with the government as she told her party leaders here on Saturday: “I will...
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Asian nations vow to combat SARS
HONG KONG, April 26: Asian nations vowed to form a united front to halt the spread of the killer SARS virus on Saturday as the World Health Organisation (WHO) called for...
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Muslim women protest over harassment
AHMEDABAD, April 26: Hundreds of Muslim women on Saturday protested alleged harassment of their community following the murder of a Hindu politician....
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President, PM discuss security situation
RAWALPINDI, April 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali attended a meeting at the General Headquarters here on Saturday....
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Akram Lahori sentenced to death
KARACHI, April 26: An anti-terrorism court sentenced here on Saturday the chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and his two associates to....
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Musharraf to visit US in June
ISLAMABAD, April 26: President Pervez Musharraf is expected to visit the United States in the third week of June, official sources told Dawn on Saturday....
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Movement of Kashmiris restricted
SRINAGAR, April 26: The government in Indian-occupied Kashmir said on Saturday it had banned the dusk-to-dawn movement of residents living in a frontier district bordering Azad Kashmir....
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4 drown in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 26: At least four children drowned and 21 others were missing after a boat carrying students capsized on Saturday in a flooded river in Indian Kashmir, police said....
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2 PPP leaders not allowed to visit abroad
KARACHI, April 26: Two leaders of Pakistan People’s Party could not proceed to Dubai to participate in the central executive committee meeting of the party summoned by its chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
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