Armitage sees growing hope in dialogue: No pressure on Pakistan & India
 ISLAMABAD, May 8: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage on Thursday expressed a guarded optimism about the beginning of talks between India and Pakistan. “What you are seeing, I hope,...
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Peace chance shouldn’t be missed: Delhi: Vajpayee’s address to Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI, May 8: The American invasion of Iraq and last year’s state elections in Jammu and Kashmir were the trigger for India’s fresh peace overtures to Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister...
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Talks on six LFO points completed
ISLAMABAD May 8: The eleven-member Government-Opposition constitutional committee on Thursday completed deliberations on the six out of seven contentious points of the Legal Framework Order (LFO)....
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US to control Iraq economy
UNITED NATIONS, May 8: The United States has drafted a UN Security Council resolution to immediately lift sanctions against Iraq and put control of its economy under the US-led occupying forces...
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Islamabad evades curbs attempt
WASHINGTON, May 8: Pakistan has successfully evaded a Congressional amendment that could have hampered a smooth flow of US financial assistance and could also have hurt its relations with the United...
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ARD team briefs EU team on LFO
ISLAMABAD, May 8: A four-member delegation of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) briefed ambassadors of European Union (EU) countries on the controversial Legal Framework Order (LFO) and current political...
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Pakistani MPs arrive in India on peace mission
 AMRITSAR, India, May 8: Thirteen Pakistani parliamentarians arrived in India on Thursday on a week-long unofficial peace mission that is expected to include high-level meetings at the parliament in New Delhi....
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Iraqi, US officials hold talks on new govt
BAGHDAD, May 8: The core group of Iraqi political factions tapped by the United States to oversee the birth of a democratic government after the fall of President Saddam Hussein agreed...
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Indian PM rejects offer to abandon nukes
NEW DELHI, May 8: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday rejected President Pervez Musharraf’s proposal to de- nuclearize South Asia, saying that New Delh’s doctrine was not Pakistan-specific unlike...
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Quarantine facility in Karachi
KARACHI, May 8: The Sindh government has decided to use Ojha TB sanatorium as a place where Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome patients will be quarantined....
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EU lauds talks resumption
ATHENS, May 8: The Greek European Union presidency welcomed on Thursday the resumption of contacts between India and Pakistan, urging the two longtime rivals to seize the opportunity for normalising relations....
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34 die as train rams into bus in Hungary
 SIOFOK (Hungary), May 8: At least 34 people died on Thursday when a passenger train ploughed into a German tourist coach in central Hungary, slicing it in half and dragging it...
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Oil gains 4pc on US ship blast
NEW YORK, May 8: Oil prices rose nearly four per cent on Thursday as news of an explosion on a US warship in the northern Arabian Sea extended gains made on...
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MMA MPs’ Disqualification plea adjourned
ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Supreme Court was requested on Monday by the Attorney-General of Pakistan to adjourn the hearing of a constitutional petition seeking disqualification of 65 MMA members of parliament...
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Businessmen back talks offer to New Delhi
ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Saarc Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) is considering a proposal to take a delegation of its member countries to meet the prime ministers of India and...
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Bush awaits IAEA report on Tehran
WASHINGTON, May 8: President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would wait for an IAEA report on Iran before deciding how to deal with Tehran’s alleged attempt to make nuclear...
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Terror cell foiled in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, May 8: The Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz said on Thursday the recent government announcement that a terror-cell had been uncovered was unrelated to next week’s visit by...
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US slams violence in Kashmir
WASHINGTON, May 8: The United States has condemned violence in Kashmir that took part hours before the arrival of Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage in the region....
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Public holiday on 15th
ISLAMABAD, May 8: In pursuance of a Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announcement, a public holiday will be observed on May 15 (Thursday), on account of 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal (Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi), says an official press release...
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India tests satellite
SRIHARIKOTA, May 8: India on Thursday tested for the second time its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) carrying an 1,825-kilogram experimental communication satellite.—AFP...
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