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India favours alliance with US, Israel
NEW DELHI, May 10: India’s National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra, currently on an official visit to the United States, has proposed an “anti-terror alliance” between the US, Israel and India....
Pakistan seeks composite talks
KARACHI, May 10: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Saturday that Pakistan wanted America to have a meaningful role in the resolution of disputes in South Asia and President Musharraf,...
Wapda, KESC rates go up
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has announced an increase in electricity tariff keeping in view the poor financial health of Wapda and the KESC....
Armitage wants end to all violence in Kashmir
NEW DELHI, May 10: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has expressed “cautious optimism” on peace initiatives by India and Pakistan and normalization of relations between the two countries....
Deliberations on LFO enter crucial phase
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The government-opposition talks on the Legal Framework Order have entered a crucial phase as the joint constitutional committee is facing a deadlock over the issue of president’s holding...
3 ruling party men killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 10: Unidentified men shot dead three activists of occupied Kashmir’s ruling party and four other Muslims believed to have worked with Indian forces, including a couple, police said on...
No pressure from US, says Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, May 10: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said that India’s fresh peace initiative with Pakistan did not come about under pressure from the United States....
Pakistan readies to name HC to India
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Pakistan on Saturday mulled the appointment of a high commissioner to India after accepting New Delhi’s nomination of its chief diplomat for Islamabad, part of the gathering momentum...
US planes bomb Taliban fighters
KABUL, May 10: US planes bombed a house in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday after a militiaman was killed and a US soldier wounded in an ambush by suspected Taliban fighters, a...
Ayatollah Baqer gets rousing welcome
BASRA, May 10: Iraq’s top Shia leader, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim, returned home in triumph on Saturday, greeted by tens of thousands of supporters after 23 years of exile in Iran....
Hyderabad bus blast leaves 11 injured
HYDERABAD, May 10: Eleven persons were injured when an explosive device went off here at around 11:25am on Saturday in a bus at the Pathan Colony bus stop....
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BASRA, May 10: Iraq’s top Shia leader, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim, returned home in triumph on Saturday, greeted by tens of thousands of supporters after 23 years of exile in Iran....
