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41 killed in five Moroccan suicide attacks
CASABLANCA, May 17: Forty-one people were killed and another 100 injured in suicide bombings here on Friday night, hours after the United States warned that the Al Qaeda network was poised...
Abbas, Sharon open talks on peace plan
JERUSALEM, May 17: The meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas started Saturday at 9:30pm in west Jerusalem, said sources close to the Palestinian delegation....
Balochistan frees 20 Indians
QUETTA, May 17: The Balochistan government has released 20 Indian nationals, including 14 fishermen, from the Central Jail Mach and Quetta who were arrested from Gwadar and other areas of the...
Shahbaz plans to return
NEW YORK, May 17: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) president Shahbaz Sharif has said he is planning to return to Pakistan by the end of June or in July despite the...
Republican Guard chief surrenders
WASHINGTON, May 17: US forces have arrested the head of Saddam Hussein’s Special Republican Guard, the Pentagon said on Saturday....
New Delhi rules out summit, mediation
NEW DELHI, May 17: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha has ruled out any summit talks with Pakistan until all bilateral issues are settled first at the official level, NDTV news channel...
Fresh move afoot to woo PPP
ISLAMABAD, May 17: Fresh efforts have been launched by the civil-military establishment to woo the PPP Parliamentarians, offering the party a package deal envisaging the release of Asif Ali Zardari and...
No arrests in Riyadh bombing
RIYADH, May 17: No one has been arrested in connection with triple suicide bombings that killed 34 people here on May 12, Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz said in...
Bush to meet Musharraf in Camp David
WASHINGTON, May 17: President George Bush will meet President Pervez Musharraf in Camp David on June 24 instead of the White House, US officials said on Saturday....
Lawyers warn against accord on LFO
KARACHI, May 17: A lawyers’ convention here on Saturday resolved to continue the struggle against the LFO and warned the opposition parties against any compromise on it....
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CASABLANCA, May 17: Forty-one people were killed and another 100 injured in suicide bombings here on Friday night, hours after the United States warned that the Al Qaeda network was poised...
