Palestinian groups declare ceasefire: Israel begins pullout
 GAZA, June 29: Israel began a troop pullback in Gaza on Sunday and three leading Palestinian militant groups declared a three-month suspension of attacks on Israelis in breakthroughs for a US-backed...
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No-trust vote against Yaqub on July 5
ISLAMABAD June 29: The combined opposition’s no-confidence motion against Deputy Speaker Sardar Mohammad Yaqub, submitted to the National Assembly secretary on Saturday, is most likely to come up for debate and...
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Musharraf says no timeframe to quit army
LOS ANGELES, June 29: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said he would leave uniform at an “appropriate” time and defended constitutional amendments under the LFO....
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Punjab told to deport Sharifs at the earliest
LAHORE, June 29: The federal government has told the Punjab government to deport families of Mian Shahbaz Sharif and his brother Mian Abbas Sharif to Saudi Arabia at the earliest, Interior...
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Talks with Schroeder to focus on ties
BERLIN, June 29: President General Pervez Musharraf and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will discus ways to promote bilateral, trade, investment and economic cooperation between the two countries, Pakistan’s ambassador to Berlin...
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Move to retain rights on Jhelum waters: Wapda plans to float tenders worldwide
ISLAMABAD, June 29: Wapda has decided to launch Rs84.5 billion Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project through international competitive bidding, enabling Pakistan to retain its legal rights over Jhelum waters....
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Suspects trained in Pakistan: FBI
WASHINGTON, June 29: An FBI report claims that group of eight Lashkar-I-Taiba suspects travelled to Pakistan recently and received military training there....
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Americans invited to invest in Pakistan
LOS ANGELES, June 29: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday asked the American businessmen to help build a strong Pakistan-US relationship by bolstering the bilateral trade and commercial ties....
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Amir Khan of MQM Haqiqi arrested
KARACHI, June 29: Mohajir Qaumi Movement’s secretary-general Amir Khan was arrested by law enforcement agencies from Karachi’s Clifton area in the small hours on Sunday....
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Vajpayee asked to show determination for peace
LOS ANGELES, June 29: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said Pakistan would not be found wanting if India moved ahead with determination towards the goal of peace in South Asia....
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16 killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, June 29: Fresh freedom-related violence overnight and Sunday left 16 people dead, five of them killed by suspected Mujahideen, in occupied Kashmir, a police spokesman said....
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US hopes for arrest of Saddam
BAGHDAD, June 29: The United States on Sunday reiterated its confidence regarding bringing Saddam Hussein to book, as the US military announced the launch of a new operation to suppress his...
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Pakistani arrested in Kenya
GARISSA (Kenya), June 29: Kenyan anti-terror police have arrested a Pakistani national of mixed Kenyan-Arab descent on suspicion he is linked to a Somalia-based Islamic militant group, police said on Sunday....
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Nepal closes 8,500 private schools
KATHMANDU, June 29: Some 8,500 private schools around Nepal attended by 1.5 million students were shut down indefinitely from Sunday to ward off protests by leftist students demanding lower tuition, administrators...
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Kasuri urges meaningful dialogue with India
ISLAMABAD, June 29: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has said that meaningful dialogue is the only way to resolve Pakistan-India disputes....
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Iraqi, UK soldiers reach pay deal
 BASRA, June 29: Hundreds of Iraqi ex-soldiers mounted an angry protest at British headquarters in the southern city of Basra Sunday to demand back wages, later dispersing after striking a deal,...
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