Saarc summit to be held on Jan 4: Pakistan welcomes decision
 KATHMANDU, July 10: The summit of leaders of the South East Asian Association for Regional Cooperation will be held in Islamabad between Jan 4 and Jan 6 in 2004, Indian Foreign...
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Govt team for LFO talks to be reshaped
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The government has decided to reconstitute its team which will restart negotiations with the opposition on the LFO as soon as PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain returns home from abroad....
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Lawyers observe nationwide strike
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The lawyers community observed a country-wide strike on Thursday to protest against the Supreme Court decision of sealing the bar offices, and the killing of over fifty people...
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Islamabad turns down IMF loan offer
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The government has declined an IMF offer to arrange another PRGF-type funding programme, deciding instead to float $250 million eurobonds by December this year enabling it to raise...
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Anti-Pakistan protest in Kandahar
KANDAHAR, July 10: Nearly 1,000 people gathered on Thursday at the main mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar to protest alleged incursions by Pakistani troops into Afghan territory....
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BNDP withdraws support to govt
QUETTA, July 10: The Balochistan National Democratic Party has withdrawn its support to the Jam-led coalition government in the province following the resignation of Home Minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri....
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Rough weather prevents BD rescue efforts
 DHAKA, July 10: Heavy downpour and gusty winds on Thursday impeded efforts to salvage MV Nasrin-1, which capsized at the confluence of the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia rivers in Chandpur Tuesday...
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France stresses UN mandate: Troops for Iraq
PARIS, July 10: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin says that as far as France is concerned, any troops it decides to send to Iraq “won’t be sent without a specific...
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Blair confident of finding weapons in Iraq
LONDON, July 10: British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted on Thursday that proof of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction would be unearthed, as the furore over the run-up to the US-led...
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Two FC men killed in mine blast
QUETTA, July 10: Two personnel of the Frontier Corps were killed and three others injured when a landmine exploded in Chamalang area of Loralai district, some 350km north-east of here on...
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Two more US soldiers killed
BAGHDAD, July 10: One US soldier was shot dead and another was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Iraq, the US military said on Thursday, as President George Bush acknowledged...
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Contempt of court law promulgated
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The president on Thursday promulgated new law dealing with the contempt of court cases, providing that “fair and healthy comment” on decided case would not constitute contempt of...
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Pakistan HC wants all travel links restored
NEW DELHI, July 10: Pakistan’s new High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan presented his credentials to Indian President Abdul Kalam on Thursday and called for a restoration of all travel links between...
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Bus service starts today
LAHORE, July 10: When buses start rolling again between India and Pakistan on Friday, they will carry not only passengers anxious to see relatives but also renewed hopes of an end...
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Top Taliban official arrested
KABUL, July 10: Afghan authorities have arrested a senior official of the ousted Taliban and seized a large quantity of bomb-making material in a raid in the restive southern province of...
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Seven killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, July 10: Four Mujahideen and three civilians were killed in occupied Kashmir, officials said on Thursday....
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Palestinians insist all prisoners must go free
 GAZA CITY, July 10: The Palestinian leadership on Thursday sought to present a united front by insisting the Israelis release more prisoners and by pledging support for embattled prime minister Mahmoud...
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Talks with Pakistan under way: Rumsfeld
LOS ANGELES, July 10: Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Gen Tommy Franks on Wednesday said talks are underway with India and Pakistan for sending their troops to Iraq....
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Thousands defy police near Tehran University
TEHRAN, July 10: Tens of thousands of people defied a huge police deployment on Wednesday night by taking to an area around Tehran University in their cars to mark the fourth...
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Two quakes rock Iran
TEHRAN, July 10: Two successive earthquakes measuring 5.6 and 5.8 on the Richter scale rocked southern Iran on Thursday, state television said, adding that authorities had yet to establish if there...
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