Musharraf, Jamali to discuss issue today: Compromise on uniform
ISLAMABAD, July 21: President Pervez Musharraf is expected to meet Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday to delineate the limits, which the prime minister can go in his meeting with...
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Coach overturns near Uthal: 17 killed
QUETTA, July 21: Seventeen people were killed and 34 injured when a Gwadar-bound coach overturned on the Coastal Highway, some 550km from here, on Monday....
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Vajpayee’s decision on summit hailed: Iraqis’ plea to be met: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Pakistan has welcomed the reported decision of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to attend the next summit in Islamabad of the heads of state and government of...
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US hints at help on conventional arms
NEW YORK, July 21: US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca, said that US believes that Pakistan needs conventional weapons and “we’d like to help them acquire them”...
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Inter-provincial body to tackle water dispute
ISLAMABAD, July 21: The dispute between the Punjab and Sindh over the proposed study on water escapages downstream Kotri is expected to be referred to the Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee, a senior...
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FBI probes Pakistanis’ murder as hate crime
WASHINGTON, July 21: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has decided to probe the murder of two Pakistanis near Washington last week as a hate crime, officials said on Monday....
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China supports India, Pakistan peace moves
BEIJING, July 21: Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Monday reiterated Beijing’s support to peace initiatives in South Asia, saying that the tension between Pakistan and Indian had eased to a...
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Accords warm welcome to Blair
BEIJING, July 21: China’s top leaders warmly embraced British Prime Minister Tony Blair as a major world statesman on Monday, giving him a welcome break from the political fallout of the...
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Afghanistan minister arrives tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali will arrive here on Wednesday to hold structured talks with Pakistani officials on the recent border row between the two sides....
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Taliban step up attacks, says US
BAGRAM AIR BASE, July 21: The Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters have boosted attacks on US-led forces in Afghanistan this past month, the US military said Monday as coalition forces hunted...
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Terrorists held, says Riyadh
RIYADH, July 21: Saudi Arabia on Monday announced it had arrested a group of 16 militants planning “terrorist attacks” against vital Saudi installations and seized large amounts of arms and explosives....
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100 die in Liberian fighting
MONROVIA, July 21: Brutal fighting and heavy shelling rocked the Liberian capital Monrovia on Monday killing dozens of people, possibly as many as 100, as the diplomatic quarter came under sustained...
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US soldier dies in bomb blast
 BAGHDAD, July 21: A US soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed in an attack in Baghdad on Monday....
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Bush says Iran, Syria helping terrorists
CRAWFORD, July 21: US President George Bush on Monday accused Syria and Iran of supporting “terrorists” who undermine Middle East peace efforts and said countries continuing the practice would be held...
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