NA dissolution only after SC approval: MMA, Musharraf to settle uniform issue
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The government and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Wednesday smoothed their differences on two key provisions in the Legal Framework Order, and decided that the remaining bone of contention...
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Over 330 Palestinian prisoners freed: Israeli army raids Jericho, arrests 18 officials
BETUNIA (West Bank), Aug 6: Israel released more than 330 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday in what it called a gesture to bolster the Middle East roadmap. Palestinian officials dismissed the move...
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Pakistan accused of delaying process: Presentation of HC’s credentials
NEW DELHI, Aug 6: Diplomatic ties between India and Pakistan on Wednesday again appeared to be strained as sources here accused Islamabad of delaying the processing of the credentials of New...
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Troops pressing ahead with hunt for Osama: Washington
WASHINGTON, Aug 6: Washington’s top general said on Tuesday US forces were pressing ahead with their hunt for Osama bin Laden in the belief he may he hiding along the border...
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Prime minister’s flood relief fund set up
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Wednesday said the government was doing everything possible to rehabilitate the flood-affected people but needed assistance of philanthropists and social workers...
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NWFP governor may also quit: Balochistan likely to have Awais
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The name of Awais Ghani, a former federal minister and grandson of Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, tops the list of probables being considered for governor of Balochistan, reliable...
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PML-Q faces internal challenge
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q is fraught with serious internal differences on the question of party constitution’s violation as well as on the requirement under the Political Parties...
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Saindak starts production
SAINDAK, Balochistan, Aug 6: The production at the Saindak copper-gold project formally began on Wednesday after it was inaugurated by Federal Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Naurez Shakoor....
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PPP disputes legality of Swiss ruling
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has asked the government to make public the correspondence taken place between Swiss judge Daniel Devaud and the Pakistani authorities during the past six...
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S. Arabia blasts ‘deaf’ US lawmakers
JEDDAH, Aug 6: Saudi Arabia bitterly criticized on Wednesday a US congressional report that implied the kingdom’s complicity in the Sept 11, 2001, attacks....
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US, UK to move UN for endorsing Iraq force
WASHINGTON, Aug 6: The United States has again enlisted Britain’s help to assist it in Iraq where US forces are facing almost daily attacks by Iraqis....
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Commanders discuss border situation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: A Corps Commanders’ conference was held at the General Headquarters here on Wednesday morning to discuss the situation on Line of Control, working boundary, and international borders....
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Jakarta bomb was detonated by cellphone
JAKARTA, Aug 6: The bomb which ripped through a hotel in the Indonesian capital Jakarta was detonated by a mobile phone, police said on Wednesday....
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US forces arrest 18 Saddam loyalists
TIKRIT, Aug 6: US forces arrested 18 Iraqis suspected of being Saddam Hussein loyalists in raids north of Baghdad on Tuesday night, a military spokesman said....
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Indo-US defence group meets
WASHINGTON, Aug 6: The Indo-US defence policy group, which began a two-day meeting here on Wednesday, is expected to consider New Delhi’s request for acquiring dual-use technology and other sophisticated weapon...
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Taliban activist killed
KANDAHAR, Aug 6: A suspected militant of Taliban was killed and another wounded in an attack on a police post in southern Afghanistan, police said on Wednesday....
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Five killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 6: Suspected Mujahideen beheaded a farmer and his son, while Indian troops shot dead three Kashmiris during two encounters in occupied Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Wednesday....
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US N-arms policy flayed
 HIROSHIMA, Aug 6: Hiroshima’s mayor on Wednesday lashed out at the United States’ nuclear weapons policy during ceremonies marking the 58th anniversary of the city’s atomic bombing, which caused the deaths...
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