Kalabagh, Bhasha dams will be built, says Musharraf
 BAROTHA, Aug 19: President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday announced the construction of Kalabagh and Bhasha dams on the River Indus in the next couple of years....
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UN envoy among 17 dead in Iraq: Truck-bomb hits world body HQ
 BAGHDAD, Aug 19: A massive truck bomb devastated the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing the UN special envoy to Iraq and at least 16 others in what may...
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20 killed in Al Quds suicide bombing: •100 hurt •Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility
AL QUDS, Aug 19: In one of the worst terror attacks in three years of the Intifada, up to 20 people were killed and nearly 100 were wounded by a suicide...
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National Assembly meets today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday summoned the National Assembly to meet from Wednesday apparently to fulfil a mandatory constitutional requirement while the ruling coalition partners appeared to be...
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Power tariff increased by 3 paisa
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The federal government on Tuesday increased electricity tariff by three paisa per unit across the board for all consumers of eight distribution companies of Wapda with immediate effect....
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Protest, talks can go together, says MMA
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: MMA’s deputy secretary Hafiz Hussain Ahmed visited the speaker’s chamber on Tuesday to file a requisition for the summoning of the National Assembly but he was told that...
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No-trust move against Vajpayee defeated
NEW DELHI, Aug 19: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee easily defeated a no-confidence motion against his government on Tuesday. He got 312 votes against the opposition’s 186 votes....
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Nine Afghan policemen killed in ambush: Taliban attack US base, convoy
KABUL, Aug 19: Taliban remnants ambushed and killed nine Afghan police officials investigating a rocket attack in southwestern Logar province that left two dead, a local official said on Tuesday....
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Taha Yassin Ramadan arrested
 BAGHDAD, Aug 19: Coalition forces took custody on Tuesday of former Iraqi vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam Hussein’s hawkish right-hand man and the most senior member of the ousted president’s inner...
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Parliament’s assent must for troop dispatch: PM
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Tuesday that troops would not be dispatched to Iraq without parliament’s approval....
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Kasuri seeks talks’ resumption
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri told India’s new ambassador on Tuesday that bilateral talks must be held as soon as possible to sustain the current momentum for peace....
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Two LJ men get death sentence
KARACHI, Aug 19: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday sentenced two workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi to death and two others, including the chief of the banned outfit, Akram Lahore, to life...
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US to sell six C-130s to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: US has agreed to sell six Lockheed Martin, C-130 Hercules aircraft to Pakistan at an estimated cost of $75 million....
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Pakistan hold Holland to draw
AMSTERDAM (Netherlands), Aug 19: In a display of top quality hockey skills from both sides, Netherlands drew 2-2 with Pakistan in the men’s Champions Trophy field hockey tournament here on Tuesday....
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