Palestinian premier resigns: Israel says it won’t accept Arafat in power
 RAMALLAH, Sept 6: Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas submitted his resignation on Saturday in a power struggle with Yasser Arafat, dealing a possibly fatal setback for the US-backed roadmap....
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LFO talks end on ‘positive’ note: Set of proposals finalized
LAHORE, Sept 6: The PML-Q and the MMA at their fifth and final round of talks on the LFO on Saturday prepared a set of recommendations on contentious issues for consideration...
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Canada backs Pakistan’s peace efforts
 ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Canada on Saturday extended full support for Pakistan’s endeavour to revive dialogue with India and to usher in an era of peace and tranquillity in South Asia....
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Iraqis must assume greater security role, insists Rumsfeld
BAGHDAD, Sept 6: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld wound up a three-day inspection of troubled Iraq on Saturday and insisted the Iraqi people take more responsibility for security in the US-occupied...
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Jamali sidelined in LFO negotiations
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The much-trumpeted agreement between the MMA and the president’s negotiating team on contentious items of the LFO was made possible by Gen Musharraf’s personal intervention, sources close to...
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29 die as lightning strikes two villages
TIMERGARA, Sept 6: Twenty-nine were killed and three others injured when lightning followed by torrential rain struck two villages in Upper Dir on Friday night....
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F-16s on agenda of talks with US
WASHINGTON, Sept 6: Pakistan is expected to request an airborne early warning system from the United States when the US-Pakistan defence consultative group meets...
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Pakistan, France to fight terrorism
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Pakistan and France on Saturday agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fight against global terrorism during high-level talks here, officials said....
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US naval team to visit India next week
NEW DELHI, Sept 6: A US Naval delegation will arrive here next week for price negotiations on the sale of American P3C Orion range maritime reconnaissance aircraft to the Indian Navy....
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Shujaat to discuss Sindh issue with allies
KARACHI, Sept 6: Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that he would be consulting with leaders of the National Alliance, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and PML-F president Pir Pagara...
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Hamas leader wounded in Israeli attack
 GAZA, Sept 6: Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of the Hamas, escaped an Israeli air strike with minor wounds on Saturday by leaving a house moments before an F-16 fighter...
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US forces hunting Taliban supporters
 BAGRAM AIR BASE, Sept 6: The US military on Saturday said it was hunting down fighters, who were trying to re-establish Taliban rule....
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20 killed in Kashmir explosion, gunbattles
SRINAGAR, Sept 6: Seven civilians died on Saturday as Mujahideen set off a car bomb in a busy marketplace in occupied Kashmir, while 13 others died in separate incidents taking to...
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Indian, US forces hold exercises
NEW DELHI, Sept 6: US and Indian special forces are holding joint exercises on high-altitude operations in Ladakh, a Himalayan region on the sensitive frontiers with Pakistan and China, officials said...
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Khulna blast kills one, 60 hurt in Dhaka
DHAKA, Sept 6: An Awami League leader, Kamrul Islam, was killed and 15 others were injured in a bomb blast on Saturday night....
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Rumsfeld arrives in Kabul today
WASHINGTON, Sept 6: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will visit Afghanistan on Sunday, the Pentagon confirmed on Saturday....
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