Arafat backs Qorei as PM: Fatah, PLO support decision
 RAMALLAH (West Bank), Sept 7: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat asked parliament speaker Ahmad Qorei on Sunday to become his new prime minister, Arafat’s senior advisor said....
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Expansion of ISAF discussed: Rumsfeld meets Karzai
KABUL, Sept 7: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday voiced support for expansion of Afghanistan’s international peacekeeping force but stressed that ultimately Afghans had to take responsibility for security in...
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Wapda earned much less than its claim
LAHORE, Sep 7: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) earned only Rs169 billion during the last fiscal year (2002-03) as against its claim of Rs216 billion....
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Kasuri, Sinha will meet in New York
NEWS DELHI, Sept 7: Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan will meet in New York later this month as part of a ministerial meeting of Saarc states, increasing the likelihood of...
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WTO meeting in Cancun from 10th
BRUSSELS, Sept 7: European Union trade officials attending the World Trade Organization’s ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico, as of Wednesday are in fighting mood. Most expect the toughest EU battles to...
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Bush to say war against terror not over: Rice
WASHINGTON, Sept 7: President George Bush will tell his nation that the war against terror is not over yet when he addresses them from the White House on Sunday night, his...
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ARD to oppose pact against Constitution
ISLAMABAD Sept 7: The ARD component parties will soon discuss the situation arising from a possible MMA-government agreement on the LFO and if anything is found violative of the constitutional provisions,...
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‘Accord not yet finalized’
ISLAMABAD Sept 7: The government and the MMA have shown maximum flexibility in respect of their stated positions and in principle agreed that the LFO question should be resolved through parliament,...
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Arafat should not be exiled: Powell
NEW YORK, Sept 7: Denouncing Israeli policy of targeted assassination, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that he was opposed to the idea of exiling Palestinian leader Yasser...
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Sharon due in India today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Pakistan will be watching closely the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s four-day visit to India which is being seen in official circles here as an “ominous sign” for...
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Eight killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Sept 7: Eight people, including an army officer, died in violence in occupied Kashmir, where 500 Gurkha soldiers were sent on Sunday into the thick southern forests to track down...
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No-trust move tabled against APHC chief
SRINAGAR, Sept 7: A no-confidence motion was adopted on Sunday against the All-Parties Hurriyet Conference chairman Maulvi Abbasa Ansari....
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Iraq not to attend OIC summit
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7: Iraq will not attend the 10th Organization of Islamic Conference leaders’ summit to be held in Malaysia next month, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said on...
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Afghans discuss security in wake of pitched battles
QALAT, (Afghanistan) Sept 7: Hundreds of tribal leaders, government and clerics and former Mujahideen gathered here on Sunday in this restive southern province to discuss ways to improve security after a...
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