Geneva moot fails to reach deal on Iraq: Efforts to find solution to continue
GENEVA, Sept 13: The world’s five most powerful countries emerged divided on Saturday after four hours of debate on Iraq’s political future, but there was no replay of pre-invasion acrimony and...
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Musharraf calls for building of dams, reservoirs: No injustice to Sindh assured
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: President Pervez Musharraf has said the nation must take a decision by consensus, without any further delay, to build as many water reservoirs as it could and take...
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Islamabad floats idea of regional force: Checking militancy in Kashmir
KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri on Saturday called for the creation of a regional force to control militancy in disputed Kashmir state,...
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UN Council warns Israel
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 13: The UN Security Council’s 15 member nations warned Israel late on Friday against carrying out a decision to expel Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat....
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Businessmen from India, Pakistan meet today
NEW DELHI, Sept 13: Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha will address a group of Pakistani businessmen who arrived here on Saturday, officials and diplomats said....
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Washington finds no WMDs in Iraq: report
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: The US search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction may end without finding the weapons, the NBC News reported on Saturday....
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Iran threatens to quit NPT
VIENNA/TEHRAN, Sept 13: As pressure mounted on Iran to prove by Oct 31 that it had no secret atomic weapons programme, Tehran warned it might follow North Korea’s lead and quit...
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Patriots lure PPP MPs to join group: Attractive benefits offered
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: Taking advantage of differences within the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) over the protest strategy in the National Assembly, some Patriots members have contacted several MNAs of...
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Indians, Americans continue wargames
SRINAGAR, Sept 13: US and Indian soldiers simulated mountain warfare on Saturday as part of three weeks of military exercises in the occupied Kashmir state....
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Allied troops offer apology to Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 13: The US military apologised on Saturday for a shooting incident in the city of Fallujah the previous day in which nine Iraqi security personnel and a Jordanian hospital...
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10 killed in Manipur
GUWAHATI, Sept 13: Indian soldiers shot dead at least 10 separatist guerillas in northeast India’s troubled Manipur state early on Saturday, a police spokesman said....
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WTO seeks end to subsidies
CANCUN (Mexico), Sept 13: A WTO draft trade text issued here on Saturday calls for an end to export subsidies on farm products of special interest to developing countries and the...
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S.Korea typhoon kills 48
SEOUL, Sept 13: A typhoon packing record strength winds slammed into South Korea killing at least 48 people and forcing about 25,000 to flee from their homes, authorities said on Saturday....
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Pakistan-US defence group to meet in Washington
RAWALPINDI, Sept 13: The four-day meeting of the Pakistan-US Defence Consultative Group will be held in Washington from September 15-18....
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