Five PML factions merge: PM says Nawaz group to be contacted at right time
 ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Five Muslim League factions on Wednesday decided to unite and to have Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as leader of the unified league....
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MMA wants package before NA next week
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s top brass came out of Tuesday’s talks at the prime minister’s house with the impression that the constitutional package would be brought to parliament next...
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Arafat dismisses US veto
RAMALLAH, Sept 17: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday dismissed the blocking of a UN vote which condemned Israeli plans for his “removal”, a move which fellow Palestinians said undermined US...
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Senate session today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called the Senate session to begin on Thursday morning....
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Saddam asks Iraqis to step up resistance
 DUBAI, Sept 17: A new audiotape attributed to Saddam Hussein called on US President George W. Bush Wednesday to pull his forces from Iraq and urged Iraqis to step up resistance...
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Islamabad warns of ‘axis of oppression’
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17: Denouncing terrorism in all its forms and manifestation, including state terrorism, Pakistan on Tuesday warned of an “axis of oppression” to deny people the world over the...
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AL hints at resolution against Israel
VIENNA, Sept 17: Fifteen Arab League states have proposed a resolution condemning Israel at a meeting of the UN’s atomic agency for not signing the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), diplomats said...
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Iraq destroyed WMD a decade ago: Blix
SYDNEY, Sept 17: Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Wednesday Iraq had probably got rid of its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) at least 10 years ago, but...
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Noorani hopeful of accord with govt
KARACHI, Sept 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is “hopeful and optimistic” about reaching an agreement with the government on “two contentious issues in the Legal Framework Order (LFO).”...
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ARD plans rallies against Musharraf, LFO
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy has decided to step up pressure on Gen Pervez Musharraf to quit and withdraw the controversial Legal Framework Order by holding a...
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Unhealthysheep may be given to Pakistan
KARACHI, Sept 17: The acting high commissioner of Australia, wanting the government to accept 57,000 sheep stranded at sea for weeks after being rejected by Saudi Arabia, will discuss the issue...
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Defence talks in progress
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: The Pakistan-US Defence Consultative Group (DCG) continues to hold its four-day meetings here....
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Pakistan regrets decision
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Pakistan on Wednesday said it regretted a US move to block a United Nations Security Council resolution which called on Israel not to deport Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat....
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‘US wants sustained ties with Pakistan’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Reiterating commitment of the United States to have sustained and long-term relations with Pakistan, Ambassador Nancy Powell said on Wednesday her country was trying to build a partnership...
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‘Mujahideen commander killed in Valley’
SRINAGAR, Sept 17: Indian forces in occupied Kashmir said on Wednesday they had shot dead the deputy of a leading Mujahideen group commander whose killing last month set off a surge...
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38 die in Nepal army raid on rebel base
KATHMANDU, Sept 17: At least 35 Maoists and three Nepalese soldiers were killed on Wednesday when the army raided a rebel base, state radio said, in the deadliest clash since the...
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US soldier dies, four wounded in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 17: A US soldier from the 101st Airborne Division died of gunshot wounds while another four US troops were wounded in two separate attacks on coalition forces in Iraq,...
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Indian drone crashes
NEW DELHI, Sept 17: An Indian military pilotless reconnaissance plane crashed near an air force base in Rajasthan, a report said on Wednesday....
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