Decision to reflect nation’s wishes: PM: Troops for Iraq
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali dropped the strongest hint on Thursday of sending troops to Iraq, saying that the nation and parliament would be taken into confidence...
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Spanish diplomat, 11 others killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Oct 9: A Spanish diplomat, a US soldier and at least 10 Iraqis died on Thursday in a trio of attacks, showing how frail security still is half a year...
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Musharraf for joint anti-terror steps
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that Muslim countries should coordinate their efforts to combat terrorism and extremism....
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President may meet politicians soon
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is expected to shortly meet politicians in a bid to convince them to give up their opposition to his military uniform....
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Syria slams US over sanctions threat
DAMASCUS, Oct 9: Syria blasted on Thursday the prospects of US sanctions against it over alleged support for terrorism as relations between Washington and Damascus sank to their lowest level in...
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Recruitment of locals to navy urged: Balochistan PA resolutions
QUETTA, Oct 9: The Balochistan Assembly adopted here on Thursday three resolutions demanding that the federal government recruit local youths to the coast guards and navy, waive the condition of obtaining...
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India SC intervenes in Gujarat’s riot cases
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: India’s Supreme Court on Thursday intervened over the riot scarred state of Gujarat’s handling of last year’s communal violence following criticism of the lack of progress in...
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Islamabad flays arrest of two Kashmiri leaders
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Pakistan condemned on Thursday the arrest of two Kashmiri separatist leaders in the Indian-administered zone of the disputed Himalayan region....
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Suspects slipping away from Waziristan
PESHAWAR, Oct 9: Al Qaeda suspects are moving out of South Waziristan’s Shkai area ahead of a second round of crackdown against tribes harbouring foreign militants, a senior government official said....
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Schoolgirls among 54 killed in Indonesia
 JAKARTA, Oct 9: At least 54 people, most of them schoolgirls returning from a holiday in Bali, were killed when their bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck and...
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Warlords agree on truce
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Oct 9: Rival warlords on Thursday agreed to a ceasefire after two days of heavy fighting between their militias in northern Afghanistan left nearly 80 fighters dead or wounded....
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PM calls officials’ meeting
RAWALPINDI, Oct 9: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has convened a meeting of all the inspectors-general of police and directors-general of intelligence agencies in Islamabad on Saturday....
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Vajpayee says nukes meant for deterrence
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said there can be no meaningful talks with Pakistan until it stops “cross-border terrorism” in Kashmir, according to his interview...
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Explosives seized
SUKKUR, Oct 9: The railway police seized 810 packets of explosive material from the Karachi-bound Super Express at the Rohri railway station on Wednesday night....
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