Specific date for self-rule stressed: Annan criticizes new US draft on Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan criticized on Tuesday the new US-draft resolution on Iraq for making few significant changes as France, Russia and Germany submitted amendments to speed...
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Jamali talks tough on sectarianism
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali reiterated on Tuesday his government’s resolve to eliminate sectarianism and said its perpetrators would be dealt with an iron hand....
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UK wants Iran issue resolved peacefully
LONDON, Oct 14: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday he wanted the standoff over Iran’s nuclear programme resolved peacefully but did not rule out possible military action....
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Blast kills two near Turkish mission in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Oct 14: A suicide car bomb exploded on Tuesday near the Turkish Embassy here, killing the car’s driver and another man driving nearby besides injuring seven others, including two embassy...
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Law to check terror funding on agenda: Cabinet meets today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The federal cabinet will meet on Wednesday to discuss an eight-point agenda, including an anti-money laundering law to control transfer of money through illegal channels, particularly the terrorist...
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Newsmen boycott NA proceedings
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: In a rare show of unity, journalists completely boycotted the proceedings of the National Assembly on Tuesday to record their protest against the government’s failure to arrest the...
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Missile test-fire series complete
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Pakistan on Tuesday test-fired a medium range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, ending the series of missile tests....
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Afghans shell border checkpoint
GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), Oct 14: Afghan militia fired mortar shells and rockets at a border checkpoint in the Mohmand tribal region on Monday night....
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Musharraf to outline plan for Ummah’s emancipation
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that the 10th OIC summit is taking place at a critical juncture for the Muslim world and Pakistan will present a...
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PM contacts MMA again
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: A representative of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali met MMA Deputy Secretary-General Liaquat Baloch on Tuesday, for a second time in two days, to seek a meeting with...
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Lawyers vow to continue anti-LFO struggle
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Lawyers on Tuesday vowed to continue their struggle against the “uniformed president,” and accused the judiciary of colluding with the military ruler....
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Hundreds stage demo in Riyadh
RIYADH, Oct 14: Hundreds of people demonstrated in Riyadh on Tuesday to denounce arrests of dissidents following a call from an exiled opposition group, in a rare protest in the kingdom....
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Lukewarm response by OIC
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 14: Foreign ministers at the world’s biggest gathering of Muslim countries reacted coolly on Tuesday to a new US draft resolution on Iraq, saying it would not hand over...
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MPs pressured to change side, says Fahim
LAHORE, Oct 14: The government has started pressing opposition legislators to shift loyalties, ARD chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim alleged on Tuesday...
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China rejects Indian claim on Sikkim
BEIJING, Oct 14: China on Tuesday reiterated its position on Sikkim and rejected India’s territorial claim in this regard....
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Four killed in Indian shelling along LoC
MIRPUR (Azad Kashmir), Oct 14: Indian shelling on Tuesday killed four civilians, including two children, besides injuring four more persons in the Hajeera sector along the Line of Control, police officials...
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