Mahathir calls for fair, not free trade
 BANGKOK, Oct 20: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called for fair rather than free trade, saying poorer countries have the right to protect their “little businesses” until they can compete with...
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Opposition continues anti-LFO protest
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: With no sign yet of an end to the country’s prevailing constitutional crisis, opposition parties in the National Assembly carried on their noisy protest against the Legal Framework...
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Dams depletion to end by March 15
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) decided here on Monday to complete the depletion of Mangla and Tarbela dams proportionately by March 15 in view of an anticipated...
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Pakistan’s debt rating raised
NEW YORK, Oct 20: Moody’s Investors Service on Monday raised its rating on Pakistan’s foreign currency debt, saying a narrowing budget gap places the government in a better position to manage...
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Israel kills seven in air raids
GAZA CITY, Oct 20: At least four Palestinians were killed and 40 wounded, 10 of them seriously, in an Israeli air strike in the central Gaza Strip late Monday, Palestinian security...
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18 killed, 39 hurt as bus falls into ravine
ABBOTTABAD, Oct 20: At least 18 people were killed and 39 others injured when a passenger bus fell off the Muslimabad bridge into a ravine near Havelian on Monday evening....
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Lawmakers demand raise in allowances
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The ruling party members in the National Assembly on Monday questioned about a huge difference between the salaries and allowances of the heads of some regulatory bodies and...
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Armymen, judges to be made accountable: Opposition to introduce
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The combined opposition in the National Assembly decided on Monday ...
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Taliban commander arrested
KABUL, Oct 20: US special forces soldiers have captured a senior Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, the United States-led military coalition announced on Monday....
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Sharon’s speech flayed
GAZA CITY, Oct 20: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s speech to parliament on Monday in which he branded Yasser Arafat an obstacle to peace was an “escalation” aimed at destroying the...
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Jamali meets Musharraf, discusses Iran visit
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali called on President Pervez Musharraf here on Monday and discussed with him various issues including the prime minister’s forthcoming visit to Iran and the...
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Pakistan team arrives in Jammu
JAMMU, Oct 20: A three-member Pakistan team arrived in Jammu on Monday to inspect a contentious hydro-electric project....
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Five hurt in Indian firing
MIRPUR, Oct 20: Five civilians were seriously wounded as Indian troops resorted to unprovoked shelling from across the Line of Control on different villages close to this side of the LoC...
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PAF chief arrives in China
BEIJING, Oct 20: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat arrived here on Monday on a week-long visit to China....
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N. Korea, security dominate APEC moot
BANGKOK, Oct 20: The spectres of a nuclear North Korea, terrorism and stalled world trade talks dominated a summit of the 21-nation APEC forum which opened here on Monday with leaders...
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Three blasts rock Quetta
QUETTA, Oct 20: The city was rocked on Monday evening by three powerful explosions which occurred with brief intervals in different areas of Quetta....
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Armyman dies in road mishap
WANA, South Waziristan, Oct 20: An army soldier was killed and three others sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned due to overspeeding near Zeri Noor Mor here...
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EU ministers due in Iran today
LONDON, Oct 20: Foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany will hold talks with Iranian leaders in Tehran on Tuesday on a last-ditch mission to try to resolve a standoff over...
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