Beijing to help set up another N-power plant: Musharraf gets warm welcome in Boao
 BEIJING, Nov 1: China has agreed to extend financial and technical help to Pakistan for the second phase of the Chashma nuclear powerplant for building another 300-megawatt nuclear powerplant, officials here...
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Iraq council boycotts Syria moot
 DAMASCUS, Nov 1: Foreign ministers of six states neighbouring Iraq plus Egypt began talks here on Saturday on the country’s growing instability, but without Iraqi delegate, Hoshyar Zebari, who boycotted the...
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Pakistan stresses UN role in bus service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 1: Pakistan on Friday welcomed India’s proposal to start a bus service for Kashmiris across the Line of Control and said that given the lack of trust between...
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Peace measures aim to build friendship: Vajpayee warns against threats to missions
NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Saturday that his peace efforts with Pakistan were aimed at seeking friendly constituency among the people there but he...
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Javed Hashmi’s daughter moves LHC
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Memoona Javed Hashmi, the daughter of detained PML-N leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, on Saturday filed a habeas corpus petition before the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, seeking its...
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Qorei ready to revive talks with Sharon
RAMALLAH, Nov 1: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said on Saturday he was willing to take up Israeli leader Ariel Sharon’s offer to meet for talks on reviving the stalled US-backed...
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PPP not approached for help: Benazir: Constitutional impasse
LAHORE, Nov 1: Former prime minister and People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto has reiterated her support to women’s representation in assemblies and the joint electorate introduced through the Legal Framework Order....
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Two more US soldiers killed
BAGHDAD, Nov 1: Two US soldiers were killed in northern Iraq on Saturday as President George Bush ruled out a “premature” withdrawal while his overseer in Baghdad vowed to speed up...
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US hopes for revival of Kashmir dialogue
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: The United States hopes that this week’s exchange of peace proposals between India and Pakistan will lead to the resumption of a dialogue on all issues, including Kashmir....
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40 Afghans die in clashes
KABUL, Nov 1: Some 40 people were killed when Afghan police and a former military commander and his fighters fought a fierce battle in southwestern Helmand province, the Bakhtar news agency...
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Bush still determined to ‘stay, fight’ in Iraq
WASHINGTON, Nov 1: President George Bush on Saturday said “terrorists and the Baathists hope to weaken our will — our will cannot be shaken.”...
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Indian troops kill five Kashmiris
SRINAGAR, Nov 1: Indian troops shot dead five Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir, while nine civilians were injured in a grenade attack, police said on Saturday....
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MQM criticizes opposition: Javed Hashmi’s arrest
KARACHI, Nov 1: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Saturday called for an impartial inquiry into the allegations against ARD president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi and asked the government to provide the detained...
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Saarc ministers’ moot next week
NEW DELHI, Nov 1: The third meeting of the information ministers of Saarc will be held here on Nov 10-12, a newspaper report quoted government officials as saying....
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Musharraf sees no quick progress
BEIJING, Nov 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for talks with India in a bid to improve relations but does not expect a breakthrough soon, a Chinese newspaper reported on...
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74 fishermen to be freed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: Pakistan said on Saturday it would release 74 Indian fishermen next week as part of an ongoing peace initiative between Pakistan and India....
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