Trade ties to be strengthened: Nazarbayev, Musharraf stress liaison
 ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Pakistan and Kazakhstan have agreed to work towards strengthening of bilateral ties through increased trade....
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Paris hints at help in peace moves: Jamali, Michelle hold talks
 PARIS, Dec 8: French Defence Minister Michelle Alliot-Marie on Monday said France was ready to answer any request for peace in South Asia....
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Natural free trade zone exists: Karzai
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: President Hamid Karzai thinks that the geography of Pakistan and Afghanistan had already devised between them a natural free-trade zone going way back in history....
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UN seeks ICJ ruling on Israeli wall
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8: The UN General Assembly voted on Monday for a Palestinian-initiated resolution asking the International Court of Justice whether Israel was legally...
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Irsa official to meet Musharraf today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The meeting between chairman of Irsa’s technical committee A.N.G. Abbasi and President Pervez Musharraf will be held on Tuesday to settle outstanding issues on the functioning of the...
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Liberals ousted from Russian Duma
MOSCOW, Dec 8: Russia woke up to a new political landscape on Monday after liberal parties were all but shut out of the nation’s parliament for the first time in the...
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Islamabad resents C’wealth decision
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Pakistan has expressed resentment and regret at the Commonwealth’s decision on Saturday to maintain Islamabad’s suspension from the 54-nation grouping....
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Vajpayee to get warm welcome, says PM
NEW DELHI, Dec 8: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali called Indian Premier Atal Behari Vajpayee on Monday, promising him a warm welcome in Islamabad next month as well as fruitful talks...
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Walkout hits opposition bills
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: A noisy walkout by opposition parties from the Senate on Monday cost them several proposed bills and motions declared by the chair to have lapsed because of the...
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Saarc moving in right direction,says Rahim
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Social and economic issues are likely to dominate the forthcoming summit in Islamabad of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation...
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Zimbabwe quits C’wealth
ABUJA, Dec 8: Zimbabwe said on Sunday it was quitting the Commonwealth after the organization extended its suspension of the southern African country for violating its democratic principles....
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Four foreign engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 8: In another setback for efforts to rebuild Afghanistan, two Turkish engineers and an Afghan were kidnapped outside Kabul, officials said on Sunday, bringing to five the number of...
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Suspect killed in Riyadh shootout
RIYADH, Dec 8: Saudi security forces on Monday killed a wanted suspect Ibrahim Al-Rayes in a shootout in Riyadh’s residential Al-Suwaidi quarter....
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US soldier, policeman killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 8: A US soldier and a policeman were killed in separate attacks in Iraq on Monday as the continuing violence prompted dozens of South Korean contractors to pull out...
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Biggest US operation in Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec 8: The US military announced on Monday its biggest-ever operation against Taliban and Al Qaeda suspects, saying it will mobilize thousands of soldiers in the most dangerous parts of...
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Kuwait stops issuing visas to Pakistanis
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 8: Kuwait has stopped issuance of visit visas to Pakistanis, Jordanians, Syrians, Iranians and Iraqis till the end of this month....
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