MMA’s demand on judges’ age issue accepted: Bill finalized; religious alliance okays all LFO provisions with slight modifications
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The government has agreed to one-year extension to the retirement age of judges of the superior courts...
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Pakistan, India to restart border patrols
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, Dec 21: India and Pakistan agreed to restart from next month coordinated patrols of their international border suspended after an attack on the Indian parliament two years ago, officials...
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Infiltration has stopped: report
NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Indian security forces killed six alleged foreign militants in Kashmir on Sunday, but, perhaps more significantly, infiltration from across the Line of Control has stopped since last...
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ARD kicks off anti-Musharraf campaign
KARACHI, Dec 21: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy leaders on Sunday launched a campaign against President Gen Musharraf, rejecting any deal on the LFO....
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Move driven by economy: Libya; Pledge on WMDs’ destruction
LONDON, Dec 21: Libya said on Sunday its decision to abandon secret efforts to build an atomic bomb and chemical weapons was...
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US forces arrest hundreds of Iraqis
WASHINGTON, Dec 21: Several hundred people have been detained in Iraq in a sweep against insurgents using intelligence following the capture of Saddam Hussein, General Richard Myers, head of the US...
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Operation against Iran under study: Israel
AL QUDS, Dec 21: Israel is considering an operation to destroy the nuclear capabilities of Iran, now regarded as the Jewish...
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‘N-scientist allowed to go home’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: One of three detained Pakistani nuclear scientists has been allowed to return home, says an official....
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Indonesian terror suspects repatriated
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Pakistan has repatriated six Indonesian terror suspects to their country, including a younger brother of Hambali who is believed to be the mastermind of Bali bombing in Indonesia,...
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Afghans back presidential system of government
KABUL, Dec 21: The constitutional loya jirga on Sunday entered its second phase as delegates to most of the 10 sub-committees forwarded their recommendations to a reconciliation....
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Resolutions of UN can’t be set aside, says Jamali
NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Sunday highlighted the vitality of the United Nations resolutions, saying these resolutions could not be overlooked....
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7 Afghan soldiers die in three incidents
KABUL, Dec 21: Eight Afghan soldiers were killed and six others wounded in three separate incidents in Afghanistan on Sunday, Afghan government officials in the two areas bordering Pakistan said....
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French newsmen may face more charges
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The government is examining the possibility of presenting additional evidence against the two French journalists and their Pakistani associates on charges of conspiring to...
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Saarc: 250 delegates coming
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: About 250 foreign delegates will be participating in the three-day summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation here from Jan 4 to 6 which will...
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60 feared dead as boat sinks off Turkey
ANKARA, Dec 21: Around 60 people were feared drowned after a boat carrying would-be migrants sank off Turkey, coastguards said on Sunday....
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Washington raises alert level
WASHINGTON, Dec 21: The United States on Sunday raised its nationwide terrorism alert level from ‘elevated’ (yellow) to ‘high’ (orange) because of the threat of an Al Qaeda attack....
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