Suicide bombers identified: Faisal: Important clue found
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Two men who launched a suicide attack in their bid to assassinate President Gen Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi have been identified, Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat told Dawn...
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20,000 die in Iran earthquake: Ancient city devastated
TEHRAN, Dec 26: More than 20,000 people were killed in an earthquake in the southeastern Iranian city of Bam on Friday, government officials said....
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MMA differs, calls for new draft: Amendment bill moved in NA
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The government moved a bill in the National Assembly on Friday to settle the LFO row, but the fate of the move hung in the balance after the...
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Eight American troops killed
BAGHDAD, Dec 26: Eight US soldiers were killed across Iraq over the Christmas period, as a series of attacks battered the capital and an advance batch of Japanese soldiers left home...
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113 die in Lebanese plane crash
COTONOU, Dec 26: Lebanese army divers scoured the sea floor on Friday near the airport in the west African state of Benin after a Christmas Day plane crash that killed 113...
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Anti-extremism war to continue: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said he had no doubt in his mind that he was the target of the misguided elements. He, however, made it clear...
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Senators call for revamping security network
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Condemning the second attack on the life of Gen Pervez Musharraf in a period spanning over 11 days, senators on Friday called for revamping and restructuring the country’s...
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Loya Jirga wraps up discussion
KABUL, Dec 26: Delegates to Afghanistan’s grand assembly were on Friday due to wrap up talks on the draft constitution as President Hamid Karzai insisted on a strong presidency....
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President escapes attempt on life
 RAWALPINDI, Dec 26: President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escaped a two-pronged suicide attack on Thursday in which sixteen people were killed and as many as 50 were injured....
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Washington expresses dismay
WASHINGTON, Dec 26: The United States on Friday expressed dismay over the assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf, and warned that terrorists posing as beggars or vendors may now target Americans....
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Nepal’s PM to attend Saarc summit
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa of Nepal will attend the upcoming Saarc summit in Islamabad, the government said on Friday....
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Cut-off date for NICs extended till Jan 31
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The government on Friday extended by a month the cut-off date for the validity of the old national identity cards till Jan 31, 2004. The deadline was due...
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Pakistan seeks talks on bus agreement
NEW DELHI, Dec 26: Pakistan on Friday proposed to India holding of technical level meeting in Islamabad for the renewal of Delhi-Lahore bus agreement....
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191 killed in China gas leak
CHONGQING, Dec 26: Rescue teams on Friday fanned out across a mountainous region of southwestern China turned into a “death zone” after a gas field leak killed at least 191, the...
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