Saarc leaders want peace to boost economy: Jamali calls for conducive politicalclimate; Vajpayee seeks mutual trust
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The 12th summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) opened here on Sunday with emphatic calls for collective action for peace and vitalizing the regional body to tap its tremendous economic potential.
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Jamali, Vajpayee hold one-on-one meeting: Talks with Musharraf today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Pakistan said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee would meet on Monday to cap a series of bilateral contacts that could help resume a deadlocked "composite dialogue" between the two countries.
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President pleads for end to rifts: Reception for Saarc leaders
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday underlined the need to establish peace through the resolution of political disputes for the economic uplift of South Asia.
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Leaders call on Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Leaders of the Saarc called on President at the Aiwan-i-Sadr on Saturday evening. Welcoming the South Asian leaders
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Social charter signed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Saarc countries on Sunday signed a social charter to reaffirm the principle goal of the seven-nation association to promote welfare of the people of South Asia in all fields.
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High hopes mark start of summit
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: South Asian leaders voiced lofty hopes at the start of their three-day summit in Islamabad on Sunday, but some of them appeared frustrated at the lack of progress by their seven-nation grouping
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Leaders want links between people
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Leaders of seven South Asian nations at the 12th Saarc Summit on Sunday urged the member states to facilitate an atmosphere of mutual respect and tolerance and encourage a sense of identity through more people to people contacts.
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PPP, PML teams meet Vajpayee
ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The delegations of the Pakistan People's Party and ruling Pakistan Muslim League met Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday evening at a reception hosted by New Delhi's High Commissioner to Islamabad Shivshankar Menon in honour of Mr Vajpayee.
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House of Dr Israr's relative raided
LAHORE, Jan 4: The law enforcement agencies have raided the house of the son-in-law of a noted religious scholar, Dr Israr Ahmed, in Model Town here on suspicion of links with the militant organizations.
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Airlinks with BD, Nepal resumed
DHAKA, Jan 4: The Pakistan International Airlines resumed service to Bangladesh and Nepal after a two-year ban was lifted on Pakistani flights entering Indian airspace, officials said on Sunday.
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Indian cricket team to tour Pakistan
CALCUTTA, Jan 4: India will undertake a full tour of Pakistan for the first time since 1989 and play three Tests and five one-dayers beginning in March, the cricket board announced here on Sunday.
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Kashmiris pledge to work for peace
SRINAGAR, Jan 4: Hardline and moderate separatists in Kashmir vowed to work for peace in the revolt-torn region in 2004 and called a regional summit opening in Pakistan on Sunday a good start to the new year.
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Afghans okay constitution
KABUL, Jan 4: After three-weeks of wrangling, Afghanistan's Constitutional Loya Jirga passed a new constitution on Sunday that is expected to lead to the first-ever democratic elections in the country later this year.
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US rover lands on Mars
PASADENA, Jan 4: The US spacecraft carrying a robotic explorer designed to search for signs of life on Mars arrived safely on Saturday. A lander carrying the Spirit rover made what NASA officials called a textbook touch-down in a huge impact crater
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