Musharraf, Vajpayee hold historic meeting:•India for continuation of parleys, hints at more CBMs •Joint statement being prepared
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee discussed bilateral issues including the contentious Kashmir dispute in a 65-minute meeting that according to diplomatic sources
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Secretary level discussion soon
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The Indian and Pakistani leadership have agreed on certain "common points" that could help start foreign-secretary level talks shortly. An official source told Dawn here on Monday that "a breakthrough has been achieved" in finding certain common points to initiate the much-delayed senior-level officials talks
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'New answers' being sought, says Vajpayee
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said dialogue between India and Pakistan should continue and both countries should understand each other's problems to "find a way out".
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Major powers welcome talks
MOSCOW, Jan 5: World community, including the United States, Russia, China and Britain, on Monday welcomed the one to one meeting between leaders of Pakistan and India
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Joint efforts sought to resolve issues: Jamali hails cordial atmosphere
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Monday stressed the need for collective efforts to confront problems facing the South Asian region.
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S. Asian leaders meet at Margalla retreat
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: South Asian leaders met here on Monday for nearly three hours at the Prime Minister's House, located at the foothills of the Margalla Hills, enabling them to take up serious issues in a serene atmosphere.
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Saarc states urged to define terrorism
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: All member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation will have to define terrorism before making a pledge to root out the menace from the region
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Gayoom dashes back home
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, attending the ongoing 12th Saarc summit here, left for home early Monday, due to some emergency in his country.
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MMA may launch mass-contact drive
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is likely to start its mass-contact campaign on Jan 19 by holding a rally in Karachi, sources said.
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Priest found murdered in Khanewal
MULTAN, Jan 5: A priest was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in Khanewal on Monday. A police patrol reportedly spotted a blood-stained body near the Khanewal Railway Station at about 4am.
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4 Pakistani intending Hajis die in accident
RIYADH, Jan 5: At least four Pakistani Haj pilgrims, including three women, died when the bus carrying them to Madinah from Makkah met an accident on Tareeq Al Hijra, some 55km south of Madinah, it was confirmed on Monday.
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Self-determination Day observed
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 5: Hundreds of people rallied in different parts of Azad Kashmir on Monday to mark Jan 5 as "right to self determination day" whereas a pro-independence party observed "black day" to protest the limited choice to Kashmiris.
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APHC calls for Saarc's role in peace process
SRINAGAR, Jan 5: Chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Gilani has urged Saarc leaders to persuade India to initiate a serious, sincere and meaningful dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue.
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Four killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 5: Indian troops killed four Mujahideen in occupied Kashmir where troops were on alert on Monday amid fears that freedom fighters would try to derail a landmark meeting between Pakistani and Indian leaders, police said.
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US immigration move welcomed
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: Pakistanis living in the United States, who have criticised new anti-terror laws as discriminatory, on Monday welcomed a new system of fingerprinting and photographing some foreigners arriving at US airports.
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US begins fingerprinting foreign visitors
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: The United States on Monday began taking pictures and fingerprints of most arriving foreigners as part of a heightened anti-terrorist campaign but received key backing in its demand for armed sky marshalls on some flights.
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Israeli PM supports Palestinian state
TEL AVIV, Jan 5: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on Monday that he supported the creation of a Palestinian state that would require the dismantling of a number of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories.
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Foreign Haj flights to Madina allowed
RIYADH, Jan 5: Saudi Arabia said on Monday it would for the first time allow foreign airlines to fly to the holy city of Madina during the Haj next month.
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Nasa mission looks for water on Mars
PASADENA, Calif., Jan 5: As scientists search for signs of life on Mars and elsewhere in the solar system, they are sticking to one guiding principle - follow the water.
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Cold wave in Nepal claims 17 lives
KATMANDU, Jan 5: Near-freezing temperatures killed at least 17 people over the weekend in this Himalayan nation, police said on Monday.
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