Ruling alliance set to win Senate seat
KARACHI, Jan 9: The Election Commission on Friday finalized arrangements for holding by-election on the vacant Senate seat from Sindh on Saturday. The polling will take place in the Sindh Assembly building from 9am to 4pm.
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Musharraf hints at consulates' reopening: MQM welcomes proposed ferry service with India
RAWALPINDI, Jan 9: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Friday that talks would soon be held with India to open the Khokhrapar-Monabao route, as also the Indian consulate in Karachi and Pakistani consulate in Mumbai.
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Initial contacts likely next week
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: Initial contacts between Pakistan and India for consultations on the modalities of a composite dialogue, agreed by the the two sides here on Jan 6, are likely to begin next week, diplomatic sources told Dawn on Friday.
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President rules out LoC as border
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has assured the Kashmiri leadership that the Line of Control (LoC) will not be accepted as an international border as being advocated by some Indian quarters.
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Pakistan-India flights: MFN status proposed
KARACHI, Jan 9: Pakistan has proposed to India that the two countries should reciprocally grant each other the most favoured nation status in the aviation sector.
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Four soldiers die in Wana attack
PESHAWAR, Jan 9: At least four Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and seven others wounded when their camp in a remote tribal region bordering Afghanistan came under attack from suspected militants on Thursday night, official sources told Dawn.
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Kashmir issue will be solved, hopes US
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: US Under-secretary Richard Armitage on Friday expressed the confidence that the Kashmir dispute will be resolved to the mutual satisfaction of Pakistan, India and the Kashmiris.
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Bhakkar accident death toll rises to 62
MULTAN, Jan 9: The death toll in the Bhakkar bus accident has reached 62 as the rescuers resumed operation on Friday to recover bodies from the Thal Canal.
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'Pakistanis leaving US should register'
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: The Pakistan embassy in Washington has warned Pakistani nationals not to fail to register with American immigration officials while leaving the country.
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Onion prices shoot up
LAHORE, Jan 9: An onion crisis is in the making as prices soar past Rs24 per kilogramme on the back of the ripple effect created by crop failure triggered by heavy rains in Sindh in 2003 starts affecting the commodity's supply
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Nine killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Jan 9: At least 20 people were injured in a grenade attack near a mosque while nine others were killed elsewhere in renewed violence in occupied Kashmir, officials said on Friday.
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Explosive device found outside UN building
KABUL, Jan 9: An explosive device was placed outside a UN building in Mazar-i-Sharif but discovered before it could cause any damage, an NGO official said on Friday.
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Vajpayee sees 'positive winds' in relations
NEW DELHI, Jan 9: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Friday hailed "positive winds" in relations with Pakistan after the rivals agreed to resume dialogue that was stalled for two and a half years.
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India asks Bangladesh to dismantle rebel camps
NEW DELHI, Jan 9: India on Friday handed over a list of 194 Indian rebel camps it says are based in Bangladesh, asking Dhaka to dismantle them, as a bilateral commanders' conference ended here without result
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Tel Aviv, Delhi to sign five accords
NEW DELHI, Jan 9: India and Israel are set to sign five commercial agreements in various fields, including maritime operations, during the annual joint economic committee meeting slated to be held next week.
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Six killed in blast at Baquba mosque: US troops raid houses in Tikrit
BAQUBA, Jan 9: A bicycle bomb killed six people in central Iraq as they ended Friday prayers at a crowded mosque used by Shias, underscoring the threat of sectarian conflict in the country.
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Saddam declared prisoner of war
WASHINGTON, Jan 9: The United States has formally declared former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, captured on Dec 13 and held by US forces, as an enemy prisoner of war, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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US asked to stop slandering Iran
TEHRAN, Jan 9: The United States must stop making accusations against Iran if it wants to open a new page in relations with Tehran, former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Friday.
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EU willing to help peace process
BRUSSELS, Jan 9: The European Union is ready to help Pakistan and India achieve their common objectives of peace, security and economic development for their peoples and region.
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Libya agrees to compensate crash victims' families
PARIS, Jan 9: Libya took a new step out of diplomatic isolation on Friday when it signed a deal in Paris offering 170 million dollars in compensation for the bombing of a French airliner over the Sahara in 1989.
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