Dr A.Q. Khan pardoned: •Other scientists' fate hangs in the balance •Beg, Karamat cleared: Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, Feb 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday pardoned Dr A.Q. Khan, the man accused of being involved in nuclear proliferation, on the recommendation of the federal cabinet, which met in Islamabad earlier in the day.
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People in 5 states involved: IAEA - 'CIA exposed N-proliferation network'
VIENNA, Feb 5: The UN nuclear agency chief said on Thursday Pakistan's top nuclear scientist was not working alone in creating an illicit network to sell nuclear technology to Libya, Iran and North Korea but had lots of help
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US reposes confidence in probe
NEW YORK, Feb 5: The US State Department has declined to hold the government of Pakistan responsible for nuclear technology transfer by some scientists
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No unilateral Flexibility on Kashmir: president
MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday reaffirmed Pakistan's moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmir cause .
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Kashmir Day observed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Rallies in support of the liberation struggle of the people of Kashmir were held in major cities and towns all over Pakistan and Azad Kashmir on Thursday to mark the Kashmir Day.
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Differences narrowed: Shaukat - Provinces' share to be increased
KARACHI, Feb 5: Neither there is any consensus on equal distribution (50:50) of taxes in divisible pool between the federation and provinces nor have provinces agreed on the principle of resource distribution among themselves
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EU team's visit may pave way for ratification of agreement
BRUSSELS, Feb 5: Efforts to secure European Parliament's endorsement of a new European Union cooperation pact with Pakistan are expected to gather pace this month
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Five soldiers among 23 dead in Valley
SRINAGAR, Feb 5: Twenty-three people were killed on Thursday in attacks across occupied Kashmir, officials said.
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Portugal to extradite Abu Salem to India
LISBON, Feb 5: Portugal has agreed to extradite one of India's most wanted men, the alleged mastermind of India's most murderous bomb attack ever, news reports quoted judicial sources on Thursday as saying.
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Warlord handed over to Kabul
KABUL, Feb 5: Pakistani police have handed to Afghan authorities a warlord they arrested three months ago who had fought the rule of President Hamid Karzai, an official said on Thursday.
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Sistani escapes assassination attempt
NAJAF, Feb 5: The revered spiritual leader of Iraq's Shia majority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, escaped an assassination attempt on Thursday, his office said
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Annan hints at extending Iraq self-rule deadline
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday indicated that the US-imposed deadline on Iraqi self- rule by July 1 might have to be reconsidered to forge an agreement on a provisional government.
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CIA chief defends Iraq intelligence
WASHINGTON, Feb 5: A defiant CIA Director George Tenet on Thursday denied US intelligence got it all wrong on Iraq's weapons programmes, saying the under-fire agency never described them as an "imminent threat."
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Bush defends Iraq invasion
CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Feb 5: US President George W. Bush on Thursday defiantly defended the war in Iraq as "an act of justice" and said he had no regrets despite the failure to find weapons of mass destruction there.
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'US welcomed people of all faiths'
NEW YORK, Feb 5: Saying that America welcomed people of all faiths, US President George W. Bush on Thursday observed "Christians, Jews and Muslims have too often been divided by old suspicions
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BBC staff protest against Hutton report
LONDON, Feb 5: BBC employees took to the streets on Thursday to vent their anger over a damning judicial report that forced the resignation of the broadcaster's two top officials.
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130 Iranian MPs threaten to boycott elections
TEHRAN, Feb 5: Some 130 pro-reform MPs announced they would go ahead with their resignation from the Iranian parliament and a boycott of the Feb 20 polls after conservatives reinstated just 51 of some 2,500 candidates barred from standing.
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12 killed as two launches collide in BD
DHAKA, Feb 5: At least 12 people were killed and over 100 others injured when two passenger launches collided on a river in Bangladesh's southern district of Barisal, 112 kilometres from Dhaka, reports reaching here said.
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