India, others must keep out of pardon issue: PM - Opposition urged not to politicize proliferation
SUKKUR, Feb 8: Nuclear scientists' issue is Pakistan's internal matter and no one, including India, has a right to interfere in this regard
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Kasuri wants action against other 'actors'
MUNICH, Feb 8: Pakistan on Sunday defended its decision to pardon a top scientist at the centre of a nuclear probe and said he was only one of many in the world spreading atomic know-how, mainly to Iran.
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Outside help in protecting N-assets denied
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Pakistan on Sunday denied any US involvement in safeguarding the country's nuclear technology and arsenal. Reacting to a report aired by NBC TV on Friday night and carried by a section of press on Saturday
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Iran denies Dr Khan's role
TEHRAN, Feb 8: Iran on Sunday denied it had received nuclear technology from Pakistan's top nuclear scientist, who admitted to having passed secrets to the Islamic republic.
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Report links N. Korea's N-plan to Pakistan
TOKYO, Feb 8: North Korea launched a uranium-based nuclear weapons programme in 1996 under a deal with Pakistan, a top defector said in an interview published on Sunday.
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Pardon invites US media criticism
NEW YORK, Feb 8: The US media has been extremely critical of Pakistan's decision to pardon scientist A.Q. Khan and expressed scepticism about commitments made by President Pervez Musharraf to control the trafficking of nuclear material.
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Pakistan, India pledge to help check WMDs
MUNICH, Feb 8: India and Pakistan pledged on Sunday to work to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction but reiterated that neither would sign up to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT).
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Patriots, PPP-S merge
CHARSADDA, Feb 8: Two breakaway factions of the Pakistan People's Party, working under the banners of Patriots and Sherpao, formally announced their merger at a public meeting held at the Sherpao village near here on Sunday.
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China willing to set up coal-fired power plants
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: China has expressed willingness to set up coal-fired power plants in the Thar area of Sindh before the end of the current fiscal year, officials say.
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Mine blast injures two Rangers men
RAJANPUR, Feb 8: Two Rangers personnel guarding the main gas pipeline originating from Sui were injured critically when their vehicle hit a landmine allegedly planted by tribesmen near Shahwali on Sunday.
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Indian army kills 5 civilians in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 8: Residents held angry protests on Sunday after five civilians died in a three-day raid by the Indian army on a suspected militant hideout in occupied Kashmir, witnesses said.
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Bush terms Iraq invasion a war of necessity
NEW YORK, Feb 8: US President George W. Bush defended on Sunday his decision to invade Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein had the capacity to develop unconventional arms if not the actual weapons.
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CIA chief's job not in jeopardy: Bush
WASHINGTON, Feb 8: US President George W. Bush gave CIA director George Tenet a vote of confidence on Saturday and said his job was not in jeopardy, despite flaws in US prewar intelligence on Iraq.
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India, Israel near $1.1bn Phalcon deal
AL QUDS, Feb 8: Israel is likely to sign a $1.1 billion deal to send three Phalcon early warning radar systems to India within a month, an Israeli defence industry executive said on Sunday.
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