Nuclear issue likely to explode in Senate today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The nuclear scandal seems poised to fray tempers of parliamentary rivals when the Senate begins its 10th session on Friday evening.
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Pakistan trying to stop attacks inside Afghanistan: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Pakistan acknowledged on Thursday that suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban militants might be using its territory to launch attacks inside Afghanistan.
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Islamabad to help raze illegal networks: FO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Foreign Office Spokesman Masood Khan has said that Pakistan would continue to help the international community and concerned states unearth and dismantle illicit nuclear proliferation networks.
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Magnitude of nuclear leak not known: UK
LONDON, Feb 12: It remains unknown precisely how far nuclear technology was spread by a smuggling ring led by scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, British Foreign Minister Jack Straw said on Thursday.
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Top US official pays secret visit?
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: A top US official paid a secret visit to Islamabad on Wednesday, sources said. The sources said the official with a 24-member delegation arrived at the Chaklala airbase at around 7pm on Wednesday and left the country on Thursday afternoon.
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Grenade hurled at Jam's home
QUETTA, Feb 12: A hand-grenade was hurled at the private house of Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf at Sariab road here on Thursday night. The grenade exploded at the roof of the house, smashing windowpanes.
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Son of SSP, 2 others get death for kidnapping
KARACHI, Feb 12: Three accused, one of them a son of a senior superintendent of police and another of a district nazim, were condemned to death on Thursday by an anti-terrorism court for kidnapping a man for Rs seven million ransom.
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EU demands release of Tasman Spirit sailors
STRASBOURG, Feb 12: The European Parliament on Thursday demanded that Pakistan immediately release four Greek and three Filipino sailors whose tanker caused a huge oil spill when it sank last year off Karachi.
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Bird flu poses serious health risks, warn UN experts: FAO grants aid to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The Food and Agriculture Organization has approved a $390,000 emergency assistance for Pakistan to control "avian influenza outbreaks in all poultry species so as to stop the transmission of the disease from poultry to humans."
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Traffic jams in Karachi as president visits city
KARACHI, Feb 12: President General Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Thursday afternoon on an unannounced visit amid usual tight security. During his stay in the city, sources said
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Dipalpur accident claims 15 lives
OKARA, Feb 12: Fifteen people, including nine members of a family, were killed and 12 others injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision between a wagon and a bus near Pir Thi Hatti, on Thursday morning.
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Delhi raises doubts over cricket tour: 'Match results may affect polls'
NEW DELHI, Feb 12: India's cricket tour of Pakistan could be called off, postponed or be substantially curtailed, if key members of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ruling coalition have their way on the issue
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US military chief for ME escapes grenade attack
BAGHDAD, Feb 12: The US commander in the Middle East, Gen John Abizaid, escaped unscathed on Thursday when guerillas fired rocket-propelled grenades at his convoy in an Iraqi town noted for attacks on US forces.
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Pope blasts Israeli fence
VATICAN CITY, Feb 12: Pope John Paul received Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei on Thursday and repeated his condemnation of the barrier Israel is building in the West Bank.
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IAEA warns of immense destruction: Nuclear proliferation
VIENNA, Feb 12: The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said on Thursday the world could be headed for destruction if it did not stop the spread of widely available atomic weapons technology.
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Scientists clone human embryo
WASHINGTON, Feb 12: South Korean and US researchers said on Wednesday they had cloned a human embryo and extracted from it sought-after cells called embryonic stem cells.
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