Govt announces ceasefire: Jirga to negotiate militants' surrender
PESHAWAR, March 21: The government has agreed to a temporary ceasefire on Monday to allow a group of tribal elders in the rugged South Waziristan tribal region
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Operation praised in US
WASHINGTON, March 21: The visit of Secretary of State Colin Powell to South Asia, designation of Pakistan as a major non-Nato ally and the operation in Wana found prominent time and space in the US media on Saturday.
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Red alert on airports
RAWALPINDI, March 21: The government has placed all the airports in the country on 'red alert', a second time since the ongoing Wana military operation against suspected Al Qaeda militants started, official sources told Dawn on Sunday.
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ADB predicts 5.5pc GDP growth rate
ISLAMABAD, March 21: The Asian Development Bank on Sunday forecast a 5.5 per cent GDP growth rate in Pakistan during the current fiscal year against a target of 5.3pc, owing to higher tax collection and expected better output by the agriculture and manufacturing sectors.
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More trade with India urged
LAHORE, March 21: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday underlined the need of creating more conducive atmosphere to bring down the level of trust deficit in the India-Pakistan relations.
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Bus service report denied
ISLAMABAD, March 21: A Foreign Office spokesman contradicted a news report published on Sunday suggesting that bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad would begin from Aug 1.
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Hostages freed after clash with outlaws
QUETTA, March 21: Law-enforcement agencies on Sunday recovered 15 passengers, who had been kidnapped on Feb 27, following an encounter with kidnappers in a hilly area of Ziarat.
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12 Al Qaeda men held in Afghanistan
KABUL, March 21: About a dozen suspected Al Qaeda or Taliban militants have been captured in Afghanistan after crossing the border from Pakistan, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
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100 die in Herat after minister's assassination
KABUL, March 21: More than 100 people died in factional fighting in the western Afghan city of Herat on Sunday after the killing of a cabinet minister who was the son of the powerful provincial governor, officials said.
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2 US soldiers, 3 others die in Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 21: Guerillas fired rockets into the middle of Baghdad in a rare daylight salvo on Sunday, killing two civilians and wounding six people, including an American soldier, a US military spokesman said.
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Zapatero insists on UN control in Iraq
MADRID, March 21: Spain's withdrawal from Iraq is all but inevitable, Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said in an interview on Sunday, one day after Spanish protesters sent him a stark message to bring troops home.
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Israeli troops kill five Palestinians in Gaza
ABASSAN AL-KABIRA, March 21: Israeli troops swept into a Gaza Strip village before dawn on Sunday to arrest a senior Hamas militant. By the time the raid ended, five Palestinians were dead, including the militant and his wife.
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Riyadh, Sanaa swap suspects
RIYADH, March 21: Saudi Arabia handed over eight Yemenis detained on security charges and received five Saudi nationals on Sunday in the latest extradition exchange between the two countries, which are both battling militants.
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S. Arabia criticizes US reform plans
RIYADH, March 21: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Sunday criticized US-led calls for reform in the Middle East and said Arab countries could tackle their problems by themselves.
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Malaysia's ruling coalition wins polls
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21: Malaysia's ethnically mixed ruling coalition retained a key two-thirds parliamentary majority on Sunday, defeating an Islamist-led opposition after a campaign dominated by the role of Islam in a multi-faith nation.
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500 Maoists killed in Nepal
KATHMANDU, March 21: Maoist rebels fighting to overthrow Nepal's monarchy stormed overnight into a district headquarters, looting a bank and opening a jail, officials said on Sunday.
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