Uniform issue is settled: Jamali
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has rejected reports suggesting that the issue of President General Pervez Musharraf's uniform had become controversial. "Everything is clear in this regard," he asserted emphatically.
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Mastermind linked to Pearl's murder: Plots to assassinate Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Two attempts to kill President Pervez Musharraf last year were masterminded by a militant leader linked to US journalist Daniel Pearl's murder and Al Qaeda's number three, a senior security official told AFP on Friday.
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Officers not involved: ISPR
RAWALPINDI, May 28: A spokesman for ISPR contradicting a news item regarding involvement of some junior officers of Army and Pakistan Air Force in two assassination attempts on President General Pervez Musharraf
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Tribe faces action under FCR: Iftikhar slams failure to check militants
WANA, May 28: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Friday ordered punitive action against the entire Ahmadzai Wazir tribe for failing to deliver on foreign militants hiding in South Waziristan....
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No operation planned in Dera Bugti: CM
QUETTA, May 28: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf said on Friday that the government had no plan to launch an operation in Dera Bugti....
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Extremists may impede peace process: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 28: President Pervez Musharraf has warned that extremists in Pakistan and India may try to block a settlement of bilateral disputes and the two countries will have to show boldness for peace in the region....
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Dialogue to continue, says Khokhar
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Foreign Secretary Riaz H. Khokhar on Friday expressed optimism about the continuation of the composite dialogue between Pakistan and India, saying it would continue according to the schedule agreed upon between the two countries....
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UK taking interest in Kashmir settlement: HC
MUZAFFARABAD, May 28: British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mark Lyall Grant, on Friday said Kashmir was one of Britain's legacies in the subcontinent and that was why his country was taking keen interest in seeing this issue resolved....
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Dr Aafia was handed over to US last year: govt
ISLAMABAD, May 28: An interior ministry spokesman on Friday confirmed that Dr Aafia Siddiqui, allegedly involved in terrorist activities, had been arrested in 2003 from Karachi and handed over to the US authorities....
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Early breakthrough in S. Asia unlikely: Powell
WASHINGTON, May 28: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has urged the international community not to expect a breakthrough between India and Pakistan but to allow the peace process begun in January to settle their disputes steadily....
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Reservations voiced over power project in Valley
NEW DELHI, May 28: Amid reservations voiced by Pakistan on the construction of Kishanganga hydroelectric project in held Kashmir, India has assured it that a special meeting will be convened within six months to discuss the issue....
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Kashmir issue should not obstruct talks, says Natwar
NEW DELHI, May 28: India's new foreign minister has said he wants a multi-speed dialogue with Pakistan where major disputes such as Kashmir do not hold up progress on other matters, according to an interview published Friday....
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Former Baathist to be premier: US accused of violating Najaf truce
BAGHDAD, May 28: Iraq's Governing Council on Friday chose Iyad Allawi, a former member of Saddam Hussein's Baath party who later worked with the CIA to topple him...
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Bush pledges sovereignty for Iraq
WASHINGTON, May 28: US President George Bush on Friday strove to soothe Danish and Russian concerns about Iraq, vowing to give "complete and full sovereignty" to an interim government set to take power there on June 30....
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20 killed in Iran quake
TEHRAN, May 28: At least 20 people were killed when a strong earthquake struck northern Iran on Friday, sparking panic as far away as Tehran among people afraid of a repeat of the devastating tremor in Bam which killed tens of thousands....
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'Traces of enriched uranium in Libya'
VIENNA, May 28: The UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report on Friday it had found traces of high and low enriched uranium on Libyan nuclear centrifuges....
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