Nuclear hotline to be set up: Pakistan, India to continue test ban
NEW DELHI, June 20: Pakistan and India agreed on Sunday to a slew of measures to reduce the risk of a nuclear war between them, including a spruced up hotline between their directors-general of military operations (DGMOs)
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Work for strategic stability assured
NEW DELHI, June 20: Pakistan and India on Sunday expressed their commitment to working towards strategic stability and proposed regular working-level meetings among all the nuclear powers to discuss issues of common concern.
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'Pakistani scientists may be in N. Korea'
SEOUL, June 20: Missing Pakistani nuclear scientists may be staying in North Korea to help develop its nuclear weapons programme, reports said on Sunday.
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Muttahida gives 3-month ultimatum
KARACHI, June 20: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which is a major stake-holder in the ruling coalition at the centre and in Sindh, on Sunday gave a three-month ultimatum to the government
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Musharraf worried about Wana operation fallout
LONDON, June 20: President Pervez Musharraf is worried about retaliation for recent security raids on tribal groups harbouring Al Qaeda-linked militants in South Waziristan.
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Militants active in Azam Warsak
WANA, June 20: Increased activity of local 'mujahideen' was seen in Azam Warsak on Sunday, fuelling speculation of renewed violence in South Waziristan. Over a hundred tribal militants were seen moving about Azam Warsak, about 15km to the west of Wana, the regional headquarters.
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Sui airport building blown up
QUETTA, June 20: The terminal building of Sui Airport was blown up on Saturday night by some unknown people, using rockets and high-intensity explosives, officials said.
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Power-mongers engineering crisis: Jamali
ISLAMABAD, June 20: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali has blamed the 'decadent ruling elite' for destabilizing the system "just because a particular group feels that it's out of the power loop".
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Musharraf, Karzai talk on phone
ISLAMABAD, June 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai had a telephonic conversation on Sunday....
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Kasuri and Natwar in same plane in China
NEW DELHI, June 20: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan flew together to Qingdao in China from Beijing on Sunday...
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No help to Al Qaeda, say Riyadh, Islamabad
WASHINGTON, June 20: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia rejected on Sunday the assertion that their support to the Taliban regime enabled Al Qaeda to launch terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
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India, US set to propel space ties
BANGALORE, June 20: India and the United States start an ambitious chapter in space cooperation this week, marking a U-turn from a long estrangement linked to US sanctions against India's nuclear programme.
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Israel, UAE 'in talks for opening office'
AL QUDS, June 20: Israel has been holding extensive talks with officials from the United Arab Emirates about opening a liaison office in Abu Dhabi, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
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Clinton had warned on Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON, June 20: While president, Bill Clinton told successor George W. Bush that Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network posed the greatest threat to US security, and ranked Iraq last on a list of concerns
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Algerian group chief killed
ALGIERS, June 20: The Algerian army has killed the leader of an Islamic organization with ties to Al Qaeda, official radio said on Sunday, dealing a significant blow to north Africa's top militant group.
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35 feared dead in Nepal
KATHMANDU, June 20: A bus veered off a road in the mountains of western Nepal and plunged into Trisuli river at Riktikhola on Sunday.
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