Pakistan, India set schedule for talks: All issues to be discussed
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Pakistan on Tuesday announced a schedule for talks with India on six of the eight subjects on the composite dialogue framework.
Pakistan and India have already discussed peace and security and Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on 27-28 June
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Natwar to meet PM, President on Saarc sidelines
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh will call on President Gen Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on the sidelines of the Saarc foreign ministers' meeting here next week, sources said.
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Shujaat asks lawyers to help cement LG system
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Tuesday asked the lawyers community to help strengthen the local government system in the country.
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Support for MMA may grow: US
WASHINGTON, July 13: The Muttahid Majlis-e-Amal is a major political force in Pakistan, which also enjoys the support of an increasing number of secular-minded Pakistanis, says a report issued in Washington on Tuesday.
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Tribal elders split over penalizing militants
WANA, July 13: Differences surfaced among tribal elders over the demolition of houses of relatives of two wanted militants as clashes continued between security forces and militants in the South Waziristan region on Tuesday.
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Islamabad and Kabul to fight terror jointly
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday resolved to institutionalize bilateral ties to tackle various challenges facing the two countries and pledged to fight terrorism.
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Islamabad rejects Kabul's charge: Elimination of terrorist networks
KABUL, July 13: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly rejected concerns shown by the Afghan government that Islamabad had failed to eliminate terrorism from its soil and was supporting terrorist networks.
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Karzai to visit Islamabad to sign accord
KABUL, July 13: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Islamabad on July 26 to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Pakistan government for participation of Afghan refugees in Afghanistan's presidential elections scheduled to be held in October this year
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Pakistan may join force in Iraq to protect UN staff
WASHINGTON, July 13: President Pervez Musharraf has agreed in principle to assign Pakistan troops to protect the UN mission in Iraq, US and diplomatic sources told Dawn on Tuesday.
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US wants Indian troops in Iraq
NEW DELHI, July 13: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage arrived here on Tuesday to review the progress of the India-Pakistan dialogue and also to urge New Delhi to consider sending troops to Iraq, officials said.
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US welcomes peace talks
WASHINGTON, July 13: A senior US official praised India and Pakistan on Tuesday for taking "encouraging efforts" to promote peace in the region. "We have seen positive efforts and encouraging signals leading the region towards peace
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Held Kashmir comes to halt: Deputy CM survives attack
SRINAGAR, July 13: The deputy chief minister of occupied Kashmir escaped an attempt on his life as a strike, called to mourn the death of 21 people slain 73 years ago by the police, brought the normal life to a standstill here on Tuesday.
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Five killed in Taliban raids
KABUL, July 13: Taliban guerillas, who have vowed to disrupt Afghanistan's Oct 9 election, launched several raids across the south and east and five people were killed, including a police commander, officials said on Tuesday.
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Blair gets Iraq report
LONDON, July 13: Tony Blair received an advance copy on Tuesday of a high-level report into British intelligence on Saddam Hussein's weaponry, a deeply unwelcome reminder of the the invasion that has so damaged his premiership.
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Bulgarian hostage executed
DUBAI, July 13: A militant group led by suspected Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed a Bulgarian hostage and vowed to execute a second Bulgarian it was holding within 24 hours, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.
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Labour okays unity talks with Sharon
JERUSALEM, July 13: Israel's Labour Party on Tuesday approved the start of formal negotiations with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to forge a unity government to push through his Gaza pullout plan, political sources said.
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