US will consider selling advanced weapons system: Armitage says no request made for troops
ISLAMABAD, July 15: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage assured Pakistan on Thursday that Washington would speed up delivery of vital security assistance, look into Islamabad's additional defence requirements and consider any request for advanced weapons systems.
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ARD team meets Armitage
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Pakistan Muslim League-N Senator Ishaq Dar met US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage here on Thursday. The luncheon meeting between the ARD leaders and the visiting US official took place at the residence of US Ambassador Nancy Powell.
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Zardari seen acting as alliance bridge
ISLAMABAD July 15: Jailed PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari seems to be acting as a bridge between the two main opposition alliances for a joint fight against prime ministerial hopeful Shaukat Aziz in the by-elections for two National Assembly seats.
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Contempt of court ordinance re-promulgated
ISLAMABAD, July 15: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday re-promulgated the Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2004, to regulate the exercise of the powers of courts to punish for contempt of court.
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No charges presented against 6 army officers: It's a sensitive case, LHC told
RAWALPINDI, July 15: The government on Thursday refused to present any specific charges against six detained army officers or their arrest orders in the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench
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Detention of KRL officials extended
ISLAMABAD, July 15: A Supreme Court review board on Thursday extended the detention of four officials of the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), accused of being involved in the transfer of nuclear technology, till the next meeting of the board.
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Fresh curbs on movement of goods in Wana area
WANA, July 15: Security forces on Thursday sealed all exit and entry points of the South Waziristan region to force two most wanted militants accused of providing refuge to foreign militants to surrender as one wanted militant surrendered himself to authorities.
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Unidentified UAV crashes in North Waziristan
PESHAWAR, July 15: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed near Mirali in the North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday, sources said. An official source told Dawn on Thursday that the UAV flying along the Afghan border crashed near Mirali
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Work on Thal Canal going apace: President informed about progress
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Wapda has informed the president's secretariat that 57 per cent 'structures' of the Rs30.4 billion Greater Thal Canal Project have been completed and, under a revised schedule
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Flour mills to go on strike from 20th: Ban on wheat movement
PESHAWAR, July 15: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) here on Thursday decided to start a country-wide strike from July 20 if ban on inter-provincial movement of wheat was not lifted by the date.
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Petrol prices unchanged
KARACHI, July 15: The prices of motor gasoline, HOBC, kerosene oil, light diesel and kerosene oil have remained unchanged for the third fortnight. -APP
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Four Levies men still not freed
QUETTA, July 15: Talks between Pakistan and Afghan border officials for the release of four Pakistani Levies men remained inconclusive. They were kidnapped by armed Afghans two days ago from Bramcha area of Chagai district.
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Afghan poll office ransacked
KABUL, July 15: Angry Afghans ransacked a UN-run election office in a remote town after a skirmish between government troops and militia forces in which two militia fighters were killed, a UN spokesman said on Thursday.
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Ashraf holds meeting with UN staff
UNITED NATIONS, July 15: UN Special Representative to Iraq Ashraf Jehangir Qazi held his first meeting with UN officials on Wednesday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York after being named to the post on Monday.
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New spy agency formed in Iraq: Blast claims 10 more lives
BAGHDAD, July 15: Iraq's interim prime minister announced the formation of a new spy agency to tackle insurgents on Thursday, hours after a car bomb killed 10 people
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Allies warned against leaving Iraq
WASHINGTON, July 15: The Bush administration has warned its allies not to leave the US-led coalition as it could encourage terrorist attacks in Iraq.
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Filipino hostage
DUBAI, July 15: A Filipino held hostage in Iraq told his family in a videotaped message on Thursday he would be returning home but his captors said they would only free him after Manila withdraws all its troops this month.
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Mandela pleads for more aid to fight Aids
BANGKOK, July 15: Former South African President Nelson Mandela, in a veiled swipe at the United States, called on donors on Thursday to join efforts to pour billions of dollars into a global fund to fight Aids.
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