Parliament to decide on troops for Iraq: Rashid rejects demand for Kargil probe
ISLAMABAD, July 24: Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that Pakistan will consider sending its troops to Baghdad only if the Iraqi interim government makes a formal request to the effect.
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Three KRL officials released
ISLAMABAD, July 24: Three officials of the Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) who were under government custody for the last six months for their alleged involvement in nuclear proliferation were released here on Saturday.
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Ties with Riyadh growing: PM
JEDDAH, July 24: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have identical views on regional and international issues and their bilateral ties are fast progressing in every field.
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IMF to give PRGF's last tranche in November
ISLAMABAD, July 24: The IMF will disburse the last two tranches worth $240 million in early November after which its $1.5 billion Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) programme will come to an end in December 2004.
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Pakistan's economic turnaround impressive: envoy
WASHINGTON, July 24: Pakistan's foreign and economic policies have been impressive and the economic turnaround gives us reason to hope that exciting times lie ahead, says ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi.
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Blast kills seminary worker in Karachi
KARACHI, July 24: An employee of the Jamia Al Rasheedia was killed and eight others, including four teachers, were injured after the vehicle carrying them hit an explosive device planted along the roadside
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Peshawar commander visits Shakai
WANA, July 24: Corps Commander Peshawar Lt-Gen Safdar Hussain on Saturday visited Shakai and other areas in the South Waziristan tribal region where army troops had carried out an operation against foreign and local militants.
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Osama helped by Pakistan to set up base: report
WASHINGTON, July 24: Pakistan held the key to Osama bin Laden's ability to use Afghanistan as a base from which to revive his ambitious enterprise for war against the United States, says the final report of the 9/11 commission.
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Kashmiris should be involved in talks: EP
ISLAMABAD, July 24: There are three parties to the Kashmir dispute - Pakistan, India and the Kashmiris - and all three must be fully involved in its resolution, notes the ad hoc delegation of the European Parliament on Kashmir in its latest report.
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New Delhi disappointed at call for timeframe
NEW DELHI, July 24: India expressed disappointment on Saturday with a Pakistani statement attaching importance to a time-frame for settling the Kashmir dispute, following the first meeting between President Musharraf and India's foreign minister.
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4 Afghan soldiers killed
KABUL, July 24: Four Afghan soldiers have been killed in an ambush by suspected Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.
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'Saudi militant may give up in Pakistan'
RIYADH, July 24: A wanted Saudi militant has expressed willingness to surrender at his country's embassy in Pakistan, despite the expiry of a royal amnesty, a mediator told AFP Saturday.
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Construction firm official kidnapped
BAGHDAD, July 24: The director of a state-owned Iraqi construction company was kidnapped in Baghdad on Saturday while on his way to work, an interior ministry spokesman said.
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Militants seize govt building in Gaza
GAZA, July 24: Palestinian militants briefly commandeered a government building in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, demanding President Yasser Arafat reinstate comrades they said had been dismissed from the security forces.
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Australia warned of 'bloody attack'
CAIRO, July 24: An online statement by a group representing itself as Al Qaeda's European branch threatened on Saturday to turn Australia into 'pools of blood' if it doesn't withdraw its troops from Iraq.
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Bangladesh flood toll now 200
DHAKA, July 24: Floods caused by swollen rivers in Bangladesh have so far claimed more than 200 lives and made 21 million homeless.
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