No troops for Iraq in 'present' situation: It's a 'non-issue' - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Pakistan said on Monday it had not sent any troops to Iraq and reaffirmed that under 'present circumstances' it would not send forces to that country where the situation was volatile and unstable.
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Minister confirms arrest of IT expert
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Minister for Information Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has confirmed that a computer expert linked to a terrorist network has been arrested.
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No accord with US to share information: N-fissile material
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: No agreement exists between Islamabad and Washington on sharing information about production of any new fissile material by Pakistan, Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said at a press briefing here on Monday.
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PM stresses flexibility
LAHORE, Aug 2: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Husain said on Monday that Pakistan and India would have to be flexible in their stands on Kashmir in order to settle the decades-old dispute.
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Balochistan CM's convoy attacked: Govt denies Jam Yousuf was target
QUETTA, Aug 2: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammed Yousuf escaped unhurt but an official escorting him was killed and two others were wounded when armed assailants attacked his motorcade near the Anjeri Cross, some 230km from here, on Monday.
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Missiles fired at paramilitary camp in Razmak
MIRAMSHAH/WANA, Aug 2: Militants targeted army installations and a convoy in the North and South Waziristan tribal regions on Monday which resulted in injuries to two security personnel and a college student.Eyewitnesses said that unidentified attackers fired four missiles on a paramilitary camp in Razmak sub-division, North Waziristan, on Monday morning....
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Anthrax scare hits foreign bank
KARACHI, Aug 2: Two envelopes containing some powder were sent to the offices of a multinational bank on Saturday, setting off an anthrax scare, it was learnt on Monday.
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Distribution firms oppose electricity tariff cut
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: All the eight power distribution companies (Discos) have asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to review its decision of reduction in electricity tariff announced last month.
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Efforts on to unify APHC
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Syed Ali Shah Geelani was re-appointed on Monday as head of Jamaat-i-Islami as efforts got under way to ease a split among leaders opposed to Indian occupation in Kashmir.
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Pakistan, India brace for key talks
NEW DELHI, Aug 2: A five-member delegation arrived here from Pakistan on Monday to explore ways to boost friendly exchanges between the two countries, a widely applauded search that may largely try to ease their respective visa regimes, officials said.
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Taliban attack Afghan border post
KABUL, Aug 2: Taliban fighters raided a military post in southeastern Afghanistan along its border with Pakistan early on Monday, officials said.
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Turkish man executed in Iraq
ANKARA, Aug 2: A Turkish national has been executed by his kidnappers in Iraq, officials said on Monday, as a video posted on Islamic websites showed the hostage being shot three times in the head by masked men.
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Bush backs intelligence reforms
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: Under election-year pressure, President George W. Bush on Monday endorsed the creation of a national intelligence director and backed other intelligence reforms recommended by the commission
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Iran rejects Muslim force for Iraq
TEHRAN, Aug 2: Iran said on Monday that a Saudi initiative to send troops from Muslim states to Iraq was 'not appropriate'. "Since Iraq is currently under occupation, we do not consider sending troops there to be an appropriate measure,"
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Seven Russian soldiers killed
MOSCOW Aug 2: Leading human rights activists called on Monday for an international conference aimed at ending the bloodshed in Chechnya, where an official said seven Russian soldiers were killed over the past day in rebel attacks. -AFP
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I. A. Rehman gets Magsaysay Award
MANILA, Aug 2: A Philippine lawyer who has helped recover nearly 700 million dollars stashed away in Swiss banks by late president Ferdinand Marcos was awarded Asia's equivalent of the Nobel prize on Monday.
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