Changes in important ministries: Aziz keeps finance
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz kept the finance ministry for himself as he allocated portfolios to 32 members of his cabinet on Thursday.
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Aziz orders steps for development of Thar
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has decided to visit Thar area soon to meet the people who elected him an MNA with a big majority in the Aug 18 bye-election, an official handout issued here on Thursday said.
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$300m WB loan soon for poverty reduction
WASHINGTON, Sept 2: The World Bank is expected this week to approve a $300 million credit for Pakistan to support the implementation of its poverty reduction strategy in 2004.
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Kashmir policy reiterated
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to continue its political and diplomatic efforts for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in line with the wishes of Kashmiri people.
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Kasuri to meet Vajpayee, other opposition leaders
NEW DELHI, Sept 2: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri has planned a meeting with power-wielding Indian opposition leaders, including former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Jail riot in Sargodha, staff held hostage
SARGODHA, Sept 2: Six guards and several prisoners were injured as a riot broke out in the district jail here after the death of an under-trial prisoner. Inmates were reported on Thursday night to be holding some jail staff hostage.
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RAW hand seen in Kathmandu violence
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Wednesday's anti-Muslim riots and attacks on Arab and Pakistani establishments in Nepal were sponsored by India, a government official said at a briefing here on Thursday.
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India to probe rail attack
NEW DELHI, Sept 2: India's cabinet on Thursday decided to set up a high-level committee to investigate the torching of a train carrying Hindu pilgrims that sparked widespread riots in Gujarat state two years ago.
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India claims killing four 'guerillas'
SRINAGAR, Sept 2: Indian troops on Thursday claimed to have gunned down four suspected Kashmiri guerillas along the Line of Control. The militants died ahead of crucial weekend talks in New Delhi
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20 die in US strike on Fallujah
BAGHDAD, Sept 2: US air strike overnight on Fallujah killed 20 people. The jets raided targets suspected to be hideouts of al-Zarqawi.
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French minister says hostages no longer in hands of abductors
PERPIGNAN, Sept 2: Two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq are no longer in the hands of their abductors, French Culture and Communications Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said on Thursday.
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Headscarves ban goes into effect in France
PARIS, Sept 2: France's academic year got off to a quiet start on Thursday as a controversial law banning headscarves in state schools went into effect, despite the demands of militants holding two Frenchmen hostage in Iraq.
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Suspect in Al Khobar assault surrenders
RIYADH, Sept 2: A Saudi national wanted for involvement in attacks in Al Khobar in May has surrendered to the authorities. A ministry of Interior source quoted by the official Saudi Press Agency confirmed on Thursday the surrender of Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Miqren.
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Militants free 26 women, children: Russia pledges to avoid force
BESLAN, Sept 2: Heavily-armed militants freed 26 women and children but kept hundreds captive in a school for a second day on Thursday
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Nepal extends curfew to prevent rioting
KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Nepal extended a curfew in the capital on Thursday to prevent fresh rioting as the embattled Himalayan kingdom marked a national day of mourning for 12 Nepalese killed by a militant group in Iraq.
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Darfur
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 2: The UN special envoy to Sudan urged the Khartoum government to let international troops help end attacks on the population of the troubled Darfur region. -AFP
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