Defence of Pakistan Day today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The nation will observe Defence of Pakistan Day on Monday with a renewed pledge to sacrifice everything to defend the geographical and ideological frontiers of the country.
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Kashmir settlement key to peace: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday expressed confidence that sacrifices rendered by Kashmiris in their struggle for self-determination would bear fruit soon and a just and lasting solution of the issue would be found.
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Rashid for inclusion of Kashmiris in talks
HYDERABAD, Sept 5: Federal Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad has said that the Kashmiri leadership will have to be included in the ongoing dialogue between India and Pakistan at some stage. He told a news conference at the circuit house here on Sunday that the issue needed to be resolved
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Pakistan, India move to boost peace process
 NEW DELHI, Sept 5: India and Pakistan were scenting progress in the landmark meeting between their foreign ministers on Sunday, as officials explored the possibility for a second round of a structured composite dialogue
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Dialogue has no impact on situation, says Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, Sept 5: Former chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Sunday met with Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri to urge the greater involvement of Kashmiris in the ongoing India-Pakistan peace dialogue.
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Musharraf to meet Singh on 22nd
WASHINGTON, Sept 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is expected to meet US President George W. Bush in New York on Sept 22, officials say. It will be a breakfast meeting without a set agenda, the sources said.
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Three advisers to PM appointed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Sunday appointed Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Dr Salman Shah and Nilofer Bakhtiar advisers to the prime minister.
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Athlete hurt by negative feelings about Islam
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Pakistan's only female athlete in the Olympics on Sunday said she was hurt by negative feelings about Islam in Athens where she claimed she was criticized for running in clothes that fully covered her body.
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Advani an international absconder, says Lalu
NEW DELHI, Sept 5: Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav accused Hindutva leader Lal Krishan Advani on Sunday of being an international fugitive who was wanted in Pakistan for a plot to assassinate the Quaid-i-Azam.
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India rules out troop reduction on Siachen
NEW DELHI, Sept 5: Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday ruled out any move to reduce the military presence on the Siachen Glacier or in the occupied Kashmir
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Two US troops die in Iraq mortar attack
BAGHDAD, Sept 5: Two US soldiers were killed and 16 wounded on Sunday night in a mortar attack outside of Balad, north of Baghdad, the US military said in a statement.
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Confusion over reports of Saddam aide's arrest
BAGHDAD, Sept 5: Iraq's government was scrambling on Sunday to confirm whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run had been captured, as confident statements that he had been seized gave way to doubt and confusion.
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Release of French journalists stalled
PARIS, Sept 5: Unexpected difficulties appeared on Sunday to stall the hoped-for release of two French journalists in Iraq as the government in Paris hinted at new doubts over their fate.
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Three Saudi security men killed
RIYADH, Sept 5: Three Saudi security officers were killed on Sunday when their patrol car caught fire after being hit by gunfire while chasing suspected extremists in an area considered a militant haven, a security source said.
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Russia buries dead as school siege toll climbs
BESLAN, Sept 5: Mothers with tears flowing down their faces and fathers trying to hide their emotions buried their children and relatives on Sunday as the death toll from Russia's worst ever hostage crisis climbed by the hour.
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BD blast claims two lives
DHAKA, Sept 5: Two people were killed and seven injured in a bomb blast on Sunday near a military compound on the outskirts of Bangladesh's northeastern city of Sylhet, police said.
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March for religious tolerance in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Some 3,000 people from various religious groups in Nepal took advantage of the relaxation of a curfew to stage a peace march through the streets of the Nepalese capital on Sunday, organizers said.
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Three killed in Nepal explosion
KATHMANDU, Sept 5: Three soldiers were killed and seven injured when their patrol vehicle triggered a landmine in western Nepal on Sunday, an army source said. The incident occurred at Talghare village in Tanahu district.
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