Relief package under study, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said government was working on plans to provide relief to the masses by generating economic activity and creating employment.
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NY round broke new ground: FO
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: Highlighting the significance of the first interaction in New York last week between President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Foreign Office emphasized here on Monday that their joint statement was 'historic and significant'
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Peace conference hails Musharraf-Singh statement
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: The Third International Kashmir Peace Conference has welcomed the joint statement issued by Pakistan and India in New York on Sept 24
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President holds wide-ranging talks in Hague
THE HAGUE, Sept 27: Acting Dutch Prime Minister Gerrit Zalm on Monday urged Pakistan and India to reduce tension and find solution to outstanding issues plaguing their ties for over half a century.
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'US may target N-bombs if Musharraf removed'
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 27: US Senate candidate Barack Obama says that if President Pervez Musharraf loses power in a coup, the United States may consider military strikes to destroy Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
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'Farooqi's killing a blow to Al Qaeda': Osama is alive - Musharraf
THE HAGUE, Sept 27: President Pervez Musharraf has said the killing of top Al Qaeda militant Amjad Farooqi is a serious blow to the terrorist network. "We've eliminated one of the very major sources of terrorist threat.
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President to address investors
ROME, Sept 27: Pakistan will make a major attempt to attract investment when President Pervez Musharraf addresses an elite business conference at Hotel St Regis Grand here on Tuesday.
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5 troops killed in ambush
WANA, Sept 27: Militants attacked a military convoy in South Waziristan with three remote-controlled explosive devices on Monday, killing five soldiers and wounding 10 others, officials said.
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Arms seized in Waziristan
PESHAWAR, Sept 27: Security forces during a successful search operation have recovered huge quantity of arms, ammunition and explosive from the hideouts of terrorists in the caves and makeshift camps of Asman Punga in South Waziristan Agency.
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House raided in Sukkur; 3 militants held
SUKKUR/NAWABSHAH, Sept 27: A strong contingent of law- enforcement personnel arrested two brothers, said to be active members of the banned Jaish-i-Muhammad Organisation, after a raid on their house in a residential area of Sukkur
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Need stressed for water treaty with Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The technical committee on water resources has asked the federal government to immediately sign a water treaty with Afghanistan on river Kabul to base future irrigation planning on firm data.
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12 killed in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, Sept 27: Twelve people were killed in fresh violence across Iraq on Monday, as an Iranian diplomat kidnapped two months ago by the same extremist group holding two French reporters was released.
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Two US troops killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Sept 27: A US soldier was killed in an attack near the town of Balad, north of Baghdad, on Monday while another died in a traffic accident in the same area, the US military said.
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Dubai airport wall collapse leaves 5 dead
DUBAI, Sept 27: Five workers were killed on Monday when part of a wall collapsed at a construction site for a new state-of-the-art terminal at Dubai's international airport, the Department of Civil Aviation said.
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