PM convenes meetings to streamline governance
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has convened separate meetings with senior bureaucrats and his cabinet colleagues on Oct 6 and 8, to finalize a broad-based strategy for the functioning of government.
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Gwadar port to open in January: Aziz
QUETTA, Oct 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here yesterday that the first phase of the Gwadar port project would be completed in three months and the port will be formally inaugurated in January next year
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'A. Q. Khan's network put out of business'
NEW YORK, Oct 3: US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday President Pervez Musharraf has made certain that former scientist A. Q. Khan's nuclear network was put out of business, and "people are being brought to justice".
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ISI chief, corps commanders named
ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Lieutenant General Pervez Kiani, the Commander 10 Corps, Rawalpindi, has been transferred and made the Director-General of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
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Rain plays havoc in lower Sindh
KARACHI, Oct 3: Fishermen and farmers in Thatta spent an uneasy night as a tropical cyclone pummelled the coastal areas of Sindh in the early hours of Sunday, killing at least two men and leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
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New wave of blasts in Assam
GUWAHATI, Oct 3: Indian troops prepared to flush out guerillas from thick jungles of Assam on Sunday after a fresh wave of bombs ripped through streets and marketplaces killing four people and wounding 40, officials said.
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3 troops die in Valley clashes
SRINAGAR, Oct 3: Three Indian army soldiers and two freedom fighters were killed in clashes that erupted in Indian-held Kashmir Sunday during a military search operation, police said.
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India plans to trim air force manpower
NEW DELHI, Oct 3: India's Chief of the Air Staff S. Krishna swamy has called for the downsizing of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to make it more efficient within the increasing budgetary constraints, the Hindustan Times said on Sunday.
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US helped avert N-war in South Asia: Powell
WASHINGTON, Oct 3: The Bush administration has played a key role in brining India and Pakistan from the brinks of a nuclear war two years ago to peace talks in New York last week, says US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Govt will be stronger after polls: Karzai
BERLIN, Oct 3: Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed confidence On Sunday that his administration would emerge from a historic presidential election next weekend with increased legitimacy.
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Samarra attacks toll 150: Fallujah pounded
SAMARRA, Oct 3: Residents of the Iraqi city of Samarra collected the bodies of their relatives on Sunday, two days after a massive US-Iraqi operation to root out rebels
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Offensive in Gaza claims 10 lives: Incursion to go on: Sharon
GAZA CITY, Oct 3: Ten Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza on Sunday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to press on with a military offensive and the Palestinians appealed for urgent international action.
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Annan calls for end to Israeli raids
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 3: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Sunday called on Israel to end its offensive in the Gaza Strip, which has left 69 people dead in the last five days.
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'Iran won't surrender N-fuel technology'
TEHRAN, Oct 3: Iran said on Sunday it had already acquired the sensitive technology to produce its own nuclear fuel and that it would be "irrational" to agree to surrender such a capability in exchange for supplies from overseas.
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Residential area attacked in Riyadh
RIYADH, Oct 3: Two assailants hurled a hand-grenade at the fortified fence of an upscale housing compound in the Saudi capital without causing any casualties, in the latest attack to target expatriates in the kingdom
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BD newspaper editor killed
BOGRA, Oct 3: An editor of a newspaper in Bangladesh's north western city of Bogra was killed early On Sunday by five axe-wielding youths who appeared to be professional killers, police said.
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