N-capable missile tested
 ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Pakistan on Tuesday morning carried out another successful test of the indigenously-produced intermediate-range ballistic missile Hatf V (Ghauri) as part of a series of tests planned for the Ghauri Missile System.
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Protests, walkout on 'day of mourning'
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Opposition parties staged a noisy protest and a walkout in the National Assembly on Tuesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the army coup that had brought President General Pervez Musharraf to power, calling it a 'black day' and a 'day of mourning'....
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MMA bill to amend treason law rejected
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The National Assembly rejected on Tuesday two bills moved by the opposition on private member's day seeking amendment to the High Treason Act and replacing the existing law on access to information....
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PPP leads in seven NALC constituencies
GILGIL, Oct 12: In a major upset, government-backed candidates are facing defeat, trailing behind Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians and independent candidates in many constituencies in the Northern Areas Legislative Council elections held on Tuesday....
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Militant snubs mediators: No progress in efforts to free Chinese
 WANA, Oct 12: Efforts to secure the release of two Chinese engineers and their Pakistani escorts were deadlocked on Tuesday as militant leader Abdullah Mehsud vowed not to negotiate unless the hostages and kidnappers were allowed to meet him....
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Pakistan assured of US arms supply
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: A visiting US defence delegation on Tuesday informed Pakistani officials that arms and equipment requested by the country for its three armed forces were in the pipeline, an official statement said.The delegation led by Deputy Director of the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Millies told senior officials of the Defence Ministry....
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Govt not involved with Khan network: report
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: A prestigious American nuclear watchdog has concluded that the government of Pakistan was not involved with the network of nuclear proliferators who supplied nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea....
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'Ties with Riyadh to be boosted'
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoyed close brotherly relationship and expressed the hope that these would be enhanced through increased defence cooperation....
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PM to visit Saarc states next month
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will be visiting Saarc member states next month in his capacity as the current chairman of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, it is learnt....
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Move for UN council expansion opposed
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12: Pakistan has warned that any effort to rush through a proposal on the sensitive issue of UN Security Council's enlargement by a vote in the General Assembly would be "manifestly divisive....
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Clark says her remarks 'grossly' distorted
WELLINGTON, Oct 12: New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark accused an Indian newspaper of "grossly distorting" her comments after it quoted her linking strife-torn Kashmir with nuclear friction between India and Pakistan....
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Gujarat riot witnesses to be recalled
AHMEDABAD, Oct 12: Seven witnesses in a 2002 Gujarat riot case, including a police officer, were on Tuesday ordered by India's High Court to be recalled and re-examined....
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Afghan vote count may begin today
KABUL, Oct 12: Counting of votes in Afghanistan's disputed presidential election could begin as soon as Wednesday, the UN-Afghan electoral commission said on Tuesday....
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Rocket blasts jolt Kabul
Kabul, Oct 12: A series of apparent rocket explosions jolted Kabul late on Monday, hours after German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder paid a visit. ISAF said that a 16-year-old boy died of wounds suffered in the rocket strikes....
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US airstrikes leave 11 dead in Iraq
FALLUJAH, Oct 12: US planes hammered guerilla positions in of Fallujah and Ramadi on Tuesday, killing 11 people, as the disarming of Shia militiamen gathered pace in Baghdad despite US warnings of internal rifts....
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Blast rocks Gaza
GAZA CITY, Oct 12: A huge explosion rocked Gaza City outside the headquarters of the Palestinian security services late on Tuesday in what witnesses said appeared to be an assassination attempt against a top security official....
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Annan criticizes Israeli attacks
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday expressed deep concern over continuing Israeli military operation in northern Gaza Strip which has resulted in a high toll of deaths and injuries among the civilian population....
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3 'militants' killed in Riyadh
RIYADH, Oct 12: Saudi security forces killed three suspected militants in a night-time shootout here on Tuesday near a housing compound for foreigners....
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