PML legislators told to follow party line
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday held meetings with a number of legislators and advised them to follow the party line in the no-trust vote against the National Assembly speaker on Friday.
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Nisar says talks on united front in progress
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Two anti-government alliances and some opposition parties are trying to form a united front on a one-point agenda and to work out a plan to launch a sustained movement against President Pervez Musharraf.
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Islamabad, Beijing to fight terror jointly: PM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday assured China that the government had taken effective measures for the protection of all Chinese nationals working in Pakistan.
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Compensation for hostages' families
BEIJING, Oct 17: Pakistan has decided to provide $100,000 as compensation to the family of Wang Peng, the Chinese engineer who had lost his life during the hostage-taking episode.
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Powell hails Pakistan's help against terrorism
WASHINGTON, Oct 17: The United States has forged a partnership with Pakistan and the waging of the war on terrorism would not have been possible without Islamabad's cooperation, Secretary of State Colin Powell has said.
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Dates for new round of talks may be set this week
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan and India are likely to announce this week dates for the next round of bilateral talks starting next month and ending in December.
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Zarqawi pledges allegiance to Osama
DUBAI, Oct 17: The Tawhid wal Jihad group of Abu Mussab Al Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, has pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden in a statement posted on Sunday on websites usually used by terrorist organizations.
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Militants resist US offensive near Fallujah: Nine policemen killed in ambush
FALLUJAH, Oct 17: US troops and militants battled on the edge of Fallujah on Sunday and nine policemen were killed in an ambush south of the capital
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No redeployment in Iraq, says UK
LONDON, Oct 17: British troops in Iraq will not be redeployed to Baghdad or Fallujah after it was confirmed that the United States has requested London to move its soldiers to the US-controlled sector, a defence ministry spokesman said Sunday.
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Massive anti-war march in London
LONDON, Oct 17: Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of central London Sunday to protest against the Iraq war as Prime Minister Tony Blair struggled to shake off fierce criticism of the invasion back home.
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Suspects at Guantanamo Bay abused: report
NEW YORK, Oct 17: War on terror suspects held at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, suffered 'highly abusive' treatment during interrogations, the New York Times reported on Sunday
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70pc Muslims in US may vote against Bush: surveys
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 Surveys and reports published this week show that as many as 70 per cent of the registered Muslim voters may vote for the Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
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Kerry, Bush struggle for decisive lead
WASHINGTON, Oct 17: New opinion polls released on Sunday showed US presidential election rivals George W. Bush and John Kerry still struggling to establish a decisive lead.
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Iran urged to halt enrichment
MOSCOW, Oct 17: Russia called on Iran on Sunday to ease world concerns about its nuclear ambitions by ratifying the additional protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and halting all uranium enrichment, the Ria-Novosti news agency reported.
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