Committee meeting with Bugti 'fruitful'
QUETTA, Nov 7: Chairman of the parliamentary sub-committee on Balochistan issues, Senator Mushahid Hussain, on Sunday assured Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti that past attitude with Balochistan would not be repeated.
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Baloch to go to any lengths for rights: Khan of Kalat
KARACHI, Nov 7: Mir Suleman Dawood Khan, the Khan of Kalat, has said the Baloch people will go to any lengths to achieve their rights and alleged that the main purpose behind building cantonments is to control the Baloch people
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Talks with tribal leaders resume
WANA, Nov 7: Political authorities in South Waziristan have resumed talks with elders of the Yargulkhel tribe to persuade them to sign an agreement for guaranteeing safety to security forces in the troubled areas, sources said.
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Armitage arrives today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is arriving here on Monday for talks with top leadership and senior officials on important bilateral, regional and global issues, including counter-terrorism and the Indo-Pakistan peace process.
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Two blasts rock Kalat
QUETTA, Nov 7: The Kalat town was rocked on Sunday evening by two explosions. "Two powerful explosions occurred in the town without causing any casualty," Kalat Range DIG Ghulam Qadir Thebu told Dawn.
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Delhi makes formal offer to sell diesel
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: India has formally asked Pakistan to import diesel from Gujarat and Haryana to Pakistan through land and sea routes by removing the product from "negative list of permissible imports from India".
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Musharraf's remarks off the cuff: Manmohan
NEW DELHI, Nov 7: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday refused to react to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's recent proposals to resolve the Kashmir problem, describing them as "off the cuff remarks."
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Pakistan blocking talks with APHC, alleges India
NEW DELHI, Nov 7: The Indian Home Ministry on Sunday alleged that Pakistan was putting pressure on leaders of Kashmir's All Parties Hurriyat Conference-Ansari (APHC)) not to resume talks with New Delhi till Islamabad was involved in it as a "third party".
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India tests N-capable missile
BHUBANESHWAR, Nov 7: India on Sunday tested a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead off its eastern coast, defence sources said.
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Iraq declares emergency: 21 police officers shot dead
BAGHDAD, Nov 7: Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Iraq to combat spiralling violence as 21 police officers were shot dead execution-style in a dawn ambush on their stations.
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US troops monitor Syria-Iraq border
ABU KAMAL, Nov 7: Across the frontier in Iraq, US soldiers eye the Syrian checkpoint with suspicion, checking for danger on a border Washington says has let through too many militants.
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Qorei, Abbas want to visit Arafat
RAMALLAH, Nov 7: Acting PLO leader Mahmud Abbas and Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei have requested permission from the French authorities to visit Yasser Arafat in hospital, official sources said Sunday.
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Suha sends message to Palestinian leaders
PARIS, Nov 7: Yasser Arafat's wife on Sunday despatched a key Palestinian official to the West Bank with a message for the leadership concerning the health of her husband and its political consequences.
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Iran, EU reach deal on nuclear issue
TEHRAN, Nov 7: Iran and the European Union's three big powers have reached a tentative deal that could see Tehran avert UN Security Council sanctions over its disputed nuclear programme, Iranian and EU officials said on Sunday.
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Iran rattled by mild quakes
TEHRAN, Nov 7: Several moderate earthquakes shook parts of southeastern Iran on Sunday forcing officials in the province of Hormuzgan to close all schools, the news agency IRNA reported.
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Anti-nuclear protester killed by waste train
STRASBOURG, Nov 7: An anti-nuclear protester died in north-eastern France Sunday after he was run over by a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany, regional authorities said.
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