Pakistan announces three-day mourning
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Pakistan on Thursday declared three-day mourning on the demise of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and pledged its continued support for the Palestinian cause.
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Islamabad welcomes move
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday welcomed the statement by his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh about troop reduction in the Indian-held Kashmir.
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India to reduce Kashmir troops: Not enough, say Kashmiris
NEW DELHI, Nov 11: India has decided to reduce its troops in Jammu and Kashmir this winter, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Thursday, but gave no details.
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Five militants reach accord with govt
WANA, Nov 11: Five most wanted tribal militants on Thursday signed an agreement with the government, pledging to live peacefully and not to harbour foreign militants in South Waziristan.
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Urgent barrage repair urged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Sindh has informed the federal government that if the Sukkur Barrage is not repaired immediately, huge losses will occur to infrastructure, crops and human lives in the province.
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13 killed in accident
JACOBABAD/SUKKUR, Nov 11: An accident on the National Highway between Kandhkot and Ghauspur left 13 people dead and 12 others injured on Thursday evening.
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9 die in Kashmir clashes
SRINAGAR, Nov 11: Police in occupied Kashmir killed two militants who attacked their camp on Thursday evening, an official said. Seven more militants were shot dead elsewhere in the state, a police spokesman said.
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UN seeks hostages' release before Eid
KABUL, Nov 11: The United Nations on Thursday called on kidnappers holding three of its staff in Afghanistan to release them in time for Eid, as it raised security here to the highest level since the fall of the Taliban.
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Palestine mourns Arafat: •Funeral in Cairo, burial in Ramallah today •Abbas new PLO chief •Rawhi Fattuh interim president •Hamas to keep up attacks
PARIS, Nov 11: Yasser Arafat, the guerilla icon-turned Nobel peace prize winner who ended up isolated and locked in renewed conflict with Israel, died on Thursday
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Israeli minister welcomes Arafat's death
JERUSALEM, Nov 11: Israeli Justice Minister Tommy Lapid on Thursday welcomed the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, telling military radio that it was "good that the world is rid of him". "The sun is shining in the Middle East and around the world, as Arafat was not only the leader of terrorism against Israel
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Bush sees 'rare opportunity' for peace
WASHINGTON, Nov 11: US President George W. Bush said on Thursday that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death 'provides a rare opportunity' for peace in the Middle East and promised to seize on the opening.
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Israeli forces kill four Palestinians
GAZA, Nov 11: Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians in violent confrontations that erupted following the death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in a French hospital on Thursday, Palestinians medics said.
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Guerillas hit back in Mosul
FALLUJAH, Nov 11: US troops fought to crush resistance in Fallujah on Thursday, but guerillas hit back with an armed rampage in Mosul and a car bomb that killed 17 people in a crowded Baghdad street.
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Blast in Baghdad leaves 10 dead
BAGHDAD, Nov 11: Nine people plus the bomber died, many burnt alive, when a car bomb exploded in a Baghdad traffic jam on Thursday as attacks across Sunni areas of central and northern Iraq wounded more than 80.
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Expansion of UN council opposed
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11: Envoys from 12 nations on Wednesday warned the United Nations General Assembly that the reported move to push the UN reforms agenda
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Bangladeshi shot dead at Indian border
DHAKA, Nov 11: The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi labourer and injured three others along the Jaflong border in Sylhet on Thursday.
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