Qazi, Fazl differ on talks offer
LAHORE, Nov 21: Differences cropped up between two main leaders of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on the alliance's relationships with the government as its acting president Qazi Husain Ahmad rejected the offer for talks
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Agreement to boost defence, trade ties: Pakistan-Sri Lanka talks
COLOMBO Nov 21: Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Sunday agreed to enhance defence and trade cooperation and take a number of steps to expand and consolidate bilateral ties.
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Aziz, Singh to have one-to-one meeting
COLOMBO, Nov 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz who is due in India on Tuesday will have a one-to-one meeting with his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh the following day.
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Kashmiri leaders on first bus proposed
LAHORE, Nov 21: Pakistan proposed on Sunday that Kashmiri politicians should be on the inaugural bus when a road transport service begins across the Line of Control (LoC) between Azad Kashmir and the India-held Kashmir.
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US approves $300m military aid: Programme for Afghanistan, Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 21: Both houses of the US legislature have approved a $388 billion budget that contains military aid programmes for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Quesco power supply disrupted
QUETTA, Nov 21: Unknown miscreants have destroyed three power transmission lines between Uch-Sibi and Guddu-Sibi. But Qesco, according to its spokesman, has made alternative arrangements to ensure power supply to the consumers.
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Irsa likely to cut Sindh share
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) meets here on Monday to review the overall water situation and is likely to cut Sindh's share for the remaining Rabi season, Dawn has learnt.
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Water body meets today
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Technical Committee on Water Resources, led by A.N.G Abbasi, will begin its week-long meeting here on Nov 22 to complete its recommendations on the construction of big dams.
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India serious about dialogue, says Singh
NEW DELHI, Nov 21: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that New Delhi was keen to see progress in the composite dialogue with Pakistan, and indicated that he was still flexible on the issue of Kashmir despite perceptions to the contrary.
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Iraq polls set for Jan 30
BAGHDAD, Nov 21: The first elections in Iraq since the downfall of Saddam Hussein last year will be held on Jan 30, the election commission announced on Sunday
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Clashes leave 22 dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Nov 21: In total 22 people were killed on Sunday amid the bloodiest clashes yet in the city of Ramadi in the Sunni triangle about 80km northwest of Baghdad, the Arabic news channel al-Arabiya reported.
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Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in Ramallah
RAMALLAH, Nov 21: Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians, including a wanted militant, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian sources said.
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Iran will freeze enrichment
TEHRAN, Nov 21: Iran promised to meet Monday's deadline for suspending a uranium enrichment process that could be used for making nuclear weapons - a freeze that could spare it UN Security Council sanctions.
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Pro-West leader wins Ukraine elections
KIEV, Nov 21: Pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko won Ukraine's presidential runoff election on Sunday, comfortably beating pro-Russia Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, an independent exit poll showed.
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54 die in China air crash
BEIJING, Nov 21: Fifty-four people died on Sunday when a plane crashed into a lake just after take-off, apparently after a blast, witnesses and media said.
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BDR on red alert
DHAKA, Nov 21: The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) have been put on red-alert along the Indian border and urged the Border Security Force of India to withdraw its additional forces.
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