Aziz hopes talks will move to new level: Kashmir dialogue without hesitation: Natwar
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived here on Tuesday on the last leg of his three-nation tour as the Saarc chairman amid hopes that his talks with the Indian leadership, aimed at sustainable peace in South Asia, would move from tactical to strategic issues.
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Meeting today with Indian premier
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: Pakistan has conveyed its anxieties to India over a perceived rowing back from the September meeting of their leaders in New York, authoritative sources told Dawn on Tuesday. They said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is expected to thrash out the issue during a three-hour meeting scheduled with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday. ...
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Traditional gifts for Indian leaders
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has taken traditional gifts of shehrwani, khoosas and rehwaris (sweets) for his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh. He will meet him at the Hyderabad House here on Wednesday afternoon.
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PM to raise Hurriyat demands with Singh
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: Sharp differences dogging the resistance groups fighting Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir came to the surface on Tuesday in a rare meeting they had with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz
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MMA wants premier to head NSC
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The government on Tuesday offered to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) to discuss its reservations about the National Security Council (NSC) in a council meeting to be held after the one scheduled for Thursday, sources said.
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Fazl, Asif stress need for unity
KARACHI, Nov 23: Secretary General of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Maulana Fazlur Rahman and Asif Zardari, husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on Tuesday agreed on the need for unity among political forces
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Two Tajiks arrested in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 23: Security forces arrested two Tajik militants, one of them a 15-year-old boy, in the Makin area of South Waziristan on Tuesday, military sources said.
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Musharraf to meet Bush on Dec 4
WASHINGTON, Nov 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to meet President George W. Bush at the White House on Dec 4, diplomatic sources told Dawn here on Tuesday.
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US Congress approves $701m aid for Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Nov 23: The US Congress has approved $701 million for Pakistan, including $300 million in military assistance, says a congressional document.
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WB, ADB urge govt to accelerate reforms
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have asked the government to accelerate the implementation of its reform agenda which, they say, has not been effectively implemented
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Kashmiri groups oppose division
MIRPUR, Nov 23: Kashmiris, including politicians, lawyers and religious figures, on Tuesday opposed the division of their disputed state in any future settlement as they spoke to a group of visiting journalists from India and the occupied Kashmir.
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Four killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Nov 23: Suspected freedom fighters shot dead four people, including an Indian soldier and a policeman, in separate incidents in occupied Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.
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US consular section closed
NEW DELHI, Nov 23: The United States embassy here said on Tuesday it has closed its consular section and the American Center in the western Indian city of Bombay for a day as a precaution following threats of terrorist attacks.
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Three UN hostages freed
KABUL, Nov 23: Three United Nations hostages were freed in Afghanistan on Tuesday unharmed and healthy after almost four weeks in captivity amid conflicting claims over whether the government promised to free Taliban prisoners in exchange for their release.
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No compromise on DPs rights: Abbas
RAMALLAH, Nov 23: Palestinian presidential favourite Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Tuesday never to give up the late Yasser Arafat's bedrock demand that Israel recognize a "right of return" of Palestinian refugees.
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Media steps up campaign against Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23: The right wing American media have stepped up attacks on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, with some suggesting that he leave his post, despite the confidence expressed in his leadership by the staff unions.
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European consumers shun US brands: poll
WASHINGTON, Nov 23: A recent poll indicates many European consumers don't want to purchase US products and services because of President Bush's re-election.
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'Saudi militant admits killing Frenchman'
RIYADH, Nov 23: A suspected Saudi militant captured in Jeddah two weeks ago has confessed to killing a French engineer in the Red Sea port city in September, a Saudi newspaper said on Tuesday.
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