Troops to leave Wana: Military check posts to be removed
PESHAWAR, Nov 26: The armed forces on Friday announced withdrawal of troops and removal of check posts from all parts of the Wana subdivision of the south Waziristan tribal region.
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Aziz hopes dialogue will be successful
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday expressed the hope that the composite dialogue process between Pakistan and India would lead to resolution of all issues
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Musharraf to raise Muslims' issues
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: President Pervez Musharraf said he would press for progress in key conflicts affecting Muslims as he left Friday for talks with Western leaders as well as his first visit to Latin America.
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Senate passes two bills in 15 minutes
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: The Senate on Friday passed two bills, including the ISI bill, within 15 minutes in the absence of opposition members who staged a walkout to protest against what they termed the government's move to run the house without quorum.
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Nawaz in talks with Benazir
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has suggested to PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto that their parties should sign a code of conduct aimed at starting a new democratic era in Pakistan.
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MQM not in favour of general's rule: Altaf
KARACHI, Nov 26: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain said on Friday that his party supported neither the rule by a general nor by his institution and if all the political parties agreed on a broad parameter, the MQM would support them.
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N-facilities inspection not allowed, says FO
ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Pakistan on Friday denied reports appearing in a section of the US media that Islamabad had agreed to a limited inspection of its nuclear facilities by IAEA personnel.
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No U-turn on Kashmir issue: AJK PM
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 26: AJK President Sardar Mohammad Anwar Khan on Friday categorically ruled out any U-turn on the Kashmir issue and political, moral and said that diplomatic support would continue uninterrupted
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Indian media reaction to Aziz visit mixed
NEW DELHI, Nov 26: Indian media on Friday reacted ambivalently to the visit by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to New Delhi, the first by a Pakistani premier in 13 years
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3 Kashmir bus routes under study: Mirwaiz
NEW DELHI, Nov 26: India and Pakistan are considering three different routes across the divided Jammu and Kashmir for bus service to unite people of the region, Mirwaiz Maulvi Umar Farooq, Kashmir's spiritual leader, said on Friday.
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'India sending more forces to Kashmir'
NEW DELHI, Nov 26: India could be sending more troops into Jammu and Kashmir than it is pulling out from there, masking a public commitment by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with palliatives that do not match the commitment
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India test-fires missile
NEW DELHI, Nov 26: India on Friday test fired Akash, the indigenously developed surface-to-air missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea, about 14km from Balasore (Orissa).
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Rebel group blows up Assam oil well
GAUHATI, Nov 26: A powerful Indian separatist rebel group claimed responsibility on Friday for blowing up an oil well and injuring at least five soldiers.
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Leading Iraqi parties call for election delay
BAGHDAD, Nov 26: Leading Iraqi political parties, including the group led by former presidential candidate Adnan Pachachi and the two main Kurdish parties, signed a petition on Friday
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2 US marines die in Fallujah
FALLUJAH, Nov 26: Two Marines were killed and three others wounded when they came under fire during house-clearing operations in Fallujah, the US military said on Friday.
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15 bodies found in Mosul
MOSUL, Nov 26: Fifteen more bodies have been found in and around Mosul this week, said US and Iraqi officials on Friday, bringing to at least 40 the number of corpses discovered in the northern city.
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Barghouti says won't contest Palestinian election
RAMALLAH, Nov 26: Jailed West Bank militant leader Marwan Barghouti announced on Friday he would npt run in next year's Palestinian leadership election, heading off a potentially damaging rift in the dominant Fatah faction.
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Thailand urged to be open about unrest
VIENTIANE, Nov 26: Malaysia said on Friday that Thailand should not try to stop its ASEAN partners from discussing the Muslim unrest gripping its southern provinces as the region needed to be informed of potential security threats.
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