Senate passes honour-killing bill
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The government pushed a bill against honour killings through the Senate on Tuesday amid an opposition walkout but promised to consider opposition amendments to improve the law in the future.
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Musharraf asks US to hasten exit from Iraq
LONDON, Dec 7: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday urged US-led multinational forces to hasten their departure from Iraq by training local troops more quickly.
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Security blunder over Musharraf's UK visit
LONDON, Dec 7: British police were probing on Tuesday why a top secret file detailing security arrangements for the visit of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to Britain this week was found abandoned on a London street.
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Gaps in positions as bus talks open
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: Indian and Pakistan officials on Tuesday began their widely awaited talks on a proposed bus link across the Line of Control in Kashmir with both sides showing a yawning gap in their positions
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Sindh NFC member Lodhi resigns: Centre's attitude criticized
KARACHI, Dec 7: Abdul Karim Lodhi, who represented Sindh as a private and non-statutory member on the National Finance Commission (NFC) for about four years
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Rs150 billion projects approved by Ecnec
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved 32 development projects worth Rs150 billion but deferred approval of the Rs1.42 billion Thal canal remodelling project
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Water situation to be reviewed today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The federal government has convened an inter-provincial meeting here on Wednesday to review overall water situation in the country with specific focus on the projected drought-like situation for the next 15 years.
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Rumsfeld coming to discuss arms sale
WASHINGTON, Dec 7: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld begins a visit to India and Pakistan this week for talks on the sale of sophisticated missiles and other weapons to South Asia's two nuclear neighbours.
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Hurriyat observes hunger strike
SRINAGAR, Dec 7: Moderate separatists in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday ended a day-long token hunger strike against human rights abuses by Indian troops with a warning to the government to end excesses or face mass protests, police and witnesses said.
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Karzai takes oath, vows to bring peace
KABUL, Dec 7: Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president on Tuesday, promising to bring peace to his nation and end the economy's dependence on narcotics.
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Six Taliban, four Afghan troops killed
KHOST, Dec 7: Six Taliban militants and four Afghan soldiers were killed during a fighting in south-eastern Afghanistan, military officials said on Tuesday.
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10 Palestinians arrested in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 7: US soldiers arrested 10 Palestinians during a search of the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent and a sports club in Baghdad, a Palestinian diplomat said on Tuesday.
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Al Qaeda owns up Jeddah attack
DUBAI, Dec 7: The Saudi branch of Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for Monday's attack on the US consulate in Jeddah, stating that some assailants had managed to flee after 'the operation'.
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Key players reach ME accord
CAIRO, Dec 7: Key players in the search for Middle East peace have reached understanding on a plan that could lead to a comprehensive settlement, Egypt's state news agency MENA said on Tuesday, quoting senior Egyptian sources.
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11 Russians killed in Chechnya
VLADIKAVKAZ, Dec 7: Eleven Russian soldiers were killed over the past 24 hours in various attacks and mine explosions in another wave of violence in the war-torn rebel republic of Chechnya, military sources said on Tuesday.
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Four charged over Maldives coup plot
BRUSSELS, Dec 7: Four men have been charged in the Maldives with plotting to overthrow President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Asia's longest-serving ruler, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
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