Reconciliation efforts under way: president
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday Pakistan enjoyed real democracy and efforts were under way for reconciliation and political harmony....
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Islamabad calls for reciprocal flexibility: Dispute resolution
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Pakistan emphasized on Thursday that New Delhi and Islamabad must demonstrate flexibility and statesmanship to move towards dispute resolution....
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Agriculture minister of Sindh resigns
KARACHI, Dec 23: Sindh Agriculture Minister Arif Jatoi has resigned from the cabinet. An official handout said Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi, elder brother of Arif Jatoi, on Thursday called on Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and submitted his brother's resignation....
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Mahsud's offer to surrender rejected
PESHAWAR, Dec 23: Authorities have turned down an offer to surrender from a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who is wanted for the kidnap of two Chinese engineers, a senior official said Thursday....
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UNSC should support the weak: Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23: Pakistan on Thursday declared that "the world needs a UN Security Council which can also stand up for the weak and the powerless; a council which is a force for objectivity, fairness, equality and justice...
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Musharraf had no hand in N-proliferation, says Powell
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said he does not believe President Pervez Musharraf was involved at any stage with the nuclear proliferation done allegedly by Dr A.Q. Khan....
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N-issues discussed with Russia
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Pakistan said on Thursday that Islamabad and Moscow had shared their perspectives on the nuclear proliferation-related issues at the talks held in Islamabad recently....
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Pakistan to get $950m from World Bank
WASHINGTON, Dec 23: Pakistan will receive $950 million soft-term loans from the World Bank next year for various social sector projects, Pakistan Embassy said on Thursday....
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KSE breaches 6,000 mark
KARACHI, Dec 23: The KSE 100-share index on Thursday breached the psychological barrier of 6,000, at 6,003, points on heavy year-end mopping operations by banks and financial institutions amid a brisk session....
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Riyadh to grant 4,000 more Haj visas
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: An additional quota of 4,000 Haj visas requested by Pakistan has been approved by the Saudi government and the ministry of religious affairs is likely to receive a confirmation by Monday or Tuesday, according to official sources....
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NA speaker calls on Indian leaders
NEW DELHI, Dec 23: A nine-member parliamentary delegation from Pakistan, headed by National Assembly Chaudhry Amir Hussain, on Thursday called on Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh....
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Security situation dynamic: India
NEW DELHI, Dec 23: "The security situation between India and Pakistan is dynamic, subject to change, but the ceas fire along the Line of Control in Kashmir is holding," Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha...
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Narasimha Rao dies
NEW DELHI, Dec 23: Former Indian prime minister and veteran politician P.V. Narasimha Rao died of cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon. He was 83....
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Karzai forms cabinet, leaves out warlords
KABUL, Dec 23: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has appointed a new cabinet which pushes out warlords and installs technocrats capable of fighting drugs and driving reform, the presidential palace said Thursday....
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4 US troops killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 23: Three US marines and a soldier were among nine people killed in Iraq on Thursday as the US military investigated how a suicide bomber managed to penetrate an army base in a strike that killed 22 people....
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Iraqi leader
BAGHDAD, Dec 23: Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz is unwilling to testify against Saddam Hussein at a future war crimes trial, his lawyer said after a four-hour meeting with his client at a US base near the capital on Thursday. -AFP...
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Palestinians vote in municipal elections
RAMALLAH, Dec 23: Palestinians voted on Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat's successor....
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Nepal clashes
KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Nepali soldiers killed 22 Maoist rebels in a fierce gun battle on Thursday, the army said, as a partial blockade of Kathmandu by the rebels reduced traffic to a trickle on two key highways....
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