Aziz, Fazl fail to end rift on key issues
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, on Wednesday failed to resolve differences over the issue of President Pervez Musharraf's uniform.
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No evidence found to deny bail to Asif: SC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: A detailed Supreme Court order on granting bail to PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari said that no evidence was available on record to indicate that Mr Zardari had actually paid customs duty and other charges on the import of a BMW car.
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Aziz calls Indian premier, offers help
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: Prime Minister Shaukat On Wednesday telephoned Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh conveyed his heartfelt condolence and sympathy over the massive destruction and tragic loss of life in southern India
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Talks with India on Baglihar this week
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: Pakistan will dispatch to India a team led by the secretary water and power during the first week of January to "hold conclusive negotiations" with the Indian side for resolution of the Baglihar Dam issue.
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Deal in final stages for Chinese frigates
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: Negotiations with China and the US for the procurement of new frigates and aircraft for the Pakistan Navy are in final stages, said Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah on Wednesday.
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State Bank sees steep rise in inflation: Trade deficit set to widen: report
KARACHI, Dec 29: The State Bank has said that inflation will rise by 7.6-8.2 per cent during the current fiscal year, against the initial target of five per cent, while the economy may grow by 6.5-7.1 per cent
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Japan to resume aid: adviser
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: Japan has agreed to resume its $500 million annual assistance to Pakistan from 2005, said Prime Minister's Adviser on Finance Dr Salman Shah.
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Release of water to avert load shedding
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: An inter-provincial meeting here on Wednesday decided to release 1,500 cusecs of water per day from the Tarbela dam out of Sindh's share for generating 475mw additional power to avoid load shedding in the country.
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Ambassador's brother shot dead
WANA, Dec 29: The brother of Pakistan's Ambassador to Qatar and a close friend of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was gunned down by unidentified terrorists in Wana, South Waziristan tribal region, on Wednesday morning.
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China invited to India drills
BEIJING, Dec 29: Indian army chief N.C. Vij has invited China to participate in joint anti-terrorism exercises in a further sign of growing military links between the two countries, China's state press said Wednesday.
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30 killed in Iraq blast
BAGHDAD, Dec 29: At least 30 people were killed in Baghdad on Tuesday night when guerillas detonated three-quarters of a ton of explosives in a house that police were raiding, flattening neighbouring homes.
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Mass grave found in Iraq
SULEIMANIYAH, Dec 29: Labourers digging the foundations for a new hospital in Kurdish northern Iraq uncovered a mass grave on Wednesday containing an estimated 60 bodies, local officials said.
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Riyadh rocked by car bombing
RIYADH, Dec 29: A car bomb exploded near Saudi Arabia's interior ministry building in the heart of the capital Riyadh late Wednesday in the latest violence to rock the country, witnesses said.
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UN wants Asia tsunami alert system by 2005
GENEVA, Dec 29: A tsunami early alert system, which could have saved thousands of lives around the Indian Ocean this week, should be in place in South and Southeast Asia within a year, a UN official said on Wednesday.
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Wave toll could top 100,000
GENEVA, Dec 29: The death toll in the tidal wave disaster around the Indian Ocean could rise above 100,000 once outlying islands of India are fully checked, a senior international Red Cross official said on Wednesday.
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Thai police deployed to stop looting
BANGKOK, Dec 29: Hundreds of extra police have been sent to a Thai district battered by tidal waves to suppress a wave of looting in the wake of the disaster, a senior officer said on Wednesday.
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