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Aziz sees 2005 as high-growth year
KARACHI, Jan 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz declared in a confident tone on Monday that the year 2005 would be a high growth year and "it is going to be one of the most exciting years of Pakistan's history".
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'Balochistan issue to be settled soon'
ISLAMABAD Jan 3: Former prime minister and president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Monday that Balochistan's provincial autonomy issue would be addressed and resolved
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Cabinet to review land reforms law
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The federal cabinet is expected to meet here on Wednesday, to approve a policy package for corporate agricultural farming and some major amendments to the Land Reforms Act of 1977.
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5,000 cusecs to be released from Tarbela
LAHORE, Jan 3:The Indus River System Authority agreed on Monday to release 5,000 cusecs of water from Tarbela dam to control the extent of load shedding.
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More aid staff, relief goods for Lanka, Indonesia
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Pakistan on Monday announced a comprehensive plan to undertake rescue and relief operations in disaster struck countries of South and South East Asia and sent additional land and naval forces to the region.
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Probe into soldier's death sought
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Pakistan has asked US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan to investigate a border skirmish in which one of its soldiers died and three others were wounded, a military spokesman said on Monday.
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Cold wave claims four lives
QUETTA, Jan 3: Cold weather has claimed four more lives in Quetta and Musakhel areas, officials said here on Monday.
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Efforts continue for progress on Kashmir: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Pakistan said on Monday that the ongoing composite dialogue with India had made progress in the realm of confidence-building measures
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Baglihar talks today
NEW DELHI, Jan 3: India and Pakistan will hold what are being seen as their last bilateral talks on Tuesday and Wednesday to resolve the Baglihar dam issue, diplomats said on Monday.
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Kashmiris to hold rallies tomorrow
MIRPUR, Jan 3: Hectic preparations are being made by the Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and in the rest of the world to observe the right to self-determination day on January 5.
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India not to accept UNSC seat without veto
NEW DELHI, Jan 3: India will not accept permanent seat in the UN Security Council without veto power, the External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh said. "Our prime minister has already made it clear that any discrimination in the enlarged group of permanent members in the Security Council will not be acceptable." Mr Singh said that India's stand was clear in this regard.
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J. N. Dixit dies
NEW DELHI, Jan 3: India's National Security Adviser Jyotindra Nath Dixit, who was engaged in delicate backstage talks with his Pakistani counterpart Tariq Aziz, died here on Monday following a massive heart attack , family sources said. He was 68.
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2 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Jan 3: Violence marred the start of Afghanistan's New Year with a second US soldier killed in as many days and authorities hunting gunmen who tried to kidnap an elderly American aid worker in Kabul.
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Minister hints at polls delay
CAIRO, Jan 3: Iraqi Defence Minister Hazem al-Shaalan said on Monday that the elections scheduled for Jan 30 could be delayed if the Sunni community agreed to take part, in an interview with AFP.
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17 security men die in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD, Jan 3: Insurgents killed 17 Iraqi police and National Guards on Monday in a string of bloody ambushes, bombings and suicide attacks aimed at wrecking Iraq's Jan 30 national election.
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Annan to call for aid
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Monday he would attend a conference in Jakarta this week to launch an appeal for funds for the relief work in the aftermath of the tsunami.
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Tsunami-hit Aceh woman rescued from ocean
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3: A Malaysian fishing boat rescued an Acehnese woman who had been drifting in the Indian Ocean for five days after last week's tsunami, officials said on Monday.
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Kuwait unearths plot against US forces
KUWAIT, Jan 3: Security forces here have detained up to eight Kuwaiti soldiers suspected of plotting to attack US forces in the Gulf Arab state, a security source said on Monday.
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
NEW DELHI, Jan 3: India's National Security Adviser Jyotindra Nath Dixit, who was engaged in delicate backstage talks with his Pakistani counterpart Tariq Aziz, died here on Monday following a massive heart attack , family sources said. He was 68.
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