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Cabinet committee on passport formed: Issue of religion column
ISLAMABAD Jan 5: The federal cabinet on Wednesday decided to constitute a five-member committee to prepare a report on the issue of religion column in the machine readable passport (MRP) and submit it at the next cabinet meeting.
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Pakistan working for peace in region: PM
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday that Pakistan was playing the role of an anchor state in the process of promoting peace and stability in the region.
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Border firing a minor incident, says ISPR
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The military authorities on Wednesday described the incident of firing on Pakistan-Afghanistan border earlier this week as one of 'minor tactical nature'
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Breakthrough in talks expected: Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Pakistan has been pursuing a policy of restraint and understanding to achieve an early breakthrough in its ongoing composite dialogue with India, but it will never compromise on its vital national interests.
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Change in India's attitude expected: Talks on dam extended by a day
NEW DELHI, Jan 5: India and Pakistan on Wednesday extended by a day their talks on the disputed Baglihar hydro-electric project on river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir, saying they were in the process of understanding each other's viewpoint.
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India plans fresh talks with Kashmiris
NEW DELHI, Jan 5: The Indian government on Wednesday decided to commence a fresh round of political level dialogue with various groups in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of a political-level dialogue with Pakistan.
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Mujahideen commander shot dead by Indian troops
SRINAGAR, Jan 5: Indian troops on Wednesday shot dead a top commander of a militant group, while six people were injured in a grenade blast, police said.
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US army to probe FBI charges
MIAMI, Jan 5: The US military has ordered an investigation into FBI allegations of prisoner abuses at the Guantanamo US naval base, where terror suspects captured in Afghanistan are being held, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
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15 Iraqis killed in suicide bombing
HILLA, Jan 5: A suicide bomber killed 15 people at a police academy graduation on Wednesday, part of a wave of killings aimed at stopping Iraq's Jan 30 elections, but the interim prime minister vowed the vote would go ahead.
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Army base in Israel attacked
GAZA, Jan 5: Palestinian militants hit an army base in Israel with rocket fire on Wednesday, wounding 12 soldiers, as they defied calls for a halt to attacks from Mahmoud Abbas, the frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat in Sunday's elections.
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New law allows deportation of naturalized US citizens
WASHINGTON, Jan 5: A new intelligence law, and now a court ruling, have further strengthened the US government's power to strip a person of his citizenship even if he committed the crime after naturalization.
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UN nuclear watchdog team to visit Iran
VIENNA, Jan 5: Ending a months-long standoff, the UN atomic agency will visit "within the next few weeks" Iran's Parchin military facility where the United States charges that Tehran is simulating testing of atomic weapons
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Europe mourns tsunami victims
AMSTERDAM, Jan 5: Europeans observed three minutes silence on Wednesday with mass tributes at airports, railway stations, supermarkets, factories and offices in memory of the tens of thousands who died in Asia's tsunami disaster.
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French woman quits Muslim council
PARIS, Jan 5: Dounia Bouzar - one of two woman members of the French Council for the Muslim Religion (CFCM) - has stepped down, complaining that the body is failing to tackle the problems of the country's estimated five million-strong community.
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