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Pakistan, India should both get F-16 jets-envoy: WASHINGTON, Feb 11: Pakistan would not object to India buying American-made F-16s if Islamabad is also permitted to acquire the sophisticated fighter jets, Pakistan's ambassador to Washington said. "As long as we are on the list for F-16s, it's all right if India gets them," Ambassador Jehangir Karamat told Reuters. "We wouldn't have any problem because we have no problem with India buying defense equipment worldwide. We are no longer in an arms race with them," he said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 14:00 PST) 
Seventeen killed in car bomb attack south of Bahgdad: HILLA, Feb 12: Seventeen people were killed and 16 wounded today by a car bomb in the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad, police and medical sources said. Police Lieutenant Mohammed Tamimi said the bomb, near hospital and local council building, was not a suicide attack. "Most of the victims are people who were heading to the hospital or to the headquarters of the local council," he said. (AFP) (Posted @ 13:35 PST)
Gunmen kill senior judge in southern Iraq: BASRA, Feb 12: Masked gunmen assassinated a senior judge in the southern Iraqi city of Basra today, a Reuters witness and doctors said. Video footage showed the body of the judge, Taha al-Amiri, lying in a hospital mortuary following the attack. Witnesses said his vehicle was stopped by four masked gunmen as he drove through the centre of Basra. (Reuters) (Posted @ 13:00 PST)
Schroeder calls on US to support EU approach to Iran: MUNICH, Feb 12: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called today on the United States to "actively" support diplomatic efforts led by three European Union countries to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions in exchange for security guarantees. "I strongly encourage the US administration to actively support the Europeans' diplomatic efforts," Schroeder said. "Iran will only abandon its nuclear ambitions for good if not only its economic but also its legitimate security interests are safeguarded," the German leader's speech said. (AFP) (Posted @ 13:55 PST)
Continuation of nuclear talks with E.U. conditional, says Iran: TEHERAN, Feb 12: The continuation of nuclear talks with the European Union is conditional upon evaluation of the results by the Iranian government, an Iranian spokesman said today. "With the evaluation of the talks in the first three-month phase with the Europeans, we will decide on continuing or not," Hussein Mussavian, spokesman of the Iranian negotiation team in Geneva, said. (DPA) (Posted @ 13:35 PST)
Turkey to retake command of NATO-led force in Afghanistan: KABUL, Feb 12: Turkey is to retake command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, a peacekeeping spokeswoman said today. Major Karen Tissot van Patot, spokeswoman for ISAF, told reporters in Kabul that French Lieutenant General Jean-Louis Py, commander of the NATO-led ISAF will officially hand over the command of the peacekeeping force to his Turkish counterpart Lieutenant General Ethem Erdagi on Sunday. (DPA) (Posted @ 13:55 PST)
Abbas to hold key talks with Gaza militants over ceasfire deal: GAZA CITY, Feb 12: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas was to hold talks today with leaders of the radical Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements in the Gaza Strip in a bid to persuade them to sign on to a permanent ceasefire with Israel, Palestinian officials said. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:00 PST)
Emergency not for long, says king as Nepal braces for rebel blockade: KATHMANDU, Feb 12: King Gyanendra has assured India that the emergency he slapped on Nepal this month would not last long, a report said today as the Himalayan nation braced for a Maoist rebel transport blockade. King Gyanendra told Indian ambassador that the emergency measures he introduced on February 1 were only intended to be in a place for a short time, the Himalayan Times English daily said. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:35 PST)
Ten killed, six injured in steel factory blast in northern China: BEIJING, Feb 12: Ten workers were killed and six were injured in a powerful explosion at a steel factory in north China's Shanxi province, state media reported today. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:50 PST)
Two Tajik men killed in mine blast on Tajik-Uzbek border: DUSHANBE, Feb 12: Two Tajik men were killed and five injured when they wandered onto a minefield on the border between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the Tajik interior ministry said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:35 PST)
ForEx Market Update: KARACHI, Feb 12: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.07 to the US Dollar in the open market. The country's stock exchanges are closed today. (Bureau Report) (Posted @ 10:50 PST)   Editor: Tahir Mirza The DAWN Group of Newspapers Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan. Phone:+92 (21) 111-444-777 Fax: +92 (21) 568-3188 webmaster@dawn.com Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version. |
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