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CBMs will help resolve difficult issues: Natwar
LAHORE, Feb 17: Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh said here on Thursday that a continuous process of confidence-building between Pakistan and India would help address 'more difficult issues' and promote friendship.
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Opposition divided over LoC bus service: Major differences between ARD, MMA
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The decision to launch the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service has divided the opposition. There are said to be major differences not only between the ARD and the MMA but also among component parties of the two alliances on the issue.
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US pressed Pakistan for access to Khan: CIA
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: The director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday told the US Senate that the Bush administration had 'pressed' Pakistan to allow an American representative direct access to Dr A.Q. Khan
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OIC wants talks to settle Iran N-row: Badawi
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi said here on Thursday that the Organization of Islamic Conference desired a negotiated settlement of the US-Iran stand off over nuclear issue
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Provincial minister sacked
KARACHI, Feb 17: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim removed the minister for revenue and political affairs, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, said an official handout issued on Thursday night.
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6 of a family die as roof collapses
PESHAWAR, Feb 17: Six persons of a family died when roof of their house caved in late on Wednesday night in the city's Tehkal Payyan area.
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Natwar back home with 'positive sentiment'
NEW DELHI, Feb 17: Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh on Thursday night returned home from what was evidently a successful tour of Pakistan, saying that the visit had laid the foundation of 'positive sentiment and hope'.
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Shia bloc wins slim majority in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 17: Iraq's Shia alliance won a slim majority of seats in the new National Assembly, but the lead is enough for it to secure power in Baghdad in what would be the first Shia-dominated government in an Arab state in one thousand years.
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US soldier killed
BAGHDAD, Feb 17: A US soldier was killed and three others were wounded on Wednesday in a car bomb attack in Mosul, the US military announced on Thursday.
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Israel stops demolition of militants' homes
JERUSALEM, Feb 17: Israel ordered a halt to the army's demolitions of the homes of Palestinian suicide bombers on Thursday after an internal review found that the controversial policy had little deterrent effect.
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About 30kg of plutonium 'unaccounted for' in UK
LONDON, Feb 17: A civilian nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in north west England cannot account for enough plutonium to produce seven or eight nuclear bombs
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Fresh US warnings to Syria and Iran
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: President George W. Bush on Thursday heightened warnings to Syria after the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, and Iran over US suspicions that Tehran is seeking to build nuclear arms.
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Tehran urges regional alliance
TEHRAN, Feb 17: Iran on Thursday urged regional countries to create a powerful alliance and remain vigilant in the face of US and Israeli plots, a call coming a day after Syria and Iran declared they would form a united front
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Tehran to sign N-fuel deal with Moscow
TEHRAN, Feb 17: An Iranian official said on Thursday a key agreement with Russia on the return of spent nuclear fuel would be signed on Feb 26, clearing the way for Moscow to build Iran's first nuclear power plant.
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
