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Rivals brace for hot NA session
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Political rivals are likely to argue on burning issues ranging from unrest in Balochistan to vagaries of weather when the National Assembly begins a potentially hot spring session on Wednesday
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Pakistan backs Japan for UN seat
TOKYO, Feb 22: Pakistan's visiting Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri voiced support on Tuesday for Japan's goal of a permanent seat on the UN Security Council but had reservations about the bid of India, a diplomat said.
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Gas pipeline diplomacy to promote peace: Aziz
TEHRAN, Feb 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Tuesday that 'pipeline diplomacy' would bring peace to the region, the state news agency IRNA reported.
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PM rules out mediation on Iran's nuclear plan
TEHRAN, Feb 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Tuesday that Pakistan did not have any illusion about mediating on Iran's nuclear programme but, if asked, would assist it as a brotherly country.
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Water sector projects behind schedule
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The federal government has taken note of slow pace of work on eight major water sector projects launched under Wapda's 'Vision-2025 Programme' during the last three years, sources in the Planning Commission said.
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Progress reported in Delhi trade talks
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Commerce secretaries of India and Pakistan held preliminary talks here on Tuesday to boost bilateral trade in an atmosphere that both described as positive and promising.
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US Congress seeks tough terms for arms supply to Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: The US administration should seek a stronger adherence from Pakistan to nuclear non-proliferation as a price for obtaining high-valued military equipment from Washington, says a recent report
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Kashmiris told to quit mountain homes
SRINAGAR, Feb 22: India's army warned Kashmiris on Tuesday of fresh avalanches in the valley, where the death toll from massive snow slides hit 188, and urged people living in the most mountainous areas to flee their homes.
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Pakistan, India don't understand each other: Straw
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has praised recent ground-breaking agreements between India and Pakistan even as he warned that the two are still capable of sliding into a stand off
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Indian army confesses to over-estimating N-prowess
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The Indian army had falsely believed that its new found nuclear prowess would guarantee perpetual peace with Pakistan, the army's newly released secret assessment of the Kargil fiasco
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NATO leaders agree to train Iraqi security officials
BRUSSELS, Feb 22: NATO leaders on Tuesday agreed to join an expanded training mission for Iraqi security officials giving US President George W. Bush an important victory in his drive to mend fences with Europe after acrimony over the Iraq war.
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TEHRAN, Feb 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Tuesday that 'pipeline diplomacy' would bring peace to the region, the state news agency IRNA reported.
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