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NSC to discuss Balochistan issue today: MMA to stay away
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The third meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) will be held here on Monday with President Gen Pervez Musharraf in the chair. The meeting will discuss a three-point agenda, including the issue of Balochistan.
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PML wins Lahore seat; ARD alleges rigging
LAHORE, Feb 27: Farooq Amjad Mir of the ruling PML won the Lahore NA-127 seat by a margin of 6,890 votes in by-elections held here on Sunday, according to unofficial results.
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ARD claims winning Lahore seat
LAHORE, Feb 27: It is turning out to be worst kind of post-poll rigging and the ARD leadership would protest it in the National Assembly tomorrow, claimed Saad Rafiq of the PML- N.
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Nawaz rejects poll results
LAHORE, Feb 27: Mian Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister and leader of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League, termed the victory of the ruling PML candidate in the Lahore by-election on Sunday as yet another case of denial of popular verdict.
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Soviet vetoes blamed by US for Pakistan's 1971 division WASHINGTON, Feb 27: The United States believed that an overwhelming majority of UN members were against the division of Pakistan in 1971 but Russian vetoes prevented the world body from playing any role in the crisis.
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'N-powers should adhere to NPT'
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27: Pakistan's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Maleeha Lodhi has asked the United Nations to urge the five recognized nuclear states to adhere to their disarmament obligations
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Revised power tariff yet to be notified
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The government is facing difficulties in notifying the power tariff revised by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) this month for Wapda companies
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Weapons seized; 15 arrested in Quetta
QUETTA, Feb 27: Police on Sunday seized a huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including rockets, hand-grenades and machine-guns during an operation in the Marri camp area near the western bypass in the suburbs of Quetta.
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Balochistan rain kills 3
QUETTA, Feb 27: At least three people, including a woman, were killed and five others injured as heavy rains lashed Quetta and many other parts of Northern Balochistan on Sunday.
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Bus accident near Chakwal leaves seven children dead
CHAKWAL, Feb 27: Seven schoolchildren aged between 11 and 15 were killed when their bus overturned and fell into a nulllah on the Motorway, near Lilla Salt Rang in Kallar Kahar, some 35km from here on Sunday, official sources said.
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'Bus service could be delayed'
JAMMU, Feb 27: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the start of a bus service connecting the Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Indian-held Kashmir, due to begin on April 7, could be delayed.
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India likely to raise defence spending
NEW DELHI, Feb 27: India is expected to sharply raise its defence spending in Monday's budget, despite peace talks with Pakistan, as it goes on a shopping spree for new military hardware to update its ageing arsenal, analysts say.
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Poll results shock Indian coalition
NEW DELHI, Feb 27: India's fragile coalition government was rocked by adverse polls results on Sunday in Bihar and Jharkhand states after three important allies dragged each other away from possible victory
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8 killed in Mosul; Saddam's half-brother captured
BAGHDAD, Feb 27: Security forces in Iraq have captured Saddam Hussein's half-brother, one of the most wanted men in the country and the first top-level Baath Party member to be detained in more than a year.
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Sharon threatens to freeze peace move: Syria denies charges
AL QUDS, Feb 27: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon demanded on Sunday the Palestinians smash militant groups after a Tel Aviv suicide bombing, saying he would freeze peace efforts and take military action if they did not heed his call.
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Iran signs N-fuel deal with Russia
TEHRAN, Feb 27: Russia and Iran signed a nuclear fuel supply deal long opposed by Washington on Sunday, paving the way for Iran to start up its first atomic reactor next year.
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BAE raises alert in S. Arabia
RIYADH, Feb 27: Defence firm BAE Systems said on Sunday it had raised its security level in Saudi Arabia after receiving intelligence of possible terror attacks.
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Pope makes surprise appearance
ROME, Feb 27: Pope John Paul II made a surprise appearance at his hospital window on Sunday, his first since undergoing surgery on his throat last week.
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