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Pakistan-India summit today
ISLAMABAD, April 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf, scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Saturday, will hold ‘substantive’ one-to-one talks with Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in the evening during...
Asif’s arrival schedule changed: PPP leaders held in Lahore
LAHORE, April 15: Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari has changed his travel schedule and will now be flying into the city early Saturday morning, and the administration appears to...
MNA’s detention criticized
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The National Assembly plunged into turmoil on Friday over the planned return of ex-senator Asif Ali Zardari as the government failed to explain opposition charges of mass arrests...
Bush urges India to ‘encourage’ Musharraf
WASHINGTON, April 15: US President George W. Bush has urged India to ‘encourage’ President Pervez Musharraf’s efforts against terrorism because it was in the best interest of both India and the...
Singh calls for joint anti-terror strategy
NEW DELHI, April 15: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that incidents like the armed attack in Srinagar ahead of the bus service to Muzaffarabad had underscored the need for...
US, Britain reject Annan’s charge
UNITED NATIONS, April 15: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a meeting on Thursday holding the US and Britain partly responsible for the scandal involving the oil-for-food programme, have stirred...
China pledges to protect Japanese interests
BEIJING/TOKYO, April 15: China braced for a second wave of anti-Japanese protests this weekend, promising to protect Japanese businesses and citizens and denying that authorities had tacitly encouraged the unrest....
Kidnappers in Iraq threaten to kill 60 hostages
BAGHDAD, April 15: Unidentified men have taken 60 people hostage in an Iraqi town near Baghdad and are threatening to kill them unless Shias leave, said an official who said he...
US unlikely to back India’s UNSC bid
WASHINGTON, April 15: The United States has indicated to India it may not support its efforts to join the UN Security Council as a permanent member, though avoiding a direct no...
Confrontation and talks can’t go together: Rashid
LAHORE, April 15: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Friday that talks with the government could not go side by side with a show of force and advised the PPP to...
20 die in Paris hotel fire
PARIS, April 15 (AFP) - Fire swept through a central Paris hotel filled with immigrants and tourists early Friday, killing at least 20 people, 10 of them children, and injuring dozens...
Demand for release of political workers
PESHAWAR, April 15: A majority of members of the NWFP assembly staged a token walkout on Friday to condemn what they described as undemocratic steps taken by the governments of Punjab...
Nine killed in Kashmir clashes
SRINAGAR, April 15: Nine people, including three wanted commanders, were killed in various parts of occupied Kashmir during raids by Indian troops on Friday, the army said....
Lebanon’s new PM named
BEIRUT, April 15: Lebanon’s president appointed moderate Syria ally Najib Mikati as prime minister-designate on Friday after the anti-Syrian opposition unexpectedly backed him to lead the country to a general election...
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