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US airstrike kills seven in Afghanistan
KABUL, April 30: Three Afghan civilians, including a child and a woman, were killed when American warplanes struck a militant hideout in southeastern Afghanistan, the US military said on Saturday. ...
Iran threatens to resume N-work
TEHRAN, April 30: Iran warned on Saturday it may resume uranium enrichment-related work in the coming week after failing to reach a breakthrough in talks with the European Union over the...
Iraq troubles keep haunting US
WASHINGTON, April 30: The latest US report on terrorism indicating a steady increase in terrorist attacks in Iraq adds to the problems of President George Bush, who is being criticized for...
Review of NPT to begin tomorrow
UNITED NATIONS, April 30: As the 2005 review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is set to begin on Monday in New York, senior officials on Friday stressed the importance of...
Govt refuses to buy 20 engines from Beijing
LAHORE, April 30: Federal Railways Minister Shamim Haider has said the government has refused to purchase 20 railway engines from China because it is not satisfied with their quality. The minister...
Chinese team to watch Indian war games
NEW DELHI, April 30: India will display its military might to a Chinese delegation that would watch its new tanks in action through much of May but the proposed desert exercise...
Bomb blasts leave six US troops dead
BAGHDAD, April 30: Six US soldiers have been killed in bomb attacks in Iraq in the past two days, the US military said on Saturday. Four soldiers were killed and two...
Three die in Cairo attacks on tourists
CAIRO, April 30: A suicide bomber struck at foreign tourists near Egypt’s most famous museum on Saturday while his veiled sister and his girlfriend opened fire at a tourist bus in...
President orders probe into Sialkot assault case
ISLAMABAD, April 30: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday ordered a thorough investigation into the reported gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl from Sialkot. A government announcement said the president, while taking strong...
15 dead, 12 trapped in China mines
BEIJING, April 30: The death toll rose to 15 on Saturday from a gas explosion in a northern China coal-mine while a blast at another mine trapped 12 workers, state media said. A total of 15 bodies have been found following the blast on Thursday...
Sust border to reopen next week
BEIING, April 30: Pakistan-China border for land trade via Karakorum Highway is expected to reopen next week. Official sources said in Beijing that the Chinese custom authority will immediately start working...
Muslims march in UK against ‘oppression’
LONDON, April 30: Up to 2,000 people from more than 50 Islamic organisations in Britain demonstrated in London on Saturday to condemn what they called heavy-handed procedures in the fight against...
Award for Hajira Masroor
KARACHI, April 30: Well-known short story writer Hajira Masroor has been awarded lifetime achievement award for outstanding contribution to Urdu prose by the Qatar-based Anjuman Faroogh-i-Urdu Adab. The award, which carries...
No change in oil prices
KARACHI, April 30: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (Ocac) has decided to keep prices of all petroleum products unchanged during the fortnight beginning on May 1, says a press release. A...
Labour Day today
ISLAMABAD, April 30: Labour Day is being observed on Sunday to pay tribute to those who laid down their lives in 1886 in Chicago for the rights of workers. Various labour...
Settlement of Kishanganga issue sought
ISLAMABAD, April 30: Foreign Office Spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani has said that Pakistan wants resolution of the Kishanganga issue by mutual consent of Islamabad and New Delhi in accordance with the...
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ISLAMABAD, April 30: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Saturday announced the resumption of yen loans for Pakistan and in return got an assurance that Islamabad and Tokyo would work together...
