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Crisis looms as Iran N-issue hots up: Tehran threatens to resume enrichment
TEHRAN, July 31: Iran was preparing on Sunday to defy the European Union by restarting an ultra-sensitive nuclear activity that could plunge talks with the EU on its atomic programme into crisis and risk UN Security Council action....
ARD convenes APC on 11th
ISLAMABAD, July 31: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has decided to convene an all parties conference (APC) in Islamabad on August 11 to chalk out a joint opposition strategy for the forthcoming local government elections....
N-war in South Asia likely, warns US report
WASHINGTON, July 31: US policy analysts consider the apparent arms race between India and Pakistan as posing perhaps the most likely prospect for the future use of nuclear weapons by states, says the latest congressional report on US-Pakistan relations....
‘Big change in US policy towards S. Asia’
WASHINGTON, July 31: The India-US cooperation on civilian nuclear energy while allowing New Delhi to retain its nuclear arms programme, shows a historic shift in US policy towards India, says a report published on Saturday in the Christian Science Monitor....
Rehmat Ali’s body to be brought on 14th
LAHORE, July 31: The body of Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, the leader who had proposed the name “Pakistan” in 1933, will be brought here from Cambridge on Aug 14 and buried in a township graveyard....
Kishanganga talks delayed
LAHORE, July 31: The final round of talks between Pakistan and India on the Kishanganga dam has been delayed again, with both sides still struggling to find a ‘suitable’ time for dialogue....
New spell of heavy rain compounds Mumbai’s misery
MUMBAI, July 31: Police urged millions of Bombay residents to stay off the streets as heavy rains brought more flooding to India’s financial hub on Sunday and relief officials said the death toll in the region could reach 1,000....
Government to induct experts into Nepra
ISLAMABAD, July 31: The government has decided to replace in a phased manner incumbent members of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) with fresh professionals without affecting provincial representation....
Musharraf blames UK for bombings
LONDON, July 31: President Pervez Musharraf has told a London paper that Britain is regarded as a safe haven by extremists because it has failed to crack down on them despite urging other countries to do so....
MMA denies it is against women’s poll participation
ISLAMABAD, July 31: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has rejected what it terms president’s adverse remarks in his Swat public rally about the alliance’s stand on women representation in elections....
Crackdown on ‘radical imams’
PARIS, July 31: French authorities have begun a crackdown on radical imams, who are accused of inciting young Muslims to violence. French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has launched a series...
More attacks feared in London
LONDON, July 31: British police were questioning 11 suspects on Sunday in their investigation into failed bomb attacks on London’s transport system as Italian authorities worked on extradition proceedings for a further suspect....
Reports of attack on Saddam denied
BAGHDAD, July 31: Iraq’s special tribunal on Sunday denied reports that an unidentified man had attacked ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during a court hearing in Baghdad and that the pair had exchanged blows....
Car bomb kills 7 in Baghdad
HILLA (Iraq), July 31: A car bomb exploded at an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 12, police said....
No change in petroleum prices
KARACHI, July 31: There will be no change in prices of petroleum products for next 15 days, says the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) announcement here on Sunday....
TEHRAN, July 31: Iran was preparing on Sunday to defy the European Union by restarting an ultra-sensitive nuclear activity that could plunge talks with the EU on its atomic programme into crisis and risk UN Security Council action....
ISLAMABAD, July 31: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has decided to convene an all parties conference (APC) in Islamabad on August 11 to chalk out a joint opposition strategy for the forthcoming local government elections....
MUMBAI, July 31: Police urged millions of Bombay residents to stay off the streets as heavy rains brought more flooding to India’s financial hub on Sunday and relief officials said the death toll in the region could reach 1,000....
