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Import of Indian sugar allowed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Pakistan on Tuesday allowed duty- and tax-free import of raw and refined sugar from India through the private sector and the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to contain its ever-rising prices....
King Fahd laid to rest
RIYADH, Aug 2: Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd was buried in a simple unmarked grave on Tuesday after a brief funeral where Muslim leaders mourned the monarch...
Deportation unwarranted, says Fazl
PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, has termed his deportation from Dubai...
Fair polls to ensure stability, says US
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The US does not believe that President General Pervez Musharraf’s uniform guaranteed success in the war against terrorism and ensured that Pakistan’s nuclear assets would not fall into the hands of fundamentalists....
‘Waziristan used for attacks on allied forces’
MIRANSHAH, Aug 2: Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Safdar Hussain has said that foreign suspects and their local collaborators shifted from South Waziristan to North Waziristan after a military operation was launched...
4 troops hurt in blast
MIRANSHAH, Aug 2: At least four soldiers were wounded on Tuesday when a remote-controlled bomb hit their vehicle in tribal area near the Afghan border, an army officer said....
‘Indo-US accord may lead to proliferation’
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: President Bush’s offer last month to provide India with commercial nuclear technology sends a mixed signal that might push some countries to consider the nuclear option, says a report published in several US newspapers on Tuesday....
Seven US Marines killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug 2: Seven US Marines have been killed in fighting in Iraq’s western Anbar province, a guerilla heartland that keeps challenging US and Iraqi troops despite repeated crackdowns....
Iran rejects US, EU warnings on N-activities
PARIS, Aug 2: The European Union and the US on Tuesday issued sharp warnings to Iran over its threatened violation of a deal suspending its nuclear activities, saying it could trigger unspecified consequences from the UN Security Council....
‘Tehran can make N-devices in 10 years’
WASHINGTON, Aug 2: Iran will be able to produce highly enriched uranium to manufacture a nuclear device within 10 years, according to the US National Intelligence Council....
UK police seal off streets due to suspect bus
LONDON, Aug 2: British police sealed off an area around Kings Cross station in central London on Tuesday and said there was a bus in the area with smoke coming out of it....
US asked to interrogate ‘ghost prisoners’
LONDON, Aug 2: Britain has asked the CIA to interrogate terror suspects held in secret detention centres to help hunt down the masterminds behind the London bombings, The Times newspaper reported on Tuesday....
Four killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Suspected militants killed four people in occupied Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Three civilians were gunned down in attacks on Monday night and early Tuesday in Pulwama, Poonch and Doda, a spokesman said....
Indian war plan stolen
ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: India is in state of panic after naval war plan was stolen. The Indian newspapers Bhaskar and Times of India have reported that a war plan of the...
Iranian judge shot dead
TEHRAN, Aug 2: An Iranian judge who sentenced several reformist dissidents to jail, including hunger-striking reporter Akbar Ganji, was shot dead in his car by a lone gunman riding a motorcycle, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday....
Plane on fire at Toronto airport
TORONTO, Aug 2: An Air France passenger jet skidded off the end of the runway and burst into flames after landing at Toronto’s Pearson airport on Tuesday, Canadian Broadcasting Corp....
RIYADH, Aug 2: Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd was buried in a simple unmarked grave on Tuesday after a brief funeral where Muslim leaders mourned the monarch...
PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, has termed his deportation from Dubai...
