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14 marines killed in Iraq attack
BAGHDAD, Aug 3: Fourteen marines were killed on Wednesday in one of the deadliest attacks on US forces since the invasion of Iraq, and an American freelance reporter was gunned down in the relatively calm south....
SC to form opinion on acceptability: CJ; Interpretation of Shariah
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that in the presence of 72 sects, the apex court has to give its opinion as to which interpretation of Shariah was acceptable to all....
Telemetry firm gets ultimatum
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The government on Wednesday warned the contractor of the Rs320 million telemetry system to remove faults within three weeks or face legal action for providing a defective mechanism. Water and Power Minister Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi issued this warning...
‘No change in decision on students’ deportation’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain called on President General Pervez Musharraf at his camp office in Rawalpindi on Wednesday and discussed with him political situation and other important issues....
Mahmood appeals for end to WMD
TEHRAN, Aug 3: Dr Mahmood Ahmadinejad became Iran’s new president on Wednesday. The 48-year-old former mayor of Tehran, who holds a PhD in engineering and transport from the Tehran University and...
Saudi king vows to work for justice
RIYADH, Aug 3: Saudi Arabia’s new King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on Wednesday vowed to work for justice and serve his people in his first address to the nation after succeeding his late half-brother King Fahd....
Pakistan team leaves for Delhi today: Dialogue on nuclear, conventional CBMs
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: A nine-member Pakistan delegation headed by Mr Tariq Osman Hyder, Additional Foreign Secretary UN, will leave Thursday for back to back talks on nuclear and conventional confidence building measures (CBMs) with India in New Delhi....
Circulation of Rs20 notes from 13th
KARACHI, Aug 3: Currency notes of Rs20 will go into circulation from Aug 13. And by the end of this year currency notes of Rs5000 will also be available. “The offices of the SBP Banking Services Corporation will start issuing Rs20 notes from Aug 13...
All 309 emerge safe from burning plane
TORONTO, Aug 3: An Air France transatlantic jetliner with 309 people aboard overshot the runway at Toronto international airport and exploded after plunging into a muddy ravine, but with flames licking...
Eight die in attack on Afghan post
KABUL, Aug 3: Insurgents have killed four Afghan government troops and four police officers in an attack on a checkpoint in the country’s east, an interior ministry spokesman said on Wednesday....
N. Korea nuclear talks deadlocked
BEIJING, Aug 3: Tough North Korean nuclear arms talks stalled on their ninth day on Wednesday as the parties struggled to finalise agreement on the basic principles for ending a three-year standoff with the Stalinist regime....
Astronaut repairs heat shield
HOUSTON, Aug 3: Spacewalking astronaut Steve Robinson plucked a couple of loose fibre strips from Discovery’s belly on Wednesday in an unprecedented repair to the shuttle’s heat shield....
Man charged in failed London attacks
LONDON, Aug 3: A 23-year-old man arrested as part of the investigation into the July 21 failed bomb attacks on the London transport network has been charged under British terrorism laws, the police said on Wednesday....
Munir meets Annan
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 3: Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, on Wednesday met the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and discussed the progress in the preparation for the September summit...
Motion on Fazl’s deportation submitted
KARACHI, Aug 3: Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmad has filed an adjournment motion in the National Assembly against the deportation of Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman by UAE authorities. In the motion he has stated...
US envoy hopes LB polls to be held fairly
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker called on the chief election commissioner, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, here on Wednesday and hoped that the forthcoming local government elections would be held in a fair and transparent manner....
BAGHDAD, Aug 3: Fourteen marines were killed on Wednesday in one of the deadliest attacks on US forces since the invasion of Iraq, and an American freelance reporter was gunned down in the relatively calm south....
TEHRAN, Aug 3: Dr Mahmood Ahmadinejad became Iran’s new president on Wednesday. The 48-year-old former mayor of Tehran, who holds a PhD in engineering and transport from the Tehran University and...
TORONTO, Aug 3: An Air France transatlantic jetliner with 309 people aboard overshot the runway at Toronto international airport and exploded after plunging into a muddy ravine, but with flames licking...
