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Iraq talks on draft charter deadlocked
BAGHDAD, Aug 21: Iraq said on Sunday it might seek a second extension to the constitution deadline, as its leaders remain divided over crucial issues amid rising international pressure to finish the charter....
Three-nation pipeline talks likely by Nov
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Pakistan, Iran and India are expected to start trilateral negotiations for the proposed $7.2 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline by October-November this year....
Pakistan to launch remote sensing satellite system
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Pakistan plans to launch a self-controlled Remote Sensing Satellite System (RSSS) at a cost of Rs19.3 billion to ensure strategic and unconditional supply of satellite remote sensing data for any part of the globe over the year....
4 US troops killed in Afghan explosion
KABUL, Aug 21: Four US soldiers were killed and three wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan on Sunday as they were trying to clear militants from an area before an election next month, the US military said....
Asia braces for $70 a barrel
SINGAPORE, Aug 21: Asia’s oil-guzzling economies are bracing themselves for the worst as crude prices threaten to hit 70 dollars a barrel, stoking fears of slower growth, soaring inflation and rising interest rates....
Cotton crop affected by inclement weather
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Pakistan is facing problems in achieving the 15 million bales target for cotton for 2005-06 due to inclement weather during the sowing season, the unbridled activities of the...
Israel completes Gaza pullout
KATIF (Gaza Strip), Aug 21: Israel completed the evacuation of its main settlements in occupied Gaza on Sunday as settlers set aside confrontation in favour of prayer with troops sent to remove them....
Pakistani officials going to Vienna: Iranian uranium
VIENNA, Aug 21: The UN nuclear watchdog meets this week Pakistani officials to check its conclusions that highly enriched uranium particles found in Iran were from smuggled Pakistani centrifuge parts rather than enrichment work by Iran, diplomats said....
‘Troops to stay in Iraq for four years’
NEW YORK, Aug 21: As the calls for setting a deadline to withdraw US troops from Iraq grow louder a top American army general said in an interview that the army...
20 killed in Kabul highway accident
QALAT, Aug 21: As many as 20 people died and 27 others sustained injuries following a head-on collision between two passenger buses on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway....
UK police foil gas attack on parliament
LONDON, Aug 21: British police believe they have foiled a nerve gas attack by the Al Qaeda terrorist network on the British parliament, the Sunday Times reported....
CEC asks candidates to exercise restraint
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Abdul Hameed Dogar has directed candidates to stop holding street corner meetings and running election campaigns 24 hours before the polling for the second phase of the local government elections on Thursday....
India, BD agree to maintain ceasefire
KOLKATA, Aug 21: Indian and Bangladesh border guards agreed on Sunday to keep a ceasefire in place after earlier gunbattles reportedly injured two children. The ceasefire extension from Saturday followed three...
Dozens hurt in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Aug 21: Nepalese students and police battled with bricks and tear gas on Sunday during protests over rising fuel prices and dozens of people were injured, witnesses said....
Goods train escapes disaster
SUKKUR, Aug 21: A Khanewal-bound goods train narrowly escaped a disaster when its driver found that brakes and vacuum were missing from some bogies of the train....
KARACHI, Aug 21: Several wagons of a goods train derailed here on Sunday, leaving railway officials and police to squabble over the cause of the accident....
KATIF (Gaza Strip), Aug 21: Israel completed the evacuation of its main settlements in occupied Gaza on Sunday as settlers set aside confrontation in favour of prayer with troops sent to remove them....
