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LoC should be demilitarized: Strategic assets not damaged: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday called for demilitarization of the Line of Control (LoC) and reiterated that settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute was essential for durable peace in the region....
‘Peace offering’ to India made in earnestness: FM
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: After President Pervez Musharraf’s impassioned ‘peace offering’ to India at the International Donors’ Conference here on Saturday that caught the Indian delegation off-guard foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri...
France donates 3m doses of vaccines
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The French government has announced a donation of two million doses of vaccines against tetanus and one million against measles....
Talabani ready to hold talks with militants
CAIRO, Nov 20: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Sunday he was willing to talk to violent opponents of his government if they wanted to contact him....
17 Al Qaeda suspects held in Morocco
RABAT, Nov 20: Security forces in Morocco have arrested 17 people radical on suspicion of belonging to a “terrorist structure” linked to al Qaeda, the state news agency MAP said on Sunday, quoting a police source....
Bush fails to woo Hu on trade concessions
BEIJING, Nov 20: US President George W. Bush pressed President Hu Jintao on Sunday to rein in China’s swelling trade surplus and push forward currency reform after calling for greater religious freedom....
Muhammad Ali honoured
LOUISVILLE, Nov 20: Muhammad Ali was honoured by Hollywood celebrities here on Saturday in a star-studded gala on the eve of the dedication of a 75 million-dollar Ali museum and cultural centre in his hometown....
Iran threatens enrichment
TEHRAN, Nov 20: Iranian lawmakers voted on Sunday to resume uranium enrichment and end snap UN checks of its nuclear sites if Tehran is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions....
Taliban claim kidnapping Indian engineer
KABUL, Nov 20: An Indian engineer was kidnapped with two Afghan police guards and a driver in southwest Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, as Taliban militants claimed they had snatched the...
‘Osama missed by 30 minutes’
LONDON, Nov 20: Pakistani troops missed capturing Osama bin Laden by just 30 minutes, a British newspaper, The News of the World, reported on Sunday....
Peace process to continue: Azad
NEW DELHI, Nov 20: The Indo-Pakistan talks will continue despite sporadic attacks and attempts by some elements to derail the peace process, said Ghulam Nabi Azad, chief minister of occupied Kashmir....
Two UK, US troops killed
BAGHDAD, Nov 20: A British and a US soldier were killed on Sunday in Iraq as US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vowed Washington would stay the course despite growing criticism of the war....
Donors to assess environmental impact
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: International donors will prepare an “Environmental Management Framework” to be used as a guide to undertaking environmental impact assessments for all rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in the quake-ravaged areas of Pakistan....
Oxfam terms loans short-term solutions
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: British charity Oxfam has said it was disappointed that most of the money in the new pledges at the Donors’ Conference was in the form of loans instead of grants....
Young doctor dies of ‘Congo virus’
KARACHI, Nov 20: A young woman house officer of the Civil Hospital, Karachi, died on Sunday after reportedly contracting Congo virus. She was admitted at Aga Khan Hospital where the young doctor breathed her last....
US plan to rebuild Afghanistan flawed
WASHINGTON, Nov 20: A Washington Post inquiry discovered serious flaws in the US efforts to rebuild Afghanistan, suggesting that corruption and inefficiency caused millions of dollars to be wasted on useless projects....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
LOUISVILLE, Nov 20: Muhammad Ali was honoured by Hollywood celebrities here on Saturday in a star-studded gala on the eve of the dedication of a 75 million-dollar Ali museum and cultural centre in his hometown....
