US to respect Pakistan sovereignty, says Bush
WASHINGTON, July 28: President George W. Bush assured Pakistan on Monday that the United States supported Pakistan’s sovereignty, hours after a US air strike had killed six people in Fata....
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Missile raid on S. Waziristan; six killed
PESHAWAR, July 28: A missile apparently fired from a Predator drone killed at least six people on Monday in a compound in South Waziristan, near the Afghan border....
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Pakistan undecided about seeking IAEA vote on Indian deal
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Because of immense US pressure, Pakistan has still not decided whether to press for a vote on the India-specific IAEA safeguards agreement when the UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors meets on Friday....
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India reports clash on LoC
NEW DELHI, July 28: A group of Pakistani troops crossed into occupied Kashmir on Monday and shot dead an Indian soldier, sparking a gunbattle, an army spokesman in New Delhi claimed....
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Militants strike in Swat
MINGORA: Three security personnel were killed in an attack in Swat on Monday. According to sources, unidentified armed people fired at a vehicle carrying the personnel on the Matta-Ronyal road. Two personnel were injured.
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Gen Majid expresses concern over attacks
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen Tariq Majid, has expressed concern over repeated cross-border missile attacks and firing by coalition and Afghan forces and stressed that Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected....
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Provinces to get more water from dams
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) decided on Monday to proportionately deplete storage from Mangla and Tarbela dams to meet provincial water shares for the remaining Kharif season even in the event of overall shortage....
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Plan to scrap customs duty on petroleum product imports
KARACHI, July 28: Finance Minister Syed Naveed Qamar said on Monday the government would scrap the customs duty on imports of petroleum products to reduce prices of petrol and diesel....
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Suicide bombers wreck havoc in Iraq; 56 killed
BAGHDAD, July 28: Three women bombers blew themselves up on Monday in a crowd of shia pilgrims in Baghdad, one of a string of attacks in Iraq that killed at least 56 people, undermining hopes of a drop in violence....
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Probe into delay in Gilani flight departure
LONDON, July 28: A committee comprising representatives from the Pakistan High Commission and the PIA has been constituted to find out the reasons behind the delay in the departure of Prime...
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US accuses China, India of jeopardising WTO talks
GENEVA, July 28: A clash between the United States and two big emerging markets, China and India, over cutting farm and industrial tariffs threatened to derail more than a week of work to salvage a world trade deal....
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‘Humanitarian crisis brewing at Greek migrant camp’
ATHENS, July 28: Greece is locking hundreds of migrants in an overcrowded centre on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos without proper sanitation and medical care in what French charity Medicins Sans Frontiers branded a “humanitarian crisis”....
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ISI accused of plotting against Indian projects
KABUL, July 28: The Afghan intelligence agency accused Pakistani agents on Monday of training thousands of militants to attack Indian road projects in Afghanistan....
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Computer with link to Indian blast claim seized
AHMEDABAD, July 28: Police raided the home of an American citizen in Mumbai and seized a computer from which an e-mail claiming responsibility for bombings that killed 45 people in western...
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‘Other states helping Afghanistan make heroin’
KABUL, July 28: Afghanistan should not alone be blamed for its large drugs output, with chemicals used to turn opium into heroin coming from other countries including China and Russia, the United Nations said on Monday....
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Qantas jet’s door opens during flight
MELBOURNE, July 28: A Qantas jet was forced to make an emergency landing at Adelaide airport on Monday night after a door opened during a flight to Melbourne, a report said....
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E-banking fraud deprives man of Rs400,000
HYDERABAD, July 28: In the first reported case of electronic banking fraud in Hyderabad, a man has been deprived of Rs400,000....
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Serb healer says Karadzic ‘stole’ his image & energy
BELGRADE, July 28: Serbian newspapers published pictures on Monday of a local healer who is the spitting image of the character war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic assumed to avoid capture until a week ago....
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Olympic Games ceremony
THE spokesman said President Pervez Musharraf would attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing next month and hold talks with his Chinese counterpart.—AFP...
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Joint communique: $115.5m US food security assistance
WASHINGTON, July 28: The United States will provide $115.5 million in food security assistance to Pakistan, including $42.5 million over the next nine months, says a joint communiqué issued here on Monday after a meeting between President George W....
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