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India, Pakistan meet on restoring Munabao-Khokharapar rail link

Staff Reporter · Dec 5, 2004 · 2 min read

ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (UNI): India and Pakistan today wrapped up their two-day meeting on the resumption of Khokhrapar-Monabao rail link without finalizing a timefra...

Queen slips off shoes for gurdwara visit

Staff Reporter · Oct 16, 2004 · 2 min read

LONDON, Oct 16 (UNI): Britain's Queen stepped into a Sikh prayer hall in white ankle socks and with a golden shawl covering her head during a visit that gave th...

Kerry, Edwards swap one-liners with hecklers

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 2 min read

SEDALIA, Mo., Aug 6 (Reuters): From the platform of the same train car from which U.S. President Harry Truman gave Republicans "hell" in 1948, John Kerry and Jo...

India and Pak to issue visas to group tourists

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 2 min read

AGRA, Aug 6 (UNI): India and Pakistan have decided to issue 15-day visas for group tourists from both the countries and extend visas to individuals after review...

Asians doing well in US: report

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 2 min read

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (UNI): Asians in the United States, accounting for nearly 25 per cent of the 33.5 million foreign-born population, is doing well in terms of e...

US Muslims set to defeat Bush in November election: Stratfor

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 4 min read

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (UNI): Despite misgivings about presidential challenger John Kerry's policies towards Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, US Muslims are expected to vo...

Hafsa hopes her baby gets her Pak nationality

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 2 min read

ISLAMABAD, Aug 6 (UNI): Unsure of her fate even now, Dr Hafsa Aman, an Indian national who married a Pakistani, hopes that her new-born baby will be her passpor...

US may again slap sanctions on Pakistan

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 2 min read

ISLAMABAD, Aug 6 (UNI): Pakistan is once again facing a great threat of sanctions if a US House Bill aimed at the "rollback of the Khan nuclear proliferation ne...

Iraqis take charge of training their army

Staff Reporter · Aug 7, 2004 · 4 min read

KIRKUSH, Iraq, Aug 6 (Reuters): As the 711 Iraqi army squad leaders stood at attention before graduating in this desert base near the Iranian border, the symbol...

Natwar meets Kasuri

Staff Reporter · Jun 22, 2004 · 2 min read

QINGDAO, CHINA, June 21 (UNI) Marking the establishment of the first political contact between India and Pakistan after the transition of power in New Delhi, ex...

The other side of New York's South Asians

Staff Reporter · Jun 22, 2004 · 3 min read

NEW YORK, June 21 (UNI) Notwithstanding a high-profile image Indians and other South Asians enjoy in the United States, some members of the community are mired ...

Britons punish Blair at polling booths over Iraq

Staff Reporter · Jun 12, 2004 · 10 min read

LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) Britons handed Tony Blair heavy electoral reverses with results today from local polls showing his Labour Party losing support, and Ir...

Blair hails approval of UN resolution

Staff Reporter · Jun 10, 2004 · 1 min read

savannah, ga., June 9 (reuters): British prime minister tony blair, the main u.S. Ally in the war in iraq, hailed the approval of a new u.N. Resolution on iraq ...

HR group takes up case of maltreatment of 21 Indian workers

Staff Reporter · Jun 10, 2004 · 1 min read

DUBAI, June 9 (UNI): A Human Rights Organisation in the Kingdom of Bahrain has taken up the case of 21 indian workers complaining of maltreatment, holding back ...

US pressuring NATO on Iraq commitment:report

Staff Reporter · Jun 10, 2004 · 3 min read

HAMBURG, June 9 (DPA): The United States is pressuring its NATO allies to make a peacekeeping commitment in Iraq, according to a report due to hit newsstands in...

Witness denies involvement in Air India bombings

Staff Reporter · Jun 10, 2004 · 2 min read

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, June 9 (REUTERS): A man suspected by police of playing a role in the Air India bombings, but was never charged, denied he had any i...

All Iraq prison abuse papers to senate :Pentagon

Staff Reporter · Jun 10, 2004 · 5 min read

WASHINGTON, June 9 (REUTERS): The Pentagon claims it has sent to a senate committee all documents from the army investigation into Iraqi prisoner abuses omitted...

US Republicans mull new honors for Rreagan

Staff Reporter · Jun 10, 2004 · 3 min read

WASHINGTON, June 9 (REUTERS): The Pentagon would be renamed after Ronald Reagan and his image placed on some American currency under proposals by Congressional ...

Russia qualifies its nuclear cooperation with Iran

Staff Reporter · Jun 10, 2004 · 3 min read

SAVANNAH, GA., June 9 (REUTERS): Russia refused to halt plans to build a nuclear reactor for Iran but, in the face of US pressure, said Tehran must meet interna...

G8 seeks to help create world peacekeeping force

Staff Reporter · Jun 10, 2004 · 2 min read

SAVANNAH, GA., June 9 (REUTERS): The group of eight international nations intends to help create a global peacekeeping force of more than 50,000 people over the...

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