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FORCES BEHIND MUSHARRAF IN FIGHT AGAINST TERROR: ARMTAGE

Washington · Oct 8, 2003 · 6 min read

Islamabad, Oct. 7 (NNN): Visiting American Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage has said that though not every member of Pakistan's security forces may sh...

INDIAN ARMS SHOPPING 'DISTURBING' REGION'S PEACE: ISLAMABAD

Staff Reporter · Oct 8, 2003 · 13 min read

Islamabad, Oct. 7 (NNN): Islamabad has accused New Delhi of "unsettling peace" in South Asian region by "shopping around" for weapons lately, according to the P...

ISRAEL DRAGGING SYRIA, OTHERS INTO "WIDER REGIONAL WAR", SAYS ASSAD

Staff Reporter · Oct 8, 2003 · 6 min read

Dubai, Oct. 7 (NNN): Coming down heavily on the Jewish state, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday accused Israel of trying to drag Syria and other count...

Pakistan, India MPs call for peace

Staff Reporter · Aug 12, 2003 · 12 min read

ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (Agencies) : Top politicians of Pakistan and India here on Sunday called for resolution of all disputes through a dialogue and not through the...

Pak army sent to repel Al Qaeda, Taliban

Staff Reporter · Jun 20, 2003 · 3 min read

ISLAMABAD, June 19 (DPA) Pakistan today sent its regular army to another semi-autonomous tribal region in the Northwest of the country to prevent infiltration o...

other birthday in isolation for Myanmar's Suu Kyi

Staff Reporter · Jun 20, 2003 · 3 min read

BANGKOK, June 19 (Reuters): Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today spent her 58th birthday oblivious to the diplomatic ruckus her detention by the ...

9/11 excuse for West to attack muslims: Mahathir

Staff Reporter · Jun 20, 2003 · 2 min read

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Reuters): Veteran Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad accused the West today of using the September 11, 2001, strikes on the United...

Brutal, not us, says Myanmar

Staff Reporter · Jun 20, 2003 · 2 min read

PHNOM PENH, June 19 (Reuters) Myanmar's foreign minister launched a spirited defence of his country's military rulers today, denying US accusations of brutality...

Two US marines killed in Iraq chopper crash

Staff Reporter · Apr 7, 2003 · 2 min read

WASHINGTON, Apr 5 (Reuters) Two US marine pilots were killed when their Ah-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter crashed in central Iraq early morning, central comma...

US tanks probe into South Baghdad

Staff Reporter · Apr 7, 2003 · 3 min read

NEAR BAGHDAD, Apr 5 (Reuters) US tanks pushed into Southern Baghdad today in the closest land advance to the heart of the Iraqi capital since the US-led war sta...

ICRC says blown bridge cuts access to wounded civilians

Staff Reporter · Apr 7, 2003 · 8 min read

BAGHDAD, Apr 5 (DPA) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today access to hospitals South of Baghdad was cut with the demolition of a bridge...

MOUs with Iran, Afghanistan to isolate Pak: Report

Staff Reporter · Feb 10, 2003 · 19 min read

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (UNI): The recent Memoranda of Understanding that India has signed with Iran and Afghanistan bolsters its broader goal of encirclement and is...

India team in Pakistan for poverty conference

Staff Reporter · Apr 8, 2002 · 18 min read

ISLAMABAD, Apr 8 (Reuters): A high-level Indian delegation attended a regional meeting on poverty alleviation in the Pakistan capital today, but officials said ...

Hundreds killed in Tora Bora, Laden elusive

Staff Reporter · Dec 16, 2001 · 5 min read

TORA BORA (Afghanistan), Dec 16 (Reuters) Hundreds of Al Qaeda fighters have battled to the death in a last stand in eastern Afghanistan, but their leader Osama...

60 Maoists slain by Nepalese soldiers

Staff Reporter · Dec 10, 2001 · 15 min read

KATHMANDU, Dec 9 (UNI): At least 60 Maoists were killed and several injured in an encounter with soldiers of the Royal Nepal army at Ratmate of Rolpa district y...

India, Pak should lessen tensions: Bhutto

Staff Reporter · Dec 9, 2001 · 2 min read

DUBAI, Dec 7 (UNI) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said India and Pakistan should try to avoid war and lessen tensions to ensure the resumptio...

Sri Lankas opposition wins poll with allys support

Staff Reporter · Dec 9, 2001 · 1 min read

COLOMBO, Dec 7 (Reuters) Sri Lankas main opposition United National Party (UNP) today won the countrys parliamentary election, securing a narrow majority in the...

President invites Ranil for discussions to form govt

Staff Reporter · Dec 9, 2001 · 2 min read

COLOMBO, Dec 7 (UNI) Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga today invited United National Front (UNF) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe for talks tomorrow to disc...

Musharraf promises all help to Karzai

Staff Reporter · Dec 9, 2001 · 1 min read

ISLAMABAD, dec 7 (UNI) Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has assured the newly-nominated chairman of the interim council of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai of all h...

Riots erupt in Sri Lanka over poll killings

Staff Reporter · Dec 9, 2001 · 2 min read

COLOMBO, Dec 7 (Reuters) Police slapped curfew on a town in Sri Lankas tense central hills today to Quell riots over the killing of 12 supporters of an oppositi...

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