Volume 5 Number 38 Sat. July 03, 2004    
 
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Pakistan joins ARF
Indo-Pak FMs meet in Jakarta to build trust
Pakistan was formally accepted yesterday as the 24th member of Asia's only security forum, in a move that could lessen tensions in the region and with fellow nuclear power India.
 
Pakistan dismantling terror network in its own interest: Musharraf
Pakistan is trying to dismantle the country's terrorist network for the sake of its own "national interest", President Pervez Musharraf told two visiting US senators yesterday, officials said.
 
ARF backs bid to solve nuke crisis
US, N Korean officials hold talks
A major Asia-Pacific security forum gave strong support yesterday to new efforts to end the North Korean nuclear crisis, as the US and North Korean foreign ministers held rare high-level talks on thesidelines
 
Militants ambush MP's motorcade in Kashmir
17 killed in violence
Seventeen people were killed yesterday in bloody separatist violence in Indian Kashmir, including a rebel ambush on an Indian MP's motorcade, police said.
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Israeli troops to stay in Gaza until end of 2005
Four Palestinians killed
Soldiers will remain in the northern Gaza Strip, a launchpad for Palestinian rockets, until Israel completes its planned Gaza withdrawal next year, the defense minister said yesterday, as violence flared
 
US bars 6 ships as anti-terror law takes hold
The United States denied entry to six foreign-flagged ships on Thursday as tough new global laws to protect shipping from terrorist attacks took effect with little overall disruption to global trade.
 
al-Qaeda vows to carry out attacks in Europe
FBI urges increased patrols for July 4th
A purported statement from an al-Qaeda-linked group vowed to carry out attacks in Europe after the expiry of a three-month truce offered by Osama bin Laden in April, London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper
 
World press focuses on Saddam trial
Pictures of a defiant Saddam Hussein appearing in a Baghdad courtroom dominated the world's press yesterday, amid warnings that the tribunal must prove it is independent from the United States.
 
Typhoon toll rises to 23 in Philippines
The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year rose to 23 yesterday, as rescue workers rushed to clear landslides and send food and medicine to isolated areas, disaster officials
 
Maoist rebels kill Mayor of Nepal's top tourist town
Suspected Maoist rebels Friday assassinated the mayor of Nepal's leading tourist town, Pokhara, in a hit-and-run shooting in a busy marketplace, an official said.
 

 
   
 
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