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Musharraf Says
Islamabad, Delhi should boost economic coop
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday the ongoing peace process with nuclear rival India should move forward in tandem with economic cooperation.
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Rocca talks war on terror with Musharraf
US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca yesterday held talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, a close ally in Washington's so-called war against terror, officials said.
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India, China plan joint training for troops
The armies of India and China, which fought a border war four decades ago, plan to hold unprecedented joint counter-terrorism and peacekeeping training program-mes, the Indian army chief said yesterday.
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Hurriyat leaders' Pak visit may hit roadblock
The plans of Hurriyat leaders of the moderate faction to travel to Pakistan may hit a roadblock with the Regional Passport Office in Srinagar citing non-availability of travel forms for the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad
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Clinton Tells Indians
No time to waste in fighting Aids
Former US president Bill Clinton yesterday told India, which has the world's second largest number of people with HIV/Aids, that it has no time to waste in combating the disease.
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Karzai sold country to US: Mullah Omar
Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar Wednesday accused Afghan President Hamid Karzai of selling his country out to the United States, according to press reports.
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Gun battles in Kashmir villages kill 5 people
Three Indian soldiers and two Islamic militants were killed and four soldiers wounded in two separate clashes yesterday in remote villages of Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.
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Landslides kill 12 in Nagaland
Landslides triggered by heavy rain damaged hundreds of houses in northeast India yesterday and killed at least 12 people, including four children, officials said.
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Abbas calls on Bush to save ME peace
US voices support for Palestinian state
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas yesterday called on US President George W. Bush to intervene to prevent the collapse of the Middle East peace process which he said was "under attack" from Israel.
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US, allies trampling rights in terror war
White House rejects Amnesty criticism
Tactics to fight the "war on terror" in Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe have failed to prevent horrific attacks on civilians, although they have encouraged rampant abuse of human rights, Amnesty
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US eases ban on arms sale to Indonesia
The US has announced that it is to partially lift its embargo on selling arms to Indonesia.
The move will allow the sale of non-lethal items such as transport vehicles and communications equipment.
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10 Iraqis killed in Baghdad
At least 10 people were killed in violence in Baghdad yesterday, three of them civilians allegedly shot by US troops, as al-Qaeda's Iraq branch denied it had named an acting chief for its wounded leader
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