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Shia cleric, U.N. envoy discuss details
MANAMA, FEB.12.Without referring to any time frame, a United Nations envoy who is visiting Iraq has said on Thursday that he agreed with a top Iraqi Shia cleric that direct elections in the country should be held. After talks with Grand ...

Step up fight against spread of WMD, says Bush
WASHINGTON, FEB. 12. Stressing on the new dangers from the nuclear black-market operatives who are "motivated by greed or fanaticism or both", the U.S. President, George W Bush, called on the international community to step up the fight against ...

Taiwan: China for peaceful solution
SINGAPORE, FEB. 12. The Defence Minister of China, Cao Gangchuan, has briefed a U.S. defence official about the `eagerness' of the Chinese people for a `peaceful' resolution of the Taiwan issue. Mr. Cao's intervention in his talks with the ...

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    Kashmir issue a vital national interest, says Musharraf
    ISLAMABAD, FEB. 12. The Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, has said the country will not compromise on either the Kashmir issue or its nuclear programme as they were vital national interests. In an address to the National Defence College ...

    Compensation to victims
    DUBAI, FEB. 12. The next of kin of the 13 Indian passengers who died in the Kish Air crash in Sharjah on Tuesday will receive compensation as soon as the legal formalities are completed. The local media quoted the airline officials as saying ...

    23 Indian fishermen held
    COLOMBO, FEB. 12.Twenty-three Indian fishermen, in four trawlers, were reportedly arrested last night off Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula, on the charge of poaching. The fishermen and their trawlers were handed over to police at Point ...



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