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Pakistan thins down reference against Chief Justice
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government on Monday thinned down a reference against Chief justice Ifthikar Chaudhary by withdrawing a section in it relating to judicial misconduct. Lawyers for President Pervez Musharraf and the Pakistan ...

NWFP Government-tribals pact to end violence
ISLAMABAD: The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Government late on Monday reached an agreement with tribals of Swat district to end the violence in the area that has claimed the lives of several security forces personnel in the last two ...

Six die in Japan quake
Temblor forces evacuation of thousands, sparks fire at n-plant

INTERNATIONAL
13 Tigers surrendered: army
COLOMBO: Amid rising tensions in the north, the Army on Monday said at least 13 LTTE cadres holed up in the Thoppigala jungles in the east had surrendered. There is no comment from the Tigers on the claim. Going by the military version, ...

Jolt to Nepal verification
KATHMANDU: Verification of the Maoist combatants by the U.N., which started about a month ago, has stalled again due to Maoists raising questions on the success of the peace process itself. The Maoist representatives at the Joint ...

Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary visiting Pakistan
Islamabad: Sri Lakan Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona will arrive here on Tuesday to discuss “the entire gamut of bilateral relations”, said the Pakistan Foreign Ministry here on Monday. According to a statement, Mr. Kohona ...

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U.K. to expel four Russian diplomats

Solution should be acceptable to all: Pakistan

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“Taliban behind attack”
DUBAI: Iran has accused the Taliban of attacking its consulate in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar. “After car bombing of the consulate general, it is the second terrorist attack of the group on Iranian ...

India & World
Somali talks put off
Half the expected 1,300 delegates fail to turn up for ailing Somali Government’s last chance to win support. Mortar attacks and the absence of key delegates on Sunday marred the start of a reconciliation congress in Somalia. ...

INTERNATIONAL

Hasina arrested, sent to jail
Conspiracy to exclude me from polls, says Awami leader

Sabeel remanded to custody till August 13
LONDON: Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed (26), charged over last month’s attempted bombings in London and Glasgow, was on Monday produced in a court and remanded to custody till August 13. He appeared in the City of Westminster ...

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