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U.S. soldiers die as chopper is downed
Washington, MARCH 4. The Pentagon has admitted that an American MH-47 Chinook helicopter has been brought down in Eastern Afghanistan resulting in the death of at least six American soldiers. "We have some small numbers of U.S.troops killed'', ...
Nuclear assets safe: Pak.
ISLAMABAD, MARCH 4. Pakistan has said that its nuclear assets were safe and there was no evidence to suggest that they could fall into unauthorised hands. There has been fresh concern following a report in the Washington Post, quoting ...
Pak. clarifies on Omar extradition
ISLAMABAD,March 4.Pakistan today maintained that the question of extradition of Omar Sheikh, the prime accused in the Daniel Pearl abduction case, to the United States would be considered in the light of the "findings" of the investigation. A ...
23 Indians share half a crore rupees in raffle
Dubai, March 4.It was their day for a group of 23 Indian expatriates who pooled money to buy a raffle ticket in the Toyota Lexus mega draw held here as part of the ongoing Dubai shopping festival. Krishnan Prasanna, store assistant, was woken ...
Pak. scientist met Osama
ISLAMABAD, March 4. A former Pakistan nuclear scientist suspected of links with Islamic extremists met Osama bin Laden twice in Afghanistan but did not reveal nuclear secrets, the man's son said today. Sultan Bashiruddin Mehmood, who worked ...
U.K. humiliated at Commonwealth
Not since the former Indian Prime Minister, I. K.Gujral, in a rare fit of anger, called it a "third rate'' power has so much public humiliation been heaped on Britain by a Third World leader as by the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe _ and ...
Ranil asks Opposition to support Norway initiative
COLOMBO, MARCH 4. Amid Opposition protests over Norway's role in the ceasefire between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE, the Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, today appealed for support for the peace process and asked opponents not to ...
Concern over war plan
Washington, MARCH 4. The Pentagon today said American and Afghan troops were involved in "intense" fighting with the Taliban and the Al-Qaeda. It said the planning for the current phase of operations in the eastern part of Afghanistan had been ...
Indo-Pak. trade grows despite border tension
ISLAMABAD, MARCH 4. Despite the tension between Pakistan and India in the last few months, bilateral trade between the two countries has registered an impressive growth in the first six months of the current financial year as compared to the ...
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