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We have no role in PoK polls: Pakistan
``Elections were determined by its constitution''

Taiwan crisis deepens
SINGAPORE: The Legislative Yuan (Parliament) in the non-sovereign territory of Taiwan on Tuesday asked President Chen Shui-bian to respond to a draft resolution aimed at "recalling" him through an unprecedented public referendum on charges of ...

U.S. stands by you, Bush tells Iraqis
American President in surprise Baghdad visit

Musharraf's another term?
ISLAMABAD: A senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League has added to the speculation that President Pervez Musharraf is planning to get re-elected through the same electoral college that confirmed him as head of state in 2002. A ...

Sri Lankan panel to draft solution
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday appointed a 12-member committee to draft a solution to the decades-long separatist conflict. The committee will serve in "an advisory capacity" to the all-party committee which is to ...

Saddam defence process ends
Defence is being "rushed" to conclude arguments, says lawyer

U.K.'s qualified support for Olmert plan
LONDON: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has won British Government's qualified backing for his controversial plan to redraw Israel's final borders — a move which Palestinians have denounced as "land-grab''. Mr Olmert, who was on his ...

Israeli raid kills nine Palestinians
DUBAI: An Israeli air raid has killed nine Palestinians including two children, marking a spurt in violence after a phase of relative calm. The Israeli military said it had targeted militants who were ferrying Katyusha rockets in a vehicle ...

China slams charges on arms trade
BEIJING: China has been exporting conventional weapons in accordance with international rules, a Chinese expert has said. Teng Jianqun, a researcher with the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, told Xinhua on Monday that China has ...

The next mission to Mars
The most advanced attempt to find life on the red planet

Fiat on smoking in Nepal
KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court of Nepal has ordered the Government to prohibit smoking in public places and to ban tobacco advertisement in the print media. The advertisement ban in electronic media has been in place for the last 10 years. The ...

Some cheer for beer-drinkers
PORTLAND: For many men, a finding by researchers here may sound too good to be true: an ingredient in beer seems to help prevent prostate cancer, at least in laboratory experiments. The trouble is you would theoretically have to drink about 17 ...

India & World
Hindu temple in Lahore razed
ISLAMABAD: The only Hindu temple in Lahore has been demolished to construct a multi-storeyed commercial building, in violation of the managing Trust Board's laws. Quoting documents the Pakistani daily The Dawn said the officials did not ...

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