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Pakistanis pledge special steps for border crossings
Pak army sets up relief camps along LoC, talks over clearing mines today
Pakistan said yesterday it would make special arrangements to give earthquake survivors easy access to Indian Kashmir over concerns bureaucracy would hamper the efforts of thousands to cross the border.
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Musharraf wants troops out of Kashmir
President Pervez Musharraf wants to demilitarise Kashmir, his spokesman said yesterday, a day after India and Pakistan agreed to open the border in the disputed state to aid earthquake survivors.
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UNSC divided over Syria resolution
The United States, France and Britain remained at odds with Russia and China Sunday over a tough UN resolution demanding that Syria cooperate with a probe into the assassination of a former Lebanese prime
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Israel vows to carry on offensive
Israel vowed yesterday to carry on its offensive against militants after the army shot dead three Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank, sparking condemnation from the Palestinian Authority.
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US auditor calls for anti-corruption drive in Iraq
Corruption continues to cost Iraq billions of dollars each year, and Washington and Baghdad should be doing far more to stop it, the top US auditor for Iraq's reconstruction said in a report releasedon
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Political killings in Lanka top 190 this year
Political killings related to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka have topped 190 since the start of the year and undermined trust in a ceasefire between the government and Tamil rebels, Scandinavian truce
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'Bush losing faith in Cheney, top aides'
President George W. Bush's confidence in his top team of advisors, including all-important Vice President Dick Cheney, has fallen sharply in the wake of the CIA leak scandal, Time magazine reported Sunday.
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Bush picks judge for SC
Embattled US President George W. Bush yesterday nominated a conservative appeals court judge, Samuel Alito, to the Supreme Court in a move expected to heal a rift in his Republican party.
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