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Chief Justice challenges panel
Musharraf expresses faith in judiciary

"Attacks on protesting lawyers must cease"
NEW YORK: The Pakistani Government must end the arbitrary detention of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and cease the police crackdown on lawyers staging peaceful protests, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Human Rights Watch said the ...

Measures to end the war get nod in House, hit a wall in Senate
WASHINGTON: : Democrats aggressively challenged President George W. Bush's Iraq policy at both ends of the Capitol building on Thursday, gaining House committee approval for a troop withdrawal deadline of September 1, 2008, but suffering defeat ...

New Trident system approved
LONDON: Despite facing the biggest revolt in his party, British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a parliamentary vote for replacement of Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent with the support of Opposition Conservatives. Ninety-five Labour MPs, ...

North Korea ready to close nuclear sites
BEIJING: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has confirmed that it is preparing to shut down its nuclear facilities, an Australian diplomat said in Beijing on Thursday. The DPRK also reiterated its intention to allow inspectors ...

Musharraf promises polls by year-end
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that elections to the National and Provincial Assemblies would be held by the end of 2007. He was speaking at a public rally in Gujranwala, a town in Punjab province. General Musharraf, ...

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