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                   Thursday, 01 November, 2001
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Four vital objectives achieved, says CE:
Support to anti-terror war
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By Ihtasham ul Haque
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said here on
Wednesday that his government's principled support to the
international effort for combating terrorism has helped Pakistan
achieve four major important national objectives including
assuring integrity and security of Pakistan.......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top1.htm&date=20011101

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US carpet-bombs Kabul; 13 killed in Kandahar clinic
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KANDAHAR, Oct 31: US planes carpet-bombed Taliban frontlines north
of Kabul on Wednesday and attacked the militia's power base of
Kandahar in southeastern Afghanistan, killing 13 people at a
clinic, witnesses said.......(Reuters/AFP)

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top2.htm&date=20011101

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Rumsfeld plans to visit Pakistan
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By Tahir Mirza
WASHINGTON, Oct 31: Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is expected
to visit Pakistan, India, Russia and some Central Asian states
next week.......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top3.htm&date=20011101

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Change in cabinet ruled out
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By Hasan Akhtar
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The president's spokesman emphatically said on
Wednesday that no change in the cabinet by induction of
politicians was contemplated and nothing of the sort had been
discussed by Gen Pervez Musharraf in his recent interaction with
political leaders.......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top4.htm&date=20011101

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New Delhi threatens Islamabad with war
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By Jawed Naqvi
NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Two days after fuming at the UN's peace monitor
in Kashmir for accusing India and Pakistan of playing games with
the troubled Himalayan region, India's army and prime minister
were making threatening statements against Islamabad on Wednesday
that appeared to vindicate, not allay, fears that bilateral
tensions between the two nuclear neighbours could yet spin out of
control......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top5.htm&date=20011101

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Pakistan, India asked to avoid flare-up
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WASHINGTON, Oct 31: Secretary of State Colin Powell said on
Tuesday that India and Pakistan should take great care to avoid a
"flare up" over Kashmir as the United States presses both
countries to give full concentration to the US-led war on
terrorism......(AFP)

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top6.htm&date=20011101

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APHC lauds UN observer's views
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Staff Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Kashmir's All Parties Hurriyat Conference on
Wednesday welcomed the assessment by the UNMOGIP chief about the
rising tensions between India and Pakistan, saying it showed that
a grim reality was dawning among international players that the
Himalayan region had become too volatile a place to be ignored by
them any further.......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top7.htm&date=20011101

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Karakuram Highway opened for Raiwind event
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Staff Correspondent
MANSEHRA, Oct 31: The armed workers of religious parties and local
tribesmen have partially opened the Karakuram Highway for traffic
to make it possible for people to attend the three-day annual
congregation of Tablighee Jamaat being held from Nov 1 at Raiwind
near Lahore on Thursday.......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top8.htm&date=20011101

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Restrictions on use of loudspeaker
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Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The government on Wednesday banned the use of
loudspeaker in mosques except for Aazan and Khutba-i-Juma (Friday
sermon) and decided to proceed against religious parties, inciting
public unrest, under the sedition law......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top9.htm&date=20011101

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Debt relief sought from Japan
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has expressed
gratitude to the Japanese government for lifting economic
sanctions against Pakistan and providing it assistance to help
offset the negative effects of the current volatile situation in
the region......(APP)

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top10.htm&date=20011101

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Registration at refugee camp suspended
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Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Pakistan has suspended registration at the
Killi Faizo refugee camp near Chaman as it has been filled to
capacity by the newly arrived Afghan refugees.......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top11.htm&date=20011101

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Taliban, UN make conflicting claims: Meeting with Brahimi
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Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The UN secretary-general's special
representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, and the Taliban
authorities on Wednesday made contradictory claims of declining
each other's request for a meeting.......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top13.htm&date=20011101

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Annan calls for end to attacks
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Staff Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday
called for a quick end to the US-led military campaign in
Afghanistan to allow the United Nations to begin sending food into
the country before winter......

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top14.htm&date=20011101

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Saudi Arabia, UK agree to work for broad-based govt
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RIYADH, Oct 31: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said here on
Wednesday he had reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia to work
for a broad-based government in a reconstructed
Afghanistan......(AFP/Reuters)

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top15.htm&date=20011101

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Mutawakil denies split
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KANDAHAR, Oct 31: Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil
on Wednesday dismissed speculation of a schism in the ruling
Islamic militia, saying it was united in the face of its
enemies.......(AFP)

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top16.htm&date=20011101

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Petroleum prices slashed nominally
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Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Oct 31: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee on Wednesday
slashed the prices of petroleum products by 0.46 per cent to 8.17
per cent. The new prices will be effective from Nov 1 to
15......(APP)

http://www.dawn.com/cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top17.htm&date=20011101

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ForEx Market Update
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At close of trading yesterday, the dollar was being sold for Rs
61.45 in the open market.

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