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Iraq invites US Congress enquiry team to Baghdad
Baghdad: Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Saadun Hammadi on August 5 invited the US
Congress to send a fact-finding team to Baghdad for three weeks to check on
allegations that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction.
Pakistan says it can't influence elections in J&K
Islamabad: Amidst international calls not to disrupt elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan on August 5 said in no way could it influence the polls in the state and criticised India for not allowing foreign observers.
New Pak Law allows mutual transfer of convicts
Islamabad: Pakistan has adopted a Law allowing mutual transfer of convicts between Islamabad and other countries.
Pak parties seek EC's nod to contest polls
Islamabad: Pakistan's political parties on August 5 began applying to the government for approval to contest national polls on October 10.
Pak seeks Bhutto's 'plea bargain' in graft cases
Islamabad: Pakistan government on August 5 said it will not allow Shahbaz Sharif, recently elected Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PMN) chief, to return and asked former Premier Benazir Bhutto to head back home to make a "plea bargain" in the corruption cases against her.
5 dead as gunmen attack Christian school in Pak
Islamabad: Gunmen attacked a Christian school North of Islamabad on August 5, killing five Pakistanis including two guards and a cook, police and Interior Ministry officials said.
Lankan Oppn to serve ultimatum on Kumaratunga
Colombo: Sri Lanka's ruling party is likely to issue an ultimatum to President Chandrika Kumaratunga on calling a snap poll if she does not co-operate with a proposed Constitution amendment to trim her sweeping powers.
British Embassy staffer kidnapped in Nepal
Kathmandu: A British Embassy staffer working for a charity helping gurkha veterans of the British Army was kidnapped along with seven other persons from an area bordering Maoist-hit districts, official sources said on August 5.
Taiwan's China outlook unchanged, says official
Taipei: Taiwan's stance on China remains unchanged, the country's top mainland policy maker insisted on August 5 before heading to the United States to reportedly reassure Washington on the island's China policy.
Kargil, disaster of Musharraf's making: Teacher
New York: A former teacher of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says that Kargil incident was "a disaster of Musharraf's making" and that he had personally rebuked the General for his role.
2 million migrate to Britain every decade: Report
London: An estimated two million immigrants mostly from non-European Union, Third World and Eastern Europe are expected in Britain every decade as experts called for an open debate on the immigration issue and how to curb it.
Mideast crisis continues, 2 shot dead in Ramallah
Jerusalem: Palestinians shot dead two Jewish settlers on August 5 North of Ramallah in the West Bank, a military source said.
Laden may not be behind 9/11 attacks: Musharraf
New York: Osama bin Laden, the head of the al-Qaida network, may not have been behind the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview with a leading US magazine.
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