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'Pak may test-fire Shaheen missile before polls'
Islamabad: Pakistan plans to test-fire medium range nuclear capable missile Shaheen-111 before the October 10 elections.
Nepal Parliamentary polls postponed to next year
Kathmandu: The Nepalese Cabinet on October 3 decided to postpone the mid-term polls by one year until November 19, 2003, due to security reasons, official sources said.
Nawaz Sharif says he rejected Musharraf deal
Islamabad: Deposed Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif has revealed that he was offered a deal to contest next week's elections by President Pervez Musharraf, the Army General who ousted him in a military coup three years ago.
Protests in Kathmandu over Guj temple attack
Kathmandu: Protesting against the recent terrorist attack on a temple in Gujarat, a Hindu organisation in Nepal took out a procession and burnt Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's effigy.
'LTTE should disarm before joining administration'
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on October 2 demanded that the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) be asked to disarm first before it is allowed to join any interim administration for the North and East and questioned the idea of creating a "joint task force" to review high security zones there.
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