| 20
Arabs killed in S Waziristan missile strike
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Peshawar,
Mar 17:
At least 20 people were reported killed as several missiles
hit a house in Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency on Sunday.
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| Bihar
jail blasts spark calls for Canadian's release
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Toronto,
Mar 17:
Former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler has urged the
government to pressure India to free a Canadian businessman
being held in a Bihar jail for visa violations.
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| Gulf
states concerned shortage of construction workers
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Dubai,
Mar 17:
With projects in the infrastructure and property sector, worth
billions of dollars underway in the Gulf countries, higher cost
of construction and shortage of workers has raised an alarm
in the region.
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| 'Two
IndianN- scientists denied Australian visa'
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Melbourne,
Mar 17:
Two Indian nuclear scientists were denied Australian visa last
year on "health and character" grounds as Canberra
feared they could access information that may assist "India's
weapons of mass destruction programme", a media report
said on Monday.
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| New
Pak Assembly set for a stormy session
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Islamabad,
Mar 17:
Pakistan's new parliament convenes on Monday, setting the stage
for a power struggle between US-backed President Pervez Musharraf
and a new coalition government that has vowed to assail his
already diminished powers.
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