| US
turns down Pak's request for military aid
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Silicon
Valley, May 9:
The United States has turned down or deferred Pakistan's request
for over USD 81 million in military aid following reports that
Islamabad used much of the amount to pay for heavy equipment
suited for ...
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| Osama
is not hiding in Pak: Defence Minister
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Islamabad,
May 9:
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is not hiding in its territory,
Pakistan's new Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said.
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| Russian
military parade starts on Red Square
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Moscow,
May 9:
Russia hosted a military parade on the red square Friday to
celebrate the sixty-third anniversary of victory in World War
II.
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| Jordan,
Canada to finalize nuclear cooperation accord
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Amman,
May 9:
Jordan and Canada plan to wrap up a nuclear cooperation agreement
this summer, Khalid Touqan, head of Jordan's Nuclear Authority,
said Thursday.
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| US
removes 'terrorist' tag from Mandela
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Washington,
May 9:
Fourteen years after Nelson Mandela became South African president
after its first democratic elections in 1994, the US House of
Representatives has passed a bill to remove his name from its
lists of terrorists.
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