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KABUL - The leader of an Afghan peace delegation to Pakistan denied on Monday that the two countries had reached an agreement to hold a peace gathering, contradicting an earlier statement from Islamabad.
A group from President Hamid Karzai's High Council for Peace (HCP), led by former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani, held high-level talks in the Pakistani capital last week.
Pakistan's foreign ministry said the two neighbouring countries had reached an agreement to

HUA HIN - Japanese teen phenomenon Ryo Ishikawa beat Italy's Matteo Manassero in the battle of the young guns on Friday to help Asia to a 2-2 tie with Europe after the opening day of the Royal Trophy. The 19-year-old Ishikawa, a nine-time winner on the Japan Tour, teamed up with good friend Shunsuke Sonoda to overcome Manassero, 17, and Spain's Pablo Martin by 3 and 2 in the alternate-shot foursomes at Black Mountain Golf Club.
Europe player/captain Colin Montgomerie partnered

LAHORE - National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) N-5 Central on Thursday claimed to have arrested 13 people involved in different criminal activities and have seized liquor, cash, vehicles, arms and ammunition and Pakistan Railway's eclectic wire.
NH&MP also helped three children; Arsalan, Jahangir and Sadia, to reunite with their aggrieved families in different events in last few days. NH&MP arrested 13 criminals including Javed, M Taj, Ulfat, Muhammed Akram, Ibrar Saleem,

KARACHI - Small traders threatened to unleash nationwide agitation if the government failed to comply with their demands, including the cancellation of the proposed reformed General Sales Tax (GST).
The members of the All Pakistan Organization of Small Traders and Cottage Industries (APOSTCI) have also vowed to hold a national gathering under the banner of the All Pakistan Traders Convention by the middle of this month to devise a future course of action for the organisation

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict, worried over increasing inter-religious violence, will host a summit of world religious leaders in Assisi in October to discuss how they can better promote peace, he announced on Saturday.
Benedict told pilgrims and tourists in St Peter's Square the aim of the meeting would be to "solemnly renew the commitment of believers of every religion to live their own religious faith in the service of the cause for peace".
He made the announcement hours

LAHORE - Aman Ittehad, a group of leading non-governmental organisations (NGO), on Thursday announced that several rallies will be held on January 1 at 1am nationwide to condemn violence in all forms.
This announcement was made in a press conference held at the Lahore Press Club, which was attended by South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAPP) Executive Director Muhammad Tehseen, Aurat Foundation Coordinator Mumtaz Mughal and others.
The rallies would be held to condemn

ISTANBUL: Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey will hold joint military exercises next year as part of Ankara's efforts to bring its two neighbours closer.
"As a result of the work that our armed forces have done so far, a joint exercise will be held in April 2011," Turkish President Abdullah Gul said in televised remarks.
Gul was speaking after trilateral talks with his counterparts Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and President Asif Ali Zardari in Istanbul.
It was the fifth

ABUJA: West African leaders held emergency talks Friday on the crisis in Ivory Coast with the United States searching for more UN troops and France offering Laurent Gbagbo a final chance to step aside.
The summit came after a UN body demanded a halt to "atrocities" in Ivory Coast and the Central Bank of West African States blocked Gbagbo's access to finances, putting a further squeeze on his bid to remain in power. Much of the world, including the United Nations, has recognised

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has finalised arrangements to hold its elections on December 22 and at the same time invisible elements are also working to lead the candidates of their choice to victory stand.
According to some senior lawyers, in the scenario of the government-judiciary relations which have been fluctuating over a few months, a great importance is being attached to the PBC elections in which political interference and spending of huge money under political

KUNDUZ - Militants were occupying an army recruitment centre in northern Afghanistan Sunday, officials said, in one of two attacks against Afghan military personnel that killed 13 people.
The building in Kunduz was being held by two rebels who survived an attack on the centre that had been carried out by four militants armed with suicide vests and automatic rifles, an official said. The attackers killed four Afghan soldiers and four police officers in a gunfight before two of

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will hold formal talks on Friday, covering wide ranging topics of bilateral interest to expand decade-old relationship, with focus on their growing economic partnership.
The talks at the Prime Minister House will be followed by signing of about 20 agreements and memorandums of understandings (MoUs) in areas of economy, energy and communication. Prime Minister Wen will arrive here on Friday

TAIPEI: Taiwan and China agreed on Tuesday to hold a fresh round of negotiations next week focusing on medical and health cooperation, officials said.
Top Taiwanese envoy Kao Koong-lian arranged the talks with Chinese counterpart Zheng Lizhong in Shanghai, said Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation which handles civil exchanges with the mainland in the absence of official contacts. China's chief negotiator Chen Yunlin is scheduled to fly to Taipei on Monday and hold talks with his

ISLAMABAD: Army generals who violated the Supreme Court's restraining order issued by a seven-judge bench on November 3, 2007, will be issued contempt notices, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja said on Monday.
The bench was hearing contempt charges against superior courts' judges who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in defiance of the Supreme Court orders. The bench on Monday dismissed objections of PCO judges on the bench's composition, rejecting a plea for the

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided not to table the Reformed General Sales Tax (GST) Bill in the forthcoming session of the National Assembly as it failed to build consensus on the proposed tax law with its coalition partners - the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) -not budging from their positions.
"We will not table the bill in the National Assembly session staring from December 18," a senior parliamentarian, asking not to be named,

LAHORE: The International Cricket Council is eyeing June 2013 for the inaugural Test World Championship and will use current rankings to decide the four playoff spots, CEO Haroon Lorgat was quoted by Australian radio on Sunday.
The ICC has proposed a quadrennial tournament with the four best-performing teams to meet in the semi-finals before playing off for the world title in a bid to boost flagging interest in the longest form of the sport.
"I think the first possible

GUANGZHOU: Rivals are banking on their powerful penalty corner hitters to deliver when the Asian Games men's field hockey semi-finals are played on Tuesday.
The strongly-built drag flickers, who take set-piece shots at the goal with lightening speed, have not disappointed so far in the 10-nation competition at the Aoti Hockey Centre.
Six of the top eight scorers in the preliminary league are penalty corner exponents with India's Sandeep Singh leading the charge with 10

ISLAMABAD: Condemning the attack on the Crime Investigation Department (CID) building in Karachi, members of the Senate on Friday held the government responsible for growing terrorism in the country.
Addressing the session, Pakistan people's Party Senator Raza Rabbani said the government had not implemented the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, which had resulted in the unabated continuation of terrorist activities in the country.