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     Updated: ( 2:39:56 GMT) July 03 , 2009
Female residents watch from sidelines of a suicide bomb attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Thursday

Pak urges SAARC body to boost trade

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday asked the Saarc Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) to undertake extensive visits of the region for enhancing trade wherever possible within the 8-nation grouping. The president was talking to a delegation of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry headed by its president Tariq Sayeed that called on him in the Presidency. The delegation included Iftikhar Ali Malik and Muhammad Iqbal Tabish from the chamber. Also present were Waqar Ahmad Khan, minister for investment, and Salman Faruqui, secretary general to the President.

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SOUTH ASIA TODAY
Ties with India unique: Bogollagama
BEIJING: Mindful of New Delhi’s concerns about Beijing’s increasingly close strategic relationship with Colombo, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on Thursday stressed that Sri Lanka’s growing ties with China had no bearing on the country’s “unique” relationship with India. He described Sri Lanka’s relationship with the two countries.
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India to relocate IAK troops by 31st
NEW DELHI: The Indian Home Ministry’s action plan for the 100 days ending September 30 includes steps to “relocate and rationalise” paramilitary from Indian-Administer Kashmir (IAK) by July 31. According to the plan, India would move central forces from public premises and rationalise their deployment.
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'Anti-India activity not allowed in BD
MALDA: No anti-India militant activity would be allowed on Bangladeshi soil, the Bangladesh Rifles Director-General (BDR-DG), Mohammad Mainul Islam, said on Thursday. The present government shares good relations with India and Sheikh Hasina regime wants to make it better, Islam told reporters after two-hour-long meeting with the BSF's Murshidabad.
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Sonia for strengthening Indo-Pak ties
ISLAMABAD: The Congress party and the Indian government are committed to strengthening person-to-person contact and cooperation between India and Pakistan, Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi said. In a letter to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday.
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Nepal drops JNP for Visakhapatnam port
KATHMANDU: Nepal has decided to seek Visakhapatnam port in Andhra Pradesh of India as additional transit port for catering to the Nepali west-bound transit cargos, dropping previous request for Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) in Mumbai. The change has been made after a study by Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MoCS) reckoned.
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INDIA TODAY
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NEPAL TODAY
• Maoist conditions for ending crisis
• Leaders trade accusations
• Tourist arrivals up 6pc
• Koirala seek help of neighbours

MALDIVES TODAY
• National Youth Council formed
• 1,800 people still in temporary shelters
• '7000 houses to be built in atolls'
PAKISTAN TODAY
• Bomber strikes KRL bus; 40 injured
• Security forces kill 23 Taliban in Swat
• France to provide combat copters
• Ahmadzai Wazirs to abide by peace deal
• PML-N asks SC to freeze oil price hike
• US unable to win IDPs’ hearts and minds

SRI LANKA TODAY
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BHUTAN TODAY
• Strong case for state funding ready
• Court allows coal company opening
• 3rd National Council session starts
• Discrimination against women a hot issue

AFGHANISTAN TODAY
• US launches offensive in Helmand
• South Afghanistan key to Nato mission
• German Afghan mission defended
 
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