Musharraf's Govt hammers out timeline for elections
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government
called a meeting Tuesday to discuss a timetable for parliamentary
elections, as the U.S. and other Western allies stepped up pressure
on the army chief to return to a path of democracy. Some nations
they were reviewing aid to the Muslim nation.
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North Korea starts disabling nuclear facilities
North Korea on Monday started an unprecedented
disabling of its nuclear programme under the supervision of a US
team of experts, US officials said. The nine experts had begun work
on plutonium production facilities at the Yongbyon complex in North
Korea, said Tom Casey, a State Department spokesman speaking in
Washington.
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US smothers talk of aid cuts
US President George W. Bush on Monday urged
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf to lift a state of emergency, quit as
army chief, and hold elections soon - but left unclear whether US
aid hung in the balance.
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