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Human Rights Watch criticises US, UK support for Musharraf

New York, Feb 1: Pakistan President Pervez MusharrafThe Human Rights Wa

US election observer group not to monitor Feb 18 polls over violence concerns

Lahore, Feb 1:Parliament of Pakistan The US-based International Republican Institute that was planning to monitor the February 18 parliamentary elections in Pakistan has cancelled its involvement over election-day security concerns.

“We don’t believe the security environment is such that we could do the things we’d like to do,” the Washington Post quoted, Thomas E Garrett, the International Republican Institute’s election expert on Pakistan, as saying.

Pakistanis should feel polls are free and fair, Rice told Musharraf

Washington, Feb 1: U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

US observer group opts out of monitoring Feb 18 polls in Pak

Lahore, Feb. 1: PollingA U.S.

Al Qaeda leader Libi reported killed in N.Waziristan

Washington, Feb 1:Senior Al Qaeda commander Abu Laith Al-Libi

Mercury's magnetosphere is more similar to Earth's than previously believed

Washington, Jan 31 : New information obtained by the NASA Messenger spacecraft has indicated that the magnetosphere of Mercury is more similar to Earth's than previously believed.

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