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India's bid for UN seat unfair, says Sharif
Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif has expressed his strong opposition to India's candidature for a permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council because of, what he called, its "failure" to accept UN resolutions on Kashmir considered by New Delhi as outdated.
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Yeltsin likely to face impeachment move
Top Communist leaders in Russia have stepped up their efforts to move an impeachment motion against Russian President Boris Yeltsin and stall a possible bid to dissolve Duma as both the President and the Left geared up for a showdown on Friday when voting on the prime-ministerial candidate comes up for the third time.
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US ready to write off Pak debts over F-16s
The United States has proposed to write off a proportion of Pakistan's foreign debt equalling to the amount Washington is supposed to refund for the F-16 aircraft while in return Pakistan should drop the threat of dragging the US to court.
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US sells missiles to Saudi Arabia, Israel
The US Department of Defence has announced the proposed sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia and Israel at a cost of 143 million dollars. According to the announcement, the Arabia will get a "possible upgrade" of 1,500 AIM-9l missiles and other support equipment and Israel will get 64 AIM-120B advanced medium range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM), three test missiles, missile containers, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment.
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