Aziz survives attempt on life; 7 dead: 70 hurt after Fatehjang rally attack
ATTOCK/ISLAMABAD, July 30: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz survived an attempt on his life by a suicide bomber on Friday minutes after he addressed a public meeting at Jaffar village in connection with his election campaign
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Security enhanced
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Security has been enhanced at the residence of Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz in the Ministers' Enclave after he survived a suicide attack in Fatehjang on Friday evening.
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Troops to Iraq only after consensus: FM
ISLAMABAD, July 30: The National Assembly was assured on Friday that Pakistan had so far taken no decision on sending its troops to Iraq and any decision in this regard would be taken only after creating a national consensus on the issue by taking parliament into confidence.
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Ruling party splits over bill on karo-kari
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday assured his coalition parliamentary group that any law not in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah would not be framed or enacted.
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Punishment clauses to be removed, says PM: Proposed defamation laws
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday said the objectionable clauses in the recently- introduced amendment bill to defamation laws suggesting punishment for journalists will be removed
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Terrorists' hand over after probe, says Faisal
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Pakistan would not hand over terrorists arrested from Gujrat to any foreign country till investigation agencies completed their questioning, said interior minister Faisal Saleh Hayat.
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President to be briefed today: Composite dialogue
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Bureaucrats involved in the ongoing composite dialogue will brief President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday about all issues related to India-Pakistan ties, Dawn learnt on Friday.
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Wullar talks end without any accord: Pledge to continue progress
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Pakistan and India on Friday failed to reach an amicable solution to their 20-year old dispute over the Wullar Barrage/ Tulbul Navigational Project after two-day talks but agreed to continue discussions at the next round of the dialogue process.
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Imams ask militants to hand over bodies
BAGHDAD, July 30: Two Sunni clerics on Friday appealed to the Islamic Army in Iraq to hand over the bodies of two murdered Pakistani hostages so they could be returned to their home country.
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Sudan gets 30-day UN deadline to disarm militia
UNITED NATIONS, July 30: With Pakistan and China abstaining, the UN Security Council voted on Friday for a US-drafted revised resolution with a threat of economic consequences on Sudan in 30 days
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13 Iraqis die in clashes with occupation troops: Militants extend deadline for hostage
FALLUJAH, July 30: At least 13 Iraqis were killed and a dozen wounded in overnight clashes between US troops and insurgents in the flash point of Fallujah, west of the capital, hospital sources and police said on Friday.
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2 killed as suicide bombers strike US, Israeli embassies
TASHKENT, July 30: Suicide bombers struck the US and Israeli embassies along with Uzbekistan's prosecutor general's office Friday, killing at least two people and injuring five in the latest wave of attacks
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15 die in Belgian gas blast
ATH, July 30: At least 15 people were killed and 200 injured when a huge explosion tore through a cross-border gas pipeline near an industrial zone in southern Belgium on Friday, the Health Ministry said.
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26 killed in Turkey
ANKARA, July 30: Twenty-six people were killed and 30 injured when a passenger bus collided with two trucks in eastern Turkey, a regional official said on Friday.
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