Al Qaeda group claims attack on Shaukat Aziz: Pakistani mission in Egypt contacted •10 arrested •All options being probed
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI/ATTOCK, July 31: Security agencies have started conducting raids to arrest the possible perpetrators of a terrorist attack on finance minister Shaukat Aziz while the foreign office has contacted its mission in Egypt to determine the veracity of an Al Qaeda claim, officials told Dawn.
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Coalition parties condemn attack: Suicide attempt on Aziz's life
ISLAMABAD, July 31: The leadership of the parties in the ruling coalition on Saturday condemned the suicide bomb attack on Shaukat Aziz and issued a call for chalking out strategy -with the support of the opposition - to foil the designs of terrorists against the solidarity of Pakistan.
Speaking at a joint news conference at PML House, the second line leadership of the coalition
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Govt to respect people's sentiments: Troops for Iraq
ISLAMABAD, July 31: Pakistan has decided in principle not to send its troops to Iraq even if formally asked by the United Nations or the Iraqi interim government, reliable political sources told Dawn on Saturday.
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FO says 400 Pakistanis working in Iraq
ISLAMABAD, July 31: Foreign Office spokesman Masood Ahmed Khan said on Saturday about 400 Pakistanis are currently working in Iraq. "These Pakistanis are attached with two companies operating in Baghdad,"
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Result-oriented talks needed: Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, July 31: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday stressed the need for a substantive and result-oriented dialogue for resolution of all outstanding issues between India and Pakistan, including Jammu and Kashmir, for lasting peace and stability in South Asia.
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UN resolution text on Sudan lacks balance: FO explains Pakistan's abstention
ISLAMABAD, July 31: Pakistan said on Saturday that it had abstained from the UN Security Council vote on the Sudan issue as it considered the final text of the resolution inadequate to resolve the crisis.
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3 tribesmen, constable killed in clash
QUETTA, July 31: Three tribesmen belonging to the Awami National Party and a police head constable were killed and three others injured in an exchange of fire in Chaman late Friday night.
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Armyman dies, 5 hurt as convoy attacked
MIRAMSHAH, July 31: An army hawaldar was killed and five soldiers were wounded when an army convoy came under attack in the North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday, officials and witnesses said.
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Abizaid visits border with Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, July 31: The Commander of US Central Command, General John P. Abizaid visited Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Torkham checkpoint on Saturday amid tight security arrangements.
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Petroleum prices unchanged
KARACHI, July 31: The prices of the petroleum products for the next fortnight would remain unchanged. This was decided at the fortnightly meeting of relevant sub-committee of Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC)
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India mulls evacuating 6,000 men from Iraq
NEW DELHI, July 31: India said on Saturday it is considering evacuating about 6,000 of its nationals from Iraq as a top dilplomat rushed to Baghdad in a bid to secure the release of three Indian workers held hostage by militants.
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15 killed in bus accident
DEHRADUN, July 31: Fifteen people were killed and three injured on Saturday when a bus skidded off a mountain road and plunged into a river in Uttaranchal, police said.
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Taliban kill five
KABUL, July 31: Taliban attacked and killed five people on Saturday, including a district governor in southern Helmand province, officials said.
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Sadr's aide arrested: spokesman
BAGHDAD, July 31: A senior aide to Moqtada Sadr was arrested Saturday in Karbala, said a spokesman for the Muslim cleric.
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Dhaka rejects Riyadh plea for troops to Iraq
DHAKA, July 31: Bangladesh has rejected a recent Saudi Arabian request to send troops to Iraq, a foreign office spokesman in Dhaka said on Saturday.
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Buildings torched in Jenin amid anti-Arafat wave
NABLUS, July 31: Palestinian gunmen briefly abducted three foreign church volunteers and militants torched government buildings in the West Bank on Saturday
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Uzbekistan arrests blast suspects
TASHKENT, July 31: Uzbek police rounded up suspects in Friday's bombings near the US and Israeli embassies and the state prosecutor's office, Itar-TASS news agency said on Saturday as the death toll rose to three.
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Iran resumes making centrifuges: Kharzai
TEHRAN, July 31: Iran has resumed building centrifuges which Washington says are intended to enrich uranium to weapons-grade for use in atomic warheads, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said on Saturday.
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