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ARD hints at move against NA speaker
ISLAMABAD Aug 28: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Saturday announced it will continue its struggle for the democracy "in its true form" both inside and outside parliament.
Speaking at a news conference before the start of a special National Assembly session to give the new prime minister a vote of confidence, ARD chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim said "our boycott of the vote of confidence process was consistent with our boycotting the election of Mr Shaukat Aziz."
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Change will strengthen democracy: President
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that change in the government would auger well to strengthen democracy and improve the much-needed good governance in the country.
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US hopeful of progress in ties
WASHINGTON, Aug 28: The United States said on Friday that it looks forward to working closely with the prime minister-elect Shaukat Aziz. "We welcome the election of Shaukat Aziz as Pakistan's next prime minister
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MMA, Madaris call for strike on 11th: Protest over post-9/11 actions
KARACHI, Aug 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Ittehad Tanzeemat Madaris, an organization of religious institutions of all schools of thought, on Saturday evening announced to hold countrywide demonstrations on Sept 11
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Result-oriented talks with India urged: Musharraf-Moisiu meeting
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and President of Albania Alfred Moisiu held official talks here on Saturday. According to a press release issued here by the foreign ministry, President Musharraf briefed President Moisiu on the situation in the region
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Allied forces, Afghans free six tribesmen
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 28: Six Pakistani tribesmen who were arrested by the US-led allied forces in Afghanistan from the border area were released on Friday night, locals said.
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Pakistani, US nationals arrested
NEW YORK, Aug 28: A Pakistani national and a US citizen were arrested over an alleged plot to blow up one of several sites in New York, police commissioner Raymond Kelly said on Saturday.
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9 of a family killed in road accident
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 28: Nine members of a family including children were killed and 20 others injured when a truck hit a camel-cart on the Mirwah Gorchani-Mirpurkhas road on Saturday.
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Australia beat Pakistan
AMSTERDAM, Aug 28: Part-time bowlers Darren Lehmann and Andrew Symonds took two wickets apiece as Australia edged out Pakistan by 17 runs in the final of the triangular tournament in Amstelveen on Saturday.
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Manmohan hopes peace process to continue: New PM greeted
NEW DELHI, Aug 28: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday greeted Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on his taking office and said he sincerely hoped that the peace dialogue between the two countries would succeed.
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Shrine reopening in 10 days
NAJAF, Aug 28: A team of Iraqi ministers visited battle-scarred Najaf on Saturday and discussed plans for rebuilding the holy city after three weeks of fighting that killed hundreds and drove oil prices to record highs.
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Iran ready to pay for Najaf shrine repairs
TEHRAN, Aug 28: Iran's national heritage organization offered on Saturday to pay for and carry out repairs to the mausoleum of Imam Ali, badly damaged during weeks of fighting in the central Iraqi city of Najaf.
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Six policemen shot dead in Iraq
BAQUBA, Aug 28: Six Iraqi policemen were shot dead and 11 people wounded on Saturday when gunmen travelling in two minibuses opened fire on a checkpoint in the restive city of Baquba, north of Baghdad.
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Colin Powell scraps Greek visit
WASHINGTON, Aug 28: US Secretary of State Colin Powell abruptly cancelled plans to attend the Olympics closing ceremonies in Athens on Sunday in part because of events in Iraq and Sudan, the State Department said.
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US gave Iraq information to Israel, say reports
WASHINGTON, Aug 28: The FBI is investigating senior members of what was formerly known as the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans on suspicion that one of them passed highly classified US military information to Israel.
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Saturday and spelled out his government's plans to counter the challenges the country was facing in the areas of law and order, defence, foreign policy and economic reforms.
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