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11 killed in Gilgit violence
GILGIT, Jan 8: Eleven people were killed, including six members of a family, after riots broke out in Gilgit on Saturday following an armed attack on a Shia leader, officials said. A curfew was imposed in the town after the unrest.
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Another attack on gas pipeline
QUETTA, Jan 8: Unidentified persons blew up a gas pipeline in the Sui area by firing rockets late on Saturday night. The conduit, which supplied gas to Wapda for the Guddo Thermal Power Plant, caught fire as a result.
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Japan to resume $500m assistance
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Japan has agreed to resume Pakistan's $500 million annual assistance under the Yen Loan Package and Official Development Assistance (ODA) from March.
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Musharraf hopeful of Japanese investment
RAWALPINDI, Jan 8: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that Pakistan offered attractive opportunities and a level playing field to both domestic and foreign investors.
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US asked to return artefacts
NEW YORK, Jan 8: The Pakistan government on Friday formally asked the United States to repatriate hundreds of priceless Pakistani artefacts detained by the US Customs in October at Newark (New Jersey) port.
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Indian reply awaited for summit dates: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Foreign Office Spokesman Masood Ahmed Khan said on Saturday that all the member countries have somehow endorsed the proposed dates for holding Saarc Summit from Feb 7 to 9, but the Indian reply is still awaited.
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Srinagar attack toll rises to 7
SRINAGAR, Jan 8: Seven people died in a two-day battle between Mujahideen and security forces at a federal tax office in occupied Kashmir that ended on Saturday, police officials said.
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Cleric accused of spying leaves US mly
WASHINGTON, Jan 8: Capt James Yee, the Muslim Guantanamo Bay chaplain accused of espionage but later fully exonerated, left the US Army, his lawyer said on Saturday.
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US confirms arrest of Zarqawi follower
BAGHDAD, Jan 8: The United States military confirmed Saturday the arrest of a militant linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al Qaeda-linked group in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
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14 Iraqis die in US airstrike
AAYTHA, Jan 8: Fourteen people were killed in northern Iraq on Saturday when a house was destroyed in what residents said was a US airstrike.
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Palestinians to elect Arafat successor today
RAMALLAH, Jan 8: Election organisers were placing ballot boxes on Saturday in schools and meeting halls across the West Bank and Gaza in the final countdown to the second ever Palestinian presidential contest.
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Muslim group seeks US govt cooperation for Haj
WASHINGTON, Jan 8: A prominent Muslim advocacy group has urged the Bush administration to cooperate with American-Muslims and clarify whether people participating in this year's Haj will be fingerprinted or singled out for special security measures.
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Foreign teachers in Maldives resign
MALE, Jan 8: At least 12 expatriate teachers in the Maldives have resigned after losing their loved ones back at home and savings in this atoll nation, an official here said on Saturday.
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Annan stopped from visiting Tamil areas
HAMBANTOTA, Jan 8: Politics got in the way of tsunami relief efforts on Saturday with Sri Lanka stopping UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan from visiting disaster areas controlled by the Tamil Tigers.
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US N-sub runs aground near Guam
LOS ANGELES, Jan 8: A US nuclear attack submarine ran aground south of Guam on Saturday, injuring several people aboard but not damaging its reactor plant, the US Navy said.
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Countrywide strike in BD
DHAKA, Jan 8: Sporadic clashes between pro-strike activists and police in some parts of Dhaka on Saturday marked a day-long countrywide shutdown in Bangladesh on the call of the Awami League.
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