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ARD, MMA to prepare agenda for campaign
LAHORE, Jan 12: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will prepare an agenda based on points of agreement before launching a joint struggle against the government.
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Bugti sees army operation in Sui, other areas
QUETTA, Jan 12: Veteran Baloch leader and Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has expressed fears that a military operation in Sui and the Bugti areas may soon be launched for which preparations appear to have begun.
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12 Wapda men kidnapped
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 12: As many as 12 Wapda employees, including four engineers, were kidnapped on Tuesday night near the provincial border of Sindh-Shahwali in Rajanpur, about 180km from here.
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Germany, Japan seek support for UNSC seats
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Japan and Germany have sought Pakistan's active support to become permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council.
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SBP asks people to get Rs5 coins
KARACHI, Jan 12: The State Bank has advised general public to exchange Rs5 notes with Rs5 coins at any branch of a commercial bank or at filed offices of the SBP Banking Service Corporation up to June 30, 2005.
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Top human trafficking suspect arrested
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Pakistan has arrested an alleged lynchpin in the country's notorious human smuggling racket who is said to have trafficked thousands of people to the West, officials said on Wednesday
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Eid holidays
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: The government has announced three holidays, Jan 20, 21 and 22 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday), on account of Eidul Azha. It was officially notified here on Wednesday. -APP
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More talks linked to stoppage of work: Baglihar dam issue
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Islamabad will not hold further talks with New Delhi on the contentious Baglihar dam issue unless the latter suspends all construction work on the project site.
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India wants solutions to disputes, says Singh
CALCUTTA, Jan 12: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said On Wednesday that he wants "out-of-the-box" solutions to settle his country's long running disputes with neighbours Pakistan and China.
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Tsunami warning system
BANGALORE, Jan 12: A tsunami warning system that India has decided to install will be in place in the next two to three years and will cost the government 27 million dollars, a minister said on Wednesday.
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Veteran actor Amrish Puri passes away
BOMBAY, Jan 12: Veteran actor Amrish Puri, best known for his roles as a villain in Bollywood films, died on Wednesday after suffering a brain haemorrhage, hospital sources said. Puri, 72, had acted in 221 Bollywood films, with a light-comedy "Hulchul" (Uproar), released in December, his last major hit....
4 Palestinians, Israeli killed in violence
MORAG SETTLEMENT, Jan 12: Four Palestinians and an Israeli settler were killed in a spike of violence in the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday, puncturing the optimism that has greeted the election of a new Palestinian leader. The settler and two Palestinians, allegedly members of the Islamic Jihad, were killed in an attack on the Morag settlement in the southern Gaza Strip, one of 21 due to be dismantled later this year.
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UN inspectors in Iran to check site
TEHRAN, Jan 12: Inspectors from the UN atomic watchdog arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to visit a military site the United States claims may be involved in covert nuclear weapons activities, student news agency ISNA reported.
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Foreign troops told to leave Aceh
JAKARTA, Jan 12: Foreign troops helping with aid relief efforts in Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Aceh province should leave by the end of March, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday.
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BOMBAY, Jan 12: Veteran actor Amrish Puri, best known for his roles as a villain in Bollywood films, died on Wednesday after suffering a brain haemorrhage, hospital sources said. Puri, 72, had acted in 221 Bollywood films, with a light-comedy "Hulchul" (Uproar), released in December, his last major hit....
