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Musharraf firm on protecting key installations
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday reiterated his government's resolve not to allow anyone to disrupt the ongoing development process in Balochistan and deprive the people of their right to progress.
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Muttahida opposes use of force in Balochistan
QUETTA, Jan 27: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Thursday said that resolution of political issues through military means would not only be an unwelcome step but would harm relations between the Baloch people and the federation.
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No demand conveyed by Bugti: Sherpao
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said that the Bugti tribe has not forwarded any demand to the federal government.
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PPP, MMA and PML-N not to attend conference
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The People's Party Parliamentarians and the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the two major component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, have decided to boycott the roundtable conference on Balochistan
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Atmosphere not ripe for talks, says Bugti
DERA BUGTI, Jan 27: Chief of the Jamhoori Watan Party Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has ruled out any possibility of talks on the Sui crisis unless the issue of assault on a lady doctor is sorted out
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Assault case: tribunal adjourns hearing
QUETTA, Jan 27: The judicial tribunal constituted to probe the reported assault on a lady doctor in Sui, adjourned proceedings till Monday on applications of two former doctors of the Sui hospital and employee of
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Train track blown up in Balochistan
QUETTA, Jan 27: A powerful bomb blew up a railway track near the Mushkaf Railway Sation, about 85 kilometres from here, on Thursday, delaying all trains to and from Quetta, official sources said.
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WB chief due for Baglihar talks
WASHINGTON, Jan 27: World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn arrives in Islamabad on Feb 7 for talks on issues including the Baglihar dam dispute between India and Pakistan, bank sources told Dawn on Thursday.
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WB likely to provide funds for big dams
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The World Bank is expected to provide funding to Pakistan for water sector reforms and construction of big dams through a comprehensive Water Resources Assistance Strategy, official sources told Dawn.
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Nazim refutes land sale claim
QUETTA, Jan 27: Dera Bugti district nazim Mir Mohammad Kazim Bugti denied on Thursday a claim that tribesmen had sold 400 acres of land in Sui for construction of a cantonment.
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30 killed in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD, Jan 27: At least 30 people were killed in Iraq on Thursday as guerillas intensified attacks on Iraqi and US targets, and election workers backed by troops started distributing ballot boxes for Sunday's vote.
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Palestinians vote in Gaza Strip
BEIT HANOUN, Jan 27: Palestinians voted on Thursday in the first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip in decades, a test of strength between new President Mahmoud Abbas and the militant Hamas group.
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Israel to pull back troops
RAMALLAH, Jan 27: Israel has agreed "in principle" to withdraw forces from West Bank cities and give Palestinians policing rights in these areas, a powerful Palestinian security figure said on Thursday.
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New US law on deporting immigrants on the anvil
WASHINGTON, Jan 27: Some 115 lawmakers of the ruling Republican Party have introduced a bill in the US Congress which will, if enacted, allow law enforcement agencies to deport legal immigrants on terrorism charges.
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