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Six DSG men interrogated in Sui assault case
QUETTA, Feb 6: Police are reported to have included six Defence Security Guards (DSG) personnel in their investigation into the Sui criminal assault case.
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Strategic system preferred over balance in arsenal
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: Pakistan is no more seeking to match India's conventional weapons and instead is focusing on strengthening its strategic systems, diplomatic sources told Dawn.
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Concerted measures against terror urged
RIYADH, Feb 6: Lt-Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, the leader of Pakistan's delegation to an international counter-terrorism conference being held here, on Sunday underlined the need for a multi-pronged counter-terrorism strategy
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'Soul-searching' on Kashmir urged
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: Former AJK President, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, on Saturday urged the nation to do "some soul searching" to determine why it failed to achieve its objectives on Kashmir.
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Sri Lankan president due today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga will arrive here on Monday on a three-day official visit. She will also call on President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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Nine die in Basant incidents
LAHORE, Feb 6: At least nine people were killed and over 200 suffered injuries in Basant-related incidents in Lahore on Saturday night and Sunday.
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Saarc 'people's summit' asks India to drop river project DHAKA, Feb 6: A two-day Saarc 'people's summit' ended here on Sunday, after adopting a 24-point draft declaration that the participants hoped would make the regional grouping more effective and people-oriented.
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28 dead in valley accident
SRINAGAR, Feb 6: Twenty-eight people were killed and 34 injured when a bus plunged into a deep gorge in Indian Kashmir on Sunday, police said.
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Al Qaeda still a threat: Cheney
WASHINGTON, Feb 6: US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday that "enormous damage" has been done to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organization, but even though thousands of operatives have been killed or captured across the world the group remains a threat.
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10 killed in Iraq violence
HILLA, Feb 6: At least ten people were reported dead on Sunday as Iraqi security forces clashed with rebels, officials said. Four people were killed and nine wounded when security forces clashed with villagers south of Baghdad, medics said.
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Take 'hard decisions' for peace, US tells Israel
JERUSALEM, Feb 6: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday urged Israel to make "hard decisions" to advance the Middle East peace process, as she held talks with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Ceasefire call reissued
GAZA, Feb 6: President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah movement on Sunday reissued a call for a mutual ceasefire with Israel, reinforcing the Palestinian leader before a crucial summit in Egypt.
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Rice says Iran N-plan must be stopped
LONDON, Feb 6: Diplomacy and unity among the world's "great democracies" are key to ensuring Iran meets its international obligations, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
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Constable killed in BD clashes
DHAKA, Feb 6: A police constable was killed in Sherpur and scores of people were injured in violence across the country during a 36-hour countrywide strike that ended Sunday evening.
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Gas leak kills 18 teenagers in Spain
MADRID, Feb 6: Eighteen Spanish teenagers were gassed to death at a country inn on Sunday, apparently due to a gas container accidentally being left open after they had spent all night celebrating a birthday, emergency services said.
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