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Opposition moves dropped after Senate walkout
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The ruling coalition punished opposition parties for a protest walkout from the Senate on Monday by dropping several of their bills, resolutions and motions from the agenda in their absence.
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Frontier assembly seeks withdrawal of gas price hike
PESHAWAR, Feb 7: The NWFP assembly has, through a unanimous resolution, termed the fresh increase in gas tariff unwise and unwarranted and demanded that the federal government should withdraw it immediately.
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Main rail link to Quetta blown up
QUETTA, Feb 7: Saboteurs blew up a portion of the railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country late on Monday night.
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Repeater station tower blown up
QUETTA, Feb 7: Saboteurs blew up a microwave repeater station tower in Barkhan district, some 300km northeast of here, on Monday, disrupting telecommunication contact of the area with rest of the country.
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Amnesty granted to militant leader
WANA, Feb 7: Militant leader Baitullah Mehsud and about 100 of his supporters were granted amnesty on Monday after they entered into a peace deal with the administration of the South Waziristan Agency in the Srarogha area
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Two journalists killed in Wana
WANA, Feb 7: Two journalists were killed while another was injured when some unidentified masked men opened fire on their van in front of the Wana hospital at 7:40pm on Monday.
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Neutral expert on Baglihar dam soon
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The World Bank President, James D. Wolfensohn, assured Islamabad on Monday that a neutral expert would be appointed soon to resolve Pakistan-India differences over the Baglihar dam following completion of necessary steps.
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Sri Lanka president arrives: four accords to be signed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga arrived here late on Monday night on a three-day official visit during which four agreements and two MoUs will be signed to strengthen bilateral cooperation.
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Accord for coal washing plant at Lakhra signed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The China National Overseas Engineering Corporation (Covec) on Monday signed an agreement with a local company for the setting up of a $8 million coal washing plant at Lakhra in Sindh.
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Sindh IGP made interior secretary
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Inspector General (IG) of Police Sindh, Syed Kamal Shah, has been transferred and appointed as secretary of the Ministry of Interior, it was announced here on Monday.
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2 suicide blasts kill 32 in Iraq
MOSUL, Feb 7: At least 23 people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber lured a group of Iraqi policemen into a trap in Mosul and another blew up a car alongside would-be police recruits in Baquba.
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Bush invites Sharon, Abbas
TEL AVIV, Feb 7: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas had both accepted invitations to visit the White House in the spring.
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4.8pc rise in US military expenditure
WASHINGTON, Feb 7: A 2.5 trillion-dollar 2006 budget proposed on Monday by President George W. Bush would cut scores of domestic programmes while boosting defence spending, with a projected deficit of $390 billion.
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The World Bank President, James D. Wolfensohn, assured Islamabad on Monday that a neutral expert would be appointed soon to resolve Pakistan-India differences over the Baglihar dam following completion of necessary steps.
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