Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper.
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT).
Disaster victims will get all help: Aziz
MANSEHRA, Feb 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday the government was making all-out relief efforts in the areas hit by recent rains and snowfall, adding that the affected people would not be left alone in this hour of distress.
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Musharraf pledges to curb corruption
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday reiterated the government's resolve to combat corruption and praised the National Accountability Bureau for its efforts to eradicate the menace at the highest level.
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Rockets fired on Kohlu, Nushki
QUETTA, Feb 14: Nushki and Kohlu were rocked on Monday when unknown men fired rockets targeting Frontier Corps checkpoints. In Kohlu, five rockets exploded at different places near residential area.
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Baloch leaders meet US envoy
KARACHI, Feb 14: US Ambassador Ryan Crocker had talks here on Monday with prominent Baloch leaders, including chief of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement Sardar Attaullah Mengal, Sardar Sherbaz Mazari
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Intruding US troops nab two tribesmen
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 14: US troops and Afghan National Army intruded into the Sedgai area of North Waziristan Agency on Sunday and captured two armed tribesmen, sources said.
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Pakistan's N-arms can be stolen: CIA
WASHINGTON, Feb 14: Use of stolen or purchased nuclear weapons from Pakistan or Russia by terrorists cannot be ruled out within the next 15 years, says the latest CIA report.
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Natwar due today
NEW DELHI, Feb 14: On the eve of a much-awaited visit to Pakistan by Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, India on Monday said it had "great expectations" from the tour.
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India wants gas pipeline extended to China
NEW DELHI, Feb 14: India said on Monday that it wants the proposed gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan to be extended to China, a move that could lend political security and urgency to the $4.5 billion project.
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Malaysian PM due today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The prime minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, will pay an official visit to Pakistan from Feb 15 to 18 to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues.
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25 die in Balochistan rain
QUETTA, Feb 14: About 25 people, six women and four children among them, were killed in different parts of Balochistan as the province experienced a new spell of rain and snowfall.
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Former premier Hariri killed in Beirut blast
BEIRUT, Feb 14: A huge car bomb on Monday killed Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al Hariri, a billionaire who masterminded the country's reconstruction from its 1975-90 civil war.
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White House vows to punish Hariri's killers
WASHINGTON, Feb 14: The United States said on Monday it would work with its allies and the UN Security Council to end Syria's military presence in Lebanon and to "punish those responsible" for killing former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
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35 die in Tehran blaze
TEHRAN, Feb 14: About 35 people perished and 200 others suffered burns on Monday when a fire swept through a Tehran mosque crammed with worshippers, police said.
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