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No fresh evidence to prove N-leak: FO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Pakistan has not received any fresh evidence from any credible source about a leakage from its nuclear programme to require further investigation.
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NSC directs curb on hate literature
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The National Security Council on Monday discussed ways of promoting religious moderation and curbing the publication and spread of hate literature.
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Local govt polls to be held by Aug 13, NA told
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan said on Monday that the local government elections could be postponed only under extreme exigencies through an ordinance
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US accuses Pakistan of rights violations
WASHINGTON, Feb 28: The US State Department blamed Pakistan on Monday for allowing widespread violations of human rights -- ranging from rapes and deaths in police custody to suppression of individual and political rights by the government.
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Voice tapes sent to lady doctor: Sui assault case
QUETTA, Feb 28: The police chief of Balochistan, Chaudhry Yaqoob, said here on Monday that recording of voices of the accused in the Sui lady doctor assault case had been sent to the victim
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Petrol price up by Rs1.57
KARACHI, Feb 28: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) has increased the petrol price by Rs1.57, to Rs43.96 from Rs42.39 per litre, while oil marketing companies (OMCs) have raised the price of high speed diesel
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Nine killed as jeep overturns
GILGIT, Feb 28: At least nine people were killed and eight others injured when a jeep overturned while negotiating a sharp bend in Chilas town, headquarters of Diamer District, on the Karakoram Highway on Monday, police said.
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Three shot dead in Malakand
PESHAWAR, Feb 28: Three people were killed and as many injured when unknown assailants opened indiscriminate fire at a pickup near the Mosamina village in the Malakand Agency.
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Dalai Lama not to open match
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will not inaugurate the opening match of Pakistan's cricket tour because the Pakistanis were unhappy with his attendance, it was announced on Monday.
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India increases defence budget
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday unveiled a budget, which, he said, was aimed at poverty alleviation, but allocated Rs830 billion ($19 billion) to defence
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RSS plans campaign against bus service
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: Hindu militants belonging to India's rightwing revivalist Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) said on Monday they will meet this month to signal a campaign against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's foreign policy
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125 killed in Iraq suicide blast
HILLA, Feb 28: A suicide bomber killed at least 125 people on Monday when he blew up his car in the middle of a crowd in a central Iraqi town, in the deadliest single attack since the US-led invasion two years ago.
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Lebanese PM quits
BEIRUT, Feb 28: Lebanon's pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karameh resigned on Monday, bringing to a head a deep political crisis sparked by the murder two weeks ago of his predecessor Rafiq Hariri.
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