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to return to the regular issue please click here. Bangladesh denies reports about asking Pakistan to call back envoy: Dhaka, Mar 06: Bangladesh foreign ministry reacted angrily to media reports that the government had asked Pakistan to replace its current High Commissioner in Dhaka, describing them "baseless". "It's totally baseless... such speculative reports are unwarranted and harmful for friendly relations between the two countries," foreign ministry spokesman Zahirul Haque told reporters here. "We've no reason to request Pakistan to withdraw their High Commissioner from here. The Foreign Ministry has never made any request. It is the affair of Pakistan administration as to whom they would transfer or appoint," he said.    (PPI) (Posted @ 14:55 PST) Telephone exchange set ablaze in Sui: ISLAMABAD, Mar 06: Unknown attackers set a telephone exchange on fire in Sui, cutting its telecommunication links with rest the country but causing no causalities, officials said on today. The exchange supervisor told Deutsche-Presse Agentur dpa the incident took place early today when his technicians finished some repair work in the 1000-line exchange set up in a huge container. "They (attackers) sprinkled kerosene on all equipment and gave it fire after tying security guards there," he quoted a security guard as saying. "Now the entire (Dera Bugti) district's telecommunication links have been severed with other parts of country," he said.    (DPA) (Posted @ 15:15 PST) India-Pakistan series to decide ICC positions: LONDON, March 06: If India beat Pakistan 2-0 in this month's three-match Test series, they will jump to the second position in the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s official Test Championship table. India is currently placed third (108 rating points), behind leaders Australia (130) and England (110). But if the India beat Pakistan 2-0, India's ratings would shoot to 111, which will give them the second spot, the ICC said in a statement here.    (PPI) (Posted @ 08:40 PST) Tendulkar threatens to hijack first Pakistan Test: MOHALI, March 06: The run-up to Pakistan's first tour of India in six years may have been be bumpy, but it will soon be reduced to mere footnotes in the history of the game if Tendulkar achieves his twin objective. A row over venues and telecast rights will be pushed in the background as the focus shifts to cricket, especially on Tendulkar who leads a strong batting line-up against the inexperienced Pakistani attack.    (AFP) (Posted @ 15:00 PST) Hundred bin Laden terrorists in UK, ex-top cop says: LONDON, March 06: More than 100 "Osama bin Laden-trained terrorists" are on the streets of Britain, determined to carry out mass attacks, the country's former top policeman said in an article for a Sunday newspaper. Sir John Stevens, who retired as chief of London's Metropolitan Police earlier this year, said it would be "madness" to free foreigners held under an anti-terrorism law that judges ruled illegal last year.    (Reuters) (Posted @ 08:40 PST) First session of new Iraqi parliament on March 16: BAGHDAD, Mar 06: The first session of the new Iraqi parliament will be held on March 16, the 17th anniversary of the gassing by forces of toppled dictator Saddam Hussein of the Kurdish town of Halabja in northern Iraq, top officials told AFP. "We are agreed that the first session of parliament will take place on March 16, the anniversary of the chemical bombing of the Kurdish town of Halabja by the former regime of Saddam Hussein on March 16, 1988," said Deputy Prime Minister and top Kurdish official Barham Saleh.   (AFP) (Posted @ 15:00 PST) Senior Iraqi politician resigns in protest over delayed government: Baghdad, Mar 06: A leading member of the United Iraqi Alliance which won the majority of votes in the January elections resigned from the Shiite bloc today in protest against delays in forming a new government, Iraq's state television al-Irakiya reported. Abdul Karim al-Mohammedawi, the leader of Iraq's Hezbollah and ex- member of the former provisional governing council, was the latest in a growing number of critics deploring that Iraq's new national assembly has not begun work more than a month after the polls.    (DPA) (Posted @ 15:00 PST) Israel may hand over Jordanian prisoners-official : JERUSALEM, Mar 06: Israel may release about 20 Jordanian prisoners from its jails to Jordanian custody, a senior Israeli official said. He said Israel would seek to satisfy demands raised by visiting Foreign Minister Hani Mulki, but objected to freeing the men because they have all been convicted by Israeli courts of involvement in attacks against Israelis. It was not immediately clear whether Jordan would agree to any deal that would keep the men in prison.    (Reuters) (Posted @ 15:20 PST) Israel accuses Syria of being involved in terrorism: JERUSALEM, Mar 06: Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom today accused Syria of being involved in terrorism and reiterated its demand for a total withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. "The Syrians are dangerous. They have always been involved in terrorist attacks on Israel on the one hand, and on Americans in Iraq on the other," Shalom said on Israeli public radio before leaving for the United States.    (APP) (Posted @ 15:20 PST) Earthquakes shake Taiwan: TAIPEI, March, 06: Several earthquakes jolted Taiwan, causing tall buildings to shake violently for several minutes. There was no immediate reports on casualties or damages.    (DPA) (Posted @ 08:40 PST) Troops martyr 6 more Kashmiri youth: SRINAGAR, Mar 06: The Indian troops, in their continuing state-terrorism, martyred six Kashmiri youth, reports Kashmir Media Service. Of those martyred, three Kashmiris were shot dead in New Delhi, in a fake encounter, on the pretext of being Mujahideen, and three dead bodies of Kashmiri youth were recovered, two of these at Gakgyal Dhok, in Surankote area and one from Charal village of Mendhar area in Poonch district. The local people said, the three youth were martyred by troops in custody with savage ruthlessness. They added that the two dead bodies were beheaded and one was cut into four pieces.    (APP) (Posted @ 15:20 PST) Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Editor: Tahir Mirza The DAWN Group of Newspapers Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan. 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