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Supply of centrifuges to Iran cause of great concern: US
WASHINGTON, March 11: The US State Department has said that it is concerned over the disclosure that the Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan's network had provided Iran with centrifuges to enrich uranium.
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All e-mails subject to scanning by govt, NA told
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Privacy of some seven million e-mail users in the country is prone to violation as the government admitted in the National Assembly on Friday that log-files of users' internet activity
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Aziz going to Oman on official visit
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will pay a two-day official visit to Oman from March 14 for talks focussing on further strengthening of relations between Oman and Pakistan.
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FO receives match invitation
ISLAMABAD, March 11: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Friday that Indian prime minister "has extended invitation" to President Pervez Musharraf for visiting India to witness cricket match there.
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Chinese to resume work on Gomal dam
LAHORE, March 10: Chinese contractors of the Gomal Zam dam have agreed to return to work after having stayed away five months.
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N. Waziristan elders warned of action
PESHAWAR, March 11: A senior military commander has warned of a military operation in North Waziristan agency if tribes there do not abide by their words and take action against foreign militants.
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Oil tanker fire: board of inquiry set up
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Pakistan Navy on Friday set up a board of inquiry to probe into a fire which broke out on Pakistan Navy oil tanker 'PNS Moawin' at the PN dockyard in Karachi on Thursday.
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Safar moon sighted
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The moon of Safar was sighted in the country on Friday and the first of Safar 1426 Hijri will fall on March 12 (Saturday), says an official statement issued here on Friday.-APP
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FSC suspends LHC verdict: Mukhtar Mai case
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) stepped into the Mukhtar Mai gang-rape case on Friday, declaring a Lahore High Court acquittal of convicts without jurisdiction and deciding to hold its own hearing.
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Pakistan offers help to Nepal in fight against rebels
KATHMANDU, March 11: Pakistan was ready to supply arms Nepal needs to fight Maoist rebels, it's envoy to Kathmandu said on Friday, a move that could upset India and Britain who have stopped military supplies to the Himalayan nation.
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Rice likely to discuss revival of democracy
WASHINGTON, March 11: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will nudge President Pervez Musharraf to restore democracy, but only if the issue came up for discussion during her visit to Pakistan next week.
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Fresh US incentives to woo Iran
WASHINGTON, March 11: In a major departure from its policy of isolating Iran diplomatically and economically, the Bush administration on Friday dropped its objection to the Muslim nation joining the World Trade Organization
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18 militants held in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, March 11: Saudi security forces arrested 18 suspected militants in a sweep of the northern town of Zulfi, Saudi newspapers said on Friday.
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