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| January 15, 2006 | Sunday | Zilhaj 14, 1426 |
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Pakistan protests to US over bombing: Ambassador summoned
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Pakistan on Saturday lodged a protest with the US ambassador over the missile attack on Bajaur Agency launched from Afghanistan on Friday in which 18 people were killed....
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Angry tribesmen disrupt life
KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Jan 14: Thousands of angry tribesmen ransacked offices of two NGOs and a government body, and damaged shops in Inayat Kallay of Bajaur Agency on Saturday....
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‘Zawahiri was not here’
PESHAWAR, Jan 14: Osama bin Laden’s second-in-command, Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri, was invited to a village in the Bajaur area but was not present there when aeroplanes, in a CIA-supported operation, hit three houses on Friday and killed 18 civilians, official sources said....
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Dams needed by 2016, says Musharraf: Swabi public meeting SWABI, Jan 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that the construction of new water reservoirs was a ‘matter of life and death’ for the country as these were vital for sustainable economic growth....
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Kerry links N-deal with democracy
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: US Senator John Kerry said on Saturday that a civilian nuclear cooperation pact with his country was “an appropriate goal” for Pakistan but linked the same with democracy and nuclear non-proliferation....
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Gas rig, water pipeline destroyed in rocket attacks
QUETTA, Jan 14: A rig was destroyed and main pipeline supplying water to the gas purification plant was blown up in two rocket attacks at Pir Koh gas field on Saturday night....
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Another operation in Marri area: 25 civilians killed, claims MPA
QUETTA, Jan 14: Paramilitary forces on Saturday launched another operation in the Marri area using helicopter gunships and heavy weapons while unidentified people fired rockets at a Frontier Corps camp in Kohlu, reports said....
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MMA lawmakers move NA for debate on bombing
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Members of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Saturday called for a debate on the US missile attack on Damadola village in Bajaur Agency in an adjournment motion submitted before the National Assembly Secretariat....
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Tribesman dies in rocket attack
MIRAMSHAH, Jan 14: One tribesman was killed and two children in his home sustained injuries when paramilitary forces mounted an offensive in retaliation against a rocket attack on a check-post in Sarbandki area late on Friday night....
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No military action in Balochistan, says govt
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: An interior ministry spokesman has said that media reports about a military operation in Balochistan false and misleading....
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Lone terms talks with Manmohan positive
NEW DELHI, Jan 14: A Kashmiri separatist leader described talks on Saturday with the Indian premier as “very positive,” but admitted that a solution to years of conflict in disputed Kashmir was still a long way off....
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Judge in Saddam trial threatens to quit over govt pressure
BAGHDAD, Jan 14: The chief judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein has tendered his resignation in protest against pressure from the Iraqi government on himself and the court, a source close to the judge said on Saturday....
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India denies pipeline U-turn
NEW DELHI, Jan 14: India’s oil minister on Friday denied a report that New Delhi may pull out of a seven-billion-dollar joint project to build a gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan....
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Monitors attacked after war warning in Lanka
COLOMBO, Jan 14: Scandinavian truce monitors were hit by a bomb attack on Saturday as violence escalated in Sri Lanka and security forces found more deadly mines aimed at them....
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EU rules out action against Iran
BERLIN, Jan 14: A military strike against Iran for its refusal to halt nuclear research is ruled out, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said in an interview to be published on Sunday....
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36 Indians among Haj dead
NEW DELHI, Jan 14: At least 36 Indians were among the hundreds of Muslims who died in a stampede during the pilgrimage to Makkah, an Indian official said on Saturday....
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PML-N condemns Bajaur attacks, seeks US apology
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has condemned attacks on Bajaur and Waziristan and demanded that the United States should apologize and compensate losses. In a statement issued here on...
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No army operation in Balochistan, claims minister
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Minister for Defence Production Habibullah Warraich has said that no military operation was being carried out in Balochistan. “After assurances from President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister...
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