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| January 20, 2006 | Friday | Zilhaj 19, 1426 |
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Osama’s ‘truce offer’ rejected by Washington
DUBAI, Jan 19: The United States flatly rejected an offer of ‘long-term truce’ made hours before by Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in an audiotape aired by Al-Jazeera TV on Thursday.... 
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Aziz stresses close liaison with US
NEW YORK, Jan 19: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the deaths of 18 civilians in American air strikes on a Pakistani village last week pointed to a need for...
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5 Afghan ‘militants’ held in Swat
SWAT, Jan 19: Security forces on Thursday arrested five suspected foreign militants from Swat. All of them are said to be Afghans. They were arrested in two raids in the town of Matta....
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Sindh to benefit least from NFC formula
KARACHI, Jan 19: Sindh will benefit the least from the new formula of national resources distribution announced by President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday and financial analysts estimate a gain of only 3.4...
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Award for five years: adviser
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The amended 6th National Finance Commission (NFC) award will remain in force for five years ‘unless provinces come up with a consensus’ to formulate the 7th award, says Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Dr Salman Shah....
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Cable TV operators switch off telecasts
KARACHI, Jan 19: Most cable television operators suspended their transmissions on Thursday night following a dispute with the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority over a ban on certain channels....
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Dialogue not possible with Marris, says Yousuf
QUETTA, Jan 19: Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousuf has said it is possible to hold talks with Nawab Akbar Bugti but not with the chief of Marris who is not prepared to accept the government’s writ in Kohlu....
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Tribesmen, security forces clash
QUETTA, Jan 19: Security forces and tribesmen exchanged rocket fire near Pirkoh and Loti gas fields on Thursday. Jamhoori Watan Party spokesman Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti said four women were injured...
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High-level India-US talks on N-accord
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: Officials from India and the United States held talks on Thursday on closing a landmark deal that would give India access to previously forbidden civilian nuclear technology....
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15 killed in Iraq blasts
BAGHDAD, Jan 19: Fifteen people were killed in two bomb blasts in Baghdad on Thursday as a search got under way for 35 kidnapped Iraqi police volunteers and concern grew over the fate of an American journalist being held hostage....
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Senate set for stormy session
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The government is likely to face a lot of flak at the start of a Senate session on Friday as opposition groups’ tempers continued to flare over last...
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First Amritsar bus leaves today
LAHORE, Jan 19: The first Lahore-Amritsar bus with 10 passengers and 14 officials on board will cross over to India on Friday (today) morning. The passengers include a seven-member troupe of...
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LPG prices to be raised
LAHORE, Jan 19: LPG marketing companies have decided to once again raise LPG prices by Rs5 per kilo. Market sources said that the retail price of LPG would go up to...
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Kasuri to attend Afghanistan conference
LONDON, Jan 19: A two-day international conference on Afghanistan will be held here on Jan 31 and Feb 1 to chart out a five-year security and development plan for Afghanistan as...
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‘France may use N-arms against terror attack’
PARIS, Jan 19: France said on Thursday it would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state that carried out a terrorist attack or used weapons of mass destruction against it....
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New incentives for investors likely: Petroleum Policy 2006
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The government has decided, in principle, to offer an incentive package for investment in the oil and gas sector through its Petroleum Policy 2006 to be unveiled in June, it is learnt....
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30 injured in Israel suicide attack
TEL AVIV, Jan 19: Thirty people were wounded on Thursday when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself at a fast food stand next to Tel Aviv’s former central bus station....
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Apartment seized
TIRANA, Jan 19: Albanian authorities on Thursday seized an apartment belonging to a Jordanian accused of managing funds for Al-Qaeda leader Osama, police said. The apartment in Kukes, close to the...
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US to deploy more diplomats in ME
WASHINGTON, Jan 19: The Bush administration is planning a “dramatic increase” in the US diplomatic presence in the Middle East and Asia by redeploying hundreds of diplomats from Europe and Washington to developing countries....
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Energy board set up
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: President General Musharraf has promulgated an ordinance to set up a 14-member Alternate Energy Development Board in the country with retrospective effect from Dec 27, 2005. Staff Reporter...
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