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| January 21, 2006 | Saturday | Zilhaj 20, 1426 |
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Aziz plans pipeline discussion with Bush: UN earthquake help praised
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said in an interview that he will take up the issue of Iranian natural gas pipeline from Iran to India through Pakistan during his meeting with US President Bush on Tuesday.... 
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US wants improved Pakistan-India ties
NEW DELHI, Jan 20: India and the United States, preparing for a visit by President George W. Bush, wound up two days of official-level talks here on Friday with Washington encouraging improved Delhi-Islamabad ties but disapproving of Iran’s proximity with both....
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Nine dead in Dera Bugti shelling, claims JWP
QUETTA, Jan 20: Reports of exchanges of heavy fire between security forces and tribesmen around Dera Bugti were received here on Friday. Jamhoori Watan Party spokesman Agha Shahid Hasan Bugti claimed...
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Musharraf seeks Sindh support for all dams
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: President Pervez Musharraf on Friday asked the ruling coalition in Sindh to reciprocate his announcement on dams and mould public opinion in favour of the Kalabagh dam....
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Senate delays Bajaur debate
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: The Senate on Friday agreed to discuss last week’s deadly US airstrike in the Bajaur tribal area and the Balochistan trouble but delayed debates on both the issues until the next week with reasons that convinced the opposition....
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53 die in Kashmir bus accident
SRINAGAR, Jan 20: At least 53 people were killed on Friday and 15 others injured when an overcrowded bus skidded off a slippery mountain road and plunged into a gorge in occupied Kashmir, police said....
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Lahore bus gets warm welcome
AMRITSAR, Jan 20: A bus from Lahore arrived here on Friday, marking the launch of a third bus link between Pakistan and India aimed at building confidence and strengthening their slow-moving peace process....
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‘Sindh’s shift on NFC led to breakthrough’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Sindh’s blanket consent to President Gen Pervez Musharraf on the National Finance Commission (NFC) award marks a withdrawal from its stated position on the issue and has led...
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‘New and used F-16s may be bought’
KARACHI, Jan 20: The Pakistan Air Force is considering buying a mix of new and used F-16 fighter jets, says Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat....
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Pakistan key anti-terror ally, says White House
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20: Two days before Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s scheduled arrival in Washington for a meeting with President George W. Bush, the White House expressed its confidence in the administrative...
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Iran moving funds from Europe
TEHRAN, Jan 20: Embroiled in a nuclear standoff with the West, Iran said on Friday it was moving funds out of Europe to shield them from possible UN sanctions and flexed its oil muscles with a proposal to cut OPEC output....
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Kuwait move to replace amir
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 20: Kuwait’s ruling family agreed on Friday that Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah should become amir to replace the current ruler whose first days of power have...
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Shia alliance misses majority in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Jan 20: Iraq’s Shia Islamists were confirmed in power by election results on Friday that gave them a near-majority and opened the way for US-backed negotiations with Kurds and Sunnis on a national unity government....
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Washington steps up security after threat
WASHINGTON, Jan 20: The US government stepped up security across the country on Friday following the release of a new audiotape in which Osama bin Laden threatens to attack the US homeland....
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Kabul blames Al Qaeda for suicide attacks
KABUL, Jan 20: The suicide attacks that have struck Afghanistan in the past months are clearly the work of Al Qaeda and the Taliban fighters operating with foreign support, the Afghan foreign minister said on Thursday....
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Zawahri tape
DUBAI, Jan 20: Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, praised Islamic fighters in Afghanistan, according to an Internet audio tape posted on Friday. The speaker on the tape sounded like Zawahri....
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Jamali urges mediamen to visit Kohlu
DERA MURAD JAMALI, Jan 20: Former prime minister Mir Zaffarullah Khan Jamali has urged mediamen to visit Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts to ascertain facts about the situation there....
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Mild tremor hits Balakot, Mansehra
PESHAWAR Jan 20: An earthquake of mild intensity measuring 4.4 on international Richter scale jolted Balakot and Mansehra on Friday afternoon. According to preliminary analysis of Meteorological Station Peshawar the earthquake...
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