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| January 24, 2006 | Tuesday | Zilhaj 23, 1426 |
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Aziz, Rumsfeld discuss defence cooperation
WASHINGTON, Jan 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday discussed defence cooperation, security-related matters and procurement of equipment to avoid collateral damage with US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.... 
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Guarded FO response to Saudi proposal: OIC observer status for India
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The Foreign Office on Monday gave a guarded response to Saudi King Abdullah’s suggestion that Pakistan sponsor India’s bid for observer status in the 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)....
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Pipeline to be built in segments
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Pakistan, Iran and India are likely to adopt a segmented approach on the construction of over $7 billion trans-Pakistan gas pipeline to ward off effects of possible US sanctions against Iran over nuclear issue, sources say....
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Opposition leaders stopped from going to Bajaur
YAKA GHUND (Mohmand Agency), Jan 23: Paramilitary and Khasadar troops on Monday barred opposition leaders and journalists from visiting the Bajaur Agency village where three houses were hit by US missiles on Jan 13 and 18 people were killed....
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Walkouts mar Senate session: Ban on opposition leaders’ entry into Bajaur Agency
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Senate proceedings on Monday were paralyzed by repeated opposition uproars as they staged walk outs twice to protest against a government ban on their leaders’ visit to the Bajaur tribal area....
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Norway writes off $20m loan
OSLO, Jan 23: Norway agreed to cancel $20 million of Pakistan’s debts on Monday to help reconstruction after the Oct 8 quake in a deal announced as President Gen Pervez Musharraf arrived in Oslo for a two-day visit....
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Saudi Arabia and China sign five accords
BEIJING, Jan 23: China and Saudi Arabia signed an energy cooperation agreement on Monday during a landmark visit by Saudi King Abdullah that both sides said would usher in an era of closer economic ties....
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Frontier PA demands expulsion of US envoy
PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The NWFP Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the United States air strike in Bajaur Agency and demanding that the government take the issue to international forums and declare the US ambassador persona non grata....
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We share destiny with Pakistan: Manmohan
NEW DELHI, Jan 23: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday the well-being of Pakistan and all other neighbours was in India’s interests, but declared his government’s determination to defeat terrorism with all the forces at its command....
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‘USAID to build 60 schools, 25 health units’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: The United States Agency for International Development will construct over 60 schools, a hospital four rural health centres and 20 basic health units in 2006....
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‘Blair could have opted out of Iraq invasion’
MANHATTAN, Jan 23: US President George Bush said on Monday that he had given British Prime Minister Tony Blair the option of pulling out of the US-led alliance on the eve of the Iraq invasion....
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Bangladesh to cooperate with US in anti-terror war
DHAKA, Jan 23: Bangladesh is ready to cooperate with the United States on counter-terrorism measures following a series of deadly blasts linked to a banned religious group, Foreign Minister Morshed Khan said on Sunday....
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’84 Indian film to be screened in Pakistan
LAHORE, Jan 23: “The government is to allow public screening of an Indian movie for the first time in decades, but a general ban on Bollywood films remains intact,” officials said on Monday....
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Skirmishes reported in Kohlu district
QUETTA, Jan 23: Security forces and tribesmen exchanged fire in the Kahan Town of Kohlu while the Jamhoori Watan Party claimed that two of the rockets fired by paramilitary forces hit Nawab Akbar Bugti’s fort....
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Dismay over ‘beating up’ of man in embassy
OSLO, Jan 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Monday for a two-day visit clouded by anger within the Pakistani community here after a man claimed he was beaten up at the country’s embassy....
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IUCN president arrives today
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: President of the World Conservation (IUCN) Valli Moosa is visiting Pakistan from January 24 to 26 to discuss the post-earthquake situation and IUCN’s role in rehabilitation efforts....
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Zardari is ‘amused’ by warrant reports
NEW YORK, Jan 23: Pakistan People’s Party leader and former senator Asif Ali Zardari on Monday expressed surprise over reports published in a section of the press in Pakistan that the...
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Lawyer rules out Interpol action
ISLAMABAD, Jan 23: Senator Latif Khosa, the lawyer of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, said that there was no possibility of the arrest of Ms Bhutto and her husband through Interpol....
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