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| January 29, 2006 | Sunday | Zilhaj 28, 1426 |
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Pipeline plan may be delayed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Pakistan is facing difficulties to go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project due to the mounting US pressure on Islamabad and New Delhi to give up the over $7 billion plan.... 
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Power pylon destroyed in bomb attack: ‘Missile’ fire ruptures water pipeline again
QUETTA, Jan 28: Saboteurs destroyed the main power transmission line near the town of Rakhni in a bomb attack and fired a missile at yet another section of a water pipeline of Pirkoh gas plant, officials said on Saturday....
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Palestinian parliament buildings stormed: Hamas rejects calls to ‘renounce violence’
RAMALLAH, Jan 28: Fatah loyalists and police stormed Palestinian parliament buildings on Saturday in growing unrest after their long-dominant party’s crushing election defeat by Hamas....
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Musharraf calls for North-South cooperation: Science and technology
GENEVA, Jan 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for improved North-South cooperation in science and technology and said it would enable millions of people in the developing countries to realize the goal of rapid socio-economic progress....
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Balochistan to get more funds: PM
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said that the federal government will provide additional resources to every Balochistan district so that people can benefit from the development programme....
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12 killed in accident near Kohat
KOHAT, Jan 28: Twelve people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured when a truck collided with a pickup vehicle on Saturday morning. The accident took place on the Indus Highway....
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Eight killed in occupied Kashmir shootout
JAMMU (India), Jan 28: Six militants and two soldiers were killed in a clash in insurgency-hit held Kashmir when an army patrol foiled an infiltration bid by freedom fighters, the army said on Saturday....
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All set for marathon
LAHORE, Jan 28: With the city wearing a festive look ahead of Sunday’s marathon, authorities have taken unprecedented steps to shield nearly 15,000 participants, including 47 professional athletes, from abroad, from ‘trouble-makers’....
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Iran vows to hit back if attacked
TEHRAN, Jan 28: The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday said his country was ready to use its ballistic missiles if attacked. “Iran has a ballistic missile capability of 2,000 kilometres....
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US, India close to N-deal: negotiator
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: The US official negotiating a nuclear deal with India has said that the two countries are “very close” to reaching an agreement, but “some of the most difficult issues” have arisen towards the end of the negotiating process....
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Healthy US-Pakistan relations stressed: Fight against terrorism
NEW YORK Jan 28. “Washington needs a strong and healthy partnership with Pakistan if it is to have any chance of eliminating Qaeda’s leaders, defeating a resurgent Taliban and turning back...
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India tests two surface-to-air missiles
BHUBANESHWAR (India), Jan 28: India carried out two successful tests on Saturday of its surface-to-air Akash missile at an eastern coastal testing range, a defence official said....
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UK moves troops in Afghanistan
LONDON, Jan 28: The British government has positioned around 240 people in south Afghanistan to prepare for deployment of up to 5,700 British troops in May as part of Nato’s expansion plans in areas bordering Pakistan, senior defence officials have revealed....
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US travel advisory
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: The US has cautioned its citizens to defer non-essential travel to Pakistan. Updating a March 2005 travel advisory, the State Department said Al Qaeda and Taliban militants, particularly...
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Thar Express launch likely next month
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Islamabad and New Delhi will hold the last round of talks here on Monday (Jan 30) to finalize arrangements for the commencement of the “Thar Express” on the Khokhrapar-Munabao route....
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All set for second Lahore Marathon
LAHORE, Jan 28: The stage is set to hold the second Lahore Marathon on Sunday. Oganizers said more than 15,000 runners confirmed their participation till Saturday evening to queue up at...
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MMA adamant
LAHORE, Jan 28: Amid allegations of arrest of thousands of activists across Punjab, the MMA vows to continue its protest against mixed marathon being held here on Sunday (today)....
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Protection assured
LAHORE, Jan 28: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Saturday made it clear that the participants in Marathon would be given full protection and nobody could dare disrupt it....il and gas sector....
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