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| February 5, 2006 | Sunday | Muharram 6, 1427 |
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IAEA votes for taking Iran issue to UNSC
VIENNA, Feb 4: The International Atomic Energy Agency voted on Saturday to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council over fears it seeks atomic bombs and a defiant Tehran said...
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Nine envoys summoned over cartoon issue
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday summoned envoys of nine European countries to make a strident demarche against the publication and reprinting of blasphemous caricatures first published in a Danish newspaper last September....
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Karakoram Express derails; woman dies
BAHAWALPUR, Feb 4: A woman was killed and 37 were injured after 10 coaches of the Lahore- bound Karakoram Express derailed with four of them being overturned on early Saturday....
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Rocket blitz claims three lives in Sui
QUETTA, Feb 4: Saboteurs on Saturday blew up a pipeline supplying gas to the Loti gas plant for the second time in 10 days and rained down a deadly barrage of rockets on Sui township....
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3 soldiers killed in Wana; arms seized
WANA, Feb 4: Three paramilitary soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an explosive device planted on a dirt track near the Afghan border in South Waziristan Agency on Saturday, it is learnt....
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Aziz says peace must for development: Balochistan situation
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday linked peace and security in Balochistan with implementation of the development programme and reiterated the government’s resolve to establish its writ in the province to ensure continuity of the development process....
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Kashmir Day today
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Kashmir Solidarity Day will be observed throughout Pakistan and on both sides of the Line of Control on Sunday. Kashmiris living across the globe will pledge their support to their right to self-determination....
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Sugar import allowed via Wagah
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The government on Saturday allowed the import of 50,000 tons of sugar from India through Wagah border but at the same time increased the commodity’s retail price to Rs27/kg at the Utility Store Corporation outlets....
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PML tickets for Sindh, Punjab finalized: Musharraf chairs meeting
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday chaired a meeting of the ruling PML held to discuss and finalise party tickets for Senate elections as recommended by the party high command on Friday....
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Tehran set to resume uranium enrichment
TEHRAN, Feb 4: Iran is poised to resume nuclear work in retaliation over being reported to the Security Council, officials said on Saturday. A statement from the office of President Mahmoud...
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Time-limit in Hudood cases recommended
LAHORE, Feb 4: The Pakistan Law and Justice Commission has recommended decisions in Hudood cases within four months and for allowing couples to meet in privacy in jails and liberal grant...
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Sacrilegious sketches offensive, says US
WASHINGTON, Feb 4: The US State Department, in its second response in less than 24 hours to sacrilegious caricatures published in a section of the European media, strongly condemned the sketches as “offensive” and urged both sides to show restraint....
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Questions raised over ship’s safety: 1,000 feared drowned in Red Sea
SAFAGA (Egypt), Feb 4: Almost 1,000 people were feared dead as chances dwindled on Saturday of finding many more survivors from an aging Egyptian ferry that caught fire and then sunk in the Red Sea....
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Afghan governor killed
KANDAHAR, Feb 4: A district governor and two policemen were killed by Taliban rebels fleeing a battle that left 25 dead in Afghanistan, while a bomb killed two civilians on Saturday, an official said....
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Tehran firm on pipeline project
TEHRAN, Feb 4: Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday....
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‘Anti-terror war tramples on HR’
ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: People in Pakistan are increasingly excluded from the decision-making process and the country is becoming less, not more democratic, as the war on terror continues to trample on human rights....
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Nato’s global military role discussed
MUNICH, Feb 4: Plans to give Nato an expanded global military role to tackle new threats including terrorism dominated discussions at an international security conference which opened in Munich on Saturday....
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Homage paid to Wali Khan
SWABI, Feb 4: The Awami National Party (ANP) organized a ceremony here on Friday to pay homage to veteran nationalist leader Khan Abdul Wali Khan. Speaking on the occasion, ANP leaders...
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