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| February 8, 2006 | Wednesday | Muharram 9, 1427 |
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Bill against Hudood laws introduced: Govt lends support; MMA, PML-N walk out of NA
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Treasury members in the National Assembly on Tuesday lent support to the PPP Parliamentarians for introduction of a draft bill seeking repeal of Hudood laws.... 
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New clashes in Dera Bugti; Nawab’s house hit
QUETTA, Feb 7: The house of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in Dera Bugti was badly damaged in a rocket and mortar attack on late Monday night and a part of the house caught fire....
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High-level meetings held to ease sugar crisis
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: A meeting presided over by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday apparently failed to resolve the prevailing sugar crisis despite concern voiced by President Pervez Musharraf over sky-rocketing prices of sugar and pulses....
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Sugar issue sparks uproar in Senate
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The opposition in the Senate criticized the government on Tuesday over the prevailing sugar crisis. Later, it staged a token walkout while refusing to hear the food and agriculture minister....
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Congressman urges Bush to raise issue of Balochistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 7: A Republican congressman has urged President George W. Bush to raise the issue of Balochistan with President Pervez Musharraf when he visits Pakistan next month....
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Meeting on defence ties with UK
LONDON, Feb 7: Senior defence officials of Pakistan and the United Kingdom will be meeting here this week to explore avenues for closer cooperation in the defence field, Dawn has learnt....
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Transparent fund use assured
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has again assured international donors and his countrymen that earthquake reconstruction funds would be used in a transparent manner....
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Furore over blasphemous cartoon escalates: Four killed in attack on Nato troops in Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan), Feb 7: Violent protests against caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) escalated on Tuesday, with four demonstrators killed during an attack on Nato troops in Afghanistan and a renewed assault against the Danish embassy in Tehran....
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13 killed in Kandahar suicide blast
KANDAHAR, Feb 7: A suspected Taliban militant blew himself up at the police headquarters in Kandahar on Tuesday, killing 13 people, officials said. A man claiming to be a spokesman for the Taliban said the movement was responsible for the blast....
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9 Iraqis, 4 US troops killed in attacks
BAGHDAD, Feb 7: At least nine Iraqis died in rebel attacks on Tuesday amid a tight security clampdown ahead of Ashura. Additionally, the US military said four Marines were killed in...
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Afghanistan denies meetings with Israel
KABUL, Feb 7: Afghanistan rejected on Tuesday a media report that Afghan officials had held talks with their Israeli counterparts, saying that such a meeting would only be considered once a Palestinian state had been created....
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War costs draining American economy
WASHINGTON, Feb 7: The United States budget for 2007, sent to the Congress on Monday, shows that the cost of the war in Iraq remains a major drain on the American economy....
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Muharram processions stopped in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 7: The Indian police on Tuesday fired teargas canisters and used bamboo canes to break up Muharram processions in the occupied Kashmir, witnesses said....
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Attack on Mirwaiz condemned
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Pakistan on Tuesday condemned the attack on APHC Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq in Jammu in Occupied Kashmir over the weekend and expressed hope that his security would be ensured....
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Annan hopes Iran will resume talks on N-issue
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday expressed hope that Tehran would resume talks on the nuclear issue ahead of the report being prepared by the head of International Atomic Agency for the UN Security Council....
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Israel, India sign fresh missile deal
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: India and Israel have signed their first joint weapons development agreement under which both states will work on a new generation Barak II ship borne anti-missile-missile point defence missile system....
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Cuban help for quake victims praised
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri and his Cuban counterpart Felipe Perez Roque on Tuesday discussed bilateral issues and exchanged views on regional issues of mutual interest....
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Journalists, lawyers protest publication of cartoons
RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: Lawyers and journalists on Tuesday protested against the publication of sacrilegious cartoons in some European newspapers and asked the government to immediately call back its ambassadors from these countries....
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