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| February 13, 2006 | Monday | Muharram 14, 1427 |
Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
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Powerful blasts rock Quetta, Mastung
QUETTA, Feb 12: Quetta and Mastung were rocked by two powerful explosions on late Sunday night while an electricity supply pylon was blown up in the Barkhan area.... 
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Khaleda arrives; 4 accords likely to be signed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia arrived here on Sunday on a three-day official visit which promises to bolster cooperation in diverse areas and take bilateral ties to a higher plane....
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Alarm in UK over ‘savagery of troops’: Blair promises probe
LONDON, Feb 12: The British government on Sunday faced fresh controversy over the conduct of its troops in Iraq after a tabloid newspaper published video footage purporting to show savage abuse of young Iraqis....
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US, India differ on N-facilities’ list
WASHINGTON, Feb 12: Negotiations over a nuclear deal between the US and India have entered a sensitive stage where both sides are struggling to decide how to separate civilian and military nuclear facilities....
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Elders meet to enforce truce in Hangu
HANGU, Feb 12: Hangu was calm but tense on Sunday and a 24-member peace committee, comprising elders of both sects, held its first meeting to enforce a ceasefire agreement....
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Rockets fired by allied troops kill two women
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 12: Two women were killed and five others injured when rockets fired from across the border hit the shelter of a nomad family in North Waziristan on Saturday night, officials said....
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Thar plant expected to figure in Beijing talks
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is expected to seek Chinese government’s support to start the $1 billion Thar coal-based power project during his visit to Beijing starting Feb 19, it is learnt....
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Pipeline talks: team leaves today for Turkmenistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: An official team leaves for Turkmenistan on Monday to finalise $2.5 billion deal for proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) pipeline project, officials said....
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Singh likely to visit Pakistan in June
NEW DELHI, Feb 12: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may visit Pakistan in June to participate in a Sikh religious festival, news reports here said on Sunday....
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Three Indian cricket fans injured in border rush
WAGAH, Feb 12: Some 2,700 Indians on Sunday crossed into Pakistan to watch a cricket match between the two South Asian rivals after three people were injured as thousands tried to rush across the border, officials said....
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UN vows to continue relief work: Call for respect of beliefs and values
ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The United Nations vowed on Sunday to continue providing relief to thousands of earthquake survivors in Azad Kashmir, despite concerns over security in Pakistan following angry anti-Western protests....
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Opposition in BD ends boycott of parliament
DHAKA, Feb 12: Opposition Awami League lawmakers returned to parliament on Sunday, ending their boycott of parliament proceedings for 19 months and seven sessions of the house....
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New Delhi concerned over cartoon controversy NEW DELHI, Feb 12: India is “deeply concerned” about the global rage over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him), a government spokesman said, calling for more sensitivity over religious issues....
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‘Sketches to be used in Danish schoolbooks’
COPENHAGEN, Feb 12: The 12 blasphemous cartoons published by a Danish newspaper which have caused outrage in the Muslim world are to be used as a teaching aid in schools, an educational publisher said in an interview published on Sunday....
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‘Row may spin out of control’
WASHINGTON, Feb 12: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed concern on Sunday that Muslim outrage over cartooons could “spin out of control,” particularly if fuelled by countries like Iran and Syria....
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Shia alliance fields Jaafari for PM
BAGHDAD, Feb 12: Iraq’s dominant Shia alliance on Sunday narrowly voted for current premier Ibrahim Jaafari as its candidate for prime minister in the country’s first permanent post-Saddam Hussein government....
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Arabs in US were victims of abuses, says Al Gore
JEDDAH, Feb 12: Former US vice-president Al Gore on Sunday said that the US government had committed ‘terrible abuses’ against Arabs living in America after 9/11 attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment....
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Two Nepalese kidnapped in Kabul
KABUL, Feb 12: Two Nepalese nationals have been kidnapped in Kabul and police are working to secure their release, the government said on Sunday....
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Snowstorm hits New York
BOSTON, Feb 12: The biggest snowstorm of the season belted the north-eastern United States on Sunday, sinking New York City in its second-deepest snow on record, shutting airports, snarling traffic and bringing joy to ski resorts....
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Woman to contest polls in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, Feb 12: A Kuwaiti woman said on Sunday she will run in a municipal council by-election, becoming the first woman to contest polls in this Gulf state since women were granted full political rights last year....
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