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| February 18, 2006 | Saturday | Muharram 19, 1427 |
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Ambassador recalled from Copenhagen: Denmark shuts embassy in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Pakistan on Friday recalled its ambassador from Denmark to convey its displeasure with the Danish government’s handling of the issue of publication of blasphemous cartoons by a newspaper, informed sources told Dawn....
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India supports Iran pipeline: Delhi to join Turkmenistan plan: Jadoon
NEW DELHI, Feb 17: Petroleum ministers of Pakistan and India gave their unequivocal support on Friday to the proposed gas pipeline from Iran, saying neither fears about trouble in Balochistan nor...
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Words of caution, walkouts mark NA debate on cartoons
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Strong words of caution eclipsed those of abandon in the National Assembly on Friday as members voiced their anger against blasphemous published in some European countries on the third day of an unfinished debate on the issue....
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300 held for staging rallies in Punjab
LAHORE, Feb 17: Police on Friday arrested over 300 men in the city and elsewhere in Punjab on charges of violating ban on rallies after they had attempted to stage to...
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Clinton criticises cartoons, violence
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Former US president Bill Clinton said on Friday that printing of blasphemous cartoons was a mistake but that violent protests by Muslims have wasted a chance to build bridges with the West....
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Strike against blasphemy paralyses Karachi
KARACHI, Feb 17: A complete strike was observed in Karachi on Friday to strike against the publication of blasphemous cartoons. All business and commercial concerns, shopping centres, offices and educational institutions remained closed....
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Khokhrapar train leaves with 200 passengers
KARACHI, Feb 17: A second rail link between Pakistan and India was restored on Friday when the first train carrying 200 passengers left here for India through Khokhrapar border....
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Bodies of Chinese engineers flown home
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The bodies of three Chinese engineers murdered in Hub on Wednesday were flown to China aboard a Pakistan Air Force C-130 aircraft on Friday....
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Three gas pipelines blown up
QUETTA, Feb 17: Three pipelines of Loti and Pir Koh gas fields were blown up on Friday and a driver of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation was seriously injured when a landmine exploded in the same area....
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6 troops injured in mine blast
WANA, Feb 17: Six troops were injured in a landmine explosion in South Waziristan Agency on Friday, officials said. The blast occurred near Tanai village when a military convoy, consisting of 20 vehicles, was going from Wana to Jandola....
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Yasin holds talks with Indian PM
NEW DELHI, Feb 17: Leader of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday and called for equal role for Kashmirirs in the India-Pakistan dialogue over the disputed region....
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Afghanistan’s involvement denied in Balochistan: Karzai condoles Wali’s death
CHARSADDA, Feb 17: Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has denied allegations that his country was involved in the tribal insurgency in Balochistan and vowed that Kabul would not allow its soil to be used for terrorism....
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Afghan TV airs footage of murders by militants
KABUL, Feb 17: A private Afghan television channel on Friday aired what it said was exclusive footage of men murdered, some of them beheaded, in Pakistan because they resisted the defunct Taliban and remnants of Al Qaeda....
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Blasphemous cartoons: OIC chief due on Monday
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu will arrive here on Monday to work out a common strategy against the publication of sacrilegious cartoons....
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US wants separation of Indian N-facilities
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will visit India next week only if New Delhi has a ‘separation plan’ for its civil and military nuclear facilities, says a senior State Department official....
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Annan backs report on Guantanamo prison
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Thursday that the United States should close down the prison at Guantanamo Bay as soon as possible supporting the conclusion of the five experts report....
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200 dead in Philippines landslide
TACLOBAN (Philippines), Feb 17: About 200 people were believed killed and 1,500 others were missing in the central Philippines on Friday when a landslide buried an entire village....
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Bush seeks $126m for quake victims
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: President George W. Bush has asked the US Congress to allocate $126 million for relief and reconstruction efforts in the earthquake-hit areas of Pakistan....
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