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| February 19, 2006 | Sunday | Muharram 20, 1427 |
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Rallies in Islamabad banned; 200 held: Qazi under house arrest
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The law-enforcement agencies detained over 200 activists of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Saturday, apparently to thwart a march the alliance has planned in the capital for Sunday to protest against blasphemous cartoons.... 
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11 dead in Libya cartoon protest: Italian minister quits
TRIPOLI, Feb 18: The Libyan government suspended its security minister and a police chief on Saturday, a day after 11 people were killed during a demonstration at the Italian consulate in the northeastern city of Benghazi....
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Nigeria cartoon violence kills 15
KANO (Nigeria), Feb 18: Nigerian rioters killed at least 15 people on Saturday in the northern city of Maiduguri, after police dispersed a demonstration against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in some European newspapers, witnesses and police said....
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OIC resolves to raise blasphemy issue at UN
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18: The envoys of Organisation of Islamic Conference on Friday resolved to raise the issue of the publication of blasphemous cartoons in the United Nations General Assembly and...
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UP minister offers reward
NEW DELHI, Feb 18: In India, newspapers made front page news of an 11.5 million dollar bounty offered by Mohammed Yaqoob Qureshi, a minister in the northern Uttar Pradesh state government, for anyone who decapitated one of the cartoonists....
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Aziz wants C’wealth to promote harmony
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday that the Commonwealth should play its due role in promoting interfaith harmony which was crucial for peace and stability in the world....
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More states can get N-reactors: Bush
WASHINGTON, Feb 18: Defending his decision to offer nuclear cooperation to India, US President George W Bush said on Saturday that the US and other nuclear powers could provide reactors and lend nuclear fuel to other developing nations as well....
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Second train link reopens with India
ZERO POINT (Pakistan), Feb 18: The second rail link between Pakistan and India was restored after a gap of 40 years as the Thar Express en route to Munabao in Rajasthan...
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Hamas rejects Abbas call to continue talks
RAMALLAH, Feb 18: Hamas took over as the dominant party in the Palestinian parliament on Saturday and swiftly rejected President Mahmoud Abbas’s call to pursue his peacemaking efforts with Israel....
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US soldier among six killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 18: A US soldier and five Iraqis were killed in bombings on Saturday, while the British military reported that two Macedonians were abducted on Thursday in the southern city of Basra....
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3 Americans among 9 oil workers kidnapped
LAGOS, Feb 18: Nigerian militants launched a string of attacks in the world’s eighth largest oil exporter on Saturday, abducting nine foreign workers, bombing a major oil export platform and sabotaging two pipelines....
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Quake help important, says Bush
WASHINGTON, Feb 18: President George W. Bush has said that America cannot afford to be an isolationist in today’s world. He was explaining why he thought it was important to help Pakistan deal with the devastating Oct 8 earthquake....
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Rumours of leader’s death spark violence
KARACHI, Feb 18: Shops and markets were forcibly closed by some elements and violence broke out in some areas on Saturday night after rumours about the killing of Sunni Tehrik’s chief Abbas Qadri....
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Afghanistan expects action on Taliban list
KABUL, Feb 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday he hoped Pakistan would take action on a list of names and addresses of Taliban leaders that was presented to Islamabad during his visit last week....
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Accident in BD leaves 12 dead
DHAKA, Feb 18: Two trucks collided head-on on Saturday in central Bangladesh, killing at least 12 people and injuring 50 others, a news report said. The accident occurred at Mirzapore on...
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5 die in Uzbek copter crash
TASHKENT, Feb 18: A helicopter crashed in central Uzbekistan on Saturday, killing all five people aboard, emergency officials said, blaming poor visibility....
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US-Islamic forum opens in Qatar
DOHA, Feb 18: A US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world opened in the Gulf state of Qatar on Saturday with Islamic anger against the West at boiling point....
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French warship to join anti-terror operation
PARIS, Feb 18: France will deploy its only aircraft carrier in the Middle East and Indian Ocean as part of international efforts to bring stability to Afghanistan, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Saturday....
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