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| February 22, 2006 | Wednesday | Muharram 23, 1427 |
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EU should invoke offensive material law: OIC chief: Blasphemous cartoons
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: OIC Secretary-General Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on Tuesday called on the European Union to invoke its existing law on offensive material over the publication of blasphemous cartoons and cautioned...
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Disputes, religious bias threaten world peace: Musharraf calls for joint efforts
BEIJING, Feb 21: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday described unresolved political disputes, such as Palestine and Kashmir, and resurfacing of religious prejudices as the biggest threats to global stability and urged...
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Muslim states warned against marginalisation
ISLAMABAD Feb 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Tuesday that Islam did not believe in the “clash of civilizations” and warned OIC members of the threat of “marginalisation” at the global level....
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177 candidates in fray for 42 Senate seats
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Election Commission on Tuesday announced the names of seven candidates elected unopposed to the Senate on general seats from Punjab on the last day for withdrawal of nomination papers for 50 seats of the 100-seat upper house....
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Landmine blast kills three tribesmen
QUETTA, Feb 21: Three members of the Domki tribe were killed on Tuesday when a landmine exploded under a bullock-cart in Chattar area of Nasirabad district, an official said here....
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11 sentenced to death in Karachi attack case
KARACHI, Feb 21: Eleven activists of the banned Jundullah group were condemned to death in the corps commander convoy attack case by an anti-terrorism court, which also awarded them multiple terms of rigorous imprisonment for other charges....
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School building blown up in Waziristan
WANA, Feb 21: Saboteurs blew up a primary school building in Angoor Adda near Afghan border in the South Waziristan Agency, sources said. They said that a bomb went off on Monday night damaging the building and its boundary wall....
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$500m joint ventures with China planned
BEIJING, Feb 21: Private firms of Pakistan and China on Tuesday signed 19 agreements and memorandums of understanding worth $500 million to undertake joint ventures in various fields....
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Pakistan and China pledge to boost trade ties
BEIJING, Feb 21: Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged on Tuesday to step up economic and trade relations with Pakistan, but expressed concern over the safety of Chinese citizens working and living in the neighbouring country....
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Steel Mills sell-off on March 10
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday directed officials of the Privatization Commission (PC) to hold the bidding for disinvesting Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation (PSMC) on March 10....
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Govt likely to allow banks to sell saving certificates: Proposal to be placed before cabinet
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The government is likely to restore the agency status to all the authorized banks to sell savings certificates of the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS)....
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Annan to attend Qatar meeting
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21: In an effort to help defuse the continuing violence over caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to attend a meeting of...
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Cartoon row now between Muslim world, EU: Danish PM
COPENHAGEN, Feb 21: Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday that the conflict over Prophet Muhammad cartoons first published in his country had evolved into a clash between the entire European Union and the Muslim world....
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PAF aircraft crashes
JHANG, Feb 21: An F7P aircraft of the air force crashed near Machiwal PAF firing range, 45km from here, at 1:30pm on Tuesday, after taking off from Mianwali air base....
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Massive market blast kills 21 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 21: At least 21 people were killed when a car bomb ripped through a market here on Tuesday as visiting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw appealed for Iraqi unity....
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Rice starts ME tour with Egypt talks
CAIRO, Feb 21: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice kicked off a five-day tour of the Middle East in Egypt on Tuesday, amid new strains with Cairo over the pace of democratic reform....
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Pakistan looking for wanted Afghans
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Law enforcement agencies have mounted a search to pick up wanted alleged terrorists whose list had been given to the government by Afghan President Hamid Karzai during his...
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School torched in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Feb 21: Suspected Taliban have set ablaze a school in southern Afghanistan, an official said on Tuesday. Armed men stormed into the school in Helmand province late on Monday and...
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Transfer of US ports to Dubai firm opposed
WASHINGTON, Feb 21: Republican and Democrat lawmakers have joined forces in an effort to undo a Bush administration decision to give control of six US ports to a Dubai firm....
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Ambassador of Denmark returns to Indonesia
COPENHAGEN, Feb 21: Denmark’s ambassador to Indonesia returned to Jakarta on Tuesday and will reopen the embassy as soon as possible, the Danish foreign ministry said....
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Mullah Omar plotted attack on Israeli ship: report
ANKARA, Feb 21: A key Syrian Al Qaeda suspect allegedly told interrogators that his failed plot to attack an Israeli cruise ship was financed by Taliban chief Mullah Omar, private NTV Television reported on Tuesday....
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Jordanian hostage freed
AMMAN, Feb 21: Jordan’s Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit announced on Tuesday the release of a Jordanian embassy driver held hostage in Iraq since December, the state-run Petra news agency reported....
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