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| February 25, 2006 | Saturday | Muharram 26, 1427 |
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Bush wants Kashmiri ‘citizens’ in India-Pakistan talks
NEW DELHI, Feb 24: US President George W. Bush has stressed the need for “citizens of Kashmir” to be included in talks about their fate going on between India and Pakistan,... 
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Kashmir shops, offices shut against killings
SRINAGAR, Feb 24: Police fired warning shots and used tear gas against 2,000 demonstrators outside a mosque in held Kashmir’s main city on Friday, as a strike called to protest the...
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Iraqi sect leaders in joint plea for peace
BAGHDAD, Feb 24: Iraq’s most influential Shia political leader called on Friday for Sunni-Shia unity as religious figures sought to calm passions and pull the nation from the brink of civil...
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Fazl accuses West of fomenting trouble
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday accused the West of fomenting trouble in the whole world and said President Gen Pervez...
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2 FC men, tribesman killed near Dera Bugti
QUETTA, Feb 24: Two personnel of Frontier Corps and a tribesman were killed in fighting between security forces and armed men near Dera Bugti and in a landmine blast in Pir Koh area, on Friday....
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Police told to protect women from vani, sawara
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Supreme Court on Friday again ordered inspectors-general of police of the four provinces and the Northern Areas to protect women from the un-Islamic customs of “vani” and...
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Terror bid on Saudi oil facility foiled
DHAHRAN (Saudi Arabia), Feb 24: Saudi security forces on Friday foiled a terrorist attack on the world’s largest oil facility in Abqaiq, some 35 miles from Dhahran....
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Oil prices surge above $62
LONDON: Oil prices spiked more than two dollars on Friday to above $62 per barrel as supply concerns engulfed the market. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi said that output from the...
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Visit substantive: Musharraf
ONBOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT, Feb 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday described his visit to China as very important and said his ‘substantive and positive’ interaction with the Chinese leadership would boost ties in political, economic and defence fields....
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Madrassa managers, clerics detained in Lahore crackdown
LAHORE, Feb 24: Police on Friday rounded up around two dozen clerics and administrators of various religious schools in an attempt to block rallies and processions on the cartoon issue....
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PN inducts two attack craft into fleet
KARACHI, Feb 24: Pakistan Navy on Friday inducted into its fleet two indigenously built fast-attack missile craft Quwwat and Jurrat at an impressive ceremony held here at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works....
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Submarine Hamza to be launched by year-end KARACHI, Feb 24: The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Afzal Tahir, said on Friday that the third submarine Hamza would be launched by the last quarter of this year....
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Another holy shrine attacked
BAGHDAD, Feb 24: Gunmen fired two rockets at a tomb south of Baghdad causing damage but no casualties, an official said. The tomb of Salman Pak, also known as Salman...
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Iraqis asked to protect holy sites
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the bombing of the shrine of Imam Ali-al-Hadi and called on all concerned in Iraq to ensure safety and sanctity of holy places....
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Dubai deal to run US ports put off
WASHINGTON, Feb 24: The UAE company which had won the contract to run six US seaports volunteered on Friday to postpone the takeover, saying that it wanted to give the White...
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US-India N-dialogue remains inconclusive
NEW DELHI, Feb 24: India and the United had ‘fruitful talks’ here on Friday but apparently failed to eliminate differences on the implementation of their proposed nuclear energy deal....
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Massacre in Gujarat: nine jailed for life
MUMBAI, Feb 24: Nine Hindus were on Friday convicted of killing 14 people in an arson attack on a bakery during anti-Muslim riots in India’s western Gujarat state in 2002....
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Over 50 killed in BD fire
DHAKA, Feb 24: At least 50 people died and over 100 injured in a fire at a textile mill at the Kalurghat industrial area of the port city of Chitagong late Thursday night....
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US official sees Pakistani polls in 2007 as major test
WASHINGTON, Feb 24: A senior US State Department official said on Friday the national elections set for Pakistan next year will be an important test of the country’s commitment to democratic reform....
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Beijing, Moscow steps up efforts: Attempt to persuade Iran
TEHRAN, Feb 24: Russia and China stepped up their efforts on Friday to persuade Iran to accept a compromise proposal over its nuclear programme that may avert the threat of UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic....
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