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| February 28, 2006 | Tuesday | Muharram 29, 1427 |
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Bush visit focus on durable ties: FO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Foreign Office on Monday declared that US President George W. Bush’s visit to Pakistan later this week would focus on broadening and deepening the cooperation between the two countries.... 
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Self-governance being discussed with India
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Foreign Office said on Monday that Pakistan and India were discussing at various levels the proposal of self-governance in Kashmir. Answering a question about ‘secret diplomacy’ on...
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2 farms isolated in NWFP after reports of bird flu
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Feb 27: The government on Monday dispatched two teams of public health experts and an epidemiologist along with WHO experts to Charsadda and Abbottabad where avian flu virus are reported to have been found in two poultry farms....
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Gas pipeline, train tracks blown up
QUETTA, Feb 27: A pipeline supplying gas to parts of Sariab area was blown up in Quetta on Sunday night while Quetta’s rail link with the rest of the country was cut off when two tracks were blown up and two bogies and an engine of a passenger train derailed near Sibi...
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Opposition decides to launch ‘final struggle’
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Opposition parties on Monday decided to launch a ‘final and decisive struggle’ against the present setup headed by President Pervez Musharraf and formed a steering committee to finalise a programme for the movement....
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No ban on peaceful protests
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: A meeting presided over by President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Monday decided not to stop peaceful protests against publication of blasphemous cartoons in some European countries....
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Deterrence will be maintained: Aziz
ATTOCK, Feb 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday that minimum level of deterrence would be maintained to defend the motherland with dignity, adding that peace could be achieved only through strong defence....
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ADB rules out funds for dams
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Asian Development Bank will provide $1.458 billion to Pakistan for 12 projects this year, but has ruled out funding the package of dams announced recently by President Pervez Musharraf without the stakeholders’ consensus....
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Talks depend on govt’s plan, says Benazir
DUBAI, Feb 27: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto says she felt distressed after hearing about Interpol’s red notices issued against her and Asif Zardari, and her family was devastated thinking she would be arrested and extradited to Pakistan....
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Shootout in Riyadh; five militants killed
RIYADH, Feb 27: Saudi forces on Monday killed five suspected militants believed to be linked to an Al Qaeda attack on the world’s biggest oil processing plant, the Interior Ministry said....
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Cartoon issue: EU calls for end to ‘bitterness’
BRUSSELS, Feb 27: The European Union on Monday said it was time for an end to ”bitterness” between Europe and Islamic countries over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him)....
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Two bombs hit Iranian oil cities
TEHRAN, Feb 27: Two bombs exploded in the southern Iranian cities of Dezful and Abadan on Monday wounding at least six people, officials said. The bombs were planted in the governor’s...
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Weapons missing from police arsenal
LARKANA, Feb 27: A large quantity of arms, including a rocket-launcher, and ammunition are missing from the arsenal of the Qambar police station. SHO Sardar Khan Chandio, who noticed the shortfall...
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No compromise on N-strike ability: India
NEW DELHI, Feb 27: India’s nuclear energy talks with the United States will not compromise New Delhi’s nuclear doctrine, which mandates an ability to inflict unacceptable damage on an adversary indulging...
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China to sell 2 more N-power plants
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: China has, in principle, agreed to offer two more nuclear power plants worth about $1.2 billion to help meet Pakistan’s growing electricity requirements....
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Tanvir Ahmed named new Air chief
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The government on Monday designated Air Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed as the next Chief of the Air Staff, said a press release issued by the directorate of Public Relations, Pakistan Air Force here....
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UN preparing action plan for recovery phase
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: A national action plan is being finalized by United Nations agencies involved in earthquake relief and rehabilitation work to help donors identify projects for the recovery phase....
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KKH again blocked in Kohistan
GILGIT, Feb 27: The Karakoram Highway (KKH), blocked on Saturday evening following heavy landslides at various places and cleared for one-way traffic on Sunday morning, has been blocked again by a massive rockslide....
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