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| March 1, 2006 | Wednesday | Muharram 30, 1427 |
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Unemployment, poverty down: Increased wheat output may cause crisis; over 6.5pc GDP growth expected
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The National Economic Council (NEC) was informed on Tuesday that poverty and unemployment in the country had declined by 6.7 per cent and 6.8... 
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Nationwide poultry tests planned
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The federal health minister said here on Tuesday that health and agriculture ministries had formed special teams to check poultry stock throughout the country to counter potential bird flu threat....
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Aziz opposes politicisation of cartoon issue
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday warned religious and political parties to refrain from politicising the religious issue of publication of blasphemous cartoons....
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International law against blasphemy to be sought
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan will ask for international legislation banning blasphemy against all prophets and terming it cognizable offence....
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‘Troops aggressively hunting Al Qaeda’
WASHINGTON, Feb 28: President Pervez Musharraf said his troops were aggressively hunting down the Al Qaeda terrorist group and Pakistan was doing all it could in the US-led war against terrorism and not focusing solely on capturing Osama bin Laden....
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New missile able to hit ‘over-horizon targets’
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Pakistan has attained another landmark in modern missile technology by producing a joint standoff weapon system. It is capable of hitting over-the-horizon targets with accuracy....
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India raises defence budget
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on Tuesday unveiled India’s budget for the year to March 2007 with a total federal government outlay of $126.8...
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Bush leaves for New Delhi amid N-deal debate
WASHINGTON, Feb 28: The joint US and Indian efforts to save their nuclear deal continues to dominate discussions in the US capital as President George W....
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Bombers kill 58 in Iraq: Two British soldiers among dead
BAGHDAD, Feb 28: Attacks on Iraq’s Shiite majority, including a car bombing at a mosque, claimed the lives of 58 people and wounded 180 others on Tuesday, raising fears of a new round of sectarian violence across Iraq....
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Italy to pull out of Iraq
WASHINGTON, Feb 28: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he would stand by plans to withdraw all of Italy’s 3,000 troops from Iraq by the end of the year....
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US to pay $300,000 for settling illegal detention suit
NEW YORK, Feb 28: The US government has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by an Egyptian who was among dozens of the Muslims arrested in New York...
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Washington to donate 46,000 tons of wheat
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The US will provide 46,000 metric tons of wheat to Pakistan to replenish its food stocks diminished by the earthquake. An agreement to this effect was signed by United States ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C....
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Maoists kill 23 in India
BHOPAL, Feb 28: Leftwing guerillas killed at least 23 anti-Maoist campaigners on Tuesday after ambushing a convoy of trucks ferrying the unarmed activists in central India, police said....
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Al Qaeda chief in S. Arabia among dead
RIYADH, Feb 28: The leader of the Al Qaeda network in Saudi Arabia, Fahd bin Faraj al-Joweir, was among five militants killed in a shootout in Riyadh on Monday, the Saudi interior ministry announced....
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21 sentenced to death for BD blasts
DHAKA, Feb 28: A court in Jhenaidah district on Tuesday sentenced 21 members of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen, Bangladesh, to death for carrying out explosions on Aug 17 last year as part of a countrywide bombing operation....
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Delegation to head for Brussels on 4th
ISLAMABAD Feb 28: The parliamentary delegation to discuss the issue of the blasphemous cartoons with European parliamentarians in Brussels is likely to leave on March 4, informed sources told Dawn on Tuesday....
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Govt to provide food items at low prices: PM
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday the government was working on a comprehensive strategy to provide food items to the masses at reasonable prices across the country....
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Safar moon not sighted
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The Ruet-i-Hilal Committee has announced that the Safar moon had not been sighted, hence the Holy month of Islamic Calendar year 1427, would fall on Thursday....
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