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| March 4, 2006 | Saturday | Safar 3, 1427 |
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Pakistan a force for moderation, freedom: Bush
NEW DELHI, March 3: US President George W. Bush, seeking to balance his delicate ties with India and Pakistan, appeared to offer comfort to both on Friday by giving New Delhi...
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Bush arrives; talks with Musharraf today
ISLAMABAD, March 3: US President George W. Bush arrived in Islamabad on Friday night for his first visit to Pakistan....
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Countrywide strike against blasphemy: Extraordinary security measures in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Life in major cities and towns of the country came to a grinding halt as a strike was observed on Friday in protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in some European newspapers....
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MMA to observe ‘black day’ today
MULTAN, March 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will mark US President George Bush’s presence in Islamabad on Saturday by observing a ‘black day’ to protest against what its leadership called anti-Muslim policies of the United States....
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2 girls die in grenade attack
QUETTA, March 3: Two girls were killed and three other children were seriously injured in a hand-grenade attack in the PTCL Colony in the Sariab road area on late Friday evening....
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3 die in Lucknow clashes
NEW DELHI, March 3: At least three people were killed and scores injured in the northern city of Lucknow on Friday when street protests against the visit of US President George W....
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Bush to watch cricket
KARACHI, March 3: Senior Pakistani players have been asked to attend a children’s cricket match that US President George Bush will watch in Islamabad, an official said on Friday....
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Opposition to boycott Bush dinner
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Three opposition leaders were unanimous on Friday in declining an invitation from the President’s House to attend a state banquet for US President George W. Bush on Saturday....
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APHC urges Bush to push for demilitarization
SRINAGAR, March 3: A Kashmiri group in occupied Kashmir urged US President George W. Bush on Friday to push India and Pakistan to demilitarise their zones of scenic Kashmir....
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US offers F-16, F-18 to India
WASHINGTON, March 3: The United States has offered to sell India advanced fighter aircraft as the next step in a rapidly expanding military relationship between the two countries....
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Cabinet orders sugar profiteering probe
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Friday announced that an investigation would be launched into profiteering by sugar mills irrespective of the status of their owners....
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Cooperation in N-energy to be boosted with China
BEIJING, March 3: Pakistan and China are likely to soon adopt a plan in the energy sector under a bilateral framework agreement signed during President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Beijing last week....
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19 killed as gunmen attack Iraq town
BAGHDAD, March 3: Gunmen stormed through a small town near Baghdad on Thursday night, killing 19 people, in what police said was an attack on Shias....
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Belgian terror suspect held
LAHORE, March 3: Security personnel on Friday arrested a Belgian national suspected of involvement in some terrorist plots in Pakistan....
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Opposition criticizes Bush visit
ISLAMABAD, March 3: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan says the visit of US President George W. Bush to Pakistan would only encourage undemocratic forces in Pakistan....
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18 held for violating ban on rallies
RAWALPINDI, March 3: The local police on Friday arrested 18 people when two groups of demonstrators came on the road in violation of a ban on rallies to protest against the visit of US President George W....
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Bid to kidnap Iranian trader foiled
QUETTA, March 3: Police on Friday foiled an attempt to kidnap an Iranian trader from Turbat, after an armed encounter in which two suspects were killed while two others were arrested....
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Law to prevent organs sale soon
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Minister for Health Mohammad Nasir Khan on Friday said the government would soon table a bill in the parliament, preventing people from selling human organs including illegal sale of kidneys....
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