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| March 7, 2006 | Tuesday | Safar 6, 1427 |
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DAWN News | Karachi Edition
Focus on reducing poverty, creating jobs: Musharraf: ‘Pakistan not in arms race’
RAWALPINDI, March 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan is focused on improving its economy and alleviating poverty and eradicating terrorism from its soil and is not interested in joining a “numerical arms race” with India....
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Curfew clamped on Miramshah
PESHAWAR/MIRAMSHAH, March 6: Security forces, which have regained control of Miramshah after three days of gunbattle with the local Taliban, clamped curfew on the town on Monday. Sources said that after a night of heavy firing between troops and militants the area was comparatively quiet and a group of Ulema tried to negotiate a lasting ceasefire....
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PML, allies increase majority in Senate
ISLAMABAD, March 6: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League and its coalition partners slightly increased their majority in the Senate, according to unofficial results of the elections held in the four provincial assemblies on Monday....
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Dialogue schedule announced
ISLAMABAD, March 6: Pakistan and India have agreed on the schedule of meetings for the remaining six items of the third round of the Composite Dialogue that will start with economic...
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Blair pledges help in fight against terrorism
LONDON, March 6: Britain is ready to help Pakistan overcome “real difficulties” in tackling cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday as he welcomed his Pakistani counterpart to Downing Street....
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Karachi stocks plunge
KARACHI, March 6: The KSE 100-share index on Monday suffered one of the largest single-session fall of 468.20 points or 4.10 per cent at 10,947.09, wiping out Rs130 billion from the...
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Border fencing with Afghanistan being considered: FO
ISLAMABAD, March 6: Pakistan on Monday declared that the expectations it had of US President George W. Bush’s visit have been met and termed the launching of Pakistan-US strategic dialogue as an important milestone....
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US ready to meet N-energy needs, says Dr Shah
ISLAMABAD, March 6: The United States has promised to meet Pakistan’s nuclear energy requirements and a “structured dialogue” on the issue will begin when US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman arrives...
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‘PML to be stronger after Senate polls’
LAHORE, March 6: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Monday the PML would emerge as an important and strong political party as a result of its thumping victory in the Senate elections....
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EU asks Pakistan to defuse cartoons row
BRUSSELS, March 6: The European Union sought again on Monday to calm the row over Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) cartoons, reiterating the need for free speech to be tempered by religious respect in talks with a Pakistani minister....
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Bus-truck collision claims 11 lives
KOHAT, March 6: At least 11 people were killed and five others seriously injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a truck on the Indus Highway in Darra Adamkhel on Monday....
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Next UN chief should be from Asia: China
UNITED NATIONS, March 6: As the race for the next secretary general of the United Nations replacing Kofi Annan gains momentum, China’s Ambassador at the world body said Beijing would support a candidate from Asia....
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Kabul calls for honest efforts to curb terror
KABUL, March 6: Afghanistan on Monday called for sincere cooperation from Pakistan in the fight against Taliban and Al Qaeda militants, amid a deepening row between the neighbours over the violence....
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Most-wanted BD militant arrested
DHAKA, March 6: One of the two most wanted militant leaders of Bangladesh, Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion after a brief encounter in the remote Rampur village in the Mymensingh district on Monday....
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Eight killed in Nepal
KATHMANDU, March 6: Hundreds of Maoist rebels raided a town in eastern Nepal, bombing government buildings and freeing dozens of prisoners from a local jail, officials said on Monday....
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Al Qaeda fugitives recaptured
SANAA, March 6: Yemeni forces have recaptured three Al Qaeda members who were part of a group that tunnelled out of jail in the Arab country last month, a government official said on Monday....
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Pressure mounts on Iraqi PM to resign
BAGHDAD, March 6: President Jalal Talabani on Monday announced that Iraq’s first permanent post-Saddam Hussein parliament would finally convene on March 12, as pressure mounted on Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari to quit....
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China keen to invest $12bn
ISLAMABAD, March 6: Beijing and Islamabad have identified $12 billion projects, including Islamabad International Airport, oil refinery at Gwadar, Bunji hydropower project and Neelam-Jhelum hydropower project for Chinese investment....
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