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| March 9, 2006 | Thursday | Safar 8, 1427 |
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Kabul told to bolster border control: Musharraf-Abizaid meeting reviews situation
ISLAMABAD, March 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf held talks on Wednesday with a senior US military general on escalating tension with neighbouring Afghanistan and demanded intelligence sharing by Kabul on militants... 
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Militants’ hide-outs in Waziristan blown up
MIRAMSHAH, March 8: Security forces expanded operation to others areas of Miramshah and blew up militant hide-outs in Datakhel area of the North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday....
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Pakistan blamed for temple city blasts
NEW DELHI, March 8: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, cornered by the opposition over a devastating bombing incident in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, pointed the finger at...
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Security on trains to Iran enhanced
QUETTA, March 8: Pakistan has increased security on passenger trains to Iran following repeated rocket and bomb attacks in Balochistan but denied reports it would suspend services....
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Opposition wants Bush visit debate
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Opposition parties will press for a debate on US President George Bush’s visit and voice protests over some other burning issues during the National Assembly session beginning on Thursday, sources said on Wednesday....
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KSE down by 491 points
KARACHI, March 8: The KSE 100-share index on Wednesday took another massive plunge of 491.02 points or 4.43 per cent at 10,594.01 points on across-the-board panic- selling triggered by reports that...
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Second post-quake crisis averted: UN
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The threat of winter creating a second humanitarian disaster after the Oct 8 earthquake that killed more than 80,000 people in northern areas had been averted, a UN official declared Wednesday....
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US report says scores of civilians died in Balochistan
WASHINGTON, March 8: In its latest report on the human rights situation in Pakistan, the US State Department took serious notice of the conflict in Balochistan, noting that scores of civilians...
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‘Custodial killings in Kashmir on the rise’
WASHINGTON, March 8: Indian troops continue to use extrajudicial killing as a method to suppress insurgency in Kashmir, says the US State Department’s human rights report for 2005....
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Geelani not allowed to visit Pakistan
SRINAGAR, March 8: A hardline Kashmiri leader said on Wednesday he had been refused permission by India to travel to Pakistan for a three-day international conference on the region....
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Pakistan rejects Indian protest on Bhasha dam
NEW DELHI, March 8: India on Wednesday conveyed its protest to Pakistan over the proposed construction of the Bhasha dam in Azad Kashmir to which Islamabad responded promptly by rejecting New...
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Livestock smuggling pushes meat prices up
ISLAMABAD, March 8: With people avoiding poultry because of bird flu fears and renewed smuggling of livestock to Afghanistan and Iran have pushed meat prices up over the past two weeks....
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Goods train derails
KUNDIAN, March 8: A Peshawar-bound goods trains going from Dawood Khail derailed between Dawood Khail and Musan on Wednesday. Railways officials said saboteurs had untied nut and bolts of the track near Dawood Khail Railway Station....
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‘Spain opens probe into Benazir’s accounts’
MADRID, March 8: Spain’s judiciary opened up an investigation into allegations of money laundering against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, El Pais newspaper reported on Wednesday....
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Joint plan urged to maintain law, order
ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Planning Commission has urgently sought the intervention of higher authorities to direct the ministry of interior and provincial governments to chalk out a joint strategy to control...
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‘Iran can make 10 bombs’
VIENNA, March 8: The United States has alleged that Iran has enough uranium gas to make 10 nuclear weapons and has called for new inspections in the Islamic Republic, a diplomat in Vienna told AFP on Wednesday....
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Russia opposes sanctions against Iran
UNITED NATIONS, March 8: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday ‘there is no alternative’ to a peaceful resolution of the Iranian issue, asserting that ‘no international crisis can be resolved by the introduction of sanctions’....
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Saarc nations to form task force on women trafficking
ISLAMABAD, March 8: Saarc countries have agreed to form a joint task force to combat trafficking of women and children and evolve strategies against the spread of drug use, prevent human casualties in natural calamities and policies for disaster mitigation....
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42 die in Nepal accident
KATHMANDU, March 8: Twelve bodies have been found and at least 30 people are still missing after a crowded bus plunged into a river from a mountainous road in southwestern Nepal, a police officer said on Wednesday....
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PM arrives in Jordan
AMMAN, March 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived here on Wednesday on a two-day official visit to Jordan. He will hold talks with King Abdullah and the prime minister of Jordan on bilateral relations and regional and international issues....
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