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| March 15, 2006 | Wednesday | Safar 14, 1427 |
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Israel raids Palestine jail, seizes leader: Siege ignites protests
JERICHO, March 14: Israeli forces smashed into a West Bank jail with tanks and bulldozers on Tuesday, seizing a Palestinian militant leader after a siege that ignited protests across the occupied areas....
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Some clerics fanning unrest: Musharraf: ‘Terror tarnishing country’s image’
FAISALABAD, March 14: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that some Khateebs were creating disharmony among the people for their vested interest. Government agencies alone could not stop them, he said and urged people to come forward and stop such elements....
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Aziz seeks FTA with Canada: N-accord with India to be reviewed: Harper
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday Pakistan desired to conclude a free trade agreement with Canada and the objective would be pursued in future discussions between the two countries....
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World unsafe without Pakistan’s help: Karzai
KABUL, March 14: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday demanded Pakistan’s full cooperation in the fight against terrorism, saying that without Islamabad’s help the world would never be safe....
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Delhi violated N-commitment: report
WASHINGTON, March 14: In 1974 India cheated on its commitment to use the technology it borrowed from Canada only for peaceful purposes and conducted a nuclear explosion, says a report issued in Washington on Tuesday....
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India used Khan network to get equipment: report
WASHINGTON, March 14: A Washington-based non-proliferation group has claimed that India’s gas centrifuge programme used individuals connected with the so-called A. Q. Khan network for procuring equipment for its facilities....
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3 FC troops injured in landmine explosion
QUETTA, March 14: Three Frontier Corps (FC) troops were injured in a landmine explosion in the Chattar Fuliji area of Dera Bugti on Tuesday. Official sources said that a pick-up carrying...
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Violence not to hurt ties: Singh
NEW DELHI, March 14: India will not allow attacks by militants known to have their bases in Pakistan to hurt a peace process with Islamabad, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday....
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Iran pipeline talks begin
TEHRAN, March 14: Officials from Iran, Pakistan and India began talks on Tuesday in Tehran on a pipeline project for the export of Iranian natural gas to South Asia, the oil ministry news agency reported....
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Security enhanced at embassy in Kabul: FO
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Pakistan said it had strengthened security at its embassy in Kabul on Tuesday amid increasingly strained relations between the two countries. The Foreign Office said the embassy was...
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Steps taken to control inflation, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the government is taking steps to reduce inflation and interest rates to meet the challenges of the robust economic growth....
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80 bodies found in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, March 14: Bodies of at least 80 people apparently killed in sectarian attacks have been found in Baghdad since early Monday, after more than 50 people died in multiple car bombs in a Shia militia stronghold....
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India to get nuclear fuel from Russia
NEW DELHI, March 14: India said on Tuesday Russia had agreed to its request to supply uranium for two of its nuclear reactors, a foreign ministry official said....
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Congress may set terms for N-deal
WASHINGTON, March 14: The US Congress may seek to put unspecified conditions on the Indo-US nuclear deal amid the Bush administration’s warning that such moves could scuttle the deal, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday....
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Delhi urged to help settle Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD, March 14: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) chief Omar Abdullah on Monday underlined that India should help settle the Kashmir dispute in its larger national interest and to end enmity with Pakistan....
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Annan calls for calm in Palestine
UNITED NATIONS, March 14: Expressing deep concern at the deadly violence On Tuesday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for urgent steps to restore calm and to secure the release of all kidnapped persons....
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‘Zawahri lived in California in ’98’
SACRAMENTO, March 14: Al Qaeda deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, lived in California in 1998 and 1999, a paid FBI informant testified on Monday in the trial of a Pakistani-American father and son accused of terrorism-related activity....
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Cleric held in Greece
ATHENS, March 14: A 50-year-old Pakistani cleric has been arrested in Greece in relation to a suspected manslaughter case, a police source said on Tuesday. Police detained the cleric under an...
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