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| March 27, 2006 | Monday | Safar 26, 1427 |
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Expelled tribesmen back in Dera Bugti: Three killed in clash
DERA BUGTI, March 26: Three people were killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and militants at the Peshbogi area here on Sunday. The incident coincided with the return...
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30,000 more jobs for Balochistan: No compromise on govt’s writ: Aziz
QUETTA, March 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz says the government has approved 30,000 new posts in various departments, including police and Frontier Corps, in Balochistan. He said at a press conference...
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2006 make-or-break year, says Mirwaiz
KARACHI, March 26: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday described 2006 as the ‘make-or-break’ year for the Kashmir issue and said “if we fail to come...
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Two killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, March 26: An Indian trooper and a militant were killed on Sunday and six other soldiers wounded when their convoy was ambushed by three militants in occupied Kashmir, an army spokesman said....
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PML-N decides to step up struggle for democracy
LAHORE, March 26: On the second day of its brain-storming session in London on Sunday, the PML-N central working committee decided to step up its struggle for democracy in cooperation with other opposition parties, including the PPP and the MMA....
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Wapda, Irsa to monitor telemetry system
ISLAMABAD, March 26: The Water and Power Development Authority and the Indus River System Authority have reached an agreement to jointly monitor the functioning of all the 23 computerized water discharge...
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Afghan court drops trial of convert
KABUL, March 26: An Afghan court on Sunday dropped its case against a Christian who faces execution for converting from Islam, referring the matter to Kabul’s top prosecutor for a final decision, an official said....
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4 Afghans die in landmine blast
KANDAHAR, March 26: Four Afghan civilian including a woman were killed when their taxi car struck a landmine planted by Taliban in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, witnesses said....
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Four accords likely with Sri Lanka
ISLAMABAD, March 26: Pakistan and Sri Lanka are expected to sign four memoranda of understanding during President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit here this week that also promises to bolster defence cooperation between the two countries....
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20 ‘militants’ killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 26: Many Shiite militants were reported to have been killed on Sunday in clashes with the US military at a mosque in Baghdad. The US military said it had...
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19 injured in Bangladesh Independence Day clashes
DHAKA, March 26: Nineteen people were injured on Sunday in clashes between political parties as Bangladesh marked its 35th Independence Day anniversary under tight security for fear of Islamic militant attacks....
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Kabul condemns consulate attack
KABUL, March 26: Afghanistan’s foreign ministry summoned the Pakistani ambassador on Sunday over an attack on its consulate in Quetta during a protest against the killing of 16 men by Afghan security forces....
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Pro-Russian party leads in Ukraine
KIEV, March 26: Ukraine’s main pro-Russia party led Sunday’s key parliamentary poll with 33 per cent of the vote, more than 10 points ahead of its nearest “orange revolution” rival, according to early exit polls....
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Director of sci-fi classic dies
LOS ANGELES, March 26: Richard Fleischer, director of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and other science fiction classics, has died, local media reported on Sunday. Mr Fleischer died on Saturday of...
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Cancellation of senator’s visa stirs row in US
WASHINGTON, March 26: The revoking of a US visa issued to a Baloch senator has become a major human rights issue in the United States where the media as well as...
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Aziz due in New York on April 3
UNITED NATIONS, March 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will arrive in New York on April 3 for a three-day visit to co-chair a meeting of a 15-member United Nations panel on UN reforms, the UN officials here said....
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Iraqi leaders fail to break deadlock: National unity government
BAGHDAD, March 26: Iraqi politicians failed to find a breakthrough in talks on Sunday on forming a national unity government despite mounting US pressure. “There isn’t total agreement, nor is there...
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Huge rallies in US against law targeting immigrants
WASHINGTON, March 26: Against a background of rising political tension and public protests, the US Senate begins a crucial debate on Monday on a law that seeks to criminalise undocumented immigrants....
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