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| April 7, 2006 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 8, 1427 |
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Leaders return prerequisite for fair polls: ARD: Boucher meets Fahim, Raja Zafar
ISLAMABAD, April 6: President of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Makhdoom Amin Fahim and chairman of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Raja Zafarul Haq on Thursday told US Assistant Secretary of... 
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Waziristan clash toll put at 43
MIRAMSHAH, April 6: A government spokesman said on Thursday that Wednesday’s clashes in Shawal and Datakhel areas of the troubled North Waziristan agency had left as many as 43 militants and three personnel of the law-enforcement agencies dead....
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‘India N-deal must cover region’
ISLAMABAD, April 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the whole initiative of the US-India civilian nuclear deal can be enveloped in a nuclear restraint regime which allows production of fissile material for all of South Asia....
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Action ordered against Mari
QUETTA, April 6: An anti-terrorist court has ordered law enforcement personnel to initiate proceedings against Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Mari and two of his sons under section 87 of...
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Pipeline blast disrupts gas supply to Hub factories
QUETTA, April 6: Gas supply to a number of factories in the Lasbela Industrial Estate was disrupted after a gas pipeline in Hub, the industrial town of Balochistan, was blown up on Thursday....
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BNP activists block Karachi-Quetta highway
QUETTA, April 6: Balochistan National Party activists blocked the National Highway at different places between Quetta and Karachi from Wednesday midnight till Thursday afternoon to protest against the arrest of two...
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Nine killed as pick-up falls into ravine
KURRAM AGENCY, April 6: At least nine people were killed and seven others injured when a speeding pickup van plunged into a deep ravine in Kurram Agency, one of seven federally-administered tribal areas on Thursday....
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Three Tableeghi Jamaat men kidnapped
KOHAT, April 6: Three members of a Tableeghi Jamaat were kidnapped in Bannu district while they were returning this week from an assignment in North Waziristan Agency, sources close to the families of the detained men said on Thursday....
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Bank building hit by blasts
QUETTA, April 6: Two homemade bombs damaged a state-owned bank building in a remote area of Balochistan on Thursday morning, but no casualties were reported, a senior policeman said....
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US warns of ‘other options’: Iran’s nuclear programme
WASHINGTON, April 6: The United States said on Thursday it would push for security, financial, business and travel sanctions on Iran even if the UN Security Council failed to act against Tehran over its nuclear weapons programme....
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Car bomb kills 13 in Najaf
NAJAF, April 6: A car bomb exploded in Najaf on Thursday, killing 13 people. The explosion prompted the authorities to impose a curfew. Police said the blast occurred in a crowded area between an ancient cemetery and the Imam Ali shrine....
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Bill seeks to accommodate illegal US immigrants
WASHINGTON, April 6: A new immigration bill was introduced in the US Senate immigration on Wednesday night clearing the way for legal status and eventual citizenship for many of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in this country....
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Communal riot in Aligarh claims four lives
LUCKNOW, April 6: Four people were killed and 18 injured in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Aligarh, a senior official said on Thursday. Trouble began when a group of Hindus...
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India-US deal getting bipartisan support
WASHINGTON, April 6: At two separate hearings at the US Senate and House of Representatives, it became evident that there is a bipartisan support for the Indo-US nuclear deal although some lawmakers were concerned that the accord may encourage nuclear proliferation....
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Steps to improve UN working
UNTIED NATIONS, April 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has expressed the hope that the United Nation Secretary- General’s High-Level Panel on System-Wide Coherence would prove a positive step to improve the efficiency and working of the world organisation....
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Reconstruction work begins today
ISLAMABAD, April 6: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) will launch two major projects of rural housing and livelihood on Friday (today) as part of a $280 million programme, its deputy chairman Maj-Gen Nadeem Ahmad said here....
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Hundreds held as strike grips Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 6: Hundreds of protesters were detained on Thursday as opposition parties, backed by Maoist rebels, launched a four-day strike for democracy against King Gyanendra’s absolute rule....
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Iran-US talks on Iraq likely next week
TEHRAN, April 6: Talks between Iran and the United States on the situation in Iraq will probably take place in Baghdad next week, the state news agency IRNA quoted an unnamed official as saying on Thursday....
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