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| April 10, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 11, 1427 |
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21 women, eight children die in stampede: Karachi congregation ends in tragedy
KARACHI, April 9: Twenty-one women and eight children died and over 50 others suffered injuries in a stampede inside a three-storey mosque....
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BLA declared terrorist organisation, banned
ISLAMABAD, April 9: The government on Sunday banned the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) after declaring it as a terrorist organisation for its alleged involvement in terrorist activities....
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Elections must be held in ’07: ARD
LAHORE, April 9: Opposition parties could not mount enough pressure to dismantle the present set-up and force premature polls because people were facing serious economic problems and were unable to spare...
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‘Pakistan did not influence 9/11 probe’
ISLAMABAD, April 9: The Foreign Office on Sunday rubbished a report implying that Pakistan had bribed members of the US 9/11 Inquiry Commission to drop from its finding negative references to Pakistan....
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Steps urged to promote interfaith harmony
ISLAMABAD, April 9: Underlining the need for promotion of interfaith harmony, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that in today’s world all of us need to break taboos, think as citizen...
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Triple Afghan blasts leave soldier dead, 16 wounded
KANDAHAR, April 9: Three explosions including a suicide blast killed a soldier and wounded 16 other Afghans on Sunday, officials said. The suicide attacker struck an Afghan army checkpoint in the eastern province of Paktika,....
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India must define minimum N-deterrence, insists US
WASHINGTON, April 9: The United States will continue to press India for a definition of its policy of minimum nuclear deterrence despite New Delhi’s refusal to do so, a State Department official told Dawn....
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Karzai arrives in Delhi on four-day visit
NEW DELHI, April 9: Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived here on Sunday on a four-day trip during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a wide range of issues including bilateral and regional matters of mutual interest....
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Interpol notice against Dawood
NEW DELHI, April 9: Interpol has issued a special notice against India’s most wanted person sought for the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed more than 260 people, the international police agency’s website showed....
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Eight killed in Iraq US operation
BAGHDAD, April 9: US forces killed eight suspected insurgents in a raid west of Baghdad on Sunday, while 10 Iraqis, including a soldier, were killed in shootings and bombings....
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Iran shoots down surveillance drone
TEHRAN, April 9: Iran has shot down an unmanned surveillance plane in the south amid reports that the United States is planning military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a press report said on Sunday....
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Rebels kill two army officers in Iran
TEHRAN, April 9: Armed rebels have killed two army officers, and shot a top cleric in Sistan-Balochistan province in southeastern Iran, a press report said on Sunday....
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‘Iraq undergoing de facto division’: Ethnic, religious schisms entrenched: US
NEW YORK, April 9: Iraq is undergoing a de facto partitioning along ethnic and sectarian lines, with clashes —- sometimes political, sometimes violent— says an internal staff report by the United...
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‘UK blasts had no Al Qaeda role’
LONDON, April 9: The London bombings last July were planned on a shoestring budget from information on the internet and with no direct support from Al Qaeda, a British newspaper on Sunday quoted a government report as saying....
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Livestock, farm products grading to be revived
ISLAMABAD, April 9: The government has decided to revive the system of grading of agricultural and livestock products to enhance the country’s credibility as an exporter of quality products and meet requirements of the World Trade Organisation....
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Heavy rain, snowfall hit N. Areas
Skardu, April 9: Heavy snowfall and rains hit Skardu and other parts of the Northern Areas on Sunday, causing avalanches and landslides and disrupting road and air traffic....
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NAB starts probe into oil price scam
ISLAMABAD, April 9: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is probing into losses worth billions of rupees caused to the national exchequer in the past three years owing to pricing and dumping of petroleum products by petroleum companies....
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Sugar prices up by Rs6 in Pindi, Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, April 9: Sugar prices in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have again gone up by Rs6 as the commodity is being sold at Rs42 per kilograms at the retail level, shopkeepers said on Sunday....
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