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| April 11, 2006 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 12, 1427 |
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Accord to boost trade ties, fight terrorism: Musharraf holds talks with Yemeni president
ISLAMABAD, April 10: President General Pervez Musharraf and his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday agreed to invigorate the private sector participation for increased bilateral economic ties and reaffirmed their commitment to forging cooperation in terrorism jointly....
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Accords with Yemen signed
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Pakisan and Yemen on Monday signed several agreements to promote cooperation in the fields of media, tourism and sports. President General Pervez Musharraf and President Ali Abdullah Saleh oversaw the signing of the accords at Aiwan-i-Sadr....
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Bush rules out nuclear strike against Iran
WASHINGTON, April 10: President George Bush on Monday dismissed as ‘wild speculation’ reports that the United States was considering nuclear strikes against Iran to force it to abandon its uranium enrichment programme....
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100 feared dead in fire at Meerut trade fair
MEERUT, April 10: Over 100 people are feared to have died on Monday in a fire that swept through large tents packed with consumers visiting a trade fair the Indian town of Meerut....
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‘Islamabad not fully informed on N-deal’
ISLAMABAD, April 10: The Foreign Office on Monday for the first time openly declared that the information shared with Pakistan initially on the India-US deal in civilian nuclear technology field did not match exactly with the final shape the agreement took....
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Singh, Karzai plan to meet Musharraf: Economic integration of Central and S. Asia
NEW DELHI, April 10: Leaders of India and Afghanistan, meeting here on Monday, set out a blueprint for an economic integration of Central Asia with South Asia and pondered an early...
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Elaborate programme to mark Eid Milad today
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Eid Miladun Nabi (peace be upon him) is being celebrated across the country on Tuesday with religious enthusiasm and solemnity. A two-day international Seerat conference will be held...
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Three corps commanders replaced
ISLAMABAD, April 10: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday replaced corps commanders of Karachi, Multan and Mangla and two directors-general of the ISI. An ISPR press release issued on Monday said that...
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‘Work on six dams to begin in two years’
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Water and Power Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi said on Monday the government planned to start work on six major dams over the next two years....
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Water distribution plan not finalised
ISLAMABAD, April 10: The advisory committee of the Indus River System Authority on Monday failed to finalise water distribution plan and criteria for filling reservoirs for the current Kharif season....
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Protest lodged over fisherman’s killing
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Pakistan on Monday lodged a strong protest with India over the killing of a Pakistani fisherman by Indian coast guards last month. “We have protested to the Indian...
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Man killed in Kohlu blast
QUETTA, April 10: A man was killed and 21 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a bomb explosion in Kohlu on Monday. “A home-made bomb planted in a barber shop went off, killing one person,” an official said....
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Pragmatic approach on Kashmir urged
KARACHI, April 10: The need for a pragmatic approach for resolving the Kashmir issue was stressed at a round-table conference organised by the Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy here on Monday....
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Three shot dead in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 10: Suspected militants killed a farmer, his wife and brother in occupied Kashmir, police said on Monday. The gunmen burst into the house of Ghulam Mohammed, 60, shooting him...
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Steel mills’ sale to be debated on 13th
ISLAMABAD April 10: The sale of 75 per cent shares of the Pakistan Steel Mills against Rs21.68 billion will be debated in the National Assembly on Thursday (April 13)....
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Salman Khan jailed for five years
JODHPUR, April 10: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday after he was convicted of poaching endangered Indian gazelles almost a decade ago....
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Italian poll too close to call
ROME, April 10: The result of Italy’s general election hung in the balance on Monday, as one pollster said partial returns suggested Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi might win a shock majority in both houses of parliament....
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Plan to tap tourism potential under way
ISLAMABAD, April 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said the government is working on a comprehensive plan to tap the tourism potential of the country that includes simplifying visa and other procedures for tourists desiring to visit Northern Areas....
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