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| April 13, 2006 | Thursday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 14, 1427 |
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Karachi carnage sparks fury
KARACHI, April 12: Widespread protests against Tuesday’s carnage in Karachi and mourning for victims brought the provincial metropolis as well as other towns of the province to a standstill on Wednesday....
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Body parts of ‘bomber’ to be sent for DNA test
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The body parts of suspected suicide bomber of the Nishtar Park incident will be brought to the DNA laboratory in the federal capital for identification, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah told Dawn on Wednesday....
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‘Black day’ on Friday: MMA
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Wednesday condemned the suicide bombing in Karachi, blaming the security lapse on the Sindh government besides calling for sacking of provincial governor and the home minister....
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Karachi blast condemned
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The federal cabinet on Wednesday condemned Tuesday’s explosion in Karachi which claimed 47 lives and expressed determination to bring the culprits to book....
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Concern expressed at Indo-US deal: Deterrence satisfactory: NCA
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The National Command and Control Authority (NCA) on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over Pakistan’s strategic deterrence but noted with concern implications of the US-India nuclear agreement on the strategic stability in South Asia....
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Pakistan, Yemen renew call for defining terrorism
ISLAMABAD, April 12: Pakistan and Yemen on Wednesday reiterated their call for a clear definition of terrorism and recognition of the legitimate rights of people resisting occupation as stipulated in the United Nations charter....
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Holistic anti-terror strategy urged
ISLAMABAD, April 12: President General Pervez Musharraf has vowed to combat terrorism and extremism under a holistic strategy and said his strategy of enlightened moderation was vital for durable global peace....
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Plan to hold census in 2008: Cabinet okays F-16 purchase
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The federal cabinet on Wednesday decided that general elections would be held after the completion of the assemblies’ constitutional term by the end of 2007 or beginning of 2008....
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Pakistan kept informed on N-deal: Washington
WASHINGTON, April 12: The US on Tuesday disagreed with the observation that Washington did not take Islamabad into confidence while signing a nuclear deal with India....
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Restraint in conventional weapons supply urged
UNITED NATIONS, April 12: Underscoring that “globalised arms production and sales continue to ignore the grave humanitarian, political and strategic consequences of conventional weapons proliferation”, Pakistan asserted on Tuesday “in the...
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Iran claims successful uranium enrichment
TEHRAN, April 12: Iran announced on Tuesday it had successfully enriched uranium to make nuclear fuel, a dramatic breakthrough in its atomic drive that defies a UN Security Council demand for the work to be halted....
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Foreigners killed in gunship raid
ISLAMABAD, April 12: Pakistani gunship helicopters destroyed a suspected militant compound in a restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan late on Wednesday, killing a number of foreign insurgents, the military said....
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Iraq boycotts Arab moot
CAIRO, April 12: Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo on Wednesday to try to draw up a common strategy on Iraq, but the talks were boycotted by Baghdad in protest against outspoken criticism of its government by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak....
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US has first Muslim woman judge
WASHINGTON, April 12: An Arab-American from Detroit this week became the first Muslim woman to sit on a US federal court as judge....
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6 die in Afghan operation
KABUL, April 12: Afghan and coalition soldiers killed six insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday as they launched a new 2,500-troop operation with predawn air and ground strikes, the coalition said....
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Troops kill five in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, April 12: Indian troops killed five militants in gunbattles and a civilian mistaken for a militant in occupied Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday....
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Indian in FBI missile sting gets 5-year jail
LOS ANGELES, April 12: An Indian-born man who conspired with two others to sell shoulder-launched missiles to Al Qaeda or the Taliban has been sentenced to nearly five years in US federal prison after an international sting operation....
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Berlusconi questions fairness of poll
ROME, April 12: Italy faced protracted political limbo on Wednesday as Romano Prodi said he may not be able to form a new government before mid-May and a dispute over alleged irregularities in this week’s election added to the confusion....
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