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| April 16, 2006 | Sunday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 17, 1427 |
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Stronger trade ties pledged: Musharraf, Sultan discuss terrorism
ISLAMABAD, April 15: President General Pervez Musharraf and Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on Saturday held talks on regional and international issues, including the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme....
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New tariff for hydel units
ISLAMABAD, April 15: In a major policy shift, the government has increased power tariff for hydel power projects by over 52 per cent to 4.7 cents per unit by reviving the 1995 Hydel Power Policy....
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Singh likely to visit Pakistan soon
NEW DELHI, April 15: Indian Prime Minister will visit Pakistan in June or July this year, as back channel talks between the two countries look poised to report good news, The Hindustan Times said on Saturday....
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Troops kill attacker, passer-by
MIRAMSHAH, April 15: One suspected militant, a passer-by and an Afghan national were killed, while six soldiers and a tribesman were wounded in three incidents in North Waziristan on Saturday, sources said....
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Afghanistan battle leaves 47 dead
KANDAHAR, April 15: Forty-one suspected Taliban and six policemen were killed in a major battle in southern Afghanistan in an area where the Taliban leader once lived, a governor said on Saturday....
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Washington to press for Tehran sanctions
WASHINGTON, April 15: The United States will push its allies next week to consider targeted sanctions on Iran that include a freeze on assets and visa restrictions, the State Department said on Friday....
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9 held for Kashmir attacks
SRINAGAR, April 15: Nine suspected militants were arrested over a series of grenade attacks in Srinagar that killed five people and injured 43, police said on Saturday....
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Indian police detain four in mosque blast case
NEW DELHI, April 15: Police on Saturday said they had detained four people in connection with the twin blasts at India’s biggest mosque that injured 14 people as security was stepped...
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Seven dead in Baghdad car bomb blast
BAGHDAD, April 15: A car bomb killed at least seven people and injured 24 on Saturday in a commercial district as politicians floated a proposal to end the standoff over a...
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Protesters beaten up in Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 15: Nepalese police beat up pro-democracy activists with rattan canes and fired tear gas on Saturday to break up the largest anti-king protest in the capital since a campaign was launched 10 days ago....
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No change in petroleum prices
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The prices of petroleum products would remain unchanged for the next 15 days, it was officially announced by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra)....
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Roadmap ready for 5-year plan implementation
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The government has prepared a ‘roadmap’ to implement its five-year Term Development Framework to establish a just and sustainable economic system in the country, says a government official....
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Blasphemous cartoon published in Italy
ROME, April 15: An Italian magazine close to the influential Catholic conservative Opus Dei group has published a cartoon profaning the Holy Prophet (PBUH), sparking outrage among Muslim associations here....
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US allows PLO to retain office
WASHINGTON, April 15: The US has extended permission for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation to keep an office here for another six months, a spokesman said on Friday....
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Explosion rocks Quetta
QUETTA, April 15: A powerful explosion rocked the city on Saturday night. Police officials said that the explosive device had been planted inside a roadside drain near the house of a dental surgeon at Wafa Road....
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JWP rejects conditional talks offer
QUETTA, April 15: The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) on Saturday rejected a conditional offer the government had reportedly made to hold talks with Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and announced that the...
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MPAs to review displaced people’s condition
QUETTA, April 15: Speaker Jamal Shah Kakar on Saturday constituted a four-member committee to visit Nasirabad and Jaffarabad district and review the condition of people who had been displaced from Dera Bugti because of the fighting between security forces and tribesmen....
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Landslide kills three
SWAT, April 15: Three labourers died after being buried under a landslide here on Saturday. Abdul Rahman, 50, Sher Akbar, 19, Bakht Karam, 40, were killed while they were busy excavating mud from a mound which collapsed on them....
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