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| April 19, 2006 | Wednesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 20, 1427 |
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Bush refuses to rule out nuclear attack on Iran: We’ll cut aggressor’s hand: Ahmedinejad
TEHRAN, April 18: US President George W. Bush refused on Tuesday to rule out nuclear strikes against Iran if diplomacy fails to curb the Islamic Republic’s atomic ambitions.... 
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India ready for modification: Kishanganga project
NEW DELHI, April 18: In an effort to end the long-standing dispute over the Kishanganga project, India will now propose to Pakistan modifications in the 330 MW hydro-electric power plant in...
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Disputes can invite foreign intervention, says Singh
NEW DELHI, April 18: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed the fear on Tuesday that unresolved border disputes like the ones India has with most of its neighbours could invite foreign...
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Children held for theft and kept in fetters freed on CJ’s orders
HYDERABAD, April 18: Acting on the orders of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the district and sessions judge of Hyderabad on Tuesday freed two children arrested in theft cases....
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Gas pipeline blown up
QUETTA, April 18: - Gas supply to vast areas of Mastung and Kalat districts was suspended after a gas pipeline was blown up near Mastung, 55km off here, on Tuesday....
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Price hike: govt offers little relief: NA debate ends
ISLAMABAD, April 18: The government on Tuesday offered little relief from high prices of essential commodities at the end of a three-day National Assembly debate on inflation, which it saw partly as a negative effect of economic growth....
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Sherpao says clues found to Nishtar Park blast
ISLAMABAD, April 18: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Tuesday said investigation agencies had found credible clues to the bomb blast in Karachi’s Nishtar Park....
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Religious scholar killed
FAISALABAD, April 18: A religious scholar and his driver were killed by two gunmen on the Jail Road here on Tuesday. According to police, Shia scholar Fazal Alvi was on way...
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Kasuri opposes use of force against Iran
LAHORE, April 18: The international community should create an atmosphere conducive for putting in place a mechanism for on-site inspection of Iran’s nuclear programme so that suspicions about Tehran’s plans to...
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‘India to go ahead with gas pipeline project’
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, April 18: Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed on Tuesday said India would go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project....
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Rs32bn development projects cleared
ISLAMABAD, April 18: The Planning Commission has cleared 18 major development projects worth Rs32.1 billion which would now be formally approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) here on April 22....
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Decision on wheat import duty delayed
ISLAMABAD, April 18: The government is likely to impose 20 per cent regulatory duty on the import of wheat to contain falling domestic prices but an inter-ministerial dispute has delayed a final decision on the matter, it is learnt....
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Oil price hits $72 on Iran fears
LONDON, April 18: Oil prices hit a record $72.20 a barrel on Tuesday as Iran defied world pressure to halt its nuclear programme, raising new fears of a cut in supplies from the world’s fourth biggest crude exporter....
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5 killed in Afghanistan
KHOST, April 18: US troops injured a newborn baby girl, her mother, a boy of six and three other Afghan civilians when they fired at vehicles that ignored orders to stop, local police said on Tuesday....
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S. Arabia arrests 5 militants
RIYADH, April 18: Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it had arrested five militants linked to a failed Al Qaeda attack on a major oil facility in February, and seized 1.5...
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Pakistan win in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, April 18: Pakistan on Tuesday overhauled India’s score of 197 to comfortably win the first of two one-day charity games featuring the two teams at Zayed Stadium here....
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Govt policies helping poor: PM
ISLAMABAD, April 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the economic recovery achieved by the country as a result of the success of the government’s reforms agenda has enabled the government...
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Steps proposed to curb hoarding, says PM
ISLAMABAD, April 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that the government would enact a new legislation to curb the menace of hoarding and black marketing in the country....
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