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| April 24, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 25, 1427 |
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Centre-province disputes over funds re-emerge ISLAMABAD, April 23: Provinces have formally protested with the federal government after developing serious differences over the non-financing of projects from the federal development funds.... 
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‘Gas pipeline key to stability’
WASHINGTON, April 23: The biggest threat to an otherwise stable global economy may come from a US military strike against Iran which will send oil prices out of reach for many...
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Forces claim foiling attack on Sui plant: 11 missiles defused
QUETTA, April 23: The main pipeline supplying gas to the Loti plant was blown up on Sunday while security forces foiled a missile attack at the Sui plant recovering 11 Russian-made missiles....
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Soldier among 3 killed in Miramshah clash
MIRAMSHAH, April 23: One soldier and two suspected attackers were killed and three other people, including a bystander, wounded in a shootout near Miramshah on Sunday, officials and witnesses said....
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F-16 tops agenda of talks in Washington
ISLAMABAD, April 23: The Pakistan-US Defence Consultative Group will meet in Washington on April 30 to discuss security issues, including procurement of F-16 jets....
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Western public share blame for war: Osama
DUBAI, April 23: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is of the view that the western public share responsibility for their countries’ ‘war against Islam’, according to a tape attributed to him aired on Sunday....
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Al Qaeda chief hiding in border areas: US
WASHINGTON, April 23: Osama bin Laden is hiding in a remote tribal area along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, separated from his top deputy and, in a sign he has to be...
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Nuclear enrichment irreversible: Iran
TEHRAN, April 23: With just five days to go before the expiry of a UN Security Council deadline for Iran to freeze uranium enrichment, Tehran insisted on Sunday that the nuclear fuel cycle work was irreversible....
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Protests moving to palace gates
KATHMANDU, April 23: Nepal’s opposition parties vowed to take a new anti-monarchy demonstration to the gates of the king’s palace as clashes with security forces left 27 injured on Sunday....
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PML wins Balochistan by-election
QUETTA, April 23: Mir Haider Ali Jamali, a candidate of ruling Pakistan Muslim League, won Balochistan Assembly seat PB-25 Nasirabad-1 in the bye-election held on Sunday....
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Girl, four others face four-year jail term
NEW YORK, April 23: The trial involving Rehana Khan, a Muslim girl of Pakistani-origin who had her headscarf (or hijab) ripped off after she and several others were arrested for civil...
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Seven killed in attack on Iraq defence ministry
BAGHDAD, April 23: Violence across Iraq killed 14 people on Sunday, including seven people in a rocket attack on the country’s defence ministry and three US soldiers in a roadside bombing....
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Policemen, Taliban die in Afghan clashes
KANDAHAR, April 23: Two policemen and three Taliban were killed and six other policemen were wounded in three clashes in Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said....
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Taliban ‘decree’ death for three men
TANK, April 23: Local radicals known here as Taliban on Sunday decreed the killing of three tribesmen of the South Waziristan Agency for disobeying and manhandling their parents....
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Hu seeks Saudi help to set up oil reserve
RIYADH, April 23: Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed a proposal to set up a Saudi-fed strategic oil reserve in China during a visit that has seen the signing of energy and defence deals, a Chinese official said on Sunday....
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US planning to expand ‘war on terror’: WP: Rumsfeld okays secret blueprint
WASHINGTON, April 23: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has approved ambitious plans to fight terrorism around the world and retaliate more rapidly in the case of another terrorist attack in the United States, The Washington Post reported on Sunday....
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Abbas orders scrapping of anti-Hamas rally
RAMALLAH, April 23: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas ordered his security forces to cancel a rally against Hamas on Sunday over fears of further inflaming tensions with the militant movement....
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Pilots are deserting IAF, says chief
NEW DELHI, April 23: Ace flying officers of the Indian Air Force are deserting their patriotic career to earn more money as commercial pilots with domestic airlines and the government must help check the exodus, Air Chief Marshal S....
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