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| May 1, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 2, 1427 |
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Pakistan to get 33pc more gas: India almost out of Iran pipeline project
ISLAMABAD, April 30: Pakistan and Iran on Sunday reached broad agreement on various financial and technical aspects of laying a Pakistan-specific bilateral gas pipeline with 33 per cent higher supplies to... 
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‘UN curbs not to affect pipeline’
ISLAMABAD, April 30: A proposed gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan and India will not be affected if the United Nations imposes sanctions on Tehran over its Iran’s nuclear programme, an Iranian minister said on Sunday....
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ARD leaders set ‘priorities’
LAHORE, April 30: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on Sunday decided to steer the country out of the prevailing crisis before preparing itself for the general election....
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Team leaves for Delhi today
ISLAMABAD, April 30: A seven-member Pakistani delegation will leave for New Delhi on Monday to hold talks on trans-Kashmir trade, launch of a new bus service and establishing meeting points along the Line of Control....
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Asia wins bid for ’11 cricket World Cup
DUBAI, April 30: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will co-host cricket’s World Cup in 2011 after beating off opposition from a joint Australia-New Zealand bid....
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Petroleum prices increased
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority on Sunday increased ex-depot petroleum prices by up to 7.2 per cent with immediate effect for 29 designated depots following its approval by the prime minister....
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Baloch leaders put on ECL
QUETTA, April 30: The interior ministry has placed the names of a number of Baloch nationalist leaders, including Nawab Khair Bakhsh Mari, Sardar Ataullah Mengal on the exit control list....
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Workers’ injury grant increased: Children’s scholarship programme enhanced
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The government has announced several measures for the welfare of workers including enhanced physical injury or death grants as well as increased help for marriage and more scholarships for children of workers....
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May Day today
ISLAMABAD, April 30: The country will observe the World Labour Day on Monday. Rallies will be held in all big cities including the federal capital to express solidarity with workers across the world....
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India wants to work with Pakistan against Taliban
NEW DELHI, April 30: India on Sunday described the killing of an Indian engineer, K. Suryanarayan, in Afghanistan as an act of terror and said it wanted to work with Pakistan to neutralise the Taliban militants....
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Taliban kill Indian hostage
KANDAHAR, April 30: Police in Afghanistan on Sunday found the headless body of an Indian engineer kidnapped two days before by Taliban militants, a killing that earned swift condemnation from New Delhi....
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Iran braces for confrontation with West
TEHRAN, April 30: Iran said on Sunday it was digging in for a confrontation with the West over its disputed nuclear programme, vowing that neither UN Security Council resolutions nor US military action could force a climb-down....
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Iranian forces enter Iraq, shell Kurds
BAGHDAD, April 30: Baghdad on Sunday accused Iranian forces of having over the last 24 hours entered Iraqi territory and shelled Kurdish PKK guerillas in the northern Arbil province....
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Talabani meets insurgent groups
BAGHDAD, April 30: President Jalal Talabani has met representatives of seven armed groups and is optimistic they may agree to lay down their arms, his office said on Sunday....
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NY rally demands withdrawal from Iraq
NEW YORK, April 30: Thousands of people marched through downtown New York on Saturday, demanding that the US should withdraw from Iraq. The marchers carried anti-war placards and chanted slogans, asking President George W....
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Four killed in Kashmir
JAMMU, April 30: Militants shot dead four Hindus in held Kashmir who were part of a group of nine abducted by the guerillas earlier on Sunday, police said....
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Nepal plans to curtail king’s powers
KATHMANDU, April 30: Nepal’s lawmakers unanimously backed the first step towards curbing the powers of the nation’s monarch on Sunday and called on Maoist rebels to renounce violence and end an 10-year insurgency....
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Renowned economist Galbraith dies
New York, April 30: John Kenneth Galbraith, an influential liberal economist, diplomat and the author of “The Affluent Society,” has died at the age of 97, The New York Times reported on Sunday....
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