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| May 8, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 9, 1427 |
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Pakistan facing drought threat: Situation bad in Sindh, Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, May 7: The Meteorological department has warned of a possible drought in the country with no signs of any significant rainfall over the next two months and water levels in Tarbela and Mangla reservoirs dropping to critical points.... 
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US told N-deal should not disturb balance
WASHINGTON, May 7: Pakistan has told the United States that the Indo-US nuclear deal should not be allowed to disturb the existing balance of power in South Asia....
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Rs75 billion rail link planned for Gwadar
KARACHI, May 7: The government has approved a Rs75 billion plan to connect Gwadar port by rail to streamline cargo movement, says federal Minister for Railways Shaikh Rashid....
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Four-nation energy talks today
ISLAMABAD, May 7: The World Bank is persuading Pakistan to import electricity and gas from Central Asian states to attract international financial support as an alternative to a gas pipeline from Iran, it is learnt....
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Car bombs kill 30 in Iraq: UK troops, youths clash in Basra
BAGHDAD, May 7: Car bombs killed 30 people in Iraq on Sunday and wounded more than 70 in one of the bloodiest spasms of violence of recent weeks as political leaders sought a deal to form a national unity government....
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Warning to Iran on smuggling of explosives
FORT TARIK (Iraq), May 7: A senior US general flew to Iraq’s vast desert frontier with Iran on Sunday and vowed to stop what he said was the smuggling of bomb materials from Iran....
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OIC links ties with India to Kashmir settlement
ISLAMABAD, May 7: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has linked development of positive relations with India to a just settlement of the Kashmir dispute....
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Mirwaiz urges changes on ground
ISLAMABAD, May 7: Chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has stressed the need for what he said change in the ground situation and said it was vital for...
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Over Rs340bn PSDP likely for 2006-7
ISLAMABAD, May 7: The government is expected to allocate Rs340 billion to Rs345 billion for the next year’s public sector development programme (PSDP) to maintain high economic growth, it is learnt....
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Landmine explosions kill three
QUETTA, May 7: At least three people were killed and seven others injured in landmine explosions in different areas of Balochistan on Sunday....
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‘PML will re-elect Musharraf’
LAHORE, May 7: PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Husain and Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi have said that the party will elect President Pervez Musharraf for another term in the larger interest of the country....
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Islamabad can do more to curb terror, says Kabul
KABUL, May 7: Pakistan could do more in the fight against terrorism, Afghanistan’s foreign minister said on Sunday after Islamabad rejected as ‘absurd’ a similar statement by a top US counter-terrorism official n Saturday....
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Guantanamo prison may be closed, says Bush
BERLIN, May 7: President George W. Bush said on Sunday he would like to close the US-run prison at Guantanamo Bay — a step urged by several foreign leaders — but...
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Seven die in accident
CHAKWAL, May 7: Seven people were killed and eight received multiple injuries when a speedy wagon hit a truck on the Lahore-Islamabad motorway in the salt range, some 35 Km from here, on Sunday....
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Indo-BD border sealed
NEW DELHI, May 7: The India-Bangladesh international border and West Bengal-Assam inter-state border will be kept sealed till completion of the polling process....
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Bodies of US troops found
KABUL, May 7: The US military said on Sunday it had recovered the bodies of 10 American soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan....
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Canadian mining giant terms Pakistan attractive
ISLAMABAD, May 7: World’s renowned gold-mining company Barrick Gold Corp considers Pakistan an attractive place for investment because of the country’s fast-growing economy and investment-friendly policies, Canadian newspaper Toronto Star reported....
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Britain endorses Pakistan’s efforts: Check on human smuggling
ISLAMABAD, May 7: The United Kingdom has upgraded Pakistan’s rating keeping in view its efforts to curb human smuggling, placing it in the list of ‘low risk countries’, a senior official in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told Dawn on Sunday....
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