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| May 13, 2006 | Saturday | Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1427 |
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200 killed in Nigeria oil pipeline explosion
INAGBE BEACH (Nigeria), May 12: Up to 200 people died on Friday when an oil pipeline exploded on the outskirts of Lagos after thieves tapped into it to steal fuel.... 
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Supreme Court orders destruction of expired drugs
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the federal drug controllers to ensure voluntary destruction of expired medicines by pharmaceutical manufacturers and that life-saving medicines are not sold without doctors’ prescriptions....
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Musharraf underlines need to import gas
ISLAMABAD, May 12: President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday stressed the need for importing natural gas from regional countries to meet growing energy requirement in the industrial and agriculture sectors....
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More cooperation among D-8 urged
BALI, May 12: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday called for more cooperation among the D-8 (Developing Eight) countries in the economic, diplomatic and defence fields to realise full potential of the grouping....
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State terrorism also an illegal act: Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, May 12: Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its support for creating an international counter-terrorism centre as proposed by Saudi Arabia to create a clearer institutional framework to respond urgently to terrorist threats....
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India to free 6 Pakistani prisoners
NEW DELHI, May 12: India on Friday decided to release and repatriate six Pakistani prisoners on May 17. The prisoners will be repatriated via Wagah border, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna told reporters in New Delhi....
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Protests mar Senate session
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Opposition protests and a walkout marked the start of a Senate session on Friday when members raised issues ranging high sugar and petroleum prices to severe power cuts, water shortages and alleged humiliation of detained nuclear scientist A.Q....
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Move to bar media from PAC proceedings
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The Public Accounts Committee on Friday discussed whether to allow journalists to cover its proceedings. Endorsing views of a retired military bureaucrat and the joint secretary of the...
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Durrani new ambassador to US
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The foreign office on Friday announced the appointment of Maj-Gen (retd) Mahmud Ali Durrani as Pakistan’s new ambassador to the United States....
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Daughter barred from meeting Dr Khan
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The government has barred family members of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan from visiting him, sources close to the nuclear scientist told Dawn on Friday....
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Sindh wants drainage plan extended to sea
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Sindh has sought Rs31 billion from the federal government and its urgent approval to terminate the Right Bank Outfall Drainage (RBOD) Canal into the sea at Gharo and...
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Diamer-Bhasha project to get Rs12bn
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The government has decided to allocate about Rs12 billion for Diamer-Basha dam in the next year’s development programme to complete infrastructure required for the construction of dam....
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‘Chance to settle Siachen dispute’: Singh’s visit to Islamabad WASHINGTON, May 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s forthcoming visit to Islamabad would be a good opportunity for India and Pakistan to resolve the Siachin dispute, said a former Indian foreign secretary....
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Muslims must oppose terror, says Yudhoyono
NUSA DUA (Indonesia), May 12: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told a Friday congregation that Muslim nations should oppose terrorism and catch up with progress in the rest of the world....
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Four Fata senators quit house committees
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Four pro-government senators from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Friday resigned from Senate committees in protest against what they termed the government’s indifference to t heir grievances....
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Bodies of six US attack victims found
WANA, May 12: Six more bodies were found in the Khwaja Khizar mountains in the South Waziristan Agency on Friday, taking death toll in an attack on Angoor Adda to 10, officials said....
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Al Qaeda calls for attacks over blasphemy
PARIS, May 12: A video by an Al Qaeda member posted on the Internet on Thursday called upon Muslims to attack Denmark, Norway and France for publishing anti-Islam cartoons....
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US consulate shooting
RIYADH, May 12: A man was arrested after shooting from his car on guards at the US consulate in Jeddah on Friday, a security source said....
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Annan’s call for Iran talks rejected by US
UNITED NATIONS, May 12: Calling on the United States to open direct negotiations with Iran the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday asked Tehran “to back away from its “this” aggressive posture and be open to discussions....
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No candidate for opposition leader
ISLAMABAD May 12: The Senate chairman has not received a formal request either from the ARD or the MMA for appointment of their candidate as the leader of opposition in the upper house....
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