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| May 14, 2006 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1427 |
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N-fuel for peaceful purposes stressed: D-8 seeks faster WTO accession process
NUSA DUA (Indonesia), May 13: The D-8 summit largely skirted a diplomatic nuclear crisis engulfing its member Iran on Saturday but agreed that members should cooperate to develop atomic energy.... 
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‘Credit availability boosts GDP’: Asia finance conference opens
KARACHI, May 13: Governor of State Bank of Pakistan Dr Shamshad Akhtar has said that historically low domestic interest rates have spurred credit availability to the manufacturing sector, subsequently proving to be the real determinant of GDP growth....
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‘No new tax in budget likely’
ISLAMABAD, May 13: The new budget will be a ‘relief budget, containing no new taxes and offering a raise in salaries of government employees and a reduction in tariff of utilities, especially electricity, Dawn has learnt on good authority....
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Alternative energy ord promulgated
ISLAMABAD, May 13: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday promulgated an ordinance for the establishment of an Alternative Energy Development Board for alternative or renewable energy for sustainable economic growth in the country....
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Aziz calls for sharing of Muslim resources
NUSA DUA, (Indonesia) May 13: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday called for ensuring greater unity within the Muslim world by sharing resources and collectively responding to global challenges....
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Iran wants enrichment right recognised
TEHRAN, May 13: Iran on Saturday warned that it would only consider new European incentives aimed at finding a deal over its atomic programme if the offer recognises its right to enrich uranium....
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Official, 7 others kidnapped
QUETTA, May 13: the Sui naib tehsildar and seven other people were kidnapped in Uch and Sui areas by armed men on Saturday....
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Two dead in Kashmir grenade blast
JAMMU, May 13: Suspected militants hurled a grenade at a Bharatiya Janata Party rally in Doda on Saturday, killing two people and wounding at least 35 others, police and doctors said....
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Osama whereabouts unknown, says FO
ISLAMABAD, May 13: Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said on Saturday that no body had any information about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and it was also not known whether he was alive or dead....
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2 die in Afghan attack on UN vehicle
HERAT, May 13: A driver and a doctor with a German-based group were killed when suspected Taliban attacked their Unicef vehicle with rockets near Herat on Friday, officials said....
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Squabbles over Iraq govt posts continue: Militias main challenge to peace: Bush
BAGHDAD, May 13: Pressure mounted on Iraq’s Shias on Saturday to form a new government that will stem the ongoing violence, as US President George Bush described militias as one of the main challenges to peace....
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Son of top Iraqi judge, US soldier killed
BAGHDAD, May 13: Gunmen killed a son of Iraq’s top judge with two of his bodyguards and dumped their bodies in Baghdad, officials said on Saturday....
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Maoists kill four Indian policemen
RAIPUR, May 13: Four special policemen were killed and five people were injured on Saturday when hundreds of Maoist rebels stormed a relief centre in central India sheltering those fleeing guerilla violence....
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Sri Lanka gets ‘fasting Buddha’
ISLAMABAD, May 13: Pakistan High Commissioner Bashir Wahli in a ceremony held in Colombo handed over a statue of ‘Fasting Buddha’ as a goodwill gesture from the country to the chief of Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihariya on Saturday....
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US forces urged to leave S. Korea
SEOUL, May 13: Thousands of activists held a candlelit vigil here on Saturday urging US troops to withdraw from South Korea, witnesses said....
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Nawaz, Benazir meeting today
LAHORE, May 13: Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif would meet in London on Sunday (today) to finalise the Charter of Democracy drafted by leaders of the two parties....
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JWP to continue struggle, says Bugti
QUETTA, May 13: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that he and his party will continue their struggle for the protection of the coastline and resources of Balochistan....
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Quetta blasts act of ‘highly trained’ people: Owais
QUETTA, May 13: Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani on Saturday said that involvement of some foreign elements in the blasts at the Police Training College could not be ruled out....
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