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| June 08, 2006 | Thursday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 11, 1427 |
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Tehran’s response positive, says Bush: N-technology offered
LAREDO (USA), June 7: President George Bush said on Tuesday he was encouraged by Iran’s initial response to a US-backed incentives package to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions, but time would tell if the Iranians were serious.... 
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$3 million offered to Hamas govt
ISLAMABAD, May 7: Pakistan said on Wednesday it will give $3 million in aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian government led by Hamas....
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Treasury senators criticise budget: Opposition boycotts pre-debate briefing
ISLAMABAD June 7: The government on Wednesday came under fire when the ruling PML’s parliamentary group and coalition parties attacked its budget policy during a pre-debate briefing on the budget 2006-2007, insiders said....
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182 of 380 tehsils do not have Utility Stores
ISLAMABAD, June 7: Most of the country’s 158 million people, mostly in rural areas, is unable to benefit from the government’s scheme to provide pulses, flour and sugar at subsidised rates...
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Gas supply to most areas restored
QUETTA, June 7: Gas supply from the Sui plant to most of the affected areas in the country was restored on Wednesday night after the main compressor plant resumed operation....
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ADB seeks details of new projects
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The Asian Development Bank has agreed to “re-negotiate” its loaning arrangements with Pakistan in the light of the development strategy spelled out in the budget 2006-07 in order to offer an all time high $1.5...
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EU role sought in Kashmir settlement
ISLAMABAD, June 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday urged the European Union to play a meaningful role in facilitating a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute, saying that it is hampering the normalisation process between Pakistan and India....
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Sinha sees progress in peace process
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The peace process is moving in the right direction but its pace is hampered by the “deficit of trust”, according to former Indian minister for external affairs Yashwant Sinha....
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Verdict against sale of PSM to scare away investors: counsel
ISLAMABAD, June 7: The counsel for the buyers of the Pakistan Steel Mills on Wednesday submitted before the Supreme Court that any decision against the auction would lead to failure of government’s policy on privatisation and scare away foreign investors....
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Ties with Russia must not be Indo-centric: Musharraf sees mutuality of interest
ISLAMABAD, June 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday saw a broad-based mutuality of interest to promote Pakistan-Russia relations which he emphasised should be developed on bilateral basis and not through an Indo-centric approach....
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200 Indians, Pakistanis detained in Spain
MADRID, June 7: More than 200 Indians and Pakistanis were detained in southern Spain on Wednesday after their boat was found drifting off the coast, authorities said....
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Pakistani in US convicted
WASHINGTON, June 7: A US federal jury has convicted a Pakistani citizen on terrorism charges for helping a Kashmiri jihadi group....
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ICRC to trace people missing since quake
MUZAFFARABAD, June 7: The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) has formally launched a public campaign in collaboration with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to look for people who have been missing since the last year’s earthquake....
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US, UN at loggerheads over reforms
UNITED NATIONS, June 7: An unprecedented war of words between the United States and the United Nations over a controversial speech by world body’s deputy secretary-general threatens to undermine the world body reforms and possibly land it in dire straits financially....
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Oman army chief visits LoC
NEW DELHI, June 7: Oman’s army chief Major General Said Bin Nasser Bin Sulaimar Al Salmi, currently on a tour of India, has visited the Line of Control in the Kupwara sector, an official statement said on Wedneday....
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Iran weighs incentives package
TEHRAN, June 7: Iran was Wednesday weighing an international offer of incentives if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment, with officials neither rejecting the offer nor indicating they would meet the condition....
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UK suspect linked to arrests in Canada
LONDON, June 7: British police said on Wednesday they had arrested a man under anti-terrorism powers at an airport in northern England, an operation the BBC reported was linked to a security swoop last week in Canada....
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30 Taliban killed
KABUL, June 7: Twenty-five suspected Taliban were killed in a five-day sweep of a known rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan while five more were killed in a skirmish on Wednesday, military officials said....
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Al Qaeda defeated, says Saudi king
RIYADH, June 7: Saudi Arabia has overcome ‘a violent campaign by Al Qaeda militants’, King Abdullah was quoted as saying by Saudi newspapers on Wednesday....
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Soldier hurt in blast
MIRAMSHAH, June 7: One soldier and a passer-by were wounded when an army vehicle hit an explosive device near Chashma Bridge in the North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday, officials said....
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