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| June 10, 2006 | Saturday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1427 |
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Past champions kick off World Cup party
MUNICH, June 9: Bavarian goatherds marching to the crack of long whips, traditional cowbell ringers and 170 former champions from around the world, opened the World Cup in Germany on Friday,...
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New US threat of UNSC action against Iran
WASHINGTON, June 9: President George W. Bush said on Friday that if Iran does not respond soon to a package of incentives offered earlier this week, the United States will take the matter to the UN Security Council....
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Probe launched into Karachi share crash
KARACHI, June 9: The Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) said on Friday it was carrying out a probe into the recent plunge in the share market which saw the...
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Govt claims questioned in NA
ISLAMABAD, June 9: Opposition lawmakers questioned the government’s claims about its economic performance in the National Assembly during a general debate on the new federal budget on Friday....
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‘Zarqawi briefly survived attack’
WASHINGTON, June 9: Al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi briefly survived a US air strike and was conscious enough to try to roll off a gurney and get away after US...
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Zarqawi’s death will not end war: Bush
WASHINGTON, June 9: US President George W. Bush said on Friday he does not believe the death of Al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi will bring immediate stability to Iraq....
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Blast in Hub restaurant; 11 injured
QUETTA, June 9: Eleven people were injured when a bomb exploded in a restaurant in the industrial town of Hub on Friday. “Five of the victims have been taken to Karachi for serious wounds,” sources said....
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Six activists of banned outfit arrested
RAHIM YAR KHAN, June 9: Six activists of an outlawed sectarian organisation, allegedly involved in murder, robbery and sectarian terrorism cases, were arrested during a raid here on Friday....
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Bush hints at ‘emptying’ Guantanamo prison
CAMP DAVID, June 9: US President George Bush said on Friday that he hoped to ‘empty’ the US-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by sending some detainees home and trying the most dangerous in US courts....
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Seven picnickers killed in Israeli attack
GAZA CITY, June 9: Seven Palestinians, including three young children, were killed on Friday while on a day out at the seaside in the Gaza Strip when they came under fire from Israeli artillery....
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Kashmiris have no role in talks: Sinha
ISLAMABAD, June 9: Former Indian foreign minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday said there was no place for Kashmiris in Pakistan-India talks and asked Islamabad to take care of Indian security concerns to make the peace process a success through quiet diplomacy....
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Mirwaiz condemns Geelani’s arrest
New Delhi, June 9: Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday condemned the incarceration of Syed Ali Shah Geelani by Indian authorities in Jammu on Wednesday, signalling moves for a major rapprochement between the estranged leaders of Kashmiri resistance....
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Balochistan seeks IPI gas pipeline royalty
QUETTA, June 9: The Balochistan Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday demanding royalty for the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline....
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Jirga orders marriage of girl into rival family
SUKKUR, June 9: A girl here fell victim to a village jirga which ordered that she be married into a rival family to settle a karo-kari dispute....
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Victim’s father seeks end to violence
WASHINGTON, June 9: The father of Nicholas Berg, a US contractor believed to have been beheaded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq, sees no good coming from Al-Zarqawi’s death....
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Ambassador Durrani calls on Rice
WASHINGTON, June 9: Pakistan’s new Ambassador to the United States Mahmud Ali Durrani presented his preliminary credentials to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday....
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US lauds steps against human trafficking
ISLAMABAD, June 9: The United State sixth annual ‘Trafficking in Persons’ report, released this month, appreciated Pakistan’s efforts to curb human trafficking....
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Govt working for betterment of people, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, June 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that government is working to maintain the tempo of the growth achieved during the last few years and its vision is to achieve higher growth with dignity and equity....
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