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| June 19, 2006 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 22, 1427 |
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Motorways may be pledged for Rs6bn loan
ISLAMABAD, June 18: The government has decided to pledge most of national highway and motorway assets to a consortium of banks to raise Rs6 billion in loans to meet its expanding maintenance backlog.... 
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US not a hurdle to gas pipeline project: Aziz
KARACHI, June 18: Dispelling an impression that the United States was a hurdle to the Pakistan-Iran-India gas pipeline project, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Sunday that the project was...
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Two tribesmen shot dead
MIRAMSHAH, June 18: Troops shot dead two tribesmen in Spinwam area of the North Waziristan Agency on Sunday and arrested five people and found hand-grenades in their possession....
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World’s first full face transplant planned
LONDON, June 18: A London hospital is set to give the go-ahead for a surgeon to conduct the world’s first full face transplant, The Sunday Times newspaper said....
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Iran rejects talks on Iraq with US: No precondition for N-dialogue
TEHRAN, June 18: Iran confirmed on Sunday it would not be holding direct talks on Iraq with the United States, but said it was Washington’s “unreasonable” attitude that was to blame....
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UK troops advance against Taliban
KABUL, June 18: British forces have pushed deeper and faster than expected into lawless territory in southern Afghanistan, setting up outposts in towns that have seen no security presence for decades, their commander said on Sunday....
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S. Korea hold France to draw
LEIPZIG, June 18: France were held to a 1-1 draw by a dogged South Korea side on Sunday that left Group G wide open after the former champions missed a series of late chances....
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‘US-India nuclear deal bilateral arrangement’: Pakistan should be treated at par: president
BEIJING, June 18: President Pervez Musharraf has termed the recent US-Indian nuclear deal a bilateral arrangement and said Pakistan should be treated on equal footing for maintaining the regional geo-strategic balance....
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Allied forces surround ‘rebel bastion’ Ramadi
BAGHDAD, June 18: US and Iraqi forces were surrounding the Sunni rebel bastion of Ramadi on Sunday with new checkpoints on all the town’s entry and exit roads as Al Qaeda...
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Wanted man arrested in Quetta, flown to Karachi
Quetta, June 18: Law-enforcement agencies have arrested Abdul Rehman ‘Dakait’, wanted in a large number of criminal cases in Sindh and Balochistan, and moved him to Karachi by air for interrogation....
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‘Al Qaeda planned gas attack in NY’
NEW YORK, June 18: Al Qaeda came within 45 days of attacking the New York subway system with a lethal gas in 2003 when the plan was called off by Osama...
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Deaths in Guantanamo; Riyadh orders autopsy
RIYADH, June 18: Saudi authorities have ordered post-mortems on the bodies of two nationals repatriated from the US prison in Guantanamo Bay....
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Japan may announce Iraq pullout
TOKYO, June 18: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is considering announcing an end to Japan’s military mission in Iraq ahead of his meeting with US President George W....
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Ajmer shrine rejects bar on women
NEW DELHI, June 18: The khadims of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s shrine in Ajmer have rejected demands by some of its officials to ban women from praying there, the Hindu reported on Sunday....
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Judicial probe into journalist’s murder
KARACHI, June 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday announced that a judicial inquiry would be conducted into the killing of journalist Hayatullah Khan and a compensation of Rs500,000 would be paid to the bereaved family....
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23 killed in Kashmir accident
JAMMU, June 18: At least 23 people were killed and an equal number hurt on Sunday when a truck filled with workers plunged into a gorge in occupied Kashmir, police said....
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Pakistan maintains ambiguity on bid for top UN slot
ISLAMABAD, June 18: It appears for now Pakistan has decided to keep everyone guessing on whether or not it would field a candidate for the top UN slot and put the Asian contenders on tenterhooks....
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Washington may help train security officials
RAWALPINDI, June 18: The US has offered Pakistan help in training personnel of provincial law-enforcement agencies and capacity building for prosecutors, Dawn learnt reliably on Sunday....
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