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| June 22, 2006 | Thursday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1427 |
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US seeks early Iran response: Reply to N-offer by Aug 22: Tehran
VIENNA, June 21: US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday Iran was taking too long to respond to an offer of incentives to halt nuclear work, and urged it to reply within weeks.... 
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SC asked to consider PSM buyers’ plans: Land to be used for no other purpose: AG
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The government on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to consider investment plans of new buyers of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and, if not satisfied, set up an investigation commission instead of striking down the sale....
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National Assembly approves budget
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The National Assembly passed the new federal budget on Wednesday, rejecting a rare opposition challenge that the Finance Bill was not fit to be treated as a money bill because it amended several laws beyond its scope....
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Ministry calls for varsity fee hike
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been asked by the ministry of finance to meet its Rs6 billion shortfall in recurring expenses through a hike in fees of all public sector universities in the new financial year....
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Journalist ‘missing’ since March
KARACHI, June 21: A journalist working with a private television news channel has gone missing since March while filming a military base used by US forces, his company said on Wednesday....
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SC orders action against torture cells
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Sindh police to take effective action to abolish torture cells allegedly being operated by some police officials....
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‘Indecent note’ sparks rumpus in assembly
KARACHI, June 21: Opposition members of the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday swooped on a minority lawmaker belonging to the ruling PML when a PPP woman legislator complained that he had sent her an unsolicited note bearing “indecent remarks”....
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Saddam’s lawyer shot dead: 80 workers kidnapped
BAGHDAD, June 21: One of Saddam Hussein’s main lawyers was shot dead on Wednesday after men in police uniform took him from his home, relatives said, the third defence attorney to be killed since the trial opened in October....
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Tehran rules out discount on gas
TEHRAN, June 21: Iran will not sell its gas at knock-down rates to India and Pakistan, a senior oil official said on Wednesday amid a pricing dispute in talks over a planned pipeline....
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3 militiamen die in blast
MIRAMSHAH, June 21: Three personnel of the Kurram Militia were killed and as many wounded when they were struck by a time device near Epi village on the Bannu-Miramshah road on Wednesday....
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Argentina, Holland draw; I. Coast win
FRANKFURT, June 21: Argentina and Netherlands cancelled each other out in a 0-0 World Cup Group C draw on Wednesday. The Argentines finished top on goal difference and will meet Mexico in Leipzig in the second round on Saturday....
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Restructuring of Wapda soon, says Jatoi
ISLAMABAD, June 21: Restructuring of Wapda will be completed in two to three months by giving financial independence to its distribution and generation companies, says Water and Power Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi....
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‘Al Qaeda air raid plans foiled in ’03’: Karachi US mission one of targets
WASHINGTON, June 21: Al Qaeda planned to hijack a plane from London Heathrow Airport in 2003 and smash it into a London skyscraper, a US television network reported on Wednesday, quoting an American government report....
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Army copter crash leaves four dead
BANNU, June 21: Four army personnel were killed when their helicopter crashed into the Baran Dam in the Mohmandkhel area on Wednesday morning, witnesses and officials said....
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Banned group’s leader arrested
KARACHI, June 21: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested the Balochistan chief of a banned group, Usman Kurd alias Saifullah, in a pre-dawn raid in Mauripur area....
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Annan deplores Israeli attack
UNITED NATIONS, June 21: UN Secretary Kofi Annan on Wednesday deplored the killing of three children and the injury of other bystanders in an attempted Israeli targeted killing of alleged militants in Gaza....
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SC takes notice of journalist’s murder
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu notice of the murder of tribal area journalist Hayatullah Khan, whose body was found on Friday about seven months after...
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Army being used by US, says Qazi
ISLAMABAD, June 21: President Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Qazi Hussain Ahmad has alleged that Pakistan Army is being used for the interests of America....
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