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| June 26, 2006 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 29, 1427 |
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Waziristan militants offer ceasefire
PESHAWAR, June 25: Militants in the restive North Waziristan Agency on Sunday offered a conditional one month’s ceasefire but said they would have the right to defend themselves if attacked by security forces.... 
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Rocket hits hotel on main road in Quetta
QUETTA, June 25: Two rooms of a hotel on the Jinnah Road were damaged and a man was injured when four rockets were fired in different localities of Quetta on Sunday evening....
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Be realistic, Shujaat tells politicians
LAHORE, June 25: Ruling PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Husain says the role of army in politics cannot be ended overnight and all political parties should make a realistic assessment of their...
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JUI-F wants graduation condition removed
ISLAMABAD, June 25: The central working committee (Shoora) of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) on Sunday criticised what it called the government’s ‘lopsided’ privatisation policy and declared that it would nationalise the...
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CCI will be formed soon, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD June 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said a summary for nomination of Council of Common Interest (CCI) members has been sent for the president’s approval....
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Two power plants approved
ISLAMABAD, June 25: With about 1700-mw estimated power shortfall in three major cities (of Punjab) by January 2,007, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has allowed the setting up of two...
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India says no to demilitarisation
NEW DELHI, June 25: India’s defence minister on Sunday rejected a call by Pakistan for troop cuts in Kashmir to push forward a slow-moving peace process, citing a recent spiral of violence in the region....
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New clashes in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, June 25: Four militants and a federal policeman were killed on Sunday in ongoing clashes in revolt-hit held Kashmir, an army spokesman said....
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Iran may use oil as weapon
TEHRAN, June 25: Iran on Sunday repeated threats that it was ready to use its massive oil exports as a weapon to defend itself if it felt in danger in an international dispute over its atomic programme....
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Large parts of Afghanistan under Taliban control: Omar
ISLAMABAD, June 25: A private television channel on Sunday broadcast what it said was an audiotape from the fugitive leader of the ousted Taliban militia, Mulla Omar, claiming his fighters still controlled large parts of Afghanistan....
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Karzai wants operation coordinated with tribes KABUL, June 25: Two coalition soldiers were killed during combat in southern Afghanistan that also left about 45 suspected militants dead, military officials said on Sunday, as President Hamid Karzai called...
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Anti-terror judge killed in Gilgit
GILGIT, June 25: An unknown gunman shot dead a judge dealing with anti-terrorism cases here, police said on Sunday. Judge Jamshed Khan and his bodyguard were on an evening stroll in...
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Three FC men injured
MIRAMSHAH, June 25: Three Frontier Constabulary men were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on them near Banda checkpost, two kilometres from North Waziristan Agency headquarters, on Sunday, officials and witnesses said....
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Talks with US to focus on non-nuclear energy
WASHINGTON, June 25: Pakistan and the United States will begin first round of formal talks on energy here on Monday with focus on seeking US cooperation for developing non-nuclear means of energy....
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Iraqi PM unveils peace plan
BAGHDAD, June 25: Iraq’s prime minister presented a plan for national reconciliation to parliament on Sunday, but Nuri al-Maliki was short on detail on how he aims to end what he called the “ugly picture” of life in Iraq....
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Four Russian hostages in Iraq killed
CAIRO, June 25: An Al Qaeda-linked group said on Sunday it has killed four Russian hostages in Iraq, according to a statement posted on the Internet....
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Newly-wed couple shot dead
ABBOTTABAD, June 25: A newly-wed couple were shot dead on the order of a local jirga in the Phulra village in Mansehra. The girl, Nazia, of the Bagal tribe had married...
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Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza attack
RAFAH, June 25: Palestinian militants launched on Sunday their first deadly raid into Israel from Gaza since an Israeli pullout last year, killing two soldiers and abducting another in an assault in which two attackers died....
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Portugal reach quarterfinals beating Dutch
NUREMBERG, June 25: Maniche scored the only goal of a ugly match on Sunday to put Portugal into the World Cup quarterfinals after a 1-0 win over the Netherlands....
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US plea to locate Dr Sarki
WASHINGTON, June 25: The US administration and some lawmakers are reported to have urged Pakistan to find a Pakistani-American who was taken from his house in Karachi in February this year and has not been heard from since....
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