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| July 06, 2006 | Thursday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 9, 1427 |
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25 killed in Dera Bugti operation: Arms cache seized
QUETTA, July 5: Security forces, backed by helicopter gunships, claimed killing at least 25 militants on Wednesday in an operation in the Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti district.... 
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Bid to kill Bugti foiled, claims JWP
QUETTA, July 5: The Jamhoori Watan Party has alleged that the government used jet fighters and helicopters on July 3 in a bid to kill its chief Nawab Akbar Bugti in...
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Northern Areas to get dam royalty: Musharraf seeks support for PML
GILGIT, July 5: The Northern Areas will get the royalty of Diamer-Bhasha dam, says President General Pervez Musharraf....
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LHC notice on scientist’s arrest
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi circuit bench, has summoned the interior secretary to explain reasons for the arrest of a nuclear scientist....
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China and Russia oppose sanctions on N. Korea
UNITED NATIONS, July 5: China and Russia on Wednesday urged caution on the part of the UN Security Council in responding to North Korea’s missile tests and indicated they would oppose...
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Missile test by N. Korea cause for concern: PM
GENEVA, July 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said Pakistan shared concerns over the nature of North Korean missile test as it believed in discouraging acts which created uncertainty and tension in any part of the world....
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Israeli tanks push into Gaza
GAZA, July 5: Israeli tanks pushed into an industrial zone in the northern Gaza Strip late on Wednesday, advancing several hundred metres, witnesses said....
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PC may consider revamping PSM: Detailed SC judgment awaited: minister
ISLAMABAD, July 5: Minister for Privatisation and Investment Zahid Hamid has said that if the ministry of industries and production recommended revamping of Pakistan Steel Mills, the Privatisation Commission would consider it....
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Heatwave claims 16 lives in Sindh
SUKKUR/KHAIRPUR, July 5: Sixteen people have died over the past two days as an excruciating heatwave, which has lately singed much of the province, showed sings of a let-up following a monsoon downpour in lower Sindh on Wednesday afternoon....
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Retailers get sugar from USC
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The Utility Stores Corporation (USC) on Wednesday announced sale of sugar through retail outlets in different parts of the country at subsidised rates to increase the availability of the commodity and stabilise its price....
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Pakistan, Turkey vow to boost ties
ANKARA, July 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to further strengthen ties in economic, political and defence fields besides closer cooperation in all areas....
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40 Afghan army officers hurt in blast
KABUL, July 5: Forty Afghan army officers were wounded, most of them lightly, in a bomb blast that struck an army bus in Kabul early Wednesday, the defence ministry said....
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‘Trail cold in Osama hunt’
GENEVA, July 5: Reports that Osama bin Laden is hiding along the rugged Afghanistan-Pakistan border are purely speculative and nobody hunting the Al Qaeda chief knows where he is, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday....
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18 killed in attacks across Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 5: Eighteen people were killed in attacks around Iraq on Wednesday, including a car bomb in western Baghdad that killed six people and wounded 17, according to security officials....
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Indian firm in bid for N-plant
WASHINGTON, July 5: After initial endorsement of the Indo-US nuclear deal by two key congressional committees, an Indian company is now seeking bids for setting up a 2,400 MW nuclear power plant in India....
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Zidane penalty takes France into final
MUNICH, July 5: Zinedine Zidane stepped up to the penalty spot and coolly put France into the World Cup final, scoring the only goal to give his team a 1-0 win over Portugal....
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Scholarships offered to Thai Muslims
ISLAMABAD, July 5: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has offered scholarships to Thai Muslim teachers and students for postgraduate studies in the public-sector universities of the country....
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Yet another blast in Dera
DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 5: A bomb blast in Gaddai market on the Dera-Quetta Road on Wednesday suspended the inter-provincial traffic. It was the second blast in the district within a fortnight which, however, caused no casualty....
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