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| July 16, 2006 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 19, 1427 |
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Fear of regional war rises as Beirut pounded: 20 killed while fleeing Israeli hostility
BEIRUT, July 15: Israel killed at least 32 civilians on Saturday, including 15 children, in air strikes meant to punish Lebanon for letting Hezbollah guerillas target the Jewish state’s northern border.... 
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Bush, Putin call for end to ME violence
SAINT PETERSBURG, July 15: US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin appealed on Saturday for an end to the raging violence in the Middle East, but clashed...
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BJP against hot pursuit; CPI for talks to continue
NEW DELHI, July 15: As the Indian government pondered a tough line against Pakistan on Saturday, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party opposed a hot pursuit of suspected terrorists across the border...
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ARD moves NA on law & order
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Opposition members belonging to the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy submitted an adjournment motion at the National Assembly secretariat on Saturday, seeking a debate on law and order...
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Violence in Karachi as Turabi laid to rest
KARACHI, July 15: Enraged youths attending the funeral procession of Allama Hasan Turabi set on fire a number of vehicles, a fast food outlet and a petrol pump and damaged other property here on Saturday....
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7pc growth target achievable, says Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, July 15: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said the growth target of 7 per cent set for the current fiscal year is achievable through yield intensification in the agriculture and higher productivity in the industrial sector....
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Release of 2 militants ordered
PESHAWAR, July 15: The government on Saturday ordered release of two tribal militants known to have harboured foreign militants in South Waziristan in what is seen as a major concession to militants battling the armed forces in the restive tribal region....
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No lead to Mumbai blasts found
MUMBAI, July 15: Hundreds of investigators questioned suspects and scanned international telephone calls made after this week’s deadly Mumbai blasts on Saturday....
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‘Infiltration’ slightly up: New Delhi
SRINAGAR, July 15: Militants’ infiltration from the Pakistani side of Kashmir has risen slightly but showed no ‘drastic’ increase, a top Indian army official has claimed....
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Afghan clashes leave 60 dead
KANDAHAR, July 15: Afghan and coalition forces said on Saturday they had killed nearly 60 rebels in major clashes with insurgents in southern Afghanistan over the past two days....
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Iran rejects calls for nuclear freeze
TEHRAN, July 15: Iran’s leadership has rejected demands to freeze sensitive nuclear work contained in an international proposal aimed at resolving the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear drive, an official was quoted as saying on Saturday....
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No gas sale to India, Pakistan for now: Iran
TEHRAN, July 15: Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh said Iran will not sell its gas to India and Pakistan at their proposed price, IRNA reported....
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Saudi king holds talks with Iran
JEDDAH, July 15: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah held talks with Iran’s top national security official Ali Larijani on Saturday, expected to focus on Israeli offensive in Lebanon and Palestinian territories....
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Petroleum prices unchanged
ISLAMABAD, July 15: The prices of petroleum products in the country will remain unchanged for the coming fortnight. This was announced by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) here on Saturday....
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PSM proposal not received, claims ministry of industries
ISLAMABAD, July 15: No proposal for revamping the Pakistan Steel Mills has so far been received from the mill management, therefore, the question of having agreed to the proposal does not...
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12 Bugti commanders ‘surrender’
Quetta, July 15: Twelve commanders of Nawab Akbar Bugti, belonging to the Massori Bugti clan, on Saturday surrendered before authorities along with their 80 supporters....
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Aziz asks PIA to improve service
ISLAMABAD, July 15: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday asked the Pakistan International Airline to take measures to cope with the unprecedented and precipitous increase in oil prices in the international market....
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Arrest not linked to Mumbai blasts: FO
ISLAMABAD, July 15: The Foreign Office on Saturday said that the reported arrest of two Pakistani nationals in Nepal was in connection with an old case and had no link with the Mumbai blasts as alleged in media reports....
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