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| July 22, 2006 | Saturday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 25, 1427 |
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New Delhi spurns probe help offer: Three blast suspects held
NEW DELHI, July 21: India does not see President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s July 20 remarks on the Mumbai blasts as helpful, an Indian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.... 
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A ‘rehash of baseless allegations’, says FO
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Pakistan on Friday rejected what it called a “rehash of baseless allegations” made by the spokesperson of Indian Ministry of External Affairs in response to President Musharraf’s offer...
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Militants free four paramilitary men: More concessions likely
PESHAWAR, July 21: Authorities in the North Waziristan tribal region are considering to offer more concessions as militants on Friday freed four paramilitary troops, reciprocating the release of their men by the government on Thursday....
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Over 70 held in Landi Kotal after clashes
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 21: Political authorities of the Khyber Agency on Friday rounded up over 70 Zakhakhel tribesmen from a bazaar area in the Landi Kotal tehsil after three days of bloody clashes....
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Kashmir demilitarisation proposal supported
WASHINGTON, July 21: US Congressman Dan Burton has said that demilitarisation will be helpful in resolving the Kashmir conflict....
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US official defends F-16 deal
WASHINGTON, July 21: Pakistan is likely to get congressional approval for the proposed $5.1 billion arms package, including F-16 aircraft, despite the battering it received at a panel hearing on the deal....
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Is cheap land for pricey Mercs a fair deal?
ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Punjab government, on the instructions of the centre, is all set to acquire by force about 1,200 acres of prime agricultural land in the Sheikhupura district at...
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Rebuilding may take three to five years: Aziz: Rs45bn given to victims
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said that 400,000 houses had been destroyed or damaged in the Oct 8 earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Frontier province....
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Kabul to free 17 Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Afghanistan government has agreed to free 17 Pakistani prisoners and a joint committee has been formed to pursue cases of other detainees, Interior Ministry officials said on Friday....
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Pakistani gets 30-year jail in US
NEW YORK, July 21: A Pakistani convicted of helping Al Qaeda was sentenced here on Thursday to 30 years in prison....
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Israel prepares to invade Lebanon
BEIRUT, July 21: Israel mobilised thousands more troops on Friday after warning it could launch a ground invasion of Lebanon to defeat Hezbollah, despite calls for a ceasefire and predictions of humanitarian catastrophe....
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Indian suspect held in Kenya
MOMBASA (Kenya), July 21: Kenyan police said on Friday they had arrested an Indian terror suspect based on intelligence from New Delhi but the man was refusing to cooperate with authorities....
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Indian troops kill five in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, July 21: Indian troops shot dead five militants in raids on two hideouts in a village in occupied Kashmir on Friday, the army said....
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$1.3bn higher education plan proposed to US
WASHINGTON, July 21: Pakistan has proposed a $1.3 billion 10-year education plan to the US to help improve the quality of higher education in the country and to promote science and technology....
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Two boys handed over to India
MUZAFFARABAD, July 21: Pakistan on Friday handed over two teenage Kashmiri boys to India at the Line of Control in the southern Poonch district....
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Musharraf stresses greater women role
ISLAMABAD, July 21: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for bringing women to mainstream life to achieve sustainable economic development in the country....
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MMA, TNFJ condemn attacks on Lebanon
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday staged a protest demonstration to condemn Israeli attacks on Lebanon and killing of innocent people there....
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48 journalists attacked in six months: report
ISLAMABAD, July 21: Media in Pakistan faced at least 48 recorded incidents of attacks and harassment during the first six months (January 1 to June 30) of the current year in...
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