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| August 06, 2006 | Sunday | Rajab 10, 1427 |
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Pakistan, India expel diplomats: Delhi warns ties can be undermined
ISLAMABAD / NEW DELHI, Aug 5: Pakistan and India each expelled one of the other’s diplomats on Saturday, casting a dark shadow on bilateral ties already strained in the aftermath of the Mumbai bomb blasts.... 
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70 killed in NWFP rain, floods: Mardan bridge collapses
PESHAWAR, Aug 5: At least 70 people were killed – 50 of them in one incident – as rains and flash-floods continued to cause devastation in various parts of the NWFP and tribal areas on Saturday....
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US, France agree on draft resolution
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 5: The UN Securitry Council on Saturday began consultations on a draft resolution agreed by the United States and France that calls for a “full cessation of hostilities” between Hezbollah and Israel....
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Lebanon braves heavy bombing
TYRE, Aug 5: Israeli naval commandos landed in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Saturday, storming an apartment block and killing three Hezbollah militants in fierce clashes before returning to Israel....
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Two gas pipelines blown up
MULTAN, Aug 5: Two of the three gas pipelines running from Sui in Balochistan to Punjab were blown up early on Saturday near Goth Mazari on the confluence of inter-provincial boundary in Rajanpur district....
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Tribesman dies in blast
QUETTA, Aug 5: A Bugti man was killed and two others injured when a landmine exploded in Gandoi area of Dera Bugti district, while security forces seized arms and ammunition in Haft Wali area, on Saturday....
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Karachi rail link restored
KARACHI, Aug 5: Pakistan Railways resumed normal train service, with the exception of a few trains that take an extra hour to reach Hyderabad as they passed through a makeshift bridge near Ran Pathani railway station in Thatta district....
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Standard of life to be improved: PM: Rs7.5bn for drinking water plan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday that the government was committed to bringing qualitative improvement in the life of people through income-generating activities and the network of...
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Shakai blast termed suicide bombing
WANA, Aug 5: Investigators on Saturday termed the Friday’s blast in Shakai in the South Waziristan Agency a suicide attack....
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Malaysia rejects talks with Israel
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has rejected a call from Israel for dialogue aimed at reaching a resolution to the Middle East crisis, a media report said on Saturday....
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Seven Iraqi troops killed
KIRKUK, Aug 5: Iraqi guerillas gunned down five soldiers in Kirkuk and killed two policemen in a separate bomb attack on Saturday, as government forces stepped up their campaign to regain control of the country....
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Two Afghan policemen die in bomb explosion
KABUL, Aug 5: Two police officers were killed and eight others wounded on Saturday in a roadside bomb aimed at a district governor in Afghanistan’s troubled south, an official spokesman said....
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Rice due at UN
WASHINGTON, Aug 5: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was expected at the United Nations early next week, after the United States and France agreed a draft resolution on the Lebanon conflict, her spokesman said Saturday....
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Rain, floods flatten AJK shelters
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 5: Rains flattened dozens of houses and temporary shelters in different areas of Azad Kashmir on Saturday and in a house collapse incident in district Poonch eight people were injured, police and residents said....
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‘Green channel’ revived, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday announced the revival of ‘green channel’ and asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to direct the customs’ airport staff to stop harassing incoming international passengers....
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Opposition boycotts AJK Council election
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 5: The opposition in the AJK Legislative Assembly on Saturday boycotted the election for a vacant seat of the AJK Council which was won by the Muslim Conference candidate Mallick Pervez Akhtar....
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Transporters block National Highway
QUETTA, Aug 5: Traffic remained suspended for 12 hours on the Quetta-Karachi-Taftan section of the National Highway which was blocked by transporters on the call of All Balochistan Transport Action Committee to protest against shifting of bus stand to Hazarganji....
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World community asked to convince India on talks
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 5: AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir has urged the international community to pressurise India not to halt the peace process in the larger interest of the region....
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