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| August 07, 2006 | Monday | Rajab 11, 1427 |
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12 Israeli troops die in rocket attacks: 19 Lebanese civilians killed
BEIRUT, Aug 6: Hezbollah killed 12 Israeli soldiers and three civilians on Sunday in its deadliest rocket strike yet and Israeli bombs killed 19 Lebanese civilians as Lebanon rejected a draft UN resolution to end the 26-day-old war.... 
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Syria ‘ready for regional war’: Attacks won’t stop soon: Rice
BEIRUT, Aug 6: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Sunday said Damascus was ready for regional war and condemned a draft UN resolution seeking to end the violence in Lebanon as merely a recipe for more conflict....
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Mardan disaster: 20 more bodies found
MARDAN/GILGIT/MIRPUR, Aug 6: Twenty more bodies were recovered from Kalpani nullah on Sunday, bringing the death toll in the Mardan bridge collapse to 44, while elsewhere in the NWFP, six members...
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‘Very high flood’ to hit Guddu on Aug 11-12
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) on Sunday advised the Sindh government to take precautionary measures ahead of an expected ‘very high flood’ that would hit Guddu barrage on Aug 11-12....
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Army on alert for relief work
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday that the armed forces had been alerted to undertake relief and rescue operations in flood-hit areas of the NWFP....
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Indian consulate involved in terror acts, Iran told
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Islamabad has conveyed its concern to Tehran that the Indian consulate in Zahidan is involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan....
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Arabs find key element missing in draft resolution
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 6: Arab diplomats at the United Nations on Sunday expressed serious reservations over the proposed US-French draft resolution and maintained that one crucial element missing in the draft...
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‘Suicide bomber’ killed in Hub
QUETTA, Aug 6: A suspected suicide bomber riding a bicycle was killed on Sunday in Hub, police said....
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Natwar targets Manmohan with privilege move NEW DELHI, Aug 6: In a move that could disrupt India’s current pro-US tilt and related diplomatic postures, former foreign minister Kunwar Natwar Singh decided on Sunday to move a privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....
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US calls for resolution of new row in S. Asia
WASHINGTON, Aug 6: The US advised India and Pakistan on Sunday to resolve the latest row over the expulsion of diplomats between themselves....
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‘Sanctions to speed up uranium enrichment’
TEHRAN, Aug 6: Iran vowed on Sunday to expand its atomic fuel work and warned that any UN sanctions aimed at halting its uranium enrichment would incur a painful riposte, possibly including a cut in oil exports....
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Hiroshima calls for N-free world
HIROSHIMA, Aug 6: The Japanese city of Hiroshima marked the 61st anniversary of the world’s first atomic attack on Sunday with renewed calls for a nuclear-free world....
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Widespread rain forecast
KARACHI, Aug 6: The Met Office has forecast widespread rain/thundershowers with isolated moderate to heavy falls in Karachi and other regions of Sindh and in Balochistan on Sunday night and Monday.—PPI...
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30pc trains operating from Hyderabad
HYDERABAD, Aug 6: About 30 per cent rail traffic is still originating from and terminating at the Hyderabad railway station, instead of Karachi....
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Haj forms for banks from today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Banks will receive applications from intending Haj pilgrims from Monday till 21st of this month for coming Haj....
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US relaxes visa rules for Pakistani students
WASHINGTON, Aug 6: US authorities have started helping Pakistani students who are admitted to various American institutions but are unable to come because of visa restrictions, a senior Pakistani activist said on Sunday....
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Pakistani family takes refuge in Winnipeg church
WINNIPEG, Aug 6: Hassan Raza and his wife say they have been warned that a warrant for their arrest may be issued after they and their six children took sanctuary in...
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New voters’ list to be published on May 30
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The process of distribution and collection of voter enrolment forms would be completed by Sept 11, said Election Commission secretary Kanwar Mohammad Dilshad here on Sunday....
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