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| August 12, 2006 | Saturday | Rajab 16, 1427 |
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UK national gave lead to thwart plot
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Aug 11: A British national, Rashid Rauf, who was arrested by an intelligence agency provided a lead to thwart the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights, sources said.... 
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Hand luggage restrictions
LAHORE, Aug 11: The Pakistan International Airlines has imposed hand luggage restrictions on all its international flights following the anti-terrorist alert in the UK....
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Opposition urges PM to resign: NA debates PSM privatisation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: The opposition targeted Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday, asking him to resign and face criminal charges, as the National Assembly began a debate on the scrapped sale of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM)....
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Shujaat, Mushahid elected unopposed: PML election
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Mushahid Hussain Syed have been re-elected unopposed, respectively as president and secretary general of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML)....
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Israel gives orders for wider war: 15 killed in airstrikes
BEIRUT, Aug 11: Strikes by Israeli warplanes across Lebanon on Friday killed 15 civilians, including 11 in an attack on a key bridge....
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Key powers agree on amended peace deal
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11: The United States and France negotiating a resolution which seeks to end hostilities in Lebanon on Friday reached an agreement and the resolution could be adopted by late Friday night....
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Commission discusses cross-border movement
TANK, Aug 11: A tripartite commission comprising Pakistan, Afghanistan and US military officials held a flag meeting in Angoor Adda in South Waziristan on Friday and discussed cross-border movement of militants in the area, officials said....
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Independent judiciary key to rule of law: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said an independent judiciary was vital to “ensure accountability of public authorities and to interpret, enforce the rule of law and the Constitution”....
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ANP joins move to oust govt
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Friday announced to join the combined opposition in its move against the army dictatorship and for the cause of restoration of democracy, supremacy of parliament, independent election commission and judiciary....
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UN probe into Israeli attacks demanded
GENEVA, Aug 11: Muslim nations tabled a draft resolution at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday calling for an urgent ‘high-level’ commission of inquiry into ‘systematic’ Israeli attacks on civilians in Lebanon....
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Justice Haleem passes away
KARACHI, Aug 11: Former chief justice Mohammad Haleem died of renal failure at his DHA residence here on Friday morning. He was 81....
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Israel asks US to speed up delivery of arms
New York, Aug 11: Israel has asked the Bush administration for speedy delivery of short-range antipersonnel rockets armed with cluster munitions, which it could use to strike Hezbollah missile...
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40 arrested in Italy over bomb plot
ROME, Aug 11: Forty suspects have been arrested in Italy during a police operation launched in the wake of the terrorist plot to blow up US-bound airplanes, the ANSA news agency reported....
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5 policemen killed in Assam blast
GUWAHATI, Aug 11: Five policemen were killed and another wounded on Friday when suspected separatist militants attacked a police convoy in the restive north-eastern Indian state of Assam, an official said....
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President for exploiting ‘space benefits’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: President Pervez Musharraf on Friday expressed the government’s resolve to put Pakistan on the world map of space-faring nations and asked the Suparco to develop the country’s capacity...
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Two shot dead in Gilgit
GILGIT, Aug 11: Two villagers were shot dead in separate incidents occurring on Thursday and Friday in Sharote village, some 25km west of Gilgit....
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Pakistan’s cooperation saved many lives: Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday telephoned President Gen Pervez Musharraf to convey his gratitude for the key role Pakistan had played in uncovering and foiling the terrorist plot in London....
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US, Pakistan agree to work in IT sector
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11: The United States and Pakistan on Friday agreed to work together to enhance and upgrade IT disciplines in major universities, promote broadband internet and increase computer usage in Pakistan....
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