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| August 13, 2006 | Sunday | Rajab 17, 1427 |
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UN tells Israel to withdraw troops: SC wants immediate cessation of fighting
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12: After weeks of inaction, the UN Security Council Friday night unanimously adopted a resolution that calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities followed by the deployment of... 
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Israel pours more troops as heavy fight rages
BEIRUT, Aug 12: More Israeli troops poured into Lebanon on Saturday, capturing a broader swathe of territory in heavy fighting with Hezbollah guerillas, as both sides said they would obey a UN resolution on a truce — but not yet....
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Hezbollah agrees to observe truce
BEIRUT, Aug 12: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday his guerillas would observe a UN resolution to end fighting with Israel once the timing of the truce was agreed and adhered to by Israel....
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Opposition asks PM to face charges
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The opposition on Saturday continued its attack on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz asking him to resign and face criminal charges in the court, during the second day of...
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Brawl mars PML council meeting: Party election endorsed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The general council meeting of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League on Saturday was marred by outbursts of verbal abuses and exchange of blows between rival groups from Sindh....
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Phone call prompted arrests in terror plan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: An intercept of a telephone call made from Pakistan to Britain that urged plotters to go ahead with attacks on US-bound jetliners played a crucial role in foiling the alleged terror plan, Pakistani officials said on Saturday....
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UK plotters linked to Al Qaeda in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, Aug 12: Plotters of the conspiracy to blow up airliners were linked to an Al Qaeda terrorist cell operating inside Afghanistan, according to Pakistan’s US envoy....
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Loadshedding to continue
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Wapda has expressed its inability to drastically cut the ongoing loadshedding across the country due to what it termed “faults on transmission/distribution networks and routine maintenance shutdowns on power stations”....
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Flood peak to pass Guddu in 24 hours
KARACHI, Aug 12: A high flood peak is heading towards the Guddu Barrage, where River Indus was flowing in medium flood, while it is in low flood at Sukkur and flowing normally at Kotri....
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Forecast for rain
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The meteorological office on Saturday forecast rain and thunderstorm at scattered places in upper Punjab, upper NWFP, eastern Balochistan, Sindh and Kashmir during next 24 hours....
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100 tigers, 27 troops killed in Lanka fight
COLOMBO, Aug 12: Sri Lankan war planes bombed Tiger rebel positions on Saturday as the fiercest fighting since a 2002 ceasefire left at least 127 people dead, the military said amid mounting concern for civilians....
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BJP prods India to attack Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Aug 12: India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government to “attack Pakistan and Bangladesh” to dismantle alleged terrorist camps....
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3 US soldiers killed
KABUL, Aug 12: Three US soldiers have been killed in fighting with Taliban in Afghanistan, the US military said on Saturday....
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Soyem of Justice Heleem
KARACHI, Aug 12: The soyem of Justice(retired) Mohammad Haleem, who died on Friday, will be held on Sunday, August 13 between Asr and Maghreb prayers at His residence, 17/2A, C street, off Khayaban-i-Taneem, DHA, Karachi....
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Erra told to double rebuilding efforts
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday directed the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) to rebuild infrastructure, education and health facilities in the shortest possible time in earthquake-hit areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir....
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Gas supply to Quetta cut
QUETTA, Aug 12: Gas supply to the city was suspended after a main pipeline ruptured near Killi Qambrani on Saturday evening, SSGC sources said....
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Bodies of two boys retrieved
SWABI, Aug 12: The bodies of two of the three boys who had drowned in Tarbela dam on Friday were retrieved, while one boy was rescued by divers, witnesses and officials said....
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AJK premier warns India against hot pursuit
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 12: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan on Saturday warned India against any misadventure in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir under its “policy of hot pursuit.”...
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