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| August 16, 2006 | Wednesday | Rajab 20, 1427 |
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Al Qaeda No.3 UK plot mastermind
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: ‘Al-Qaeda’s No. 3’ was the mastermind behind the plot to blow up transatlantic flights, an intelligence source said, here on Tuesday. “It is not Osama bin Laden and... 
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Investigation rules out Pakistan link: Suspect’s extradition to UK possible: FO
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The Foreign Office on Tuesday declared that the detained British national Rashid Rauf, a key suspect detained in connection with the London terror plot last week, had no link with any entity in Pakistan....
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Uneasy truce in Lebanon: Israeli troops pulling out, displaced persons returning home despite risks
BEIRUT, Aug 15: Israeli forces began leaving parts of south Lebanon on Tuesday as a UN truce largely held for a second day and the Lebanese army prepared to move south....
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New amendment draft ordered
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday directed the ministry of law to redraft the proposed amendments to the Hudood laws by incorporating some of the proposals forwarded by the coalition members....
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Govt may seek PSM case review
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The government on Tuesday denied any wrongdoing in the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) sale and pointed to the option of seeking a review of the Supreme Court ruling...
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Singh wants ‘concrete’ anti-terror measures
NEW DELHI, Aug 15: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged Pakistan on Tuesday to take concrete steps against alleged cross-border terror attacks against India to ensure that peace talks between the countries bear fruit....
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Indian allegation rejected
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The Foreign Office spokesperson on Tuesday rejected the Indian allegation that Pakistan was involved in cross-border terrorism. When her comments were sought on the Indian prime minister’s statement...
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Opposition vows to oppose re-election
LAHORE, Aug 15: Leaders of the joint opposition who gathered at Minar-i-Pakistan here on the Independence Day said that time had come for the people to get rid of dictators, plunderers and exploiters....
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Another letter urges president to quit army: ‘Federation facing fault lines’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Some prominent personages have urged President Gen Pervez Musharraf to quit his army post and let the Supreme Court conduct elections through a neutral caretaker government....
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Arms deal triggered attack on envoy
COLOMBO, Aug 15: A bid to assassinate Pakistan’s envoy to Sri Lanka was triggered by plans for Islamabad to ship new arms to the island to battle Tamil rebels, a government spokesman said on Tuesday....
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27 ‘Taliban’ arrested
QUETTA, Aug 15: Twenty-seven Taliban suspects were arrested after a raid on a private hospital, here on Tuesday, police said. It is learnt acting on a tip off, police raided Al-Khair Hospital and arrested the 27 suspects....
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‘Anti-terror war to take years’
WASHINGTON, Aug 15: United States President George W. Bush urged his nation on Tuesday to prepare for a long fight against terrorism which might continue “for years to come”....
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Eight die in Balochistan explosions, clashes
Quetta, Aug 15: At least eight people, three of them security personnel, were killed and 19 others injured in nine explosions and armed clashes in different areas of Balochistan on Tuesday....
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‘Suspects not linked to terror’
WASHINGTON, Aug 15: The FBI and the Michigan State Police said on Tuesday they have no evidence that three men arrested in Michigan last week were planning terrorist acts....
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Train passengers get Rs7.7 million refund
HYDERABAD, Aug 15: Pakistan Railways has refunded Rs7.7 million to passengers who cancelled their reservations in Karachi and Hyderabad and paid over Rs6.1 million for transporting passengers to and from Karachi...
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Credible defence to be maintained, says Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has declared that the country is committed to maintaining a credible defence at all costs. Speaking at the national flag hoisting ceremony marking the...
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2 Pakistanis injured in trans-LoC firing
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 15: Indian troops resorted to machinegun fire from across the Line of Control in what Pakistani officials termed a clear violation of ceasefire and injured two brothers in a border village of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday....
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Strict enforcement of HR norms stressed: International Judicial Conference declaration
ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The International Judicial Conference, through its ‘Islamabad Declaration’, has suggested incorporating international human rights norms in domestic laws of all countries....
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