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| August 18, 2006 | Friday | Rajab 22, 1427 |
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Musharraf sets peace accord parameters: ‘Indian PM sincere’ NEW DELHI, Aug 17: President Pervez Musharraf has set ‘doable’ parameters, short of independence, for resolving the Kashmir dispute, which, he says, can yield a friendship treaty with India and the... 
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Rain havoc in Karachi
KARACHI, Aug 17: At least 13 people died here from electrocution as heavy storms with thunder and lightning struck many parts of the country on Thursday, paralysing life and wreaking havoc on the power supply and communications networks....
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Opposition tables ‘FIR’ against government: Senate debate on PSM privatisation
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Continuing their tirade against the prime minister and the members of Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCOP), legislators of the combined opposition tabled in Senate on Thursday a unique...
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Govt vows to honour PSM ruling
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The government told the National Assembly on Thursday it did no wrong in selling Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) but it would honour objections made by the Supreme Court...
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US likely to seek tighter security at ports
WASHINGTON, Aug 17: US authorities may ask Pakistan to tighten security at ports after unlisted items in two containers shipped from the country caused a security alert at Seattle port....
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US airport evacuated in explosives alert
WASHINGTON, Aug 17: Authorities evacuated the terminal at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, West Virginia, on Thursday after a test on two plastic containers carried by a female passenger showed a possible explosive, the airport’s director told CNN....
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Jaish denies link to UK terror plot
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: An aide to the leader of banned militant group Jaish-i-Mohammad denied on Thursday that a British national arrested in Pakistan in connection with the plot to blow up US-bound airliners had ever been a member of the group....
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US reluctant to release ‘Al Qaeda financier’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The US authorities are reluctant to release Saifullah Paracha, allegedly one of the financiers of Al Qaeda presently languishing in the US-controlled Guantanamo Bay prison camp, according to...
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Five security personnel killed by landmines
QUETTA, Aug 17: Five security personnel were killed and 12 others injured in two landmine explosions in Dera Bugti and Kohlu areas on Thursday night....
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Adviser urges committee to trash allegations: Stock market crash probe
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Adviser to the prime minister Dr Salman Shah here on Thursday ‘appealed’ to the National Assembly’s standing committee on finance and revenue to clear the finance ministry and...
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Lebanon deploys troops in south
KHARDALI (Lebanon), Aug 17: Lebanese troops deployed in south Lebanon on Thursday, linking up with UN peacekeepers to take control of Hezbollah strongholds as Israeli forces pulled back after their 34-day war with the guerrillas....
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‘Mistaken’ US bombing kills 10 policemen
KANDAHAR, Aug 17: Ten policemen were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday when a US plane mistakenly bombed a patrol, President Hamid Karzai said, but the US-led force said it had only hit ‘extremists’....
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US court orders govt to halt wire-tapping
WASHINGTON, Aug 17: A US federal judge ruled on Thursday that the Bush administration’s decision to wire-tap private citizens without a judicial warrant was unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to...
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Five of family die of gastroenteritis
MULTAN, Aug 17: Five members of a family died of gastroenteritis at Makhdoom Rashid village near here during the last 24 hours....
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Pakistani woman enrols for space tour
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: A Pakistani woman said here on Thursday that she had been selected to join a US commercial space flight in 2008....
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Govt to establish its writ: PM
ISLAMABAD Aug 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday said rapid development of Balochistan and welfare of its people was a priority of his government but it will enforce its writ...
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India’s turn to run Thar Express
HYDERABAD, Aug 17: India will run a train on the Khokhrapar-Munabao route for the next six months starting Friday....
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Lankan mly repulses LTTE push on Jaffna: 100 killed in fighting
COLOMBO, Aug 17: Sri Lankan troops on Thursday beat back a fresh attempt by Tamil Tigers to overrun the main defences of the northern peninsula of Jaffna and killed about 100 guerrillas, media minister Anura Yapa said....
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