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| August 20, 2006 | Sunday | Rajab 24, 1427 |
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US policies help terrorists win sympathy: report
WASHINGTON, Aug 19: The US government’s support to totalitarian regimes in some Muslim countries is allowing terrorist groups to win sympathies of the people, says the latest congressional report on terrorism....
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Israeli army violates ceasefire
BAALBEK, Aug 19: Israeli commandos mounted a deadly raid deep inside Lebanon on Saturday in the biggest challenge yet to a fledgling six-day-old ceasefire that brought a halt to a month of devastating conflict....
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Pakistan unlikely to join UN force
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Pakistan has in principle decided that it will not send troops to Lebanon at this stage, informed sources said. Pakistan is reluctant to participate in the United Nations...
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Rail service resumes as bridge repaired
LAHORE, Aug 19: Train service to and from Karachi resumed on Saturday when a freight train reached Hyderabad through the repaired temporary bridge near Ran Pathani in Thatta district....
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Foreign investors to get more incentives: Setting up of N-power plants
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The government has decided to offer additional incentives to foreign investors for setting up nuclear power plants in the proposed ‘Designated Nuclear Power Parks’ under the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards....
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Villages inundated, crops damaged: Breach develops in LBOD
SUKKUR, Aug 19: Fourteen villages came under water in various parts of the province on Saturday owing to erosion caused by the Indus river in kutcha area and a breach developed in the Left Bank Outfall Drain....
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Musharraf pledges to develop Fata
RAWALPINDI, Aug 19: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday reiterated strong commitment for the socio-economic development of the people in Federally Administered Tribal Areas....
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Hudood bill: govt move to avoid quorum problem
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday chaired a meeting to discuss quorum problem in the National Assembly after the government failed to move two Hudood laws in the house on Friday....
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Indian train arrives
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 19: The first Thar Link Express train operated by Indian railways arrived at Zero Point railway station on Saturday from Jodhpur via Munabao with 582 passengers....
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Palestinian deputy PM captured
RAMALLAH, Aug 19: Israel seized Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top official of the Hamas militant group, at his home in the occupied West Bank on Saturday....
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Four foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug 19: Four foreign soldiers were killed in two clashes in Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, the latest casualties among foreign forces in the rising violence with the Taliban....
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Indian army chief to visit Russia
NEW DELHI, Aug 19: India’s army chief of staff heads on Sunday to Russia to reaffirm India’s continuing long-term strategic partnership with its old ally despite fast expanding defence ties with the United States....
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10 dead as boat sinks off Italy
ROME, Aug 19: At least 10 people were killed and some 40 were missing after a boat crammed with African illegal immigrants sank off southern Italy on Saturday, sparking a search for survivors....
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FBI team visits seminaries in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 19: A two-member team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States has visited Bahawalpur. According to sources, the team stayed here for two days and visited several seminaries....
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Tehran holds war games
TEHRAN, Aug 19: Iranian armed forces held a massive military manoeuvre on Saturday to test new weapons and tactics against a potential enemy, state television reported....
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2 peacekeepers killed in Darfur
KHARTOUM, Aug 19: Two African Union peacekeepers were killed and three wounded when their convoy was ambushed in Sudan’s Darfur region on Saturday, the AU said in a statement....
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Guantanamo inmate to be freed
BERLIN, Aug 19: Murat Kurnaz, a German-born Turk held for about four years at Guantanamo Bay, will soon be released by the US authorities, his lawyer said....
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MNAs refused copies of draft Hudood law
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The National Assembly secretariat has refused to provide copies of the amendment bill on Hudood laws and protection of women to assembly members reportedly under the directives of Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain....
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