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| September 18, 2006 | Monday | Sha'aban 24, 1427 |
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NAM condemns Israeli attacks, supports Iran: Havana declaration
HAVANA, Sept 17: Representatives of 118 Non-aligned Movement nations condemned Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and supported a peaceful resolution to the US-Iran nuclear dispute in the final declaration on Saturday of... 
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Accord augurs well for future ties: Musharraf
NEW YORK, Sept 17: President Pervez Musharraf has declared that the Joint Statement issued after his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Havana on Saturday was a victory for...
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Hudood bill’s fate hangs in balance
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The government is not sure that it will be able to reintroduce the Protection of Women Rights (PWR) bill when the National Assembly resumes its session on Monday...
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ARD asks MMA not to attend Quetta rally
ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal was asked on Sunday by the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy not to attend a protest rally being held in Quetta on Monday against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti....
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Opposition rift to affect anti-govt drive: Qazi
LAHORE, Sept 17: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad says differences among the opposition parties on the women’s protection bill may result in a setback to the popular drive against the military dictatorship....
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India never blamed Pakistan for blasts: Menon
NEW DELHI, Sept 17: Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Shivshankar Menon on Sunday denied that his government had ever accused Pakistan in the Mumbai train blasts and said a joint anti-terror...
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Pope says he’s ‘deeply sorry’
VATICAN CITY, Sept 17: Pope Benedict tried on Sunday to calm Muslim anger at his remarks on Islam, saying he was “deeply sorry” about the reaction and that medieval quotes he used on holy war did not reflect his personal views....
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Bombers kill 22 in Iraq’s oil city
KIRKUK, Sept 17: A suicide truck bomber firing a machine gun with one hand exploded his vehicle near a police centre Sunday, killing at least 18 people as Iraq’s ethnically fragile...
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WB considering $6.5bn plan for Pakistan
SINGAPORE, Sept 17: The World Bank is actively considering a $6.5 billion four-year support programme for Pakistan to assist this promising economy overcome the difficulties that deficient physical and human development...
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Dr Qadeer leaves hospital
KARACHI, Sept 17: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan was discharged on Sunday from the Aga Khan Hospital after undergoing cancer surgery, a doctor said. Dr Khan, 70, had surgery last week for prostate cancer....
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Positive international reaction on peace deal: Sultan
NEW YORK, Sept 17: Military spokesman Major-Gen Shaukat Sultan has said that chances of the peace deal in North Waziristan succeeding would be better if the Afghan government were also to emulate it....
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US welcomes accord to resume talks
WASHINGTON, Sept 17: The United States on Sunday welcomed the Musharraf-Singh talks saying that meetings like this were a ‘good investment’ in the long-term resolution of the differences between the two countries....
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Pakistani killed in Kandahar blast
KANDAHAR, Sept 17: A Taliban suicide bomber exploded a bomb-filled car near a convoy of Canadian troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing a Pakistani national and wounding 11 other people....
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Afghan police arrest suicide blast planners
KABUL, Sept 17: Afghan police said on Sunday they had arrested four men suspected of planning bombings and suicide attacks in Kabul for the Taliban. Mortars and bomb-making materials were found with the four, the police said....
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Cabbies’ rally greets president
NEW YORK, Sept 17: The swanky Roosevelt Hotel which till Friday was the venue for shooting of an Italian film ‘Christmas in New York’ became the focal point of a noisy...
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Railway link between Kotri and Karachi restored
KARACHI, Sept 17: The railways link between Kotri and Karachi has been restored after completion of the up-track diversion. An announcement by the Pakistan Railways said that the make-shift arrangements had...
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PPP urges govt to stop Balochistan operation
QUETTA, Sept 17: The deputy parliamentary leader of the People’s Party Parliamentarians in the National Assembly, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on Sunday called for immediately stopping the military operation in Balochistan....
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Man killed in shootout
QUETTA, Sept 17: One man was killed and a senior police officer was injured seriously in a shootout between police and group of armed men in Ghousabad area of Quetta, on Sunday night....
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