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| September 22, 2006 | Friday | Sha'aban 28, 1427 |
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US threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11: Musharraf says he acted responsibly
NEW YORK, Sept 21: The United States threatened to bomb Pakistan “back to the stone age” unless it cooperated in the US-led war on terror, President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview released on Thursday.... 
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Discord over ‘hot pursuit’
WASHINGTON, Sept 21: A day before their crucial meeting at the White House, US President Bush and President Pervez Musharraf have openly disagreed with each other on an issue that retains...
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Resignations only if grand alliance is formed: MMA
ISLAMABAD Sept 21: Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, deputy parliamentary leader of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in the National Assembly, has said their legislators will not tender resignations unless all opposition parties merge into a grand alliance....
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Grand jirga in Kalat decides to move ICJ
KALAT, Sept 21: A grand Baloch jirga, convened here on Thursday after about 126 years, announced in a declaration that a case would be filed in the International Court of Justice...
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Tribal accord under watch: US Gen
WASHINGTON, Sept 21: The US General in charge of NATO in Afghanistan on Thursday said a peace deal between Pakistan and tribal elders could yet bring peace to restive border regions, despite being savaged by US critics....
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Aziz says peace move to benefit both countries ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Welcoming the resumption of the composite dialogue process with India, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday that it should provide both the countries an opportunity to settle their disputes....
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UNSC reforms discussed: ‘Uniting for Consensus’ group meeting
NEW YORK Sept 21: More than 100 UN member states, including presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers, met on Wednesday in an effort to develop a consensus to reform the Security...
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Crisis forecast for quake areas
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Warning of a major health crisis in the quake-affected areas during the forthcoming winter season, the United Nations said on Thursday that the recovery process could take as...
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No trace of missing Karachi journalist
KARACHI, Sept 21: Journalist Saeed Sarbazi, who went missing on Wednesday noon, was untraced till late Thursday evening....
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Tehrik-i-Jaffria leader killed in Sargodha
SARGODHA, Sept 21: Former district president of Tehrik-i-Jaffria Syed Bashir Hussain Bukhari was shot dead by two young men in the Muslim Bazaar here on Thursday morning....
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Bush meets Musharraf today, Karzai on Tuesday
WASHINGTON, Sept 21: Both Pakistan and Afghanistan have hardened their positions against each other before a crucial meeting between Pakistani and American leaders which is expected to focus on the Afghan situation....
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Nine killed in Makli accident
THATTA, Sept 21: Nine passengers, four children among them, died and 34 others were injured, seven of them critically, when a Thatta-bound bus overturned while ascending the Makli incline and plunged into a water ditch near Thatta town on Thursday forenoon....
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Firing in Haripur leaves eight dead
HARIPUR, Sept 21: At least eight people were killed and four others injured when gunmen opened fire on a pick-up on Hattar Road near Kotnajibullah on Thursday....
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Vanni a crime, says CJ
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said that Vanni is a crime and courts don’t accept decisions taken by panchayats....
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Afghan killed for spying
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 21: An Afghan national was shot dead in the restive North Waziristan Agency on Thursday on the charge of spying on the Taliban for American forces, sources said....
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3,500 go missing after storm in BD
DHAKA, Sept 21: The Bangladesh authorities recovered 51 bodies of fishermen from the Bay of Bengal on Thursday following a violent storm that whipped the coastal areas two days before, killing 60 people....
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US says it is reviewing aid to Thailand: Thaksin to ‘take deserved rest’
NEW YORK, Sept 21: The United States is reviewing its aid to Thailand following the military coup which toppled the government of prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a senior US official said on Thursday....
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Five shot dead by Israelis in Gaza
GAZA, Sept 21: Israeli soldiers shot dead five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday on the bloodiest day in the coastal territory in weeks....
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