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| September 24, 2006 | Sunday | Sha'aban 30, 1427 |
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Kargil boosted Kashmir cause: Opposing US would be disastrous, says Musharraf in book
NEW DELHI, Sept 23: President Pervez Musharraf’s yet-to-be-released book — In the Line of Fire — has painted a bleak picture for Pakistan had it not joined the United States in... 
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Musharraf seeks summit-level talks with India
WASHINGTON, Sept 23: President Pervez Musharraf has said that he wants the India-Pakistan dialogue to be raised to summit level. “While the ministerial-level and secretary-level talks must continue, I believe that...
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No moon sighted, Ramazan in NWFP from today
LAHORE, Sept 23: The Ramazan moon had not been sighted anywhere in the country, therefore, the holy month would begin from Monday, announced the Markazi Ruet-i-Hilal Committee here on Saturday....
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Pakistani pilgrims killed
DUBAI, Sept 23: A militant group in Iraq said on Saturday it had killed 10 Indians and Pakistanis whom it had abducted as they were on their way to Syria....
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Reports about Osama’s death stir mystery
WASHINGTON, Sept 23: US intelligence officials said on Saturday they could not confirm the report suggesting that top Al Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden might be dead....
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Pakistan says it has no information
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Pakistan has received no information from any foreign government that would corroborate a French newspaper report on Saturday that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan, a senior government official said....
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12 killed, 54 hurt in Islamabad accident
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: At least 12 persons were killed and 54 injured in a head on collision between two passenger buses here on Saturday. A passenger bus (LRC-4290) coming to Islamabad...
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DG Khan blast claims 2 lives
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 23: Two persons died and 25 suffered injuries when a powerful ‘bomb’ went off in a cattle market here on Saturday. Seven goats also perished....
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Missing journalist freed
KARACHI, Sept 23: A local journalist, Saeed Sarbazi, missing since Wednesday, returned home on early Saturday morning....
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Massive rally seeks Blair’s ouster
MANCHESTER, Sept 23: Tens of thousands of protesters marched on Saturday against British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the eve of a rally of his Labour Party where a struggle over the leadership looked set to steal the headlines....
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Oil train derails
NAUSHAHROFEROZE, Sept 23: Railway traffic on up and down tracks was suspended after 17 oil bogies of a goods train derailed near Kot Lalu railway station on Saturday morning....
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Cyclone threat persists
KARACHI, Sept 23: Authorities on Saturday braced for a cyclone in the Arabian Sea that meteorologists said was likely to hit the country’s two coastal towns in the next 24 hours....
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Singh wants more Muslims in security forces
NAINITAL, Sept 23: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community....
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Force of law to tackle price hike: Aziz
ISLAMABAD Sept 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reiterated government’s commitment to provide maximum relief to people during the holy month of Ramazan and said any price hike will be encountered with full force of the law....
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New York on high alert
NEW YORK, Sept 23: New York city was on high terror alert on Saturday following reports that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden may have died in August following a bout with typhoid in the mountains of north-west Pakistan....
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Pakistan to head group of 77
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23: Pakistan has been unanimously elected to head the group of 77 plus China at the 30th annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the G-77 and China held in New York....
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Quake victims exempted from Zakat on grant
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The housing and livelihood cash grants provided by the government to the people affected by earthquake have been exempted from Zakat....
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Gas supply disrupted as pipeline blown up
QUETTA, Sept 23: Gas supply was suspended to some areas of the provincial capital when a gas pipeline was blown up near the Brewery road on Saturday....
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