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| September 27, 2006 | Wednesday | Ramazan 3, 1427 |
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Musharraf accused of disclosing state secrets: National resources used on book launch: opposition
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE, Sept 26: Major opposition parties on Tuesday lashed out at President Gen Pervez Musharraf, saying he used national resources for the launch of his book and disclosed state secrets to increase its sale.... 
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Musharraf’s Agra claim rejected by Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Sept 26: Former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tuesday rejected the claim by President Gen Pervez Musharraf in his book that their Agra talks were torpedoed by someone opposed to their success....
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Karzai ‘softens’ opposition to Waziristan deal
WASHINGTON, Sept 26: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who met US President George W. Bush at the White House on Tuesday, has apparently softened his opposition to the North Waziristan peace deal....
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‘Osama is alive’
KANDAHAR, Sept 26: Afghanistan’s Taliban movement said on Tuesday that friends of Osama bin Laden had had said that he was still alive, after a weekend newspaper report suggesting he had died of typhoid....
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Report on power breakdown today: Aziz
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Minister for Water and Power Liaqat Ali Jatoi is likely to submit an inquiry report about the country’s worst-ever power breakdown on Wednesday, according to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz....
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Bomb blast rocks Hub
QUETTA, Sept 26: A bomb blast occurred in a residential area in Hub here on Tuesday. According to police, the explosive device was armed with a timer....
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‘Decision on uniform by end of 2007’
NEW YORK, Sept 26: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that parliament has authorised him to retain the post of army chief till the end of 2007 and he will consider leaving the post at that time....
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President plans to set up foundation
NEW YORK, Sept 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf plans to donate part of his book proceeds for poverty alleviation and social uplift of the people of Pakistan to whom he has dedicated his autobiography, In the Line of Fire....
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Palestine issue crucial for peace: Musharraf
NEW YORK, Sept 26: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday reiterated that the resolution of the Palestinian issue was crucial for peace between western world and Muslims....
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No state secrets revealed: Durrani
NEW YORK, Sept 26: Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani on Tuesday rejected PML (N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif’s contention that President Gen Pervez Musharraf had revealed state secrets in his book....
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WB accepts LBOD faults
ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The World Bank’s inspection panel has acknowledged that the World Bank-funded Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD), the Tidal Link and the Cholri Wier contained design faults and their...
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Parliament attack convict to be hanged on Oct 20
NEW DELHI, Sept 26: A Kashmiri man convicted of abetting the December 2001 attack on India’s parliament was ordered on Tuesday to be hanged on Oct 20....
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Suicide bomb kills 18 in Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, Sept 26: Key allies in the war against Taliban militants pledged to stay the course on Tuesday as a suicide bomber killed 18 in the south and a blast killed an Italian Nato soldier....
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Hardliner Abe is new Japanese premier
TOKYO, Sept 26: Outspoken conservative Shinzo Abe took office on Tuesday as Japan’s youngest prime minister, pledging to repair strained ties with China and advance the alliance with the United States....
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Saudi Arabia denies contacts with Israel
RIYADH, Sept 26: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday denied reports of ‘ice-breaking’ secret contacts between Tel Aviv and Riyadh....
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Australia likely to sell uranium to India
SYDNEY, Sept 26: Australia is considering whether to match a controversial US nuclear deal with India to allow Canberra to sell uranium to the New Delhi government, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Tuesday....
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US parties in war of words on Osama
NEW YORK, Sept 26: The Republicans and Democrats were on Monday embroiled in a war of words over efforts to capture or kill Osama bin Laden....
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Switzerland termed best economy
GENEVA, Sept 26: The United States fell to sixth place in the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness rankings for 2006, ceding the top place to Switzerland, as macroeconomic concerns eroded prospects for the world’s largest economy....
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