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| October 02, 2006 | Monday | Ramazan 8, 1427 |
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Musharraf says ex-ISI men may be aiding Taliban
NEW YORK, Oct 1: President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview on Sunday that some retired Inter-Services Intelligence officials could be assisting Taliban insurgents, adding: “We are keeping a very tight... 
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India to share evidence with Pakistan: Mumbai blasts
NEW DELHI, Oct 1: Former Indian high commissioner to Pakistan Shiv Shankar Menon took over as foreign secretary on Sunday and set the agenda to resolve terrorism issues with Islamabad, to...
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No official word from New Delhi received: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Islamabad has not received any formal communication from Delhi, verbal or written, through any channel regarding Pakistan’s alleged involvement in the July 11 Mumbai blasts....
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Differences over F-16 deal resolved
WASHINGTON, Oct 1: Pakistan and the US have finalised the F-16 deal after resolving their differences over airspace and technology swapping restrictions Washington had placed earlier, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
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BJP wants Musharraf’s book banned
NEW DELHI, Oct 1: The Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded a ban on President General Pervez Musharraf’s book ‘In the Line of Fire’, saying that the maps of Kashmir are wrongly depicted in it....
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Sindh to get 2.82 MAF less water
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Sindh will get 12 million acre feet (MAF) in the Rabi season, which is 2.82 MAF or about five per cent less than its original water share fixed under the 1991 water apportionment accord, it is learnt....
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Six killed as Palestinian groups clash
GAZA, Oct 1: Rival Palestinian security forces clashed across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing six and injuring 50, in the biggest outbreak of internal fighting in months over unpaid wages and stalled unity government talks....
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Clashes in Kashmir continue
SRINAGAR, Oct 1: Clashes in held Kashmir erupted again on Sunday in protests calling for clemency for a Kashmiri Muslim sentenced to death for his role in a 2001 attack on parliament, police said....
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Scouts’ camp in Wana attacked
WANA (South Waziristan), Oct 1: Saboteurs fired two rockets on the scouts’ camp in Garmai Headquarters here early on Sunday morning....
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Retired general is new Thai PM
BANGKOK, Oct 1: Thailand’s military rulers unveiled a stop-gap prime minister and constitution on Sunday, fulfilling a promise to step back in favour of civilians within two weeks of their coup against Thaksin Shinawatra....
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BD court stays execution
DHAKA, Oct 1: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has ordered a stay of execution for seven militants sentenced to death for bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people last year, a court official said on Sunday....
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53 civilians killed in Nato offensive
KABUL, Oct 1: A government-appointed commission found that 53 civilians were killed in a nearly two-week Nato-led operation in a Taliban stronghold last month, the head of the team said on Sunday....
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26 kidnapped, 20 killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Oct 1: Gunmen in three vehicles kidnapped 26 workers at a food plant in southwest Baghdad on Sunday, the interior minister said....
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Action ordered to curb acid-ginger sale
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The centre has directed all provincial governments and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration to take effective steps to stop sale of acid-soaked ginger which is stated to...
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2 Al Qaeda fugitives die in Yemen
SANAA, Oct 1: Yemeni forces killed on Sunday two Al Qaeda fugitives who had been sentenced to death for an attack on the French oil tanker Limburg in 2002, officials said....
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Israeli troops withdraw from Lebanon
ZARIT (Israel), Oct 1: Israel’s army pulled out of south Lebanon on Sunday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers under a ceasefire deal that ended a costly war with Hizbollah guerrillas....
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Turkey facing threat from fundamentalists, says Sezer
ANKARA, Oct 1: Turkey’s president warned on Sunday of a continued fundamentalist threat to his country and said the military, the traditional guardians of the secular system, must be kept powerful....
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Myanmar detains rights activist
YANGON, Oct 1: The Myanmar’s military government has detained human rights activist Myint Aye, who was once a local leader of Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy, fellow activists said Sunday....
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