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| October 10, 2006 | Tuesday | Ramazan 16, 1427 |
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North Korea stuns world with successful N-test
SEOUL, Oct 9: North Korea conducted its first nuclear bomb test on Monday, sending a shudder around the world and triggering calls for a tough UN response as it joined the select club of nuclear-armed powers....
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Pakistan denies Dr Khan’s role
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Pakistan on Monday censured a North Korea’s announcement that it had conducted a nuclear test and termed it a destabilising development for the region....
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US to use only diplomatic means: Bush
WASHINGTON, Oct 9: President George W. Bush said on Monday that the US would only use ‘diplomatic’ means to deal with the crisis arising out of the North Korean nuclear test....
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ISI on agenda of Nato official’s talks
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Afghanistan Lt-Gen David Richards arrived here on Monday to discuss alleged support of the Taliban by the Inter-Services Intelligence....
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FO shrugs off Nato’s ‘get-tough’ proposal
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The Foreign Office on Monday downplayed the projected significance of the visit to Pakistan by the Nato’s commander in Afghanistan, saying Nato officials frequently visited Islamabad basically to coordinate joint efforts to review the situation....
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PPP, PML-N rule out deal with govt
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) have claimed complete understanding between the two parties and denied reports that any of them is holding negotiations with the government....
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Women’s rights bill likely to be passed after Eid
ISLAMABAD Oct 9: The amended women’s rights protection bill will be presented in the National Assembly and will be passed soon after Eidul Fitr....
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World powers condemn N. Korean nuclear test
SEOUL, Oct 9: World powers condemned North Korea on Monday after it announced that it had conducted an underground nuclear test....
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South Korea’s Moon set to head UN
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9: The United Nations Security Council on Monday by acclamation recommended to the UN General Assembly that South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki- moon be appointed the next Secretary-General of the world body for five years....
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Govt declines $600m conditional pledges
ISLAMABAD Oct 9: The government has declined to accept offers of $600 million because of unfavourable terms and conditions out of the total $6.7 billion pledged by the international donors for earthquake relief, reducing the pledged money to $5.9...
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Apex court rejects Hashmi’s bail plea
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a bail plea of the president of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, who has been sentenced in a mutiny case....
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Protocols can’t be equated with treaties: LHC
LAHORE, Oct 9: Justice Mian Saqib Nisar of the Lahore High Court has observed that the protocol agreed between the supreme courts of Pakistan and the UK for repatriation of abducted...
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Call for popular struggle against authoritarianism
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: A group of eminent citizens has issued an open letter addressed to the people of the country, asking them to realise ‘the gravity of the situation’ and struggle ‘against the authoritarian regime’....
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India-US deal in jeopardy
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: India voiced deep concern on Monday over North Korea’s nuclear test amid fears voiced by senior officials that the incident could jeopardise Delhi’s civil nuclear deal with the United States....
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Mumbai accused retract confession
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: Seven key accused in the Mumbai train blasts in July on Monday retracted their alleged confession to the police, saying they were illegally forced to sign blank papers, an Indian TV channel reported on Monday....
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NWFP wrests Rs110bn hydel profit from Wapda
ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The arbitration tribunal on the hydel profit dispute between the NWFP and Wapda on Monday unanimously concluded that the power utility should make a net additional payment of Rs110.4...
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Warring tribes agree to cease fire
KOHAT, Oct 9: After turning a shrine into rubble during a seven-day battle over its ownership, the warring tribes in Orakzai Agency agreed on Monday, at the request of a grand jirga from Kurram Agency, to a temporary ceasefire....
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India names new envoy to Pakistan
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: Satyabrata Pal, India’s top envoy to South Africa, was appointed on Monday as India’s new high commissioner to Pakistan ahead of the resumption of official-level talks aimed at settling their dispute over Kashmir....
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