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| October 11, 2006 | Wednesday | Ramazan 17, 1427 |
Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
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China calls for fitting but prudent reply: Russia opposes use of force against N. Korea
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10: China called for ‘appropriate but prudent’ measures and Russia opposed use of force against North Korea as five permanent members of the Security Council (P-5) plus Japan met separately to discuss the US draft resolution on Tuesday....
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Cooperation accord with Nato to ‘defeat Taliban’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Pakistan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have agreed to enhance cooperation to defeat the Taliban and terrorism. The agreement was reached during a meeting of Nato Commander...
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Petrol price likely to be reduced
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The government has decided in principle to reduce petroleum prices from Oct 15 in the wake of a 25 per cent decline in international oil prices over the past two months....
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India to give proof on bombings, says Singh
LONDON, Oct 10: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on a visit to London, reiterated on Tuesday that New Delhi would provide Islamabad with evidence of alleged Pakistani involvement in the deadly Mumbai train bombings....
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Scotland Yard may join Mumbai probe
NEW DELHI, Oct 10: A team of Scotland Yard officers is expected to visit Mumbai to learn how the city’s Anti-Terrorist Squad and Crime Branch solved the case of July 11 train blasts in Mumbai, The Statesman newspaper said on Tuesday....
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MMA vows to resist presentation of bill
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has vowed to resist the presentation of the draft of the Women’s Protection bill finalised by the house select committee and reiterated the threat to...
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Fernandes named in missile scam
NEW DELHI, Oct 10: India’s federal investigating agency on Tuesday named former defence minister George Fernandes and his colleague Jaya Jaitley in a multi-million dollar defence scandal, part of it involving...
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Govt wants to raise farmers’ income: PM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday said that policies in the agriculture sector were aimed at raising farmers’ income and improving their living standard and hoped that the...
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Students baton-charged in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, Oct 10: Police in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday baton-charged 1,500 students demanding mercy for Afzal Guru sentenced to hang for plotting a 2001 attack on India’s parliament....
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Blasts hit Baghdad; 110 bodies found
BAGHDAD, Oct 10: Bombers triggered a series of at least seven blasts around the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, as police said they had found 110 bodies over two days in a city in the grip of a vicious sectarian war....
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12 injured in Kabul blast
KABUL, Oct 10: A bomb struck a police bus in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, wounding more than a dozen people in the latest attack in Kabul....
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Terror suspect arrested from London airport
LONDON, Oct 10: A man was arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act after a terminal at London’s Heathrow airport was evacuated on Tuesday because of a suspicious bag, police said....
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Workers set factory on fire in Dhaka
DHAKA, Oct 10: Thousands of textile workers torched a factory in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Tuesday amid widespread protests at a new 25 dollar minimum wage, police said....
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Iran calls for universal nuclear disarmament
TEHRAN, Oct 10: Iran stood apart on Tuesday from the chorus of countries condemning North Korea for its declared nuclear test, with a government spokesman putting the blame on Washington and calling for universal nuclear disarmament....
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‘North Korean test can trigger chain reaction’
WASHINGTON, Oct 10: Experts in the United States fear that North Korea’s nuclear test could set off a chain reaction, encouraging other nations to follow the path....
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Bush raises journalist’s murder issue with Putin
WASHINGTON, Oct 10: President George Bush raised with Russian President Vladimir Putin the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and Mr Putin told him her death was a blow to Russia, the White House said on Tuesday....
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Israelis arrest 8 Palestinians
RAMALLAH, Oct 10: Israeli troops arrested eight Palestinians, including six brothers, during an incursion into the West Bank political capital of Ramallah on Tuesday, Palestinian sources said....
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Tehran protest against video
TEHRAN, Oct 10: Demonstrators angered over a blasphemous video of Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) hurled firebombs and rocks at the Danish embassy in Tehran on Tuesday night, a correspondent reported....
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Quakes rock Philippines, Taiwan
MANILA, Oct 10: A fourth moderate earthquake, measuring 5.2, struck along with the sea border between the Philippines and Taiwan, the US Geological Service said late on Tuesday....
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Pakistan envoy hosts Iftar in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Oct 10: An Iftar-dinner, hosted by Pakistan High Commission here on Tuesday was attended by senior Kashmiri leaders, diplomats from Muslims countries, men of letters, intellectuals and writers....
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