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| October 15, 2006 | Sunday | Ramazan 21, 1427 |
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Sanctions against DPRK imposed: UNSC calls for eliminating nukes
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14: The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to adopt a compromise resolution on the nuclear test by North Korea this week and imposed punishing sanctions,...
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Sindh Police given 15 days to curb crime: 5,000 policemen to be recruited: Aziz
KARACHI, Oct 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday directed the Sindh Police to curb street crimes by the end of this month....
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Fahim invites MMA to join ARD
LAHORE, Oct 14: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy on Saturday invited the six-party MMA to join the ARD to launch an effective movement against the government....
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PPP, PML-N at odds over opposition alliance
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) is facing crisis owing to differences on some issues between People’s Party Parliamentarians and Pakistan Muslim League-N, the two major components of the alliance, sources said....
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New Delhi warned against hanging
NEW DELHI, Oct 14: India will “go up in flames” if it hangs a Muslim militant convicted for his role in an attack on parliament in 2001, a former chief minister of Indian Kashmir was quoted as saying....
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Militant killed, 5 injured in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Oct 14: A suspected militant was killed and at least five people were injured in two separate attacks on Saturday in the Indian-held Kashmir, police and army officials said. ...
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Govt agrees to keep sugar price at Rs34
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: The government has agreed to keep the sugar price at Rs34 per kilogramme after it accepted the millers’ main demand that it will not release its stock in the open market....
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Tribal feud claims six lives
QUETTA, Oct 14: Six tribesmen were killed and three others injured after rival tribesmen opened indiscriminate fire on them in the Zehri area of Khuzdar district on Saturday....
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10-member Iraqi family gunned down
BAGHDAD, Oct 14: Gunmen slaughtered a family of ten in a village south of Baghdad on Friday night....
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2 Nato troops killed in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Oct 14: Two Nato soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, while a governor escaped an assassination attempt and officials reported 12 more deaths in Taliban-linked violence....
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Nuclear North Korea not acceptable, says US
WASHINGTON, Oct 14: The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear power and if Pyongyang is nursing any illusion of joining the nuclear club, it’s mistaken, US Assistant...
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Gas pipeline plans may be delayed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: All the three gas pipeline proposals relating to Qatar, Turkeministan and Iran are unlikely to materialise in near future because of various reasons, forcing the concerned authorities to look for other alternatives to meet the growing gas requirements....
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India to test Pakistan’s help against terror: Singh
NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that Delhi would test Pakistan’s help against terrorism only after giving Islamabad “credible evidence” of elements from across the...
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Support for India-US N-deal growing: Singh
NEW DELHI, Oct 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said support was growing for India’s landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States, despite doubts over its future raised by North Korea’s declared atomic test....
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Tehran says enrichment offer stands
TEHRAN, Oct 14: Iran said on Saturday a year-old offer from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for foreign countries to handle its uranium enrichment activities still stands as a way to break the deadlock over its nuclear programme....
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Egypt, Hamas discuss Palestinian unity govt
DAMASCUS, Oct 14: Egypt’s intelligence chief held talks on Saturday with Hamas’ exiled political leader in Damascus on forming a Palestinian unity government and swapping prisoners for a kidnapped Israeli soldier, a Hamas official said....
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Abdullah calls for Iraq peace
RIYADH, Oct 14: King Abdullah met prominent Iraqi Sunni and Shia Muslim clerics on Saturday and stressed the need for tolerance and peace to overcome the current sectarian strife in their country....
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Two Pakistanis due from Camp X-Ray today
WASHINGTON, Oct 14: Two Pakistanis are expected to reach home by Sunday after being released with 17 other detainees from the United States military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
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Banking for the poor
In 1974 a young Economics professor of Chittagong University had just returned from the US after his doctorate in an exoteric topic when the famine struck Bangladesh....
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Ties with India improving: FO
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Pakistan-India relations are much better now as compared to the past and they are improving gradually, says foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam....
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