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| October 23, 2006 | Monday | Ramazan 29, 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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Evidence against ISI ‘not clinching’: India
NEW DELHI, Oct 22: India has good but not clinching evidence against Pakistan’s spy agency for its role in the July serial bombings in Mumbai which killed 186 people, a top security official said on Sunday.... 
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Musharraf wants law to stop ‘rowdyism’ in NA
KARACHI, Oct 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has made an impassioned plea for legislation against ‘rowdyism’ that has traditionally greeted a president’s address to parliament....
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‘MQM open to talks with PPP, PML-N’
KARACHI, Oct 22: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that MQM was in favour of national unity and it was always open to dialogue with other political parties....
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Eid in most parts of NWFP, Fata today
PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The Shawal moon has been sighted in different places in the NWFP and tribal areas and Eidul Fitr will be celebrated in most parts of the province and Fata on Monday....
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Nine tribesmen freed in Khar
KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Oct 22: Pakistani authorities have released nine tribesmen after holding them for more than a year on suspicion of links with the Taliban and Al Qaida, a tribal elder and residents said on Sunday....
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Musharraf amends ‘bounty’ portion: Urdu translation of autobiography
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has made an amendment to his controversial autobiography In the Line of Fire dropping the portion relating to payment of millions of dollars to...
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Taliban slap taxes in Miramshah
MIRAMSHAH, Oct 22: The Taliban on Sunday imposed their brand of penalties for various acts which they deemed to be offences and levied ‘taxes’ on businesses....
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32 killed in Afghan factional clashes
HERAT, Oct 22: Fierce fighting broke out between rival factions in a contested area of western Afghanistan on Sunday, leaving 32 people dead and many more wounded, a provincial police chief said....
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‘UK risks Afghanistan defeat’
LONDON, Oct 22: The former chief of the British military said the country’s armed forces risked defeat in operations in Afghanistan due to a lack of clear strategy, The Observer newspaper reported on Sunday....
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US showed ‘arrogance’ in Iraq
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: A CNN translation released on Sunday confirmed that a senior State Department diplomat had said that there’s a strong possibility history would show that the United States displayed ‘arrogance’ and ‘stupidity’ in its handling of the Iraq war....
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US wants larger role for Iraq govt: Timetable being prepared
NEW YORK, Oct 22: With mounting US casualties in Baghdad — 73 reported by Saturday — the Bush administration is drafting a timetable for the Iraqi government to address sectarian divisions...
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‘Al Qaeda winning war of ideas’
LONDON, Oct 22: Britain’s interior minister has warned that the government risks losing the “battle of ideas” with Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said....
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Iraqi insurgents kill 15 trainee policemen
BAQUBA, Oct 22: Insurgents killed 15 unarmed Iraqi police trainees and wounded 24 more in an ambush on their buses on Sunday, Diyala province police chief Major General Ghassan al-Bawi said....
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Palestinian killed in Israeli army raid
RAMALLAH, Oct 22: One Palestinian was killed and two others seriously wounded on Sunday in clashes with Israeli forces carrying out an arrest raid in the West Bank, Palestinian security and medical sources said....
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Meshal to meet Arab leaders
RIYADH, Oct 22: Hamas politburo leader Khaled Meshal reportedly on a visit to Saudi Arabia for Umrah, will be meeting Saudi and other Arab leaders mediating in the current row between...
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Top N-official in US
WASHINGTON, Oct 22: Lt-Gen Khalid Kidwai, head of Pakistan’s Strategic and Plan Division, is in Washington and is scheduled to speak at various think tanks on perceptions and realities about the country’s nuclear programme....
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Activists set sail for disputed island
HONG KONG, Oct 22: About 25 Hong Kong activists set sail on Sunday for a group of islands in the East China Sea, where they planned to hold a peaceful protest against Japan’s claim of sovereignty, members of the team said....
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Moon sighting committee meets today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: A meeting of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee will be held on Monday for sighting of Shawal moon in the federal capital. The meeting will be presided over by Chairman Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman....
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Eid in Saudi Arabia today
RIYADH, Oct 22: Eidul Fitr in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Gulf States will be celebrated today.—Online...
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Pope greets Muslims
VATICAN CITY, Oct 22: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday sent his “cordial greetings” to the world’s Muslims on Eidul Fitr and voiced concern for the “innocent victims” of the violence in Iraq....
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Kashmir protest against killing
SRINAGAR, Oct 22: Several thousand villagers held angry demonstration in occupied Kashmir on Sunday to protest the alleged killing in custody of a 19-year-old farmer. Slogans including, “We want freedom” and...
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Nine die in accident
SHIKARPUR, Oct 22: Nine people, two of them children, were killed and seven others injured when a truck rammed into a wagon near Mirza Wah on Khanpur-Kandhkot road on Sunday....
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