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| October 24, 2006 | Tuesday | Ramazan 30, 1427 |
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Pakistani ‘spy ring’ in army, alleges India
NEW DELHI, Oct 23: New Delhi accused Islamabad on Monday of encouraging Indian soldiers to betray their country and said it had launched a massive operation to weed out those who had become spies.... 
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Eid day Gaza attack kills 7 Palestinians
GAZA CITY, Oct 23: Seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in a raid on the Gaza Strip on Monday during festivities marking the end of Ramazan, in an operation president Mahmud Abbas slammed as a “massacre.”...
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Divided we celebrate
KARACHI, Oct 23: United the Muslim world stands – or so it at least believes. But divided it celebrates Eidul Fitr. Few among the 57 Muslim countries and Muslim diaspora celebrate...
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Moon not sighted; Eid tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Shawwal moon has not been sighted anywhere in the country. Therefore, the first of Shawwal, 1427 Hijri will fall on Oct 24 and Eidul Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday....
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Eid celebrated in most of NWFP, Fata
PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in most parts of the NWFP and Fata on Monday, two days ahead of the rest of the country, after an official announcement was made by the Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Sunday night....
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Thursday is govt holiday
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday announced that Thursday, Oct 26, would be observed as a gazetted holiday....
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Rs30bn drawn from banks
KARACHI, Oct 23: Over Rs30 billion were drawn from banks in Ramazan for Eid shopping, and the amount is 30 per cent higher than what was drawn in the holy month last year, estimate bankers....
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‘Centrifuges smuggled to Dubai’
WASHINGTON, Oct 23: Dr A. Q. Khan smuggled several P2 centrifuges to Dubai, which might have been transferred to Iran, a senior Pakistani military official told a briefing in Washington....
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Anti-terror proposal next month: Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Pakistan will formally present its proposal regarding contours of the joint anti-terrorism mechanism with India at the foreign secretary-level talks in New Delhi next month, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri told Dawn on Monday....
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Sui pipeline blown up
QUETTA, Oct 23: Gas supply to the provincial capital was suspended after militants blew up a pipeline in the Dasht area, police officials said. Supply to the Sui purification plant was...
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Eight killed in Iraq blasts
BAGHDAD, Oct 23: Deadly bomb attacks ripped through Baghdad’s streets on Monday as Iraqis marked the end of the bloodiest Ramazan since the US invasion amid spiralling unrest....
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Omar asks Nato to stop ‘sacrificing’ soldiers
LONDON/KABUL, Oct 23: Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar on Monday threatened that fighting in Afghanistan would be ‘intensified’ to ‘surprising’ levels to drive out ‘foreign infidels’ while a Taliban commander told media they were planning to attack civilians in Europe....
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‘US to work with Muslims for peace’
WASHINGTON, Oct 23: The United States wants to be a partner of the Muslim community in bringing peace and prosperity to the world, US Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes told an Eid gathering near Washington on Monday....
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ElBaradei urges talks with Iran, N. Korea
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23: International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei has called for talks with both the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Iran to resolve the issues of their nuclear programmes....
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NY bus terminal evacuated after bomb threat
NEW YORK, Oct 23: Police evacuated half of New York’s largest bus terminal on Monday after an emotionally disturbed man on a bus claimed to have a bomb....
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Universal Islamic calendar bid fails
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23: An attempt by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) to introduce a universal Islamic or Hijra calendar failed as most of the Islamic centres and mosques...
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15 die in BD ferry accident
DHAKA, Oct 23: Fifteen people died on Monday when an overcrowded ferry carrying migrant workers home for the Eidul Fitr festival hit a goods boat near the Bangladeshi capital, police said....
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Eid today in Shikarpur
SUKKUR, Oct 23: Mufti Abdul Qadir of the Madrassah Qadria in Shikarpur has announced that Eidul Fitr will be celebrated on Tuesday....
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