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| October 30, 2006 | Monday | Shawwal 6, 1427 |
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BD president takes over as caretaker PM
DHAKA, Oct 29: President Prof Iajuddin Ahmed took the charge of the chief of the caretaker government of Bangladesh on Sunday amid a legal and political controversy over his appointment.... 
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Charles and Camilla arrive
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrived here late Sunday night on their first visit to Pakistan amid tight security....
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No pre-poll deal with PPP: Durrani
PESHAWAR, Oct 29: Federal Minister for Information Mohammed Ali Durrani has rejected reports about a deal between the government and the People’s Party Parliamentarians, saying that ‘change could come only through the ballot’....
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Kasuri foresees breakthrough on Siachen
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri has said India and Pakistan were close to reaching an agreement to resolve Siachen issue and suggested a “breakthrough” on this was expected...
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22 killed in accident
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 29: Twenty-two people were killed and over two dozen injured when a bus collided with an oil tanker on Jatoi-Sheher Sultan Road in Muzaffargarh district on Sunday....
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Gastroenteritis: six killed in Bela
BELA (Balochistan), Oct 29: At least six people, including three women, have died after suffering from gastroenteritis following the outbreak of the water-borne disease in three union councils of district Bela, while dozens of patients have been admitted to hospitals....
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New tax likely on POL products
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The government is reported to be planning to impose a new tax on petroleum products to collect over Rs30 billion for increasing the strategic oil storage to cover a minimum of 45 days of consumption....
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Two rockets strike Quetta
QUETTA, Oct 29: Quetta was rocked when two rockets exploded in two different places on Sunday night. The rockets were fired from unknown place in west of Quetta city with brief interval causing great panic among the residents of these areas....
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Over 300 may never leave Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY (Cuba), Oct 29: Many of the 435 suspected terrorists held in concrete and metal prisons on a US military base in Cuba might never go home....
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High ratio of Muslims in Indian jails
NEW DELHI, Oct 29: India’s jails hold a disproportionate number of the country’s minority Muslims, a sign of discrimination and alienation from the Hindu majority, according to a report published on Sunday....
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K.M. Azhar passes away
LAHORE, Oct 29: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leader Lt-Gen (Retd) K. M. Azhar died at the Combined Military Hospital here on Sunday morning. He was 88....
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Chakar Domki passes away
QUETTA, Oct 29: Sardar Chakar Khan Domki, the chief of the Domki tribe, died on Saturday after prolonged illness. He was 64. He leaves behind a wife and four sons....
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70 killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Oct 29: Afghan and Nato-led troops killed up to 70 insurgents in a battle involving attack helicopters and air support while an ISAF soldier was killed in a bomb blast, the force said on Sunday....
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Sultan among 100 dead in Nigeria air crash
ABUJA, Oct 29: More than 100 people, including the spiritual leader of Nigeria’s Muslims, were killed on Sunday when a commercial airliner crashed after takeoff in the capital Abuja, officials and aviation sources said....
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US looks for honourable Iraq exit strategy
WASHINGTON, Oct 29: The Bush administration seems to have given up its aim of moulding Iraq into a democracy of its liking and is now looking for an honourable exit strategy, experts say....
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Rallies held in Canada
TORONTO, Oct 29: Rallies and marches were held in several Canadian cities on Saturday to press for the withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan....
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Kasuri greets Mukherjee
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri has sent a message of felicitation to his new Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee....
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Jobless youths
GENEVA, Oct 29: The number of unemployed 15 to 24 year-olds has risen sharply over the past decade, leaving about one-third of the world’s young people without jobs or in abject poverty, the International Labour Organisation said on Monday....
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Iran scents world split on nuclear issue
TEHRAN, Oct 29: Iran on Sunday remained defiant over its nuclear programme despite the threat of sanctions, saying it was detecting splits between world powers on whether to punish Tehran for intensifying atomic work....
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Aziz calls for moon sighting mechanism
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the ministry of religious affairs to work out a mechanism for moon sighting, in consultation with Ulema from Pakistan and other Islamic...
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