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| November 04, 2006 | Saturday | Shawwal 11, 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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Jirga to be held in Gwadar on 16th
QUETTA, Nov 3: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has said that the venue and date of a tribal Jirga of Baloch sardars and tribal elders convened by the government has... 
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Backing US was compulsion, not choice: Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said Pakistan took the right decision to join the international war on terrorism. Otherwise, he said, its fate would not have been different from that of Afghanistan and Iraq....
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Bajaur protesters attack checkposts, block roads
KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Nov 3: Protesters on Friday attacked several checkposts and set on fire a security post in Bajaur Agency where a complete strike was observed against Monday’s attack on a seminary....
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Rocket attack plan was approved by Al Qaeda
PESHAWAR, Nov 3: A little-known Al Qaeda affiliate in the restive North Waziristan tribal region gave the go-ahead for the attempted rocket attacks in and around the federal capital last month, a senior investigator has told Dawn....
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PIA in financial tailspin
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is in such dire financial straits that it may be threatened with liquidation because of its monthly losses of more than Rs1 billion and...
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Charles and Duchess visit Hunza, Skardu
SKARDU/HUNZA, Nov 3: Prince Charles of Britain, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, visited a village in Skardu on Friday....
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Report sought on MPs’ production orders
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over a report on parliamentarians who were not allowed to cast their votes during parliamentary...
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MQM dissolves labour division
KARACHI, Nov 3: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Mr Altaf Hussain, has announced that the Central Coordination Committee of the MQM has dissolved the party’s labour division, including all its units, and he has endorsed the committee’s decision....
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ICC removes Darrell Hair from elite panel: report
NEW DELHI, Nov 3: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to remove Australian umpire Darrell Hair from its elite panel, Indian television channels reported on Friday....
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Russia rejects draft of Iran sanctions resolution BRUSSELS, Nov 3: Russia will not back a draft UN sanctions resolution against Iran without significant changes, a senior Russian official said as world powers prepared to meet on Friday to tackle differences over the move....
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Israeli troops kill 2 women trying to rescue militants
GAZA CITY, Nov 3: Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian women acting as human shields between soldiers and Palestinian militants holed up in a mosque in Gaza on Friday, as well as a militant in a nearby clash, witnesses said....
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Police find 57 bodies in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Nov 3: Police in Baghdad found 56 bodies and a severed head over the past 24 hours in various parts of the capital, the highest daily figure since the end of Ramazan, an Interior Ministry source said on Friday....
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Indian army warns Delhi
SRINAGAR, Nov 3: India’s million-plus military on Friday cautioned the government against extending concessions to Pakistan on a strategic glacier in disputed Kashmir....
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Wapda may raise tariff
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Wapda Chairman Tariq Hameed has said that the authority will have to enhance power tariff if the current oil prices prevail....
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Cleric killed for spying on Taliban
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 3: A madressah administrator was killed by unidentified assailants in the Razmak area of North Waziristan Agency on Thursday, officials and witnesses said....
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Baby boom in quake areas
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: A baby boom continues in the region devastated one year ago by the earthquake. A huge share of those killed last October were children, and many grieving parents...
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Kasuri to visit Iran next month
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri will pay an official visit to Iran next month for bilateral consultations on key issues including the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project....
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AI appeals for man’s release
WASHINGTON, Nov 3: Amnesty International launched a global appeal on Thursday after Pakistan arrested a freed Guantanamo prisoner after he wrote a book on his experience at controversial US detention facility....
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