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| November 06, 2006 | Monday | Shawwal 13, 1427 |
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Saddam death verdict divides Iraq, Arabs
BAGHDAD, Nov 5: An Iraqi court expectedly sentenced a shaken but defiant Saddam Hussein to death by hanging on Sunday for crimes against humanity, driving a wedge between the strife-torn country’s...
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Call for sectarian harmony
AMMAN, Nov 5: Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis on Sunday to reject the sectarian violence ripping his country apart and to “not take revenge” on US invaders, his chief lawyer said after the ousted leader was sentenced to death....
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Economic links among Muslim states urged
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) began here on Sunday with the resolve to restore the image of Islam and Muslims in the globalised world and integrate their...
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Aziz, Badawi agree on investment firm
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Ahmed Badawi agreed here on Sunday on setting up of a Pakistan-Malaysia investment company to encourage investment in the two countries....
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70 Uzbeks arrested over Quetta blasts
QUETTA, Nov 5: Police raided different areas of Quetta on Sunday and arrested about 100 suspects in connection with a car bomb explosion in front of the Central Police Office on Thursday....
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Tribal elder shot dead
WANA, Nov 5: Suspected militants shot dead a pro-government tribal elder, officials said on Sunday. Malik Wali Zar, a member of a government-sponsored committee working on expulsions of foreign militants, was shot dead on Saturday at Inzar village in South Waziristan....
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Shura plans peace campaign: New militant commander named for Waziristan
PESHAWAR, Nov 5: A Shura (council) of militant groups in the North and South Waziristan agencies has decided to launch a campaign against lawlessness and appoint a committee to collect donations to finance Mujahideen’s activities....
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Nato to discuss fencing proposal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Pakistan’s proposal of fencing its border with Afghanistan to stop infiltration of militants from both sides would be taken up at the annual Nato Summit meeting later this...
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Rs12.5bn road projects given to Malaysian firms
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The government on Friday agreed to award three road development projects, including the Karachi Mass Transit Project, of over Rs12.5 billion to Malaysian firms on build, operate and transfer basis....
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PAF officers among 50 held last month
LONDON, Nov 5: Several young officers with the Pakistani Air Force were among 50 people arrested for trying to assassinate President Musharraf soon after he returned from a visit to the...
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$500m UAE fund for Pakistan planned
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: A group of Dubai-based investors has decided to create a $500 million ‘Pakistan Infrastructure Fund’, especially to help improve energy, transport, power, health and sanitation sectors....
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Four of a family killed in Kashmir
JAMMU, Nov 5: Suspected militants shot dead four members of a Muslim family in occupied Kashmir on Sunday for refusing to allow the clan’s teenage daughter to wed a rebel, police said....
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Delhi top arms buyer
WASHINGTON, Nov 5: India was the biggest arms buyer among developing nations in 2005, finalising arms transfer agreements worth $5.4 billion while Pakistan was 6th on the list with $1.7 billion....
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12 die in Assam explosions
GUWAHATI, Nov 5: At least 12 people, mostly shoppers, were killed and more than 40 injured in two simultaneous bomb attacks on Sunday in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati, police said....
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‘Militant’ held in Sui
QUETTA, Nov 5: Security forces on Sunday arrested an alleged militant from Sui area of Dera Bugti. He was carrying highly explosive substance, official sources said....
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443kg hashish seized in Bahrain, S. Arabia
MANAMA, Nov 5: Bahraini authorities have seized some 300 kilogrammes of hashish smuggled from Pakistan via Iran and destined for trafficking in the Gulf Arab states, a police official said Sunday....
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Consulate to be set up in Barcelona, says Shujaat
BARCELONA (Spain), Nov 5: President Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday announced to open Pakistan’s consulate in Barcelona for the benefit of Pakistanis living here....
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Lawyers’ team to visit Bajaur
PESHAWAR, Nov 5: A fact-finding commission of lawyers will leave for Bajaur on Monday to ascertain facts about the last week’s attack on a seminary....
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