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| November 08, 2006 | Wednesday | Shawwal 15, 1427 |
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Rockets rain on Wana during governor’s visit: Aurakzai not targeted: spokesman
WANA, Nov 7: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai escaped unhurt as rockets rained on a heavily fortified security camp during his address to a jirga in Wana, headquarters of the tribal South Waziristan agency, on Tuesday....
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Musharraf defends attack on militants: Democratic reforms stressed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday pledged to continue dealing effectively with terrorists and militants and said that terrorism would be crushed at all costs....
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Safta may collapse: India
NEW DELHI, Nov 7: India’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused Pakistan of placing hurdles in the way of a fledgling South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) and called for removing trade barriers between the two countries....
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US poll outcome not to affect ties: Boucher
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: There will be no shift in the US policy towards Pakistan whatever the results of the US mid-term elections, according to US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia and Central Asia Richard Boucher....
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Democrats strengthen lead on election day
WASHINGTON, Nov 7: Opinion polls announced on the election day predict that the opposition Democrats will win control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives in America’s mid-term elections....
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Aziz to present UN reform report
NEW YORK, Nov 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who will arrive here on Wednesday on a four-day visit, will present to Secretary-General Kofi Annan the report of the high-level panel to give system-wide coherence to United Nations....
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Production of arms with Germany, Korea soon
WAH, Nov 7: Pakistan will start co-production of arms and ammunition with Germany and Korea by January 2007. This was disclosed by Chairman Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Lt General Syed Sabahat...
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Hungary offers talks on nuclear cooperation
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Hungary, a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, on Tuesday offered to initiate a dialogue with Pakistan on the issue of civilian nuclear technology “as a step towards trust-building”....
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Irsa seeks to scrap telemetry system: Water loss audit planned
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) is seeking to carry out an audit of water losses in rivers and the scrapping of Rs350 million telemetry system....
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A harrowing tale of bonded labour, rape
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Lahore district and sessions judge to probe the accusations made by a woman who gave a blow-by-blow...
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Tough time for asylum seekers
LONDON, Nov 7: Intending Pakistani asylum seekers eying the UK would be better advised to read the latest Amnesty International and Refugee Action study published here on Tuesday before they take the plunge....
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Briton gets 40-year term in terror case
LONDON, Nov 7: A man who plotted to blow up the New York Stock Exchange and carry out attacks in Britain with gas-filled limousines and a ‘dirty bomb’ was jailed for a minimum of 40 years on Tuesday....
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Four killed in Kashmir violence
SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Two policemen and two militants were killed and four security personnel hurt in violence in occupied Kashmir, a police spokesman said on Tuesday....
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Eight killed in Gaza; Israel pulls out of town
BEIT HANUN (Gaza Strip), Nov 7: Israeli troops left Beit Hanun on Tuesday as eight people were killed elsewhere in Gaza, raising to more than 60 the Palestinian death toll in the beleaguered territory in a week....
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President of China due on 23rd
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Chinese President Hu Jintao and Mrs Hu Jintao will pay a four-day state visit to Pakistan from November 23 at the invitation of President General Pervez Musharraf....
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Sikh pilgrims reach Punja Sahib
TAXILA, Nov 7: Thousands of Sikh devotees arrived at Gurdwara Punja Sahib Hassanabdal from different parts of the world especially India, UAE, Thailand and Canada to offer their religious rituals....
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Demand to reduce oil prices
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Two senators of the People’s Party Parliamentarians have urged the government to reduce oil prices in the country in the wake of the reduction in the international market to provide relief to the people....
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Deportation of Nigerian national ordered
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench Tuesday ordered immediate deportation of a Nigerian drug- trafficker and banned his entry to Pakistan for life....
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