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| November 10, 2006 | Friday | Shawwal 17, 1427 |
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Hunt for Dargai bomber’s aide at dead end: Case to be taken to court: Sherpao
PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Investigators looking for an accomplice of the Dargai suicide bomber appear to have come to a dead end with no sight of the young man who...
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NA meets under pall of gloom, anger over massacres
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The National Assembly meets on Friday to begin a new session under a pall of gloom and anger over civilian and military massacres that may blow up in...
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Democrats grab crucial seat
WASHINGTON, Nov 9: The Democrats consolidated control over the US Congress when they captured the Senate on Thursday after incumbent Republican senator from Virginia, George Allen, conceded defeat....
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Bush in search of new ideas on Iraq
WASHINGTON, Nov 9: President George Bush said on Thursday that he was open to any suggestion that could ensure success of the US-backed democratic set-up in Iraq, signalling a change of...
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JWP leaders rejoin party
QUETTA, Nov 9: Secretary-General of the Jamhoori Watan Party Senator Agha Shahid Bugti, Information Secretary Amanullah Kanrani and other leaders, who had resigned two weeks ago, resumed their party work on...
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Restoration work in Ranikot stopped
RANIKOT (Dadu), Nov 9: The ill-planned restoration work of Ranikot, one of the oldest and largest forts in the world, has been stopped and an inquiry instituted to take action against...
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Agenda for UN reforms unveiled
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday that the `high-level panel’ on UN reforms set up by the secretary-general had endeavoured to propose a bold but realistic...
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Pakistani visitors highest spenders in UK
LONDON, Nov 9: Pakistan may be earning a lot of notoriety in the UK these days because of the criminal doings of some British citizens with roots or connections in the...
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Soldier injured in rocket attack
QUETTA, Nov 9: A soldier suffered serious injuries in a rocket attack on a convoy near Tartani area of the Kohlu district on Thursday, official sources said....
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Guru says Kashmiri youths used as pawns
New Delhi, Nov 9: Kashmiri convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, sentenced by an Indian court to be hanged for his alleged role in the 2001 attack on the Parliament House, has accused...
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Indian airports on high alert
NEW DELHI, Nov 9: Security at airports in South India has been heightened after the Trichy Airport Director received a letter threatening terror attacks, news agencies said on Thursday....
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N. Korean ship seized by India
MUMBAI, Nov 9: India''s coast guard have seized a North Korean ship headed for Iran with no declared cargo and are questioning the Korean crew, officials said on Thursday....
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Taliban fightback surprises US
KABUL, Nov 9: Taliban have fought back against the Afghan government and western forces with surprising intensity this year, strengthened by drug money and the ability to shelter in Pakistan, a top US official said on Thursday....
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34 Taliban killed
KANDAHAR, Nov 9: Clashes between insurgents and Nato-led and Afghan troops left 34 Taliban and three policemen dead in the latest violence in Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday....
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‘Rumsfeld faces legal action’
WASHINGTON, Nov 9: United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld''s resignation on Wednesday leaves him vulnerable to legal action for his role in `authorising torture’ of `war on terror’ detainees, according to a lawyers'' group representing Guantanamo prisoners....
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Dr Khan in critical condition, says PML-N leader
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Joint secretary of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Siddiqul Farooque has said that nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is in critical condition. He accused the government of having adopted a course which had endangered the life of Dr Khan....
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PTI chief blames Musharraf for soldiers’ deaths
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said President Gen Pervez Musharraf is responsible for not only the deaths of 80 civilians in Bajaur but also for the...
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No Taliban, extremists in Pakistan, say Sikh pilgrims
TAXILA, Nov 9: Over 5,000 Sikh pilgrims, including 4,000 from India, left Gurdwara Punja Sahib for Lahore in the early hours of Thursday after participating in the 537th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak....
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