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| December 25, 2006 | Monday | Zilhaj 03, 1427 |
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There is no issue of DAWN, on Tuesday December 26, 2006 due to newspaper holiday in Pakistan. However we will continue to update the latest news
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Tehran refuses to bow on N-plans
TEHRAN, Dec 24: Iran vowed on Sunday to start work immediately on drastically expanding its capacity to enrich uranium, defying the first ever UN sanctions against the Islamic republic''s nuclear programme....
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Sanctions won’t hurt ties with Iran: FO
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Pakistan has made it clear that the UN Security Council resolution slapping sanctions on Iran would not affect Tehran-Islamabad economic ties. Islamabad also stressed the need for a negotiated settlement of the issue....
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‘MMA won’t take part in poll if held under Musharraf’
KARACHI, Dec 24: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has expressed reservations over the alliance’s participation in the next elections if they are held under the supervision of President Gen Pervez Musharraf....
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D.I. Khan firing claims 4 lives
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 24: Four people were killed and six injured critically when gunmen opened fire on people attending a funeral at the Hafiz Khair Ahmad graveyard here on Sunday.The...
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Quaid’s birth anniversary today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The nation will celebrate the 130th birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah today (Monday) with enthusiasm and national spirit. The day has been declared a public holiday....
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Power tariff of Jamshoro plant raised
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), despite opposition from one of its members and some other institutions, has increased the power tariff of the 1,054MW Jamshoro Thermal...
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Report on autonomy after Eid
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan, which held an informal meeting in Islamabad on Sunday, is likely to hold its formal meeting in Quetta after Eidul Azha to finalise its long overdue report on provincial autonomy....
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President, PM vow to protect rights of minorities
ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to protect legitimate rights and interests of minorities....
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PM calls for resolving global disputes
ASHKABAD (Turkmenistan), Dec 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who was in Ashkabad on Sunday to attend the funeral of Turkmenistan President Saparmurat Niyazov, held meetings with different world leaders and discussed with them regional and international issues....
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Awami League to take part in elections
DHAKA, Dec 24: Ending a pervasive uncertainty about an all-party general election in Bangladesh, the Awami League and its allies, who were threatening to boycott polls until Saturday, announced on Sunday...
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Bush sees changes in Iraq next year
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: In a Christmas message to his troops, US President George W. Bush has promised that “the coming year will bring change” in Iraq....
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Pakistani man rescues poor couple in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Dec 24: An anonymous Pakistani philanthropist has paid the outstanding hospital bill to secure the release of month-old Shan, son of a Pakistani driver. The hospital was refusing to release...
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Singh accused of Kashmir sell-out
NEW DELHI, Dec 24: India''s oppositon leader Lal Kishan Advani on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh''s UPA government was planning a major surrender on the Kashmir issue, NDTV said....
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Four militants die in Kashmir shootouts
SRINAGAR, Dec 24: Four suspected militants were killed and three policemen were wounded in two separate shootouts overnight in the Indian portion of Kashmir, army and police said Sunday....
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Guantanamo jail to host most expensive trial in US history
WASHINGTON, Dec 24: The US government plans to build a $100 million courthouse in Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba, spending $1.6 million on each of the 60 prisoners it plans to try there, media reports said....
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Blair shelves plan to ban Hizb-ut-Tahrir
LONDON, Dec 24: Prime Minister Tony Blair has been forced to shelve plans to ban Hizb-ut-Tahrir after opposition from senior police officers and the Home Office, the Sunday Observer has reported....
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Iraqi killers of 14 Pakistanis arrested
KARBALA, Dec 24: Iraqi police arrested two of their own officers who confessed to killing 14 Pakistani pilgrims earlier this year, a spokesman for the force acknowledged here on Sunday....
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Four policemen suspended
RAWALPINDI, Dec 24: An investigation has been started against four policemen after they had a brawl at the New Town police station over the release of a man....
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