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| December 29, 2006 | Friday | Zilhaj 07, 1427 |
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Fencing, mining from next month
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Pakistan will start mining and fencing of its border with Afghanistan next month after addressing all reservations of the United Nations, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told Dawn on Thursday.... 
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No poll decision made: Durrani: Azeem’s remarks sow confusion
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Federal Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani on Thursday contradicted the statement made a day earlier by his deputy regarding the dates and modalities of the presidential and general elections....
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Haj-i-Akbar gets under way
MAKKAH, Dec 28: The largest annual gathering of Muslims unrolled on Thursday as over two million Haj pilgrims began the trek to Mina. A biting cold welcomed the pilgrims to the tent city....
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Autonomy bill by February
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan has expressed optimism about the formulation of a consensus draft dealing with provincial autonomy, which would be sent to the National Assembly in February after vetting by the law ministry....
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Bhutto approached UK over Kohinoor: documents
LONDON, Dec 28: Former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto called on Britain 30 years ago to correct historic wrongs by returning a precious diamond which left the subcontinent during the colonial times, newly declassified documents showed on Friday....
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SHC issues notices over CM advisers case
KARACHI, Dec 28: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the advocate-general and respondents in a petition challenging appointment of advisers to the chief minister. The petition, moved by Advocate Munir...
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Relatives of the missing beaten up
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Police broke up a protest demonstration organised by family members and relatives of missing persons, badly beating and arresting several of them after they tried to march to...
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16 die in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 28: Sixteen people were killed and 23 injured in attacks by armed gangs against civilian buses and police stations in Rio de Janeiro, officials said on Thursday....
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No media regulatory body planned: govt
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Faced with a strong opposition from the media, opposition parties and human rights organisations, the government on Thursday denied working on a proposal to establish an authority that would regulate matters pertaining to press and publication....
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Call for legal action against those defaming the prophet
MAKKAH, Dec 28: Leading Muslim scholars attending a conference on Wednesday called for pursuing legal cases against those who defame Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)....
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Mogadishu falls to Ethiopians
MOGADISHU, Dec 28: Triumphant Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after religious extremists fled the war-scarred city they held for six months....
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UN evacuates 14 aid workers from Somalia
NAIROBI, Dec 28: The United Nations on Thursday evacuated 14 humanitarian workers from Somalia as Ethiopia-backed government troops entered the capital Mogadishu hours after the Islamists abandoned the city....
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108,000 Iraqis left homes last month: minister
BAGHDAD, Dec 28: More than 108,000 Iraqis have left their homes and registered as refugees in the last month, a senior official said on Thursday. Since the Feb 22 bombing of...
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US says India key to its interests
WASHINGTON, Dec 28: The United States has sought to strengthen its relationship with India because it recognizes the country as a key to strategic US interests, the State Department said on Thursday....
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Quarterly report of CBR still awaited
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has failed to release its first quarterly (July-Sept) report for fiscal 2006-07 even after almost three months of the second quarter....
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Code of conduct for tourists stressed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Federal Minister for Tourism Nilofar Bakhtiar stressed the need for making concerted efforts to devise code of conduct for tourists besides bringing improvement in road-access to tourist sites,...
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British soldier killed in Helmand
KABUL, Dec 28: A British soldier was killed and three hurt when a blast caused a vehicle crash in Afghanistan''s troubled southern Helmand province, the Nato-led force and British military said on Thursday....
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Three killed as gunmen open fire on trailer
QUETTA, Dec 28: Three people were killed on Thursday when gunmen opened fire on a Karachi-bound trailer near Wadh town in Khuzdar district, some 400km from here....
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