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| December 31, 2006 | Sunday | Zilhaj 09, 1427 |
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Iraq fate hanging in balance after Saddam’s execution
BAGHDAD, Dec 30: Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn on Saturday for crimes against humanity as Iraq’s prime minister rushed through an execution that delighted victims of the former president’s harsh...
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Women’s rights bill resubmitted to assembly
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: President of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain submitted the government’s second bill on women’s rights to the deputy speaker on Saturday, after it was redrafted to accommodate one change....
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Three Eids in NWFP
PESHAWAR, Dec 30: Like Eidul Fitr, the Eidul Azha celebrations in the NWFP remained mired in controversy after local ulema failed to agree on a single day to observe the festive occasion....
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Pilgrims perform stoning ritual
MENA, Dec 30: More than two million Muslim pilgrims began a symbolic devil-stoning ritual on Saturday, putting to the test new safety measures at a stage of the Haj that has seen tragedy in the past....
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Musharraf urges Leaguers to rise up against extremists
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has asked the leadership of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League to shun their differences and prepare the party for the general elections in order to “effectively defeat the obscurant, extremist and radical elements”....
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15 killed in accident near Vehari
VEHARI, Dec 30: A Burewala-bound bus collided on Saturday morning with an oil tanker amid a thick pall of fog on Gagoo-Lahore Road, about 50km from here, leaving at least 15 people dead and 10 grievously injured....
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500 missing as ferry sinks off Indonesia
REMBANG (Indonesia), Dec 30: More than 500 people were missing on Saturday after an Indonesian ferry sank in a storm off the coast of Java, where search and rescue efforts were being hampered by rough seas....
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Trade bodies shall apply for licences afresh: New law enforced
LAHORE, Dec 30: The Trade Organisations Ordinance 2006 has come into force, revoking all licences granted under the Trade Ordinance 1961 and requiring existing trade bodies to apply for the licence afresh within three months....
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World Bank calls for studying new energy options
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The World Bank has advised Pakistan to explore new options for generating additional electricity in order to avoid a countrywide loadshedding....
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Second phase of Safta tariff cuts notified
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) on Saturday notified the second phase of the agreed reductions in tariffs under the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) effective from July 1, 2006....
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Ex-dictator’s exit will do Bush no good
WASHINGTON, Dec 30: US President George Bush acknowledged on Saturday that Saddam Hussein’s execution would not end the deadly violence in Iraq while the Pentagon alerted American troops in that country for a possible backlash....
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Hanging will make matters worse, says Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Pakistan has said it is feared that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s execution by hanging on Saturday morning will exacerbate the security situation in the violence-torn country....
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Burial near Tikrit: TV
BAGHDAD, Dec 30: A delegation that included the governor of Salahuddin Province and the head of Saddam Hussein''s clan has retrieved his body from Baghdad and taken it for burial near...
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World rights groups slam ‘victor’s justice’
LONDON, Dec 30: International human rights groups have deplored the execution of Saddam Hussein, saying it marked “a significant step away” from the rule of law and would do nothing to halt bloodshed in Iraq....
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Execution unfortunate, says India
NEW DELHI, Dec 30: The execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on Saturday was unfortunate, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement....
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OIC calls for calm
JEDDAH, Dec 30: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) called for calm in Iraq on Saturday after the hanging of Saddam Hussein and urged Muslim clerics to implement a pact banning the shedding of Muslim blood....
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Asad Marri killed by agency men, says mother
QUETTA, Dec 30: The mother of Asad Marri has claimed that the intelligence agency men killed her son outside the house in new Kahan and refuted the official claim that Asad was killed in the exchange of fire with police....
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2 PAF officers promoted
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The government has promoted Mohammad Kamal Alam and Zubair Iqbal Malik to the rank of Air Vice Marshal....
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