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| January 29, 2007 | Monday | Muharram 09, 1428 |
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250 killed in fierce battle near Najaf: US helicopter shot down NAJAF, Jan 28: US and Iraqi forces killed 250 gunmen in a fierce battle involving US tanks and helicopters on the outskirts Najaf on Sunday, a senior Iraqi police officer said.... 
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Power line hits train; 10 dead
SUKKUR, Jan 28: At least 10 people sitting on the roof of a train were killed and 50 others injured when an electric cable fell on the Quetta Express near Shikarpur on Sunday....
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Important lead found in blast probe: official
PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Traders stunned by Saturday’s devastating blast which killed 13 people, including senior police officers, kept their shops closed and a tense calm prevailed in the provincial capital on Sunday....
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Vote of trust from new MPs likely
LAHORE, Jan 28: President Pervez Musharraf will get himself re-elected from the present assemblies, but may take a vote of confidence from the new legislatures after the general elections, Pakistan Muslim League sources say....
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Wapda move to cost Rs9.6bn
LAHORE, Jan 28: Wapda''s decision to grant the Neelum-Jehlum Hydroelectric Project to a single contractor instead of four, as decided earlier, would cost the country an additional Rs9.6 billion....
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Details sought on use of airbases by foreign forces
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has urged the government to take the parliament into confidence over the terms and conditions of agreements allowing the use of country''s airbases by foreign troops in the war on terrorism....
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‘Nothing more can be done for Afghanistan’
LAHORE, Jan 28: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri has said that Pakistan cannot do more than what it is already doing to stop alleged infiltration of terrorists into Afghanistan....
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Pakistan-India commission to meet next month ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Pakistan-India Joint Commission, co-chaired by foreign ministers of the two countries, will convene in New Delhi on February 21, to discuss bolstering of bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors, diplomatic sources told Dawn on Sunday....
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Gas supply to Sui plant disrupted
QUETTA, Jan 28: Gas supply to the main purification plant in Sui was supended on Sunday after saboteurs blew up the main pipeline from the gas field....
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Police break up Srinagar procession
SRINAGAR, Jan 28: Police used tear-gas and batons to break up a Muharram procession in the Indian-held Kashmir on Sunday, injuring 10 people, one of them seriously....
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BD seeks army help for polls
DHAKA, Jan 28: The head of Bangladesh''s caretaker administration, Fakhruddin Ahmed, urged the armed forces on Sunday to assist in holding fair parliamentary elections....
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Ministers agree to re-launch stalled trade talks
DAVOS, Jan 28: Trade ministers here have agreed to re-launch the stalled trade talks, according to an announcement made here at the conclusion of an informal ministerial meeting....
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Pelosi, Karzai discuss new aid
KABUL, Jan 28: Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the United States House of Representatives, here on Sunday discussed with President Hamid Karzai plans announced last week by the US administration to ask Congress for $10.6...
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Israel gets first Muslim minister
JERUSALEM, Jan 28: Israel appointed its first Muslim minister on Sunday, a step which, he said, would help its Arab citizens identify more strongly with the state....
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Music maestro Nayyar dies
| NEW DELHI, Jan 28: Indian music director O. P. Nayyar, who composed some of Bollywood’s most memorable tunes of the 1950s and 60s, died on Sunday after a heart attack at his home outside Mumbai, a news agency reported....
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India to set up aerospace defence command
| NEW DELHI, Jan 28: India will set up an aerospace defence command to shield itself against possible attacks from outer space, officials said Sunday....
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‘Paper trial’ leads to Blair in peerage case
| LONDON, Jan 28: Detectives investigating the infamous cash-for-peerage case have discovered a hand-written note from Prime Minister Tony Blair which is understood to acknowledge the efforts of Labour’s 12 secret lenders...
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WB assures technical support for new landfill
| RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: A World Bank (WB) delegation Sunday visited the new landfill site at Losar and assured the city district government of technical support in this regard....
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