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| January 30, 2007 | Tuesday | Muharram 10, 1428 |
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There is no issue of DAWN, on Wednesday January 31, 2007 due to newspaper holiday in Pakistan. However we will continue to update the latest news
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Third suicide attack in four days; 3 dead: •Rockets fired in Bannu, Tank •Six suspected bombers held in D.I. Khan •Explosives seized in Kohat
DERA ISMAIL KHAN / BANNU, Jan 29: A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up near a checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan on Monday, killing two people, including a policeman....
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Panjgur airport, FC camp attacked
QUETTA, Jan 29: Rockets were fired at the Panjgur airport and a Frontier Corps camp on Sunday night. According to official sources, at least 6 rockets were fired at the airport and the camp from nearby mountains....
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Gas pipeline blown up
QUETTA, Jan 29: Armed militants blew up a gas pipeline in the Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district on Monday night, disrupting the supply to the main distribution system in Sui....
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Ashura today: steps taken to ensure peace
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Youm-i-Ashur, the 10th of Muharram, will be observed with reverence and religious solemnity in the country and Azad Kashmir on Tuesday. Tazia, Alam and Zuljinah processions will be taken out in all cities and towns across the country....
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Verdict on Baglihar dam controversy on Feb 12 ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The World Bank appointed neutral expert arbitrating the lingering India-Pakistan dispute over the Baglihar hydroelectric project in occupied Kashmir will give his final verdict on February 12 in Switzerland....
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200,000 cusecs of water going to waste
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: About 200,000 cusec of water fell into the sea without being utilised for irrigation purposes during the last 10 days of the ongoing Rabi season owing to negligence...
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Benazir to visit White House with Asif
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Zardari would attend the White House prayer breakfast together to dispel media reports that they had separated, PPP officials said on Monday....
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Mumtaz to attend London moot
KARACHI, Jan 29: Sindh National Front chairman Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Monday said he would attend the multi-party conference convened by Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif in London....
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Probe into train accident begins
SHIKARPUR, Jan 29: Inquiry committees constituted by railways department and Sindh government have started investigation into Sunday’s accident. Police have also registered a report of the incident and begun investigation....
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BD polls suspended for three months
DHAKA, Jan 29: The high court of Bangladesh on Monday ordered the country’s Election Commission to suspend all elections for three months. The court asked the Election Commission to explain within...
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33,000 held in BD
DHAKA, Jan 29: At least 33,000 people have been arrested in Bangladesh by the army, police and security forces since a state of emergency was imposed earlier this month, an official said Monday....
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Two Indian policemen arrested over killing
SRINAGAR, Jan 29: Two policemen were arrested and two others suspended in occupied Kashmir on Monday over the death of a man falsely identified as a Pakistani militant and killed by security forces, officials said....
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India to test Brahmos from submarine
NEW DELHI, Jan 29: India is poised with its undersea launch version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile and wants the Navy to help in preliminary test trials by the end of the year....
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APHC seeks consensus
NEW DELHI, Jan 29: The All Parties’ Hurriyet Conference has said that it wants to build consensus among the pro-movement groups in occupied Kashmir and ‘institutionalise’ efforts to resolve the issue....
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Karzai offers talks with Taliban
| KABUL, Jan 29: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday offered peace talks with a resurgent Taliban after the bloodiest year since they were ousted in 2001 and amid warnings of a violent spring offensive....
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Suicide bomber kills 3 in Israel
| EILAT (Israel), Jan 29: A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a bakery in Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat on Monday, killing three people in the first militant attack in the Jewish state in nine months....
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Greenpeace activists scale Eiffel Tower
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PARIS, Jan 29: Nearly 20 environmentalists scaled the Eiffel Tower on Monday to hang protest banners about the threat of global warming as the world’s top climate scientists gathered nearby to issue a key report....
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More EU aid for Afghanistan
| BERLIN, Jan 29: The European Union on Monday announced an aid package to Afghanistan worth $775 million over the next four years.EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Walder said one of the main thrusts...
Hamas-Fatah fighting death toll reaches 33
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GAZA CITY, Jan 29: Sporadic gunbattles between rival Hamas and Fatah factions raged across Gaza again on Monday despite a Saudi offer to mediate an end to the worst internecine violence in a year that has killed 33 people....
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Malaysian company to complete $100m project | KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29: Malaysian telecom giant is set to complete its $100 million country-wide fibre optic project in Pakistan by October this year. Telekom Malaysia (TM), a company worth $1.4...
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