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| February 18, 2007 | Sunday | Muharram 29, 1428 |
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Judge, 14 others killed in Quetta suicide attack
QUETTA, Feb 17: Sixteen people, including a judge and six lawyers, were killed and 35 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the court of a senior civil judge here on Saturday....
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Waziristan deal not working: US
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed disappointment with the North Waziristan deal, saying that the plan has not helped reduce violence along the Pakistan-Afghan border....
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Benazir-Nawaz meeting unlikely
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: A meeting between former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif on the issue of the opposition parties’ conference planned to be held in London is unlikely after...
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Time for Palestinian state: Rice
JERUSALEM, Feb 17: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Saturday that this is an ‘important time’ to advance the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, despite what she said were complications created by the emerging Palestinian government....
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Abbas tells US he can do no more
RAMALLAH, Feb 17: The world will have to live with a new Hamas-Fatah coalition, even if its programme falls short of international demands, such as recognition of Israel, a defiant Mahmoud...
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President asks people to reject extremists
FAISALABAD, Feb 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday urged the people to reject extremists in the next general elections so that the country could remain on the path of prosperity....
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Four die as police vehicle ambushed
DERA GHAZI KHAN/RAJAPUR, Feb 17: Two policemen and two prisoners were shot dead and one under-trial prisoner fled when a police van carrying five prisoners from Rajanpur to Dera Ghazi Kahn was ambushed on Saturday....
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3 suspected bombers arrested
SUKKUR, Feb 17: Three suspected suicide bombers have been arrested near Ayub Gate here, police said on Saturday....
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Al Qaeda suspects remanded in custody
KARACHI, Feb 17: Judicial Magistrate East Ggnhwar Khan Gadehi on Saturday remanded three Al Qaeda suspects, charged with planning a suicide attack, in police custody till February 24....
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Thar Express resumes operation
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 17: Carrying 71 passengers from India, the Thar Express reached the Zero Point at 12:45pm on Saturday....
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N-plan Iran’s destiny: Khamenei
TEHRAN, Feb 17: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave his unequivocal backing to Tehran’s nuclear programme on Saturday, saying it was the “future and destiny” for a country whose fossil fuels would one day run out....
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Five of a family die in Qambar accident
LARKANA, Feb 17: Five members of a family died while two sustained injuries when their tractor trolley overturned near Golo Wah in Qambar area....
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Amitabh doesn’t want to be president
MUMBAI, Feb 17: India’s acting legend Amitabh Bachchan has said he does not want to run for the presidency, after several parties reportedly expressed an interest in nominating him....
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Democrats’ move to rebuke Bush foiled
WASHINGTON, Feb 17: The US Senate gridlocked on the Iraq war in a sharply worded showdown on Saturday as Republicans foiled a Democratic attempt to rebuke President George Bush over his deployment of 21,500 additional combat troops....
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Indian team due next week for pipeline talks
NEW DELHI, Feb 17: Indian oil ministry officials will travel to Islamabad next week to discuss construction of the gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan, an official said on Saturday....
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Nato soldiers kill Afghan civilian
KABUL, Feb 17: Nato soldiers fearing a suicide attack shot and killed an Afghan civilian on Saturday when he ran between vehicles in a convoy in southern Afghanistan, the alliance''s military said....
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Sherry identifies woman attacker
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) information secretary and MNA Sherry Rehman has claimed to have identified a woman who had attacked her during a protest rally in Karachi on Feb 14....
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‘Plan to track down terrorists devised’
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Information and Broadcasting Minister Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani said on Saturday that the government had devised a concrete plan to tackle terrorism, according to which tight security would...
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