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| February 20, 2007 | Tuesday | Safar 2, 1428 |
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Bloody attempt to derail peace train: • 68 trapped to death as fire fuelled by blasts engulfs crowded compartments • Terror attack not to affect dialogue, vow Pakistani, Indian leaders
NEW DELHI, Feb 19: Two crude incendiary bombs exploded inside the security-sealed train from Delhi to the border post of Attari early on Monday, sparking a fire in which at least...
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Tragedy at Panipat
DEWANA (India), Feb 19: Some details of the tragedy that struck the train bound for the border post of Attari on Monday night.
• There were 757 passengers aboard the train, including 553 Pakistanis, constituting the bulk of the casualties....
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Mother, five children among victims
FAISALABAD, Feb 19: A family which lost six of its members in the Samjhota Express tragedy had gone to Charolhi near New Delhi to attend a wedding....
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PPP, PML-N resolve differences over MPC
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) on Monday said they had resolved their controversy on the hosting of the multi-party conference (MPC) by...
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NA calls for law and order, amid own disorder
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The ruling and opposition parties spoke with one voice in the National Assembly on Monday against a recent wave of suicide bombings and called for a better law...
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Pentagon for attack on camps in N. Waziristan: NYT
WASHINGTON, Feb 19: The Pentagon has advocated direct US strikes against alleged Al Qaeda training camps inside North Waziristan where the terrorist group appears to have made new inroads, the New York Times reported on Monday....
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UN envoy seeks clarification from Pakistan: Aurakzai’s remarks
KABUL, Feb 19: The UN diplomat in Afghanistan said on Monday that Talibanisation posed a threat to the region, particularly neighbouring Pakistan, and warned that the hardline group''s rule was not an experience worth repeating....
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Arbitration court option on Baglihar
WASHINGTON, Feb 19: Pakistan has the option to go to a court of arbitration against the neutral expert’s decision in the Baglihar dispute but it seems in no hurry to do so....
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SC seeks reason for opposition to Hasba
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the attorney-general to explain why President Gen Pervez Musharraf was opposing a legislation passed by the NWFP assembly for enforcement of Islamic system in the province....
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WB provides Rs1.61bn for improving highway
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The World Bank has provided Rs1.61 billion to the National Highway Authority for the improvement of the highway from Rawalpindi to Peshawar, top NHA officials said....
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India, BD to combat terror jointly
DHAKA, Feb 19: India and Bangladesh have agreed to make joint efforts to combat terrorism, which they consider a serious threat to social and economic development at local and international levels....
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Senate initiates joint pre-budget debate
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The opposition as well as the treasury lawmakers hit out at the government’s budget-making, economic, taxation, banking, agriculture and industrial policies as an unprecedented pre-budget debate started in the Senate on Monday....
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Iran executes bomber at site of attack
TEHRAN, Feb 19: Iran executed the bomber at the site of his attack which killed several members of an elite military corps, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Monday....
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Anti-India group in rescue work
WAGAH, Feb 19: Help for survivors of the train tragedy came from a quarter that has caused India concern in the past....
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Over 150 passengers leave for Karachi
LAHORE, Feb 19: More than 150 passengers, bound for Karachi and other cities, left Lahore by the Sindh Express train on Monday night....
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Train service to continue: Rashid
ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE, Feb 19: Federal Minister for Railways Shaikh Rashid Ahmad on Monday strongly condemned the attack on the Samjhota Express and said Samjhota and Thar Express trains would run according to their schedules despite the incident....
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Attack not to disrupt peace process: FO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the terrorist incident on the Indian territory involving the Samjhota Express but declared that Islamabad remained committed to the ongoing peace process with New Delhi....
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PR team to leave for Delhi
LAHORE, Feb 19: A two-member team of the Pakistan Railways will leave for New Delhi on Tuesday, officials said on Monday....
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