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| March 03, 2007 | Saturday | Safar 13, 1428 |
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US senators call for direct strike inside Pakistan: Pressure tactics may trigger Musharraf’s ouster: ambassador
WASHINGTON, March 2: Members of the US Senate have urged the Bush administration to launch military strikes at alleged Al Qaeda targets inside Pakistan, prompting the Pakistani envoy in Washington to... 
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Attack on anti-terror judge leaves three dead
MULTAN, March 2: An anti-terrorist court judge was wounded and three people, two of them police constables, were killed when a bomb attached to a bicycle exploded near the judge’s car here on Friday....
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Supreme Court suspends SHC order
ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Supreme Court on Friday suspended a Sindh High Court order that required the National Accountability Bureau to arrest suspects under investigations for their involvement in corruption....
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Rao faction joins PML, without ticket assurance
ISLAMABAD, March 2: The PPP Patriots ceased to exist in Punjab after its 10 MNAs and five MPAs, led by Senior Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal, joined the ruling Pakistan Muslim League and formally merged their party with the PML on Friday....
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LPG base price reduced by 4.2pc
ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday reduced the maximum base stock price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Rs31,949 per ton from Rs33,365, showing a fall of 4.2...
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Govt earned Rs34bn in just six months: Increase in oil, gas prices
ISLAMABAD, March 2: The government has pocketed Rs34 billion in just six months of the current fiscal as a result of increase in prices of oil and gas -– almost 100...
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‘Obaidullah capture won’t stop Afghan offensive’
ISLAMABAD, March 2: Pakistan’s reported capture of the former Taliban defence minister boosts its anti-terror credentials and delivers a setback to the insurgent movement, but is unlikely to curb another wave of militant violence this year, analysts said on Friday....
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Exchange of fire on Afghan border
GHALLANAI, March 2: The Afghan National Army and Pakistani troops exchanged fire in the Kudakhel area of Mohmand Agency on Friday, sources said....
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22 killed as tornadoes hit US, Canada
WASHINGTON, March 2: Authorities were digging through the rubble of a Georgia high school on Friday, cleaning up from a string of tornadoes spawned by a winter storm that killed 22 people in the US and Canada....
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14 Iraqi policemen slain in revenge for rape
BAGHDAD, March 2: Iraqi police found the bodies of 14 policemen on Friday, and an Al Qaeda-linked group said it had killed them to avenge the alleged rape of a `Sunni woman’ last month....
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Law proposed to prevent Bush from attacking Iran
WASHINGTON, March 2: Opposition Democrats are drafting a Senate bill that would prevent the Bush administration from launching a military strike against Iran without congressional approval....
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Iran cleric says Pakistan becoming ‘terrorist sanctuary’
TEHRAN, March 2: A top Iranian cleric accused Pakistan on Friday of becoming a ‘terrorist sanctuary’, following an upsurge of violence on the two nations’ border area that Tehran blames on...
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Troops kill militant in occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR, March 2: A militant on the Indian army’s “most wanted” list in occupied Kashmir was shot dead during a fierce gunbattle with troops, police said on Friday....
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India to send bomb disposal squad for World Cup
NEW DELHI, March 2: India is to send a bomb disposal squad to the West Indies at the request of the Carribean nations hosting the cricket World Cup from next week, the Indian foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday....
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Lunar eclipse timings
KARACHI, March 2: A total lunar eclipse will occur on the night of March 3 and 4. The eclipse will be visible over countries in Africa, Europe, Central Asian and Middle East countries....
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UNHCR plans return of 250,000 Afghans in ’07
GENEVA, March 2: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday estimated that some 250,000 Afghan refugees could return home this year from Pakistan and Iran....
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US ambassador stresses enduring ties with Pakistan
KARACHI, March 2: Outgoing US Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker stressed his country’s “strategic and enduring relationship with Pakistan” in meetings he held during is farewell visit to Karachi on Friday....
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PML-N calls committee meeting on MPC
ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has convened a meeting of its central working committee here on Tuesday (March 6) to review arrangements and strategy for multi-party conference being...
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