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| March 24, 2007 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 4, 1428 |
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Woolmer killed by someone he knew: police
KINGSTON (Jamaica), March 23: Pakistan’s coach Bob Woolmer was strangled in his hotel room and probably knew his killer, Jamaican police said on Friday, in a crime that has rocked the World Cup and sent shockwaves around the cricket world....
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Diplomats rush to Jamaica
ISLAMABAD: The government has directed its mission in Washington to immediately send two diplomats to Jamaica to touch base with the authorities there over Woolmer’s death....
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Musharraf asks lawyers not to politicise CJ issue
ISLAMABAD, March 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday urged lawyers to let the government meet demands of the constitution. In an apparent reference to the episode which started with the...
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Iran, Britain in row as Tehran seizes 15 sailors
LONDON, March 23: The Iranian navy has seized up to 15 British sailors, the UK’s Ministry of Defence confirmed on Friday, sparking a diplomatic standoff between Tehran and London....
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130 foreigners killed in clashes: governor
PESHAWAR, March 23: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has said about 130 foreigners have been killed in the four-day gunbattle between local tribesmen and foreign militants in the restive South Waziristan Agency....
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US watching Pakistan protests: Gates
WASHINGTON, March 23: The United States is closely watching a political challenge to President Gen Pervez Musharraf over his suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Moham-mad Chaudhry, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday....
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Export of traditional items drops
ISLAMABAD, March 23: Export of traditional domestic items like carpets, sports goods, surgical instruments, leather items and footwear declined by more than 15 per cent during the first eight months of...
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Gas reserves found
ISLAMABAD, March 23: The OMV Aktiengesellschaft, the Central Europe''s oil and gas group along with its joint venture partners -- PPL and ENI – on Friday announced the discovery of gas in Latif 1 exploration well in Sindh....
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India face elimination
India were in danger of elimination from the World Cup on Friday after losing to Sri Lanka by 69 runs in their crucial Group B match at Port of Spain, Trinidad....
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MMA backs ARD protest call for 26th
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD, March 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has announced its support to the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy’s call for a nationwide protest on Monday against the suspension of Chief Justice...
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Afghan attacks leave 89 dead
KABUL, March 23: At least 89 people, including 69 Taliban militants, were killed in two days of fighting in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, as violence soared with the onset of spring....
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Pakistan Day observed
ISLAMABAD, March 23: The nation observed 67th Pakistan Day with traditional zeal and fervour and a renewed pledge to make the country a strong, progressive and prosperous Islamic welfare state....
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Relations with Pakistan to grow: US official
WASHINGTON, March 23: The US relationship with Pakistan is not tied to a particular period and will continue to grow consistently for years to come, says a senior State Department official....
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President confers 93 awards
ISLAMABAD, March 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf conferred 93 civil and military awards on outstanding individuals at an investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Pakistan Day....
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Pakistan Day celebrated in missions abroad
WASHINGTON, March 23: Impressive ceremonies were held in Pakistan missions abroad, including Washington, New York, Beijing, Tokyo, New Delhi, Tehran, Ankara, Dhaka, Geneva and Hanoi to mark the 67th anniversary of Pakistan Day on Friday....
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US lawmakers approve bill seeking Iraq withdrawal by Sept ’08
WASHINGTON, March 23: The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to require the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by September next year, putting the House on a collision course with President George W....
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Agreement on Kashmir troops cut likely
NEW DELHI, March 23: The Indian government is considering some steps towards reducing the army’s presence in Kashmir, after a fall in violence and as a gesture towards the region’s people and politicians, officials said on Friday....
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Amended EU report on Kashmir adopted
ISLAMABAD, March 23: After prolonged negotiations, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has adopted the Kashmir Report incorporating ‘compromise amendments’ that underscore the importance of UN Resolutions, call for demilitarisation and end to human rights violations in Indian-held Kashmir....
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SCBA chief won’t attend oath-taking ceremony KARACHI, March 23: The President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Friday expressed his inability to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Mr Justice Rana Bhagwandas as the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan....
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Iraq deputy PM injured
BAGHDAD, March 23: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie, a leading Sunni Arab politician, was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hall where he was attending Friday prayers....
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Teenager raped
LARKANA, March 23: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the Qambar-Shahdadkot district’s Warah town on Friday. On a complaint of the girl’s father, Mashooque Khaskheli, police registered an FIR under...
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Pipeline blown up
QUETTA, March 23: Gas supply was suspended to the purification plant from a well of the Sui gas field as militants blew up a pipeline on Friday....
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