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| April 13, 2007 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 24, 1428 |
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President warns of quitting war against terror
ISLAMABAD, April 12: Pakistan on Thursday threatened to quit the international coalition against terrorism if its partners, particularly the United States and its media, continued to accuse Islamabad of dragging its feet.... 
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Jirga negotiates truce in Kurram Agency: Forces from across border blamed for unrest
PARACHINAR, April 12: Guns went silent in most areas of the Kurram Agency on Thursday after a jirga brokered a ceasefire between warring groups to end week-long bloody clashes which have claimed about 65 lives....
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200 arrested
ISLAMABAD: Police on Thursday arrested 200 opposition supporters on the eve of protests over the president’s action against Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. The arrests were made in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and throughout Punjab.—AFP...
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Islamabad braces for protests
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The stage is set for another day of protests outside the Supreme Court building here on Friday when ''suspended'' Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry will appear before the...
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Accord with Russia to curb human trafficking
ISLAMABAD, April 12: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said here on Thursday that his country wanted to maintain good friendly relations with both India and Pakistan, and would not abandon one friend for the other....
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Rocket fired on relief plane
RAWALPINDI, April 12: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) transport aircraft and a VIP chopper aborted their missions for Chitral on Thursday after a rocket was fired on one of them near Dir, sources told Dawn....
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US commander backs call for joint fight
ISLAMABAD: A senior Commander of United States army has supported President Pervez Musharraf’s proposal to jointly fight against Taliban and Al Qaeda to restore peace and stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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Islamabad, Delhi urged to respect pacts
WASHINGTON, April 12: The United States on Thursday urged India and Pakistan to keep each other informed while testing missiles, but declined to condemn New Delhi’s latest test....
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Pakistan to get frigate from China in 2009
ISLAMABAD, April 12: Pakistan will get one of four F-22P frigates from China in 2009. First three of the frigates will be built in China and the fourth in Karachi....
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India tests missile
NEW DELHI, April 12: The defence ministry on Thursday declared successful a test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai....
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Militants beat up dancers
LAKKI MARWAT, April 12: Clashes between militants and villagers in the Dhoda-Shah Hasankhel area on Thursday morning left two people injured. About a dozen people were taken hostage by the militants....
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Lal Masjid issue to be resolved soon: Ijaz
ISLAMABAD, April 12: Religious Affairs Minister Ijaz-ul-Haq said on Thursday that the issue of Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa would be resolved peacefully and through dialogue within a few days.Speaking...
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US programme to scan shipping containers
TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras), April 12: Nuclear detection devices are up and running at ports in Pakistan and Honduras, the first phase of a larger plan to increase the security of shipping containers...
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Revised Madressah reforms plan likely
ISLAMABAD, April 12: The Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa standoff has prompted the government to speed up efforts to finalise a revised plan for Madressah reforms to make it more acceptable to seminaries....
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Gun-battle near Iran border leaves 5 dead
QUETTA, April 12: Five people, one of them a security man, were killed and three others were injured in a gun-battle between security forces and Iranian outlaws near Mand area along the Pakistan-Iran border on Thursday morning....
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Five killed in Shikarpur
SHIKARPUR, April 12: Five people were killed and two sustained injuries in a clash involving Marfanis, Qambranis, Bakhranis and Brohis tribes in the Golodaro police station area on Thursday over an...
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2 MPs die in suicide blast at Iraq parliament
BAGHDAD, April 12: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Iraqi parliament’s canteen in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Thursday, killing eight people in a staggering breach of security at the country''s most heavily guarded site....
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Lanka beat NZ
SRI Lanka beat New Zealand by six wickets in their World Cup Super Eights match against New Zealand at the Grenada National Stadium here on Thursday....
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