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| September 03, 2007 | Monday | Sha'aban 20, 1428 |
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Jirga fails to secure release of soldiers
TANK/GHALANAI, Sept 2: Local Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud has linked the release of over 150 soldiers taken hostage on Aug 30 to the implementation of the Sararogha agreement signed in Feb... 
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No role to bail out Musharraf: Fazl
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The Supreme Council of the six-party Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is holding its crucial meeting here on Monday amid reports that Maulana Fazlur Rehman has been in contact with the leadership of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League....
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‘Unrealistic’ PPP demands stalled talks, says Durrani
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Sunday rejected Benazir Bhutto’s assertion that the PML leadership had derailed the Musharraf-PPP talks and blamed what he termed her unrealistic demands for the deadlock....
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Nawaz reassures US over war on terror
WASHINGTON, Sept 2: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assured the United States on Sunday that if elected, he would be more effective than President Pervez Musharraf in fighting terrorism.“It’s...
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Iran claims reaching nuclear milestone
TEHRAN, Sept 2: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday Iran had reached a key goal in its atomic drive by putting into operation more than 3,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges in defiance of world powers....
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Bomb blast in Wana kills two
WANA, Sept 2: Two people were killed and 11 others, including a tribal elder, injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded in a shop here on Sunday....
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Six blasts rock Bara tehsil
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Sept 2: Six powerful blasts rocked different localities of Khyber Agency’s Bara tehsil on Saturday night, officials said....
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FC soldier killed in landmine blast
QUETTA, Sept 2: A Frontier Corps soldier was killed and three others injured in a landmine explosion in the Loti gas field area of Dera Bugti....
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Differences on key issues stalled talks, says Benazir
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has admitted that talks with President Gen Pervez Musharraf have stalled....
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Lawyers to launch drive against re-election
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The National Action Committee of lawyers on Sunday decided to launch a countrywide campaign on Sept 6 to block President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s re-election and to close the...
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Report sought on flood damage to rice crop
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The federal agriculture ministry has asked food departments in Sindh and Balochistan to immediately send area-wise details of damages caused by recent floods to the rice crop in the two provinces....
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Four Pakistanis detained
KANDAHAR, Sept 2: Authorities in Afghanistan said on Sunday they had detained four Pakistanis on suspicion of helping insurgents build bombs, as new blasts killed three soldiers and wounded a dozen people....
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India launches satellite
SRIHARIKOTA (India), Sept 2: India on Sunday sent into orbit a rocket carrying the replacement for a communications satellite destroyed last year, raising its hopes of competing for global satellite launch business....
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Badawi urges rule of law
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2: Social and economic development are the key to combating terrorism and dispelling stereotypes of violence and injustice in the Muslim world, Malaysia''s prime minister told a conference on Sunday....
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Pakistan committed to peace: envoy
NEW DELHI, Sept 2: Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik has said Pakistan is committed to serving as an anchor of peace and stability in the region....
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Bahrain body seeks passports
MANAMA, Sept 2: Bahrain’s labour watchdog invited employers on Saturday to hand over the passports of absconding foreign workers in the Gulf state which hosts many Asian workers....
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Relief for Tarbela Dam victims
HARIPUR, Sept 2: The NWFP government has exempted people displaced by the Tarbela Dam project, now living in the Khalabat town, from paying water bills....
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Kasuri may lead delegation to UN session
ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri will most probably lead Pakistan’s delegation at the opening of the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York later this month....
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