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| September 24, 2007 | Monday | Ramazan 11, 1428 |
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Move to thwart APDM show: Activists barred from entering capital
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: A crackdown on opposition leaders and activists belonging to parties in the All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) alliance continued across the country for the second day on Sunday... 
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Fazl advocates middle path; meets Nawaz
RIYADH, Sept 23: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman says he will present his point of view at the APDM meeting in Peshawar on Tuesday so that appropriate decisions are taken keeping in view the ground realities....
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Crackdown signals collision course
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The government’s latest crackdown against political opponents, which continued for the second day on Sunday, signalled a resort to the big stick that could lead to a collision course over the Oct 6 presidential election....
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Nawaz to come back after Eid: spokesman
QUETTA, Sept 23: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) spokesman Dr Saeed Elahi has said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will return to the country soon after Eidul Fitr....
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Checkpoints, convoy attacked in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 23: Militants attacked a military convoy and checkpoints in North Waziristan on Saturday night and Sunday, while security forces killed two insurgents in an encounter, officials said....
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Baitullah to provide safe passage
TANK, Sept 23: Militant commander Baitullah Mehsud has agreed to provide safe passage to security forces moving between Jandola and Wana, a tribal negotiator said on Sunday....
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WB, ADB offer to become investment partners
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have expressed willingness to become investment partners in mega water-sector projects on pure commercial terms against sovereign guarantees instead of providing soft-term developmental loans to the government, it is learnt....
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20-year limit for expat doctors in S. Arabia: New rule to affect thousands
RIYADH, Sept 23: Senior Pakistani and other expatriate doctors working in Saudi hospitals for more than 20 years now would have to leave the kingdom after the expiry of their current contract....
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Two Italian soldiers missing in Heart
HERAT, Sept 23: Police said Sunday that they were searching for two Italian nationals and two Afghans in western Afghanistan as they had not been in touch for nearly 24 hours....
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Taliban threaten tailors
KOHAT, Sept 23: Local Taliban have warned tailors to strictly observe religious code while sewing clothes for men and women and keep their shops shut during taraveeh time....
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Myanmar nuns join anti-junta struggle
YANGON, Sept 23: About 20,000 Buddhist monks, nuns and protesters marched in Myanmar on Sunday in the biggest challenge against military rule in the nation for nearly two decades....
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Israel to free 90 Fatah prisoners
Al QUDS, Sept 23: Israel approved on Sunday the release of 90 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to President Mahmud Abbas for Ramazan amid efforts to jumpstart the peace process....
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‘Terrorist threat at new high in France’
PARIS, Sept 23: The terrorist risk for France is at a new high following threats last week from Al Qaeda and a failed suicide attack on French nationals in Algeria, the country’s senior police officer said on Sunday....
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Worker’s body handed over to India
NEW DELHI, Sept 23: An Indian spokesman said in Srinagar on Sunday that Pakistan Army had returned the body of a labourer, believed to have drowned in Saryu river and carried...
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Fukuda new Japanese PM
TOKYO, Sept 23: Japan’s ruling party on Sunday chose centrist political veteran Yasuo Fukuda as the country’s next prime minister, seeking safe hands after a disastrous year under conservative Shinzo Abe....
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Migrant workers in limbo at Kuala Lumpur airport
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23: Thousands of migrant workers are being forced to camp for days in a stuffy car park at the airport in Malaysia’s biggest city, sleeping on the floor...
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Veteran mime artiste Marceau dies at 84
PARIS, Sept 23: Marcel Marceau, the French mime artiste who for 60 years transfixed international audiences with his stage persona Bip the Clown, has died at the age of 84, relatives said on Sunday....
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Mountain peaks receive snow
GILGIT, Sept 23: After heavy rain on Saturday night, mountain peaks in Northern Areas received clusters of snow. It was the first snowfall of the season in the region....
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UAE to cut output for oilfields repair
ABU DHABI, Sept 23: The United Arab Emirates will cut oil output by around 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November because of maintenance work at three oilfields, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) said on Sunday....
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Six held in Maryland as operation continues
WASHINGTON, Sept 23: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested six more suspects – all of Pakistani origin – from Maryland as part of its ongoing sting operation against money laundering....
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