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| February 21, 2006 | Tuesday | Muharram 22, 1427 |
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Pakistan, China to boost strategic ties: Hu calls for negotiated settlement of Kashmir dispute
BEIJING, Feb 20: Pakistan and China on Monday vowed to reinforce and deepen their strategic partnership through increased cooperation in political, diplomatic and economic fields and the Chinese president supported the...
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Resistance groups reject Kashmir conference
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: Practically everyone from Kashmir’s frontline resistance groups has backed out from a round table conference called by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here this week to hear...
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Concrete UN, EU steps urged on cartoon issue: Recurrence of blasphemy must be prevented: FO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Pakistan on Monday sent out a pointed message to the United Nations and the European Union, particularly Denmark, to redress the damage caused by publication of blasphemous cartoons...
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Opposition cries foul as NA is prorogued
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Opposition parties cried foul as the government abruptly prorogued the National Assembly on Monday, blocking planned protests against the arrest of some house members and cutting short a...
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Poultry imports banned
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The government on Monday announced preventive measures in the wake of spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus in neighbouring countries, but said Pakistan was free from the virus....
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UK historian jailed for denying Holocaust
VIENNA, Feb 20: British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison by an Austrian court on Monday after it found him guilty of denying the Holocaust....
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‘Airstrike destroys school, houses’
QUETTA, Feb 20: Several houses and a school were destroyed on Monday when planes bombed two localities in Dera Bugti tehsil, Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti said here....
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Two Uzbeks, tribesman killed in shootout
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 20: Two Uzbeks and a tribesman were killed, while another local resident was injured after foreign militants clashed with Dawar tribesmen in Eisokhel village of the North Waziristan Agency here on Monday....
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Indian exporters cancel sugar deals
LAHORE, Feb 20: As sugar prices continue to soar in the international market to above $490 per ton, most Indian suppliers are reported to have revoked contracts booked by Pakistani importers in the past few weeks at $440-460 per ton....
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MMA calls countrywide rallies on Feb 24
ISLAMABAD Feb 20: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Monday condemned Sunday’s arrest of its activists and sealing of the federal capital by police and announced countrywide demonstrations against what it termed as “repressive actions” of the government....
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PM warns against use of cartoon issue for political gains
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday warned against politically exploiting the purely religious issue of the publication of blasphemous sketches by some European newspapers....
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Waseem Sajjad elected unopposed: EC
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Election Commission on Monday accepted appeals of three candidates out of a total of 14 filed against rejection of nomination papers for the Senate elections by returning...
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Bird flu scare in India; 8 people quarantined
NAVAPUR, Feb 20: India quarantined eight people in hospital on Monday and slaughtered some 96,000 chickens as it tried to contain the country’s first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu....
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New peace bridge opens in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: The chief minister of the occupied Kashmir on Monday opened a ‘peace bridge’ linking the Indian-held Kashmir with Azad Jammu and Kashmir, replacing a narrow footbridge that was severely damaged by a devastating earthquake last year....
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Iran supports calls to end violent protests
BRUSSELS, Feb 20: Iran backed calls from other Muslim and world leaders on Monday for an end to violent protests over the controversial cartoons, urging calm amid demonstrations that have left...
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Arbab condemns church attacks
KARACHI, Feb 20: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui have separately expressed shock and concern over the incident of desecration of Holy Quran followed by torching of two churches in Sukkur....
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AJK quake survivor’s Siamese twins die
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Two Siamese twin girls born to a woman who survived last year’s massive earthquake have died in hospital before doctors could separate them, officials said on Monday....
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Gas pipeline blown up in Pir Koh
QUETTA, Feb 20: Tribesmen blew up a pipeline in the Pir Koh gas field on Monday, while police in Quetta thwarted an attempt to destroy another pipeline supplying gas to Quetta city, officials said here....
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