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| February 27, 2006 | Monday | Muharram 28, 1427 |
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Police thwart rally bid; over 600 held in Lahore
LAHORE, Feb 26: Police sealed all entry points into the city on Sunday in a bid to prevent opposition activists from reaching Lahore to participate in a rally called by the Qaumi Majlis-i-Mushawarat....
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Rockets fired on minister’s house: Man killed; 20 suspects held
QUETTA, Feb 26: Twenty people were taken into custody on Sunday in connection with a rocket attack on the residence of a provincial minister on Saturday night that killed one person and injured eight others....
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Inmates on the rampage in main Afghan jail
KABUL, Feb 26: About 1,300 prisoners, many of them from Al Qaeda and the Taliban, seized control of a block at Afghanistan’s main jail On Sunday after a riot in which up to 20 inmates were hurt, officials said.....
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Russia and Iran reach ‘basic’ N-accord: Enrichment issue unresolved
BUSHEHR, Feb 26: Iran has reached a “basic” agreement with Russia on jointly enriching uranium, officials said on Sunday — but there was no immediate sign that it would suspend home-grown enrichment to allay fears that it is developing nuclear weapons....
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N-deal with India a complicated issue: US
NEW DELHI, Feb 26: The proposed nuclear deal between the United States and India is a “complicated issue”, the American head of Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Norman P Neureiter was quoted on Sunday as saying....
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Gas supply to Punjab, NWFP suspended
DERA GHAZI KHAN/ LAHORE, Feb 26: Gas supply to power and fertiliser plants in Punjab and the NWFP was suspended following a blast in main pipelines in the Shahwali area of Rajanpur on Sunday night....
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17 die as van falls into river
ABBOTTABAD, Feb 26: At least 17 people, including four women, were killed and five others suffered injuries when a van plunged into River Kunhar after being hit by a huge rock rolling down a mountain at Kharian near Balakot on Sunday....
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Fazl criticises ban on movement, rallies: Anti-blasphemy strike on March 3
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday accused the government of indirectly encouraging western countries by banning peaceful demonstrations against blasphemous cartoons....
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Bush’s visit termed an opportunity for peace
CAMBRIDGE, Feb 26: Saying that US President George Bush’s visit to South Asia was taking place at a time when the United States enjoyed equal influence in Pakistan and India, Senator...
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Rainfall boosts wheat output prospects
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The ongoing wet spell has raised government hopes about achieving the wheat production target of 22 million tons....
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2 US troops among 23 killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Feb 26: At least 21 Iraqis and two US soldiers were killed in a series of rebel attacks on Sunday even as security forces kept a tight grip on Baghdad in a bid to quell an outburst of sectarian violence....
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60 Taliban surrender in Kandahar
KANDAHAR, Feb 26: Sixty Taliban, including a former provincial governor and a police chief, joined a reconciliation programme on Sunday in the southern city of Kandahar and agreed not to fight against the Afghan government, an official said....
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Three Al Qaeda escapees surrender
SANAA, Feb 26: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was quoted on Sunday in a newspaper as saying that three Al Qaeda convicts who were among two dozen that escaped earlier in the month have turned themselves in....
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Three die in Kashmir gunbattle
SRINAGAR, Feb 26: Troops shot dead three militants in a gunbattle and two soldiers and a civilian were wounded in a car bomb blast in Kashmir, the army said on Sunday....
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President calls NSC meeting on March 1
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: President Pervez Musharraf has called a meeting of the National Security Council on March 1 mainly to discuss the situation arising out of protests against publication of sacrilegious cartoons in some European newspapers....
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Pakistan, Turkey to cooperate in tourism
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: Federal Minister of Tourism Dr Ghazi Gulab Jamal on Sunday said Pakistan and Turkey had agreed to cooperate and support each other in the promotion of tourism and...
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Bagram prison rivals Guantanamo: NYT
NEW YORK, Feb 26: The US military has quietly expanded a less-visible prison at Bagram, near Kabul, where it now holds some 500 terror suspects in primitive conditions, indefinitely and without charges, The New York Times reported on Sunday....
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No deal with govt for return, says Nawaz
LONDON, Feb 26: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said here on Sunday that he would not strike any deal with President General Pervez Musharraf for his return to the country....
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