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| March 3, 2006 | Friday | Safar 2, 1427 |
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Karachi hit by terror attack, four killed: US diplomat among dead, 54 injured
KARACHI, March 2: Four people, including an American diplomat, were killed and 54 others wounded when an explosive-laden car rammed into the diplomat’s vehicle yards away from the US consulate-general here on Thursday....
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Govt renews resolve to curb terrorism
ISLAMABAD, March 2: The federal cabinet has condemned Thursday’s bomb blast in Karachi as “a dastardly act of terrorism” but expressed confidence that it would not affect US President George Bush’s visit to Pakistan which would go ahead as planned....
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US, India sign N-deal to seal strategic ties
NEW DELHI, March 2: India and the United States sealed a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation pact on Thursday, the centrepiece of President George W. Bush’s first visit to the world’s largest democracy....
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Islamabad expects similar concessions
ISLAMABAD, March 2: Reacting to Indo-US nuclear agreement on Thursday, the Foreign Office said it marked a key relaxation of the nuclear suppliers group (NSG) existing guidelines and transfer of civilian...
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Bush: Kashmir talks must be intensified
NEW DELHI, March 2: US President George W. Bush told India and Pakistan on Thursday not to miss a rare opportunity to work for lasting peace in the subcontinent and said...
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Taliban take control of govt buildings in Miramshah
MIRAMSHAH, March 2: Tension gripped the North Waziristan agency on Thursday as Taliban took over government buildings, occupied the area’s telephone exchange and patrolled the streets of the tribal agency’s regional headquarters....
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Curbing terrorism vital to security, says Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, March 2: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said Pakistan would continue to fight extremism and terrorism in a holistic manner as curbing these menaces was crucial to long-term national security and economic development....
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Terrorism high on Bush’s agenda for talks in Islamabad
WASHINGTON, March 2: US President George W. Bush’s pledge to visit Pakistan despite Thursday’s terrorist attack was no surprise for diplomatic and official circles in Washington already aware of his determination to visit Islamabad at all costs....
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Opposition groups plan two-day protest
ISLAMABAD, March 2: Opposition parties have announced two days of protests, on Friday and Saturday against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in European newspapers and US President George W Bush’s visit to Pakistan....
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Massive anti-Bush protests in India
NEW DELHI, March 2: Hundreds of thousands of activists led by the Left parties, which provide crucial support to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government staged protests across the country to denounce...
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‘India, Pakistan got nukes legitimately’
NEW YORK, March 2: The US Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said on Wednesday the way India and Pakistan had obtained nuclear arms was legitimate, in contrast to Iran,...
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China urges India, US to follow rules
BEIJING, March 2: China said on Thursday that nuclear cooperation between the United States and India must conform with the rules of the global non-proliferation regime....
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Afghanistan hits back on intelligence list issue
KABUL, March 2: Afghanistan has hit back at Pakistan’s dismissal of its intelligence about Taliban and Al Qaeda militants in Pakistani territory, notably information about the whereabouts of the reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar....
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Relaxation on kite-flying ban extended till 15th
ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended for another five days its earlier 15-day kite flying relaxation by refixing the period from March 1 to 15 to facilitate Jashn-i- Baharan (basant) festivities....
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31 killed in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD, March 2: Attacks across Iraq killed 31 people and wounded scores more in renewed violence on Thursday. In a statement the US military claimed it had captured 61 guerillas linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq’s frontman Abu Musab al Zarqawi....
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Islamabad jolted
PESHAWAR, March 2: An earthquake of moderate intensity measuring 5 on international Richter scale was felt in Islamabad, Balakot, Manshera and Muzzaffarabad, according regional Met office here on Thursday.—APP...
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Hotel’s occupancy falls
KARACHI, March 2: About 75 guests staying in the Marriott hotel were moved to the nearby Pearl Continental following the suicide car bomb blast near here on Thursday, it is learnt....
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President, PM condemn Karachi bomb blast
ISLAMABAD, March 2: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday condemned the Karachi terrorist attack and sent messages of condolence to the US President over the death of an American diplomat in the incident....
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