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| March 5, 2006 | Sunday | Safar 4, 1427 |
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Agreement on framework for strategic ties: •Democracy Pakistan’s future, says Bush •Musharraf seeks facilitation on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, March 4: Pakistan and United States on Saturday agreed to launch an institutional framework for a broad-based and long-term strategic partnership that would include a dialogue on energy security.... 
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‘No assurances on Kashmir, defence’: Opposition leaders disappointed
ISLAMABAD, March 4: Leaders of opposition and a broad spectrum of public opinion leaders on Saturday expressed disappointment over the outcome of the US president’s visit to Islamabad and said that...
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4 troops among dozens killed in N. Waziristan
PESHAWAR, March 4: Dozens of militants were killed in fierce clashes which followed a massive rocket attack on government installations in the restive regional headquarters of the North Waziristan tribal region....
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Rocket attack damages goods train
QUETTA, March 4: A railway employee was injured in a rocket attack on Saturday on a Zahedan-Quetta goods train near Nushki, some 170kms from here,. According to railway authorities, rockets were...
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‘Friendship with US in interest of peace’
ISLAMABAD, March 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said that strong US-Pakistan relations were in the interest of peace in the region. Addressing a dinner hosted in honour of President...
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‘Mutual interest to be reviewed’
ISLAMABAD, March 4: A joint statement titled “Pakistan-United States Strategic Partnership” issued after the Musharraf-Bush summit meeting here on Saturday reaffirms the commitment of the two countries to strengthen the foundation...
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US told about energy requirements: Kasuri
ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Pakistani leadership on Saturday informed US President George W. Bush about its ‘holistic energy policy’ and its energy requirements, both nuclear and natural gas, for sustaining its economic growth....
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Bush plays cricket with students
ISLAMABAD, March 4: When talking about Osama bin Laden US President George W. Bush rarely bats an eyelid, but he was bowled over by the complexities of cricket when he played it for the first time on Saturday....
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US president leaves
ISLAMABAD, March 4: US President George Bush left Pakistan late Saturday, an official said, wrapping up a maiden tour of South Asia during which he also visited Afghanistan and India....
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Washington gets anti-terror assurances, nuclear deal: US president’s South Asian visit
ISLAMABAD, March 4: US President George W. Bush wrapped up his maiden South Asian visit on Saturday, clutching a landmark nuclear deal with India and assurances from Pakistan that it will not waver in the ‘war on terror’....
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Funds for dams being sought
ISLAMABAD, March 4: The government is seeking sizable funding from multilateral institutions, export credit agencies, capital market and bilateral creditors for five big dams it plans to build in the country, according to sources....
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Taliban kill French soldier, four others
KANDAHAR, March 4: A French officer died after clashes with Taliban on Saturday while an Afghan intelligence agent and three guards were killed as more violence shook southern Afghanistan, officials said....
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Indian PM to meet Muslim scholars
NEW DELHI, March 4: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to hold meeting with Muslim scholars and intellectuals in the backdrop of protests against the just concluded visit of US President George W Bush to India....
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Singh to brief parliament on visit
NEW DELHI, March 4: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to make a statement in parliament next week on the visit of United States President George W....
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Laura calls for focus on teachers’ training
ISLAMABAD, March 4: US First Lady Laura Bush on Saturday stressed the need for promotion of education in Pakistan, with focus on advanced skill training for teachers....
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US to help net consulate attackers
WASHINGTON, March 4: The United States has vowed to work with Pakistan for catching those responsible for the suicide bomb attack in Karachi that killed an American diplomat and three Pakistanis....
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