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| April 17, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 18, 1427 |
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Strategic talks with US begin on 26th
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 16: The inaugural meeting of the Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue to be co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan and the US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns... 
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Commitment to anti-terror fight renewed: Pakistan-Saudi statement
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Sunday reiterated their commitment to continue their cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extremism and to protect Islam’s identity and values....
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Bird flu virus found in Sihala farm
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The government on Sunday confirmed the presence of the H5N1 bird flu virus in a poultry farm in Sihala near here. This is the second evidence of bird flu after the one reported in February from the NWFP....
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‘American spy’ beheaded
MIRAMSHAH, April 16: Residents of a troubled Pakistani border region found the beheaded body of a man with note saying he was an American spy and a warning others would face the same treatment, an official said on Sunday....
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40pc of oil prices goes to govt
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The government pockets over 40 per cent of the prices of petroleum products and consumers in the country are changed more than foreign airlines, it is revealed by official figures....
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Afghans hunt for Taliban after heavy fighting
KANDAHAR, April 16: Afghan forces scoured several southern villages on Sunday, hunting for Taliban after one of the heaviest recent battles with the guerrillas, a provincial governor said....
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Perpetrators to be caught: Musharraf: Karachi carnage
KARACHI, April 16: President Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that a high-level probe into the Nishtar Park carnage was under way and those behind the dastardly act would be apprehended and awarded severe punishment....
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No particular individual was target of blast: PPO
KARACHI, April 16: “The April 11 suicide bombing in Nishtar Park was not aimed at any particular person or party, but its purpose was to malign the country’s image at international...
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Afghan border sealed
KHAR, April 16: Pakistan has deployed regular army and Frontier Corps personnel along the unfrequented routes leading to Afghanistan’s Kunar province from here and sealed the border....
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Iraq cancels parliament session; 31 killed
BAGHDAD, April 16: Iraq’s Shia leaders, divided over their choice for the next prime minister, cancelled a much-awaited parliament session on Sunday as rebel attacks across the country left at least 31 people dead....
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15 kidnapped in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, April 16: Gunmen, some dressed in police uniforms and driving police cars, kidnapped 15 employees from two Baghdad businesses on Sunday, security sources said....
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Tehran seen reinforcing nuclear sites: US
VIENNA, April 16: Iran has expanded its uranium conversion facilities in Isfahan and reinforced its Natanz underground uranium enrichment plant, a US think tank said, amid growing concern over possible US military action....
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Pope calls for ‘honest’ talks with Iran
VATICAN CITY, April 16: Pope Benedict XVI called for peace across the world in a traditional Easter message on Sunday, his 79th birthday, expressing particular concern over Iran’s nuclear drive and conflicts and poverty across the globe....
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Rafsanjani in Kuwait to ease fears about N-plan
KUWAIT CITY, April 16: Iran’s influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was in Kuwait on Sunday on a visit aimed at easing fears of Iran’s Gulf neighbours about its nuclear programme....
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US to deport Palestinian professor
NEW YORK, April 16: US authorities have decided to deport a Palestinian professor, living in Florida, who they were unable to convict in a court of law on terrorism charges, media reports said on Saturday....
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Protests in Nepal intensify, spread to tourist area
KATHMANDU, April 16: Nepal’s police fought thousands of protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday as an anti-monarchy campaign widened dramatically into the tourist heartland of the capital....
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Pukhtuns must get control over their resources: PMAP leader
SHERGARH, April 16: The Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party favours a strong federation but it will not tolerate any discrimination against any federating unit, the party’s chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai said here....
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Terming BLA terrorist body makes no difference, says Bugti
QUETTA, April 16: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said labelling the Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist organisation will make no difference....
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