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| April 28, 2006 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 29, 1427 |
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Accord on border rules with India: Inadvertent crossers to return
ISLAMABAD, April 27: The third round of Pakistan-India dialogue on conventional CBMs concluded on Thursday with experts agreeing on some important measures, including finalisation of ‘ground rules’ for implementation along the international border.... 
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India may stay away from Iran pipeline
ISLAMABAD, April 27: India is expected to formally join $5billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan gas pipeline by mid May and stay away from Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline in the wake of its civil-nuclear energy pact with the United States....
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Islamabad, Berlin agree to boost defence ties
BERLIN, April 27: Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri and German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung on Thursday agreed to develop closer defence cooperation between their respective countries....
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Time to broaden ties with China: president
RAWALPINDI, April 27: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday saw immense scope for joint ventures and investment between Pakistan and China in the energy sector and pledged to turn the country...
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Revamped cabinet faces NA test today
ISLAMABAD, April 27: The National Assembly will begin on Friday what is likely to be its pre-budget session that will put a revamped cabinet to an early test....
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N-weapons not for first use, says FO
ISLAMABAD, April 27: Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has said that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are not meant for first use but for effective deterrence to war....
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Steps taken for food, water security: PM
ISLAMABAD, April 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that ‘appropriate’ steps are being taken to meet the challenges of water, food and energy security....
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‘Taliban’ vow to wage war in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, April 27: A Taliban leader vowed on Thursday to wage an unrelenting holy war against US and British troops in Afghanistan from his stronghold in Pakistan’s tribal areas....
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‘Scaled-down package of F-16s to be purchased’
WASHINGTON, April 27: Pakistan has agreed to purchase a greatly scaled down package of American F-16 fighters after foregoing a larger purchase to finance relief efforts in last year’s earthquake, officials said on Thursday....
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‘Time to move from CBMs to conflict resolution’
WASHINGTON, April 27: The time has come for India and Pakistan to move from confidence building to conflict resolution, a gathering in Washington was told....
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Pakistan urged to prevent Talibanisation
KABUL, April 27: Pakistan must help prevent the spread of the resurgent Taliban militia in Afghanistan and within its own borders, the United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan said on Thursday....
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Maoists halt armed action in Nepal
KATHMANDU, April 27: King Gyanendra formally named 84-year-old opposition leader Girija Prasad Koirala on Thursday as the new prime minister of Nepal, the royal palace said....
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TV director among 10 killed
DADU, April 27: Director of a private regional language television channel, seven members of his family, his driver and a close friend were killed while five others were injured after their wagon collided with a cargo trailer near Manjhand on Thursday....
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Iraq VP’s sister shot dead
BAGHDAD, April 27: Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al Hashemi’s sister was shot dead by gunmen on Thursday in the latest attack targeting the country’s Sunni political establishment....
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Protest against US bases
SOFIA, April 27: A thousand people protested on Thursday in Sofia against the United States putting bases in Bulgaria, an agreement US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to sign here on Friday.—AFP...
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President for rail link with China
RAWALPINDI, April 27: President Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan attaches great importance to establishing a rail link with China as it would bolster trade and economic ties between the two countries....
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One injured as Afghan rockets hit border post
KOHAT, April 27: A security official was injured when some Afghans fired three rockets from across the boarder on a military checkpost in Kurram Agency early on Thursday....
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Tribesmen, security forces clash
QUETTA, April 27: A heavy exchange of fire was reported between security forces and tribesmen in Lop area, while a convoy of Frontier Corps escaped a powerful bomb explosion in Chamasha area in Dera Bugti on Thursday....
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