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| April 29, 2006 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 30, 1427 |
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Fight against terror in national interest: Musharraf
RAWALPINDI, April 28: President General Pervez Musharraf, facing a surge of anti-American sentiment, has warned that covert US air strikes against Al Qaeda inside Pakistan were an infringement of national sovereignty.... 
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Fresh opposition onslaught
ISLAMABAD, April 28: The opposition launched a fresh assault on the government over law and order and how it runs parliament at the start of a National Assembly session on Friday, but the treasury benches responded with apparent unconcern....
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IAEA report ‘indicts’ Iran: Refusal to give up enrichment
UNITED NATIONS, April 28: The stage was set for a confrontation in the UN Security Council as the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report on Friday that Iran had refused to give up its uranium enrichment activities....
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Iran N-strike must be ruled out: Kasuri
LONDON, April 28: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Friday nuclear strike against Iran should never be considered and the international community should provide it “an opportunity for face saving.”...
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‘Pakistan not in business of changing govts’
WASHINGTON, April 28: Pakistan has announced that it will not support the use of force against Iran, would like to maintain nuclear deterrence in South Asia besides seeking nuclear technology for producing energy....
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Terror acts increase in South Asia: US
WASHINGTON, April 28: A US government study released on Friday reports an increase in terrorist activities in South Asia during 2005 but acknowledges that Pakistan has ‘significantly increased’ its effort to fight terrorists....
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Pipeline gas requirement estimate raised
ISLAMABAD, April 28: Islamabad on Friday enhanced its gas off-take requirement to 2.6 billion cubic feet per day (BCFD) from the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project because of higher expected shortage in the country....
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New combat jet
BEIJING, April 28: China tested on Friday a new prototype of the FC-1 Xiaolong combat jet jointly developed with Pakistan, and was gearing up for mass production of the plane, state media reported....
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2 FC men injured in explosion
QUETTA, April 28: Two security personnel were injured in a landmine explosion in Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti, while tribesmen blew up a pipeline suspending gas supply to the Pir Koh plant on Friday....
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Indian court orders 45 Pakistanis’ release
NEW DELHI, April 28: Around 45 Pakistanis still kept in Indian jails despite completing their sentences are to be freed by a court order, their lawyer said on Friday....
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Two charities placed on US terror list
ISLAMABAD, April 28: The United States put two Pakistani charities on its terrorist list on Friday, saying they were fronts for Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT), one of the most feared groups fighting Indian rule in occupied Kashmir....
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$475 million fertiliser project launched
SADIQABAD, April 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday performed the ground-breaking of Pakistan’s largest $475 million fertiliser plant, saying the plant would help a great deal in meeting the shortage of fertilisers....
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Love match led to five years in jail
HYDERABAD, April 28: A couple, jailed after the woman’s father objected to their love marriage, appeared in court on Friday after spending five years in prison without trial....
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Karzai asks Taliban to surrender, join govt
KABUL, April 28: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, blaming violence in his country on foreign elements, on Friday issued a fresh call to Taliban militants to lay down arms and join his government....
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Explosion rocks Kalat
QUETTA, April 28: A bomb explosion in Shahi Bazar rocked the whole Kalat township on Friday night, police said. Unknown culprits had planted an indigenous bomb close to the house of...
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Jullandhar bus blast wounds 15
AMRITSAR, April 28: At least 15 people were injured, most of them gravely, on Friday when a blast ripped through a passenger bus in the northern Indian city of Jullandhar, a police official told AFP....
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Bus hijacked
QUETTA, April 28: Armed men hijacked on Friday a bus carrying 26 passengers to the border town of Chaman. According to sources, when the bus reached the Jungle Pir Alizai area...
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FMs to discuss Iran issue on May 9
WASHINGTON, April 28: Foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany will meet in New York on May 9 to discuss the Iranian nuclear crisis, a State Department official said on Friday....
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