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| June 09, 2006 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 12, 1427 |
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Zarqawi killed in air strike: Al Qaeda vows to fight on
BAGHDAD, June 8: US warplanes killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda leader in Iraq blamed for bombings, beheadings and assassinations, in a strike which President George Bush said on Thursday had delivered justice....
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— to Iraq via Peshawar and Afghanistan
PESHAWAR: Few in the small Arab community knew Ahmad Fadil Al Khalaileh, who later came to be known as Musab al-Zarqawi, when he arrived in Peshawar in 1989, towards the fag-end...
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‘No foreign troops to be allowed into Fata’
ISLAMABAD, June 8: No foreign forces will be allowed to operate in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas against Al Qaeda elements or criminals, a meeting presided over by President Pervez Musharraf decided on Thursday....
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No decision yet on Musharraf: MQM
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has taken no decision yet about the issue of President Pervez Musharraf’s re-election by the sitting assemblies....
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World Cup fiesta kicks off today
BERLIN, June 8: After months of intense preparation, a fair amount of national soul-searching and near-fanatical scrutiny of the home team, the 18th soccer World Cup kicks off on Friday — not a day too soon for hosts Germany....
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Iran begins fresh enrichment phase
VIENNA, June 8: Iran began a fresh phase of uranium enrichment this week just as world powers presented it with incentives to halt nuclear fuel work, according to a UN nuclear watchdog agency report....
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Higher salary, lower tax
ISLAMABAD, June 8: People drawing high salaries, both in public and private sectors, will benefit much more than low- salary employees from the income tax relief proposed in the budget for 2006-07....
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PSM sale deal made in casual way: SC
ISLAMABAD, June 8: A Supreme Court judge on Thursday observed that the agreement between the government and the three-party consortium on the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills seemed to have been made in a “very cursory and casual manner”....
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Opposition senators protest against ministers’ absence
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The opposition in the Senate on Thursday strongly protested against the absence of ministers from the house, pointed out lack of quorum and staged a token walkout to...
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Opposition vows to change policies
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The opposition described the government’s economic and other policies as harmful to national interests and vowed to change it at the start of a general debate on the new federal budget in the National Assembly on Thursday....
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Swiss thwart plot to attack Israeli plane
BERN, June 8: Swiss justice authorities said on Thursday that they had thwarted a plot by a group of North Africans to attack a plane of the Israeli airline El Al, and had made seven arrests in the process....
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US citizen to resist extradition from UK
LONDON, June 8: A US citizen was remanded in custody when he appeared in a British court on Wednesday accused of supplying Al Qaeda with military equipment....
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Strike call in Kashmir against arrest of Geelani SRINAGAR, June 8: Kashmiri freedom fighters have given a call for strike in the Valley for Friday to protest against the arrest of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, head of a breakaway faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference....
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DIG quizzed in Valley scandal
SRINAGAR, June 8: Indian federal investigators questioned on Thursday a senior officer for his alleged involvement in a prostitution ring in occupied Kashmir, police said....
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Lanka seeking help to boost military capability LONDON, June 8: Sri Lanka is looking to Pakistan for help to bolster its military capabilities as the ceasefire between the government and rebels appears increasingly fragile, specialist publication Jane’s Defence Weekly said Thursday....
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‘Palestine to exercise patience’
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The Hamas-led Palestinian Authority will overcome crippling international sanctions by exercising ‘patience,’ the top Palestinian envoy said on Thursday....
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12 killed in BD boat accident
DHAKA, June 8: A boat carrying 70 passengers capsized in southeastern Bangladesh on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, police said....
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Troops attacked
MIRAMSHAH, June 8: Militants triggered a bomb near a patrol of troops in North Waziristan on Thursday and soldiers opened fire in retaliation, wounding one civilian, an intelligence official said....
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