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| September 28, 2006 | Thursday | Ramazan 4, 1427 |
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Bush move to defuse Pakistan-Afghan row: White House dinner for Musharraf, Karzai
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: President George W. Bush was to go with full strength to a dinner he was hosting on Wednesday night (early Thursday morning PST) at the White House to... 
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Wheat support price raised by Rs10 a bag: Foreign insurance firms allowed to operate
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The Economic Coordination Committee on Wednesday approved a decrease in the price of DAP fertiliser to the tune of Rs250 per bag and an increase in the support price of wheat by Rs10....
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System was hit by safety disregard: Power breakdown probe report
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: A committee of Wapda inquiring into Sunday’s nationwide power breakdown has concluded that pre-cautionary measures were not taken and standard operating procedures were not observed in repairing the transmission line, causing the massive outage, Dawn has learnt....
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Miramshah Taliban open office
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 27: The local Taliban have set up their office in Miramshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan Agency, for ‘curbing crimes and anti-social activities’ in the area....
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‘Bush, Osama will miserably lose polls in Pakistan’
NEW YORK, Sept 27: President Pervez Musharraf became the first head of state to appear on the hit American comedy show called the “The Daily Show” on Tuesday to promote his book....
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US to provide $41.2m more: Law enforcement, border security
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The United States will provide an additional aid of $41.2 million to Pakistan to improve law enforcement and border security....
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‘NA to take up women’s rights bill on Oct 4’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The 38th session of the National Assembly is likely to begin from Oct 4 to discuss the Protection of Women Rights bill, according to federal minister for parliamentary affairs Dr Sher Afgan Khan Niazi....
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Move to raise RBOD cost succeeds
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: The federal government has accepted Sindh’s request to raise the cost of the Extension of Right Bank Outfall Drainage Project from Rs14 billion to Rs29.2...
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Pipeline plan on track
NEW YORK, Sept 27: President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project was on track and suggested it should be extended to China “so that Pakistan can maximise profits”....
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Musharraf asks Canadians to stop griping about deaths
OTTAWA, Sept 27: President Pervez Musharraf bluntly told Canadians on Tuesday to stop complaining about the number of soldiers they were losing in Afghanistan, saying Canada’s death toll was far less than Pakistan’s....
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Afzal to move mercy petition
NEW DELHI, Sept 27: Kashmiri convict Mohammad Afzal, sentenced to death for his role in the attack on Indian Parliament in 2001, has said that he will approach President APJ Abdul...
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Clashes in Kashmir over death penalty
SRINAGAR, Sept 27: Police in occupied Kashmir fired teargas on Wednesday in clashes with protesters after a judge ordered the execution of a man convicted of helping mastermind an attack on parliament....
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First-ever surgery in zero gravity
MERIGNAC (France), Sept 27: French surgeons performed the first zero-gravity operation on Wednesday aboard a plane free-falling to create weightless conditions in what they hope can be a trial run for surgery on astronauts in space....
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White House denies suppressing report
WASHINGTON, Sept 27: The White House on Wednesday denied that it was holding back a new intelligence assessment of Iraq until after November 7 elections in which the unpopular war there is expected to be a factor....
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Early recognition of Israel ruled out
NEW YORK, Sept 27: Pakistan will not recognise Israel at this point in time because it does not want to be isolated in the Muslim world but ultimately it would have to do it....
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Ramazan reprieve for death row Briton
ISLAMABAD, Sept 27: A stay on execution of British national Mirza Tahir Hussain, sentenced to death for killing a taxi-driver, will end on Oct 1, but a decision about a new...
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Convoy hit by suicide attack in Kandahar
KANDAHAR, Sept 27: A suicide car bomb exploded near a Canadian military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday while officials reported they had killed 14 Taliban rebels elsewhere....
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India allows Munabao train passengers to travel by road
ISLAMABAD, Sep 27: Indian High Commission has allowed the passengers of Khokrapar-Munabao train service to travel by road to India via Wagah-Attari border without changing their visa....
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