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| Monday 10th of July 2006 / Celebrity news |


| More rebels killed in Balochistan campaign
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) More than 20 rebels were killed and 15 injured in clashes with security forces in Pakistan's Balochistan province over the weekend, reports say. But no official data is available on the ongoing campaign.
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| Musharraf more popular than Benazir, Nawaz: Economist
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) In a clear boost to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf who wants to keep his uniform and seek a second term, a British magazine says he is more popular than former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif who are challen |


| Agni designers are incompetent: Pakistan scientist
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) The failure of Agni-III reflected 'incompetence' of the Indian missile designers and planners, said an eminent Pakistani scientist.
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| 45 people dead in Pakistan plane crash
Islamabad, July 10 (Xinhua) A Pakistan International Airline plane crashed Monday in the eastern city of Multan, killing all 45 people on board, said an official.
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| Tempers rise as world body ignores Everest plight
Kathmandu, July 10 (IANS) Environment activists across the world are fuming after a world body ignored pleas for urgent action to protect some of the globes finest sites, including the Mt Everest, from climate change.
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| Fresh controversy over Nepal king, army links
Kathmandu, July 10 (IANS) Nepal King Gyanendra's birthday, celebrated on a low-key with the government stripping it of the prestige of being a national holiday, has still struck a discordant note with parliament suspecting the army of flouting state dire |


| Musharraf more popular than Benazir, Nawaz, says Economist magazine
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) In a clear boost to President Pervez Musharraf who wants to keep his uniform and seek a second term in the presidency, a British magazine has said he is more popular than Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, his principal detractors |


| Chlorine gas leak poisons 164 people in China
Yinchuan (China), July 10 (Xinhua) At least 164 people suffered from chlorine gas poisoning Monday after gas leaked from a chemical company in northwest China.
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| Freedom for Pakistani women detained under Hudood laws
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) Freedom awaits many of the estimated 1,300 women detained under the Hudood ordinance in jails across Pakistan following a new law directed by President Pervez Musharraf.
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| Indians in Bahrain help to send ailing Keralite home
Dubai, July 10 (IANS) An Indian expatriate organisation in Bahrain is on a fund-raising campaign to send back home for treatment a Malayali tailor who is in a Manama hospital in an unconscious state.
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| Pakistan helps rebuild highway to Afghanistan
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) Pakistan has helped neighbour Afghanistan rebuild the 75-km Torkham-Jalalabad highway at a cost of Rs.2 billion ($33 million) and says it has completed 95 percent of the task two months before deadline.
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| Indian American physicians and hoteliers lobby for n-deal
Washington, July 10 (IANS) Two largest and influential Indian American associations have joined hands to lobby for the India-US nuclear deal and work in ways to help develop a strategic relationship between the two countries.
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| Link Mangla port and Haldia, India tells Bangladesh
Dhaka, July 10 (IANS) India has suggested that Bangladesh develop its Mangla port and link it with Haldia port in West Bengal to accelerate trade and reduce the trade gap between the two countries.
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| Nepal woman paraded naked, gang raped for son's romance
Kathmandu, July 10 (IANS) A 52-year-old woman was paraded naked in a Nepal village and gang raped apparently as punishment over her son's romance, news reports said Monday.
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