DINA for the Issue of Feb 26, 2012

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D A W N I n t e r n e t N e w s A l e r t
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February 26, 2012 Sunday Rabi-us-Sani 3, 1433
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US drone crashes in North Waziristan
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By Our Correspondent
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 25: A US drone came down in Machikhel area of Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency on Saturday night, official sources confirmed.

The pilot-less aircraft crashed after developing some technical fault, official sources said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/us-drone-crashes-in-north-waziristan.html

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Air corridor for Nato was never closed: Gilani
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By Iftikhar A Khan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that the air corridor for Nato supplies had never been closed, taking a plea that the cabinet had decided to suspend supplies for the US-led troops in Afghanistan through the land route only.

"The Defence Committee of the Cabinet had taken a decision to suspend supplies for Nato through land route and get the Shamsi airbase vacated. We are bound by that," he told a group of reporters at the Prime Minister's House...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/air-corridor-for-nato-was-never-closed-gilani.html

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4 missing persons return
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By Saleem Shahid
QUETTA, Feb 25: Four men who had been missing for the past few months were released by their captors and, according to some sources, reached their home on Saturday night. Unconfirmed reports, however, put the number of freed men at 10.

"We have information about the release of 10 missing persons, but the officials concerned have not shared the report in this regard," an official of the Balochistan government told Dawn...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/4-missing-persons-return.html

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PML-N makes gains in by-elections
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By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday emerged as the biggest beneficiary of the by-elections held on 10 National and provincial assembly seats as two candidates backed by it clinched seats that had been vacated by the ruling Pakistan People's Party .

The remaining eight seats were retained by the parties which had won them in the 2008 general election, according to preliminary results...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/pml-n-makes-gains-in-by-elections.html

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Ex-servicemen call for amending Army Act
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By Malik Asad
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The increasing number of people, accused of terrorism, who have been tried under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) of 1952 has led to some people suggesting that changes need to be made to this law.

Former military men are among those who say that the act has been repeatedly amended and strengthened by military dictators since its inception and now should be changed to allow, among other things, a right of appeal in the High Court or the Supreme Court...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/ex-servicemen-call-for-amending-army-act.html

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Changes made by military rulers
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Some of the major amendments introduced by military rulers over the years:

• Field Marshal Ayub Khan first altered the act in 1967 after he faced criticism for having signed the Tashkent accord. He amended Section 2(1)(D) of PAA and empowered military courts to conduct court martial of civilians; earlier only military men could be tried under the section...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/changes-made-by-military-rulers.html

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14 blasts rock Sindh rail network
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Dawn Report
KARACHI, Feb 25: The Railways network in Sindh was rocked by at least 14 low-intensity bomb blasts partly damaging tracks in eight districts and disrupting rail traffic for up to six hours on Saturday.

Police said that locally made explosive devices were used in explosions in Karachi, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Naushahro Feroze, Khairpur and Ghotki districts. No casualties were, however, reported...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/14-blasts-rock-sindh-rail-network.html

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Chashma N-plant gets go-ahead for operations
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By Amin Ahmed
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) on Saturday granted a licence to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) for operating the second unit of Chashma Nuclear Power Plant.

PNRA chairman Mohammad Anwar Habib gave the licence to PAEC chairman Dr Anser Pervez at a ceremony in Islamabad...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/chashma-n-plant-gets-go-ahead-for-operations.html

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Pemra to draft code for TV content
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By Kalbe Ali
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has convened a meeting of its board on Monday to formulate a draft policy for regulating content telecast by television channels.

"The aim is to promote a sense of responsibility among the producers and anchors of programmes and the managements of the channels vis-a-vis the traditions and norms of our society," said a Pemra official on Saturday...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/pemra-to-draft-code-for-tv-content.html

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Osama's compound in Abbottabad razed
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By Rashid Javed
ABBOTTABAD, Feb 25: In a dramatic move, law-enforcement agencies on Saturday razed the three-storey house of Osama bin Laden here, more than eight months after his assassination by US commandos in a midnight operation in May last year.

Since then the compound has remained under tight security and the entire area has been cordoned off by police and the army...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/osama-s-compound-in-abbottabad-razed.html

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India taken off list of polio endemic countries
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NEW DELHI, Feb 25: India was taken off a list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation on Saturday, marking a massive victory for health workers battling the crippling disease.

"This gives us hope that we can finally eradicate polio not only from India but from the face of the Earth," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/india-taken-off-list-of-polio-endemic-countries.html

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Suicide attack overshadows Yemen transition
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SANAA, Feb 25: A suicide car bomb claimed by Al Qaeda killed at least 26 people outside a presidential palace in southern Yemen on Saturday, hours after Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was sworn as Yemen's new president with the job of bringing stability to an increasingly chaotic nation.

The car was driven at a palace in the port city of Mukalla, Yemen's fourth-largest city, far from the capital Sanaa where Hadi was sworn in. Dozens were injured, and the governor of Hadramout province said most of the dead were members of the national army, the Republican Guard...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/suicide-attack-overshadows-yemen-transition.html

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England beat Pakistan, level T20 series
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DUBAI, Feb 25: Jonathan Bairstow's first international half century and Steven Finn's three wickets propelled England to a 38-run victory against Pakistan on Saturday, with the three-match Twenty20 series tied at 1-1.

England won the toss and finished at 150-7, led by Bairstow's 60 runs off 46 balls. Wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter also contributed 31 runs from 24 balls...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/england-beat-pakistan-level-t20-series.html

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Gunman kills two Nato officers in Afghan ministry
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KABUL, Feb 25: A gunman killed two American military advisers inside a heavily guarded government building in the heart of Kabul on Saturday as protests over the burning of holy Quran at a US base raged across the country for a fifth day.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for the burning of copies of the holy book, and the Nato commander recalled all international military personnel working in Afghan ministries in the capital...

http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/26/gunman-kills-two-nato-officers-in-afghan-ministry.html


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