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Pak tests Ghaznavi missile amid world condemnation

Pakistan on Sunday test-fired the short range surface-to-surface missile Haft-3 (Ghaznavi), the second missile test in two days.

Pakistan had test-fired the medium range surface-to-surface missile Ghauri on Saturday

The second test came despite international condemnation of the first test.

Immediately after the second missile test, United States President George W Bush joined his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in expressing his 'strong reservations' over the test.

Bush urged India not to see the recent missile tests as a 'provocation'. "Obviously we hope that there is restraint in the area, that the tests will not be seen as a provocation," Bush said.

"Everyone can understand danger in the region. We are hopeful that slowly but surely we can erode that distrust," Bush said.

Putin also expressed regret over the tests.

"We are deeply concerned about the rhetoric. It is very important for President Musharraf to do what he said he's going to do... on terror, and that is stop the incursions across the line," Bush said, while urging Musharraf to put a curb on Islamic militancy.

Echoing strong anti-war sentiments, Bush on Saturday had said, "There's no benefit of war... there's no benefit of a clash that could eventually lead to a border war."

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