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Afghan foreign minister assures early release of Pakistani prisoners: ISLAMABAD, July 14: Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah today assured Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain an early release of detained Pakistanis, nearly three years after they were captured while fighting alongside radical Taliban against U.S.-backed Afghan forces. In a meeting in Islamabad, Abdullah said all objections to their release have been cleared and the two sides could now sort out modalities for the return of about 800 men, largely kept in Shibarghan jails in northern Jozjan province. (DPA) (Posted @ 14:05 PST) 
US forces launch new operation in Afghanistan ahead of elections: WASHINGTON, July 14: US troops have launched a new operation in Afghanistan to help create secure conditions for elections amid fears of attacks by Taliban to derail the vote, a US defense official said. (AFP) (Posted @ 09:50 PST)
Bin Laden confidante turns himself in to Saudis: RIYADH, July 14: A top Saudi militant whose image was last seen on a video congratulating Osama bin Laden on the U.S. terrorist attacks has turned himself in to Saudi officials under an amnesty programme, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Khaled al-Harby, known as Abu Suleiman al-Makki, contacted the Saudi embassy in Iran from the Iranian-Afghan border, where he had been living, and expressed "his desire to take advantage of the royal offer". He was transported by air to Saudi Arabia, SPA said, reporting out of Jaddah. Handicapped since a bullet wound in the 1990s paralyzed him from the waist down, al-Makki was transported in a wheelchair onto an airplane for his return to the Saudi kingdom, according to television footage broadcast in the United States. (DPA) (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
11 dead in Baghdad blast : BAGHDAD, July 14: Eleven people were killed today and at least 30 injured in a suspected car bomb attack in central Baghdad, while attackers killed the governor of the northern city of Mosul after ambushing his convoy. The blast in Baghdad hit a checkpoint close to the former Green Zone, where the US and British embassies and Iraqi interim government are based, sending clouds of thick black smoke into the air. The Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, said three of the dead were Iraqi national guardsmen and the rest were civilians. Militants today also killed the governor of Iraq's third largest city, Mosul, as he travelled to Baghdad. An interior ministry official said that attackers threw a grenade at Youssef Kashmola's vehicle and opened fire with automatic weapons. Mr Kashmola was about 60 miles south of Mosul at the time of the attack. "He was on his way to Baghdad with a security escort of four cars, when the attackers in another car pulled up beside his vehicle and threw a grenade, and then shot at his car," the source told the Reuters news agency. (Guardian) (Updated @ 22:40 PST)
Saddam connected to al-Qaeda-linked groups, says Iraqi PM Allawi: LONDON, July 14: Saddam Hussein had links with terrorists like Carlos the Jackal and Abu Nidal and groups connected to al-Qaeda, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said today. "The record of Saddam shows very well his connections to international terrorists, like Carlos and Abu Nidal," Allawi told BBC radio. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Israel report urges no Jerusalem burial for Arafat: JERUSALEM, July 14: Israel should refuse to let Palestinians bury Yasser Arafat in Jerusalem and brace for a flareup of violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip when he eventually dies, according to a government contingency plan. Political sources quoted the internal Foreign Ministry document today as noting the 74-year-old Palestinian leader could die of natural causes or "Israeli military action". Israeli officials said it was not a plan to assassinate him. (Reuters) (Updated @ 16:35 PST)
Israeli helicopter carries out strike in Gaza City: GAZA CITY, July 14: An Israeli helicopter fired two rockets at a district east of Gaza City, destroying a workshop, Palestinian security officials said today, without reporting casualties. (AFP) (Posted @ 09:50 PST)
New Egyptian government sworn in: CAIRO, July 14: A new Egyptian government led by Ahmad Nazeef was sworn in today before President Hosny Mubarak, the official Middle East News Agency said. The new cabinet is comprised of 34 ministers, of which 14 are new and 20 moving on from the former cabinet. (DPA) (Updated @ 16:55 PST)
Malaysia's Anwar in hospital - campaign website: KUALA LUMPUR, July 14: Anwar Ibrahim, was taken to hospital complaining of a loss of feeling in one of his legs, according to a website campaigning for his release. Anwar, who has nursed a bad back for years that he said was made worse by a police beating he got in jail, is awaiting a final appeal decision on his controversial conviction and nine-year prison term for sodomy. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:50 PST)
Head of Malaysia Airlines, national oil company dies: KUALA LUMPUR, July 14: The head of Malaysia's national oil company, Petronas, and flagship carrier Malaysia Airlines, Azizan Zainul Abidin, died today of a possible heart attack at the age of 69, official media reported. (DPA) (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
Indonesian troops kill 16 separatist rebels in Aceh province: BANDA ACEH, July 14: Indonesian troops have shot dead 16 suspected separatist guerrillas in Aceh province in the past two days, the military said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Bus and truck collide in south Iran, 24 dead: TEHRAN, July 14: A passenger bus and a truck collided in southern Iran today, killing at least 24 people and injuring 13 others, state media reported. (Reuters) (Posted @ 14:05 PST)
15 killed in accident in Indian hill state: NEW DELHI, July 14: Fifteen people, six of them women, were killed and 24 others injured today when the bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge in the northern Indian hill state of Himachal Pradesh. (DPA) (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Quake measuring 4.0 strikes east of Los Angeles: LOS ANGELES, July 14: An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter struck east of Los Angeles, but no immediate damage or injuries were reported, officials said. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Rebels kill four in Kashmir, militants concerned over civilian casualties: SRINAGAR, July 14: Rebels shot dead four people in Occupied Kashmir, police said today, while a dominant militant group expressed concern over civilian casualties in recurring grenade attacks. (AFP) (Posted @ 16:35 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 1.40 points: KARACHI, July 14: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 5474.62, up 1.40 points from Tuesday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 58.40 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:20 PST)   Editor: Tahir Mirza The DAWN Group of Newspapers Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan. Phone:+92 (21) 111-444-777 Fax: +92 (21) 568-3188 webmaster@dawn.com Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version. |
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