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| 17 July 2004 | Saturday | 28 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 |
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MMA to force Pervez to quit by 31st Dec: LAHORE July 17: MMA central leader Maulana Ameer Hussain Gillani has said the alliance would not allow Gen. Perez Musharraf to remain in army uniform even for a single day after deadline falling on December 31. "Musharraf has no option but to quit as COAS," he told reporters today. Maulana Gillani said present military sponsored regime has failed on all fronts. Instead of protecting the law abiding citizens, it is patronizing the hardened criminals, he added. (PPI)(Posted @ 23:55 PST) 
Bomb explodes in Quetta: QUETTA, July 17: A bomb exploded in Quetta, an official said today, leaving one boy injured and causing slight damage to surrounding houses and a car. "The bomb weighing 500 grams was planted in a drain," Akbar Ali, head of the bomb disposal squad told AFP. (AFP)(Posted @ 10:55 PST)
Three killed in troops clash near Afghan border: WANA, July 17: Three people were killed and four wounded in a shootout between troops and al Qaeda-linked militants in tribal west near the Afghan border, officials and residents said today. (Reuters)(Posted @ 23:55 PST)
Afghan president orders release of 66 Pakistani prisoners: KABUL, July 17: Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has ordered the release of 66 Pakistani prisoners ahead of his trip to Pakistan next week, a presidential spokesman said today. (DPA)(Posted @ 23:55 PST)
Security situation tense in Mazar-e-Sharif: KABUL, July 17: In Afghanistan, the security situation was very tense in Mazar-e-Sharif. The situation become tense in the city when the tension increased between commander Ata Muhammad and Security Chief of the city, Commander Khaki Rizwan. The provincial Reconstruction commission spokesman in Mazar-e-Sharif said that they have information that the armed people were getting advantage by wearing police uniform. He said the number of armed people have increased in the city. (PPI) (Posted @ 13:20 PST)
Flooding kills 16, destroys hundreds of houses in Afghanistan: KABUL, July 17: At least 16 people have been killed and more than 200 houses destroyed in severe flooding in northern Afghanistan, state media reported today. Eight people were killed in Badakhshan province and another eight in Baghlan in heavy rainfall this week that also affected Samangan province, state news agency Bakhtar reported. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:35 PST)
FBI interviews Muslims and Arab Americans: report - WASHINGTON, July 17: FBI agents have begun interviewing Muslims and Arab Americans in the Washington area and across the country, hoping to gather information that may help prevent a terrorist attack during the election year, the Washington Post reported today. Authorities do not know how many people will be contacted, but the effort is expected to expand "significantly" in the next week or so, according to the Post. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
Report claims Iraq's Allawi killed insurgents: SYDNEY, July 17: An Australian journalist today claimed that Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi shot seven Iraqi insurgents with a pistol at a Baghdad police station in the week preceding the handover of power from the United States last month. Paul McGeough, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald, said two unnamed witnesses to the execution-style killings told him Allawi shot seven insurgents, six of whom died. Allawi's office has denied the claims, saying the interim leader had not visited the prison and does not carry a gun. (DPA)(Posted @ 10:55 PST)
Suicide bomber targets Iraqi minister, four killed: BAGHDAD, July 17: A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle as a convoy carrying Iraq's justice minister drove past today, killing four people but not wounding the minister, police and U.S. troops at the scene said. (Reuters) (Updated @ 11:30 PST)
Al-Qaeda demands Italy withdraw troops from Iraq: DUBAI, July 17: A statement posted today on a website purported to be from the Al-Qaeda network demanded that Italy withdraw its troops from Iraq, threatening otherwise a series of car bomb attacks. Dated July 17, it was signed "Khalid Ibn al-Walid Brigade, Al-Qaeda". Its authenticity could not be verified. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:05 PST)
Arafat rejects resignations of two senior security officials: GAZA CITY, July 17: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has rejected the resignations of two senior security officials presented overnight following a series of kidnappings, in which all the hostages were later freed, a security official said today. "President Arafat has rejected the resignations of Amin al-Hindi and Rashid Abu Shbek and asked them to continue in their work," the official said. (AFP) (Posted @ 13:20 PST)
Palestinian cabinet holds urgent meeting after kidnappings: RAMALLAH, July 17: The Palestinian cabinet was convened for an emergency session today following a series of kidnappings overnight in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister's office said. "The situation is critical and the government needs to prove that it is capable of action," minister without portfolio Qadura Fares told AFP. Palestinian security services in the Gaza Strip were on alert today after a series of kidnappings including those of four French nationals, the Palestinian police chief and a liaison officer with the Israeli army, officials said. (AFP) (Updated @ 12:05 PST)
Indonesia must be alert to prevent terror: candidate - JAKARTA, July 17: Indonesia must stay vigilant and secure the final presidential election in September from terror attacks although recent polls have gone off peacefully, the leading candidate said today. (Reuters) (Posted @ 13:20 PST)
Strong tremor shakes Tokyo area: TOKYO, July 17: A strong earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Tokyo and other eastern regions of Japan today, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:05 PST)
Cricket: Pakistan won by 76 runs- COLOMBO, July 17: At the start of yet another new era in Pakistan cricket, there was a distinct lack of occasion and atmosphere. The day will be remembered as the beginning of what promises to be, if nothing else, one of the more intriguing relationships in cricket - that between Bob Woolmer and the Pakistan team. Pakistan's ultimately facile victory over a strangely dispirited Bangladesh side was expected, as were the architects of the victory. It produced but the briefest glimmer of the benefits Woolmer might ultimately bring to Pakistan, but given that it was only his first game in charge, it also revealed some of the conundrums that he must address in the Pakistan team. ...Score Card (Reuters) (Updated @ 21:00 PST)
Cricket: Sri Lanka 239 bt UAE 123 by 116 runs - COLOMBO, July 17: The United Arab Emirates bowled with a maturity far beyond their experience to take regular wickets after Sri Lanka chose to bat first, but the one man they couldn't stop was Avishka Gunawardene, whose fine 73 helped Sri Lanka to 239. That was enough for the win, and UAE's batsmen were easily dismissed for 123 in 47.5 overs. ...Score Card (Reuters) (Updated @ 21:00 PST)
22 dead as bus plunges into gorge in Kashmir: SRINAGAR, July 17: Twenty-two people were killed today and over three dozen injured when a packed passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a gorge in Kashmir, police said. (AFP)(Posted @ 23:55 PST)
ForEx Market Update: KARACHI, July 17: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 58.55 to the US Dollar in the open market. The country's stock exchanges are closed today. (Bureau Report) (Posted @ 09:50 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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