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India and Pakistan swap list of nuclear facilities: ISLAMABAD , Jan 01: Pakistan and India exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities in line with a bilateral agreement to hand over such information annually on New Year's Day, the foreign ministry said. The two countries swapped the information under an agreement signed in 1988 on prohibition of attacks on each other's nuclear installations, foreign office spokesman Masood Khan said today. "Accordingly, the information on nuclear installations and facilities of both sides was exchanged today through diplomatic channels," the spokesman said in a statement. (AP/AFP) (Posted @ 22:20 PST) 
Afghans Arrest Suspect in Deadly Bombing : KABUL, Jan 01: Security forces have arrested a Tajik suspected of organizing the deadly car-bombing of a U.S. security firm in the Afghan capital and believe he was acting on the orders of al-Qaida, an Afghan official today. The suspect, Mohammed Haidar, confessed to his leading role in the Aug. 29 car-bomb attack, which killed about 10 people, including three Americans, Afghan state television reported. A spokesman for the Afghan intelligence service, Mohammed Nader, said the report was accurate but declined to discuss the details. Haidar also admitted organizing an Oct. 23 suicide attack on a Kabul shopping street that killed an American woman and an Afghan child, the TV report said. The attack was allegedly carried out by a Kashmiri militant. It was unclear when Haidar, a bearded man of about 30 shown briefly during the evening news, was detained. The report said Haidar told investigators that he had traveled to Peshawar to meet an alleged al-Qaida member called Attaullah who gave him the instructions to carry out the attacks. Attaullah supposedly paid Haidar $7,000 to buy a car and explosives, the report said. It didn't say when the meeting supposedly took place. (AP/AFP) (Posted @ 21:30 PST)
Former Indian Minister hacked to death: NEWDELHI, Jan 01: A former member of the parliament and State Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Alari Aruin was hacked to death by a gang of three unidentified persons in Trunelveli distict. The Former Minister was on a morning walk when he was first shot by a country made revolver and later hacked to death with a sickle. He died on the spot. Mr. Arun had been expelled from the DMK after he revolted against the party for being denied a ticket in the last Assembly elections. (PPI) (Posted @ 13:15 PST)
Al-Qaida Video Shows Police Execution : BAGHDAD, Jan 01: Al-Qaida released a video today of the cold-blooded execution of five Iraqi security guards saying they were "American dogs," the latest move in a campaign to intimidate Iraqis and target those who collaborate with U.S.-led forces. The video, made by the group led by Jordanian terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, showed the five men lined up, their hands bound behind their backs, and shot publicly in a street in broad daylight from the back. The sounds of gunfire and the cries of the victims could be heard as they fell to the ground. The video was posted on a Web site that frequently carries similar messages from Islamic militant groups. It did not say where the executions took place, but separate photos of the event indicated it occurred in the western town of Ramadi on Dec. 26. It was unclear where and when the executions were carried out, but passers-by and cars could be seen passing by the site, some stopping to watch. In a separate written statement posted on the Internet today, al-Qaida also claimed responsibility for a number of attacks targeting security forces around Iraq earlier this week. (AP/AFP) (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Gadhafi Denies Grooming Son to Succeed Him : CAIRO, Jan 01: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi played down speculation that he is grooming his son to replace him, saying that succession by family members is not part of his North African republic's political makeup. "There is no succession in the (Libyan) republic's regime," the 61-year-old Gadhafi said when asked during an interview on the Arab Al-Jazeera network whether his son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, will succeed him. Since staging a 1969 coup, the elder Gadhafi has run Libya with an iron fist, outlawing all forms of opposition under the guise of handing power to his country's 5 million people. But in recent years, speculation has mounted that Gadhafi has been providing his 32-year-old son with highly visible duties, such as negotiating the release of hostages, in a bid to prepare him for leadership. While Seif al-Islam, one of Gadhafi's eight children from two wives, has previously rejected talk of any future succession, his father has rarely gone public to play down the notion. (AP/AFP) (Posted @ 10:35 PST)
20 miners dead or missing in two Chinese coal mine accidents: BEIJING, Jan 1: Ten people have been reported dead in a gas explosion in a central Hunan provincial coal mine, while another 10 miners in a southern Guangxi provincial mine were missing after a flood, the government said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:10 PST)
Moderate earthquake jolts southern Sumatra: JAKARTA, Jan 01: An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Indonesian province of Bengkulu in southern Sumatra today, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualty, officials said. (DPA) (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
Nepal rebels clash with soldiers, 12 killed KATHMANDU, Jan 01: Nepali Maoist guerrillas killed at least eight soldiers and four policemen in an ambush today, the army said. The soldiers were clearing roadblocks set up by the rebels, fighting to replace Nepal's constitutional monarchy with a communist republic, along a highway linking the eastern town of Dharan with Dhankutta on the Himalayan foothills. The Maoists, who control large swathes of rural areas in the impoverished kingdom, have stepped up attacks on security patrols ahead of a Jan. 13 deadline set by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to resume talks to end the eight-year revolt that has kiled more than 11,000 people. The guerrillas, who specialise in hit-and-run attacks on poorly equipped security forces, are demanding foreign mediation. (Reuters) (Posted @ 22:25 PST)
ForEx Market Update: KARACHI, Jan 1: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.80 to the US Dollar in the open market. The country's stock exchanges are closed today. (Bureau Report) (Posted @ 10:15 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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