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| 11 January 2005 | Tuesday | 29 Ziqa'ad 1425 |
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President Musharraf warns tribesmen after gas field attacks: ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: President Musharraf today issued a stern warning to rebel tribes angered by an assault on a woman doctor to stop launching attacks on gas fields in Sui. "Don't push us. This is not the Seventies," Musharraf told private television, referring to an insurgency in Baluchistan province which was put down by the military in the 1970s. "They will not even know what has hit them," he said in an interview. (AFP) (Posted @ 15:10 PST) 
President Musharraf bomb suspect on the run after jailbreak: ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: A militant sentenced to death for plotting to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf has escaped from jail during a trip to the bathroom, officials and security sources said today. A nation wide manhunt is underway for Mushtaq Ahmad, who has been on the run for nearly seven weeks after vanishing from Pakistani Air Force custody near Rawalpindi, officials said. "This criminal escaped from custody and we hope that we will arrest him. He was a key figure in the December 14, 2003 attack on President Musharraf," Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told AFP. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:15 PST)
Government seizes 1.7 tonnes of morphine: QUETTA, Jan 11: Government authorities have seized nearly 1.7 tonnes of morphine and a quantity of ammunition near border with Afghanistan, an official said today. The raiding party also found shells, hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenade rounds, he said. The drugs and ammo had been smuggled from Afghanistan, he said. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:40 PST)
Afghanistan sets new drive to disarm militias: UN - UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11: The Afghan government is tracking the country's private militias with international help, and hopes to begin disarming them before parliamentary elections, a U.N. official said. The project aims to fix the location of each irregular force and assess its size and type. This involves determining whether it is a rogue militia, a community-based self-defense group or a security force hired to guard reconstruction projects, said Jean Arnault, the U.N. special representative for Afghanistan. "Some, although not all, are among the main sources of insecurity and human rights abuses in certain parts of the country, and their activities are frequently linked to drug cultivation and trade," he said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 10:25 PST)
Iraq's Allawi says some areas unsafe for poll: BAGHDAD, Jan 11: Prime Minister Iyad Allawi acknowledged today there were what he called pockets of Iraq that would be too unsafe for voting in a Jan. 30 election, as guerrillas killed 20 people in attacks. Allawi promised to spend $2 billion to beef up Iraq's security forces to combat insurgents trying to derail the vote. "Certainly there are some pockets that will not participate in the election. We don't think it will be widespread," Allawi, a candidate in the election, told reporters. Repeated guerrilla attacks on Iraqi police and soldiers, who will be tasked with protecting polling stations, have deepened fears of major bloodletting on the day Iraqis vote. All 13 members of a committee organising the election in Anbar province, resigned after receiving death threats, the head of the team said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 23:35 PST)
Car bomb in Iraq kills seven police: TIKRIT, Jan 11: Seven Iraqi police were killed in a car bomb blast today in ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, the US military said. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:40 PST)
Gunmen kill 8 people in minibus attack near Baghdad: BAGHDAD, Jan 11: Gunmen attacked a minibus travelling through Iraq's notorious "Triangle of Death" region south of Baghdad today, killing eight people and kidnapping three, police in the area said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
Sharon, Abbas agree to renew Israeli-Palestinian contacts: RAMALLAH, Jan 11: After an acrimonious 18-month freeze in relations, Palestinian President-elect Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed today to renew top-level contacts between the sides. A day after the announcement of the final results, Abbas received a phone call from Sharon congratulating him with his landslide victory in Sunday's Palestinian presidential election. The new Palestinian leader told Sharon he was ready to meet the Israeli premier after being sworn in, which is expected to take place within the next five to 12 days, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported. Sharon earlier told his new cabinet that he expected to meet Abbas in the coming weeks. The meeting would focus on Palestinian efforts to combat militants, Israeli media reported. The bill is expected to be presented to the Palestinian parliament in the coming days, the officials said. The 88-member Palestinian Legislative Council is expected to study the bill for several weeks before voting on it. (DPA) (Posted @ 23:45 PST)
Israeli army plans to demolish 3,000 Gaza homes for trench: report - JERUSALEM, Jan 11: The Israeli army wants to demolish 3,000 homes in Rafah to dig a trench preventing militants from using smuggling tunnels under the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, an Israeli newspaper said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
'Al Jazeera not to bow to pressure': ABU DHABI, Jan 11: The boss of Al Jazeera TV has vowed that his channel would, under no circumstances, bow down to any external pressure and continue to render its duties in the same manner. "We will never be influenced by any criticism whether internal or external. We respect our profession and will never give up on principles and ethics under any circumstances," Waddah Khanfar, Director-General of Qatar-based channel told Khaleej Times. (PPI) (Posted @ 15:35 PST)
Strong quake hits Iran, no casualties reported: TEHRAN, Jan 11: An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook northeast Iran, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, officials and state media reported. (Reuters) (Posted @ 10:25 PST)
Mujahideen call for boycott of local elections: SRINAGAR, Jan 11: Four Mujahideen groups called today for a boycott of municipal elections to be held next month in Kashmir after a gap of 15 years. "Elections have always damaged the interests of Kashmiris," the leaders of the four groups said in a joint statement. The statement was issued jointly by three pro-independence groups, the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, the Democratic Freedom Party and the Jamiat-e-Ahlihadees, and by the Kashmir Bar Association. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:00 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 225.79 points: KARACHI, Jan 11: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 6709.93, up 225.79 points from Monday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.00 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:50 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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