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| 13 January 2005 | Thursday | 02 Zilhaj 1425 |
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US Congressmen say sale of F-16 jets to Pakistan would be opposed: NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Any proposal by the United States government to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan would be met with strong opposition in Congress, two Democratic lawmakers and members of a pro-India lobby group said. Senator Jon Corzine and Representative Frank Pallone were in New Delhi to meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as part of a four-nation tour of countries hit by the December 26 tsunami. "There would be substantial opposition in Congress if the administration proposes the sale of F-16s," Pallone said today. "I don't see how the F-16s can be used for anything but offensive purposes. I don't think they'll get it," he added. Sales of new weapons that could upset the balance of power in the volatile South Asian region have rankled both countries with Pakistan concerned India could get Patriot missiles and India concerned about possible sales of fighter jets and naval surveillance aircraft to Pakistan. Pallone said that fighter jets would "most likely be used against India and other countries" and would be inappropriate to sell considering the recent revelations of the sale of nuclear weapons-related materials to other countries by the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, A. Q. Khan. Corzine said Pakistan remains an important ally in the American-led war on terrorism and the United States needed to support the country in that effort. "We certainly need the cooperation," he said. "But I don't think that leads to the sale of F-16s." Pallone belongs to the 186-member India Caucus in the 545-seat House of Representatives and Corzine belongs to the 32-member counterpart in the 100-seat Senate which is co-chaired by Hillary Clinton Both congressmen oppose the sale of F-16s to Pakistan. (AFP) (Posted @ 21:40 PST) 
Curfew in Skardu amid sectarian unrest fears: ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: Shiite leader Agha Ziauddin who was wounded in an ambush that sparked bloody sectarian riots died today in hospital, officials said. The death of Agha Ziauddin, who was shot in Gilgit on Saturday, has raised fears of renewed violence. Police were put on high alert in major cities across the country. Ziauddin had been transferred to hospital in Rawalpindi, after the attack, which sparked off riots that left 15 people dead and 35 wounded. "He died this morning in hospital and we are taking his body back to Gilgit," his spokesman Sikandar Gilani told AFP. Authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in Skardu amid fears of renewed sectarian violence after the death of Agha Ziauddin. (AFP/Reuters) (Updated @ 17:05 PST)
Hakim Zardari's plea put off: LAHORE, Jan 13: A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) today adjourned the hearing of a plea of Hakim Ali Zardari due to lack of time, as the head of the bench Justice Sh. Abdul Rashid was busy in a Special Division bench with the Chief Justice of the LHC. (APP) (Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Six Afghan Soldiers Kidnapped and Killed : KANDAHAR, Jan 13: Gunmen kidnapped six government soldiers in a former Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan and dumped their bullet-ridden bodies in a canal, a local official said today. The six went missing on Wednesday during a patrol in the Washer district of Helmand province, Kabul, said Mohammed Wali, a provincial government spokesman. Troops sent to search for them found their bodies today in an irrigation canal, Wali said. They had been shot with Kalashnikov assault rifles. The spokesman blamed Taliban guerrillas for the killings but provided no evidence to support his assertion. (APP) (Posted @ 21:30 PST)
Aide to revered Iraqi Shiite cleric assassinated: NAJAF, Jan 13: A representative of revered Iraqi Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was assassinated, along with his son and four bodyguards, an official in Sistani's office said today. "Sheikh Mahmud al-Madahaini, his son and four bodyguards were assassinated as they left night prayers in Salman Pak," southeast of Baghdad, the official said. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Gunmen seize Turk, kill 6 Iraqis in Baghdad: BAGHDAD, Jan 13: Gunmen attacked a hotel in Baghdad today, kidnapping a Turk who was staying there and killing six Iraqis, local witnesses said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
U.S. detains 31 militants in Kirkuk: BAGHDAD, Jan 13: U.S. forces arrested 31 alleged militants in Kirkuk, announced the military command today in Baghdad. Among those detained were 17 people sought by the U.S. military in connection with acts of rebellion. Four weapon caches were also found that included two mortars, six grenades, one anit-tank missile and eight anti-tank grenades. (DPA) (Posted @ 12:10 PST)
Abbas is not empowered to reach ceasefire: GAZA, Jan 13: Hamas movement said today that Palestinian president-elect Mahmud Abbas was not empowered to reach a ceasefire with Israel. The senior leader of the movement, Mahmoud al-Zahar told movement's website that Hamas will not hand over its arms to the Palestinian Authority. "No one can take away our arms from us, as long as there is occupation," he said. (DPA) (Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Bagapsh wins Abkhazia presidential election: SUKHUMI, Jan 13: Sergei Bagapsh has won the presidential election in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, garnering 90.1 percent of the popular vote, with all ballots counted, Central Elections Commission member Ruslan Panpia told AFP today. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:30 PST)
Mark Thatcher pleads guilty to coup plot charges in South Africa: CAPE TOWN, Jan 13: Mark Thatcher, son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, today pleaded guilty in a Cape Town court to charges of bankrolling an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea. (AFP) (Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Iran school fire kills 13 children, one teacher: TEHRAN, Jan 13: Thirteen children and a teacher died today when a faulty heater in their classroom in a village school in central Iran caught fire, blocking the doorway and suffocating them, an Interior Ministry official said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 16:45 PST)
Ten miners killed in central China coal mine accident: BEIJING, Jan 13: Ten miners have been killed and 17 more injured, three seriously, in a coal mine accident in China's central Henan province, the government said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:25 PST)
Seven dead in northern Spanish warehouse blast: MADRID, Jan 13: Seven people died today and several more were injured when an explosion tore through a warehouse in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, local officials said. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Train crash kills two in Turkey: ANKARA, Jan 13: Two people died and three were injured today when a goods train ploughed into a stationary train at Ankara station, media reports said. The engine and several waggons of the goods train overturned on impact, the reports said. (DPA) (Posted @ 13:30 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 231.23 points: KARACHI, Jan 13: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 6426.17, down 231.23 points from Wednesday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.80 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:40 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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