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17 January 2005	Monday	06 Zilhaj 1425

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Militant held over Musharraf death plot: KARACHI, Jan 17: Mohammad Jamil Memon has been arrested for his alleged role in high-profile terror attacks including a plot to kill President Musharraf, police said today. Mohammad Jamil Memon, a member of the Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alaami, was detained in Swat a few days ago, senior police investigator Manzoor Mughal said. Memon admitted his involvement in activities including the April 26, 2002 attempt to kill Musharraf in Karachi, when a remote-controlled device failed to detonate an explosives-laden van near the president's motorcade, police said. "Memon was initially arrested in Swat and will now be interrogated by Karachi police for his alleged role in high-profile cases here including the plot to kill the president," Mughal told AFP. (AFP) (Posted @ 13:40 PST)

16 killed in Iraq attacks : IRAQ, Jan 17: At least 16 people, including eight Iraqi soldiers and seven Iraqi police officers, were today killed in two separate attacks as insurgents continued to target the country's security forces ahead of this month's elections. In the first attack, gunmen killed eight national guardsmen and injured four other soldiers at a checkpoint outside a provincial broadcasting centre in Buhriz, to the north-east of Baghdad and near the troubled city of Baquba. Elsewhere, eight people died and 24 were injured in a suicide car bombing at a police station in Beiji. US officials said seven of the dead were police. (Guardian) (Updated @ 22:00 PST)

Abbas Orders Forces to Prevent Attacks on Israel: RAMALLAH, Jan 17: New Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces today to prevent all attacks on Israel by militants who have defied his calls for calm. But militants, some warning there could be clashes with Palestinian forces, ruled out any halt to attacks before an end to "Israeli aggression" in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel described the measure as a "small step," but said Abbas must at least deploy forces to stop rocket fire from Gaza for the Jewish state to restore ties cut last week after an assault on a border crossing that killed six Israelis. "Abu Mazen (Abbas) and the cabinet gave clear instructions to the security chiefs to prevent all kinds of violence, including attacks against Israel," cabinet minister Qadoura Fares told Reuters. Officials said there was no exception for attacks on troops or settlers in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie said violators "will be punished." (Reuters) (Posted @ 21:55 PST)

Deadly train fire which sparked Gujarat riots accidental: Indian government - NEW DELHI, Jan 17: A train fire that killed 59 Hindu pilgrims, setting off deadly sectarian riots in Gujarat state in 2002, was an accident and not caused by a Muslim mob as originally alleged, an Indian government investigation concluded today. "There has been a preponderance of evidence that the fire in coach number S6 originated in the coach itself without any external input," said retired Supreme Court judge U.C. Bannerjee, who headed the committee. "Moreover the possibility of an inflammable liquid having been used is completely ruled out as there was first a smell of burning, followed by then smoke and flames thereafter," he added. (AFP) (Posted @ 16:25 PST)

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Ousted Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang dies: BEIJING, Jan 17: Ousted Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang died today, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said. The former leader, who was unceremoniously stripped from power after he opposed a bloody military crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests, had been in the Beijing Hospital with a lung ailment and fell into a coma on Friday night. (APP/AFP) (Posted @ 09:50 PST)

Trains crash in Bangkok's new subway, 100 injured: BANGKOK, Jan 17: Two trains on Bangkok's five-month-old subway system crashed during the morning rush hour today, injuring around 100 people and forcing authorities to suspend services, officials and witnesses said. (AFP) (Posted @ 09:50 PST)

Strong quake strikes western Micronesia: HONG KONG, Jan 17: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck in waters in the western part of the Pacific island group of Micronesia, the Hong Kong Observatory said today. It wasn't immediately clear if there were any casualties. (APP/AP) (Posted @ 10:10 PST)

Karachi Stocks up 73.01 points: KARACHI, Jan 17: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 6632.84, up 73.01 points from Friday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.70 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:10 PST)

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