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| 18 January 2005 | Tuesday | 07 Zilhaj 1425 |
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Authorities holds three militant brothers for Aziz plot: ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Authorities arrested three Islamic militants today who were wanted for an attempt to kill Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz last year, police said. The suspects are brothers and belonged to an outlawed Islamic militant groups, Chaudhry Mohammad Iftikhar, police chief of the city of Rawalpindi , told a news conference. Aziz narrowly escaped when a suicide bomber blew himself to pieces next to the car in which he was travelling during an election tour in Punjab province in July. Iftikhar said at least 19 people were involved in the plot to kill Aziz at Fateh Jang. Eight people, including the bomber and Aziz's driver, were killed in the attack. The mastermind of the plot, Amjad Hussain Farooqi, was killed in a shootout with police in September. Iftikhar said the remaining suspects were at large, including a second bomber who fled after failing to detonate explosives strapped to his body. (Reuters) (Posted @ 21:15 PST) 
7 Bomb Blasts Damage a pillar of by pass bridge on Indus River: HYDERABAD, Jan 18: At least 7 simultaneous bomb blasts tied with one concrete pillar under Indus river bridge of Bye Pass road connecting Karachi with Hyderabad and up country damaged the pillar only slightly without interruption of vehicular traffic which continues to ply over the bridge. The blasts all at one time occurred at 6 a.m. in morning today. Blasts were so loud that it were heard at Qasimabad and Jamshoro. The bomb disposal squad staff who visited the spot of blast said that though the 7 bombs weighed 1 kilogram each but the cement concrete pillar was so strongly built that it was damaged only slightly. They said that it was exploded through non technical devise. Police officers said that it appeared a group had tried to blow up the bridge as sabotage activity but said that their attempt was made for spreading terror and fright more than damage. (PPI) (Posted @ 23:30 PST)
Two bomb blasts in Gwader: QUETTA, Jan 18: Two bombs went off in Gwader where a huge multi million dollar deep sea port is being built, causing panic but no casualties, police said today. Residents in Gwadar were woken up by two home made bombs, a local police official told AFP by telephone. The first bomb was planted in a dustbin near a hotel and the second was some 20 yards (meters) away, he said. Neither caused any damage. Gwadar has frequently been hit by rocket and bomb attacks which officials blame on people opposed to development projects in south west Baluchistan province. A spokesman for a little known group called the Baluch Liberation Army phoned Quetta press club and claimed responsibility for the blasts. (AFP) (Posted @ 23:40 PST)
641 Pak prisoners from Oman return home: KARACHI, Jan 18: Another batch of 641 Pakistanis, who were arrested and held in various Muscat jails for illegally entering into Oman in search of jobs, returned home today. The Ansar Burney Welfare Trust International and Community Welfare Section of the Pakistan Embassy at Muscat have played a vital role for their release and return back. (PPI) (Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Iran warns U.S. against military strike: TEHERAN, Jan 18: Iran today warned the United States against a possible military attack, in response to U.S. President George W. Bush's statement that he did not rule out using military force against Teheran over its controversial nuclear programme. "We have no fear of threats by foreign enemies but they should know that Iran is not a proper place for adventurism," former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani was quoted as saying by the news agency IRNA. Bush had said during a television interview on Monday that all options, including military action, would be considered if Iran continued to drag its feet on its nuclear weapons programme. Iran's defence ministry had on Monday announced that the United States would not dare attacking Iran and that the Iranian defence industry had already achieved a level which could stop any enemy. (DPA) (Updated @ 23:50 PST)
Bush won't rule out action against Iran over nukes: WASHINGTON, Jan 18: U.S. President George W. Bush said he would not rule out military action against Iran if that country was not more forthcoming about its suspected nuclear weapons program. "I hope we can solve it diplomatically, but I will never take any option off the table," Bush said in an interview with NBC News when asked if he would rule out the potential for military action against Iran "if it continues to stonewall the international community about the existence of its nuclear weapons program." (Reuters) (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Iraqi borders to close three days for elections: official - BAGHDAD, Jan 18: Iraqi authorities have decided to close Iraq's land borders for three days around the January 30 general elections, the electoral commission announced today. "The international land borders will be closed between January 29 and January 31 included," said commission spokesman Farid Ayar in a statement, adding that only Muslims returning from the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia would be allowed in to the country. (AFP) (Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Suicide bomb attack on Iraq Shi'ite party kills 1: BAGHDAD, Jan 18: A suicide car bomber attacked a Baghdad office used by a major Shi'ite party today in the latest insurgent attack aimed at stoking sectarian strife ahead of Jan. 30 polls expected to be dominated by Shi'ites. Police said one person was killed and seven were wounded by the blast at the office used by the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). A SCIRI official said the dead man was one of the guards at the building. (Reuters) (Updated @ 12:45 PST)
Danish troops to leave Iraq within 18 months: report - COPENHAGEN, Jan 18: Denmark's troops in Iraq will probably leave within 12 to 18 months, a Danish newspaper quoted their commander as saying. "My guess is that the troops will have completed their mission down here within 12 to 18 months and that the Iraqi government will not ask our military to stay on after that," Colonel John Dalby told the daily Jyllands-Posten, according to the paper's Web site. (Reuters) (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Israel to give Abbas 'limited' amount of time to fight militants: JERUSALEM, Jan 18: Israel will give new Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas a "limited" amount of time to allow him to crack down on militant groups, a source close to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told AFP today. "We are according Abu Mazen (Abbas) a limited delay to let him decide whether to fight against terrorism," the source said on condition of anonymity. "If he does not change the rules of the game, then the Palestinians will pay an enormous price." (AFP) (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
Australian opposition leader resigns: SYDNEY, Jan 18: The Labor Party's Mark Latham today bowed to public pressure and resigned as both leader of the opposition and as a member of the Australian federal parliament. (DPA) (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Five Mujahideen shot dead in Kashmir: NEW DELHI, Jan 18: Indian security forces shot dead five Mujahideen in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir today. The men were trying to cross into India from Pakistan, the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) claimed, according to a New Delhi Television report. (DPA) (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 29.36 points: KARACHI, Jan 18: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 6603.65, down 29.36 points from Monday'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)   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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