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| 02 February 2005 | Wednesday | 22 Zilhaj 1425 |
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South Asian summit postponed after Indian PM withdraws: ISLAMABAD, Feb 02: A South Asian summit at which the prime ministers of India and Pakistan were set to meet has been postponed after India's Manmohan Singh pulled out,Government said. Current chairman of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), questioned Singh's decision not to attend the February 6-7 meeting in Dhaka. India said Singh had withdrawn because of regional turmoil. The Press Trust of India news agency said the situation in neighbouring Nepal, where King Gyanendra on Tuesday sacked the government and seized power, was a factor. "The summit has been cancelled and fresh dates will be worked out after consultation," Pakistani information minister Sheikh Rashid told AFP. "It is beyond our understanding why India refused at the last minute. We are asking them" for their reasons, he added. (AP/AFP) (Updated @ 22:15 PST) 
Only UN members decide on UN action: Annan spokesman - UNITED NATIONS, Feb 02: UN member nations alone decide what action the United Nations must take, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's spokesman said, after US lawmakers called on Annan to move immediately to end genocide in Sudan's Darfur region or resign. Annan's spokesman Fred Eckhard said the UN chief was not in a position to "force" members into action, after Republican lawmakers Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Representative Frank Wolf of Virginia also criticized Monday's UN report for failing to recommend any action to stop the killing, saying the report had been sabotaged by internal UN politics. "The most a Secretary-General can do under the Charter is to bring to the attention of the Security Council any threat to international peace and security," said Eckhard. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
No more Iraqi money for arms inspectors: UN envoy - UNITED NATIONS, Feb 02: Iraqi oil money should no longer be used to pay for U.N. weapons inspectors who stopped searching for banned weapons nearly two years ago, Baghdad's envoy to the United Nations said. It was also time to start phasing out the use of oil proceeds to compensate victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and to consider lifting an arms embargo imposed in 1990, Ambassador Samir Sumaidaie said. (Reuters) (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Abbas agrees to meet Sharon in Egypt: official - RAMALLAH, Feb 02: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted an invitation to a summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Egypt next week, a senior Palestinian official said today. Sharon also agreed to the Feb. 8 meeting in the Sinai Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh that Sharon's office said was proposed by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. It would be the first Palestinian-Israeli summit after four years of violence. (Reuters) (Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Israelis, Palestinians agree to form joint panel on "wanted" men: TEL AVIV, Feb 02: Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to set up a joint committee which will deal with cases of militants wanted by Israel after the formal announcement of an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, the Ha'aretz daily reported today. (DPA) (Posted @ 11:30 PST)
Report: N. Korea May Have Sold Uranium : WASHINGTON, Feb 02:- U.S. intelligence agencies and government scientists have come up with strong evidence that North Korea sold processed uranium to Libya, apparently to assist the North African country in nuclear weapons development, an administration official said today. The materials were detected in Libya's shipments of weapons-related materials to the United States after the country agreed to dismantle its nuclear arms program in late 2003, said the official, asking not to be identified. The official said he was uncertain as to whether U.S. officials ever asked the Libyans about the country of origin of its nuclear materials. Nuclear intelligence experts said they compared samples of the Libyan uranium with samples from other countries by matching uranium isotopes. They concluded that the uranium had to have come from North Korea. (AP/AFP) (Posted @ 22:10 PST)
Basque leader calls April election after Madrid rejects autonomy plan: MADRID, Feb 2: The leader of Spain's wealthy northern Basque region called a regional election for April 17 today, a day after Spain's parliament overwhelmingly rejected his plan to win "free association status" from Madrid. "The moment has come for Basque society to speak out," regional president Juan Jose Ibarretxe said after parliament threw out his plan to upgrade existing autonomy by 313 votes to 29 with two abstentions. Basque voters were in any case due to go to the polls this year for regional elections, with May mentioned as the most likely month for the vote. But Ibarretxe decided to choose an early date after the resounding parliamentary defeat. He then unveiled the election date. (AFP) (Posted @ 23:40 PST)
Nepal king unveils new cabinet: KATHMANDU, Feb 02: King Gyanendra of Nepal unveiled a new 10-member cabinet today, a day after sacking the government and imposing an indefinite state of emergency. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Guebuza sworn in as Mozambique president: MAPUTO, Feb 02: Businessman Armando Guebuza was sworn in as Mozambique's president today, taking over from Joaquim Chissano who retired after 18 years, which saw the once war-torn country become an African success story. (Reuters) (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Pope has 'acute' throat inflammation, says Vatican: VATICAN CITY, Feb 02: Pope John Paul II was fighting for breath when he was hospitalized as an emergency, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said. "The flu which has been affecting the Holy Father for three days was complicated with acute inflammation of the larynx and laringo-spasm," a condition where one cannot catch one's breath, Navarro-Valls said. (AFP) (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Bosnian president's car involved in traffic accident: SARAJEVO, Feb 02: Four people were injured today in a car crash near the central Bosnian town of Zenica, involving the official vehicle of the Bosnian president Borisav Paravac, police confirmed. Paravac was not injured, while his two bodyguards as well as two passengers in the car that collided with the presidential limo sustained injuries. (DPA) (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Attacks on security forces leave 10 dead in southern Philippines: ZAMBOANGA, Feb 02: Ten people have been killed in two separate attacks on security forces in the southern Philippines, officials said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 13:50 PST)
Earthquake jolts Indonesia's West Java province, homes collapse: JAKARTA, Feb 02: A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's West Java province today, injuring a number of people and destroying dozens of homes, officials said today. (DPA) (Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 80.82 points: KARACHI, Feb 02: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 6950.10, up 80.82 points from Tuesday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.45 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:15 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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