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| 07 February 2005 | Monday | 27 Zilhaj 1425 |
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Tribal renegades threaten to blow up oil field: MULTAN, Feb 07: A rebel tribal group has threatened to blow up a key oil field, as officials said they had tightened security around a nuclear plant. The shadowy Baluchistan Liberation Army said today it would strike the oil and gas installation at Dhodak . It marks an apparent attempt by the group to spread violence beyond the southwestern province of Baluchistan -- where it was blamed for an attack on a gas plant last month which killed eight people -- into other areas. Local officials said they had taken steps to protect national assets including the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission facility at Dera Ghazi Khan, some 112 kilometers east of Dhodak. "We have made all necessary arrangements for the security of sensitive areas like Dhodak gas field, atomic energy station, bridges and railway track in Dera Ghazi Khan district," district police chief Salman Chaudhry told AFP. (AFP) (Posted @ 22:25 PST) 
Two journalists killed in ambush in tribal area: PESHAWAR, Feb 07: Two journalists were killed and two others including an AFP reporter were injured when gunmen opened fire on their car in the turbulent tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. The journalists were returning to Wana, after covering a meeting of tribal elders in the remote town when their car was ambushed. "When they reached the Wana Hospital a car intercepted their vehicle and opened fire," local administration official Asmatullah Gandapur said today. Two of them died on the spot and two others were injured, he said. Local sources identified the deceased as Amir Nawab, reporter for the Frontier Post, and Allah Noor Wazir, who was working for Peshawar's Khyber TV. The injured included AFP stringer Anwar Shakir as well as Zardad Khan who was working for Al-Jazeera television, they said (AFP) (Posted @ 22:10 PST)
Telephone exchange blown up in Balochistan: ISLAMABAD, Feb 07: A telephone exchange was destroyed by a powerful explosion today in Balochistan. Paramilitary and local administration officials confirmed the incident, adding that some 25 armed men attacked the exchange in Koh-e-Mazar area in Barkan district early today and blew it up after capturing three telephone department officials and two militiamen there. Now there is no communication between the district and rest of the country, a senior paramilitary official based in provincial capital, Quetta, told dpa. He said the attackers released the employees unhurt. (DPA) (Posted @ 15:45 PST)
Rockets fired at US base in southern Afghanistan: KABUL, Feb 07: Militants launched rockets today at an American military outpost in Afghanistan but they missed and caused no casualties, the US military said. (AFP) (Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Indian president has surgery on fractured shoulder: NEW DELHI, Feb 07: Indian President Abdul Kalam today underwent surgery to repair a fractured right shoulder, doctors said. Kalam, fell during a walked in the herb garden of the presidential residence. A team of surgeons conducted the operation under anaesthetic and later reported the president had recovered. (AFP) (Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Suicide bombers kill 26 in two attacks in Iraq: BAGHDAD, Feb 07: Suicide bombers killed at least 26 people in attacks in two Iraqi cities today in the worst bloodshed since the country's historic election eight days ago. At least 14 people were killed and 13 wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded outside the main police headquarters in the town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad. Another 12 died and four were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a crowd of police officers in a hospital compound in the northern city of Mosul. (Reuters) (Updated @ 16:30 PST)
Roadmap only way to create Palestinian state: Abbas - RAMALLAH, Feb 07: The roadmap peace plan is the only way to realise the goal of Palestinian independence alongside a secure Israel, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas told visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today. "We will do everything to implement the roadmap and we hope the Israelis will do the same because it is the only way to establish an independent and viable Palestinian state alongside a state of Israel at peace," he said at a joint press conference with Rice. (AFP) (Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Iran prepared to accept nuclear weapon safeguards: Malaysia - KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 07: Iran is prepared to accept a mechanism to ensure it will not use its nuclear expertise to produce weapons, Malaysia's foreign minister said today after talks with his Iranian counterpart. "We discussed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Malaysia's position is clear: I told him Malaysia wants to see the abolition of nuclear weapons," Syed Hamid told a news conference. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:10 PST)
Thailand's opposition Democrat leader resigns after poll loss: BANGKOK, Feb 07: The leader of Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party, Banyat Bantadtan, announced today he will resign after his party suffered a humiliating defeat to Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:40 PST)
Bulgarian govt secures support against ouster bid: SOFIA, Feb 07: Bulgaria's minority ruling coalition will sign a pact with the maverick opposition New Time party today to defeat a no-confidence vote against the cabinet this week, a source familiar with the agreement said. The deal will allow Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg's NMS party and its junior ruling partner, the mostly ethnic-Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms, to survive the ouster bid, said the source. (Reuters) (Posted @ 15:45 PST)
Mugabe's ruling party expels top official facing spying charges: HARARE, Feb 07: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ruling party has expelled a senior member facing espionage charges, the latest heavyweight to be pushed out of the party ahead of elections next month, state media said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 15:45 PST)
Kashmir avalanche kills six Indian troopers: SRINAGAR, Feb 07: Six Indian paramilitary soldiers died when an avalanche smashed into their mountain barracks in Kashmir after heavy snowfalls, police said today. Eleven members of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were in the building near Jawahar tunnel, a police spokesman said. "Five ITBP men were rescued and five bodies have been recovered," the police spokesman said. "One ITBP member is missing and presumed dead." (AFP) (Posted @ 09:55 PST)
Moderate quake hits near India's Nicobar Islands: HONG KONG, Feb 07: A moderate earthquake hit near India's remote Nicobar Islands, Hong Kong seismologists said today. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the 5.5-magnitude quake. (APP) (Posted @ 09:55 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 122.66 points: KARACHI, Feb 07: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 7091.12, up 122.66 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 @ 16:35 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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