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Pakistan proposes to play ODI in Ahmedabad: ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: A day after Indian and Pakistan agreed to launch a bus service in Kashmir, the two neighbours today took another step towards reconciliation today when a top Pakistani cricket official proposed to play a one-day international (ODI) match in Ahmedabad. PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan met visiting Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh in Islamabad today and gave him the proposal to "make the much-awaited tour materialise", sources in PCB told dpa. "Khan told Mr. Singh that we can play test (match) in Mumbai or if they insist, we can have ODI there (Ahmedabad) instead of test," they quoted Khan, a former diplomat, as saying. (DPA) (Posted @ 13:05 PST) 
Shi'ite Bloc Secures Majority in Iraq Assembly: BAGHDAD, Feb 17: Based on final results from last month's historic election, the United Iraqi Alliance, a coalition of mainly Shi'ite Islamist religious parties, was allocated 140 seats in the 275-seat National Assembly, the Electoral Commission said. Seventy-five seats went to a Kurdish bloc that polled the second highest number of votes in the Jan. 30 ballot. Many Sunni Arabs failed to vote through a combination of boycott and fear of Sunni insurgents battling the U.S.-backed administration. An Alliance leader seen as a potential prime minister said Sunnis must now take part in drafting a constitution, however. Otherwise, some fear, sectarian tension could become civil war. A two-thirds majority is required to approve the appointment of a president and two vice-presidents, the next step in the electoral process. The Shi'ite alliance and Kurdish bloc are expected to work together to form such a majority. The three-person presidency will name a prime minister and a cabinet. The Alliance's Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who is front-runner to be prime minister, said the nomination had yet to be decided and that talks on the top jobs would take "a couple more days." A group led by the present, interim, prime minister, Iyad Allawi, a secular Shi'ite, won 40 seats in the election. (Reuters) (Posted @ 21:35 PST)
Sharon to avoid charges in funding case: JERUSALEM, Feb 17: Israel's attorney general is expected to drop a corruption case against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon but could still charge his son in connection with illegal campaign funding, judicial sources said today. (Reuters) (Posted @ 13:05 PST)
Qassam rocket explodes in Gaza settlement: JERUSALEM, Feb 17: A home made Qassam rocket exploded today in a Jewish settlement in the south of the Gaza Strip without causing casualties or damage, military sources said. (APP/AFP) (Posted @ 11:15 PST)
Iraqi politician kidnapped, four police killed north of Baghdad: SAMARRA, Feb 17: Armed men kidnapped an official of interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party while four Iraqi policemen were killed in violence north of Baghdad, security sources said today. (AFP) (Posted @ 16:20 PST)
Kuwait acquits al Qaeda suspect of terror finance: KUWAIT, Feb 17: A Kuwaiti appeals court has cleared a suspected al Qaeda fugitive of charges of funding militant attacks, one day after the United States added his name to its list of financiers of terrorism. But court and security sources said today that Kuwaiti Mohsen al-Fadli was still being sought by Kuwaiti security forces on suspicion of involvement in other militant activities. (Reuters) (Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Castro could be arrested if he visits Chile: Chilean government - SANTIAGO, Feb 17: Cuban President Fidel Castro could face arrest if he visits Chile, a Chilean government spokesman. Spokesman Francisco Vidal, asked about the possibility Cuban exile groups could press for Castro to be arrested on human rights charges, allowed: "that's a new process ... we have seen it with Pinochet." (AFP) (Posted @ 13:50 PST)
Jet crash in U.S. kills eight: WASHINGTON, Feb 17: All eight passengers of a small corporate jet were killed when the plane crashed just before landing at an airport in the western United States, news reports said. (DPA) (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
Two boat crashes in heavy fog in Hong Kong, more than 70 people hurt: HONG KONG, Feb 17: Two passenger ferries collided with cargo boats in heavy fog in Hong Kong today, injuring more than 70 people, police said. A catamaran ferry carrying about 150 passengers collided with a Chinese cargo vessel off Hong Kong's Tsing Yi Island, leaving four people seriously hurt, they said. Another 70 were slightly injured. (APP/AFP) (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
17 injured as acid pours down from Hong Kong high-rise: HONG KONG, Feb 17: Seventeen people including a three-year-old boy were injured when drain cleaner leaked from a Hong Kong high-rise flat onto the street below, police said today. (DPA) (Posted @ 13:50 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 71.18 points: KARACHI, Feb 17: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 7579.98, up 71.18 points from Wednesday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.60 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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