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Afghan governor's guards disperse graft protesters: KANDAHAR, Mar 07: Afghan guards fired in the air to disperse nearly 1,000 protesters who tried to storm the governor's residence in Kandahar today, a Reuters witness said. A few demonstrators were injured in stone-throwing, the witness said. The protest was against corrupt officials and rising crime, including child kidnapping. "We want the governor to take immediate and serious action against crime here," said one protester. "There is too much bribery, and we face a threat from child kidnappers." (Reuters) (Updated @ 14:40 PST) 
Floods kill three, destroy 300 houses in western Afghanistan: KABUL, Mar 07: Heavy rains triggered floods in western Afghanistan that killed at least three people and destroyed some 300 houses, an official said today. The worst affected area was impoverished Nimroz province, provincial governor Ghulam Dastageer Azad told AFP. (AFP) (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Allawi refusing to join Shiite-led governing coalition: BAGHDAD, Mar 07: Iraq's outgoing Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has refused an offer to join a coalition government led by the election-winning Shiite bloc, senior leaders in the alliance told AFP today. "He showed no interest in joining the government and turned down our offer," said Hussein Shahristani of the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA). (AFP) (Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Iraq attacks kill 27 as Washington is pressed on "friendly fire": SAMARRA, Mar 07: Twenty seven people, mostly Iraqi soldiers, were killed in a series of attacks today as Bulgaria joined Italy in demanding answers from Washington over the death of one of its soldiers in Iraq. The worst bloodshed occurred in Balad, north of Baghdad, when a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle at the home of an Iraqi army officer, killing 15 people, including at least two soldiers, and wounding 23, police said. (AFP) (Updated @ 23:20 PST)
CIA secretly jets suspects overseas for interrogation: report - WASHINGTON, Mar 07: The CIA uses a secret jet to ferry terror suspects for interrogation to countries known to use torture, according to a report. CBS television's "60 Minutes" program videotaped the Boeing 737 on a runway at Glasgow Airport in Scotland, saying it was able to trace it through a series of companies and executives that apparently exist only on paper. It said the plane had made at least 600 flights to 40 countries, all after the September 11, 2001, attacks, including 30 trips to Jordan, 19 to Afghanistan, 17 to Morocco, and 16 to Iraq. The plane also went to Egypt, Libya and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to the report. The aircraft is part of the Central Intelligence Agency's so-called "rendition" program, in which suspects are sent to foreign governments for interrogation. The agency has not formally acknowledged the program's existence. (AFP) (Posted @ 09:10 PST)
Iran threatens to revoke nuclear deal: IRAN, Mar 07: Iran hinted over the weekend that it could follow North Korea in abrogating its nuclear pledges if Washington took the ayatollahs to the UN security council because of suspicions about its nuclear programmes. Speaking at a nuclear technology conference in Tehran, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, voiced frustration with EU attempts to defuse the nuclear dispute. He also threatened to cancel nuclear inspection agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and insisted Iran would retain a programme for manufacturing nuclear fuel, a process that can also yield the fissile material for nuclear warheads. Talks on the dispute between Iran and the EU troika of Britain, France, and Germany resume next week in Geneva. (Guardian) (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
Health of Israel's ex-president Weizman deteriorating: JERUSALEM, Mar 07: The health of Israel's former president Ezer Weizman, who was admitted to hospital four weeks ago, has taken a turn for the worse, medics said today. The 81-year-old is being treated in the emergency unit at Rambam hospital in the coastal town of Haifa, sources at the hospital told army radio, describing his condition as serious. (AFP) (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Israeli envoy to Britain may be queried in money-laundering probe: TEL AVIV, Mar 07: Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Zvi Hefetz, was facing questioning by Israeli police in connection with a massive money-laundering scheme, Israeli media reported today. The scheme involved the laundering of dollars through a Tel Aviv branch of Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel's largest banks. (DPA) (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
S.Korea's Roh accepts resignation of fin min-Yonhap: SEOUL, Mar 07: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun accepted today the resignation of his top economic minister, Yonhap news agency quoted an official from the presidential Blue House as saying. (Reuters) (Posted @ 11:35 PST)
Bolivian President Mesa to resign: La Paz, Mar 07: Bolivian President Carlos Mesa announced in a broadcast speech that he will submit his resignation today to the National Congress. (DPA) (Posted @ 09:10 PST)
Thai parliament selects House Speaker: BANGKOK, Mar 07: Thailand's new parliament today appointed interim Interior Minister Pokin Polakul, a legal expert, as House Speaker. Pokin's appointment was approved by an overwhelming majority in Thailand's new parliament where the Thai Rak Thai Party of acting Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra hold 377 of the 500 seats. (DPA) (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
Communists on top in Moldova vote: final results - CHISINAU, Mar 07: Moldova's pro-European Communist party, in power since 2001, has come out on top in legislative elections in this former Soviet state with 46.1 percent of the vote, final results showed today. (AFP) (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 69.65 points: KARACHI, Mar 07: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 8863.34, up 69.65 points from Friday's close. The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.55 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:05 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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