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March, 29 2005 Tuesday 18 safar 1426 Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper. Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT).

to return to the regular issue please click here. 1ST LEAD: Death toll could reach 2,000 in new quake Eds: Adding quotes, updating death toll; epa photos available Jakarta March29:Indonesian leaders said as many as 2,000 people may have died in an 8.7-magnitude quake off the coast of Sumatra, prompting Indonesian President Susilo Bam bang Yudhoyono to cancel a state visit to Australia, officials said Tuesday. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said "This is just a rough estimate that between 1,000 to 2,000 people were killed in the earthquake," ."The Gunung Sitoli is a dead city," said Agus Mendrofe, deputy chief of Nias district, referring to he main district town on island. (dpa) (Posted @ 9:00 PST) Wheel falls off plane on takeoff Wellington March 29: A wheel fell off a Mount Cook Airlines plane with 60 people aboard as it was taxiing down the runway for takeoff at Christchurch Airport, it was reported Tuesday. The 66-seater ATR aircraft's nose landing gear axle broke, but it was safely brought to a halt and nobody was hurt in Monday's mishap, Radio New Zealand reported. (dpa) (Posted @ 9:00 PST) Car explodes in Gaza; two wounded Gaza March 29: A car driving in Gaza City exploded Monday night on a main street, wounding at least two Palestinians who were in the vehicle, Palestinian witnesses said. Palestinian security sources said the blast appeared to have a criminal nature and was not related to an Israeli army attack or Palestinian militants. (dpa) (Posted @ 8:55 PST) ROUNDUP: Seven soldiers, eight rebels dead in Yemen clashes Eds: Updates with new death toll, adds official statement Sanaa, Yemen Fighting between government forces and followers of an anti-U.S. rebel group left seven soldiers and at least eight rebels dead Monday in northern Yemen, official and tribal sources said. (dpa) (Posted @ 8:55 PST) New Zealand all out for 254, set Australia 164 to win AUCKLAND, March 29: Australia were set a target of 164 to win the third cricket Test after New Zealand were all out for 254 at tea on the fourth day. For New Zealand, Nathan Astle top scored with 69 and Daniel Vettori scored 65, while bowling for Australia, Glenn McGrath took four for 40, to have 499 Test wickets, and Shane Warne took four for 77. (AFP) (Posted @ 8:50 PST) Death toll rises to 126 as Angola confronts worst Marburg epidemic LUANDA, March 29 Angola on Tuesday was faced with the worst outbreak ever recorded of a fulminating hemorrhagic fever caused by the Marburg virus as the death toll from the Ebola-like disease climbed to 126, official and hospital sources said. (AFP) (AFP) (Posted @ 8:50 PST) Founder: Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah 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 Note: Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version.

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