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to return to the regular issue please click here. 'Pakistan played pioneering role introducing China to IFALPA' BEIJING, April 9 : "China Pilot Association formally joined IFALPA Saturday at its meeting held at Capetown, USA and thanks to the efforts of the Pakistani side in this connection," said a senior official of China Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA). He told APP that China could secure the membership of the Association, after series of meetings held between China Pilot Association and the IFALPA.Pilot Feroz aftab Khan who recently retired from PIA made hectic efforts in arranging these meetings, he added. Another important figure, behind these efforts was Xu Bailing who was a crew-member of the special aircraft that took US’s envoy Hennery Kissinger from Pakistan to China in April 1971. (AFP) (Posted 13:00 PST) Thirty-eight students die in road accident in Zambia LUSAKA, April 8 - Thirty-eight students died on Friday and 53 were seriously injured after the truck in which they were travelling overturned in northern Zambia, the police said. The high school students were travelling to their homes from a boarding school for a holiday when the accident occurred, police spokeswoman Brenda Muntemba said. (APP/AFP) (Posted @ 11:25 PST) Death toll from U.S. helicopter crash in Afghanistan rises to 18 KABUL, Afghanistan April 9 - The death toll from the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan has risen to 18, the military said Saturday, after the remains of two more American soldiers were found among the wreckage. (APP/AP) (Posted @ 11:25 PST) US air-launches ballistic missile as target in missile defense test WASHINGTON, April 9 - The United States launched a medium range target missile from an airborne C-17 transport plane over the Pacific Friday as part of an effort to make missile defense tests more realistic, the Pentagon said. (APP/AFP) (Posted @ 11:25 PST) Malaysian leader, at end of Australia visit, urges war on terror re-think SYDNEY, April 9 - Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ended his visit to Australia Saturday after calling for a new approach to the global campaign against terrorism. Speaking at his last public engagement here on Friday night, Badawi said Islamic extremism would be weakened if the growth of poverty, anger and frustration in Muslim communities was halted. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:25 PST) Famed Japanese film director Yoshitaro Nomura dies TOKYO, April 9 - Yoshitaro Nomura, famed Japanese director of suspense thrillers such as "Castle of Sand", has died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. He was 85. He had been in hospital since March 22 and passed away on Friday, news reports said. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:25 PST) Guelleh re-elected in Djibouti's one-man presidential race DJIBOUTI, April 9 - Djibouti's outgoing President Ismail Omar Guelleh won re-election as sole candidate on a turnout of 78.9 percent after the opposition had called for a boycott, Interior Minister Abdoulkader Doualeh Wais announced early Saturday. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:25 PST) Buddhist temple platform collapses in Taiwan, 187 pilgrims hurt TAIPEI, April 9 - A 200-metre-high (600 feet) wooden platform at a Buddhist temple in Taiwan collapsed early Saturday, injuring 187 pilgrims preparing for a group photograph, a rescue official said. Television reports said about 2,000 pilgrims were lining up to climb the platform for the huge group photo when the stand collapsed. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:25 PST) Iran's Khatami "strongly denies" meeting Israeli president TEHRAN, April 9 - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has "strongly denied" Israeli media reports that he shook hands with Israeli President Moshe Katzav and spoke with him at Pope John Paul II's funeral at the Vatican, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported Saturday. (AFP) (Posted @ 11:25 PST) CRICKET: West Indies 281-6 v South Africa at close of play PORT OF SPAIN, April 8 - The West Indies, who won the toss and chose to bat, were 281 for six when bad light ended play three overs early on the first day of the second test against South Africa in Port of Spain on Friday. Scores:West Indies 281-6 (Brian Lara 159 not out, Makhaya Ntini 4-59) v South Africa. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST) More than 1,000 Chinese stage anti-Japan protest BEIJING, April 9 - Chinese protesters chanted slogans and burned Japanese flags on Saturday as more than 1,000 turned out in the capital to demand a boycott of Japanese goods over Tokyo's refusal to admit to World War Two atrocities. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST) CRICKET: Pakistan elect to bat in third one-dayer v India JAMSHEDPUR, India, April 9 - Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-day international against India on Saturday. The visitors, down 2-0 in the six-match series, made two changes from the previous game. Vice-captain Younis Khan, who missed the first two games due to a fever, replaced all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria came in for off-spinner Arshad Khan.India called up paceman Irfan Pathan for injured counterpart Lakshmipathy Balaji, who is suffering from a side strain. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST) General says US Abu Ghraib abusers unfairly judged SAN FRANCISCO, April 8 - Low-ranking soldiers convicted of abusing Iraqis in the Abu Ghraib scandal have been unfairly singled out and punished, the U.S. general who oversaw prisons in occupied Iraq said on Friday. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who oversaw 17 Iraqi prisons including Abu Ghraib when the photographed November 2003 abuses occurred, said the reservists jailed to date did not devise techniques such as stacking up naked prisoners or forcing them to masturbate."I don't think that any of them had a fair opportunity. I will never change my position on that," she said after addressing the Commonwealth Club public affairs forum. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST) CRICKET: Lara aiming for double century PORT OF SPAIN, April 8 - Brian Lara promised his home crowd a double century after scoring 159 not out on the first day of the second test between the West Indies and South Africa on Friday. The West Indies, who won the toss and chose to bat, were 281 for six when bad light ended play three overs early. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST) CBS freelance cameraman detained in Iraq NEW YORK, April 8 - A cameraman wounded in Iraq while videotaping earlier this week for CBS News has been detained by U.S.-led military forces, the network said on Friday. The Pentagon said the cameraman was arrested and was being investigated as to whether or not he was "more than an observer" of insurgent activities, CBS News said in a statement. (Reuters) (Posted @ 09:45 PST) U.S., China, agree to regular high level talks Washington - The United States and China have agreed to hold senior level talks on a regular basis on a range of political and economic issues, the U.S. State Department said Friday. "We want to recognize the role that China is playing in Asia, in global affairs as a member of the U.N. Security Council, and have more regular discussions of world issues with China," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. The agreement marks the first time the two countries have agreed on regular high level talks. (DPA) (Posted @ 09:45 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) 569-3995 webmaster@dawn.com Note: Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version.

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