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| 11 April 2005 | Monday | 01 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426 |
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Next Kashmir bus to roll in 10 days despite rebel threats: SRINAGAR, India, April 11: The second trans-Kashmir bus service between the Indian and Pakistani zones of the Himalayan territory will roll April 21, two weeks after the inaugural run, despite rebel threats to attack the vehicles, officials said Monday. "The next bus will roll April 21," Indian Kashmir's federal passport officer John Shilshi told AFP. Shilshi said a list of more than 100 passengers planning to visit Muzaffarabad in the second bus was given Friday to Pakistani authorities. Pakistani officials handed over a list of 50 passengers wishing to visit Indian Kashmir. (AFP)(Posted @ 16:00 PST)  Gunmen assassinate local official in Iraq's Mosul: MOSUL, Iraq, April 11: A member of the provincial council in Mosul was shot dead by gunmen outside the city's main hospital, U.S. forces said on Monday. Ajeel Mechisin Ajeel was in his car near Mosul General Hospital on Sunday when a group of armed men leapt from another car parked nearby and shot him. His driver was also killed. (Reuters) (Posted @ 15:45 PST) U.S. citizens warned as Afghan kidnapping foiled: KABUL, April 11: The United States has warned its nationals in Afghanistan about dangers including suicide attacks, hijacking and assassination and urged them to keep a low profile. The warning came at the weekend, hours before an American man escaped a kidnapping attempt on Sunday in Kabul's upmarket Wazir Akbar Khan district, which is home to many foreign residents. (Reuters) (Posted @ 15:00 PST) Darfur summit in Egypt postponed: CAIRO, April 11: A five-nation African summit in Egypt on the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan has been postponed because some leaders could not attend it, an Egyptian official said on Monday. (Reuters) (Posted @ 14:00 PST) Israeli troops make incursion into Nablus: NABLUS, West Bank, April 11: Israeli troops made an incursion early Monday into the centre of Nablus in the north of the West Bank, witnesses said. The soldiers, who arrived aboard some 15 jeeps backed up by a helicopter gunship, surrounded several buildings and called on their residents to get out, apparently looking for wanted Palestinian activists. Palestinian school children and adolescents threw stones at the Israeli soldiers who replied with warning shots fired into the air, the witnesses said. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:30 PST) New Zealand 52 without loss in reply to Sri Lanka's 211 at stumps on day one: WELLINGTON, April 11: New Zealand were 52 without loss in reply to Sri Lanka's 211 when bad light ended play 15 minutes early on the first day of the second cricket Test at the Basin Reserve here Monday. James Marshall was not out 24 and Craig Cumming on 14. (AFP) (Posted @ 12:30 PST) Thousands riot in China village, 50 police injured: BEIJING, April 11: Thousands of villagers rioted in eastern China injuring dozens of police after two women among about 200 elderly anti-pollution protesters were killed during efforts by police to disperse them, villagers and officials said on Monday. In the rioting in Huankantou village, Huangtianfan township in the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang, on Sunday more than 50 policemen were injured and rushed to hospital, with five listed in critical condition, a hospital doctor told Reuters. About four villagers were injured. (Reuters) (Posted @ 12:30 PST) Bush, Sharon to discuss Gaza pullout, settlements: WACO, Texas, April 11: President George W. Bush hosts Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his Texas ranch on Monday in a reaffirmation of U.S. support for a Gaza pullout. U.S. concerns, which Bush has said he planned to raise with Sharon, over a project still in its preliminary stages to expand a major Jewish settlement in the West Bank, could inject a rare note of discord into the talks between the two allies. (Reuters) (Posted @ 10:40 PST)
Indians tighten security for Pakistan cricket match: AHMEDABAD, India, April 11: India have thrown a security blanket over Ahmedabad as Pakistan's cricket tour reaches its most sensitive stage with a one-day international on Tuesday. "More than 2,000 personnel, including elite commandos, have been deployed for security in the stadium alone," A.K. Bhargava, Director General of Police in Gujarat state, told Reuters. (Reuters) (Posted @ 10:00 PST) Cricket-Sri Lanka 211 all out v New Zealand - 2nd test innings: SYDNEY, April 11: Sri Lanka were dismissed for 211 in their first innings on the opening day of the second and final test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Monday Scores: Sri Lanka 211 (Thilan Samaraweera 73; Chris Martin 6-54) (Reuters) (Posted @ 10:00 PST) Karachi Stocks down [348.75] points: KARACHI, April 11: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 7244.55, down 348.75 points from Friday's close.(Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:10 PST) Karachi Forex: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.90 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:10 PST)
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