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| May 7, 2005 | Saturday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 27, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Afghanistan's first female governor urges women to run in polls KABUL, May 7 (AFP) - Afghanistan's first ever female governor has urged her fellow women to run in September parliamentary elections, a statement said on Saturday. Habiba Surabi has received a number of enquiries from Afghan women considering running for office, according to a joint UN-Afghan statement. "I have given them all the encouragement I could to stand, because their voices must be heard," the Bamyan governor said in the statement.(Posted @ 00:10 PST)
Anti-Bush protesters rally in Amsterdam and Maastricht AMSTERDAM, May 7 (AFP) - More than 1,000 people demonstrated in Amsterdam and several hundred in Maastricht Saturday against the arrival of US President George W. Bush, who is scheduled to commemorate the end of World War II in Europe on Sunday at an American cemetery near the German border.In Amsterdam the protesters, some 1,000 according to the police and between 2,000 and 3,000 according to the organizers, carried signs and banners proclaiming "Bush, International Terrorist", "Bush, Enemy of the Environment" and "We Are Not an Ally". The mostly young protesters rubbed shoulders with the tourists visiting Amsterdam's Museum Square, a stone's throw from the US consulate.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
French PM Raffarin hospitalised for emergency operation PARIS, May 7 (AFP) - French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin was to undergo a gall bladder operation Saturday, shortly after being hospitalised in Paris, his press office said.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
Two killed, five injured in explosion at Kabul Internet cafe KABUL, May 7 (AFP) - Two people were killed and five injured in an explosion Saturday at an Internet cafe in the Afghan capital Kabul which police described as a "terrorist" attack."It was a terrorist act but we haven't yet determined whether it was caused by a homemade bomb or a suicide attack," city police chief Mohammad Akram said.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
President says world realizes need for Kashmir resolution RAWALPINDI, May 7 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf said Saturday there is a growing realization in India and the international community that the long-standing Jammu and Kashmir dispute must be resolved permanently for lasting peace and progress in South Asia. While addressing senior civil servants of the 82nd National Management Course at Pakistan Administrative Staff College, who called on him here Saturday morning, the President said that the past accords between Pakistan and India failed to establish durable peace as they did not address the underlying cause of tension.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
PM urges business community in Brunei to invest in Pakistan Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), May 7 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday invited the businessmen from Brunei to invest in Pakistan and said the country offered numerous business opportunities. Addressing a gathering of prominent businessmen and entrepreneurs, he informed them of Pakistan's economic achievements that have brought the country from the brink of bankruptcy to being a player in the international Capital market.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Iraq says security forces capture Zarqawi aide BAGHDAD, May 7 (Reuters) - The government said on Saturday that Iraqi security forces have captured an aide to Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al Qaeda leader in Iraq. A government statement said Iraqi forces arrested Ghassan al-Rawi, identified as the militant leader of the western town of Rawa, in late April. It said two of his assistants were also seized. Iraqi and U.S. officials say they are closing in on Zarqawi, whose group has claimed some of the deadliest bombings in Iraq.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Iraq agrees cabinet posts; Baghdad bomb kills 17 BAGHDAD, May 7 (Reuters) - Iraq's leaders reached a deal on contested cabinet posts on Saturday to break months of deadlock, agreeing on a Sunni Arab defence minister to combat insurgent who have launched a blitz of bomb attacks over the past week. Militants struck again in the heart of Baghdad, detonating a car bomb at a busy intersection as a foreign security convoy of four civilian vehicles drove past. At least 13 Iraqis and four foreigners were killed, police said.(Posted @ 21: 30 PST)
Blasts kill 9, wound 100 in Myanmar capital YANGON, May 7 (Reuters) - Three explosions rocked the capital of Myanmar on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding up to 100 others, witnesses and hospital officials said. The nearly simultaneous blasts occurred at two crowded shopping malls and a trade centre in Yangon, government officials said, but they gave no further details. One blast killed three people and wounded more than 10 others attending a Thai exhibition at Yangon's trade centre, Thai officials said in Bangkok.(Posted @ 19:30 Pst)
Angelina Jolie concludes visit to Pakistan as U.N. refugee envoy Islamabad (dpa) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Saturday concluded a four-day visit to Pakistan saying she did not back a suggestion by President Pervez Musharraf to repatriate Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan. "If we move people after 25 years to another camp, we would not be finding a solution," Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told reporters. "I just don't think that's a good idea." (Posted @ 17:40 PST)
KASHMIR: Mir Waiz Farooq appeals for unity (SRINAGAR, May 07, PPI) Senior Hurriyat leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has appealed to all liberation leaders of occupied Kashmir to come forward in a major way to forge unity. While addressing the Juma congregation at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, he said that Kashmiris will not succeed in achieving their objective unless their leadership joins hands and gives up differences on trivial issues. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Pakistan will struggle without Shoaib, says Wasim KARACHI, May 7 (Reuters) - Former test captain Wasim Akram believes Pakistan will struggle on their tour of the West Indies without Shoaib Akhtar. "Shoaib should have been picked for this series," Wasim told Reuters. "Without him and Muhammad Sami the Pakistani bowling will struggle on the West Indian pitches. I don't think he should have been discarded in this manner.” He added, “Every bowler who is coming back from an injury takes time to lose weight and get into shape. This only happens after he plays a few matches. If he was not fit, he would not have played in the recent domestic games." (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Labour Party Govt. has moral duty to resolve the Kashmir issue: Gilani SRINAGAR, May 7 (APP): Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Gilani, said that Britain's Labour Party has now a moral duty to play its role in providing the right of self-determination to people of occupied Kashmir. He made this statement while addressing a "Seerat Conference" in Dooru at Sopore, according to Kashmir Media Service. (Posted @ 17:00 PST)
Rockets fired at a paramilitary camp in Baluchistan, no casualties QUETTA, Pakistan, May 7 (AFP) - Four rockets were fired late Friday at the paramilitary camp in Drijun, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Quetta, but there were no casualties, Akbar Lashari, director of local police told AFP. Soldiers also fired four rockets in the direction of fire, but there were no reports of any casualties on the other side, Lashari said. (Posted @ 15:30 PST)
India to go ahead with Iran gas pipeline despite US reservations: FM NEW DELHI, May 7 (AFP) - India will not be deterred by US opposition to a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan as it is imperative to meet the country's growing energy needs, the Indian foreign minister, Natwar Singh, said in a report Saturday. "Our energy needs are going to increase exponentially in the next 20 years and there's no other way but to have this kind of an arrangement," he said in an interview with The Hindu newspaper. (Posted @ 15:30 PST)
Pakistan meets international standards for conservation of sea turtles WASHINGTON, May 7 (APP)- The U.S. authorities have said that Pakistan is among the 13 nations meeting international standard for conservation of sea turtle and shrimp catch. The chief component of the U.S. sea turtle conservation program is a requirement that commercial shrimp boats use sea turtle excluder devices (TEDs) to prevent accidental drowning of sea turtles in shrimp trawls, said a State Department announcement. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)
Putin comes down harshly on U.S. harping about democracy Washington (dpa) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, responding to criticism of democracy in Russia, has raised questions about the U.S. 2000 election and U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq. Putin, in an interview to be broadcast on the U.S. network CBS on Sunday night, says Bush should question his own country's democratic ways before looking for problems with Russia's, CBS said at its website. He also criticized the involvement of the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2000 election, which Bush won. The Russian president also said the United States shouldn't try to export its democracy, as it is trying to do in Iraq. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Pentagon moves to sell Pakistan anti-ship missiles WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The Pentagon notified congress on Friday of a proposed sale to Pakistan of 40 air-launched and 20 ground-launched Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles and related materials valued at up to $180 million.The Pakistani Navy already has the AGM-84 Block I air/surface/subsurface launch capability. The AGM-84 Harpoon Block II missile features satellite-guidance systems designed to attack targets in congested off-shore locations. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
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