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| May 15, 2005 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 6, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
6 kids die, 13 injured in roof collapse, gas blast incident MULTAN, May 15 (APP): Six children died while thirteen others including four adults received injuries in two incidents including a Madarsah roof-collapse at a village of DG Khan and Ammonia gas cylinder blast at Mehmoodkot, a town of district Muzaffargarh on Sunday.(Posted @ 00:10 PST)
Islamic group declares Jihad against US, Afghan forces over Koran incident KABUL, May 15 (AFP) - An Islamic group reportedly linked to Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime declared Jihad, or holy war, Sunday against US-led troops and the Afghan government over the alleged desecration of the Koran by US interrogators. Hundreds of leaflets praising those who rallied against the alleged abuse of the Muslim holy book appeared in Ningarhar province's Jalalabad city, where riots erupted Wednesday before spreading to other cities.(Posted @ 00:05 PST)
US warns North Korea against nuclear defiance WASHINGTON, May 15 (AFP) - The US administration warned North Korea on Sunday that any nuclear arms test would be seen as a serious act of defiance that would face action. But US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley denied that US attempts to get China to put greater pressure on the Pyongyang regime had failed.(Posted @ 00:05 PST)
Australian's kidnappers lift ultimatum: mediator BAGHDAD, May 15 (AFP) - An Australian cleric in Iraq to negotiate the release of a kidnapped contractor told AFP Sunday that an ultimatum hanging over Sydney to withdraw its troops had been lifted to allow further talks. "The kidnappers have postponed the ultimatum indefinitely," Australian mufti Sheikh Taj Eldin al-Hilali said. "We have had indirect contacts and things seem to be heading in the right direction."(Posted @ 00:05 PST)
No agreement between Imtiaz and Arbab: Spokesman clarifies Karachi, May 15 (PPI): The press spokesman of Chief Minister Sindh Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has contradicted a news item and report flashed by electronic media that some understanding and agreement had reached between Arbab Ghulam and Imtiaz Shaikh during a meeting held under Chauhdhry Shujaat Hussain's chairmanship at his residence at Islamabad.In a press release issued here on Sunday, he said that the news item is totally false and baseless while no such meeting was held at the residence of Chaudhry Shujaat.(Posted @ 21:30 PST)
Bodies of 34 people found dumped in Iraq BAGHDAD, May 15 (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities said on Sunday they had discovered the bodies of 34 people who had been killed execution-style then dumped in three locations.Iraqi police said they had found the bodies of 13 people who were shot dead and left in a garbage dump in Baghdad.A police official said the handcuffed men, mostly bearded, were shot in the head and left in an area of eastern Baghdad near where 14 other corpses were recently discovered."Residents of the area called us and said a garbage truck came early this morning and dumped the bodies and we confirmed it," a police official told Reuters.Police in Iskandariya, a town in the lawless "triangle of death" area just south of Baghdad, said they found 11 bodies on Sunday. Four of the corpses had been beheaded and at least three were identified as Iraqi soldiers.On Saturday, the corpses of 10 Iraqi soldiers killed by insurgents were found in the western city of Ramadi, the defence ministry said.In a statement, it said the men had been dead for around two days. Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, is one of the key strongholds of the insurgency in Iraq.Insurgents have killed scores of Iraqis they suspect of ties to U.S. troops or the Iraqi government and dumped their bodies. (Posted @ 21:30 PST)
Kidnapped governor of troubled Iraq province freed BAGHDAD, May 15 (Reuters) Insurgents have freed the governor of Iraq's rebellious Anbar province after kidnappinghim last week, an Interior Ministry official said on Sunday.Raja Nawaf had been abducted with four bodyguards on theroad from the town of Qaim, near the Syrian border, to the rebel stronghold of Ramadi, relatives said. (Posted @ 20:45 PST)
Bus collision kills 10, injures 21 in southwest Pakistan QUETTA, Pakistan, May 15 (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed and 21 others were injured when two passenger buses collided early Sunday on a coastal highway in southwestern Pakistan, police said.The buses collided head-on near Pasni airport, about 680 kilometres (422 miles) southwest of Quetta around 3.00am (2200 GMT), local police officer Muhammad Hasrat told AFP.Most of the survivors were treated at a local hospital but those with serious injuries were taken to other cities, he said.Pakistan has the world's third highest death rate from road accidents, the government says. Reckless drivers, overcrowded vehicles and poor roads are usually blamed for the high number of fatalities. (Posted @ 20:30 PST)
Five dead, at least 100 missing after ferry capsizes in Bangladesh DHAKA, May 15 (APP/AFP) - Five people died Sunday and more than 100 were missing, feared drowned, after a ferry capsized during a cyclone on a river in southern Bangladesh, police said."More than 100 passengers were on board when the ferry named '/Prince of Patuakhali'/ capsized due to strong winds and high tides," said Chakma, who was at the scene.Police and fire service divers were rushed to Badnatoli, situated in one of the remotest parts of the country, to help rescue anyone who may have survived the incident."We have sent an advanced rescue team to the site," Bangladeshi fishing ministry spokesman Shafiqul Islam told AFP. "A rescue vessel is on its way." (Posted @ 19:15 PST)
PML-( Top PML Leadership meets President tomorrow) ISLAMABAD, May 15 (PPI):Top Leadership of the Ruling PakistanMuslim League (PML) will meet President General Pervez Musharraf here tomorrow (Monday).Informed sources told PPI here Sunday that the President Musharraf has invited the top leadership of the PML today afternoon at the Aiwan-e-Sadr to discuss the political situation in the country besides matters pertaining to the Muslim league.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Afghan clerics threaten Muslim holy war over Koran FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, May 15 (Reuters) - A group of AfghanMuslim clerics threatened on Sunday to call for a holy war against the United States if fails to hand over in three days military interrogators reported to have desecrated the Koran.The warning came after 16 Afghans were killed and more than 100 hurt last week in the worst anti-U.S. protests across thecountry since U.S. forces invaded in 2001 to oust the Taliban for sheltering Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network.The clerics in the northeastern province of Badakhshan said they wanted U.S. President George W. Bush to handle the matter honestly "and hand the culprits over to an Islamic country for punishment"."If that does not happen within three days, we will launch a jihad against America," said a statement issued by about 300 clerics, referring to Muslim holy war, after meeting in amosque in the provincial capital, Faizabad. Reuters. (Posted @ 17:00 PST)
Massive early turnout as Ethiopians vote in general election ADDIS ABABA, May 15 (AFP) - Ethiopians flocked to the polls on Sunday to vote in hotly contested general In the capital, thousands lined up before dawn to wait their turn. There are more than 30,000 polling stations around the country where 26 million people are registered to cast ballots. "So far we haven't seen anything problematic," officials told AFP. (Posted @ 13:15 PST)
Suicide bombers kill five Iraqis in Baquba BAQUBA, Iraq, May 15 (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers attacked the convoy of the governor of Iraq's Diyala province in the town of Baquba on Sunday, killing three policemen and two civilians and wounding more than 20 people, police said. Governor Raad Rashid was not hurt in the attack which appeared to have been well coordinated. The attack began when a suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle in the path of the governor's convoy. Police said nobody was wounded in the first blast, but a second suicide bomber ran towards the convoy on foot and detonated an explosive belt. On Saturday, at least three suicide bombs were reported two in the northern city of Mosul and one in Baghdad. At least six people were killed in the blasts. (Posted @ 13:05 PST)
Iran to launch gas talks with India, Pakistan Tehran, May 15 PPI: Iran is to start gas pipeline talks with India and Pakistan next month, said Deputy Oil Minister for International Affairs Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian. "On Indian petroleum minister's visit to Tehran in June 2005 we plan to invite Pakistani petroleum minister to hold trilateral talks in Tehran," Nejad-Hosseinian told IRNA news agency here on Saturday. (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
Malaysian FM: Let Myanmar decide on ASEAN chair KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (APP/AFP) - Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Myanmar should decide whether or not to skip the chairmanship of ASEAN in 2006 amid growing pressure for the military-ruled government to forego it. "We want Yangon to make its own decision on the matter after taking into account the views expressed," he was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency late Saturday. (Posted @ 12:25 PST)
Condoleezza Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq ARBIL, Iraq, May 15 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Iraq on Sunday to show support for a fledling government struggling to tame communal rivalries and battle a raging insurgency, an AFP reporter said. (Posted @ 11:45 PST)
Zarqawi wounded? BAGHDAD, May 15 (AFP) A British newspaper Sunday reported that Zarqawi, the man most wanted by US-led forces in Iraq, was wounded and treated briefly at a hospital in Iraq last week before he disappeared with his men. The doctor who claims to have treated him told an Iraqi reporter in the western city of Ramadi that Zarqawi was bleeding heavily when he was brought into the hospital on Wednesday, The Sunday Times reported. The doctor was able to recognize Zarqaw by photographs he had seen of him on television, the newspaper said. "He was bleeding heavily ….. I treated his injury …… Asked to register, he became agitated, and the three men with him "politely" asked he be allowed to leave, requesting a prescription and list of medication, the doctor said. (Posted @ 11:45 PST)
Doctor says 500 bodies laid out for collection by relatives in eastern Uzbek town FERGANA, Uzbekistan May 15 (APP/AP) _ About 500 bodies have been laid out in a school in the eastern Uzbek city where troops fired on a crowd of protesters to put down an uprising, a doctor in the town said. The doctor, who spoke by telephone on condition of anonymity, said that Andijan's School No. 15 was guarded by soldiers. Residents of the town were coming to identify dead relatives from among the dead, who were placed in rows. The doctor believed some 2,000 people were wounded in the clashes on Friday (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Uzbeks bury dead after troops fire on protesters ANDIZHAN, Uzbekistan, May 15 (Reuters) - Uzbeks prepared on Sunday to bury more of the people killed when troops fired on protesters and rebels in the eastern town of Andizhan. Up to 500 people may have died in Friday's violence , a human rights campaigner said. Russian state-run television showed men dragging dead bodies away while women wept. Some of the town's residents say many more bodies are being stored in the hospital and clinic, waiting to be removed. (Posted @ 10 :15 PST)
Cricket-South Africa beat West Indies by six wickets PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 14 (Reuters) - South Africa beat West Indies by six wickets in the fourth one-day international on Saturday. Scores: West Indies 231-8 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 85 not out). South Africa 232-4 (Ashwell Prince 89 not out, Justin Kemp 65). (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Boxing-Khan turns pro after avenging Olympic defeat by Kindelan LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Amir Khan's manager Frank Warren announced the Briton was turning professional after the teenager avenged last year's Olympic lightweight final defeat by beating Cuban veteran Mario Kindelan on Saturday. Khan, 18, appearing in front of his hometown crowd in Bolton, was awarded a 19-13 points victory at the end of the four-round fight. "He's beaten (in Kindelan) the number one, the two-time Olympic champion, the three times world amateur champion. "What else can you do after that? You can only go for new challenges. "He will make his professional debut in July," and predicted Khan could be world champion by the time he is 21. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Malaysia upset over Holy Quran desecration KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Reuters) - Malaysia which currently heads the 57-member OIC has expressed outrage over a report that U.S. interrogators in Cuba had desecrated the Holy Quran. In a speech late Saturday, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the report of the desecration had enraged Muslim nations. "We are saddened by the incident as it humiliated Muslims" Abdullah said such incidents happened because Muslims were economically weak. "If we are not weak, (if we are) progressive and strong, nobody can disturb us," he said. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
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