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| May 21, 2005 | Saturday | Rabi-us-Sani 12, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Iran comes up with new initiative to break nuclear deadlock Teheran (dpa) - Iran has come up with a new initiative to break the deadlock in the nuclear talks with the European Union, IRNA news agency reported. A senior member of the Iranian nuclear delegation told IRNA that the new plan foresees converting raw (yellowcake) uranium into UF6 or uranium hexafluoride gas in the Isfahan plant, in central Iran, but sending it to Russia to be pumped into Russian centrifuges.(Posted @ 00:20 PST)
Afghan president 'shocked' by U.S. abuse report KABUL, Afghanistan, May 21 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday he was shocked by a U.S. Army report on abuse of detainees in Afghanistan, saying his government wanted custody of all Afghan prisoners and control over U.S. military operations.(Update Posted @ 00:20 PST)
Altaf Hussain asks Ummah to take notice of anti-suicide attack Fatiwa London, May 21 (PPI): Muttahida Quami Movement Chief Altaf Hussain has said that the Ummah should take a serious notice of the Fatiwa of Ulema against suicide attacks. In a statement issued on Saturday, Altaf Hussain said that the Ummah should chose peaceful means to express its feelings. He said that his party was a democratic and political outfit and it was opposed to all kinds of terrorism. He said that MQM believed on religious tolerance and equal treatment of all citizens irrespective of their beliefs.(Posted @ 21:00 PST)
One US soldier killed, three wounded in southern Afghanistan bomb blast KABUL, May 21 (AFP) - One US soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan Saturday, US military spokeswoman Lieutenant Cindy Moore told AFP.The casualties occurred during a patrol in Shinkay district in the restive southern province of Zabul when an improvised explosive device exploded, Moore said.(Posted @ 21:00 PST)
Hundreds of Pakistani activists run another mixed-gender marathon Islamabad (dpa) - Hundreds of male and female activists of human rights groups and the liberal Pakistan People Party Saturday ran a marathon in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Saturday, defying a government's ban on such events.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
Foreign Ministers of India, Russia, China to meet next month NEW DELHI, May 21 (APP) In their first ever trilateral meeting, foreign ministers of India, Russia and China will hold talks in Russia's far eastern port city of Vladivostok on June 1 and 2."The foreign ministers will meet in Vladivostok to discuss our interaction," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying, according to a news report received here.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
Hamas agrees to end Gaza shelling, officials say Gaza/Tel Aviv (dpa) - The Islamic militant Hamas movement has agreed to halt its shelling of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip,after a three-day escalation which threatened a fragile truce,Palestinian interior ministry officials said Saturday.The agreement came after Interior Minister Nasser Yousef met with senior Hamas leaders Friday night to discuss measures the Palestinian Authority (PA) would take to impose calm in the Gaza Strip after the latest flare-up.(Posted @ 20:15 PST)
Swiss court summons Benazir and Zardari ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): In the Swiss Money Laundering Case,the Examining Magistrate Geneva has summoned Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari and their agent Jens Schlegelmilch on June 15, 2005 for examination on the facts of the case.The Government of Pakistan, through its lawyers in Geneva, has also been invited to attend the said hearing as a damaged party, said a press release issued here Saturday.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Hizbollah fighters shell Israeli posts near border KFAR SHOUBA, Lebanon, May 21 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrillas fired shells at Israeli military posts in a disputed border area on Saturday after Israeli soldiers fired machine guns at three houses in south Lebanon, witnesses said.There were no immediate reports of casualties from the second round of violence on the Lebanon-Israel border this month.(Posted @ 19:15 PST)
Lebanese pro-Syria ex-PM says to boycott polls BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami, a staunch pro-Syrian politician, said on Friday he did not plan to run in the country's general elections.Anti-Syrian opposition protests forced Karami, 70, to submit the resignation of his government two weeks after the assassination of his predecessor Rafik al-Hariri last February, which many Lebanese blamed on Syria.(Posted @ 17:15 PST)
More Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia, May 21 (AFP) - Four Russian soldiers have been killed in fighting with separatists in Chechnya, a member of the pro-Russian Chechen administration said on Saturday.The body of a Chechen policeman riddled with bullets was also found near the capital Grozny, and a fifth Russian soldier was killed accidentally by a colleague at the Khankala military base.The four soldiers were killed during 16 attacks by rebels since Friday, the official said.(Posted @ 19:00 PST)
Gunbattles in India's Kashmir leave six people dead SRINAGAR, May 21 APP/AP_ Violence has erupted in Indian held Kashmir with six people, including two civilians, killed in separate shootouts, police say.(Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Pakistan's security has been ensured: President RAWALPINDI, May 21 (AFP): President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the policies followed in the past five years have ensured Pakistan's security, safeguarded its strategic assets and resulted in an economic turnaround.He was addressing officers and men at the Baloch Regimental Center at Abbottabad at the installation ceremony of Lieutenant General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Director General Inter Services Intelligence, as Colonel Commandant of the Baloch regiment.(Posted @ 18:15 PST)
Indian leader welcomes Pakistan president's proposal on Kashmir Srinagar (dpa) - The chief minister of Indian occupeid Jammu and Kashmir state Saturday welcomed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's latest proposal of "maximum self-governance" for Kashmir.Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said the proposal was a step in the right direction.But members of hardline separatist factions in India-administered Kashmir said it could not be a permanent solution to the vexed issue.(Posted @ 18:15 PST)
Pakistan has fully secured border with Afghanistan: military commander PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 21 (AFP) - Pakistani security forces have made it "quite impossible" for Al-Qaeda linked militants to launch any attacks across the border in Afghanistan, a top military commander said Saturday.Lieutenant General Safdar Hussain, commander of Pakistani forces in the rugged northwestern tribal regions made the assessment at a rare briefing in this northwestern city to Kabul-based defence attaches from diplomatic missions from the United States and several European and Asian countries.(Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Occupied Kashmir shuts down in strike to mark the death anniversary of two top separatist leaders SRINAGAR, India, May 21 (AFP) - Shops, schools, banks and offices were shut throughout in occupied Kashmir on Saturday in a strike called in the memory of two top separatist leaders, Molvi Mohammed Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone, slain a dozen years ago. "Sacrifices made by the people and leaders will not go in vain," the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front said in a statement. (Posted @ 13:55 PST)
Thai Muslim separatist militants follow Al-Qaeda training, Thai PM says BANGKOK, May 21 (AFP) - Muslim separatist militants in Thailand's southern provinces are using Al-Qaeda military training discs, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday. "On May 19 authorities searched Jihad Witaya or Ponoh Jihad (Islamic school) and found ammunition, evidence of military training, secret documents concerning an independent Pattani state, and Al-Qaeda training CDs which they have adopted for their struggle," Thaksin said during his weekly radio address, without elaborating about the discs' origin. (Posted @ 12:15 PST)
White House wants FBI to be able to track mail-NYT NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - A Bush administration proposal would grant the FBI broad authority to track the mail of people in terrorism investigations, The New York Times reported in its Saturday editions. Citing government officials who spoke on Friday, the newspaper reported that the proposal, to be considered next week in a closed-door Senate Intelligence Committee meeting, would allow the FBI to direct postal officials to turn in names, addresses and other material on the outside of letters sent to or from people connected to foreign intelligence investigations. But the Postal Service is raising privacy concerns about the plan to carry out such operations, called mail covers, the Times said. (Posted @ 12:00 PST)
Posters of kidnapped Italian aid worker pasted around Kabul KABUL, Afghanistan May 21 (APP/AP) Aid agencies pasted hundreds of posters of a kidnapped Italian relief worker across the Afghan capital on Saturday, urging people to come forward with information about her whereabouts. The move came a day after foreign media reports quoted Temur Shah, the purported kidnapper of Clementina Cantoni, 32, as saying that he killed her because the government had not agreed to his demands. The Italian's employer, Care International, however, said it was uncertain about the accuracy of the reports. “Please help Clementina. She has been taken. For three years she served 10,000 widows and 50,000 war orphans in Afghanistan. If you have any information, please call,” the posters said. (Posted @ 11:25 PST)
Bangladesh paralysed by strike after opposition party member shot dead DHAKA, May 21 (APP/AFP) - Main cities across Bangladesh, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet came to a standstill on Saturday as part of a day-long strike called by the opposition Awami League in protest at the gunning down of a party member, Khorshed Alam, on last Tuesday. (Posted @ 11:25 PST)
Two Pakistani navy ships to participate in Fleet Week at NY WASHINGTON, May 20 (APP) - Two Pakistani ships, Frigate PNS Tippu Sultan and Oil Tanker PNS Mowin, will participate in the Fleet Week to be held in New York from May 25 to May 31, an official announcement said on Friday. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Pakistani artist's work continues to draw large number of visitors at Pakistani embassy WASHINGTON, May 20 (APP) - A three-day (20-22) exhibition of calligraphist Rasheed Butt was inaugurated on Thursday at the Pakistan Embassy where a total of 42 masterpieces were on display. (Posted @ 09:50 PST)
Dagestan's information minister killed in attack MAKHACHKALA (DPA) - Information and nationality minister Sagir Aruchov in the southwestern Russian Muslim republic of Dagestan was killed in a bombing attack at his home in the capital Makhachkala, according to police cited by the RIA Novosti agency. Aruchov's body guard was also killed in the bombing. Eyewitnesses said three to four people were injured, including children. The stairs on the first three floors of the house collapsed in the attack and about 60 residents of the building were evacuated through a window and brought to a hotel. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
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