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| May 25, 2005 | Wednesday | Rabi-us-Sani 16, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
US can't win war on terrorism by itself: Rumsfeld WASHINGTON, May 25 (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday the United States cannot win the war on terrorism by military means alone or without the support of other countries. "Despite the successes, new terrorist leaders continue to step forward, and new networks emerge," he said in a speech prepared for delivery before a foreign affairs group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Madrassas around the world continue to turn out new recruits from the ranks of the misguided and the misled," he said. To win, the United States must find ways to reduce the ideological appeal of violent extremism. (Posted @ 00:20 PST)
Rocca calls on Prime Minster of Pakistan Islamabad,May 25 (PPi)American Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca called on the Prime Minister, Mr. Shaukat Aziz here Wednesday.They discussed a wide range of issues including bilateral relations,fight against terror, Pakistan-India relations and situation in Afghanistan and Iraq.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
Thousands rally in Pakistan against alleged desecration of Holy Quran KARACHI, May 25 (AFP) - Around 5,000 people rallied here Wednesday against the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran by US military interrogators at Guantanamo Bay prison, torching an effigy of US President George W. Bush, witnesses said.The rally was organised by Pakistan's powerful religious alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), which called it a prelude to countrywide demonstrations expected on Friday.(Posted @ 20:15 PST)
Pakistan desires atmosphere of peace in South Asia: Shaukat Islamabad,May 25 (PPi)Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan desires to have an atmosphere of peace in South Asia and develop relations with all countries of the region on a much broader scale.He was addressing a delegation of Indian businessmen which called on him here Wednesday. Minister for Commerce Humayun Akhtar was also present on the occasion.(Posted @ 19:45 PST)
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Egyptians vote on referendum day as protestors arrested Cairo (dpa) - Egyptians voted Wednesday in a referendum on a constitutional amendment as at least 40 members of the opposition were beaten and arrested for protesting the poll.Protestors from the Egyptian Movement for Change (Kefaya) described the vote on amending article 76 of the constitution to open the way for more than one candidate to run for president as a "theatrical farce".(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
India and northeast militant group sign ceasefire, disarmament accord NEW DELHI, May 25 (AFP) - The Indian government and an insurgent group from northeastern Assam state signed on Wednesday a one-year ceasefire pact that requires the rebels to disarm and live in camps, the Home Ministry said. The accord requires militants to end guerrilla attacks and soldiers to respect the ceasefire, the ministry said. It would be monitored by a committee of government officials and rebel leaders, it said in a statement.(Posted @ 18:45 PST)
Presidents launch strategic Caspian BTC pipeline BAKU, May 25 (AFP) - The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey turned valves on Wednesday, ceremonially opening a four-billion-dollar US-backed Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline that will deliver Caspian oil to the West without passing through Russia. It will take several months to fill the 1,770-kilometer pipeline and the first oil tanker is scheduled to be filled with crude at the Turkish terminal of Ceyhan in the fourth quarter of this year.(Posted @ 18:30 PST)
India’s investigations into disappearances in occupied Kashmir not successful: Amnesty NEW DELHI, May 25 (AFP) – Indian authorities unsuccessfully investigated more than 8,000 disappearances since a separatist conflict erupted in occupied Kashmir in 1989, the Amnesty International’s 2005 annual report said on Wednesday. The report noted that several other separatist conflicts in India, including a Maoist insurgency and rebels fighting for new homelands in the country's northeast, led to increased use of force in 2004.(Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Moderate Kashmiri separatist leaders agree to visit Pakistan, others undecided SRINAGAR, India, May 25 (AFP) - "It has been decided that a high-level Hurriyat delegation will visit Pakistan and Azad Kashmir on June 2," the moderate Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Wednesday. But Shabir Shah Geelani and Yasin Malik, belonging to a hard-line faction of Hurriyat said that they were still undecided. "I have called a meeting tomorrow to discuss the invitation," Malik said while Geelani’s spokesman told AFP that he would make a decision on the trip in the next few days.(Posted @ 17:45 PST)
Prisoners take two security guards hostage in Sukkur jail Islamabad (dpa) - Inmates took at least two security guards hostage in a Sukkur jail on Wednesday, officials and reports said. Up to 40 unruly inmates climbed over the rooftop of the jail to protest the confiscation of their mobile phones and cash taken by police officials during a weekly inspection. But one senior police official offered a different version, denying reports that any of the guards were held by the prisoners. Instead according to the police chief, Ghulam Hussain, the prisoners began protesting when the official vehicle that was to take them to court hearings did not arrive on time. Negotiations are currently under way with the inmates, he added. (Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Investigation of Holy Quran desecration assured: Jalil ISLAMABAD, May 25 (APP): Foreign Office Spokesman Jalil Abbas Jillani said that Pakistan was in touch with the US administration on the issue of desecration of the Holy Quran in Guantanamo Bay. "We have been assured by the US administration that a proper investigation would be carried out. We have to wait for the report of the investigations," he told Voice of America (VOA). (Posted @ 16:35 PST)
Four Turkish security force members killed in ambush DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, May 25 (Reuters) - Kurdish rebels killed four members of the Turkish security forces in an ambush on their vehicle on Wednesday, a provincial governor said. (Posted @ 16 25 PST)
U.S. leads global attack on human rights -Amnesty LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) - United States bears most responsibility for human rights violations worldwide, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. "When the most powerful country in the world thumbs its nose at the rule of law and human rights, it grants a licence to others to commit abuse with impunity," Secretary General Irene Khan said in the foreword to Amnesty International's 2005 annual report. Amnesty cited last year abuse pictures at Abu Ghraib prison and the Guantanamo detention of "enemy combatants" as examples. (Posted @ 16:25 PST)
President urges Pakistan-India dispute resolution for trade ties ISLAMABAD, May 25 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday underscored the need for moving forward on disputes resolution between India and Pakistan for a mutually beneficial economic and trade cooperation. Addressing a delegation of Indian businessmen, the President said with "political will and sincerity" the two countries can overcome their political disputes and improve their relations rapidly. "We have to move forward on the political front effectively for dispute resolution and also simultaneously look for developing trade and economic ties to the benefit of both countries," he told a delegation of Federation of Indian chambers of commerce and industry. (Posted @ 15 :45 PST)
Police chief of northern Iraqi town killed MOSUL, Iraq, May 25 (Reuters) - The police chief of the northern Iraqi town of Sharqat, Mikhlif Khalaf, was killed by gunmen who ambushed his car on Wednesday, police and hospital officials said. He was shot dead in the northern city of Mosul, east of Sharqat. (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Bomb attack kills six in Pakistan tribal area WANA, Pakistan, May 25 (AFP) - Six members of the same family were killed when a bomb planted by unidentified men destroyed their home in a remote Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border late Tuesday, officials said Wednesday. The attack occurred in Makin village in South Waziristan district and the victims included a woman, her two sons and three daughters, they said. "Some unknown men planted a powerful bomb close to the boundary wall of the house of local tribesman Resham Khan, killing his family," a local official told AFP. Separately two bombs exploded overnight in the neighbouring North Waziristan district, damaging a shop and injuring a man. (Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Abbas seeks 'clear' US commitment to a Palestinian state WASHINGTON, May 25 (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas called for a "clear" US commitment to the establishment of a Palestinian state at the start of his first official visit to the United States . "As we have stated several times in the past, we want from the United States a clear political position for the implementation of the roadmap, as well as economic support," the Palestinian Authority president told reporters shortly after his arrival here late Tuesday. "We hope to get this," added Abbas (Posted @ 13:30 PST)
Indian sports minister and Bollywood hero dies BOMBAY, May 25 (Reuters) - India's sports minister and former Bollywood icon Sunil Dutt died on Wednesday after a heart attack, an aide said. He was 75. One of Dutt's greatest films was "Mother India", which was nominated for an Oscar.He undertook a peace march from Bombay to the northern city of Amritsar in Punjab in the 1980s when the state was reeling from a Sikh rebellion. Dutt's son, Sanjay, is a leading actor in Bollywood and the father-son duo acted together in a hit comedy called "Munnabhai MBBS" in 2003. (Posted @ 13:00 PST)
India's Tendulkar out for "four months" due to elbow injury NEW DELHI, May 25 (AFP) - Sachin Tendulkar will be out of international cricket for at least four months after being treated for an elbow injury in England, media reported on Wednesday. (Posted @ 10:40 PST)
About 1,000 US. troops launch new anti-insurgent offensive in western Iraq HADITHA, Iraq, May 25 (APP/AP) _ About 1,000 U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers encircled this Euphrates River city in the troubled Anbar province before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least three insurgents after launching the second major anti-insurgent operation in this vast western region in less than a month. According to initial reports, three insurgents were killed during several fierce gun battles that broke out after U.S. forces entered this town before dawn, Marine Capt. Christopher Toland told an Associated Press reporter embedded with U.S. forces. Two Marines were also wounded and evacuated, Toland said. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
Brunei monarch appoints crown prince as senior minister, revamps cabinet BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 25 (AFP) - Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in a televised address on late Tuesday appointed his son, Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, as senior minister in a cabinet revamp, triggering speculation about the succession timetable. Sultan Hassanal retained the positions of prime minister, defence minister and finance minister; his brother, Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, was kept on as foreign minister, but four other cabinet members were replaced. As crown prince, he is the designated heir to the throne, and now as senior minister, he is officially second in rank to his father in the government. (Posted @ 10:10 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 92.28 points KARACHI, May 25: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 6942.56, down 92.28 points from Tuesday’s close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:30 PST)
Forex update KARACHI, May 25: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.08 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:30 PST)
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