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| May 29, 2005 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 20, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Afridi's defiant hundred fails to save Pakistan in first Test Bridgetown (Barbados) May 29 (APP): West Indies took 1-0 lead in the two-match series when they overwhelmed Pakistan by 276 runs in the first Test at Kensington Oval Sunday despite a defiant hundred by Shahid Afridi. `Pakistan chasing a improbable 573 to win match were bowled for 295 in their second innings 25 minute after lunch break on the fourth day. (Posted @ 23:30 PST)
Five more FM radio stations next month: Sh Rashid SARGODHA, May 29 (APP): Five more FM radio stations will be operative next month in various cities of the country while 50 more channels will be started next year, information minister Sheikh Rashid said Sunday.Addressing a public meeting here at Jinnah Hall, he said the five FM channels will be in Gwadar, Mitthi (Sindh), Bannu, Mianwali and Kohat. He said 15 local private television channels are already operating in the country while permission has already been granted to 37 others.He said a bill pertaining to these channels has already been passed by the National Assembly and will be sent to the Upper House in its next meeting.He also announced the opening up of a `mini media centre' which will house the offices of Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Television and Press Information Department (PID). (Posted @ 22:00 PST)
Kashmir hardline separatist declines invitation to visit Pakistan via bus SRINAGAR, India, May 29 (AFP) - Indian Kashmir hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani said Sunday he has declined an invitation from Pakistan to travel by bus to visit its zone of the divided Himalayan state along with other separatists later this week."Pakistan's present leadership is deviating from that country's basic stance on Kashmir. We have decided not to go to express our resentment over it," Geelani told reporters after a six-hour meeting with supporters.Last week, Islamabad invited the moderate and hardline factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a Kashmiri separatist umbrella group, to make their first visit to the Pakistani zone of the divided territory using a bus service launched April 7 as part of a 16-month peace process between the South Asian rivals. The invitation was for Thursday's fifth run of the bus service.Moderate separatists led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq accepted the invitation, as did Yasin Malik, head of the pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation (Posted @ 22:00 PST)
President says OIC reform must for meeting political, economic challenges confronting Muslims RAWALPINDI, May 29 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf Sunday underlined the importance of reforming the Organization of Islamic Conference into a vibrant organization, capable of meeting political and economic challenges confronting the Muslim world. He was addressing the OIC Commission of eminent persons, the President said the Muslim world should go for their socio-economic development and the Western powers should help resolve political disputes affecting the Muslims. The OIC Secretary General Prof Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu,Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri also attended the meeting. In their two-day deliberations in Islamabad, the members of the Commission finalized their recommendations on President Musharraf's strategy of enlightened moderation as a way forward for peace and development, the restructuring of OIC and a strategy of plan of action for the Muslim world.(Posted @ 22:00 PST)
Advani hopes India, Pakistan would leave past hostilities- NEW DELHI, May 29 (APP): Expressing hope that New Delhi and Islamabad would leave the past hostilities, the leader of Opposition and BJP President L K Advani, who embarks on a week's visit to Pakistan tomorrow, on Sunday said the ambience between the two neighbouring countries today is that of creating a "new future". The trip, on an invitation from Pakistan Government, is in continuation to the bold and historic initiative started by former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to seek lasting peace, Advani, who would meet President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri during the visit, said in a statement here. "I am happy to note that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Government have continued to carry forward this agenda of peace through dialogue," he added. (Posted @ 22:00 PST)
Pakistan's captain gets one-match ban over high-sticking KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (AFP) - Pakistan captain Muhammad Saqlain was on Sunday handed one-match ban at the 14th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup for hitting a South Korea player in the face, tournament officials said.The move was aimed at preventing South Korea from carrying out their threat to boycott the tournament after Saqlain used his stick to hit Korean short corner specialist Soon Hoon-yoon in the face during their match on Saturday, which Pakistan won 3-2.Korean manager Cho Sung-jun threatened to pull his team out of the tournament if Malaysian organisers did not take action against Saqlain. Cho said Soon needed five stitches over an eye and that his nose was slightly broken. In a statement released on Sunday, tournament director Frank Van't Hek said: "The Pakistan player is the captain of his team and should set an example to his teammates." Saqlain sat out Pakistan's match on Sunday against South Africa.. (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
Australia 2 New Zealand 1 in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Australia beats New Zealand KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (AFP) Results from the 14th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup matches on Sunday.Australia 2 (Michael McCann 58, Grant Schubert 65) New Zealand 1 (David Kosoof 69). (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
British soldier killed in attack on troops in Iraq LONDON, May 29 (AFP) - A British soldier was killed in an attack on a military convoy in southern Iraq on Sunday, the Ministry of Defence in London said (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
Nine Iraqi soldiers killed in suicide bombing BAGHDAD, May 29 (AFP) - Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint south of Baghdad on Sunday, a defence ministry source said."Nine soldiers were killed and three others wounded when a suicide bomber plowed his car bomb into an army roadblock between Yusufiyah and Mahmudiyah, less than 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) from Baghdad," the source said.The attack came as Iraqi security forces launched Operation Lightning in Baghdad in a bid to stem the wave of insurgent attacks in the capital.. (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
Malaysia 4 India 1 in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (AFP) - Results from the 14th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here on Sunday. Malaysia 4 (S. Kuhan 6, 64, Robert Alcantara 50, Muhamad Amin Rahim 54) India 1 (Dilip Tirkey 9) Half-time score: 1-1. (Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Pakistan 2 South Africa 0 in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Pakistan beats South Africa , KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (AFP) - Results from the 14th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup matches on Sunday. Pakistan 2 (Shakeel Abbasi 24, Rehan Butt 10) South Africa 0. (Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Pakistan says President Musharraf wrongly quoted on Iran's nuclear program ISLAMABAD, May 29 (AFP) - Pakistan on Sunday said that President Pervez Musharraf had been incorrectly quoted by a German magazine, which reported him as saying Iran wanted nuclear weapons. "The President has not been correctly reported," foreign ministry spokesman Jalil Abass Jilani told AFP.Jilani said that President was asked whether Iran was anxious to develop a nuclear bomb, to which the President replied that he "does not know", Jilani said. Iran on Sunday demanded that Musharraf explain his claim that Tehran was keen to obtain a nuclear bomb a statement that was at odds with the clerical regime's repeated denials. In an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine published on Saturday, Musharraf was quoted as saying that Iran was "very anxious to have the bomb" something Iran said it hoped was a misquote. In a major turnaround, Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that it had sent some parts of an old centrifuge to the UN's atomic agency to help it establish whether Iran had been secretly developing nuclear weapons. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) requested the parts in connection with its investigations to determine whether contamination found at Iran's nuclear facilities had come from Pakistan or any other source, a foreign ministry official said. The transfer marks an about-face for Islamabad, which had insisted it would not surrender the machine components, despite admitting that disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan had given centrifuges to Tehran. (Posted @ 20:00 PST)
UAE oil minister sees no need for OPEC to cut output DOHA, May 29 (Reuters) - World oil markets are well supplied, but the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries does not need to trim production when it meets next month, the oil minister of the United Arab Emirates said on Sunday. Mohamed al-Hamli also told Reuters he was concerned with a build up in global oil stockpiles. "The market is very well supplied," he said. "But there is no need to make any changes" to production when the cartel meets on June 15. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Indonesia bombing has Qaeda "similarities" - police JAKARTA, May 29 (Reuters) - A senior police official said on Sunday the twin blasts that killed 22 people in a Christian town in eastern Indonesia bore the hallmarks of a militant group linked to al Qaeda. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
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More organizations to be privatized to stabilize economy: Hafeez ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): Federal Minister for Privatization Dr.Abdul Hafeez Sheikh said Sunday the present government has privatized organizations in order to generate income to stabilize country's economy and create more job opportunities. Talking to a private channel, he said privatization process will continue to boost the country's economy. He said all such organizations which were not functioning well like Kohinoor Oil Mills, Rohri cement company, Thatta cement company etc were privatized. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Suspected rebels shoot dead policewoman and her child in southwestern Nepal KATHMANDU, May 29 (AFP) - Maoist rebels shot dead a policewoman and her four-year-old son in southwestern Nepal, a top police official said Sunday. "The child, identified as Kiran and his mother Kaushila Majhi died after they were shot by suspected Maoists Saturday evening in Dhangadhi district," Deputy Inspector of Police Akhtar Ali said. Dhangadhi is located 660 kilometres town (413 miles) west of the capital (Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Iran asks Pakistan's Musharraf to explain nuclear bomb comment TEHRAN, May 29 (AFP) - Iran on Sunday asked Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf explain his claim that Tehran was keen to obtain a nuclear bomb, a statement that was at odds with the clerical regime's repeated denials. (Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Saudi king's in hospital for third day, more tests RIYADH, May 29 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Fahd remained in hospital for a third day on Sunday for further tests and treatment for respiratory problems amid rising concern about his condition. (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Rockets fired, bomb explodes in southwest Pakistan, no casualties reported QUETTA, Pakistan, May 29 (AFP) - A bomb exploded near a police station and suspected militants fired several rockets at paramilitary forces Saturday in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province, There were no casualties reported in either incident, officials said. Sunday (Posted @ 16:05 PST)
Russian and New Zealand tourists killed on Turkish roads ANKARA, May 29 (AFP) - One Russian and two New Zealand tourists were killed and 32 other people were injured in two road accidents in Turkey, the Anatolia news agency said on Sunday. A bus carrying 41 Russian tourists to the popular resort of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast skidded of the road and flipped over near the southern town of Burdur late Saturday, killing one of the tourists and injuring 32 (Posted @ 15:58 PST)
Israel approves Palestinian prisoner release JERUSALEM, May 29 (AFP) - The Israeli government on Sunday approved the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners and declared itself ready to allow the United States to mediate a coordinated pullout from Gaza with the Palestinians. (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
British soldier killed in Iraq as Baghdad sweep nets 500 BAGHDAD, May 29 (AFP) - A British soldier was killed in an attack on his convoy in southern Iraq on Sunday as Iraqi forces in Baghdad prepared for a major offensive against the insurgency, announcing the arrest of 500 suspects. "We confirm a hostile action against British forces... which resulted in a fatality," a British army spokesman said (Posted @ 15:50 PST)
Eight Iraqis killed in Mosul blast, says U.S. military BAGHDAD May 29 (APP/AP) _ The U.S. military says a roadside bomb attack in central Mosul on Saturday killed eight Iraqis, including three children, and wounded two. (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
Polls open in France for vote on EU constitution PARIS, May 29 (AFP) - Polling stations opened across France on Sunday at 8:00 am (0600 GMT) for the country's referendum on the European Union's first-ever constitution, a crucial vote on the future of EU integration. (Posted @ 11:47 PST)
Senior policeman shot dead in southern Russia MOSCOW, May 29 (AFP) - A senior police official in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan was killed Sunday in a shootout with three assailants who were attempting to set off an explosion in a road tunnel, news agencies said quoting local police. Asker Askerov, the chief of the criminal police division in the Buinask region, died when police exchanged gunfire with the group. Two of the assailants escaped and one was arrested, the reports said. (Posted @ 11:45 PST)
US Marine killed in Iraqi homemade bomb blast BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 29 (AP/AP) _ A U.S. Marine was killed when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in northwestern Iraq, the military says. The attack happened Saturday near Haqlaniyah, 137 (kilometers) 85 miles northwest of Baghdad, the Marines said in a statement. (Posted @ 11:30PST)
Pakistani, French ships collide off Staten Island NEW YORK, May 29 (APP/AP) _ Two foreign naval ships arriving in the city for Fleet Week collided off Staten Island on Saturday, causing minor damage to both vessels, event organizers said. No injuries were reported The Jean Bart, a French ship, collided with the Moawin, a Pakistani vessel, off Stapleton Pier. The French frigate struck the port side of the Pakistani support ship, which was already moored. There was visible damage across 30 feet (9.14 meters) of the French vessel's hull, organizers said. The Pakistani ship was only superficially damaged. (Posted @ 11:30 PST)
Israeli soldier kills Palestinian militant-army JERUSALEM, May 29 (Reuters) - An Israeli soldier killed a Palestinian militant who tried to stab him with a knife in the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday, the army said. "The (military) force called for him to stop several times and fired warning shots in the air. He continued moving towards the force When he arrived close to them, and it became life threatening, a soldier opened fire as a result he (the militant) died," she added. (Posted @ 11:15 PST)
Three killed, nine injured in car bomb attack on police near Baghdad BAGHDAD, May 29 (AFP) - An interior ministry police officer and two civilians were killed and nine other people injured in a car bomb attack south of Baghdad on Sunday, a security source said. "A booby-trapped car exploded at 7;30 (0330 GMT) near a convoy of interior ministry commandos, killing a policeman and two civilians and injuring four police officers and five civilians," an interior ministry source said. The attack took place in the village of Jaar, in the Madayen region south of Baghdad. (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
12 construction workers die, 21 injured in Indian roof collapse CHENNAI, India, May 28 (APP/AFP) - At least 12 construction workers were killed and 21 injured Saturday when the roof of a cement factory under construction caved in because of weak scaffolding in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu,an official said. The workers were eating lunch when the roof fell on them in Dalmiapuram, near the southern Indian city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras, said local district administrator D. Vivekanandan. "Nine construction workers died on the spot and three died in hospital. At least 21 people are injured," Vivekanandan, who was at the accident site, told AFP.” (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Leak went unnoticed at British nuclear facility: report LONDON, May 29 (AFP) - Some 83,000 litres of highly radioactive liquid leaked unnoticed for up to nine months from a ruptured pipe at the Sellafield nuclear plant, in Britain's worst nuclear accident in years, the Independent on Sunday newspaper reported. In a front-page report, it said the leak -- equal to filling half an Olympic swimming pool -- was detected on April 19, and that it was "the result of a catalogue of human and engineering errors". The last level-three incident in Britain, also at Sellafield, was in September 1992 (Posted @ 09:50 PST)
Lebanon votes in first polls of post-Syria era BEIRUT, May 29 (AFP) - Polling stations opened Sunday in Beirut for the capital’s 19 seats in the first round of Lebanon's first general elections free of Syrian presence in three decades, with the anti-Damascus opposition assured victory. The vote marks only the start of four-stage nationwide polls, which will see different regions voting on successive Sundays until June 19. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Israeli troops kill gunman in West Bank JENIN, West Bank, May 28 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded two others during an attempted attack on a military base near the West Bank city of Jenin late on Saturday, an Israeli army spokeswoman said. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Injured Zarqawi has fled Iraq, UK newspaper says LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled the country after being seriously injured in a U.S. missile attack, The Sunday Times reported on Sunday, quoting a senior Iraqi commander. Al-Zarqawi has shrapnel lodged in his chest and may have been moved to Iran, the report said adding his supporters may try to move him on to another country for an operation. The paper quoted an unnamed insurgency commander as saying the Jordanian-born militant was wounded three weeks ago when a U.S. missile hit his convoy near the northwestern Iraqi city of al Qaim. "Shrapnel went in between the right shoulder and his chest, ripped it open and is still stuck there," the commander said, adding a second piece of shrapnel penetrated Zarqawi's chest but exited from his back. Zarqawi was carried from his vehicle after the missile strike and given basic first aid in a hideout. Later he was taken to hospital in the city of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, it said. The report contradicted a statement from Zarqawi's group posted on the Internet on Friday, which said he was still leading operations in Iraq. (Posted @ 09:12 PST)
UK paper publishes prison letters of Tariq Aziz LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - A British newspaper published letters on Sunday which it said were written by former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz from inside a U.S.-run high security camp on the outskirts of Baghdad. In the letters, hand-written in English and Arabic and published in The Observer newspaper, Aziz pleads for international help to end his "dire situation". "I have been accused unjustly, but to date no proper investigation has taken place," Aziz writes in one of the letters, which the Observer says were scribbled on pages of his lawyer's diary as recently as last month. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
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