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| June 5, 2005 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 27, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Four Turkish soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels Ankara (dpa) - Four soldiers were killed and one wounded in fighting with rebels of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), the Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday.The clash took place around 20 kilometres from the town of Tunceli in an area near the village of Cicekli, Anadolu quoted officials from the Tunceli governor's office as saying.It was not clear whether the fighting took place on Saturday or Sunday.(Posted @ 21:05 PST)
Pakistan to welcome Indian participation in gas pipeline projects: Jadoon ISLAMABAD, June 5 (APP): Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon has said that Pakistan would welcome India's participation in cross border gas pipeline projects being considered by his country.He expressed these views on the first day of Pakistan-India talks on gas pipeline projects here Sunday. He expressed the hope that the visit of Indian delegation would be a milestone in relations between the two countries and added that the meeting would also review progress for the requirement of import of natural gas to Pakistan and India from the neighboring gas rich countries such as Iran, Turkemanistan and Qatar.(First Posted @ 17:20 PST Updated @ 21:05 PST)
50 dead in attack on Mauritanian military base: Malian army BAMAKO, June 5 (AFP) - About 50 Mauritanian soldiers were killed in an attack on an army post in the far northeast of the west African country, Malian military sources contacted in the region told AFP on Sunday.(Posted @ 21:00 PST)
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SPORTS (England refuse to play Test at Karachi) ISLAMABAD June 05 (PPI) Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) hopes of reviving Karachi as a regular Test venue received a rude shock when its England counterpart (ECB) refused to play a Test this winter not due to security concerns but because they didn't want to be trapped in crossfire. "They have conveyed to us that while they don't feel there is any direct threat to their players in Karachi but they don't want to be caught in a crossfire as they have reservations over the atmosphere in the city," PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said after his return from London where he met ECB chairman David Morgan.(Posted @ 20:15 PST)
Australia 4 South Korea 3 in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (AFP) - Results from the 14th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup played here on Sunday.Australia 4 (Michael McCann 9, 62, Luke Doerner 53, Craig Victory 81) South Korea 3 (Lee Nam-yong 30, Seo Jong-ho 31, Jang Jong-hyun 38).Half-time score: 1-2.Pakistan 4 (Rehan Butt 10, 67, Adnan Zakir 19, Mudassar Ali Khan 62) New Zealand 2 (Dean Couzins 21 penalty stroke, Richard Petherick 27).Half-time score: 2-2.Malaysia 1 (Hairul Nizam Abdul Rani 3) India 2 (Len Aiyappa 20, Prabhjot Singh 77), after extra-time.(Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Iraq says Saddam will face just 12 charges BAGHDAD, June 5 (AFP) - Iraq said Sunday it would bring only 12 charges of crimes against humanity against Saddam Hussein although there were more than 500 possible cases against the ousted dictator. Hailing 1,200 arrests in it week-old security sweep of the capital, the government said it was expanding the operation, while US forces announced the discovery of a vast well-equipped insurgent underground bunker in western Iraq. "There are possibly more than 500 cases being prepared against Saddam Hussein, but there is no reason to waste time in dealing with them all," government spokesman Leith Kubba told reporters. "We are completely confident that the 12 fully documented charges that have been brought against him are more than sufficient to ensure he receives the maximum sentence." Saddam, whose regime was toppled in April 2003 and is now in US custody in Iraq awaiting trial, could face the death penalty if found guilty. His trial should begin within two months, said Kubba adding: (Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Uzbek refugees move further into Kyrgyzstan BISHKEK, June 5 (AFP) - About 500 Uzbek refugees who sought shelter in neigbouring Kyrgyzstan after fleeing violence in the border town of Andijan last month have moved to a tent village deeper inside the country, local authorities said Sunday. They left their camp of 10 tents in the village of Barraj, close to the frontier, on Saturday for a temporary settlement of 20 tents at Sassyk-Bazar in the Jalal Abad region several kilometres (miles) from the border. Human rights groups had feared they might be forcibly returned to Uzbekistan.(Posted @ 20:05 PST)
Asif Zardari's condition termed stable Karachi, June 05 (PPI): PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari was stable,as he recovered from an angioplasty following a heart attack earlier,says press release issued here on Sunday. Doctors will keep him in Intensive Care Unit for one more day. All visitors are stopped from seeing him. Zardari will be in the hospital for another few days. Doctors have advised him total rest for the coming weeks and to avoid stressful situations. Earlier, the family was planning to take Zardari to London for the angioplasty. However, since he was in a critical condition, doctors advised immediate operation. (Posted @ 20:05 PST)
Heat wave sends seventy to hospitals LAHORE, June 5 (APP)- More than seventy persons fainted as mercury touched 45 degree celsius in the Punjab Capital on Sunday, hospitals sources told APP.Majority of the victims suffered from dehydration andfainted who were later shifted to different hospitalsincluding Mayo, Services, Ganga Ram and Munshi Trust hospitals and at private clinics, emergency health sources said.Sources said except two victims who have been kept under observation at Mayo and Services Hospitals, all have been discharged after first aid.Hospital sources said they had enough stock of dextrose and other drugs to treat the victims of heat wave and advised people to stay at home, particularly children who are more prone to sun-stroke.(Posted @ 20:05: PST)
Pakistan dismisses New Zealand in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 (AFP) - Pakistan defeated New Zealand 4-2 to secure third place in the 14th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here on Sunday. It was scant consolation for the Pakistanis, who threw away their chance of reaching the final when they were beaten 1-0 by hosts Malaysia in league play on Friday. Pakistan had been the most impressive side in the seven-team event but their shock loss on Friday relegated them to the third/fourth-place play-off and allowed South Korea to sneak into the final against defending champions Australia. Rehan Butt and Adnan Zakir put Pakistan 2-0 ahead after only 19 minutes but New Zealand fought back with a penalty stroke from Dean Couzins and a short corner from Richard Petherick. Pakistan lifted a gear in the second half with goals from Mudassar Ali Khan and Butt sealing victory. "At the start of the tournament, it was not in our minds to win it, but we came close," said Pakistan coach Tahir Zaman.(Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Balochistan Bar Council results announced QUETTA, June 5, (APP):- Ali Ahmed Kurd, Kamran Mumtaz, Malik Mumtaz Mehfooz And Muhammad Hashim Kakar were declared elected from four seats of group I of Baclochistan Bar Council. The group 1 was comprised on Quetta, Chagai, Nushki, Pishin and Qilla Abdullah Divisions. According to results of the Bar council announced here Sunday, Abdullah Khan Kakar won from group II comprising Zhob, Loralai, Killa Saifullah, Ziarat, Musa Khail and Barckhan. Muhammad Noor Miskanzai was declared elected in Group III comprising Kech, Panjgur, Gawadar and Lasbella while Sardar Ahmed Nawaz was elected from group IV comprising Kalat, Khuzdar, Mustung, Kharan and Awaran. Amanullah Kanrani, Senator was declared elected from Group V comprising Sibi, Nasirabad Division.(Posted @ 18:25 PST)
30 injured in train accident in Bilbao Bilbao (dpa) - Thirty people were injured Sunday in a train accident in the northern Spanish city of Bilbao, authorities confirmed. The train, enroute to Bilbao from the eastern town of Durango, hit a buffer as it entered the station. The casualties included eight children but none of the injured was said to be in a serious condition. (Posted @ 18:25 PST)
India major transit point for human trafficking: US ISLAMABAD, June 5 (APP): The US state department asserted that India was on its watch list as it had not made significant efforts to address the issue of human trafficking. India is a source, transit and destination country for women, men and children trafficked for sexual and labour exploitation, the report said, VoA reported. The Indian government "doesn't fully comply with the minimum standards" for the elimination of human trafficking even though its "making significant efforts", according to the department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2005.(Posted @ 17:15 PST)
U.S. troops find huge insurgent bunker in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops have discovered a huge insurgent bunker complex dug into a quarry in western Iraq, with air conditioning, showers and a large stockpile of weapons, the American military said. (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Afghans arrest Taliban commander KABUL, June 5 (Reuters) - Afghan forces have arrested a senior Taliban commander accused of leading attacks against Afghan and U.S.-led troops based in the west of the country, a defence ministry spokesman said on Sunday. (Posted @ 16:09 PST)
Death toll rises to 204 from China's torrential rains, floods BEIJING, June 5 (AFP) - The death toll from torrential rains and the start of annual summer flooding in China rose to 204, with 79 others missing, state media reported Sunday, citing government figures. "Based on the Ministry of Civil Affairs' preliminary statistics, due to flooding from 16 provinces, cities and autonomous regions, 17.06 million people were affected, 204 died and 79 are missing," the Xinhua news agency said. (Posted @ 11:57 PST)
One killed, three wounded in attempt on Iraqi police chief life BAQUBA, Iraq, June 5 (AFP) - The police chief of the restive town of Buhruz north of Baghdad said he escaped an assassination attempt Sunday that killed one of his guards and wounded three including two civilians. "The convoy was ambushed by a pickup truck with armed men hiding under covers in the back who got up and started shooting at us," Mohammed al-Azzawi told AFP in nearby Baquba, the provincial capital of Diyala, after the attack. One of Azzawi's aides said one of the chief's guards was killed and another wounded, while two civilians travelling in a vehicle nearby were also wounded. (Posted @ 11:56 PST)
One insurgent killed, three captured in Afghan operation KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 5 (AFP) - Troops in Afghanistan killed a suspected insurgent and captured three others after the militants attacked a patrol in the insurgency-hit southeast of the country, the US military said Sunday. The militants attacked an Afghan and US-led coalition patrol on Friday near Qalat in Zabul province, it said in a statement. "We killed one enemy and captured four of them," General Muslim Hamed, commander of southern region, told AFP. (Posted @ 11:55 PST)
Taiwan successfully test-fires missiles - paper TAIPEI, June 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan has successfully tested its domestically developed anti-ship missile, the China Times newspaper said on Sunday Taiwan could begin "small initial production" of the 1,000-km (600-mile) range missile that could hit military bases in China's southeast, this year or in 2006, the Chinese-language newspaper said, quoting unidentified sources. (Posted @ 10:07 PST)
Distt (R.Y.Khan): Five children drowned RAHIM YAR KHAN June 04-(PPI): Five children including two real brothers and a sister were drowned in a water tank for under construction poultry farm at village Surelli 16 km from here Saturday. (Posted @ 10:06 PST)
Fire breaks out at Margalla Hills ISLAMABAD, Jun 5 (APP): Maragalla Hills Forests Saturday night caught fire which could be seen from as far away as parts of Rawalpindi. CDA staff, firebrigade and officials of the Environment Ministry were trying to put off the fire which according to witnesses broke out around 11:00 a.m. and had engulfed a large portion of the Margalla Hills till 11:30 p.m. (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Indian opposition leader attends dinner hosted by Hindu community KARACHI, Jun 4 (APP)- Indian Opposition leader, L.K. Advani attended a dinner hosted by Karachi Hindu Panchayat in his honour here Saturday . His wife Kamla , daughter Prebta , son Jayant and daughter-in-law Mrs Geetika were greeted by a large gathering of members of Hindu community and were presented the traditional Sindi caps and Ajrak.Mr Advani was also presented "Latif jo Ganj" - a book of Shah Abdul Latif's poetry(Posted @ 09:54 PST)
Eight killed, three missing after boat catches fire in eastern Indonesia JAKARTA, June 5 (AFP) - Eight people were killed and three were missing after a boat caught fire off eastern Indonesia's Flores island, police said Sunday. The fire started after the boat experienced engine trouble almost two hours after it had sailed from Pemana island on Saturday, a policeman said. It was carrying 47 passengers and a crew of nine. (Posted @ 09:41 PST)
Musharraf says desecrating Koran 'unpardonable' ABU DHABI, June 4 (AFP) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf condemned Saturday the reported desecration of the Koran by US interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba, saying it was "unpardonable". "Our government believes that the most terrible act has taken place," Musharraf said. "Whoever has done it must be punished. The incident must be investigated, and those responsible should be taken to task," he told reporters, during a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates. "It is unpardonable," he added. (Posted @ 09:38 PST)
Hatton wins light-welterweight title MANCHESTER, England, June 5 (AFP) - Ricky Hatton won the International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-welterweight title after battering Kostya Tszyu until he retired at the end of the 11th round at the Manchester Evening News Arena here Sunday morning. Russian-Australian Tszyu, 35, struggled to keep up with Hatton's tireless pace and by the 11th round was so demoralised he admitted to the inevitable and quit on his stool. (Posted @ 09:35 PST)
Blair to take calculated risk in freezing referendum on EU constitution LONDON, June 5 (AFP) - Britain was expected to announce Monday it will freeze a referendum on the draft European Union constitution, a relief for Prime Minister Tony Blair at home but a calculated risk for him across the Channel. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was expected to announce the decision before parliament in the afternoon, choosing his words carefully to avoid making Britain appear as the one to kill the treaty following its rejection at the polls in France and the Netherlands. (Posted @ 09:34 PST)
Lebanon votes in second round polls of post-Syria era TYRE, Lebanon, June 5 (AFP) - Polling stations opened Sunday in south Lebanon on the second round of Lebanon's first general elections free of Syria's grip in three decades, with the coalition of the pro-Damascus Hezbollah group assured of victory. (Posted @ 09:26 PST)
Spectacular hundred shores up Windies - 2nd day, 2nd Test KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 4 (AFP) - Batting superstar Brian Lara collected his 30th Test hundred to put West Indies in a healthy position in the second and final Test against Pakistan on Saturday. Watched by a crowd that included former Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam and former World heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, the 37-year-old Lara was undefeated on 125 to lead West Indies to 275 for four, replying to Pakistan's first innings total of 374, when stumps were drawn on the second day. Summerised score: Pakistan (1st inning) 374 (Yunus 106, Inzamam 50, Asim Kamal 51, Kamran Akmal 51—Callymore 7 for 78); West Indies (1st inning) 275 for four (Sarwan 55, Lara 125 n.o. –Razzak 2 for 36) (Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Fire in France-Italy tunnel, at least 2 killed BARDONECCHIA, Italy, June 4 (Reuters) - At least two people died on Saturday when a truck carrying tyres caught fire in the Frejus tunnel, shutting off a major route under the Alps between France and Italy for an indefinite period, officials said. Smoke poured from the Italian entrance to the 13-km (8-mile) tunnel after the truck burst into flames, the searing heat preventing rescuers from reaching the site of the blaze. "There are now two bodies ... We don't know if we will find any more," Andrea Fabi, a senior police official on the Italian side of the tunnel, told Reuters by telephone. As many as 20 people suffering from smoke intoxication had been rescued from the tunnel (Posted @ 09:16 PST)
Up to 25 people killed as police raid Haiti slums PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 4 (Reuters) - As many as 25 people were killed in police raids on Friday and Saturday in the slums of Haiti's capital after the government said it would get tougher on gangs. Clerks at the morgue in the General Hospital said they had taken in 17 bodies on Saturday and three bodies on Friday after the raids in Bel-Air and other Port-au-Prince slums, centers of support for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. A Reuters journalist also saw five other bodies in two different areas of Bel-Air. Residents said the dead were shot by police and accused police of setting slum homes on fire. Police officials had no immediate comment on the death toll (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
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