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| June 10, 2005 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 2, 1426 |
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Afghans released mother of kidnapper to free Italian hostage: reports ROME, June 10 (AFP) - To secure the release of Italian hostage Clementina Cantoni, Afghan authorities released the mother of her kidnapper, the alleged head of a criminal gang, Italian newspapers reported Friday. Cantoni, who was flown out of Kabul Friday morning, was quoted as saying that she had been treated well by her kidnappers and appeared frail but in good health. "They treated me well. I was being watched by a group of women," Cantonisaid. Her main hostage-taker, identified as Timur Shah, reportedly demanded the release of his mother, held prisoner on charges that she had helped her son in a previous kidnapping, La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera reported. A local businessman brought Shah's mother to an apartment in the Afghan capital and handed over Cantoni in exchange, Corriere reported.(Posted @ 16:30 PST)
India discusses defence pact with Sri Lanka COLOMBO, June 10 (AFP) - Negotiations were under way between India and Sri Lanka for a defence cooperation pact, visiting Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said here Friday . "The defence agreement is in the process of being finalised," he said.(Posted @ 16:10 PST)
India's Hindu nationalists seek to persuade party chief to come back NEW DELHI, June 10 (AFP) - Leaders of India's opposition Hindu nationalist party sought Friday to persuade party chief Lal Krishna Advani to withdraw his resignation submitted after he came under fire for praising Pakistan's founder. The BJP planned to hold a meeting late Friday and party vice president Venkaiah Naidu said Advani, who has been in seclusion since quitting three days ago, would attend the meeting and the concerns of all concerned" would be addressed. Naidu declined to say whether he expected Advani to stay on but told reporters "BJP workers will be happy."(Posted @ 16:08 PST)
Blast near Spanish airport MADRID, June 10 (AFP) - An explosion was heard just metres (yards) from the entrance to Zaragoza airport in northeastern Spain on Friday, airport authorities said, adding that there were no injuries. (Posted @ 15:47 PST)
Inclusion of Kashmiri leadership in Pakistan-India dialogue imperative need: Mir Waiz KARACHI, Jun 10 (APP)- The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mir Waiz Umar Farooq Thursday stressed the imperative need to include the Kashmiri leadership in the dialogue process between Pakistan and India for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute. Speaking at a dinner hosted by Sindh Chief Minister Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim in honour of the visiting APHC delegation at Chief Minister House he said Kashmir dispute is not a border or regional dispute but it is an issue of the future of 15 million Kashmiris. People of Kashimir continue to lay down their lives for the cause, he added. (Posted @ 15:37 PST)
Advisor to governor of southern Russian province killed in attack ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia, June 10 (APP/APP) - An aide to the governor of a southern Russian province was killed when his car exploded Friday, officials said. Yuri Prachev, a security advisor to the governor of the Stavropol region near the Caucasus Mountains, died when he started his car and it exploded. Prachev's bodyguard also died in the blast. (Posted @ 15:16 PST)
Rashid urges India for immediate release of detained Kashmiris ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid has said India should immediately release the Kashmiris detained in jails as new a Confidence Building Measure. "There should be new CBMs on Kashmir such as instant release of all those people detained in Indian held Kashmir and free access to the media of the entire region", Rashid told a private television channel. (Posted @ 15:15 PST)
Pak Navy aware of changing geo-strategic situation: Naval Chief ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (APP): Pakistan Navy is aware of the changing geo-strategic situation, in addition to meeting the challenges of the added responsibility of war against terror in seas, particularly in the Indian Ocean. "Pakistan Navy is also fully prepared to respond to calamities," Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah said while addressing the student officers of 34th Pakistan Navy Staff Course at PN War College Lahore, Friday. (Posted @ 15:03 PST)
Kashmiris' struggle may reach logical end if peace process continues: Mir Waiz ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (APP): Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mir Waiz Omer Farooq has said the struggle of Kashmiri people can reach some logical end if the ongoing process remains intact"But one thing is sure that we would not support the status quo and would never accept the Line of Control as a permanent border", Farooq told a private television channel in an interview telecast Friday. He said the ongoing situation demanded both Pakistan and India to talk about a time frame for the solution of Kashmir dispute.There are gross human rights violations throughout the occupied valley, Farooq said, adding "There must be humanitarian and political oriented CBMs as well." (Posted @ 14:59 PST)
Sixteen people killed execution-style found in Iraq RAMADI, Iraq, June 10 (Reuters) - The bodies of 16 people who were killed execution-style have been discovered in western Iraq, witnesses said on Friday. It was not immediately clear if the victims, who were in civilian clothes and left in two different locations near Qaim, were the same Iraqi soldiers who were kidnapped earlier last Wednesday from the same area. (Posted @ 13:09 PST)
Indian Congress minister says Kashmir not integral part of India ISLAMABAD, June 10 (APP): In occupied Kashmir the Congress Minister for Finance, Babu Singh, said that on the basis of ground realities, Kashmir was not an integral part of India. "If it is an integral part, then why did our government send the Hurriyat Conference leaders to Pakistan," Babu Singh told BBC Radio. The presence of the United Nations' military observers in occupied Kashmir also depicted the same truth, he added. (Posted @ 12:57 PST)
President Bush describes U.S.-Pakistan relationship as "unique" WASHINGTON, June 10 (APP)- President George Bush received Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri at the Oval office Thursday, and described the U.S.-Pakistan relationship as "unique". Kasuri briefed Bush on the latest developments in Pakistan-India relations including the visit of the Kashmiri leaders’ APHC delegation to Pakistan and the start of the Kashmir bus service. President Bush praised the bold leadership of President Pervez Musharraf and expressed the hope that the issue would be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. Senior U.S. officials Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca, Advisor to the President on National Security Affairs Stephen Hadley, and others were also present in the meeting. (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
US and Britain strike deal on African debt LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain have struck a deal on erasing billions of dollars the world's poorest nations owe to international lenders, the New York Times reported before a G8 finance ministers' meeting on Friday. No immediate comment was available from the British and U.S. governments on the report, which said U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow and British finance minister Gordon Brown were expected to present their deal on Friday. (Posted @ 12:15 PST)
Chechen freedom fighters kill seven Russian police MOSCOW, June 10 (Reuters) - Chechen freedom fighters killed seven Russian police personnel in an attack near the village of Kurchaloi in the mountainous south of the region, Russian officials were quoted as saying on Friday. (Posted @ 12:11 PST)
58 wounded at a Japanese high school after student throws homemade bomb TOKYO, June 10 (AFP) - At least 58 high school students in western Japan were wounded Friday when an 18 year-old classmate threw a homemade bomb into a classroom, police and hospital sources said. (Posted @ 10:21 PST)
Iraqi anti-corruption chief, deputy shot dead in Kirkuk KIRKUK, June 10 (AFP) - The head of an anti-corruption unit in Kirkuk and his deputy were shot dead in a drive-by attack, a police source said Friday. "Colonel Rahim Othman Said, chief of the Kirkuk anti-corruption brigade and his deputy, Lieutenant Colonel Ghanem Jayad Jabbar, were shot late Wednesday", an official said. (Posted @ 10:08 PST)
Bolivian Congress swears in Rodriguez as president LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 9 (Reuters) - Bolivia's Congress on Thursday swore in Supreme Court President Eduardo Rodriguez as the country's new president, a move aimed at defusing weeks of protests and bringing forward elections. (Posted @ 09:53 PST)
12 die after landslide, floods in Vietnam HANOI, June 10 (AFP) - At least 12 people died after heavy rains triggered landslides and flooding in northern Vietnam, officials said Friday. (Posted @ 09:52 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 80.68 points KARACHI, June 10: At 15:03 PST the KSE-100 index was at 7387.70, up 80.68 points from Thursday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 15:08 PST)
Forex update KARACHI, June 10: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.45 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 15:08 PST)
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