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| June 12, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 4, 1426 |
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One killed, three wounded in bomb attack in Iran capital TEHRAN, June 12 (AFP) - A bomb exploded Sunday in a busy square in the east of the Iranian capital, killing one person and wounding three others, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP.(Posted @ 22:10 PST)
Female demonstrators clash with police in Teheran Teheran (dpa) - Female Iranian demonstrators clashed with police on Sunday after a women's rights rally held in front of Teheran's university was broken up on the grounds of being "illegal". Police said the demonstration, attended by dozens of vocal female protestors, was not accredited by the interior ministry in advance and thereafter illegal.(Posted @ 22:10 PST)
Eight killed in pre-vote bombings in Iran by Hiedeh Farmani Iran, June 12 (AFP) - At least eight people were killed and 75 others injured Sunday when a string of bomb attacks rocked Iran's restive southwestern city of Ahvaz just days before the Islamic republic's presidential election.Four blasts, one of them a car bombing, targeted several public buildings in Ahvaz, an ethnic Arab majority city close to the border with Iraq and capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province.(Posted @ 22:09 PST)
Quake measuring 5.6 hits Southern California LOS ANGELES, June 12 (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude struck Southern California on Sunday morning, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was about 20 miles (32 km) south of Palm Springs. The quake was felt as far away as Los Angeles.(Posted @ 21:20 PST)
Woman killed in Afghan mine blast Kabul (dpa) - An Afghan woman was killed and four others including two children injured Sunday when their vehicle hit a mine in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, police sources said. "The woman was killed on the spot. Four others including two children and two women were injured," General Mohammed Salim of Kandahar police told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. (Posted @ 21:19 PST)
Pakistan 1 India 1 in football series QUETTA, Pakistan, June 12 (AFP) - Result from the first match of a three-match series between Pakistan and India played at Ayub stadium here on Sunday:India 1 (Sunil Chetri 65), Pakistan 1 (Mohammad Essa 78)(Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Palestinians execute four prisoners by Adel Zaanoun and Hanadi Shurrab GAZA CITY, June 12 (AFP) - The Palestinian Authority on Sunday executed four convicted murderers, defying calls for the abolition of the death penalty in what it said was a move to clamp down on soaring insecurity. They were the first Palestinian executions since 2002. Three of the four men were hanged at national security headquarters and the fourth was shot by firing squad at Palestinian police headquarters in Gaza City, said interior ministry spokesman Tawfiq Abu Husa. "All of them were sentenced to death for murder," he told AFP, adding that Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas rejected requests for a stay of execution."The executions are one of many measures being taken given the unprecedented high crime rate. We had to take tough decisions and we hope that the PA (Palestinian Authority) will soon be able to recover its power," he said.(Posted @ 19:02 PST)
French hostage released in Iraq flies home By Kerstin Gehmlich PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - A French journalist held hostage in Iraq for five months flew to Paris on Sunday after what the French ambassador said had been a dangerous operation to bring her home. Aubenas, 44, and her driver Hussein Hanun al-Saadi, who were released on Saturday, flew to Cyprus on Sunday where she was met by French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy before boarding a government plane to take her to France.(Posted @ 19:00 PST)
Sri Lankan president vows to establish tsunami aid body with Tamil rebels COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 12 (APP/AP) _ Sri Lanka's president has vowed to share tsunami aid distribution responsibilities with Tamil Tiger rebels as her government partners and Buddhist monks mount pressure to drop the plan, an official has said. Chandrika Kumaratunga on Sunday met Tamil National Alliance lawmakers, representing the rebels in Parliament and gave the assurance, lawmaker Rajavarothayam Sambanthen read from a joint statement from the two sides.(Posted @ 18:52 PST)
Iraqi court finds 321 of 482 terrorist suspects guilty Baghdad (dpa) - The Iraqi Central Criminal Court has found 321 of 482 suspected terrorists guilty during a series of trials, according to a statement issued Sunday by the Iraqi Communications Ministry. It did not say over over what period the trials had taken place. It concentrated on three cases in which five persons were found guilty of possessing unlicensed weapons found in raids conducted in August 2003, and January and December 2004.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Kuwait premier names first woman minister KUWAIT, June 12 (Reuters) - Kuwait appointed its first female cabinet member on Sunday by naming a veteran women's rights activist as planning minister, state news agency KUNA said. It said Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah "announced the appointment of Dr. Massouma Mubarak as planning minister and minister of state for administrative development affairs". Kuwait is the third country in the conservative Gulf Arab region to have a woman cabinet member. Earlier this month, Kuwait appointed two women to its municipal council for the first time, after it granted women suffrage last month.(Posted @ 17:45 PST)
UK's Brown says will look at EU rebate proposals By Katherine Baldwin LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Britain will consider any proposal on its European Union budget rebate but will veto anything that does not redress imbalances in the bloc's spending, finance minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday."We're looking at every proposal that comes forward but we will veto any proposal that is not in the British national interest," Brown said in an interview on ITV1's Jonathan Dimbleby programme.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
India, Pak Navies can cooperate as bilateral ties improve-Naval Chief NEW DELHI, June 12 (APP): With improvement in Indo-Pak bilateral relations, Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Arun Prakash said that the two Navies could cooperate with each other in different areas including safety of sea lines of communication, protection of vital maritime assets and search and rescue. The post-Cold War period has witnessed an increasing degree of bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Navies, he observed adding, this encompasses a wide spectrum of activities that range from ensuring safety of sea lines of communication (SLOCs), protection of vital maritime assets, search and rescue, or policing/ constabulary duties. (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
Bombs kill 5, hurt 89 in Iran oil town before poll TEHRAN, June 12 (Reuters) - Four bomb blasts killed at least five people and wounded 89 in a southwestern oil town on Sunday, five days before Iran's presidential election. The bombs were aimed at state buildings in Ahvaz, capital of the partly Arabic-speaking province of Khuzestan, where five people were killed in ethnic unrest in April. Gholamreza Shariati, deputy governor of Khuzestan, told Reuters women and children were among the casualties of the morning bombings spread over two hours. (Updated @ 16:07 PST)
Five killed, 33 injured in road mishape LAHORE June 11-(PPI): Five prsons were killed and 33 injured In two separate road mishaps on Lahore-Islamabad motorway on Saturday police said.A bus proceeding tor Sargodha from Lahore overturned near Khanka Dogran killing four people on the spot. The 33 injured passengers were shifted to district headquarters hospital Sheikhupura. (Posted @ 11:25 PST)
Four Kurd members of Al-Qaeda linked group arrested KIRKUK, Iraq, June 12 (AFP) - Four suspected members of Ansar al-Sunna, a group linked to the Al-Qaeda terror network, have been arrested in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, security officials said Sunday. "Kurdish security officials were informed about one of the most dangerous cells of Ansar al-Sunna and busted it in one of the mosques north of Kirkuk," a statement said. (Posted @ 10:51 PST)
Shattered Tyson calls it quits after humbling surrender WASHINGTON, June 11 (AFP) - Mike Tyson got a sixth round t.k.o. from Irishman Kevin McBride here Saturday and did not take much time to announce retirement. "I can't do this no more. I can't lie to myself," Tyson said. "I can't do this. I'm not going to embarass the sport anymore. This is just my ending. "That's it. It's finished." Tyson's controversial 20-year career saw him become the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990 and fall into disgrace with rape and assault convictions and a one-year ban for biting Holyfield's ears. (Posted @ 10:42 PST)
Train derailed after blast in Moscow suburb MOSCOW, June 12 (AFP) - Fifteen people were hurt Sunday when five wagons of a train travelling from the volatile Russian republic of Chechnya to Moscow derailed after an explosion on the tracks that officials said appeared to have been intentional. "According to testimony from the engineer, there was an explosion on the railway in front of the locomotive," Diana Shemyakina, a spokeswoman for the FSB security service, was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying. (Updated @ 13:24 PST)
Indian PM visits world's highest battlefield on Siachen Glacier NEW DELHI, June 12 (AFP) - Manmohan Singh on Sunday became the first Indian prime minister to visit the world's highest battlefield -- the Siachen Glacier in disputed Kashmir, the Press Trust of India news agency said. "Now time has come that we make efforts that this battlefield is converted into a peace mountain," he said, referring to talks under way with Pakistan to end decades of hostility between them. In his speech, Singh ruled out any change in India's existing boundaries. "We feel these boundaries are important not only for our security but it relates to the country's prestige also”, he said. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
Group of Eight wipes debt slate clean for 18 poorest nations LONDON, June 12 (AFP) – The G-8 decision to immediately write off all multilateral debt owed by 18 of the world's poorest countries, most of them in Africa, amounting to 40 billion dollars (33 billion euros)will cover Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, Honduras, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Nine other countries will become eligible for 100 percent debt relief totalling an extra 11 billion dollars over the next 12 to 18 months, after which 11 more nations could receive similar debt cancellation of four billion dollars -- bringing the total amount of debt relief to 55 billion dollars. "The debt deal is very good news for people in the 18 countries that will immediately benefit”, ActionAid policy officer Romilly Greenhill said adding that “it will do little to immediately help millions in at least 40 other countries." (Posted @ 10:22 PST)
Italians to vote in divisive reproduction referendum ROME, June 12 (AFP) - Italians begin a two-day referendum on Sunday on whether to relax a stringent assisted procreation law, an issue that has dragged the Roman Catholic Church into politics and split the country's political parties.The government is deeply divided over the referendum, which asks Italians to authorize medical research on embryos, scrap a reference to the embryo as a full human being, and allow people with hereditary diseases to have access to medically-assisted procreation, currently permitted only to sterile couples. (Posted @ 10:06 PST)
Australia and Pakistan to sign counter-terrorism pact on Musharraf visit SYDNEY, June 12 (AFP) - Australia and Pakistan will sign an agreement to cooperate on counter terrorism during President Pervez Musharraf's visit to Canberra this week, Prime Minister John Howard said. Howard said he would seek closer cooperation with Pakistan on agriculture and financial regulators from both countries would explore entering a formal partnership. (Posted @ 10:03 PST)
Lebanon votes BAABDA, Lebanon, June 12 (AFP) - Polls opened in Lebanon on Sunday for the third round of general elections in the Bekaa Valley and Mount Lebanon, with over one million voters choosing almost half of the 128-member parliament.Electors were choosing 23 lawmakers -- 14 Muslims and nine Christians -- in the Bekaa and another 35 -- 25 Christians and 10 Muslims -- in Mount Lebanon, from a total of 262 candidates. Unlike the first two rounds which saw Muslims emerge comfortably on top, Christian candidates were expecting a close contest on Sunday, despite rifts in their own camp. (Posted @ 09:58 PST)
Death toll from flash flood in China rises to 91, mostly children BEIJING, June 12 (AFP) - The death toll from a devastating flood that swept through an elementary school in northeastern China rose to 91 Sunday, including 87 elementary school students, state press and locals said. State press said 352 students were enrolled and at least 100 were in the first and second grades and between six and eight years old. The water was several meters high, so the youngest children would not have much of a chance." (Posted @ 09:53 PST)
Veteran Indian film-maker Chopra wins top award AMSTERDAM, June 11 (Reuters) - Veteran film-maker Yash Chopra won top honours as best director at the International Indian Film Academy Awards on Saturday, and his love story movie "Veer-Zaara" scooped multiple prizes.Shahrukh Khan won the best actor award. The movie also picked up awards for best film, best musical direction and best story. Just 8,000 of the 12,000 seats were occupied at the ceremony. (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
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