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| June 17, 2005 | Friday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 9, 1426 |
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Musharraf and New Zealand GG want enhanced bilateral ties AUCKLAND, June 17 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf and New Zealand's Governor General Dame Silvia Cartwright Friday expressed the mutual resolve of two countries to enhance their relationship. President Musharraf briefed her about Pakistan's economic policies, fight against terrorism and Islamabad's efforts for establishment of peace and stability in the region. Welcoming the President, the Governor General said New Zealand looks forward to developing cooperative relationship with Pakistan in areas of mutual complementarities. (Posted @ 13:12 PST)
Six militants, two others killed in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, June 17 (AFP) - Indian troops in occupied Kashmir shot dead six militants, while suspects also rebels shot dead two people, officials said Friday. The three militants were killed late Thursday during a clash in the Tangdar sector of northern Kupwara district, an army spokesman Vijay Batra told AFP. In the same district, suspects shot dead a civilian late Thursday, police said, adding that a former militant, who was leading a normal life after his release from prison, was shot dead in Srinagar Friday morning. (Posted @ 13:11 PST)
Seven civilians killed west of Baghdad Baghdad (dpa) - Seven civilians were killed in crossfire between insurgents and U.S. troops in Qaim near the border with Syria Friday, hospital sources said. In Tuz, 180 kilometres north of Baghdad, a car bomber tried to reach the house of a senior army officer Friday, but was repelled by guards and blew himself up, injuring six people, an Iraqi army spokesman said. (Posted @ 13:11 PST)
U.S. military launches major combat operation in northwestern Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 17 (APP/AP) The U.S. military launched a major combat operation with 1,000 Marines and Iraqi soldiers in northwestern Iraq on Friday, officials said. Operation Spear started in the pre-dawn hours in Anbar province to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters. The province, which straddles the Syrian border, is where the military said it killed about 40 militants in operations in Karabilah on June 11. (Posted @ 13:10 PST)
Kyrgyz protesters seize main government building BISHKEK, June 17 (Reuters) - About 150 angry protesters in the capital of the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan seized the main government building on Friday demanding the resignation of acting president Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Officials fled but one guard said Bakiyev was not inside. Around 250 police and soliders in bullet-proof vests and wielding shields and truncheons stood outside but took no action. (Posted @ 11:35 PST)
Japan rejects U.S. proposal for U.N. Security Council reform Tokyo (dpa) - Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, said Friday Tokyo would reject Washington's latest proposal concerning U.N. Security Council reform. "Japan cannot go along with this plan," Koizumi said. Japan favours an earlier reform proposal to expand the Security Council by six new permanent members, while the U.S. proposed to add Japan and at least one more country as permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. (Posted @ 11:35 PST)
New Zealand seizes guns of Musharraf's bodyguards Wellington (dpa) – Five guns were seized from President Pervez Musharraf's personal bodyguards when he arrived at Auckland airport late Thursday night. The guards had been advised earlier that personal firearms were not allowed in New Zealand. "There was a misunderstanding by members of party as to the point where firearms would have been relinquished," a spokesman said. "They were under the impression that would have been at the hotel." The guns will be returned when the delegation flies out Sunday morning. (Posted @ 11:34 PST)
U.S. soldier charged with murder in officers' deaths BAGHDAD, June 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has been charged with premeditated murder in the deaths of two U.S. army officers in Iraq this month, a military statement said on Thursday. An initial investigation indicated the officers were killed by a mortar round blast in Tikrit on June 7 but further examination showed the blast was "inconsistent with a mortar attack", it said. It gave no further details. (Posted @ 10:57 PST)
New $30 million detention facility to be built in Guantanamo jail WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - A Halliburton Co. unit will build a new $30 million detention facility and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States is holding about 520 foreign suspects, the Defense Department announced Thursday. (Posted @ 10:58 PST)
US grand jury indicts two Pakistani nationals SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 (Reuters) - A federal grand jury indicted two Pakistani nationals, Umer Hayat and his son Hamid Hayat, in California on charges of lying during a government probe into their suspected ties to al-Qaeda training camps in Pakistan, the U.S. Attorney's office said on Thursday. Both pleaded not guilty and are being held without bail. They will next appear in court on June 21. (Posted @ 10:53 PST)
At least eight dead, hundreds injured as hail pounds China BEIJING, June 17 (AFP) - At least eight people were killed and hundreds injured when a hurricane and hailstorms whipped through parts of China, destroying nearly 200,000 homes, state media reported Friday. (Posted @ 10:29 PST)
Polls open in Iran's presidential election TEHRAN, June 17 (Reuters) - Iranians began voting for a new president on Friday, with moderate cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani the front-runner in a race the United States has declared unfair. Polling stations opened at 9 a.m. (0430 GMT) to serve 47 million eligible voters across the country. (Posted @ 09:48 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 67.82 points: KARACHI, June 17: At close, the KSE-100 index was at 7398.73, up 67.82 points from Thursday’s close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:10 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, June 17: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.48 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:40 PST)
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