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| June 22, 2005 | Wednesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 14, 1426 |
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Abbas seeks international help after Sharon brush-off RAMALLAH, West Bank, June 22 (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas tried to rally international support Wednesday after coming away with no tangible results from a humiliating summit with Israel's Ariel Sharon, who lectured him at length over militant violence. Officials said Abbas spent the night working the phones to world leaders, including US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah II after the summit in west Jerusalem. "Abu Mazen (Abbas) informed Dr Rice about the results from the summit" and discussed the "continuation of the American role in the peace process", said one source. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei said Sharon made no attempt to negotiate. "He rejected most of our demands that we drew up in respect of the settlements, the wall (Israel's West Bank separation barrier) and the return of Israeli forces to the their positions before the intifada." (Posted @ 17:37 PST)
Two killed, 15 injured in violence in Indian occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, June 22 (AFP) - Fifteen people were injured in a grenade attack while Indian troops shot dead two militants rebels near the LoC, officials said Wednesday.In Bijbehara town, 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Srinagar, "militants hurled a grenade at a security patrol which missed the target and exploded among the pedestrians in the busy town." Three injured were in serious condition. Meanwhile, Indian troops late Tuesday shot dead two militants near the LoC. They were asked to surrender.Instead they opened fire, wounding an Indian security officer. "The fire was returned killing two infiltrators." (Posted @ 17:36 PST)
Kashmir: two more Kashmiris martyred Srinagar, June 22 (PPI): in occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, in their fresh acts of state terrorism, martyred two more Kashmiri youths in a fake encounter in Chowkibal area of Kupwara district. One civilian was injured by troops' at Charsoo in Awantipora and in another incident a soldier injured in a blast at Khari, Banihal. Indian troops arrested a young man in Dhansali in Mahore area while unidentified gunmen abducted a sweeper in Rathsana in Tral town. (Posted @ 16:59 PST)
Bus collision in Indonesia leaves nine people dead Jakarta (dpa) - A bus collision in East Java left at least nine people dead on Wednesday, media reports said. Police would only say the accident involved a bus, truck and motorcycle colliding in Bojonegoro district, some 725 kilometers east of Jakarta (Posted @ 16:59 PST)
Insurgents kill policeman in northern Iraq Baghdad (DPA) - Insurgents shot dead a policeman in the northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, police said. A car bomb also went off near a petrol station in the city but caused no casualties. Meanwhile, U.S. forces captured Police Colonel Khalaf Mahmoud Hussein Tuesday night while raiding his office in the Alam district near Tikrit, a military statement said but gave no reason for his arrest. Dozens of Kurdish gunmen in 25 civilian vehicles raided Abu Dalaf village near Dawr city Tuesday night and abducted Ali Faizi, 30, who is accused of involvement in the bombing of a police station in Arbil earlier this week in which 21 people were killed. In a further development, a U.S. soldier was killed in action on Tuesday during combat operations near Ramadi, west of Iraq. (Posted @ 16:14 PST)
Filipino freed in Iraq after nearly 8 months MANILA, June 22 (Reuters) - Filipino accountant Robert Tarongoy, held hostage in Iraq since November, was released unharmed on Wednesday after months of negotiations with his militant captors, Philippine government officials said. "Robert Tarongoy is finally coming home," President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said. Tarongoy was taken hostage on Nov. 1 along with a group of other foreign workers when militants stormed a Baghdad villa belonging to their Saudi employer. (Posted @ 15:48 PST)
Russia says foiled two attacks on nuclear defences MOSCOW, June 22 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry has foiled two separate attempts to break into nuclear weapons installations, a general in charge of Russian atomic arms safety said on Wednesday. Colonel-General Igor Valynkin, quoted by Russian news agencies, said the two attempts were made in 2002 and 2003. The perpetrators were arrested and handed over to security services, he said. "This shows that we have good mobile divisions for the guarding and defence of nuclear installations," Itar-Tass quoted Valynkin as saying. He gave no further details on the two attempts. (Posted @ 15:44 PST)
Gunman opens fire on Palestinian premier's convoy; no injuries Nablus/Tel Aviv (DPA) - A lone Palestinian gunman opened fire at a convoy containing the car of Palestinian Premier Ahmed Qureia in Nablus Wednesday morning, but caused no injuries, a Palestinian official said. The gunman was detained by security forces, the official said. (Posted @ 12:59 PST)
Iraq conference opens in Brussels BRUSSELS, June 22 (AFP) - A major international conference on Iraq opened in Brussels Wednesday, with over 80 ministers and officials including UN chief Kofi Annan discussing how to help rebuild the violence-wracked country. An Iraqi delegation headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari has travelled to Brussels to map out the way ahead with top diplomats from the United States, the European Union, Russia, Japan, Arab and other countries. (Posted @ 12:59 PST)
Israel signals renewed assassinations of militants JERUSALEM, June 22 (Reuters) - Israel signalled on Wednesday it had resumed an assassination policy against militants from the Islamic Jihad group, confirming Palestinian reports of a failed Israeli missile strike in Gaza a day earlier. "There was an attempt in Gaza to intercept an (Islamic Jihad) activist yesterday. It was unsuccessful," Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra said on Army Radio, without naming the militant. "Any means to neutralise the organisation are relevant and possible," he said. (Posted @ 12:07 PST)
Another 46 dead as Chinese premier calls for all-out flood effort BEIJING, June 22 (AFP) - At least 46 people have died in torrential rain lashing southern China as Premier Wen Jiabao called for an "all-out effort" to combat floods devastating the area, state media said Wednesday. The 46 were confirmed dead in flash floods and landslides in three southern provinces and regions, with another 28 reported missing, according to reports carried by Xinhua news agency and China News Service. (Posted @ 12:04 PST)
Three soldiers, three civilians killed in Indonesia's Aceh BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, June 22 (AFP) - Three Indonesian soldiers and three civilians were killed in an ambush staged by Free Aceh Movement rebels in Aceh, residents and the military said Wednesday. (Posted @ 12:03 PST)
US, Afghan troops kill 40 militants KABUL, June 22 (AFP) - About 40 suspected rebel fighters and an Afghan policeman were killed and five US soldiers were injured in an 11-hour battle in southern Afghanistan, the US military said in a statement Wednesday. (Posted @ 10:46 PST)
Israeli soldier shot and wounded in West Bank JERUSALEM, June 22 (AFP) - An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded by automatic weapons fire early Wednesday in the West Bank, a military source said. The aggressors apparently also took the soldier's weapon, but the circumstances surrounding the incident remained unclear, the source said. An official of the Al Aqsa Brigades later claimed the attack. (Posted @ 10:14 PST)
North Korea wants a nuclear-free peninsula – talks delegate SEOUL, June 22 (AFP) - North Korea's ultimate goal is a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, Pyongyang's top delegate said at the inter-Korean talks here Wednesday. "The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula was the last will of (the late North Korean) president Kim Il-Sung and that's our ultimate goal," chief delegate Kwon Ho-Ung was quoted as saying during the talks. "If the US becomes amicable towards North Korea, we will have no reason to have a single nuclear weapon." (Posted @ 10:13 PST)
U.S. U-2 aircraft crashes in Southwest Asia WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force U-2 aircraft crashed in Southwest Asia late on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. "The cause of the crash and status of the pilot are not known at this time," a spokesman said. (Posted @ 10:12 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 79.87 points: KARACHI, June 22: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 7409.84, down 79.87 points from Tuesday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:25 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, June 22: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.5 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:25 PST)
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