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| June 25, 2005 | Saturday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 17, 1426 |
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Car bomb explodes in Madrid, no casualties MADRID, June 25 (AFP) - A car bomb exploded in Madrid on Saturday evening but there were no casualties, emergency services said.Police cordoned off the area after the blast which occurred shortly after 7 pm (1700 GMT) outside the Peineta sports stadium in the eastern San Blas district of the Spanish capital. Regional Basque government sources said the blast came shortly after a telephone call reputedly from armed Basque separatist group ETA to Basque newspaper Gara saying an explosive device had been placed inside a car parked at the venue.(Posted @ 23:22 PST)
Collective approach of society urged for ending addiction Karachi, June 25 (PPI): Health experts at anti-narcotics day seminar on Saturday called for consolidated efforts of parents, teachers, friends and media to check increasing number of drug addicts in the country. The seminar on "Stop Addiction, Save the Nation" was organized by Healthcare Forum in collaboration with Anti-Narcotics Force Sindh to celebrate International Anti-Narcotics Day, being observed on June 26 here at local hotel. Force Commander, ANF Karachi Brig. Muhammad Farooq Shaukat was chief guest on the occasion.(Posted @ 22:10 PST)
Israel prepared to return to Gaza in the event of violence Berlin (dpa) - Despite the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Israel is prepared to remain in the Palestinian territory in the event of violence, Israeli Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Berlin's BZ on Sunday paper. Even after the controversial withdrawal, which is due to start August 17, Israel will return at any time to Gaza to maintain order, said Ezra. "If the Palestinians do not remain calm and do not to cooperate, Israel will strike back," the minister said. Ezra said however that settlers houses in Gaza would be destroyed to ensure that they could not return.(Posted @ 22:00 PST)
President Musharraf holds talks with Crown Prince RIYADH, June 25 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud held wide-ranging talks here Saturday with a thrust on further cementing the multi-facetted relationship between the two countries. The two leaders also exchanged views on a host of regional and international issues of common interests including, Middle East situation, reform and restructuring of the Organization of Islamic Conference, Pakistan-India relationship and counter terror and security issues. During the meeting the two leaders agreed on enhancing relations in the political, economic, commercial, investment and counter terror and security areas.(Posted @ 20:13 PST)
At least 11 killed, 20 wounded in bombings in Iraq's Samarra SAMARRA, Iraq, June 25 (AFP) - At least 11 people were killed and 20 wounded in twin attacks targeting the home of an officer in an Iraqi special force unit in Samarra, north of Baghdad, police said. In the first attack a suicide car bomber blew himself up outside the officer's home in eastern Samarra killing nine and wounding 16. Shortly after, a roadside bomb went off nearby that killed two and wounded four, said the source, adding that four homes were destroyed from the impact of the blast.(Posted @ 20:05 PST)
Australia beat Bangladesh MANCHESTER, England, June 25 (AFP) - Australia beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the triangular one-day international at Old Trafford here Saturday.Bangladesh: 139 all out (Ashrful 58, Nafees 47 – Symonds 5 for 18). Australia 140 for no wicket in 19 overs (Gilchrist 66, Hayden 66).(Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Explosion kills two alleged munitions smugglers in Pakistani tribal area ISLAMABAD, June 25 (AFP) - A private truck allegedly smuggling munitions exploded on Saturday in a remote Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, killing the driver and another person, officials said. The explosion occurred near Wana, the main town in South Waziristan district where Pakistani army troops are battling Al-Qaeda-linked militants. "The truck was smuggling explosives into Waziristan," local administration official Anwar Zeb told AFP.(Posted @ 19:08 PST)
Afghan operation kills 178 Taliban, leaders escape KABUL, June 25 (Reuters) - A total of 178 Taliban fighters were killed and 56 captured in three days of fighting in south Afghanistan, one of the group's bloodiest setbacks since their 2001 overthrow, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday. But senior Taliban commanders thought to have been in the area of the U.S.-backed operation, in the region where the provinces of Kandahar, Uruzgan and Zabul meet, escaped, ministry spokesman Mohammad Ishaq Paiman said. The Interior Ministry on Friday gave a toll of 109 guerrillas dead adding that said most were killed by U.S. air strikes but the U.S. military on Wednesday gave an estimate of 40-50 guerrillas dead, and has not provided any fresh estimates.(Posted @ 19:00 PST)
Pakistan welcomes new President of Iran ISLAMABAD, June 25 (APP): Pakistan Saturday welcoming the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the new President of Iran expressed the hope that the relations between the two countries would continue to strengthen in future.(Posted @ 18:40 PST)
Just over 10% of Karachi's Afghan Refugees return home LAHORE June 25 (APP)-The United Nation's Refugee Agency said on Saturday it had assisted more than ten percent of the Afghans living in Karachi to voluntarily repatriate to Afghanistan this year. Since the start of the UNHCR voluntary repatriation in 2002 around 2,53,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from Karachi and parts of Sindh, it said.(Posted @ 18:35 PST)
President Musharraf reaches Riyadh RIYADH, June 25 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf arrived here Saturday to a warm welcome at the start of a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia. Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz received the President at the airport in a rare gesture of warm and close relationship between the two brotherly countries.(Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Eight policemen, five Shiite poultry vendors killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, June 25 (AFP) - The bodies of eight Iraqi policemen, five poultry vendors and a Baghdad municipal official were found in three dirrerent areas in and around the capital Saturday, said security sources and relatives. A crude pipeline was attacked with an explosive device Friday . In the Zankura area of Ramadi, Jubair al-Jilbawi, an alleged partisan of Iraq's most wanted man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was arrested from his home. In other incidents, a civilian was killed and four wounded in clashes with insurgents in Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq after a roadside bomb attack against a US military convoy, and an Iraqi Kurdish contractor was shot dead and another wounded in a drive-by shooting south of Kirkuk.(Posted @ 18:16 PST)
At least 19 killed by lethal liquor in eastern Kenya: hospital NAIROBI, June 25 (AFP) - At least 19 people died and several dozen were admitted to hospital on Saturday after drinking an illegal brew in Kenya's Eastern province, hospital officials said. "Police brought seven people dead ; others died in hospital, they said adding that some have been blinded by the adulterated concoction.(Posted @ 17:55 PST)
Two injured in bomb attack on Russian train MOSCOW, June 25 (Reuters) - A bomb went off on a railway line in Russia's turbulent North Caucasus region on Saturday midnight , injuring two crew on a maintenance engine, the Interfax news agency reported. Interfax said rail traffic between Moscow and Dagestan had been suspended for a few hours. Russian forces have been battling rebels in Chechnya for more than a decade and violence has spilled into nearby provinces including Dagestan.(Posted @ 17:35 PST)
Foreign warships mass off England for fleet review LONDON, June 25 (Reuters) - Warships gathered off the English coast on Saturday for the world's biggest review of navies to be held on Tuesday in front of Queen Elizabeth. By Sunday night a total of 156 ships and warships from 40 navies will be massed in front of the naval base at Portsmouth to commemorate British naval hero Horatio Nelson's victory over a combined French and Spanish fleet on Oct. 21, 1805. "It is the biggest ever international naval assembly in terms of the number of fleets involved. There are ships from more than 40 countries and navy heads from more than 50 navies," a spokeswoman for Trafalgar 200 said.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Occupied Kashmir:Two CRPF soldiers commit suicide Jammu, June 25 (PPI): Two Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers committed suicide in separate incidents in Jammu and Islamabad districts of occupied Kashmir Kashmir Media Service reported that CRPF soldier, Rajan, committed suicide using his own service rifle. He was posted at Katra, the base camp of Vaishnodevi shrine, Islamabad district. Another CRPF soldier , Ranjeet of 143 battalion, ended his life by consuming some poisonous substance at Jammu railway station, during guard duty.(Posted @ 16:35 PST)
TROOPS MARTYR TWO MORE KASHMIRI YOUTH SRINAGAR, June 25 (APP): In occupied Kashmir, the India troops, in their fresh acts of state-terrorism, martyred two more Kashmiri youth.One youth was shot dead at Lalpora village in Dardpora area of Kupwara and another in Kangan tehsil of Srinagar. The firing by the troops also caused injuries to the father of the martyred youth. Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen shot at and injured a worker of the puppet Chief Minister's party, PDP, at Qazigund, Islamabad. A woman was similarly injured in the same area.(Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Pakistan strongly against hijacking agenda of UN reforms ISLAMABAD, June 25 (APP): Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri has said his country is strongly against the proposal to increase the number of permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and stressed the agenda of UN reforms should not be hijacked. "We oppose the expansion of the UNSC and veto power in principle as we believe strongly in the principle of sovereign equality of states," Kasuri told the Chinese news agency Xinhua in an interview here. Kasuri said Pakistan, along with Italy, took the lead in uniting the countries opposed to the expansion and was trying to build a "broad consensus." He urged the Group of Four (G4) -- Germany, Japan, India and Brazil which are striving for permanent seats -- not to stir up division in the world body.(Posted @ 16:25 PST)
NOTHING LESS THAN LIBERATION ACCEPTABLE: NAYEEM SRINAGAR, June 25 (APP): In occupied Kashmir, the National Front (NF) Chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan said any solution imposed on Kashmiris against their wishes will not succeed. According to Kashmir Media Service, Khan said at a public meeting that Kashmiris would not accept anything less than liberation from foreign domination and warned that India's stubborn attitude was posing serious threat to peace in South Asia. (Posted @ 16:24 PST)
Top al-Zarqawi aide killed in U.S. attack: report Amman (dpa) - A senior member of Iraq's al-Qaeda branch was killed recently in a U.S. crackdown on insurgents in the Iraqi town of Qaim near the Syrian border, a Jordanian newspaper reported Saturday. Khalid Suleiman Darwish, better known as Abu Alghadiya, was among those killed in the operation, the daily Alghad quoted "well- informed sources" as saying. Abu Alghadiya, a Syrian dentist married to a Jordanian woman, was described by Arab media as the "number two" in Iraq's al-Qaeda network and tipped to succeed its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. A statement posted Thursday on a website announced the death of another al-Qaeda fighter , Abdullah al-Rashoud, a Saudi national.(Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Pakistan's Musharraf departs for Saudi Arabia ISLAMABAD (DPA) - Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf departed Saturday for Saudi Arabia to coordinate efforts aimed at resolving the Palestinian conflict with the kingdom."It is very clear that we want resolution of the dispute and the creation of Palestinian state. I would like to discuss this matter with my hosts," Musharraf told reporters before departing Chaklala airbase near Islamabad. Musharraf said his talks with the Saudi leadership would also cover bilateral, regional and international issues including reform of the U.N. reform and the war on terror. (Posted @ 16:04 PST)
Ahmadinejad elected Iran's president TEHRAN, June 25 (AFP) - Tehran mayor Mahmood Ahmadinejad swept to a shock landslide victory in Iran's presidential election Saturday. With all votes counted, Ahmadinejad scored 61.69 percent against Rafsanjani's 35.92 percent. Turnout of the 46,811,418 eligible voters was 59.72 percent, slightly lower than last week's first round of the vote. (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
Pakistan rejects Russian allegation it has camps for CAsian militants ISLAMABAD, June 25 (AFP) - Pakistan Saturday brushed aside Moscow's allegation that there were training camps for Central Asian militants on its territory. "There are no terrorist camps in Pakistan," foreign ministry spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani told AFP, commenting on a statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "We are surprised at the reported remarks by the Russian foreign minister. As a matter of fact Pakistan has taken decisive steps to root out this phenomenon from the soil of Pakistan,"he said adding that the role and sacrifices made by Pakistan, a key US ally in the "war on terror", has been acknowledged by the international community. (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
Kashmiri separatists ready for talks with Delhi SRINAGAR, June 25 (Reuters) - Kashmiri separatist leaders, freshly returned from talks in Pakistan, said on Saturday they wanted to resume suspended discussions with New Delhi. "We talked to leaders in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir and we want now talks between Kashmir and New Delhi and, if possible, with Indian opposition parties too," said Moulana Abbas Ansari. "The peace process is on and laying conditions for talks has no place," Ansari said. "The entire world lives on hope, and we too hope, the Kashmir dispute can be resolved in near future." (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Iran's Ahmadinejad urges reconciliation after poll TEHRAN, June 25 (Reuters) - President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday urged Iranians to put aside their differences after winning a divisive presidential run-off that split the country broadly along class lines. "Today is a day when we have to forget all our rivalries and turn them into friendships," Ahmadinejad said in comments broadcast on state radio, his first since being declared winner of Friday's election. "We are one nation and one big family. We should help each other to make a great society," he added. (Posted @ 15:35 PST)
Eight Iraqi police killed west of Baghdad RAMADI, Iraq, June 25 (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a police station on a highway outside the city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on Saturday, killing eight police officers and injuring one, Brigadier General Shakir Mohammed Salih, the chief of police said. (Posted @ 15:34 PST)
Algerian militants kill policeman, injure 5 others ALGIERS, June 25 (Reuters) - An Algerian policeman was killed and five others were injured in bomb attacks blamed on the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), a militant group aligned with al Qaeda, newspapers said on Saturday. Several policemen were injured when a home-made device exploded near a police convoy on Thursday near Azzefoun, 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital Algiers, El Watan said. A second bomb exploded remotely when police reinforcements arrived near the scene of the first attack, and one policeman was killed. (Posted @ 15:34 PST)
Hundreds of rebels storm Nepal army checkpoint, at least three dead KATHMANDU, June 25 (AFP) - Hundreds of Maoist rebels stormed an army check post in Nepal's far southwest, sparking fierce clashes that left at least three people dead, an army spokesman said Saturday. The army launched an air and land counter-attack after the raid late Friday and intense fighting continued until dawn Saturday, the spokesman added. (Posted @ 13:00 PST)
Bush acknowledges 'grim' images from Iraq WASHINGTON, June 25 (AFP) - President George W. Bush Saturday acknowledged the "grim" daily images of violence in Iraq in his weekly radio address but insisted that US efforts to stabilize the troubled country were working. "The military track of our strategy is to defeat the terrorists and continue helping Iraqis take greater responsibilities for defending their freedom," adding that "the images we see on television are a grim reminder that the enemies of freedom in Iraq are ruthless killers with no regard for human life." (Posted @ 10:23 PST)
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