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| June 28, 2005 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1426 |
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Australia 261-9 against England BIRMINGHAM, England, June 28 (AFP) - Australia, after winning the toss, scored 261 for nine against England in their Triangular Series day/night one-day international at Edgbaston here Tuesday. Both sides had already qualified for Saturday's final at Lord's.(Posted @ 22:45 PST)
Saudi issues new list of 36 suspected terrorist RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 28 (APP/AP): Saudi Arabia issued Tuesday a new list of 36 men wanted for acts of terror, calling on people to report them to the police, the official Saudi Press Agency said. The Interior Ministry said 15 of the 36 were believed to be in the kingdom, while the whereabouts of the remainder were unknown. In its statement, the ministry urged the suspects to surrender and said their families had been informed that they were wanted. The ministry warned people against helping the suspects, saying they could be charged with terrorism. Of the 36 men on the list, 29 are Saudis. There are three men from Chad, a Moroccan, a Kuwaiti, a Yemeni and a Mauritanian.(Posted @ 22:40 PST)
Pakistan releases 45 prisoners returned from Afghanistan LAHORE, June 28 (APP): As many as forty five prisoners who were detained in Shabarghan jail Afghanistan by US authorities in the wake of 9/11 terrorist acts were released from Kot Lakhpat jail Tuesday. An official said about forty other prisoners will also be released from the same jail on July 1, 39 from Mianwali Jail, 49 from Faisalabad and 70 from Sahiwal Jail. Only six Pakistani nationals still remain at Guantenamo Bay, the official added.(Posted @ 21:45 PST)
Wimbledon women's singles quarterfinal results LONDON, England, June 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Wimbledon Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Tuesday: Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Nadia Petrova (Russia) 7-6(6) 6-3; Amelie Mauresmo (France) beat 9-Anastasia Myskina (Russia) 6-3 6-4.(Posted @ 21:40 PST)
Russian prisoners slash wrists, necks in protest MOSCOW, June 28 (Reuters) - Several hundred (media figures ranged from 240 to 700) Russian prisoners at the Lgov prison camp in the Kursk region, south of Moscow, slashed their wrists, necks or legs on Tuesday in a coordinated protest over breaches of their rights, local media reported.(Posted @ 21:38 PST)
Islamic states demand permanent seat in UN Security Council SANAA, June 28 (AFP) - Foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) opened a meeting Tuesday with a call for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council. OIC secretary general, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, urged a greater role for Muslim countries in world affairs and demanded a "permanent representation of the Islamic world in the UN Security Council".(Posted @ 21:35 PST)
Pakistan, India hold eleventh round of talks on Wullar Barrage NEW DELHI, June 28 (APP): Pakistan and India on Tuesday held talks on Wullar Barrage within the framework of the composite dialogue process between the two countries. Pakistan's seven-member delegation was led by Secretary Water and Power, Ashfaq Mehmood, while the Indian side was headed by J Harinarayan, Water Resource Secretary. Both sides have reportedly agreed to ink the minutes of the two-day meeting on the issue for the first time and a joint statement is likely to be issued tomorrow at the conclusion of the talks.(Posted @ 21:30 PST)
President says Pakistan to achieve progress through science and technology ISLAMABAD, June 28 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday held out Pakistan's resolve to the promotion of science and technology in an inaugural address to the 30th International Nathiagali Summer College session, organized by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. He said that accelerated economic growth achieved through modern knowledge would help reduce poverty as well as curb the malaise of extremism in the long-term perspective.(Posted @ 17:48 PST)
Three policemen, one suspected militant killed in Afghan ambush KABUL, June 28 (AFP) - Three policemen and a suspected militant were killed in an ambush on a police vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday. A local police chief was also injured in the Monday night attack in the Dawlat Shah district of Laghman province, the official added. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack.(Posted @ 17:45 PST)
PM announces Rs 100 million relief package for NWFP flood affectees NOWSHERA, June 28 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Tuesday announced a Rs 100 million relief package for the rehabilitation of people devastated by the recent flash floods in the NWFP. Addressing a gathering here to distribute relief goods among the affectees, the Prime Minister assured full support of the federal government to help mitigate sufferings of the people struck by the floods.(Posted @ 17:45 PST)
Russia wants to build more nuke reactors for Iran MOSCOW, June 28 (Reuters) - Russia wants to construct up to six new nuclear reactors for Iran, despite U.S. criticism, Moscow's head of Atomic Energy Agency, Alexander Rumyantsev, said Tuesday. "When Iran announces new tenders to construct nuclear reactors, we'll take part in them," he said.(Posted @ 17:43 PST)
Iraq calls for halt to U.N. Gulf War compensation GENEVA, June 28 (Reuters) - Iraq on Tuesday called for ending a United Nations programme under which it pays compensation for damage from its 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the 1991 Gulf War, arguing debts should be settled bilaterally. "We suggest we stop the payments of five percent from oil revenues...it is too much for us. We think it is time now to stop and leave Iraq to negotiate directly with the states concerned," Iraqi deputy foreign minister Mohammed Hamud Bidan said before addressing the governing council of U.N.’s Compensation Commission.(Posted @ 17:41 PST)
Sharon vows to stop pullout foes' "wild behaviour" JERUSALEM, June 28 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday the "wild behaviour" of ultranationalist Jews bent on scuttling his Gaza pullout plan posed a threat to Israeli democracy and would be stamped out. "This minority does not represent the (wider) collective of settlers. We must all remember that the call to disobedience and attempts to disrupt lives of Israelis endangers the existence of Israel as a Jewish and democratic nation," he said.(Posted @ 17:40 PST)
France to host nuclear fusion project MOSCOW, June 28 (Reuters) - France is to host the world's first nuclear fusion reactor, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), at a cost of 10-billion-euro ($12.18 billion) in Cadarache beating off a rival bid from Japan, the project's multinational partners agreed Tuesday. It seeks to mimic the way the sun produces energy, potentially providing an inexhaustible source of low-cost energy using seawater as fuel.(Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Pakistan cut off from world by under-sea cable fault KARACHI, June 28 (AFP) - Pakistan's Internet and cell phone links with the rest of the world were severed Tuesday by a fault in a key submarine cable that engineers said could take two weeks to repair. Millions of people were affected by the breakdown in the main fibre-optic link beneath the Arabian Sea 35 kilometers south of Karachi, which was detected late Monday, officials and Internet service providers said. The complex repair work may require a complete shut down, potentially causing disruption in India, the United Arab Emirates, Djibouti and Oman, which are also linked to the damaged cable, officials said. "This is a highly sophisticated operation and only specialised companies can undertake such a delicate task under the sea," Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) chief engineer Shahid Ahmed said. "Pakistan has no such ability." The cable is owned by a consortium of 92 countries with Singtel of Singapore acting as its operating agents. "We are holding a multilateral conference to fix the problem and asked Singtel to arrange for the rectification of the fault," Ahmed said. He said Singtel has appointed E-Marine, a UAE-based company, to fix the fault. They had dispatched a ship which may take 18 to 24 hours to reach the site, he added.(Posted @ 16:38 PST)
Indian troops kill two suspected militants, foil attack on held Kashmir minister SRINAGAR, June 28 (AFP) - Indian troops shot dead two suspected militants near the LoC in southern Poonch district late Monday. In the southern town of Bijbehara Monday evening police arrested a suspect who was about to hurl a hand grenade towards held state’s home minister Abdul Rehman Veeri as he spoke to a crowd of people, a police spokesman said. (Posted @ 14:21 PST)
Islamic foreign ministers meet in Yemen SANAA, June 28 (AFP) - Foreign ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference gathered here Tuesday to examine issues ranging from OIC reforms to the creation of a fund to cope with tsunami-like disasters and Islamic representation on the UN Security Council. Turkish Cypriots have observer status but their state is recognized only by Turkey. Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi said delegations from Russia, Italy, Germany and Spain will for the first time attend the conference as observers. (Posted @ 14:21 PST)
Ten killed in Iraq, June 28 BAGHDAD, June 28 (Reuters) – Ten persons were killed and at least 19 injured in acts of violence in Iraq Tuesday. A suicide car bomber killed parliament member Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, his son and three bodyguards, blowing up their convoy on a road in the northern outskirts of the capital, Baghdad police sources said. A suicide bomber dressed in police uniform blew himself up at a police guard station inside a hospital in the town of Musayyib, 70 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad. Police in Babel province said three people were killed and 13 wounded. Two bodyguards were killed and six people ere wounded in a remote-control car bomb attack targeting the head of the traffic police in the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Police Colonel Salar Mohammed survived the assassination attempt, police sources said. (Posted @ 14:05 PST)
Lebanon's parliament re-elects pro-Syria speaker BEIRUT, June 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament re-elected veteran pro-Syrian politician Nabih Berri as speaker for a fourth consecutive term on Tuesday. The 128-seat assembly, dominated by opponents of Syria for the first time since the 1975-1990 civil war, voted by an overwhelming majority for Berri to return. Berri, leader of the Amal Movement, has held the position of speaker, the highest open to a Shi'ite Muslim under Lebanon's sectarian system, since 1992. (Posted @ 14:05 PST)
U.S. Marines launch major operation in west Iraq BAGHDAD, June 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Marines launched a major operation in western Iraq on Tuesday, dispatching 1,000 troops against suspected insurgents in the western Euphrates river valley. "Operation Saif (Sword) began early this morning to root out terrorists and foreign fighters living along the Euphrates River between the cities of Haditha and Hit," the Marines said in a statement. Marine and army units were backed by a company of 100 Iraqi soldiers, it said. (Posted @ 14:04 PST)
Pakistan Supreme Court orders rearrest of gang rape accused ISLAMABAD, June 28 (AFP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court Tuesday ordered the arrest of five suspects who were earlier acquitted of gang raping a woman on the orders of a village council. (Posted @ 13:09 PST)
Transport strike in India as left protests fuel price hike NEW DELHI, June 28 (AFP) - India's powerful communists, who prop up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition government, hit the streets Tuesday to lead a 24-hour nationwide transport strike in protest at a hike in fuel prices. Major left leaders and activists, carrying red banners and flags, staged a demonstration on one of the busiest streets of New Delhi, forcing police to divert traffic. Elsewhere, truckers and other commercial vehicles remained off roads across many parts of the country as part of the "wheel-jam" called by left wing-supported transport unions demanding a reversal of the hike. (Posted @ 13:05 PST)
Asian News editors conference hails medias role in Pakistan BEIJING, June 28 (APP): Annual Asia News editors' conference here lauded the media's role in Pakistan and said it reflects development of a free press in the country. The conference of Asia News Network (ANN), a grouping of 14 newspapers from Asia was arranged by the leading local newspaper, the China Daily. It was attended by about 30 editors and media executives of various regional newspapers. While reviewing media's role in the Asian countries, they noted that a free media's policy in Pakistan has not only brought in a variety of new TV and Radio Channels and Newspapers but also enhanced the capabilities of professional journalists to work more effectively. (Posted @ 11:23 PST)
Three Buddhists shot dead, teachers' homes attacked in troubled Thai south PATTANI, Thailand (AFP) June 28 - Three Buddhists including a mute labourer were shot and killed and teachers' homes were attacked in southern Thailand Tuesday, police said adding that investigators were still at the scene. (Posted @ 11:23 PST)
15 dead, many wounded in clan war in southern Philippines ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, June 28 (AFP) - Gunmen stormed a village in the southern Philippines early Tuesday, killing 15 people and wounding many others in an attack police suspect was motivated by a feud between two families. Three women and eight children were shot dead while 23 others were taken to hospital where four more died. (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 176.36 points: KARACHI, June 28: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 7431.80, up 176.36 points from Monday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:20 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, June 28: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.5 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:20 PST)
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