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| July 10, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-us-Sani 2, 1426 |
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Algerian army kills 8 rebels -source ALGIERS, July 10 (Reuters) - Algerian military killed eight militants suspected of having al Qaeda ties as part of a large-scale offensive on rebel strongholds ahead of a possible amnesty, a security source said on Sunday. The rebels, of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), were killed on Saturday during an operation in Boumerdes province, some 50 Km (30 miles) east of the capital Algiers. "The terrorists belong to GSPC, which is still focusing its actions in this region," the source told Reuters. It said three soldiers had been injured during the offensive, which is continuing.(Posted @ 23:15 PST)
Australia beat England by seven wickets LONDON, July 10 (AFP) - Australia beat England by seven wickets in the second one-day international at Lord's here Sunday. The result meant the three-match series was level at 1-1 after England won Thursday's opener at Headingley by nine wickets. Australia captain Ricky Ponting scored an 111 as the world champions, chasing 224 for victory, finished on 224 for three with 34 balls to spare. Together with Damien Martyn (39 not out) he put on 120 for the third wicket. Earlier, fast bowler Brett Lee took five for 41 as Australia held England to 223 for eight after winning the toss. Andrew Flintoff (87) and Paul Collingwood shared a stand of 103 after England had collapsed to 45 for four with Geraint Jones (22) adding late runs. The third and final match of the series takes place at The Oval on Tuesday.(Posted @ 22:45 PST)
Landmine kills two children in Kosovo, injures three Pristina (dpa) - Two children from an Albanian family were killed and three other children injured in a landmine blast Sunday as they played near their home, local police confirmed. The mine detonated just 500 metres from the family home in the town of Klina in the province of Tiere. The region was not previously believed to be a heavily mined area. Injuries to two of the children are reported to be life-threatening, according to police in the district town of Pec. The background to the accident remains unclear.(Posted @ 22:38 PST)
Guddu, Trimmu to endure high floods Monday ISLAMABAD, Jul 10 (APP): Chief Meteorologist Shaukat Ali Awan Sunday said that the water level at Guddu Barrage was about 522,000 cusecs at 6:00 pm, but was likely to increase till Monday morning. Talking to PTV he said, water level at Trimmu Barrage was 129,000 cusecs at noon. It has increased upto 135,000 cusecs.It could reach upto 250,000 cusec. It would be from lower to medium level flood.The warning has already been issued to the adjoining villages. The danger level at Sukkur Barrage was 700,000 cusec. Currently 500,000 cusecs water was passing through it, he added.(Posted @ 21:25 PST)
3 dead, 1 missing in southern Japan as heavy rains hit TOKYO, July, 10 (APP/AP) -Heavy rains drenched southern Japan on Sunday, flooding homes, touching off mudslides that buried buildings and leaving three people dead, police said. One other person was missing. More than 360 millimeters of rain had fallen in Hita city, 808 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, in seasonal showers since Saturday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. Public broadcaster NHK said an 81-year-old man in Kokonoe city was buried along with his home by sliding topsoil from a nearby mountain slope. A 91-year-old woman and her 57-year-old son went missing in Hita after a mudslide rammed into their home, but the woman's body was later found, it said. Her son remains missing. In neighboring Nagasaki prefecture, the body of an 80-year-old man was pulled from a rain-swollen river on Saturday, NHK said. The Meteorological Agency forecast as much as 70 millimeters of rain would fall per hour in parts of the southernmost main islands of Kyushu and Shikoku through early Monday.(Posted @ 21:23 PST)
12 Afghan soldiers killed in land mine blast KHOST, Afghanistan, July 10 (AFP) - At least 12 Afghan soldiers were killed and two wounded in southeastern Paktia province after their vehicle ran over a land mine Sunday, the provincial deputy police chief said.The incident occurred as Afghan and US forces were on their way from the provincial capital Gardez to Paktia province's Janikhail district, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of the capital Kabul. It is unknown if any US troops were killed or wounded in the blast, Deputy Police Chief Ghulam Nabi Salim told AFP.(Posted @ 21:20 PST)
Flood destroys eight houses in city CHITRAL: July 10 (APP): At leaset eight houses were washed away by heavy flood at Briep village some 130 KM from Chitral city, police sources said. Flood was caused by melting of snow which damaged eight houses in the area. Residents of the area are shifting to some safer places, police added. It is worth mentioning here that the area received heavy flood a few days earlier as a result some of which 45 houses were damaged. Residents of the area have appealed to the Federal and Provincial governments for compensating the affected people. Meanwhile a woman committed suicide by jumping in Chitral river. Body was later recovered from the river. An aged woman jumped in Chitral River and committed suicide. The deceased belong to Hoon (shiaqotak) near Chitral town. She jumped in Chitral River at some 10.00 am and expired on the spot.(Posted @ 20:05 PST)
Govt preparing strategy to resolve water related issues: Jatoi HYDERABAD, July 10 (APP): Federal Minister for Water and Power, Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi has said that the government is preparing a line of action with consensus of all the four provinces to settle water related issues and avert losses of life and property as a result of floods in future. Talking to newsmen after attending the briefing regarding flood situation at Kaotri Barrage at Jamshoro here Sunday, the minister said President Pervez Musharraf and the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are taking keen interest to revamp and rehabilitate the irrigation system in order to improve the management of available water in the country.(Posted @ 20:02 PST)
British police arrest three at Heathrow Airport LONDON, July 10 (AFP)- Police arrested three people at London's Heathrow Airport under anti-terrorism laws Sunday but said no link had been established with the terror bombings."Three people have been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act at Heathrow Airport but it is not known at this stage whether those arrests are linked to this inquiry or not," a senior London police spokesman, Commander Brian Paddick, told a news conference."Those people are still being detained." Paddick warned against linking the suspects to the attacks. "I am told that it is inappropriate and pure speculation at this stage to be drawing any direct linkages with the attacks in London, and at this stage we are not in a position to give any further information." They were the first arrests to be announced since the deadliest ever terror attack on Britain was perpetrated July 7, killing about 50 people and injuring some 700.(Posted @ 19:48 PST)
20 wounded in explosion at Turkish tourist town Ankara (dpa) - Twenty people were wounded, one seriously, on Sunday after an explosion in the main square of the Aegean tourist resort town of Cesme, the Anadolu news agency reported. The explosion appeared to have been caused by a bomb placed in a rubbish bin near a bank in the main square of Cesme, the report said. The town is an especially popular getaway for residents of Izmir, around 30 kilometres to the east. Bomb experts were searching the wreckage in an effort to determine who might have been behind the attack.(Posted @ 18:45 PST)
Four rebels killed in attack on hideout in north eastern Sri Lanka Colombo (dpa) - Four Tamil rebels were killed Sunday in an attack by a rival gang in the northeastern part of Sri Lanka where clashes between rival groups have intensified over the past few months, military officials said.(Posted @ 18:45 PST)
Pakistan Finished 7th in Junior World Cup Hockey Rotterdam July 10, Pakistan defeated Korea 6 goals to 1 in junior world cup hockey to finished 7th on the overall ranking table.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
32 persons drown in sea in Iran TEHERAN, July 10 (PPI): A total of 32 persons have drowned in the Caspian Sea in northern Iran in a day, the national radio said Sunday. Most persons could not swim. They went into water due to strong heat that had hit Iran in the past few days. Local authorities has imposed restrictions for bathing in dangerous places. (Posted @ 17:18 PST)
Pakistanis in US urged to invest in homeland NEW YORK, July 10 (APP): Three Pakistani ministers urged their compatriots living in the US to invest in the development of the country while assuring them of stepped up efforts to resolve the problems they faced here and at home.Minister of State for Overseas Pakistanis, Senator Tariq Azim Khan, Minister for State for Interior, Shahzad Wasim and Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat said that investment climate in Pakistan had vastly improved and opportunities were limitless. The ministers were speaking at a convention of overseas Pakistanis at the Consulate General of Pakistan in New York onSunday at which Pakistanis living here pointed out their certain probelms in the US and with regard to investment in Pakistan.(Posted @ 17:15 PST)
PM Shaukat Aziz leaves for Germany Islamabad,July 10 (PPI)Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on the first leg of his two nation visit to Germany and Italy left for Berlin on Sunday. The Prime Minister during his stay in Germany, will hold official talks with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on enhancing bilateral trade, investment and economic cooperation. Regional and global issues of mutual interest including Kashmir, Middle East and Afghanistan would also come under discussion. The Prime Minister's program also includes Round Table Conference with top German Businessmen. (Posted @ 17:13 PST)
Gunmen kill two in Thailand's troubled south NARATHIWAT, Thailand, July 10 (AFP) - Suspected militants gunned down two men in separate attacks as violence continues in Thailand's troubled south, local police said Sunday.Manamee Teuloh, 42, died instantly after he was shot in the head and body late Saturday in front of his house in Narathiwat province's Janae district while talking with his neighbours, a police officer said.He had just returned from prayers when the two men on a motorcycle stopped at his house and opened fired with a shotgun and an AK-47 assault rifle, the officer said.(Posted @ 17:10 PST)
Church of England leader condemns 'spirit of murder' LONDON, July 10 (AFP) - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, leader of the Church of England, condemned Sunday the "spirit of murder and humiliation" in the wake of the London bombings.(Posted @ 16:25 PST)
Iraq suicide bombings kill at least 28, wound dozens more BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 10 (APP/AP) _ Suicide bombings struck throughout Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 28 and wounding dozens more in three attacks on an army recruiting center, a police convoy and civilians, authorities said. In the deadliest blast Sunday, a man strapped with explosives blew himself up at a west Baghdad airfield now used as a military recruiting center, police said. Early casualty reports varied, with a hospital official saying at least 21 died while a Defense Ministry employee reported up to 25 killed. Separately, a suicide car bomber rammed into a police convoy near the northern city of Mosul, killing four policemen and wounding three, police said. (Posted @ 15:04 PST)
Rocket hits in Afghan capital, no casualties reported Kabul (dpa) - The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said that a rocket landed near the U.S. embassy in Afghan capital Kabul early Sunday morning but caused no casualties, Lieutenant-Colonel Karen Tissot Van Patot told dpa. According Afghan police, the rocket landed in Wazir-Akbar Khan area where most of the foreign workers are living. (Posted @ 11:18 PST)
Monster Hurricane Dennis heads for US Gulf Coast MIAMI, July 10 (Reuters) - Deadly Hurricane Dennis strengthened into a monster storm capable of causing serious damage as it thundered toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, forecast to hit land later on Sunday somewhere near the Alabama-Florida border. Dennis, which killed 32 people in a rampage past Haiti and over Cuba before heading into the Gulf of Mexico early on Saturday, was carrying winds of 135 mph (217 kph) by early on Sunday morning and forecasters said it could strengthen further before slamming ashore. (Posted @ 11:14 PST)
Islamic centres attacked in New Zealand AUCKLAND, July 10 (AFGP) - At least four Islamic centres in New Zealand have been vandalised following the deadly bombings in London claimed by Muslim militant groups, police said Sunday. Windows were smashed at the New Zealand Muslim Association mosque in Auckland on Saturday night as well as two other mosques and the Al Faroq Cultural Centre in Auckland's south. Prime Minister Helen Clark was quick to condemn the attacks. (Posted @ 11:08 PST)
Two killed in car bomb explosion in northern Iraq KIRKUK, Iraq, July 10 (AFP) - Two people were killed and eight wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber detonated his booby-trapped car outside Kirkuk's municipal offices, in northern Iraq, police said. The municipality is controlled by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, one of two Kurdish factions in northern Iraq. (Posted @ 11:06 PST)
Rice raises human rights, religious freedom, currency issues with China BEIJING, July 10 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised with Chinese leaders Sunday human rights, religious freedom and copyright piracy concerns and pressed for a more flexible currency regime for the world's most ppulous nation. Without elaborating, she listed these concerns to reporters after talks with her Chinese counterpart, Li Zhaoxing, and ahead of meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. (Posted @ 11:02 PST)
Birmingham city centre to re-open after bomb scare evacuation LONDON, July 10 (AFP) - The cordon around central Birmingham was to lift Sunday police said after evacuating about 20,000 people overnight, citing a threat to Britain's second city. Bomb disposal squad officers said a suspect box with wires and a switch investigated in the Broad Street entertainment quarter was harmless. Sky News television said cordons in part of the city centre were beginning to be removed. "Searches along Broad Street are still ongoing. Broad Street and Chinatown both remain cordoned off until further searches are complete," a spokeswoman said. (Posted @ 11:01 PST)
Six Afghan police beheaded, four killed by suspected Taliban insurgents KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 10 (AFP) - Six missing Afghan police were found beheaded after they were snatched away from their convoy in a Taliban attack which left four other police killed and three wounded, officials said Sunday. The convoy of about 30 policemen was on a routine patrol when it came under attack Saturday in the Bahramcha area of Deshu district in Helmand province, some 690 kilometers (431 miles) south of the capital Kabul. "Four police were killed in the two-hour exchange of fire and six other missing police were later found beheaded with their heads atop their chest after a long search for them," Mohammed Rasoul the border brigade commander of Deshu district told AFP. Initially 16 police went missing soon after the fighting, six police were found immediately, four were killed on the spot and six police were taken by Taliban, Rasoul said. The headless bodies of the captured six were later found close to the Pakistani border, he added. (Posted @ 10:57 PST)
British mosque targeted by arsonists LONDON, July 9 (APP/AFP) - Suspected arsonists set a mosque in northwest England on fire Saturday, police said, two days after a string of bomb attacks across London killed at least 50 people. The mosque door was burnt and there was some smoke damage inside, a Merseyside police spokesman said. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
US, Britain mull major troop pull-out from Iraq next year LONDON, July 10 (AFP) - The United States and Britain are considering the withdrawal of more than 100,000 coalition troops from Iraq next year as one of many options but no decision has been made, the British defence ministry said Sunday. "We have always said that it is our intention to hand over the lead in fighting terrorists to the Iraqi Security Forces as their capability increases," said a defence ministry spokeswoman. "We therefore continually produce papers outlining possible options... this is but one of a number of papers produced over recent months covering various possible scenarios," she told AFP. "It is simply prudent planning." The spokeswoman was referring to a document by British Defence Secretary John Reid, which was leaked to the Mail on Sunday. It showed Washington hoped to hand over control of security to the Iraqi security forces in 14 out of 18 provinces in Iraq by early next year, allowing it to slash US-led troop levels to 66,000 from 176,000. (Posted @ 09:10 PST)
Luxembourg heads to the polls in tight race over EU constitution LUXEMBOURG, July 10 (AFP) - Luxembourg voters headed to the polls on Sunday in a referendum that could give a fresh breath of life to the EU's moribund constitution or put another nail in its coffin. The vote, the first referendum on the draft charter since the French and Dutch turned it down a little over a month ago, will also decide the political fate of Prime Minister Jean-Calude Juncker, who has promised to resign if the constitution is also shot down in Luxembourg. (Posted @ 09:10 PST)
Voting begins in Kyrgyzstan Presidential poll BISHKEK, July 10 (AFP) - Voters in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan went to the polls on Sunday to elect a president to succeed ousted leader Askar Akayev, but for some observers the vote has already been marred by a lack of any real choice. Widely tipped to win is interim president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, a former electrical engineer and Akayev-era prime minister who was swept to power as protestors stormed the seat of government on March 24, prompting Akayev to flee to Russia. Following the ouster of veteran leader Akayev, who escaped to Moscow, Bakiyev eased his path to victory by neutralizing his main election rival, former political prisoner Felix Kulov, by promising the ex-security boss the prime minister's post. Ahead of the vote a number of other candidates were knocked out on technicalities, leaving Bakiyev competing against five virtually unknown candidates who barely campaigned at all. (Posted @ 08:57 PST)
Ten years on, survivors recall the horror of Srebrenica SARAJEVO, July 10 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather near the Bosnian town of Srebrenica on Monday to mark the 10th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II, and also to bury the remains of some 600 victims. The commemoration of the killing of an estimated 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces is expected to be tense, particularly since police last week found large quantities of explosives near the memorial cemetery in Potocari, just outside the town. International dignitaries including Foreign Ministers Philippe Douste-Blazy of France, Jack Straw of Britain and Bernard Bot of The Netherlands are expected to join massacre survivors and families of victims at the ceremony. Organisers are expecting some 50,000 people to attend. The United States has said that a "senior delegation" will attend (Posted @ 08:56 PST)
A strong quake prompts panic in Indonesia's Sulawesi island JAKARTA, July 10 (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale on Sunday rocked an area in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi, prompting widespread panic but no casualties or significant damage, officials said. The quake was centered about 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) underground, some 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) southwest of the provincial capital of Palu at 7:59 am (23:59 GMT Saturday), said Hardianto of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency. (Posted @ 08:56 PST)
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