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| July 14, 2005 | Thursday | Jumadi-us-Sani 6, 1426 |
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Four killed in Yemen prison attack Sana'a (dpa) - A policeman and three tribesmen were killed Thursday in a clash following an attack on a prison in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan, tribal sources said. The sources said a group of armed men belonging to the al-Kazim clan tried to storm a detention facility attached to a police compound in an effort to free fellow clansmen detained there. The attack took place in the Ahwar district of Abyan, about 450 kilometres south of the capital Sana'a.(Posted @ 23:05 PST)
American Muslims issue TV ad to condemn London bombings WASHINGTON, July 14 (AFP) - Muslims must not let extremists hijack their faith, a prominent American Islamic group warned Thursday in a television public service announcement issued in the wake of the London bombings. Stung by criticisms that Islamic leaders have not done enough to condemn the blasts blamed by police on British Muslims, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent the spot to television stations across the United States.(Posted @ 22:55 PST)
At least 15 rebels killed in Colombia Bogota (dpa) - The Colombian military said Thursday it had killed at least 15 fighters from the left wing National Liberation Army (ELN) in the southwestern region. The military had also uncovered and secured large numbers of weapons and munitions in Jamundi, said General Hernando Perez. ELN, with 8,000 armed men and women, is Colombia's second largest guerrilla organization. Peace efforts between the rebels and the conservative government have been unsuccessful despite international efforts, including from Mexico.(Posted @ 22:45 PST)
NWFP Assembly Passes HASBA BILL PESHAWAR July 14 (PPI) The NWFP Assembly passed Hasbah Bill on Thursday with 68 to 34 votes.Opposition members continued their protest and wore black arm bands but tookpart in the debate.The opposition termed the Bill as unlawful,unconstitutional and un-Islamic(Posted @ 20:34 PST)
Two-day Kashmir Conference starts WASHINGTON, Jul. 14 (APP)- The Fifth International Kashmir Peace Conference, organized by the Kashmiri-American Council and the Association of Humanitarian Lawyers started at the Capitol Hill Thursday. The topic for the two-day conference is: 'The Kashmir Dispute and Building a Peaceful South Asia.' The speakers on the first day of the conference include, Kashmir Affairs Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat; Member, Kashmir Committee and Religious Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq; and member Kashmir Committee Senator Aslam Buledi; AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat, and Muslim Conference leader Sardar Atiq. The welcome address was delivered by Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, execute director of the Kashmiri American Council and Ms. Karen Parker of the Association of Humanitarian Lawyers. The topic before the first session is: 'India - Pakistan Relations: Breaking the Deadlock over Kashmir,' which is to be moderated by Khalid J. Qazi, M.D.(Posted @ 20:28 PST)
Cricket-Lawson rocks Sri Lanka before Vaas fight-back COLOMBO, July 14 (Reuters) - Pace bowler Jermaine Lawson rocked Sri Lanka by taking four wickets to help West Indies to a 58-run first-innings lead on day two of the first test. Sri Lanka were dismissed for 227 in reply to West Indies' 285. Chaminda Vaas struck back trapping Xavier Marshall (two) and Runako Moryon (0) and Muralitharan followed up with the wicket of Sylvester Joseph for two, reducing West Indies to a precarious 17 for three in their second innings at the close.(Posted @ 20:18 PST)
Pakistani general threatens offensive on militants MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, July 14 (Reuters) - At a meeting with tribal elders, Major-General Akram Sahi,commander of Pakistani troops in North Waziristan, gave the tribesmen 24 hours to hand over suspected militants. "I want you to hand over these foreigners or send them out yourselves or we will launch an operation against them after the deadline," Sahi told a tribal council in Miranshah, the main town of the semi-autonomous region. "No one should then complain to us after the operation is launched." Sahi assured the council, or jirga, that foreigners living peacefully would not be harmed but resistance would be met firmly. "This time we will not show a soft hand. There will be no delay in the operation if the foreigners are not flushed out," he said. A Pakistani soldier was killed during a search operation in Miranshah two weeks ago, and Sahi demanded that the killer be handed over.(Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Thirteen killed as boat capsizes in Nepal KATHMANDU, July 14 (Reuters) - A boat packed with about 100 Nepali villagers capsized in the swollen Bandganga river in Kapilvastu district, 350 km (220 miles) southwest of the capital on Thursday killing at least 13 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said. "We have recovered 13 bodies so far and rescuers are searching for the missing ones," said a police officer.(Posted @ 20:05 PST)
US troops say suspected killer of Egypt envoy captured BAGHDAD, July 14 (AFP) - The US military said Thursday it captured an alleged senior Al-Qaeda operative suspected of the recent kidnapping and killing of Egypt's envoy to Iraq and attacks on other diplomats. Khamis Farhan Khalaf Abed al-Fahdawi, also known as Abu Seba, was captured Saturday by US-led forces in the flashpoint city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a statement said. Egypt's charge d'affaires, Ihab al-Sharif, was kidnapped on July 2 by gunmen as he stopped his car on a Baghdad street and was killed a few days later(Posted @ 19:55 PST)
London bombs were suicide attacks bearing 'hallmarks of Al-Qaeda': police LONDON, July 14 (AFP) - The London attacks which killed at least 52 people last week were the work of suicide bombers and bore "every hallmark of Al-Qaeda", Scotland Yard said Thursday. "They went onto those tubes or bus to kill, and presumably accepted they would be killed," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair told foreign journalists in London. "You don't need to be a suicide bomber in a liberal democracy. They've chosen to be." "This does have every hallmark of Al-Qaeda," he added. "That makes things very different." Most terrorist organisations used bomb attacks to force governments to the negotiating table, he explained, noting: "What we have here is people bombing the table."He confirmed that police have identified the four bombers and that three were British nationals but declined to comment on reports that the fourth was a Jamaican-born Briton .(Posted @ 19:50 PST)
Three more pro-Russia troops killed in Chechnya VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia, July 14 (AFP) - Three pro-Russian troops were killed and 13 injured in attacks by militants in Chechnya over a 24-hour period, a local government official said Thursday, adding that two rebels also died during the clashes. One Russian serviceman died and seven were wounded in attacks on military positions, which came under fire 10 times in the period, said the official, who asked not to be named. Two other Russian soldiers were injured when their vehicle came under fire in the southeastern region of Shali.In other attacks, a pro-Moscow Chechen policeman was killed and another injured during an operation in the village of Gurmenchuk. A rebel was also killed in that incident. And a policeman was killed in the capital Grozny when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. Three other policemen were injured when they came under rebel fire in the southern region of Nozhai-Yurt. One rebel was also killed. No independent figures on rebel casualties were available.Independent observers estimate that some 20,000 Russian soldiers and up to 100,000 civilians have died during the decade of fighting that first began in 1994.(Posted @ 19:40 PST)
Five bodies recovered as Indian troops hunt militants in Himalayas SRINAGAR, July 14 (AFP) - Indian troops Thursday recovered the bodies of five militants as they hunted high in the rugged Himalayas in northern Indian occupied Kashmir, while seven people died in other violence, the army said.After two days of skirmishes between troops and militants ensconced at glacial heights in northern Gurez sector, there were no further gunbattles Thursday, Indian army spokesman Vijay Batra told AFP.This allowed troops on Thursday to advance up the mountains, although heavy rain had hampered their progress. "The militants are hiding in the area and we are going all out to seek them," said Batra. He declined to estimate the number . Meanwhile, in a separate clash Indian troops Thursday shot dead two militants in the adjoining northern Kupwara district, Batra said, adding a large cache of arms and explosives had been recovered. In further violence, four militants and a soldier were killed in three separate clashes in the districts of Anantnag in the south and Kupwara in the north, the spokesman said. He identified one of the slain militants as Abu Lukman, a senior member of Hizbul Mujahedin.(Posted @ 19:38 PST)
PM urges Italian businessmen to invest in Pakistan ROME (Italy), July 14 (APP) Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz addresseda round table conference of leading Italian businessman here Wednesday night which was attended by heads of over 50 companies who deal in leather, machinery, equipment, construction, food and other products. Referring to structural reforms in the economic sector he said deregulation, privatization and liberalization are the hallmarks of the present government.(Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Casualties in Iraq, July 14 BAGHDAD, July 14 (Reuters) Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a checkpoint outside Iraq's heavily fortified Green Zone housing Iraqi government offices. Hospital officialssaid two bystanders were killed and at least five wounded. Gunmen killed three policemen and wounded two others in a drive by shooting in al-Rashad, 30 km (18.6 miles) west of Kirkuk, police said .Gunmen killed an Iraqi army soldier and seriously wounded another female soldier in central Kirkuk in a drive-by shooting, police said. A policeman was killed and another wounded after gunmen shot them in the southern city of Basra, police said. Gunmen opened fire on a four-man crew of the state television station Iraqiya as they drove to film the funeral of some of the 27 civilians killed in Wednesday's suicide bomb in the New Baghdad district of the capital. Three journalists were wounded(Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Millions join silence for London bomb victims LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Millions of people across Europe joined a two-minute silence on Thursday, a week to the day after the London bombings that claimed at least 52 victims. The British capital led the tributes with workers leaving their offices to stand in the street. Taxis and buses pulled off the road and financial markets paused to remember the dead.(Posted @ 16:13 PST)
Iraq and Iran to sign major energy deals BEIRUT, July 14 (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari will sign landmark oil and power agreements with the Iranian government next week to help solve an energy crisis in Iraq, a senior Iraqi official said on Thursday. The deals comprise a 40 km (25 mile) oil pipeline between Basra and Abadan , using Iran's Caspian ports to import refined fuels into Iraq from central Asia and linking the electricity grid of the two countries, the official said. Mismanagement and sabotage against power facilities have turned Iraq into an importer of refined fuels, mostly from Turkey and the Gulf, after the U.S.-invasion in 2003, and created severe energy shortages. (Posted @ 16:01 PST)
Pakistanis in desperate search for missing relatives after train disaster GHOTKI, Pakistan, July 14 (AFP) - Relatives desperately sought news of their loved ones Thursday as medical workers struggled to identify mangled corpses a day after nearly 150 people were killed in Pakistan's deadliest train crash for one and a half decades. Railway officials said they were trying to identify nearly 100 unclaimed bodies, which lay shrouded by white sheets in the courtyard of the small government hospital nearly 36 hours after the collision. Ice-blocks and pedestal fans were used to cool the bodies because of lack of a nearby mortuary. "We have so far handed 37 bodies to their relatives but 96 bodies are still lying at the hospital as their identification has not yet been established," railway police officer Shafi Mohammad Mughal told AFP. "Most of the unclaimed bodies do not have faces and heads and we have gathered hands, feet and torsos," said Amanullah, a volunteer from the private Edhi Welfare Trust, Pakistan's largest charity. The government has also set up toll-free telephone hotlines and crisis centres at railway stations following the crash. (Posted @ 15:51 PST)
Pakistan intelligence probes links with London bombers ISLAMABAD, July 14 (AFP) - Pakistan's intelligence services have launched a probe into possible links between the London bombers and any extremist groups here in Pakistan, security officials said Thursday. "Britain has not so far conveyed specific information here from its ongoing investigation, but we are looking for possible links on our own," a top security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. (Posted @ 15:38 PST)
Taliban say al Qaeda escapees safe in militant haven KABUL, July 14 (Reuters) - Four Arab al Qaeda militants who escaped from a heavily fortified U.S. detention centre in Afghanistan this week reached a Taliban haven safely on Thursday, a spokesman for the movement said. "The Taliban found and recovered four al-Qaeda mujahideen this morning," a Taliban spokesman said from an undisclosed location adding that "they are far away from Kabul" The U.S. military said it was pressing on with an "aggressive" hunt for the four men and declined to comment on the Taliban claim. (Posted @ 14:07 PST)
Ten killed, 25 injured as bus skids off road in Nepal KATHMANDU, July 14 (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed and 25 injured when a bus skidded off the road in south western Nepal, police said Thursday. (Posted @ 11:52 PST)
Two South Korean military jets crash into the sea SEOUL, July 14 (Reuters) - Two South Korean fighter jets crashed into the sea in separate incidents eight minutes apart, killing one of the pilots and leaving three crew members missing, an air force spokesman said Thursday. The spokesman would not comment on why the jets crashed until investigations were complete. (Posted @ 09:43 PST)
Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in West Bank NABLUS, West Bank, July 14 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian militant during an arrest operation in the West Bank city of Nablus early on Thursday, Israeli army and Palestinian officials said. (Posted @ 09:42 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 9.45 points: KARACHI, July 14: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 7471.72, down 9.45 points from Wenesday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, July 14: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.5 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
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