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| July 17, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-us-Sani 9, 1426 |
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Unbeatable Tiger takes Open as rivals fade ST ANDREWS, Scotland, July 17 (AFP) - Tiger Woods completed his 36-hole victory march here on Sunday when he convincingly won the Open championship with a final round two-under 70. The world number one finished 14-under for the tournament and five clear of his nearest rival - Colin Montgomerie (Posted @ 22:52 PST)
Suicide bomb kills 60 in fireball south of Baghdad HILLA, Iraq, July 17 (APP/AFP) - A suicide bomber killed at least 60 people and wounded 85 in a massive fireball when he blew himself up next to a liquefied gas tanker outside a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad, an interior ministry official said. The powerful blast caused a firestorm Saturday which completely destroyed two nearby residential buildings, along with a number of shops and a crowded cafe in the town of Al-Musayyib, 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of the capital, he added. The attack capped two days of frenzied suicide bombings around the country which left at least 40 more people dead and injured 160 others, according to security officials. (Posted @ 22:52 PST)
World recognises Pakistan's fight against terrorism: Faisal ISLAMABAD July 17 (APP): Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat said Pakistan's co-operation with the West in international campaign against terrorism had been appreciated by the world leaders. Addressing a gathering of Pakistani and Kashmir immigrants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) the minister said Kashmir dispute was the main issue between Pakistan and India, which had also caused four wars, said a fax message received here Sunday. Faisal Saleh Hayat is currently leading an official delegation of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council to the US. The minister told the gathering that the US had got a prominent position in the comity of nations which could help resolve the Kashmir issue in a short time. He asked the US leaders to urge Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his US visit to cease human rights violations in the Indian held Kashmir at the hands of the Indian Army. Manmohan Singh should also be persuaded to take steps for the resolution of Kashmir issue, the minister added. Faisal said economic future of the people of South Asia was linked to the resolution of the Kashmir issue. (Posted @ 22:51 PST)
First charges brought against Saddam Hussein Baghdad (dpa) - The special tribunal set up to investigate former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's crimes during his time in power brought the first charges against him Sunday. Judge Raed Jouhi, the tribunal's chief investigator, spoke of a new phase in the trial. (Posted @ 20:07 PST)
Officials confirm feared plane crash in Equatorial Guinea MALABO, July 17 (AFP) - A Russian-built Antonov airliner with 55 people aboard operated by the private airline Ecuatair crashed Saturday about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Equatorial Guinea capital Malabo, an official statement said Sunday. The statement by Transport Minister Demetrio Elo Ndong Nsefumu did not give a death toll but said the plane had 55 people on board and was found near the district of Baney. (Posted @ 18:33 PST)
NATO releases Karadzic's son Sarajevo (dpa) - NATO troops in Bosnia on Sunday morning released Aleksandar Sasa Karadzic, son of the most wanted Bosnian Serb war criminal, former leader Radovan Karadzic, NATO confirmed in Sarajevo. Sasa Karadzic, according to NATO spokesman Derek Chappell, was released in the former Bosnian Serb stronghold of Pale, some 20 kilometres south-east of Sarajevo, after being questioned about his father's whereabouts. (Posted @ 17:21 PST)
Senior Taliban commander detained in southern Afghanistan Kabul (dpa) - Troops belonging to the Afghan National Army (ANA) have captured a senior Taliban commander in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Sunday. The spokesman, General Zahir Azimi, told dpa that the ANA captured Rashid-uddin, a senior local commander of Taliban, on Thursday. (Posted @ 16:14 PST)
Ten Kurdish terrorist suspects killed in clashes with army Sirnak, Turkey (dpa) - Turkish troops have killed ten suspected members of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) in clashes in southeast Turkey over the past few days, military authorities confirmed Sunday. Fighting erupted between the Kurdish rebels and soldiers on Wednesday in the southeastern province of Sirnak, and continued until Saturday. Troops seized weapons and 25 kilogrammes of explosives during the standoff. One of the PKK fatalities was reported to be a regional party officer responsible for planting landmines in the region. (Posted @ 16:13 PST)
Pakistan troops kill 17 suspected militants MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, July 17 (AFP) - At least 17 suspected foreign militants were killed overnight in a clash with Pakistani security forces in a remote tribal belt along the border with Afghanistan, military officials said Sunday. A Pakistani soldier also died in the six-hour gun battle near Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, while at least five people were captured, military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told AFP. "Those killed were mostly foreigners," Sultan said, adding that the five men who were arrested were believed to be their local helpers. (Posted @ 11:54 PST)
Two border police slain, police car bombed in Thai south YALA, Thailand, July 17 (AFP) - Two border patrol police were killed and a police car was bombed in separate attacks in Thailand's restive south, authorities said Sunday. The pair were shot dead in the Sri Sakhon district of Narathiwat province as they travelled home after finishing their duties on Saturday evening, police said.Meanwhile in southern Yala province early Sunday, two policemen and a passerby were injured when a bomb destroyed an unmarked police car, police said. At least 810 people have been killed in shootings, beheadings and bombs in Thailand's south in past 18 months. (Posted @ 10:02 PST)
Taylor dethrones Hopkins to win undisputed middleweight crown LAS VEGAS, Nevada, July 16 (AFP) - Undefeated Jermain Taylor won the undisputed world middleweight championship here Saturday, winning a split decision over Bernard Hopkins to end the veteran's 10-year reign in the division, the third-longest reign in boxing history. (Posted @ 09:54 PST)
One US soldier killed, two wounded in northern Iraq BAGHDAD, July 17 (AFP) - A US soldier was killed and two others were wounded Saturday by an improvised explosive device in the northern Kirkuk province of Iraq, the US military said Sunday but did not give details. (Posted @ 09:52 PST)
Four U.S. soldiers wounded in Afghanistan Kabul (dpa) - Four U.S. soldiers were wounded Saturday when their vehicle was struck by an explosive device near the Sharona Provincial Reconstruction Team in southeastern province of Paktika, U.S. military said in statement on Sunday. (Posted @ 09:38 PST)
Indonesia, Aceh rebels tentatively agree peace deal: rebels HELSINKI, July 16 (AFP) - Representatives for the Indonesian government and Aceh rebels tentatively agreed to a peace deal in Helsinki late Saturday, rebels said, boosting hopes that their 30-year conflict could soon be over. "We have reached a compromise position ... We have agreed on the language in the draft (peace) agreement and sent it to Jakarta for ratification," Free Aceh Movement (GAM) political advisor Damien Kingsbury told AFP following a fifth day of peace talks in Helsinki."If ratified in Jakarta, the deal will be initialled tomorrow," he said. GAM has demanded the right to create local political parties that are not controlled by the capital in Jakarta, something that today is prohibited by law. (Posted @ 09:23 PST)
Top British ex-diplomat blasts US invasion of Iraq: report LONDON, July 16 (AFP) - One of Britain's most senior former diplomats has branded the US invasion of Iraq "politically illegitimate" in an incendiary new book that the government has moved to block, a British newspaper reported. Sir Jeremy Greenstock, who was British ambassador to the United Nations during the run-up to the 2003 invasion, makes the comments in a book entitled "The Cost of War", excerpts of which were quoted in Sunday's The Observer. UN negotiations "never rose over the level of awkward diversion for the US administration", he charges in an extract published in the paper. While "honourable decisions" were made to remove former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the opportunities of the post-conflict period were wasted by "poor policy analysis and narrow-minded execution," he charges. The Observer claims that the book is being held up by Prime Minister Tony Blair's office and the Foreign Office, which it says have asked Greenstock to strike out a number of passages. (Posted @ 09:18 PST)
Six US tourists die in Costa Rica plane crash SAN JOSE, July 16 (AFP) - Six US tourists, including two children, died Saturday when their plane crashed off Costa Rica's coast, officials said. Three bodies were recovered by divers but the bodies of pilot and two others remained stuck in the plane's cabin in 50 meters (160 feet) below the water's surface.The amphibious aircraft bears a US general aviation tail number. (Posted @ 09:18 PST)
London bombings linked to Iraq, says ex-minister Short LONDON, July 17 (AFP) - Former British cabinet minister Clare Short said Sunday she "had no doubt" the London bombings were linked to the war in Iraq, after Prime Minister Tony Blair dismissed the idea in a forceful speech. The former international development secretary -- who resigned from Blair's government over the US-led Iraq war -- warned that mooted new anti-terror legislation would act as a recruiting agent for extremists, in an interview to be broadcast on the GMTV television programme on Sunday. "Some of the voices that have been coming from the government talk as though this is all evil, and that everything we do is fine, when in fact we are implicit in the slaughter of large numbers of civilians in Iraq and supporting a Middle East policy that for the Palestinians creates this sense of double standards -- that feeds anger," she charged in the interview. (Posted @ 09:05 PST)
Argentina beat Australia in Davis Cup quarter-final SYDNEY, July 17 (AFP) - Argentina beat Australia in their Davis Cup World Group tennis quarter-final after David Nalbandian overcame Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets to give Argentina an unassailable 3-1 rubbers lead here Sunday. Nalbandian saw off Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in the battle of the countries' two number one players to give Argentina their first-ever victory in Australia on grass. It was Nalbandian's first win over the world No.2 in four meetings. (Posted @ 08:59 PST)
Image of London bombers released as Blair targets 'evil ideology' LONDON, July 17 (AFP) - Britain woke up Sunday to a chilling image of the four London bomb suspects, taken as they headed to the scene of the attacks. Plastered over Sunday's front pages, a security camera image released by Scotland Yard showed the four men, toting large rucksacks, about to head from Luton station, north of London, to King's Cross station, where they were filmed just before the bombings. Scotland Yard made a fresh appeal to witnesses for any information that could help unravel the events leading up to the bombings. (Posted @ 08:53 PST)
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