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| July 22, 2005 | Friday | Jumadi-us-Sani 14, 1426 |
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Australia were 279 for 7 to lead England by 314 runs at stumpe on day 2 LONDON, July 22 - Australia were 279 for 7 to lead England by 314 runs at stumpe on day 2 of first Ashes Cricket Test at Lord.(Posted @ 00:05 PST)
Man shot dead in London was not a bomber -Sky LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - A man shot dead by police at a London Underground station on Friday was not one of the four bombers who tried to attack the city's transport system on Thursday, Sky Television reported citing security sources. "This is what I am picking up from security sources that the man who was shot this morning at Stockwell tube wasn't one of those four bombers that police are hunting," Sky reporter Martin Brunt said.A spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police said only: "the gentleman shot at Stockwell today has yet to be identified, so it would be impossible to link him to anything at this stage."Police shot the man a day after four attempted bomb attacks in London and 15 days after bombers killed more than 50 people in the British capital. Police said the shooting was part of an operation directly linked to an "anti-terrorist" probe. They said they were still looking for four men in connection with Thursday's attacks, which caused chaos but killed no one.(Posted @ 21:50 PST)
London police say bombs were 'home-made' LONDON, July 22 (AFP) - London police said Friday the bombs which failed to explode on Underground train stations and a bus the day before were "home-made". "Initial investigations indicate that a bomb partly detonated at at least four of the locations... At this stage it's too early to tell how these were detonated," Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Any Hayman told a press conference. "At this stage it is believed that the devices consisted of home-made explosives and were contained in dark coloured bags or rucksacks." Based on witness accounts of the bombs, explosives experts have said they were probably made of the same acetone peroxide mixture which was used in the July 7 London suicide bombings, which killed 56 people. But they said acetone peroxide degraded rapidly, which if the bombs were prepared together with those used on July 7 could explain why the second wave of attacks failed.(Posted @ 20:40 PST)
Rice pledges support to Lebanon on surprise visit BEIRUT, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Lebanon under heavy security on Friday to show U.S. support for the new government, the first to be formed since Syrian forces withdrew in April. "You'll not find a more supportive partner than the United States for what Lebanon is trying to achieve because this is a wonderful breakthrough for the Lebanese people to have control of their own future," Rice told a news conference after talks with Prime Minister Fouad al-Siniora. She reiterated Washington's demand that anti-Israeli Hizbollah guerrillas be disarmed in line with U.N. resolution 1559 despite it joining the new government and called on Syria to end a border blockade of Lebanon. She also visited the grave of Hariri, assassinated in Beirut in February, and later held talks with President Emile Lahoud, a close ally of Syria. The two smiled and shook hands before the meeting but did not speak to reporters.(Posted @ 20:35 PST)
London police seek four men in connection with bombings LONDON, July 22 (AFP) - London police released Friday closed circuit television images of four men they were "urgently" seeking in connection with the attempted suicide bombings the day before on London's public transport. "We are going to be issuing CCTV images of four men we urgently want to trace," Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Any Hayman told a press conference before showing images of the suspected bombers.(Posted @ 20:15 PST)
Protests in occupied Kashmir over youth's killing, seven die in other violence SRINAGAR, July 22 (AFP) - Police Friday used batons and teargas to disperse Muslims protesting the killing of a teenager allegedly by Indian troops, while seven other people died in separate incidents of violence in occupied Kashmir, residents and police said. Residents said a 15-year-old student was shot dead by soldiers in the village of Kangan in southern Pulwama district when he was carrying food for his father who was watering his fields. Meanwhile, Indian troops shot dead five militants in the districts of Anantnag and Udhampur in the past 48 hours and claimed that they had shot dead two people in Udhampur and Rajouri districts late Thursday.(Posted @ 20:00 PST)
West wrong to confuse Islam and terrorism -Karzai ROME, July 22 (Reuters) - The Western world is wrong to see terrorism as the work of believers in Islam, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Friday, saying bombers who have struck Europe, the United States and Afghanistan had no religion. "Associating Islam with terrorism is really a mistake --it's a defect in Western mentality," Karzai told a conference at the Italian Institute for Africa and the East. "They aren't Muslims, they don't belong to any religion, they have a cult which is all their own," Karzai said in comments reported by Italian news agency ANSA.(Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Police search house in W. London after bombings LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Armed police raided a house in west London on Friday in connection with the attempted bombings of the London transport system 24 hours earlier but no one was arrested, a police spokeswoman said. Witnesses told a Reuters reporter the police sealed off about 150 metres of the road and approached an internet café. Police later removed parts of the cordon and the paramedics removed their bullet-protective clothing. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said he believed the search was still going on.(Posted @ 19:45 PST)
Australia 140-3 against England at tea LONDON, July 22 (AFP) - Australia, in their second innings, were 140 for three, a lead of 175, at tea on the second day of the first Test against England at Lord's here Friday. Damien Martyn was 24 not out and Michael Clarke 22 not out.(Posted @ 19:35 PST)
Ch. Shujaat calls on Malaysian Prime Minister KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 (APP): President Pakistan Muslim League and former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Friday called on Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi here.He is leading a delegation of PML to Malaysia, to participate in United Malaysia National Organization (UNMO) General Assembly. Malaysia's Prime Minister Dato Sari Abdullah Ahmed Badawi is the President of UMNO and his Party holds its annual congress every year in Kuala Lumpur and extend invitation to leaders of ruling political parties of different countries as a regular feature.(Posted @ 19:301 PST)
Navy Ships reaches Turkey from UK on three-day goodwill visit ISLAMABAD, Jul 22 (APP): After attending the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar in UK, Pakistan Navy Ships "MOAWIN" and "TIPPU SULTAN" were in Antalya, Turkey on a three day goodwill visit, and have since sailed for Jeddah. Enroute, the ships would conduct a joint naval exercise in which Turkish frigates, submarines and air elements are participating.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
PM for exploiting tourism potential ISLAMABAD, July 22 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday asked the private sector to take lead in exploring Pakistan's true potential in tourism, assuring government's full support to present the country as an attractive tourist destination. At a presentation on promotion of tourism he called for a focused approach in attracting tourists with comprehensive packages that should include end-to-end services - from traveling to transportation and back home. In this connection, he said, the government would simplify the procedure of visa issuance, reduce air fares and provide transportation for hassle-free visit to sites around the country. The Prime Minister said that PIA can play a critical role and its offices around the world can help both promote and project special packages for various sites in Pakistan by collaborating with tour operators and hotel industry. (Posted @ 19:10 PST)
Scotland Yard see Islamic extremists as main suspects London (dpa) - Scotland Yard was searching for four men in Thursday's failed bombing attacks and who all managed to flee in the confusion after their rucksack bombs failed to properly ignite. All four devices had been recovered intact in what could give police valuable forensic evidence. Also, reports said, there was great likelihood that the fleeing attackers were recorded on the many security cameras in the London underground and city streets. The newspaper accounts also cited eyewitnesses who had seen the would-be bombers.(Posted @ 19:10 PST)
UK police call off alert at London mosque LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Armed police surrounded a mosque in east London on Friday after a bomb threat but a search found no trace of any device and the alert was called off, police said. "There was a bomb threat at the East London mosque and there was a cordon," a police officer told Reuters at the scene in the Whitechapel area. "It's all cleared, that's it."(Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Arson attempt on London bomb suspect's house-police LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - An area near the home of one of the four suspects behind the July 7 suicide bomb attacks in London, Germaine Lindsay, has been evacuated after an arson attempt, police said on Friday. Thames Valley Police said they found substances believed to be petrol or diesel around the house in the market town of Aylesbury, 40 miles (60 km) northwest of London."The area is still cordoned off and the houses in the immediate area are still evacuated," a Thames Valley police spokeswoman said. Jamaican-born Lindsay lived with his wife and child in the house, which is now standing empty. Fire and police officers are still at the scene to investigate.(Posted @ 18:30 PST)(Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Iraq police targeted as US says local forces unable to cope alone BAGHDAD, July 22 (AFP) - Seven policemen and four civilians were killed in Baghdad attacks Friday as the Pentagon acknowledged that only a small number of Iraqi security forces were ready to fight insurgents unaided. The bodies of another two policemen brothers were found shot through the head and chest on wasteland in the east of the capital after being taken by gunmen from their home Thursday, the defence ministry said. Their third brother, a Sunni Arab imam who was seized with them, was later also found dead. The Algerian embassy reported no word on the fate of two diplomats -- Ali Belaroussi, the 62-year-old charge d'affaires, and Azzedin Belkadi, 47 seized by gunmen as they were driving away from the mission Thursday.(Posted @ 18:05 PST)
Sri Lanka v West Indies second Test KANDY, Sri Lanka, July 22 (AFP) - At stumps on the opening day of the second cricket Test between Sri Lanka and the West Indies at the Asgiriya stadium here on Friday the touriss were 92 for five in reply to home team,s 150 all out. Summerised score: Sri Lanka ( 1st inning) 150 all out (Samaraweera 37,Dilshan 36 – Powell 5 for 25, Best 3 for 50). West Indies (1st innings) 92 for 5 (Deonarain 36 n.o. –Vaas 4 for 17)(Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Al-Qaeda claims latest London bombings DUBAI, July 22 (AFP) - An Al-Qaeda-linked group said Friday it carried out the latest London attacks, warning it will not relent until all "infidel" forces quit Iraq, according to an Internet statement. “Our strikes in the heart of the British infidel capital are nothing more than a message to all European governments that we shall not relent until all infidel forces quit Iraq," the group known as the Brigades of Abu Hafs al-Masri said.(Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Hardliners protest against Pakistan's crackdown on militants ISLAMABAD, July 22 (AFP) -Hardliners protested Friday against a crackdown on militants ordered by President Pervez Musharraf this week in response to the July 7 London bombings. About 1,000 protesters took to the streets of the capital Islamabad as rallies were held in several cities across the country after security forces made almost 100 more arrests overnight. Protesters smashed and set ablaze a police motorcycle in the capital's central Aabpara neighbourhood. The nationwide protest call came from Pakistan's main six-party religious alliance, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) In Karachi also about 1,000 activists protested at the Binori town mosque, and in Lahore some 300 activists rallied at the Mansoora headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami. Smaller protests were also staged in Multan, Peshawar and Quetta.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Rice meets Sharon on final push over Gaza pullout JERUSALEM, July 22 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Friday at the start of a fresh diplomatic push to ensure the success of next month's pullout from the Gaza Strip. The two-hour meeting essentially centred around the measures which should be taken to ensure everything goes smoothly, with a minimum amount of friction (with the Palestinians), a source close to Sharon told AFP. They also discussed economic aid to the Palestinians and an Israeli request for a 2.2 billion dollar aid package to help fund the pullout, the aide added without giving further details. (Posted @ 17:19 PST)
Thorpe announces Test retirement LONDON, July 22 (AFP) - England batsman Graham Thorpe announced his retirement from Test cricket Friday. In a statement, Thorpe said: "My partner is having a baby in the next couple of weeks and I have decided that I want to concentrate on my family life. The 35-year-old Surrey left-hander last month became only the eighth England player to appear in 100 Tests when he played against Bangladesh in the second Test at the Riverside. (Posted @ 17:10 PST)
Man shot dead in London subway station: police LONDON, July 22 (AFP) - Police shot and killed a man at an Underground subway station in south London on Friday, police said, amid television news reports that he was a would-be suicide bomber. "We can confirm that just after 10 am (0900 GMT) armed officers entered Stockwell Tube station," a police spokesman said. "A man was challenged by officers and subsequently shot... He was pronounced dead at the scene." Sky News television reported earlier that the shot man was "a suspected suicide bomber". Stockwell is one stop south of Oval station, one of three Underground stops that were, together with a double-decker bus, the scenes of apparent would-be suicide attacks on Thursday. Witnesses quoted by BBC News 24 and Sky News said the man who was shot appeared to have been of south Asian origin, and that five shots were fired -- by one account, at close range by one of the police officers. (Updated @ 16:38 PST)
Nine shot dead in Pakistan's restive tribal area near Afghan border ISLAMABAD, July 22 (AFP) - Gunmen have killed nine people in a Pakistani region bordering Afghanistan in attacks against tribal leaders who support a government campaign against Al-Qaeda linked insurgents, officials said Friday. Unknown attackers on Friday shot dead tribal elder Malik Mirza Alam along with his two brothers, a son and a nephew near the South Waziristan town of Wana, a local administration official told AFP, requesting anonymity. (Posted @ 15:32 PST)
Cricket-England reject proposal for second one-dayer in Karachi KARACHI, July 22 (Reuters) - England have rejected a proposal by Pakistan to play a second one-day international in Karachi on their tour this year in addition to the one already scheduled. A Pakistani cricket official said Friday that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having refused to play a test match in Karachi, has now turned down a proposal to play another one-day game in the city during October-November. "The itinerary should be finalised sometime next week. But what is confirmed is they will only play one match in Karachi," Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director of Operations Abbas Zaidi said. (Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Suspected Taliban militants kill government official in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 22 (AFP) - Suspected Taliban militants shot dead Gul Mohammad, chief of south eastern Helmand's Naw Mish district, and his companion while they were travelling in southern Afghanistan, an official said Friday. (Posted @ 12:03 PST)
North Korea says peace treaty with US could resolve nuclear standoff SEOUL, July 22 (AFP) - North Korea called Friday for a peace treaty with United States to replace an armistice reached at the end of the Korean War in 1953, saying this could persuade it to drop its nuclear program. "The building of a peace mechanism is a process which the DPRK (North Korea) and the US should go through without fail in order to attain the goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula," a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said. (Posted @ 10:11 PST)
Reservoir collapses in China, 15 killed and 23 injured BEIJING, July 22 (AFP) - Fifteen people were killed and 23 injured when a reservoir collapsed in heavy rain in south western China's Yunnan province, state media reported Friday. (Posted @ 10:09 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 57.06 points: KARACHI, July 22: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 7353.85, down 57.06 points from Thursday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:05 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, July 22: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.5 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:05 PST)
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