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| August 19, 2005 | Friday | Rajab 13, 2005 |
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Pakistan hails Israeli pullout from Gaza Strip ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AFP) Pakistan on Friday welcomed the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as a "positive first step" towards a complete Israeli pullout from the occupied Palestinian territories. "Pakistan welcomes the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza as a positive first step," a foreign office spokesman said. The spokesman expressed the hope that it would pave the way for the establishment of "a sovereign and independent Palestinian state living in peace side by side with Israel."(Posted @ 19:38 PST)
Israel sets West Bank evictions for Tuesday JERUSALEM, Aug 19 (Reuters) Israel will begin the forced evacuation of two West Bank settlements on Tuesday after completing the withdrawal of all settlers from Gaza, an Israeli security source said on Friday. Sanur and Homesh would be the last of four West Bank settlements to be evacuated under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to "disengage" from the Palestinian conflict. The two are viewed as bastions of hardcore opposition to Sharon's plan.(Posted @ 17:20 PST)
One dead, 50 injured in California prison unrest LOS ANGELES, Aug 19 (AFP) - One prisoner was killed and another 50 people injured in clashes between guards and inmates at a prison in southern California, officials said Friday. According to Todd Slosek, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, violence broke out at the prison near San Diego on Thursday afternoon when a guard spotted a prisoner he believed was concealing something in his trousers. When the guard tried to search the prisoner, who was of Hispanic origin, other inmates intervened, Slosek said, adding that the incident swiftly spiralled into a violent clash that lasted 30 minutes.(Posted @ 23:48 PST)
Hockey: Pakistan thrash Germans to secure place in final Amsterdam, Netherlands (PPI): Striker Rehan Butt converted two penalty corners as Pakistanis confirmed their berth in the Sunday's final of eight-nation prestigious Rabo Hockey Tournament by thrashing Germany by 5-0 on a do or die match on Friday at Amsterdam Stadium. After a poor performance in Hamburg Master's Tournament, the green shirts were looking in fine nick in the ongoing event and have not lost a single match.(Posted @ 23:25 PST)
Seven Cypriots die in Egyptian minibus accident CAIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Seven Cypriots died and six more were injured when a burst tyre sent their tourist minibus tumbling down a mountain road in Egypt on Friday, officials said. Medical and police officials on the Sinai peninsula said the Egyptian driver was also injured when the bus turned over several times on the mountainous road from St. Katherine's monastery towards the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. "There are seven dead. The minibus had a group of 13 people and our information is that they were all Cypriots," Cyprus's Foreign Minister George Iacovou said.(Posted @ 23:15 PST)
Israel Gaza pullout fruit of Palestinian sacrifice: Abbas RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Aug 19 (AFP) Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Friday hailed Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip after a 38-year occupation as the "fruit of Palestinian sacrifice". Addressing supporters at the mothballed Palestinian airport in southern Gaza, he said "we want on this occasion to pay homage to our martyrs, to our prisoners, to our wounded and all those among our people who have made sacrifices". The Palestinian leader reiterated calls for his people to bolster the case for independence by refraining from violence.(Posted @ 22:55 PST)
Police clear downtown area after San Francisco blast SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Police closed several city blocks in San Francisco's central financial district on Friday after an explosion briefly caused lights in office buildings in the area to flicker. Local television reported that one woman with possible burns was taken to a hospital. No further details of what caused the incident were immediately available.(Posted @ 22:52 PST)
Seven Iraqis killed including three members of Sunni party BAGHDAD, Aug 19 (AFP) Seven Iraqis were killed in insurgent violence Friday, including three members of the country's main Sunni party who were kidnapped and shot dead in the northern city of Mosul.(Posted @ 21:50 PST)
U.S. names envoy on human rights in North Korea CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 19 (Reuters) President George W. Bush on Friday named a former White House adviser, Jay Lefkowitz, to become U.S. special envoy on human rights in North Korea.(Posted @ 21:46 PST)
Two killed making bombs in Bangladesh DHAKA, Aug 19 (Reuters) Two people were killed when bombs they were making exploded in Bangladesh on Friday as authorities interrogated dozens of suspects over this week's barrage of bombings across the country, police said. Earlier on Friday, a senior police official said two people arrested over Wednesday's attacks, which killed two and wounded 100, had confessed to being members of the banned group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen.(Posted @ 21:43 PST)
Egypt tightens security along Suez Canal ISMAILIA, Egypt, Aug 19 (Reuters) The Suez Canal Authority tightened security along the banks of the vital waterway on Friday after rockets were fired at two U.S. warships in the Jordanian port of Aqaba, authority sources said.(Posted @ 19:55 PST)
Four Indian navy personnel feared killed in helicopter crash BANGALORE, India, Aug 19 (AFP) Four Indian navy personnel were feared dead after their helicopter crashed in the jungles of India's southern Karnataka state Friday, police said. "There were six personnel in the helicopter. As per our reports two have survived but there is no confirmation. We are still trying to reach the spot," a police official said.(Posted @ 17:48 PST)
US marine, Afghan soldier killed in eastern Afghanistan KABUL, Aug 19 (AFP) A US marine and an Afghan soldier were killed and four other Afghan troops wounded while fighting militants in an area where an American helicopter was shot down in June, the US military said Friday. A statement said the soldiers died on Thursday during an operation northwest of Asadabad, capital of the violence-hit eastern province of Kunar.(Posted @ 17:38 PST)
Cricket-Ashes series to revive test cricket, says Miandad KARACHI, Aug 19 (Reuters) The Ashes series between England and Australia will be a catalyst for the revival of test cricket, according to Pakistan's former captain Javed Miandad. "The matches have been so close and tensely fought that people not only in England but in other cricket playing nations are totally involved in its outcome," he said.(Posted @ 17:35 PST)
Iran not interested in nuclear arms: Khamenei TEHRAN, Aug 19 (Reuters) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday reiterated that the Islamic state had no interest in atomic arms but would never halt its nuclear programme. Addressing worshippers at Friday prayers at Tehran University, Khamenei accused Western officials of misleading public opinion by suggesting that Iran was secretly building nuclear weapons. "There's no talk about nuclear weapons in Iran. We don't want nuclear weapons," he said.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Burundi's ex-rebel head Nkurunziza takes presidency BUJUMBURA, Aug 19 (Reuters) Burundi's former Hutu rebel leader Pierre Nkurunziza won the presidency of the tiny central African nation on Friday in a parliamentary vote under a peace plan hoped to end years of civil war that killed 300,000.(Posted @ 17:23 PST)
Jordanian soldier killed in twin rocket attacks near US ship AQABA, Jordan, Aug 19 (AFP) One Jordian soldier was killed when unidentifed attackers on Friday fired rockets from Jordan near a US warship in the port of Aqaba and on a neighbouring Israeli resort in apparently coordinated strikes. There was no indication over who might have fired the rockets. "The two US Marine ships docked at the port of Aqaba were not hit," Interior Minister Awni Yervas said. "An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the explosions." (Posted @ 15:50 PST)
Kurdish rebels call for one month ceasefire with Ankara BRUSSELS, Aug 19 (AFP) The political wing of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) called in a statement Friday for a one-month unilateral ceasefire with Ankara until September 20th to open the way for negotiations. The announcement comes after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a landmark pledge last week to resolve the Kurdish conflict with "more democracy". (Posted @ 15:50 PST)
China bans alleged branch of Islam in Xinjiang; arrests 179 BEIJING, Aug 19 (AFP) China has banned ‘a branch of Islam’ in Xinjiang region and arrested 179 followers, saying it "poisons" people's minds, state media said Friday. Authorities in the Yili Autonomous Prefecture announced that the Sala religion, a Chinese branch of Islam, has been banned because of its dangerous doctrines, according to the German-based World Uighur Congress. (Posted @ 15:48 PST)
Six Maoists killed, soldier wounded in western Nepal clash KATHMANDU, Aug 19 (AFP) Six Maoist rebels were killed and a government soldier wounded during a clash in western Nepal, a security force official said Friday. (Posted @ 15:35 PST)
India, Bangladesh border guards in gunbattle MALDA, India, Aug 19 (Reuters) Indian and Bangladeshi border guards were locked in a gunbattle on Friday after Indian troops opened fire to scare away hundreds of Bangladeshi construction workers and soldiers on the frontier, officials said. There was no immediate word of any casualties on either side but Indian officials said people in border villages on its side had been evacuated to safer places. (Posted @ 15:05 PST)
Moroccan gets seven year sentence in Hamburg 9/11 trial HAMBURG, Germany, Aug 19 (Reuters) Moroccan Mounir El Motassadeq received a seven-year jail sentence on Friday after being found guilty in a German court of belonging to a terrorist group. It was still unclear how the court had ruled on a separate charge of Motassadeq being an accessory to the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. The verdict came after a year-long retrial at which prosecutors had tried to prove Motassadeq helped plot the suicide hijack attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001. (Posted @ 15:05 PST)
Sri Lanka, rebels to discuss how to preserve truce COLOMBO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tigers have agreed to break a deadlock and hold high-level talks on how to preserve a 2002 truce shaken by the slaying of the island's foreign minister, the chief truce monitor said on Friday. However, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have repeatedly rejected government calls for a full-scale review or changes to a cease-fire that pushed their two-decade war for self-rule into limbo. (Posted @ 10:40 PST)
Britain says no timetable for Iraq pull-out LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Britain has ruled out setting a timetable for the withdrawal of its soldiers from Iraq, saying they will stay "until the job is done". Writing in Britain's Times newspaper on Friday, Defence Secretary John Reid said a pull-out would come only after Iraqis were capable of taking the lead in tackling the insurgency. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 212.70 points: KARACHI, August 19: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 7311.92, up 212.70 points from Wednesday close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:20 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, August 19: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.2 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:20 PST)
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