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| August 21, 2005 | Sunday | Rajab 15, 1426 |
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Pakistan beat Australia by 4-3 in final of eight-nation hockey tournament AMSTERDAM, Aug 21 - Pakistan beat Australia by 4-3 in final of eight-nation hockey tournament. Imran Warsi, Adnan Zakir , Rehan Butt & Mudassir Ali Khan score goals for Pakistan.(Posted @ 19:54 PST)
President, Prime Minister hail Rabo Trophy hockey victory ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (APP)- President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Sunday hailed Pakistan's title victory in the Rabo Trophy Hockey Tournament with a 4-3 triumph over Australia in the final at Amstelveen (Holland). "This marvellous victory will certainly be the harbinger of better things to come as it will boost the morale of Pakistan hockey team which had not won a title for many years", President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said in a message of congratulations to team manager Saeed Khan, chief coach Asif Bajwa and team captain Muhammad Saqlain. He said the tournament victory at Amstelveen on Sunday would revive Pakistan hockey and motivate the players to bring glory to the Nation by winning the World Cup Hockey Tournament in Germany next year and the Beijing Olympics in 2008.(Posted @ 22:00 PST)
Yemen flash floods kill 12 in two days SANAA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Flash floods have killed a dozen people in Yemen and have injured at least six others in the poor Arab state, officials said on Sunday. "Twelve people have died in the last two days due to heavy rains and there have been six injuries," a police official said, adding that 50 farmland animals had also died in the floods. The country's meteorological office has warned the heavy rains will continue for the next two days. Yemen, at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, is prone to floods in spring and summer. The worst rains hit Yemen in 1996 and officials at the time estimated damage at $1.2 billion.(Posted @ 23:55 PST)
Cricket-Rain washes out Afro-Asia Cup decider DURBAN, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan took three wickets as Asia skittled Africa for 106 before the third and deciding match in the inaugural Afro-Asia Cup was abandoned because of rain on Sunday. Asia, in their reply, were reduced to eight for two after just three overs when driving rain forced the umpires to suspend play. The series ended level at 1-1.(Posted @ 22:55 PST)
Brazilian delegation to meet British police over shooting LONDON, Aug 21 (AFP) - A Brazilian delegation is on Monday to meet London's Metropolitan Police and representatives from the inquiry into the shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian embassy said. The innocent 27-year-old electrician was shot and killed on July 22 by police officers who feared he may have been a suicide bomber, a day after a failed attempted repeat of the July 7 bombings on London transport that killed 52 people as well as the four bombers. De Menezes was shot eight times on a subway train at Stockwell Underground station in south London.(Posted @ 21:52 PST)
Nineteen injured in Bosnia after fans, police clash SARAJEVO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Nineteen people, including 11 policemen, were injured in clashes after a match between hosts Celik and Zeljeznicar in the central town of Zenica late on Saturday, Onasa news agency reported on Sunday.(Posted @ 20:05 PST)
Two US embassy staff hurt in a blast near Kabul KABUL, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Two officials of the U.S. embassy in Kabul were hurt by a roadside bomb that hit their convoy near the Afghan capital on Sunday, officials said. "I can confirm that two American personnel of the U.S. embassy were slightly hurt while on a routine embassy mission near Kabul," Michael Macy, a U.S. embassy public affairs officer, told Reuters. He declined to identify the pair and also refused to say if the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, was in the convoy during the blast.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Dozens hurt in battles between protesting Nepal students and police KATHMANDU, Aug 21 (AFP) - Nepalese students and police battled with bricks and tear gas Sunday during protests over rising fuel prices and dozens of people were injured, witnesses said. Protesting students clashed with riot police at different campuses in Kathmandu, said home ministry spokesman Gopendra Bahadur Pandey. "There had been clashes between the students and the riot police in which some police and public vehicles were damaged," he said, without giving a figure for injuries or arrests.(Posted @ 18:42 PST)
Norway to assist Pakistan in capacity building ISLAMABAD, AUGUST 21 (PPI) Norway will assist Pakistan in capacity building, launching accreditation system in areas of Good Labs Practice (GLP), said visiting Norwegian experts while talking to media men here after the completion of their visit on Sunday. In this regard a project of Rs. 33.44 million has already been signed. Mr. Birkland Nils and Ms. Inger Cecilie Laake of Norwegian Accreditation said that NA is assisting Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) in developing the accreditation services to a level that enables PNAC to gain international acceptance. (Posted @ 17:53 PST)
Lot of work done during local govt's first four-year term: Shaukat Aziz KARACHI, Aug 21 (APP)- Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here Sunday that a lot of work was done during the first 4-year term of local governments. Replying to a question at his press conference held at Governor House, the Prime Minister said in the second 4-year term, the accounting and audit procedures for the local governments will be strengthened.(Posted @ 17:46 PST)
Excise police seize 200 Kgs fine quality Hashish KARACHI, Aug 21 (APP)- The Excise Police Karachi, foiled an attempt of narcotic smuggling and seized 200 Kg (5 maunds) fine quality charas from a truck on Hub River Road Sunday alongwith the arrest of two accused. Earlier, a tip was received that an attempt will be made to smuggle large quantity of hashish to Karachi.(Posted @ 17:05 PST)
France to send fire-fighting planes to Portugal EU BRUSSELS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - France will send two specially equipped aircraft to Portugal on Sunday to fight forest fires raging across the country after Lisbon made a request to the EU's executive Commission, a Commission spokesman said. "Yesterday evening we received an official request from the Portuguese government asking the Commission to help," Rupert Krietemeyer said. "France has agreed to send two aircraft which are leaving this afternoon. We are still waiting for other member states to respond."(Posted @ 16:55 PST)
India, Bangladesh border guards resolve dispute RAMPARA, India, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Indian and Bangladeshi border officials on Sunday resolved a dispute over river bank construction along their frontier that led to heavy fighting, an Indian official said. The gunbattle began early on Friday after Indian troops fired on hundreds of Bangladeshi workers and soldiers to stop the construction of a river embankment close to the border's zero line. (Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Jordan arrests Arabs over Aqaba rocket attacks AMMAN, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Jordan has detained scores of Arab suspects as part of the investigation into a rocket attack on U.S. warships in the Red Sea port of Aqaba, security officials said on Sunday. Most of the suspects were arrested in the Shalala quarter of the Red Sea port that overlooks the port during house-to-house searches following Friday's attack, the officials told Reuters. (Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Four US soldiers killed, three wounded in southern Afghan bomb attack KABUL, Aug 21 (AFP) - Four US soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan Sunday, the US military said. "Four US soldiers were killed today and three were wounded in an improvised explosive device attack south of Deh Chopan," in southern Zabul province, the military said in a statement. They were conducting offensive operations with Afghan forces against suspected militants in the area when the attack occurred, it said. (Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Eight bogies of Super Special good train derail KARACHI, Aug 21 (APP)- Eight bogies of Super Special goods train derailed near Malir bridge here Sunday, police said. According to initial reports no injury was caused. Police and other relevant officials have rushed to the site to ascertain the details, area police said. (Posted @ 13:10 PST)
Laos readies to celebrate 30th anniversary of communist victory HANOI, Aug 21 (AFP) - Laos on Tuesday marks 30 years since the capital Vientiane fell to communist forces, an anniversary the regime is expected to use to shore up its legitimacy as the rulers of one Asia's poorest countries. The event comes in a year when landlocked Laos, long considered a sleepy Asian backwater, hosted a regional political summit, secured an international loan for a major dam project and attracted ever-more tourists. (Posted @ 13:10 PST)
Bollywood queen Rai to boost Pakistan's anti-polio campaign: report NEW DELHI, Aug 21 (AFP) - India and Pakistan will trade entertainment superstars instead of barbs over Kashmir in an effort to fight polio in the two countries, Indian media said Sunday. Indian Bollywood films are banned in Pakistan but reigning Bollywood queen and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai will visit that country next month to boost an anti-polio campaign, the Times of India newspaper reported. (Posted @ 13:10 PST)
Japan to give up bid for permanent Security Council seat for now: report TOKYO, Aug 21 (AFP) - Japan will give up its bid to secure a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the time being after it failed to win enough international support, a daily said Sunday. Japan, the second largest UN donor after the United States, has been jointly lobbying for permanent council membership with Brazil, Germany and India as part of the so-called Group of Four or G4. (Posted @ 12:30 PST)
US satellite confirms NKorea reactivated nuclear reactor last month: report TOKYO, AFP Aug - A US spy satellite has found that North Korea reactivated its nuclear reactor last month after it spotted vapor coming out of the reactor's boiler, a Japanese daily said Sunday. The reactivation of the Yongbyon nuclear complex came just before six-nation talks aimed at halting the North's nuclear drive began in Beijing in late July, the Asahi Shimbun daily said, quoting unnamed diplomatic sources. (Posted @ 12:00 PST)
Castro, Chavez call for solidarity as they meet in Cuba HAVANA, Aug 21 (AFP) - The presidents of Cuba and Venezuela have called for solidarity in the face of the United States as they met here to strengthen their special relationship that has the US government increasingly suspicious. Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez took part late Saturday in a graduation ceremony at a local medical college, whose class of 2005 included more than 1,600 young doctors from 28 countries. (Posted @ 12:00 PST)
Torrential rains kill eight in south China BEIJING, Aug 21 (AFP) - Torrential rains have killed eight people in south China's Shenzhen special economic zone, an official source said Sunday. Four people were carried off by mud flows, two were electrocuted and two fishermen drowned between Friday evening and Saturday midday, according to an assessment by the municipality provided to AFP. (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
Encephalitis outbreak claims 20 lives in southwest Nepal KATHMANDU, Aug 21 (AFP) - An outbreak of encephalitis in southwest Nepal has claimed at least 20 lives in the past week with more than 60 new cases reported at the weekend, the state-run RSS news agency said Sunday. Twelve of the victims died in the district of Dhangadhi, 650 kilometres (406 miles) southwest of the capital, while undergoing treatment and another eight died at a nearby hospital in the past week, the news agency said quoting a local doctor. (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
Indonesia to soon announce amnesty for Aceh rebels: report JAKARTA, Aug 21 (AFP) - Indonesia will this week announce an amnesty for some 2,000 detained Aceh rebels as part of a peace pact signed to end 29 years of separatist conflict in the resource-rich province, a report said Sunday. Justice and Human Rights Minister Hamid Awaluddin, who also signed the August 15 accord with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Helsinki, was quoted by the Kompas newspaper as saying the amnesty would be announced on Wednesday. (Posted @ 11:30 PST)
Pakistan to meet with UN nuclear agency on Iranian uranium contamination VIENNA, Aug 21 (AFP) - The UN nuclear watchdog meets this week with Pakistani officials to check its conclusions that highly enriched uranium particles found in Iran were from smuggled Pakistani centrifuge parts rather than enrichment work by Iran, diplomats said. Pakistan had in May sent centrifuge parts to the Vienna headquarters of the watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enable it to compare microscopic traces of uranium on them with that found on equipment in Iran. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Israel to wrap up Gaza exit, approve historic West Bank pullouts JERUSALEM, Aug 21 (APP/AFP) - Israel was to resume its historic operation to remove the last remaining Jews from the Gaza Strip Sunday and give the final seal of approval for the first ever evacuation from the occupied West Bank. The dramatic progress made by the army and police in the first three days of forcible evacuations meant that only three Gaza settlements had any sizeable population still remaining before the operation was suspended on Friday afternoon for the start of the Jewish sabbath. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
British police foiled gas attack on parliament: report LONDON, Aug 21 (AFP) - British police believe they have foiled a nerve gas attack by the Al-Qaeda terrorist network on the British parliament, the Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said the plot to target the House of Commons, or lower house, was prepared last year and had been discovered in coded emails on computers seized from terror suspects in Britain and Pakistan. (Posted @ 10:45 PST)
Brunei Sultan weds ex-journalist - newspaper KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The ruler of the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei has married a former journalist with a Malaysian television news station, the New Sunday Times newspaper reported on Sunday. The private wedding ceremony of 58-year old Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and 26-year old Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim in the Malaysian capital on Saturday night contrasted sharply with previous celebrations involving members of the Brunei royal family. (Posted @ 10:45 PST)
Ecuador deploys troops to resume oil production QUITO, Aug 20 (AFP) - Ecuador deployed army troops Saturday to bring oil workers to their jobs and restart production that had been interrupted by six days of protest in key oil-producing provinces. The troops were deployed to end roadblocks and protect oil facilities from attack, the state oil firm Petroecuador said in a statement. (Posted @ 10:10 PST)
Iran's parliament to vote on new hardline government TEHRAN, Aug 21 (AFP) - Iran's parliament will Sunday open a debate on hardline President Mahmood Ahmadinejad's proposed cabinet, but although right-wingers dominate the assembly the procedure may not be a mere formality. Debate over the 21-member cabinet could last until Tuesday. Of those nominated, only two have previously held ministerial posts, and the others are mostly unknowns -- even to conservative MPs who dominate the 290-seat Majlis. (Posted @ 10:10 PST)
Qantas plane with 191 people makes emergency landing in Japan SYDNEY, Aug 21 (AFP) - A Qantas jet carrying 191 passengers and crew made an emergency landing in Osaka, Japan early Sunday after a report of smoke in the cargo hold, the Australian airline said. None was hurt in the landing, but nine passengers were injured during the evacuation of the aircraft and were taken to hospital, Qantas said. (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Earthquake rattles north Japan, no casualties or damage reported TOKYO, Aug 21 (AFP) - An earthquake registering 5.0 on the Richter scale rattled northern Japan Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said. The quake hit Niigata, 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Tokyo, at 11:29 am (0229 GMT) with its epicentre at a depth of only five kilometers, the meteorological agency said, adding that there was no risk of tsunamis. (Posted @ 09:55 PST)
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