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| September 3, 2005 | Saturday | Rajab 28, 1426 |
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No change in Pak position on Israel - President, PM ISLAMABAD, Sept 3 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Saturday said there is no change in Pakistan's position on Israel, but it wants to play a positive role for the resolution of the Palestinian dispute based on justice and equality. Pakistan is today in a position to play this role in view of its growing stature in the international community and in the Ummah, the two leaders said during a briefing by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri about his talks with the Israeli Foreign Minister in Istanbul on Wednesday. PML President and Parliamentary leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was also present . President Musharraf reiterated that Pakistan will not recognize Israel until the establishment of an independent Palestinian State. He said that the process of engaging with other faiths is in line with the teachings of Islam. The Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) kept the channels of negotiations open with other religions. Foreign Minister Mahmud Kasuri briefing the meeting said he told the Israeli Foreign Minister that Pakistan's gesture was a demonstration that the Islamic world will respond positively if Israel is ready to accept the imperatives of peace by respecting the fundamental rights of the Palestinians to live in freedom and peace in their own homeland and emphasized that Pakistan would like to see that the process started with the withdrawal from Gaza is continued in the West Bank.(Posted @ 20:04 PST)
Hundreds march in Paris for housing for immigrants PARIS, Sept 3 (AFP) - Thousands of protesters demonstrated in central Paris Saturday to demand proper housing for poor African immigrants in the aftermath of two deadly fires in the last nine days. Organisers said some 10,000 people -- many of them Africans -- marched with banners from the site of the first fire, an apartment building near the Austerlitz station on the left bank of the Seine in which 17 people including 14 children were killed on August 26.(Posted @ 23:40 PST)
Three dead in car crash involving Lithuania's under-21s BELGRADE, Sept 3 (AFP) - Three people were killed and six were injured when a private vehicle crashed with a bus carrying players of Lithuania's under-21 national team, police said Saturday. Five players and one of the coaches were slightly injured when the bus collided with a car that had crossed onto its side of the road as it drove from the northern town of Novi Sad to the capital, police said. They were hospitalized but immediately released, local media reported. Lithuania's under-21 squad lost 2-3 to Serbia-Montenegro in a European Championships qualifier on Friday.(Posted @ 23:25 PST)
19 Iraqi police, soldiers die in Baquba attacks BAGHDAD, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen killed 19 Iraqi police and troops and wounded another 16 in three separate attacks near Baquba, north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police and hospital sources said. The first attack came in the morning at an Iraqi army checkpoint 30 km north of the city when four soldiers died. Later, four police officers were killed by armed gunmen at a checkpoint in the centre of Baquba, while the third attack was on a checkpoint manned jointly by police and soldiers 4 km south of Baquba in which seven police and two soldiers were shot dead. Police would not comment on whether the attacks were carried out by the same people, or whether they were revenge attacks following a stampede on a bridge in which around 1,000 pilgrims died.(Posted @ 20:34 PST)
Chirac in hospital with vascular problem PARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac will be hospitalised for a week with a blood vessel problem that has affected his vision, officials said on Saturday. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said he spoke to Chirac by telephone and discussed all major government business. He told reporters he believed the eye problems would clear up in a few days. Chirac's office said he was suffering from "slight eyesight difficulties" following a blood vessel problem known as a "vascular accident", but did not give any other details.(Posted @ 20:28 PST)
Two rebel commanders among five killed in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, Sept 3 (AFP) - Two top members of Hizbul Mujahedin were among five people killed in the latest bout of violence in the revolt-hit region, police said Saturday. Commander Adil Pathan was martyred in Pulwama district Saturday during a pre-dawn clash and another commander, not identified, was martyred during a similar clash in district Udhampur on Saturday, police said. Two Hindus and a Muslim were killed late Friday when suspected militants sprayed them with bullets in village Sourbathi in Doda district, a police spokesman said.One of the slain Hindus was working with counter-insurgency police. Three Indian army soldiers were also wounded in a landmine explosion near the town of Sopore on Saturday, police said.(Posted @ 20:20 PST)
Bush, Hu meeting postponed: White House WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (APP/AFP) - US President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao have agreed to postpone indefinitely their September 7 meeting, the White House announced Saturday, citing the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.(Posted @ 20:14 PST)
Body of Briton kidnapped in Afghanistan likely found: embassy KABUL, Sept 3 (APP/AFP) - Afghan and foreign troops have found the body of a man presumed to be the British citizen kidnapped earlier this week in western Afghanistan, a British foreign office statement said Saturday.Afghan and foreign coalition forces led an operation to rescue British citizen David Addison who was kidnapped by the Taliban on Wednesday, said Dr Kim Howells, UK foreign minister for Afghanistan."With great sadness, I have to report that in the course of the operation they found a body, which is presumed to be that of David," Howells said in an emailed statement.(Posted @ 20:08 PST)
Shabir Shah, JKLF condemn arrest of Asiya Andrabi President of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah has strongly condemned the arrest of Dukhtaran-e-Milat (DM) chief Syeda Asiya Andrabi. In a statement, he said the police action should be condemned in strongest words." DM is running a campaign against social evils. We all should jointly support the campaign as it is in the best interests of the society". He also assailed the state government for issuing permits for the purchase and sale of liquor. He also urged the hotel and restaurant owners to keep the sensitivities of the people in mind.(Posted @ 19:50 PST)
Six killed, ten injured in rickshaw-wagon collision OKARA Sept 03-(PPI):A three- wheeler (auto-rickshaw) collided with a wagon, resulting in the instant death of six and injuries to more than ten other persons here Saturday. A woman along with her son, two daughters, brother and three other persons were going in a rickshaw to bus stand when it was hit by a speedy wagon resulting in the death of the rickshaw driver and the five occupants besides injuries to others besides several padestrians(Posted @ 19:44 PST)
Mirwaiz optimistic of talks with Delhi Srinagar, Sept 03 (PPI) Hurriyat Conference Cahirman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is optimistic about the success of Monday's talks with Indian prime minister. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the opening of the reconstructed building of Islamia Higher Secondary School at Rajouri Kadal, he said: "Once the talks start, every issue related to Kashmir including human rights violations, armed forces special powers act, people under detention and withdrawal of troop would be discussed". Laying emphasis on the continuation of peace process between India and Pakistan Mirwaiz said: “Steps are needed to speed up the peace process. Welcoming the invitation for talks, Mirwaiz said things are moving in positive direction and India has realized the gravity of the situation now. The thrust is to find a solution based on justice and dignity .(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Occupied KASHMIR: 7 including major killed SRINAGAR, September 03 (PPI)In occupied Kashmir, seven persons including an Army Major, a troop and a VDC member were killed in separate incidents , reports Kashmir Media Service. A frustrated Havildar Kamal Kumar Giri of 21 Rashtriya Rifles shot dead Major D C Chohan inside an army camp at Baghatpora in Handwara area and then committed suicide. In another incident unidentified gunmen killed a notorious military agent known as Ikhwani at Kachipora-Batapora in Handwara area. Gunmen also shot dead three persons including an Education Department employee at Soundhar in Kishtwara area of Doda district. One Mohd Aslam was injured by troops firing at Sheen Dhara in Poonch district while troops arrested 3 youths during search operations at Soibugh in Badgam district and at Kurandar in Banihal area.(Posted @ 19:28 PST)
Occupied Kashmir: Andrabi vows to continue crackdown on alcohol,brothels Srinagar, Sept 03 (PPI) The Chairperson of the Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of the Nation) Asiya Andrabi has vowed that the Maryam Squad would continue its campaign against alcohol and prostitution in occupied Kashmir. In a message to her group from Ram Bagh women's police station, where she is detained along with other group members, Asiya popularly known as "Baji" , accused Indian government of moral degradation in occupied Kashmir as “ part of their plan" and vowed to counter it with all the force at its command.(Posted @ 19:20 PST)
Restriction on gas supply for power generation to industries lifted: Advisor Karachi, Sep 03 PPI: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Energy Mukhtar Ahmed Saturday said the federal cabinet had lifted restrictions on supply of gas for power generation to the industrial units. Addressing the FPCCI members , he said the government was following multi-pronged approach for development of energy sector as economic development of the country had close relationship with the development of power sector. He said Pakistan had 185 billion tons coal reserves and the government was working aggressively to involve domestic and foreign parties for the mining of coal and power generation in Sindh and in this sector China had also evinced interest. Regarding hydropower generation, he said the potential existed for 41,000 MW but only 6,000 MW was being produced from this source and added that WAPDA recently made a presentation to the Prime Minister on its projects . Mukhtar said that Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission was involved in a project to produce 300 MW through Chinese assistance and hoped that within the next 15 to 20 years 8,000 megawatts of electricity would be available from this source.(Posted @ 19:16 PST)
ANP sees no harm in initiation of talks, contacts with Israel PESHAWAR, Sep 03, (APP): Asfandyar Wali Khan, Senator and Central President of Awami National Party (ANP), has welcomed the initiation of talks between Pakistan and Israel. Addressing a press conference at Press club here Saturday, he said Palestinians themselves were trying to resolve their problems through dialogue with Israel so why should Pakistan lag behind by holding on to dogmatic beliefs. However, he said, the government should take parliament into confidence if it plans to manoeuvre its foreign policy regarding Israel. Replying to a question he said his party’s alliance with Jummat-e-Islami was merely on the local level and not on ideological level and cited the example of similar alliances formed between two parties in various situations in the past. Elimination of FCR system is the voice of the tribal people which is strongly supported by his party and we have framed various suggestions for uprooting the system, he said The people supported Watan Dost group in the Local Government elections and would repeat it during the third and final phase of LG Polls on October 6 next.(Posted @ 18:38 PST)
3 killed, 3 injured in road accident SAHIWAL, Sept 3 (APP): Three persons were killed and three others of the same family received serious injuries in a road mishap at Sahiwal-Faisalabad road on Saturday.hulam Hussain of Muza Aalam Shah (Faisalabad district) was returning with his family to his village in a car after attending a wedding . Near chak no 45/GD, the car rammed into a road side tree. Ghulam Hussain, his wife Dilshah, and mother in law Jindan Bibi died on the spot while three children- Ahmed Hassain (10), Fayyaz Hussain (6) and Raabia Hussain sustained injuries and were rushed to DHQ hospital.(Posted @ 18:28 PST)
PM asks EPZs to attract foreign investment ISLAMABAD, Sep 3 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz speaking at a presentation on the Export Processing Zone Authority at the PM House Saturday said the major thrust of the EPZA should be on attracting investments for setting up software houses, Information Technology, business processing, call centers and technology based industries. He directed them to engage Overseas Chambers of Commerce to attract foreign investment.(Posted @ 18:16 PST)
I and Musharraf would ensure peace process is irreversible - Manmoham NEW DELHI, Sept 3 (APP): Observing that Indo-Pak ties are improving, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that he and President Musharraf would ensure that the ongoing peace process between the two countries is irreversible. Our relations with Pakistan are improving. Both President Musharraf and I have committed our countries to do all that is in our power to make the peace process irreversible," he said on Friday in his address to the Congress functionaries in Kerala. He said "infiltration" into occupied Kashmir was already on the decline and said he was elated that the Hurriyat leaders had agreed for talks, which would help strengthen the peace process(Posted @ 17:55 PST)
India vows to push on with Iranian gas pipeline TEHRAN, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Energy-hungry India said on Saturday it would push on with plans to build a $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran, undaunted by the increasing threat of United Nations sanctions against Tehran. When asked what effect such political pressures could have on the pipeline project, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna told reporters: "We have an interest in taking it forward, India needs gas." Sarna was speaking during a visit by Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh to Tehran. Natwar Singh said he hoped India, Pakistan and Iran could hold a joint meeting to straighten out terms of the deal before the end of the year. Sarna said no venue had been chosen. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the new government, which took over last month, was as committed to the pipeline project as its reformist predecessor. "There has been an urgent request from President (Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad and several committees have been formed, they will continue the project," he told reporters.(Posted @ 17:36 PST)
Casualties in Iraq, Sept 3 BAGHDAD, Sept 3 (Reuters) Four Iraqi soldiers were killed by gunmen at a check point 30 km (18 miles) north of Baquba, police said.In a separate incident, six Iraqi police were killed by armed gunmen at a check point in central Baquba, police added.(Posted @ 17:34 PST)
Militants kill Algerian mayor ahead of vote-report ALGIERS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Militants shot and killed on Thursday the mayor of Ammal in the city of Boumerdes, some 50 km east of the capital Algiers only weeks ahead of a referendum on an amnesty, newspapers reported on Saturday. No officials were immediately available for a comment. The insurgency in Muslim Algeria began when the army stepped in and cancelled elections a now-banned radical Islamic party --the Islamic Salvation Front -- was poised to win in 1992. It feared an Iranian-style revolution.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Syrian security forces kill five militants in clash DAMASCUS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces have killed five militants in a clash in central Syria with an Islamist group plotting "terrorist" attacks, the official SANA news agency said on Saturday."The anti-terror squad raided on Friday evening a hideout of a terrorist group belonging to Jund al-Sham in the Hama governorate," it said, quoting an Interior Ministry source. "A clash took place and resulted in the killing of all five members of the group," while two Syrian security officers were wounded, it said. Syrian forces also found an arsenal of weapons, bombs and explosives stashed in the group's hideout in an isolated house in Jibrin, a village near Syria's central city of Hama, it said.(Posted @ 17:28 PST)
Saddam Hussein's family form new defence team AMMAN, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein's family have chosen a new international legal counsel to defend him against war crimes charges during a trial they say denies him fair justice, the family's lawyer said on Saturday. "We have formed a legal defence team that includes prominent American, European, Asian and Arab lawyers who were chosen on the basis of competence and merit to put up a strong defence," said Abdel Haq Alani, legal adviser to Saddam's eldest daughter Ragd, who is authorised to act on behalf of the family. An Iraqi government source said on Friday Saddam and several aides would go on trial on Oct. 19 on charges of killing dozens of Shi'ite villagers at Dujail in 1982.(Posted @ 17:28 PST)
Bombs damage pipelines and oil well in S.W. Iran TEHRAN, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Small bombs damaged 15 pipelines and one oil well in southwest Iran on Thursday, an official said on Saturday adding that quick repairs meant crude output from OPEC's second exporter was unaffected. Khuzestan parliamentarian Nezam Mowlah Hoveizeh said separatist guerrillas from Iran's Arab minority were responsible for the bombings. Following the argument of many conservative commentators, he added British agents were stirring the Arab unrest. "These incidents originate in London," he added.(Posted @ 17:20 PST)
Pierce Brosnan launches broadside at Bush over storm handling DEAUVILLE, France, Sept 3 (AFP) - Pierce Brosnan lobbed sharp criticism at President George W. Bush Saturday for his environmental policies and his handling of the hurricane catastrophe in the United States. "This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for," the former James Bond actor told journalists as he presented his latest movie at a French festival of US film in this Normandy resort town. "I don't know if this man is really taking care of America," Brosnan, an Irish-born actor who lives in the United States, said.(Posted @ 17:16 PST)
Government seeks Muslim help to improve US image WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (AFP) - In order to improve America's image abroad Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes arrived Friday in Rosemont, Illinois, where she met with top US Muslim leaders attending the 42nd annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America, the umbrella group for dozens of mosques and other Muslim associations in the United States and Canada. An estimated 40,000 people are attending its four-day convention. "I found new allies to help me do my job," Hughes declared after the talks. The Islamic society had sent an invitation to Bush, saying his visit would go a long way toward demonstrating that the United States respected Islam. The convention set up a Hurricane Katrina relief fund and urged Muslim Americans to assist the victims of the floods caused by the monster storm that hit Louisiana and Mississippi. "Muslim Americans must come forward and assist their fellow Americans in this time of need," said Sayyid Syeed, secretary general of the group.(Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Taliban claim killing parliamentary candidate, district governor KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept 3 (AFP) - The Taliban Saturday claimed they had executed five people, including a candidate in the upcoming polls and a district governor. Earlier, Afghan officials said candidate Mohammed Yaqoob and Ghorak district governor Haji Mohammed Nawab were abducted along with three police guards from a road 90 kilometers northwest of Kandahar on Friday.Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi said militants had killed the five men. Nawab, who was recently appointed governor, was on his way to the district to take up his new responsibilities.(Posted @ 16:52 PST)
Five wounded in Afghanistan bomb blast KHOST, Afghanistan, Sept 3 (AFP) - Five people were wounded in a bomb blast at an open-air Friday gathering of preachers (Tablighis) in Khost city, the capital of the troubled Khost province, some 150 kilometers from Kabul, Naqeebullah Asmati, the deputy intelligence chief told AFP. Asmati did not blame the blast on anyone. He said the bomb exploded by the parked vehicle of an election candidate, Ghazi Nawaz, who is also a Tablighi.(Posted @ 16:46 PST)
300 US airmen from Iraq, Afghanistan sent back over hurricane DOHA, Sept 3 (AFP) - Three hundred US airmen deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have begun returning to Mississippi to help their families cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a spokesman for US Central Command Air Forces said Saturday.(Posted @ 16:42 PST)
India's lawless Bihar state to hold elections next month NEW DELHI, Sept 3 (AFP) - India's lawless Bihar state will hold elections in October, eight months after a hung assembly led to the ouster of Laloo Prasad Yadav's party after 15 years in power, election officials said Saturday. Shortly after the last election in February, Bihar was placed under governor rule as political parties failed to build coalitions for a majority in the 243-seat assembly. Yadav, now India's Railways Minister, had appointed his wife as Bihar's chief minister after he was charged with corruption in an animal feed deal. His Rashtriya Janata Dal party, which lost power, has a huge rural following. Bihar is India's most crime-ridden state, where caste- and religion-based strongmen along with Maoist rebels have almost free reign.(Posted @ 16:34 PST)
Two Japanese tourists confirmed dead in Afghanistan KABUL, Sept 3 (AFP) - Two missing Japanese tourists were confirmed dead in Afghanistan Saturday after doctors matched their dental records with those of two bodies found earlier this week, officials said."In the three-and-half-hour examination we found that the dental examinations matched the dental records provided to us by the Japanese embassy of the two missing Japanese," said Dr Ehsanullah Alimi, director of the medical jurisprudence hospital in Kabul. "These two bodies belong to the two Japanese citizens who were missing," he told reporters in Kabul at the police-run hospital where the autopsies were carried out. The pair had both been shot, Alimi said. Hasegawa suffered a bullet wound to the right temple and Fukusho was shot through the top of his head. Mohammed Omar Adi, the deputy chief of the hospital, said the pair had been "killed over three weeks ago". The bodies were found late Thursday dumped in the desert near the Spin Boldak highway, which links the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar with the Pakistani border town of Chaman, where the couple had crossed into Afghanistan on August 8. Media reports in Tokyo have said the teachers apparently set out on their own in a taxi to see the remains of the Bamiyan Buddhas, a set of huge 1,500-year-old structures dynamited by the hardline Taliban regime in 2001. They arrived in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on August 6 and shortly afterward contacted their families in Hiroshima for the first and last time, officials said.(Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Nepal's Maoist rebels declare unilateral three-month ceasefire KATHMANDU, Sept 3 (AFP) - Nepal's Maoist rebels Saturday announced a unilateral three-month ceasefire starting immediately in an effort to aid talks with political parties on forming a united opposition against the February seizure of power by King Gyanendra."During this period, our People's Liberation Army will not launch an offensive," rebel leader Prachanda said in a faxed statement. Seven political parties have formed an alliance and have said they would hold talks with the Maoists on forming a broad front against Gyanendra who has renewed offer of dialogue with the political parties(Posted @ 16:25 PST)
Seventeen killed in vehicle collision in northwest Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Sept 3 (AFP) - At least 17 people were killed when a passenger van and an oil tanker collided on Saturday in Pakistan's northwestern region, police said. Two other passengers were injured in the crash, which occurred in Karak district in North West Frontier Province, some 230 kilometers northwest of Islamabad, local police said.(Posted @ 16:22 PST)
Four dead in shootings in Thailand's restive south YALA, Thailand, Sept 3 (AFP) - Four people have been shot dead by suspected militants in Thailand's restive southern provinces, police said Saturday. Villager Suwan Nuiman, 45, was shot dead Friday evening in Yala province as he travelled to his home with his daughter, Thipsuda, 21, who was also wounded in the attack.Also in Yala provincial town, two suspected militants sprayed a grocery shop with gunfire, killing a bystander while a 60-year-old rubber tapper, died instantly when he was shot in the head as he rode his motorcycle in Muang district of Narathiwat province Saturday.A 49-year-old Budhist man was shot and killed in Yala province on Saturday. "The militants are aiming mainly at people who they suspect may be government informants, officials said . Meanwhile, two community police officers were seriously wounded when they were ambushed by suspected militants Saturday in Yala province.(Posted @ 16:16 PST)
China raises death toll from Typhoon Talim to at least 42 BEIJING, Sept 3 (AFP) China on Saturday raised the death toll from Typhoon Talim to at least 42, while 27 more people were listed as missing, state media reported. The death toll shot up after authorities in the eastern province of Anhui said 31 people, perhaps more, had lost their lives in the powerful typhoon, while 12 were missing, the Xinhua news agency said. (Posted @ 14:25 PST)
At least 14 dead, 16 missing in Indonesian landslide PADANG, Indonesia, Sept 3 (Reuters) Indonesian rescuers dug through mud and rubble on Saturday after a landslide on Sumatra Island killed 14 and left more than a dozen missing when it swept through part of a village. Heavy rains stalled search efforts for several hours before resuming early on Saturday. (Posted @ 14:20 PST)
Egypt identifies Sharm el-Sheikh bombers CAIRO, Sept 3 (Reuters) Egyptian security have identified through DNA testing the three suicide bombers behind the attack on the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in July that killed at least 64 people, the semi-official Al-Ahram newspaper reported. The newspaper, which did not give a source for its report, said the bombers who attacked Sharm el-Sheikh on July 23 were Mahmoud Mohamed Hammad, Mohamed Oudeh Saeed and Moussa Ghoneim. It said the bombers and others in their cell were from Sinai. (Posted @ 13:05 PST)
Sharon, Abbas to meet this month: Israeli paper JERUSALEM, Sept 3 (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet this month, their first summit since Israel removed Jewish settlers from occupied Gaza, an Israeli newspaper said on Saturday. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)
Explosion, fire on Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline KIRKUK, Iraq, Sept 3 (Reuters) A major Iraqi crude oil pipeline was hit by an explosion on Saturday and was on fire, a guard on the pipeline said. The pipeline runs from the major northern Iraqi oilfield of Kirkuk to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. The Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline consists of two parallel pipes, one with a nominal capacity of 1.1 million barrels per day while the other with a capacity of 500,000 bpd. (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
China says committed to peace but warns Taiwan BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) China marked the 60th anniversary of Japan's World War Two defeat on Saturday with a reassurance that it was committed to peace, but warned self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, against declaring statehood. The warning came two days before President Hu Jintao leaves for a thee-day visit to the United States, during which he’s expected to seek to play down perceived economic and military threats posed by an emerging China. (Posted @ 11:40 PST)
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