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| September 10, 2005 | Saturday | Sha’aban 5, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Thunderstorm, rain expected for the city Karachi KARACHI, Sept 10 (APP): Cloudy weather with thunderstorm and rain has been forecast for the city over next 24 hours. Maximum temperature will remain between 32 to 34 degree celsius. On Saturday, the maximum temperature recorded was 29 degrees against Friday's 37 degrees due to moderate- to- heavy rainfall here in the morning. Humidity was 77% . The city's Met observatories recorded 20 mm rain at Airport, 01 mm at Masroor, 14 mm at Sharea Faisal and 22.5 m in North Karachi on Saturday morning, Meteorological Department foresees more rains in the coming days as the monsoon was again active and above normal rains were expected during the current month.(Posted @ 23:50 PST)
CNN wins court order allowing it to report on recovery of US hurricane dead WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (AFP) - CNN television has obtained a court order allowing its journalists to cover the operation to retrieve bodies of those killed in Hurricane Katrina, a spokeswoman for the US cable network said Saturday. The federal agency dealing with disaster recovery efforts had earlier said it would ban media from reporting on the recovery of those killed, saying it wanted to preserve the dignity of the dead and avoid distressing relatives. But CNN brought a case to the district court in Houston, Texas, on Friday, arguing that the ban announced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a New Orleans official was unconstitutional. The network said any such ban violated the First Amendment to the US Constitution, governing freedom of speech.(Posted @ 23:45 PST)
Saudi king bans kissing hands of royals JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Sept 10 (AFP) - New Saudi King Abdullah effectively banned citizens Saturday from kissing his hand or that of any member of the royal family, saying only fathers and mothers deserved such reverence. "Brothers, there is something on my mind I want to tell you," Abdullah told delegations of princes, officials and ordinary citizens at his palace in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. "Kissing hands is something alien to our values and ethics, and is refused by free and honest souls," he said, quoted by the official SPA news agency. "Moreover, it leads to bowing, which violates God's law as the faithful bows only to the one and only God.(Posted @ 23:36 PST)
Iraq to close Syria border crossing BAGHDAD, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Iraq will close its border with Syria at the Rabiah crossing point, on the main road to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, from Sept. 11 until further notice, Interior Minister Bayan Jabor said on Saturday. "As part of continuing security efforts, we have decided to close the international border with Syria, and mainly at Rabiah," he said, reading a statement from Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari.(Posted @ 23:30 PST)
Security incidents in Iraq, Sept 10 BAGHDAD, Sept 10 (Reuters) Iraqi and U.S. troops launch attack on northern town of Tal Afar to wipe out suspected terrorists, Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said. Assault started 2 a.m. (2200 GMT on Friday). Four Iraqi civilians were killed and four others wounded when gunmen opened fire on their cars as they left a U.S. base near the Iraqi town of Baquba, police said. Iraqi Police said five Iraqis, including one policeman, and two militants were killed on Friday when two small trucks exploded in the town of Mahawil, 60 km (37 miles) south of Baghdad. The explosion occurred when a police officer approached the two trucks with an occupant in each. As the officer reached the trucks, the suicide bombers blew them up. A car bomb killed four and injured 11 on Friday evening when it blew up outside a police station in a small town south of the capital, local police said. The U.S. military said it killed two insurgents and captured 10 others on Friday after clashes erupted in the town of Thulu'iya, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad. Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and four injured when a bomb exploded inside a home that was raided in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Friday night. One civilian was killed and 23 wounded when gunmen dressed as Iraqi soldiers fired on a crowd in the town of Latifiya, south of Baghdad, police said. Iraqi police said earlier reports of 18 bodies found with gunshot wounds in the town were false. Iraqi police found the body of a man with the word 'terrorist' written on him in the Qibla district of Iraq's second largest city of Basra, police spokesman Abdul-Karim al- Zaidi said.(Posted @ 23:15 PST)
Pakistan believes in peace with all neighbours: Shaukat Aziz Islamabad, Sept 10 PPI: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said Pakistan believes in peace with all its neighbours, which can be achieved through strength and not weakness. He was talking to visiting Bangladesh Air Force Chief, Air Vice Marshal Fakharul Azam in Islamabad. Prime Minister said Pakistan is maintaining a minimum credible deterrence and promoting use of modern technology to meet its defence requirements. He said constant upgrading of technology is essential for keeping defence preparedness at the optimum level. He said Pakistan and China are jointly developing JF-17 fighter aircraft which will have the necessary capabilities for meeting the defence requirements. This plane would also be available in export market to meet the requirements of friendly countries. (Posted @ 23:05 PST)
Australia 277-2 against England LONDON, Sept 10 (AFP) - Australia, in their first innings, were 277 for two in reply to England's 373, a deficit of 96, at stumps on the third day of the fifth Test at The Oval here Saturday. Matthew Hayden was 110 not out and Damien Martyn nine not out. England lead the five-match series 2-1.(Posted @ 22:50 PST)
Pak forces arrest three suspects near Afghan border The Pakistani forces have arrested three suspected foreign militants after a shootout in a remote northwestern tribal region near Afghanistan, a security official said on Saturday. According to reports of foreign media, the suspects, who were in a car, opened fire on Friday when security forces asked them to halt near Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal region, said the official.(Posted @ 22:45 PST)
President Musharraf to attend Summit of World Leaders ISLAMABAD, Sep 10 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf will visit New York from September 12 to attend the Summit of World leaders on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the UN, taking place from September 14 to 16. The President will address the Summit, chair a meeting of the ECOSOC Bureau at the Head of State/Government level and also chair a High Level Roundtable on "Innovation and Ivestment: Scaling Science and Technology to meet MDGS". He will attend an informal Summit meeting on 'Interfaith Cooperation for Peace' met by the President of the Philippines. Other engagements of the President include a meeting with the UN Secretary General and a bilateral meeting with President Bush. On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the President will hold a large number of bilateral meetings including with the leaders of China, Iran, United Kingdom, India, malaysia, and bangladesh. President Musharraf's engagements in New York also include: address/lunch with US-Pakistan Business Council and US Chamber of Commerce, address/dinner with AJC, address to Pakistani-American women and at Columbia University and meetings with the Pakistan community. During the visit , President Musharraf will also have extensive media engagements. Before returning to Pakistan, the President will visit CENTCOM Headquarters in Tampa, Florida at the invitation of Commander CENTCOM General Abizaid.(Posted @ 20:45 PST)
Thirty suspected militants killed, 60 captured in Afghanistan KABUL, Sep 10 (AFP) - At least 30 suspected Taliban fighters were killed and "a large number" of militants captured during a fresh operation by Afghan and US-led forces in southern Afghanistan, the defense ministry said Saturday. "During an operation in Grishk district of Helmand on Friday, Afghan and coalition forces killed 30 enemies and captured... 60 others," defence ministry spokesman Mohammad Zahir Azimi told reporters in Kabul.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
Armed men kidnapped police van carrying 10 inmates, 3 cops Khairpur, Sep 10 PPI: Four bandits reportedly kidnapped a police van along with ten prisoners and three policemen of Central Jail Sukkur, here on Saturday. According to police sources, four armed men intercepted a police van, which was bringing the prisoners back to Sukkur jail after their appearance before court on Saturday noon. After overpowering the police party, the armed men kidnapped the police van and disappeared in to Katcha area with ten prisoners and three policemen.(Posted @ 18:55 PST)
Kazakh opposition names candidate for election ALMATY, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's opposition on Saturday nominated Zharmakhan Tuyakbai as its single candidate to challenge veteran President Nursultan Nazarbayev in a December election. The oil-rich Central Asian state has never held polls judged free or fair by international monitors, and the opposition warns that a rigged vote on Dec. 4 may spark nationwide protests. Nazarbayev, who has ruled since 1989, says Kazakhstan is immune to revolutions like those which unseated the long-serving leaders of former Soviet Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan because his state is far more prosperous.(Posted @ 17:45 PST)
Dutch court loses Pakistani nuclear scientist's files, judge suspects CIA AMSTERDAM, Sept 10 (AFP) - The Amsterdam court, which sentenced the father of Pakistan's nuclear program Abdul Qadeer Khan to four years in prison in 1983, has lost Khan's legal files and the court's vice-president suspects the CIA had a hand in the documents' disappearance. "Something is not right, we just don't lose things like that," judge Anita Leeser told Dutch news show NOVA late Friday.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Antonov plane crash kills 13 in Congo BRAZZAVILLE, Sept 10 (Reuters) - An Antonov plane crashed north of Brazzaville in the Congo Republic killing all 13 people on board, witnesses said on Saturday, in the second accident in less than a week involving the Russian-made aircraft. The Antonov 26 was flying a route in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo from the northwest region of Equateur to the capital Kinshasa when it came down just across the border late on Friday. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. The flight was operated by Democratic Republic of Congo's Air Kasai.(Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Pakistan releases 371 Indian fishermen KARACHI, Sept. 10 (APP) - Pakistan has ordered release of 371 Indian fishermen from Landhi Prison following an agreement between Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries in New Delhi last week, officials said here Saturday. An official of Sindh Home Department said that they will leave for Lahore by Khaiber Mail in the evening for onward journey to India via Wagah border. "We have withdrawn all cases against these fishermen and they have been issued travelling documents. They are free to go home",(Posted @ 16:45 PST)
Suspected militants kill six, injure eight in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, Sept 10 (AFP) Suspected militants killed six people in the southern Udhampur district of occupied Kashmir, police said Saturday. Eight others were wounded in the incident which occurred late Friday. (Posted @ 12:53 PST)
Afghan poll candidate escapes ambush which leaves two dead HERAT, Afghanistan, Sept 10 (AFP) A parliamentary candidate, Ghulam Nabi Balouch, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in which one of his bodyguards and an attacker were also killed just outside Herat city in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday. Investigations were underway to find out who was responsible for the attack. (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
Baghdad's airport reopens after one-day closure over pay BAGHDAD, Sept 10 (AFP) Baghdad International Airport reopened Saturday after a one-day closure over a pay dispute between the government and a London-based firm which provides airport security, an Iraqi official said. (Posted @ 12:43 PST)
Iraqi forces launch attack on Tal Afar BAGHDAD, Sept 10 (Reuters) Iraqi and U.S. forces have launched an attack on the northern city of Tal Afar to rid it of suspected terrorists, Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said on Saturday. Jaafari said the troops were responding to appeals for help from "all the different religious and ethnic elements in Tal Afar. (Posted @ 11:12 PST)
Tennis: Clijsters beats Sharapova to reach final NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) Belgium's Kim Clijsters earned another crack at claiming her first grand slam singles title by beating top-seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-2 6-7 6-3 on Friday to reach the U.S. Open women's final. The fourth-seeded Clijsters, four times a grand slam runner-up, will meet 12th seed Mary Pierce, the first Frenchwoman to reach the U.S. Open final, in Saturday's showpiece. (Posted @ 11:11 PST)
Floods kill five in Vietnam, thousands evacuated HANOI, Sept 10 (Reuters) Seasonal floods have killed at least five people in southern Vietnam's Mekong Delta where 28,000 people have been evacuated to higher ground, state-run media reported on Saturday. (Posted @ 09:56 PST)
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