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| September 13, 2005 | Tuesday | Sha’aban 8, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
U.S. planes strike near Syria border RAMADI, Iraq, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. aircraft struck insurgent targets in the Iraqi town of Karabila, near the Syrian border, more than 10 times on Tuesday, a hospital source told Reuters. "American aircraft have struck the city of Karabila more than 10 times," the source said. A security source added that the Iraqi army also clashed with insurgents at Gumruk, near Karabila, on Tuesday.(Posted @ 23:30 PST)
No timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq-Talabani WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Tuesday that Iraq will not set a timetable for a withdrawal of U.S. troops, backing away from his published remarks that the United States could withdraw as many as 50,000 troops by the end of the year. Talabani, speaking at a joint news conference after a meeting with President George W. Bush, said however he hoped that by the end of 2006, Iraqi security forces would be strong enough to start taking over from "many" U.S. troops.(Posted @ 23:05 PST)
Bush on Katrina response 'I take responsibility' WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush took responsibility on Tuesday for failures in the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina. "Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, and to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do it's job right, I take responsibility," Bush said. "I want to know what went right and what went wrong."(Posted @ 22:12 PST)
Bush warns that Syria faces isolation over Iraq WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Tuesday warned Syria that it faces growing isolation because of its failure to stop foreign fighters entering Iraq. "These people are coming from Syria into Iraq and killing a lot of innocent people," Bush told reporters following a meeting at the White House with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. "They're trying to kill our folks as well. "And the Syrian leader (President Bashar al-Assad) must understood, we take his lack of action seriously," Bush said. "The (Syrian) government is going to become more and more isolated as a result of two things, one, not being cooperative with the Iraqi government in terms of securing Iraq and, two, not being fully transparent about what they did in Lebanon."(Posted @ 21:55 PST)
Cricket-Zimbabwe 265 for seven at close v India in first test BULAWAYO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe were 265 for seven in their first innings at the end of the first day's play in the first test against India in Bulawayo on Tuesday. Scores: Zimbabwe 265 for seven (Terrence Duffin 56, Tatenda Taibu 61 not out) v India.(First Posted @ 19:10 Updated @ 20:35 PST)
Pakistan holds "important" militants in tribal area PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Pakistani forces have arrested 21 militants in a major search operation in a tribal region close to the Afghan border where al Qaeda-linked militants hide out, a Pakistani general said on Tuesday. "The operation is still continuing. It is probably the biggest operation to date in North Waziristan," Lt-Gen Safdar Hussain, the army's top commander in northern Pakistan, told a news conference in Peshawar. He said 21 suspects had been seized in raids that began on Saturday. "There are some important people among those arrested," he said without elaborating. He declined to say whether the suspects included foreigners.(Posted @ 19:42 PST)
Briton sentenced to 47 years on terrorism charges NEW YORK, Sept 13 (AFP) – An India-born British businessman has been jailed by a US court for 47 years for trying to sell shoulder-launched missiles to what he believed to be a terrorist cell.The jail term was an effective life sentence for Hemant Lakhani, 70, who was found guilty in April of providing material support of terrorism, money laundering, illegal arms brokering and making false statements in support of smuggling. A former textile salesman, Lakhani was detained in August 2003 after showing a portable Stinger missile launcher to an intelligence agent posing as a member of a Somali-based terrorist group. He told FBI agents he could supply them with a further 50 rockets, which could be used to shoot down planes on the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Lakhani was born in India, but had lived in Britain for 45 years.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Kashmir: Hurriyat, DFP condemn denial of travel documents to Shabir Shah Srinagar, Sept 13 (PPI) Hurriyat Conference (A) and Democratic Freedom Party (DFP)have condemned Delhi for refusing travel documents to senior Kashmiri leader and President DFP Shabir Ahmad Shah for his visit to New York and Brussels. Shah was invited by OIC and the Europeon Union for conferences on Kashmir on September 19 and October 8 respectively. Earlier, the DFP president was also denied permission to visit. Azad Kashmir and Pakistan. He had mentioned his citizenship as Kashmiri on the application form for the travel documents.(Posted @ 18:26 PST)
China to help Pakistan in construction of dams: Akram Sheikh BEIJING, Sept. 13 (APP): China has agreed to increase its collaboration with Pakistan in development of hydro-power sector, including construction of dams, said Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Dr. M. Akram Sheikh. In an interview with APP at the end of his week-long visit to China, he said he held very fruitful and productive talks with the Chinese side for stepping up bilateral cooperation in the energy sector. It will cover both thermal and hydro-power generation.(Posted @ 18:12 PST)
Nepal police use tear gas and batons to break up protest against king KATHMANDU, Sept 13 (AFP) - Nepalese police used tear gas and batons Tuesday to break up a protest against King Gyanendra's rule by an estimated 6,000 demonstrators, witnesses said. More than 350 demonstrators were arrested while at least a dozen others were injured in the clashes with police, they said. An alliance of seven political parties began daily protests attended by thousands almost two weeks ago. They are scheduled to end in a rally Wednesday with all the top leaders expected to attend, party activists have said.(Posted @ 17:56 PST)
Pakistan forces find 'drone' in Al-Qaeda raid PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept 13 (AFP) - Pakistani forces recovered an unmanned drone aircraft in a raid on a suspected Al-Qaeda hideout in the tribal areas near Afghanistan, a top commander said Tuesday. Militants used the Chinese-made vehicle to spy on security forces in the rugged area, where Pakistani soldiers have been battling militants for more than a year, Lt- Gen Safdar Hussain told reporters."The terrorists used the RPV (remotely-piloted vehicle) to check the position of security forces and attack them," he said adding that the drone was capable of carrying weapons.A military officer from the army's Signal Corps said the vehicle had a sophisticated, wide-angle camera to take pictures of targets on the ground. Security forces also seized a "suicide jacket" and Jordanian, Afghan and Pakistani passports along with Al-Qaeda training material from the compound, the general said. "This madrassa (religious school) was an Al-Qaeda and Taliban stronghold and operational centre which we have secured now," he added.(Posted @ 17:54 PST)
Tens of thousands hail England crickets heroes on London streets LONDON, Sept 13 (AFP) - England's victorious cricketers were treated Tuesday as national heroes by tens of thousands of cheering Londoners as they paraded through the streets of the capital in an open-top red double-decker bus. Dressed in dark suits and ties and accompanied by their wives and children, the players smiled and waved to the crowds a day after they regained the Ashes trophy from Australia for the first time in 18 years. Dozens of police officers in fluorescent yellow jackets marched beside the slow-moving bus, followed by a similar bus with the English women's cricket team, as the parade moved past St Paul's Cathedral to Trafalgar Square. After the celebration in Trafalgar Square, the players were scheduled to head to Lord's, the north London home of English cricket, where the original Ashes trophy is kept because it is too fragile to move.(Posted @ 17:42 PST)
Security incidents in Iraq, Sept 13 BAGHDAD, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Two civilians were killed and 13 wounded when a mantravelling on a bus, carrying a bomb concealed in a large sack of flour, stepped off the bus before detonating the explosives in Hilla, police said.The bodies of three Iraqi civilians shot dead by insurgents were found by Iraqi police on the highway just north of the town of Falluja, police said.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Manipur rebel challenges India to practise democracy HONG KONG, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Rebel leader Sanayaima, chairman of the United National Liberation Front(UNLF), has said there was no room for peace talks with New Delhi without U.N. mediation, nor any middle ground short of a plebiscite on the restoration of Manipur's "sovereignty". The UNLF was established in 1964 and has been waging an armed struggle since 1990 for independence for nearly two million people in the lush valleys and forested hills of Manipur on India's far eastern border with Myanmar. "Whether we remain with India or whether we become a sovereign, independent nation: let the people decide," Sanayaima told Reuters in his first ever interview with foreign media.(Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Iraqi army kills 14, sees Tal Afar assault ending TAL AFAR, Iraq, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Iraqi army said it killed 14 insurgents and captured 35 on Tuesday as troops chased militants down the narrow streets of the rebel northern town of Tal Afar, on the fourth day of a major military assault. "Today we have captured 35 terrorists and killed 14," Iraqi Captain Mohammed Berwari told Reuters in Tal Afar. One Iraqi soldier was killed and five wounded, he added.(Posted @ 16:55 PST)
Italy court upholds extradition of UK bomb suspect ROME, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Italy's highest appellate court on Tuesday upheld the extradition to Britain of one of the suspected bombers in the July 21 attack on London's transport system, the lawyer for Britain, Paolo Iorio, said. Ethiopian-born Hamdi Issac, also known as Osman Hussein, was arrested in Rome a week after the July 21 attacks, which killed no one but brought chaos to London exactly two weeks after suicide bombers had killed more than 50 people in the British capital. He has admitted to taking part in the strike but has said the action was meant to scare people, not kill them.(Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Cricket-Bangladesh 36-3 and 188 v Sri Lanka (370-9) close COLOMBO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Muttiah Muralitharan seized control of the first test with two late wickets as Bangladesh slumped to 36-3 before rain forced the early abandonment of the second day's play on Tuesday. Scores: Bangladesh 36-3 and 188 (H.Bashar 84, R.Herath 4-38, Muralitharan 3-42) v Sri Lanka 370-9 declared (T.Samaraweera 78, M.Jayawardene 63, T.Dilshan 86, M.Rafique 5-114)(Posted @ 16:44 PST)
Three Turkish hostages released in Iraq: FM ANKARA, Sept 13 (AFP) - Three Turks held hostage by insurgents in Iraq have been released, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying late Monday. The three men, drivers for a Turkish company specializing in energy projects in Iraq, were released early Monday, Gul told the Anatolia news agency in New York. He did not give details about how the hostages, who were threatened with death, were released.(Posted @ 16:38 PST)
North Korea digs in as nuclear talks resume BEIJING, Sept 13 (AFP) - North Korea vowed Tuesday to keep pushing for the right to peaceful atomic energy, putting it on a collision course with the United States as six-way talks on its nuclear weapons drive resumed. "(North Korea) has a right on peaceful nuclear activity. This right is neither awarded nor needs to be approved by others," the country's chief envoy to the talks, Kim Gye-gwan, told Xinhua news agency at Pyongyang airport. US envoy Christopher Hill reiterated before leaving the United States that North Korea must get out of the nuclear business altogether. He refused to be drawn on whether progress could be made in Beijing following North Korea's latest comments. While the US has Japanese backing on this point, China, South Korea and Russia are on the record as supporting Pyongyang. (Posted @ 16:28 PST)
UN to announce next week on displaced Thai Muslims KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 (AFP) - The United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday it would announce by the end of next week if the 131 Thai Muslims sheltering in Malaysia required UN protection . "The material gathered during the interview is now being compiled, assessed, cross-checked and reviewed .... At the earliest, the preliminary finds may be ready at the end of next week," Ron Redmond, spokesman for UNHCR said in a statement. The undocumented Thai Muslims crossed into Malaysia's northern Kelantan state late last month, saying they feared for their lives in restive southern Thailand, and triggering a diplomatic spat between the neighbours. Among the displaced people were 61 men, 21 women, and 49 children aged from five months to 17 years. (Posted @ 16:28 PST)
State Department supports fencing of Pak-Afghan border WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (APP): Of Pakistan's offer to erect fences on Pak-Afghan border for stopping incursions, the State Department spokesman Sean McCormack Monday said, "We think it is important that Pakistan and Afghanistan take up this idea." He added, "We would be pleased at some point to be part of the discussion if they think it is a good idea. (Posted @ 14:32 PST)
Two US soldiers injured in Afghan bomb blast KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept 13 (AFP) Two US soldiers suffered minor injuries and their Humvee vehicle was set ablaze by a bomb attack in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, the US military said. (Posted @ 14:18 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 2.95 points: KARACHI, September 13: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 7892.57, up 2.95 points from Monday’s close. (Bureau Report) (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, September 13: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.05 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14.40 PST)
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