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| September 14, 2005 | Wednesday | Sha'aban 9, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Musharraf holds one-on-one meeting with Bush NEW YORK Sept 14 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday held a 30-minute, one-on-one meeting with President George W. Bush, seeking US help in the reduction of Indian troops in occupied Kashmir. Musharraf said a pullout of Indian troops from certain areas, identified by Ambassador Jahangir Karamat as Baramula and Kupwara, would be a definite step towards meaningful progress on Kashmir. He pointed out that if there was no Indian reciprocity on the key Kashmir issue, all other confidence building measures would lose their impact. He also asked Bush to expedite the process of free trade between the two countries. Musharraf also expressed sympathies over colossal losses wrought by Hurricane Katrina for which Bush thanked Pakistan's gesture in contributing to the relief efforts. (Posted @ 11:27 PST)
Upto 154 killed, 227 injured in a day in Iraq Baghdad, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Upto 154 people were killed and 227 injured in Iraq in a chain of bomb blasts and other acts of violence in various parts of the country. At least 114 people were killed and more than 180 wounded when a suicide bomber blew up a minibus in the district of Kadhimiya in Baghdad. Police said most of the victims were labourers lining up to find work for the day. It was one of the deadliest suicide bombings Iraq has seen. Another 17 people were killed in Taji, north of Baghdad. Police said gunmen rounded up their victims in the middle of the night and shot them outside their homes. Five people were killed and 24 wounded in a suicide car bomb in the Shula district of Baghdad, police said. The blast went off outside the offices of a Shi'ite cleric. Three Iraqi soldiers and three civilians were killed when a car bomb targeted their patrol in the Adel district of western Baghdad, while 11 civilians were killed and 14 wounded when a suicide bomber in a car blew himself up in the Huriya district, northwestern Baghdad. The victims were gathering to refill gas canisters, police said. Two policemen were killed and one wounded when a car bomb exploded targeting Iraqi police patrol in the Aadamiya district, northern Baghdad, and two guards were killed and three officials in the interior ministry were wounded when gunmen attacked their convoy in the Waziriya district, northern baghdad. When reinforcements came and cordoned off the area, a suicide bomber driving a car blew himself up near them, wounding four more policemen, police said. A roadside bomb, the seventh of the day, destroyed a U.S. Humvee vehicle in the western Amiriya district of Baghdad. There was no immediate word on casualties. But in a nearby attack, a car bomb wounded two Iraqi policemen, police said. (First Posted @ 09:33 PST Updated@ 16:40 PST)
Cricket-India 325-3 v Zimbabwe (279) in first test BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sept 14 (Reuters) - India were 325 for three in reply to Zimbabwe's first innings of 279 all out at the close on the second day of the first test on Wednesday. Scores: Zimbabwe 279 (Terrence Duffin 56, Tatenda Taibu 71 not out; Irfan Pathan five for 58). India 325 for three (Rahul Dravid 77, Vangipurappu Laxman 125 not out).(Posted @ 20:50 PST)
Israeli, Indonesian FMs meet for first time in New York UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom secretly met in New York for the first time with his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirayuda ahead of the UN General Assembly, a senior Israel source said Wednesday. The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters the meeting took place late Tuesday but refused to give any details of what was discussed. Shalom was also reportedly due to meet with his Algerian counterpart during the summit, but the source refused to confirm or deny that any talks had been been set. Earlier this month, Shalom held landmark talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Khurshid Kasuri.(Posted @ 20:50 PST)
190 terror suspects arrested in recent weeks: Sherpao ISLAMABAD, Sep 14 (APP): Federal Minister for Interior Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said Wednesday that 190 suspects have been arrested in recent weeks in the countrywide campaign against terrorism.Also the security forces have captured 21 militants in the ongoing operations in North Waziristan, he told reporters after inaugurating a road project in Islamabad. Those arrested in North Waziristan include some foreigners, he said adding that identification process was underway. He said the 190 suspects belonged to banned organizations and they were involved in publishing and spreading hate material. Among them were five leaders of outlawed outfits.(Posted @ 20:45 PST)
Haji Ghani Usman & Group offers bid of over Rs 4.31 billion for 96.34% shares of JCL ISLAMABAD, Sep 14 (APP): Haji Ghani Usman and Group on Wednesday offered the highest bid of over Rs 4.131 billion (Rs 4,315,947,440) at Rs 80 per share for 96.34% or (53,949,343 shares) of Javedan Cement Limited (JCL) in an open bidding held here at the Privatization Commission.(Posted @ 20:45 PST)
Canadian deputy PM arrives on visit to Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Sep 14 (APP): Canadian Deputy Prime Minister A.Anne Mc-Lellan arrived here Wednesday at the head of a 12-member delegation on a four-day visit to Pakistan at the invitation of the interior minister Aftab Sherpao who received the delegation.(Posted @ 20:25 PST)
Palestinian chaos abates in former Gaza settlements NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Palestinian security forces took charge in ex-Jewish settlements in Gaza on Wednesday, ending anarchy after Israel's pullout, but struggled to stop uncontrolled travel over the border with Egypt. Defiant Hamas militants blasted a hole in one segment of the frontier wall and waiting Palestinians rushed through before police arrived, witnesses said. Some travellers continued to evade stepped-up security measures on both sides.(Posted @ 20:15 PST)
Four dead, 24 injured in Algerian train derailment ALGIERS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - At least four passengers were killed and 24 others injured on Wednesday when an Algerian commuter train derailed due to excessive speed, authorities said. Some 300 passengers were travelling on the Algiers-bound train when five of the 15 wagons left the track near Aomar, some 100 km east of the capital Algiers. "We don't know yet the reason for the derailment...but at the moment I think it's due to high speed," Transport Minister Mohamed Maghlaoui told state radio.(Posted @ 20:15 PST)
Pakistan police arrest suspect in top cleric's murder KARACHI, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Pakistani police have arrested a Shi'ite Muslim militant suspected of involvement in last year's assassination of a senior pro-Taliban cleric Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai in Karachi, a police official said Wednesday. The suspect, Nafees Khan, was arrested in an overnight raid , the official told Reuters. Nafees Khan was one of six gunmen sought in connection with Shamzai's murder, but we have no information on his links with any militant group, he added.(Posted @ 20:15 PST)
Bush urges U.N. to tackle symptoms of terrorism UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush told the United Nations on Wednesday that the world must tackle the problems that lead the oppressed to pursue terrorism because "there can be no safety in looking away." Bush, who has pursued military force in fighting terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, acknowledged that the war on terrorism "will not be won by force of arms alone." "The lesson is clear. There can be no safety in looking away or seeking the quiet life by ignoring the hardship and oppression of others. Either hope will spread or violence will spread, and we must take the side of hope," Bush said.(Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Indian troops kill 12 rebels in troubled northeast Assam GUWAHATI, India, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A powerful rebel group in India's restive northeastern state of Assam said on Wednesday that it had lost 12 men killed in a fierce gun battle with government troops. An Indian military spokesman said troops had encircled the heavily forested Dibru-Saikhowa area, about 600 km east of the state capital Dispur, acting on a tip off that 70-80 heavily armed militants were setting up a camp there. "The operations are still going on," he said. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), which is fighting for an independent Assamese homeland, said troops used mortars and rockets to attack their base. "We have lost 12 cadres and several others are wounded in the fighting," ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa said in a statement. Formed in 1979, the ULFA is fighting for the independence of a state rich in oil, tea and timber. The group accuses India of exploiting Assam's resources and ignoring the local economy. More than 15,000 people have been killed in the three-decade insurgency.(Posted @ 20:00 PST)
World's largest summit opens to endorse watered-down UN reforms UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (AFP) - Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson on Wednesday opened the world's largest summit which is set to approve a watered-down blueprint to restructure the embattled United Nations on its 60th anniversary. Persson chairs the summit as Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson presides over the incoming General Assembly session, which got under way Tuesday.The three-day gathering, held under draconian security brings together more than 170 leaders, including presidents and prime ministers from around the world.(Posted @ 19:55 PST)
US says little progress after first full day of nuclear talks BEIJING, Sept 14 (AFP) - The US top envoy to North Korean nuclear disarmament talks said Wednesday that little progress had been made after the first full day of the latest negotiations. "It was a rather lengthy meeting but I must say it was a meeting in which we did not make a lot of progress," Christopher Hill told reporters. "The DPRK (North Korea) is quite insistent that they want to include in the agreement a light water reactor (Posted @ 19:35 PST)
Bush demands end to farm subsidies UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush called Wednesday in a speech to the United Nations for rich nations to eliminate their farm subsidies as crunch World Trade Organisation talks loom.(Posted @ 19:35 PST)
One killed as bomb explodes in Pakistani Islamic seminary QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept 14 (AFP) - An Afghan national died and his two colleagues were injured when a bomb he was carrying exploded at a seminary in Pishin in southwest Pakistan Wednesday, police said. Two Afghans with a Pakistani colleague were visiting a madrassa or seminary in Pishin district about 50 kilometers north of Quetta, police officer Asmatullah Kakar said. While they were talking to the school's chief Maulana Jamaluddin, a bomb exploded and killed one of the Afghans, Kakar said. His two companions were injured, one of them seriously, while Jamaluddin received minor injuries. Kakar said five more bombs fitted with timers were found on one of the injured men. Police were investigating whether the target was the madrassa chief or whether the device was meant for elsewhere and exploded prematurely, he said.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Bush launches avian flu fight UNITED NATIONS, Sept 14 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday launched a "new international partnership on avian influenza" in a bid to limit the scope of outbreaks and avoid a pandemic. "If left unchallenged, this virus could become the first pandemic of the 21st century. We must not allow that to happen," Bush told the UN General Assembly.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Indian village evacuated after spill at oil well GUWAHATI, India, Sept 14 (AFP) - Oil India said Wednesday it has evacuated hundreds of villagers near the site of a major spill at an oil well from Duliajan in Assam state. "We have been partially successfully in killing the flow of oil gushing out of the well although it will take some more time to fully control the spill," general manager G.K. Talukdar said adding that other drilling operations in the area have been shut as a precaution. Assam has been in the grip of a separatist insurgency that has left more than 10,000 people dead since 1979."We do not know for sure if the oil spill was a result of some sabotage by militants or an accident," he said. Separatist rebels in the state have attacked oil installations in the past.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Four Army men die in road accident Liaquatpur, Sept 14 (PPI): Four army personnel died and eight others sustained injuries, when an army truck overturned near here on Wednesday morning. In a bid to save a motorcyclist an army truck overturned some six kilometer from Liaquatpur resulting in the death of Jawans Muhammad Yaseen and Iftikhar on the spot. Jawan Sarfaraz died on way to hospital, while a fourth died in hospital. Two were in serious condition.(Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Kasuri advocates for end of human rights violations in IHK ISLAMABAD, Sep 14 (APP): Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that end of human rights violations in occupied Kashmir is imperative to create conducive environment for the solution of longstanding dispute. Human rights violations are affecting the whole situation, the Minister told PTV in an interview telecast Wednesday. "If we want to make the dialogue process result oriented, the issue of human rights violations should be addressed", the minister said. And a solution of this dispute is possible only when the main party to this issue, the Kashmiris, are taken into confidence, he added.(Posted @ 18:15 PST)
President Musharraf attends reception hosted by President Bush NEW YORK, Sept 14 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf attended a reception hosted by US President George W Bush in honour of world leaders, who have gathered here for the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly and a summit of or world leaders.(Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Pakistan playing enormous role in anti-terrorism war: US General ISLAMABAD, Sep 14 (APP): New Commander of the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan Lt. General Karl Eikenberry has said that Pakistan has been playing enormous role in the global anti-terrorism war. Pakistan has captured or killed more Al-Qaeda elements than any other country in the world, he told BBC tv. The country has done a lot of things in terms of moving military in the places along the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan and conducting operations, he said and added "we have seen results on the ground here."(Posted @ 17:50 PST)
Nine killed in gas explosion in coal mine in southeasternIran TEHRAN, Iran, Sep, 14 (APP/AP): Nine miners died from burns or suffocation following a gas explosion at a coal mine in Kerman province, IRNA reported Wednesday. It was blamed on lack of safety precautions. The report did not say whether there were injuries. (Posted @ 17:45 PST)
Major fire sweeps Sri Lanka police headquarters COLOMBO, Sept 14 (AFP) - A major fire broke out Wednesday at Sri Lanka's police headquarters in Colombo and several officers were injured in a stampede to evacuate the five-storey building, police said. "We have ruled out sabotage and I think it was most probably an electric short circuit," police chief Chandra Fernando told AFP. The fire started on the third floor and spread rapidly. Several policemen were hurt in the rush to get out and a woman constable was admitted to hospital as she suffered a fracture while running down the steps. (Posted @ 17:44 PST)
Indian occupied Kashmir police fight 'immorality,' crack down on courting couples SRINAGAR, Sept 14 (AFP) - Police in occupied Kashmir announced a drive Wednesday to stop couples courting in cyber cafes and restaurants as part of a fight against "immorality" in the Muslim-majority region and told cyber cafes and restaurants to remove by Saturday booths with opaque glass doors where couples meet. Police declared the crackdown after protests erupted following the arrest earlier this month of Asiya Andrabi, head of Dukhtaran-e-Milat who had launched a campaign against "moral degradation." Asiya Andrabi was arrested when she and the group had been staging raids on restaurants, cyber cafes and hotels in what they called a bid to stamp out adultery and the sex trade.The drive enjoyed wide public support and her arrest sparked demonstrations. (Posted @ 17:31 PST)
Al Qaeda allies kill four Algerian soldiers -reports ALGIERS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-aligned militants have killed four members of Algeria's security forces in separate ambushes two weeks ahead of a referendum on a limited amnesty aimed at rebels, newspapers reported on Wednesday. A military convoy was heading for a billet when a homemade bomb buried in the ground exploded, killing three soldiers and injuring two others on Tuesday in the Boumerdes province, some 50 km (30 miles) east of the capital Algiers, newspapers said.Hours later militants walked into a cafe in Oued Khdache and shot dead a military police officer, newspapers said. Authorities were not immediately available for comment. (Posted @ 16:59 PST)
Egypt destroys tunnel to Gaza after finding arms RAFAH, Egypt, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Egyptian border guards destroyed a tunnel to the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip after finding guns and grenades in it. "The opening of a tunnel was found ... and it went to the other (Gaza) side of the border," an Egyptian security official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters on Wednesday. He said it was discovered near the Rafah border crossing. The tunnel, which started inside a house and was at least 10 metres (33 feet) below the surface, contained 35 automatic rifles with 115 magazines and three rocket-propelled grenade launchers with 280 grenades, the security official said. He said no one was found in the tunnel or nearby, and the tunnel had since been destroyed. (Posted @ 16:46 PST)
Indian troops kill five suspected militants in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, Sept 14 (AFP) - Indian troops shot dead five Militants in Poonch district early Wednesday, a police spokesman said. Two more militants were shot dead Tuesday evening in the northern sector of Machil, officials claimed. Freedom movement in occupied Kashmir has claimed some 44,000 lives since 1989, according to official figures.Separatists put the figure at twice this number. (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Seven shot dead in pre-election Taliban attack, official hanged KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept 14 (AFP) Taliban militants shot dead seven Afghan civilians in the central province of Uruzgan after finding a registration document for Sunday's elections in their car, a provincial governor said Wednesday. Separately on Tuesday Taliban guerillas hanged an intelligence official in the south-eastern province of Zabul, police added.(Posted @ 14:35 PST)
President Musharraf attends dinner hosted by Mexican President NEW YORK, Sept 14 (APP) "The Friends for U.N." held an informal review on Tuesday evening of the progress attained in the common strategy to seek reforms in the UN, at a dinner hosted by the Mexican President, Vasante Fox. Apart from President General Pervez Musharraf, leaders from Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Algeria, Australia, Columbia and Kenya also attended the dinner. (Posted @ 11:26 PST)
Cricket: Sri Lanka thrashes Bangladesh by an innings COLOMBO, Sept 14 (APP/AFP) Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by an innings and 96 runs in the opening cricket Test here on Wednesday to gain a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Brief scores: Bangladesh 188 in 1st innings and 86 in 2nd innings; Sri Lanka 370-9 declared. (Posted @ 10:51 PST)
Powerful blast kills at least 11, injures 43 in southwest China BEIJING, Sept 14 (AFP) At least 11 people were killed, two were missing and 43 injured when a massive explosion ripped through the Xinche village in south-eastern China's Yunnan province, state press said Wednesday. The blast, which destroyed 17 homes and damaged another 49, occurred late Monday with police suspecting it was caused by an 18-ton truck-load of ammonium nitrate, the press report added. (Posted @ 10:19 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 61.84 points: KARACHI, September 14: At the close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 7956.52 , up 61.84 points from Tuesday’s close. (Bureau Report) (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, September 14: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.04 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:40 PST)
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