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| October 16, 2005 | Sunday | Ramzan 11, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
British military investigator found dead in Iraq LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A senior British military investigator was found dead at the British base in Basra, southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence said on Sunday. "His body was found in his accommodation in the base at Basra yesterday (Saturday). He was an officer commanding the 61 section, special investigations branch, of the Royal Military Police," a spokesman said.(Posted @ 23:50 PST)
Russian banker, family shot dead outside Moscow MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The former owner of a Russian bank that helped spark last year's banking crisis was shot dead outside Moscow along with his wife and young daughter, Russian news agencies reported. His wife and young daughter were also shot dead, as were a clergyman and a nun who were traveling in an accompanying off-road vehicle, Itar-Tass reported.(Posted @ 23:32 PST)
Weather good for China's astronauts to return to earth, says expert BEIJING Oct 16 (APP/AP) _ China prepared Sunday for the return of the Shenzhou 6 mission, saying that the capsule was operating smoothly and its two astronauts were doing well after five days in space. It did not give any details on when the mission was expected to touch down, but news reports have said it might be Sunday or early Monday. (Posted @ 21:40 PST)
Palestinians kill 2 in West Bank ambush: rescue service JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen killed two Israelis and wounded five in a roadside ambush outside a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Israeli rescue service ZAKA said. Israel Radio said the ambush occurred at a hitchhiking post outside the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements about 15 km (nine miles) south of Jerusalem.(Posted @ 20:55 PST)
Sunni Arab province rejects Iraq constitution: local official BAGHDAD, Oct 16 (AFP) - The Sunni Arab dominated province of Salaheddin has voted by 71 percent against Iraq's draft constitution according to preliminary results reported Sunday by the chief provincial election officer, but which were rejected by a national spokesman.(Posted @ 20:40 PST)
At least 20 missing after boat capsizes in eastern Nepal KATHMANDU, Oct 16 (AFP)- At least 20 people are missing after a crowded boat capsized in the Sunkoshi river in eastern Nepal Sunday afternoon, police said following the recovery of 10 bodies. "The rescue team recovered the bodies of 10 passengers who were among the 30 who went missing after their boat capsized ... in the Sunkoshi river at Ghurmi in Udayapur district," police said. "The rescue operation will continue Monday as well." Forty people were on the boat and 10 managed to swim to safety, police said. Udayapur is about 400 kilometres (250 miles) east of Kathmandu. The passengers were crossing the river to receive a blessing from their elders during the Hindu Dashain festival which ends Monday. The cause of the capsize is not yet known.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Taliban kill three Afghans for spying for U.S. KABUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Taliban guerrillas on Sunday killed three Afghan men for spying for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Islamic militant group said. Lal Mohammad, Mohammad Hassan and Abdul Samad had their throat slits in the central province of Uruzgan, Qari Mohammad Yousuf, said, adding: "They were spying against the Mujahideen (holy warriors) and we slaughtered them." Speaking by satellite phone, Yousuf told Reuters that Taliban insurgents killed four Afghan troops in a pre-dawn raid in neighbouring Kandahar province. No provincial officials could be immediately reached for comment about either of the incidents. The reported incidents came amid rising Taliban violence in which more than two dozen Afghan troops, five aid workers and at least two U.S. soldiers have been killed in the past fortnight. Ousted from power in 2001, the Taliban and their Islamic allies are mostly active in southern and eastern parts of Afghanistan close to the border with Pakistan. Some 20,000 U.S.-led forces are hunting the Taliban and their Islamic allies such as the al Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden.(Posted @ 19:15 PST)
Five US soldiers killed by Iraq bomb -military BAGHDAD, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq on Saturday when their vehicle was hit by an improvised bomb in the western city of Ramadi, the U.S. military said on Sunday. The statement gave no details beyond saying the soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Marine Division. Iraqis voted in a constitutional referendum on Saturday, although few in Ramadi took part because of clashes between U.S. and Iraqi forces and Sunni Arab insurgents.(Posted @ 19:10 PST)
Super Test: World XI 25 for 2 chasing 355 runs to win SYDNEY, Oct 16 (AFP) - The World XI were 25 for two in their second innings and chasing 355 runs to win the Super Test when bad light ended play on the third day at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. Rahul Dravid was not out 17 with Brian Lara yet to score. (Posted @ 12:30 PST)
Monk, five others killed in Thai Muslim south BANGKOK, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Suspected militants killed a Buddhist monk and five other people in Thailand's restive Muslim south, police said on Sunday. The militants attacked a Buddhist temple in southern Pattani province late Saturday, slit the 76-year-old monk's throat, killed two teenage boys and set fire to the temple, On Saturday, militants also killed a Buddhist villager in Pattani, a Muslim village defence volunteer in the nearby Narathiwat province and a Muslim village official in Yala province, police said. "We had nine security-related incidents in the past 24 hours and there were three people killed," police spokesman Colonel Somkuan Kampeera told Reuters. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Court martial for British officer who rejected 'illegal' Iraq war LONDON, Oct 16 (AFP) - A Royal Air Force doctor will become the first British officer to face a court martial for refusing to return to Iraq because he thought the war was illegal, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Preliminary proceedings are due to begin against Flight-Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith this year for "disobeying a lawful command", The Sunday Times said, citing his lawyer.The medical officer was born in Australia, brought up in New Zealand and has dual British-New Zealand citizenship. He was decorated for his role in Afghanistan and in two previous tours in Iraq, according to the weekly newspaper.But after studying the legal advice of Lord Peter Goldsmith, Britain's Attorney General, he decided it would be wrong to return. His lawyer, Justin Hugheston-Roberts, told The Sunday Times that Kendall-Smith did not object to fighting so long as the cause was legal. (Posted @ 10:10 PST)
Three blasts heard in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct 16 (AFP) - Three loud explosions were heard in central Baghdad early Sunday, the day after referendum on Iraq's draft constitution took place in relative calm. The blasts, the origin of which was not immediately known, rocked the city at around 7:15 am (0415 GMT) as light traffic began to resume following a day-long ban on vehicles throughout the country on polling day. (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
Russians helping Iran create Europe missile threat: British paper LONDON, Oct 16 (AFP) - Former members of the Russian military have been secretly helping Iran obtain the technology needed to make missiles capable of hitting European capitals, a British newspaper claimed on Sunday. Citing anonymous "Western intelligence officials", The Sunday Telegraph said the Russians were go-betweens as part of a multi-million-pound (dollar, euro) deal they negotiated between Iran and North Korea in 2003. "It has enabled Teheran to receive regular clandestine shipments of top secret missile technology, believed to be channelled through Russia," the newspaper reported in a front-page article. (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
Britain's captured soldiers allegedly spying on Iraqi prison torturer LONDON, Oct 16 (AFP) - Two British soldiers captured briefly by Iraqis last month had beeen spying on a senior police commander who was allegedly torturing prisoners with an electric drill, Sunday Telegraph reported on Sunday. It also gave a vivid account of how the two were detained in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and their subsequent rescue by British forces, who raided a police station and then a nearby house.The newspaper said Britain's Special Air Service (SAS) had been staking out several members of the Iraqi police, who were suspected of torturing prisoners at the notorious Jamiyat prison in Basra. The operation was ordered after the body of an Iraqi, who had been arrested by the police, was found on the outskirts of the city in April. An examination of the corpse showed that his skull, hands and legs had been penetrated with an electric drill, the Telegraph said. The army learnt, from Iraqi sources, that a senior police officer was behind the abuse. (Posted @ 09:05 PST)
Abbas heads for Paris, Washington to discuss Gaza's future RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 16 (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas was due in Paris Monday ahead of a visit to the White House in a bid to try and turn Israel's withdrawal from Gaza into a springboard for resurrecting negotiations to end the conflict. Abbas is due to hold talks with French President Jacques Chirac on Monday and Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Tuesday. On Tuesday, he will hold talks in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister before arriving in Washington Wednesday (Posted @ 08:55 PST)
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