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| October 23, 2005 | Sunday | Ramzan 18, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu confirmed in Britain LONDON, Oct 23 (AFP) - A South American parrot that died from bird flu while in British quarantine was carrying the H5N1 strain of bird flu that has killed more than 60 people in Asia, officials said Sunday. The virus was detected in a parrot from Surinam which had been in quarantine since its arrival in Britain last month, according to the British department of environment, food and rural affairs (DEFRA).(Posted @ 23:45 PST)
Malta police find five dead migrants in sea VALLETTA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Maltese police said on Sunday they had recovered five bodies thought to be migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean. They were found in the sea 10 to 15 miles east of the island in the afternoon after a fisherman spotted one of them. None carried identification documents. The police said they feared more corpses will be found when a search resumes on Monday. Many African migrants seeking a better life try to cross the Mediterranean to enter Europe illegally. Many end up in Malta, now a member of the European Union.(Posted @ 23:30 PST)
At least 6 dead as storms sweep southern Italy BARI, Italy, Oct 23 (Reuters) - At least six people were killed as torrential rain battered southern Italy overnight, demolishing a bridge, sweeping away cars and derailing a Eurostar train, police said on Sunday. Three members of a family were killed as their car plunged into a ravine when a bridge collapsed near Bari, the capital of the Apulia region, while also near the city two men drowned as their cars were both swept away by floods of water and mud.(Posted @ 21:58 PST)
Communal tension prevailing in Agra (Uttar Pradesh) NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (APP): Tension prevailed in the old city areas of Agra in Uttar Pradesh after clash between the Muslim residents and Hindu shopkeepers leaving several people injured. The communal tension forced the minions of law to fire in the air to disperse the mob, police sources were quoted as saying by a news report received here. A near-curfew like situation prevailed in Mantola police station area in Agra this afternoon as police forced the people indoors to control the situation following the clashes in which both sides indulged in brick batting, observed the report.(Posted @ 19:35 PST)
Croatia kills thousands of birds to fight avian flu ZAGREB, Oct 23, 2005 (AFP) - Croatian authorities continued Sunday to kill thousands of domesticated birds in an area where dead swans infected by bird flu were found, national radio reported. "All teams are on the spot and we expect to finish this laborious work today or Monday at the latest," said Mate Brstilo, head of the government's crisis panel monitoring the disease.(Posted @ 17:55 PST)
Autumn rain disrupts train service in Bangladesh DHAKA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Heavy rain in Bangladesh has damaged rail links and stranded thousands of commuters but may help crops, officials said on Sunday. They said the unusual autumn rain had disrupted train travel between the capital Dhaka and several western districts. In Dhaka, many residents abandoned work as rain flooded streets and disrupted transport.(Posted @ 17:48 PST)
Blast shakes Afghan southern city - residents KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A powerful explosion rocked the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday, residents said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damages.(Posted @ 17:40 PST)
Policeman killed in pointblank shooting in quake-hit Kashmir SRINAGAR, Oct 23 (AFP) - A federal policeman was killed Sunday and another injured in a pointblank shooting by suspected militants in Occupied Kashmir's main city Srinagar, police said. The shooting tooking place in busy area as people in large numbers were purchasing garments and footwear from the roadside stalls. Kashmir is in the grip of a 16-year-old insurgency against Indian rule that has left tens of thousands dead.(Posted @ 17:32 PST)
Five killed, six injured in building collapse in India's Mumbai MUMBAI, Oct 23 (AFP) - Five people died and six were injured when a building in a suburban area of India's Mumbai collapsed Sunday, an official said. "A portion of an under-construction building fell in the Andheri suburb of north Mumbai and the labourers who were working at the construction site were buried in the debris,"(Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Baskent University of Turkey sends another plane of relief goods KARACHI, Oct 23 (APP)- President of Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, Dr. Mehment Haberal, a friend of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), has sent a second plane loaded with essential medication, equipment and relief goods from Turkey for quake-affectees, these goods included 5 dialysis machines, essential disposables, surgical material, medicines, food supplies and clothes. These 11 tones of goods have arrived in two plane shipments. The second one arrived on October 20.(Posted @ 16:32 PST)
Missing Nigerian airliner crashed: airline official LAGOS, Oct 23 (APP/AFP) - A missing Nigerian airliner with 114 people on board crashed in a remote rural area 400 kilometres (245 miles) north of Lagos, an airline official told AFP Sunday. "The latest information we have is that the plane came down at a point between Kishi and Kaiama," she said, speaking on condition of in the offices of Bellview Airlines at Lagos airport.There are 50 or more survivors from a crash on Saturday night of a Nigerian airliner carrying 116 people, a state government spokesman said on Sunday (Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Car bomb kills four in central Baghdad-police BAGHDAD, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed four people, including two police officers, when it exploded near a police patrol in central Baghdad on Sunday morning, Iraqi police said. The blast also injured 13 others, both police and civilians. It was not immediately clear if it was a suicide attack, police said. (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Six dead in Yucatan as Wilma heads for Cuba, Florida CANCUN, Mexico, Oct 23 (AFP) - Six people were listed as killed and two as missing early Sunday after Hurricane Wilma erased beaches and flooded luxury hotels up to the third floor in Mexico's famous Yucatan resorts.(First Posted @ 9:45 Updated @ 12:23 PST)
Earthquake rattles eastern Afghanistan, five killed KABUL, Oct 23 (APP/AFP) - An earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, with initial reports saying at least five people were killed and six hurt, the defence ministry said. First reports also said about six homes were destroyed in the quake which struck Paktika province at about 6:30 am (0200 GMT), ministry spokesman General Mohammad Zahir Azimi told a press briefing. "We don't know exactly the scale of the damage. Afghan National Army troops are on the ground helping villagers," he said. (Posted @ 12:15 PST)
Inmates tunnel out of Guatemala prison GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Nineteen inmates tunneled their way out of one of Guatemala's most notorious prisons on Saturday, authorities said. The escapees included murders and kidnappers serving 50-year sentences at the prison in the town of Escuintla. (Posted @ 10:25 PST)
Voting begins in Poland presidential second round WARSAW, Oct 23 (AFP) - Polling stations opened before dawn in Poland on Sunday for the second round of a presidential election which opinion polls have shown to be a close race between Donald Tusk, a liberal, and his conservative rival Lech Kaczynski. (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
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