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| October 24, 2005 | Monday | Ramzan 19, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Baghdad hotel blasts kill 17 BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (AFP) Seventeen people were killed Monday when three suicide car bombs exploded near Baghdad hotels occupied by journalists and other foreigners, a senior interior ministry source said. Another nine people were injured in the explosions, which sent huge balls of fire and smoke into the sky over the capital and broke a relative lull in attacks in Baghdad.(First Posted @ 20:58 PST Updated @ 23:10 PST)
Islamic Jihad fires rockets to avenge militant killing GAZA, Oct 24 (Reuters) Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad fired a slew of rockets from Gaza towards Israel on Monday in what the group said was an "initial response" to Israel's killing of one of their top commanders in the West Bank. Palestinian witnesses and the army said no casualties were reported.(Posted @ 21:30 PST)
France says too early for sanctions against Syria BEIRUT, Oct 24 (Reuters) France said on Monday it was too early to seek sanctions against Syria but the U.N. Security Council must demand Damascus to cooperate with a U.N. inquiry into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. "We have here an opportunity to do justice with an independent inquiry. Let's go to the end. If we need to make it longer, let's do it, and afterwards lets see what the consequences should be, including on the question of sanctions," Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said.(Posted @ 21:05 PST)
French court fines mayor for banning Islamic fashion show PARIS, Oct 24 (AFP) A French court on Monday fined a mayor for banning a fashion show that would have displayed a range of women's outfits designed to respect Islamic tradition. The administrative tribunal found that Jean-Pierre Brard, the mayor of Montreuil-sous-Bois, was wrong to have issued a municipal decree last year forbidding the show. It ordered him to pay 750 euros to the company that tried to organise the event. "This decision constitutes a legal victory over the recurrent arbitrary decisions of some elected officials and public services towards the Muslim community," one association, the Collective Against Islamophobia in France, said in a statement.(Posted @ 19:22 PST)
French mountaineering team killed in Nepal KATHMANDU, Oct 24 (AFP) Seven French climbers and 11 Nepalese mountain guides were killed in a massive avalanche last week in the northwest of Nepal, the head of the Himalayan Rescue Association said Monday. "Because there was so much snow, it was impossible to find anyone," an official said. The team was hit by the avalanche at a 5,000-metre base camp near the Anapurna Mountain range as they attempted an ascent of the 6,981-metre Mount Kangaru.(Posted @ 19:18 PST)
Iraq Nineveh province to make or break charter BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (Reuters) Two of Iraq's 18 provinces have returned "No" votes to a constitutional referendum, the electoral commission said on Monday, possibly making Nineveh the swing province that could veto the U.S.-backed charter. Commission head Abdel Hussein al-Hindawi told a news conference that in the Anbar province 96 percent voted "No" and in Salahaddin 81 percent voted "No", according to preliminary results. Under Iraqi law the constitution will be struck down if two-thirds of voters in three provinces reject it.(Posted @ 19:10 PST)
Tennis-Davenport returns to top of world rankings LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) Lindsay Davenport officially returned to the top of the women's world rankings for the first time since August 29 on Monday. The American, runner-up at this year's Australian Open and Wimbledon, clinched top place by reaching the Zurich Open quarter-finals last week.(Posted @ 19:06 PST)
Cricket-Pakistan draws up evacuation procedure for England tour KARACHI, Oct 24 (Reuters) Pakistan has drawn up an emergency evacuation procedure in case a natural disaster occurs during next month's tour by England, a senior security officer said on Monday. The tourists are due to leave England on Tuesday and arrive in Islamabad early on Wednesday. "The evacuation plan has been added by the administration for the teams in case of a natural disaster," Sohail Khan, a senior police official who has been appointed as tour security officer adding that nothing was being left to chance as far as security arrangements were concerned and advance work had been done on all aspects of the tour.(Posted @ 18:52 PST)
Seven convicted and four acquitted in Red Fort attack case NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (APP): A Delhi court on Monday convicted seven people and acquitted four others in the Red Fort shootout case of December 2000. Additional session Judge OP Saini, gave the judgement and fixed October 29 for pronouncing the sentence. Those pronounced guilty include Ashfaq Ahmad, Rehmana, Nazir Ahmad, Farooq Ahmad, Sadaqat Ali, Matloob Alam and Babbar Mohsin. They were convicted under sections 420, 468, 471, 302, 353, 186 of the IPC and section 25 of the Arms Act, said a news report. Four of the eleven accused let off by the Delhi court include Rajiv Malhotra, Moolchand Sharma, Devinder Singh and Shamshad Alam. Two Army men and a civilian were killed when a two-member suicide squad stormed the 17th century monument on December 22, 2000. (Posted @ 16:20 PST)
Malaysia coalition can be model for Iraq -US envoy KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Reuters) Malaysia's concept of power-sharing among various ethnic groups could offer a model for Iraq's new government, U.S. goodwill envoy Karen Hughes said on Monday. "We think that's a particularly important example for places like Iraq right now as Iraq seeks to establish its own government and seeks to have different factions within its own country work together in a unanimous way," Hughes told reporters after meeting Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Posted @ 16:05 PST)
Militants threaten more attacks in Bangladesh DHAKA, Oct 24 (Reuters) Militants from the outlawed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen group blamed for a wave of bomb attacks across Bangladesh over the past two months have threatened more attacks on government sites in the next fortnight, a government official said on Monday. "More simultaneous attacks will be launched to blow off government installations in next 15 days," a police official quoted from a letter, signed by a commander of the Jamaat. (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
Envoy says Israel dragging feet on Gaza borders JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) An international envoy criticised Israel for delaying agreements to open Gaza Strip border crossings following its withdrawal and said that could hinder a Palestinian economic revival essential to peace. James Wolfensohn expressed his concern in a letter obtained by Reuters on Monday and addressed to the peacemaking Quartet of the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia, who hope the Gaza pullout could revive a peace "road map". Quartet envoy Wolfensohn said that because of security concerns, Israel was "almost acting as though there has been no withdrawal, delaying making difficult decisions and preferring to take difficult matters back into slow-moving subcommittees". Gaza has been largely cut off from the outside world since Israel completed its troop withdrawal on Sept. 12 after 38 years of occupation. (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
Kasuri leaves for UAE to discuss bilateral relations ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (APP): Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri left here Monday for Abu Dhabi for a visit to United Arab Emirates. The Foreign Minister, in his meeting with the UAE leadership, will discuss matters of bilateral interest including enhancement of cooperation in various fields. The visit will also provide an opportunity to express gratitude for the prompt and generous relief assistance provided by the brotherly people of UAE for the quake victims in Pakistan, a foreign office statement said. The Foreign Minister is scheduled to return on Tuesday and will accompany the Prime Minister to Moscow on Wednesday to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
India calls for action against nuclear proliferators NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (AFP) India on Monday urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to take action against illegal proliferators of nuclear weapons technology such as Pakistan's disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. "With respect to the Iran nuclear issue, we welcome Iran's cooperation with IAEA in the accounting for previously undeclared activities," Saran told a conference in New Delhi on nuclear non-proliferation. "But it is important that remaining issues which involve Pakistan-based A.Q. Khan are satisfactorily clarified as well,” he said. "We see no reason why there should be an insistence on personal interviews with Iranian scientists but an exception granted to a man who has been accused of running a global 'nuclear Wal-Mart'," he added. (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Israel kills top West Bank militant - Israel radio JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a top commander of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad on Monday during a raid into the occupied West Bank, Israel Radio said.The report said that Loai Assadi was a prime target and responsible for several boming attacks in Israeli cities. On Sunday, troops killed another militant during the raid into the West Bank city of Tulkarm.(Posted @ 11:45 PST)
Gunmen kill 12 workers south of Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 12 Iraqi construction workers on Monday during an attack in the town of Mussayyib, south of Baghdad, police said. A police source said the attackers, who arrived in two cars, also kidnapped the contractor who had hired the workers.(Posted @ 11:35 PST)
Bangladesh ruling party official killed in bomb attack DHAKA, Oct 24 (AFP) - An official of Bangladesh's ruling party was killed in a bomb attack in Khulna city, police said Monday. Unidentified assailants hurled a bomb at Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) functionary Mijanur Rahman, 40, on Sunday. Rahman, general secretary of a Khulna city ward, was taken to hospital with serious injuries but was pronounced dead on arrival. (Posted @ 11:20 PST)
Indian troops kill five militants in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, Oct 24 (AFP) - Indian troops killed five persons late Sunday in Kupwara district, an army spokesman said. Three persons were trying to cross into Azad Kashmir. They were asked to stop. "It turned into a gunbattle that left three militants dead," he said. Indian troops shot dead two other other suspected militants in the southern district of Doda early Monday. Two security force personnel were also injured in the fighting, police said. (Posted @ 11:20 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 118.81 points: KARACHI, October 24: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 8408.62, up 118.81 points from Friday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 13:20 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, October 24: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.05 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 13:20 PST)
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