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| November 3, 2005 | Thursday | Ramzan 29, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Shawwal moon sighted, Eid on Friday ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (APP): Shawwal moon has been sighted and Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Friday (November 4), Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced here Thursday evening. (Posted @ 18:35 PST)
Suspected al Qaeda militant caught in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (Reuters) A suspected al Qaeda militant has been killed and another captured during a shoot-out with Pakistani security men in Quetta, a government minister said on Thursday. Al Jazeera television said it had received a statement that two people had been arrested, identifying one as Mustafa Setmariam, a Syrian with a $5 million U.S reward on his head and wanted in connection with the Madrid bombings in 2004. But Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said authorities were still trying to determine if the arrested man was Setmariam. He believed neither the arrested man nor the man killed in the Tuesday shoot-out were "high-value targets". "They are Arabs but their nationality is not yet known," Ahmed said. Al Jazeera said the two suspected al Qaeda militants had been arrested in Quetta on Monday. (Posted @ 14:25 PST)
ICRC seeks access to all terrorism suspects held by US GENEVA, Nov 3 (Reuters) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on Thursday for access to all foreign terrorism suspects held by the United States after a Washington Post report of a covert CIA prison system for al Qaeda captives. "We are concerned at the fate of an unknown number of people captured as part of the so-called global war on terror and held at undisclosed places of detention," Antonella Notari, chief ICRC spokeswoman, said. (Posted @ 19:44 PST)
UK soldiers cleared of murder of Iraqi teenager LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) Seven British soldiers were acquitted on Thursday of charges of beating an innocent Iraqi teenager to death with rifle butts. A judge at a specially convened military court in eastern England ordered the adjudicating panel to return "not guilty" verdicts against the seven because he did not believe there was sufficient evidence against them, the Ministry of Defence said. The defendants were accused of killing 18-year-old Nadhem Abdullah during a skirmish in a village near the southern city of Basra in 2003. (Posted @ 19:44 PST)
India to probe U.N. report on Iraq NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (Reuters) India said on Thursday it was deeply concerned by "unverified references" made in a U.N. report which said the ruling Congress party and the country's foreign minister received favours from Saddam Hussein. "The government is deeply concerned about the unverified references made in the Volcker Committee report to the Congress party and Natwar Singh," Prime Minister Singh's office said in a statement. "Therefore the government is determined to go to the root of the matter and establish the truth or otherwise of these references. The matter is under serious consideration and a decision will be announced shortly." (Posted @ 19:44 PST)
Five Kuwaitis head home from Guantanamo KUWAIT, Nov 3 (Reuters) Five Kuwaitis who had been held in Guantanamo Bay for three years were flying home where they will be tried in a local court, a representative of the detainees said on Thursday. The five were among a dozen Kuwaitis imprisoned at the U.S. military base in Cuba. Chairman of the Families of Kuwaiti Detainees at Guantanamo, said two of the five prisoners were in “very bad health”. They were identified as Adel al-Zamel, Mohammad al-Daihani, Abdullah al-Ajmi, Saad al-Azmi and Abdulaziz al-Shimmari. Shimmari was among five Kuwaitis who joined a recent hunger strike by 200 inmates to protest their prolonged confinement without trial at Guantanamo. (Posted @ 17:20 PST)
Saudi Arabia must invest in oil production: IEA PARIS, Nov 3 (AFP) The price of oil could rise by 50 percent by 2030 if Saudi Arabia does not invest adequately in oil production, the chief economist at the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Thursday. Fatih Birol told the Financial Times newspaper that Saudi Arabia would have to almost double its current oil production of 10 million barrels per day to meet expected demand in 2030. But the newspaper quoted her as saying in an interview that Saudi Arabia, the biggest producer of oil in the world, might increase its production by only half the amount needed in the next 25 years. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Indian border guards allegedly kill Bangladeshi farmer DHAKA, Nov 3 (AFP) A Bangladeshi farmer was shot dead allegedly by Indian border guards Thursday, just days after New Delhi assured Dhaka it would show restraint along their long and porous border, officials said. "The BSF troops took the body to the Indian part of the border," a spokesman for Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) said, adding that in another shooting, BSF men injured a Bangladeshi civilian at the northern Jamalpur border. India has not commented on the BDR reports. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Six-party North Korea nuclear talks to resume on November 9 BEIJING, Nov 3 (AFP) China announced Thursday that the next round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program will begin on November 9 and said progress could be made if all sides remain committed. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Two killed on third day of Ethiopia unrest ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (Reuters) Two people were shot dead on Thursday during a third day of clashes between police and protesters in the Ethiopian capital, medical sources in two hospitals said. Thursday's killings brought the death toll from three days of anti-government protests to at least 36 people. In Ethiopia's worst political violence in months, police in Addis Ababa had opened fire to disperse hundreds of demonstrators apparently heeding an opposition call for renewed protests against a May 15 poll it said was rigged. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Bangladesh seizes explosives, detain suspects DHAKA, Nov 3 (Reuters) Security forces seized explosives from a truck carrying wheat in north-western Bangladesh on Thursday and said they believed they were destined for militant groups. The truck was intercepted heading for Bogra town from Sonaimuri on the India-Bangladesh border. Four people including the driver were detained. Police, meanwhile, also seized a parcel from a local courier firm in Rajshahi city on Wednesday they said contained enough explosives material to make 50 "powerful" bombs. The parcel also contained a leaflet ordering foreigners to leave the country, signed by the outlawed Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen. (Posted @ 17:00 PST)
Israeli troops wound West Bank teenager JENIN, Nov 3 (Reuters) Israeli soldiers shot and critically wounded a 13-year-old Palestinian stone-thrower during a raid in the West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian medics said.(Posted @ 17:00 PST)
Cricket-India hold on to beat Sri Lanka by four wickets PUNE, India, Nov 3 (Reuters) India beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in the fourth one-dayer on Thursday to give them an unassailable 4-0 lead in the seven-match series. Scores: Sri Lanka: 261 all out in 49.5 overs (T.Dilshan 52, M.Atapattu 87; A.Agarkar 5-44). India 262-6 in 45.4 overs (R.Dravid 63). (Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Australian senate passes terror law amendments after PM's attack warning CANBERRA, Nov 3 (AFP) The Australian senate rushed through anti-terror laws Thursday as Prime Minister John Howard denied his warning about a credible threat of attack was a diversion from the government's political problems. Howard refused to reveal details of the alleged plot that prompted his warning, saying only "the concerns we have are not totally related to matters distant to Australia". The lack of detail led critics of the conservative government to accuse Howard of issuing the warning to help push through a raft of new anti-terrorism laws that critics say are a threat to civil liberties. They said the warning also diverted attention from unpopular workplace reforms the conservative government introduced to parliament this week. (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Hamas sets conditions for renewing truce GAZA, Nov 3 (Reuters) Hamas will only renew a truce that expires at the end of the year if Israel halts attacks and frees Palestinian prisoners, a leader of the most powerful Palestinian faction said on Thursday. "We are not going to give calm without a price. The price is to release our people from Israeli detention and to stop the Israeli aggression," Mahmoud al-Zahar, the Hamas leader said. Israel has over 8,000 detainees, including hundreds arrested in recent raids on the occupied West Bank. (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Cricket-Australia 340-7 v West Indies - close BRISBANE, Nov 3 (Reuters) Australia were 340 for seven in their first innings at the close of play on the opening day of the first test against West Indies at the Gabba on Thursday. Scores: Australia 340-7 (Ricky Ponting 149; Corey Collymore 4-47) v West Indies. (Posted @ 14:35 PST)
Pakistan wants India to play Test, one-dayer in Karachi NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (AFP) - Pakistan cricket chiefs want India to play a Test match and a one-day international in Karachi during their tour early next year, an official said on Thursday. The third cricket series in two years between the archivals will feature three Tests and five one-day internationals between January 1 and February 11, 2006, according to the itinerary sent by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to their Indian counterparts. An Indian cricket board official said the schedule had been referred to the government and was likely to be approved. "We don't anticipate any change by the government," the official said. The Tests are to be played in Lahore (January 5-9), Faisalabad (Jan 13-17) and Karachi (Jan 21-15) after a two-day practice match in Lahore from Jan 2. The one-dayers have been proposed in Peshawar (Jan 28), Rawalpindi (Jan 31), Lahore (February 3), Multan (Feb 6) and Karachi (Feb 11). India will remain in Pakistan after the bilateral tour to take part in the six-nation Asia Cup limited-overs tournament from February 16-28. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates and Oman will contest the tournament in various centres around Pakistan. (Posted @ 11:10 PST)
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