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| November 8, 2005 | Tuesday | Shawwal 5, 1426 |
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Cricket-England slip to defeat in Pakistan tour match LAHORE, Nov 8 (Reuters) England's preparations for the first test against Pakistan suffered another blow on Tuesday when they lost a three-day tour match to a Pakistan 'A' side by six wickets. Already facing the possible absence of injured captain Michael Vaughan for the test series opener starting in Multan on Saturday, England were unable to prevent the home team from overhauling a victory target of 245 with great ease. Captain Hasan Raza, who struck an unbeaten 71, shared a fourth-wicket stand of 129 with Shahid Yousuf, who made 57, as Pakistan 'A' reached 245 for four in 52.2 overs. (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Two defence lawyers in Saddam trial shot, one dead BAGHDAD, Nov 8 (Reuters) Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying two lawyers defending some of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants in a trial for crimes against humanity, killing one and wounding the other, police and defence team sources said. Police and defence team sources said Adil al-Zubeidi was killed in the attack in western Baghdad, while Thamer Hamoud al-Khuzaie was wounded. Both men were on a team defending Saddam's brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan, legal sources said. "We don't believe that a fair trial can take place in such security conditions," Issam Ghazzawi, a spokesman for Saddam's defence team, said in the Jordanian capital Amman. "There can be no fair trial without providing security for witnesses, judges and lawyers on an equal footing. No trial can take place in such conditions," he added. (First Posted @ 18:00 PST Updated @) 21:45 PST)
French PM announces raft of measures for riot-hit poor suburbs PARIS, Nov 8 (AFP) Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin unveiled Tuesday a raft of social and economic measures designed to improve conditions in France's tough, low-income neighbourhoods that have spawned unrest raging across the country. The initiatives were outlined before parliament the same day the government approved powers to declare a state of emergency in specified regions of the country. The initiatives are: the creation of an anti-discrimination agency, 20,000 job contracts with local government bodies or associations, an extra 100 million euros for associations that work in the neighbourhoods, 5,000 more teaching assistant posts in the 1,200 schools in districts designated as trouble spots, the creation of 15 more special economic zones that provide tax breaks to companies that set up inside them as an incentive to boost local employment. Villepin also said "social imbalances due to an insufficiently controlled flow of clandestine immigration" would be tackled. (Posted @ 21:20 PST)
Cars torched in Brussels in imitation of France BRUSSELS, Nov 8 (Reuters) Five cars were set on fire in Brussels overnight, raising the number of vehicles burned in the Belgian capital to 10 since Sunday in what officials say appeared to be an imitation of violence in France. There were also minor incidents of arson in the northern town of Sint Niklaas, where a car was also set ablaze and the eastern city of Liege, authorities reported. Belgian officials played down the extent of the incidents. (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
India to back Afghanistan's South Asian group entry, says minister NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (AFP) India Tuesday said it would support Afghanistan's entry to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at a summit of the seven-nation regional group in Dhaka on the weekend. "We will welcome Afghanistan as a member of SAARC," India's junior foreign minister E Ahamed, who will represent India at the SAARC ministerial meeting, was quoted as telling the Press Trust of India news agency. Afghanistan's entry into SAARC is one of the issues on the summit agenda. All SAARC members must agree before Afghanistan can be admitted. (Posted @ 20:55 PST)
Destitute Afghanistan opens its most luxurious hotel KABUL, Nov 8 (AFP) President Hamid Karzai officially opened the most luxurious hotel in destitute Afghanistan Tuesday, with the five-star Kabul Serena touted as a means to lure investors and dollar-spending tourists. The 36.5-million-dollar hotel, opposite the heavily fortified presidential palace, is an almost-total overhaul of the once-famous Kabul Hotel that was badly damaged in the 1992-1996 civil war that destroyed much of the capital. With rooms starting at 250 dollars, five times the monthly salary of an average Afghan civil servant, it is beyond the means of most in a country rated among the poorest in the world. (Posted @ 19:50 PST)
Dengue fever kills 71 in Sudan epidemic KHARTOUM, Nov 8 (Reuters) Sudan is battling an epidemic of dengue fever, which has claimed 71 lives so far and is straining the war-ravaged nation's tattered health system, a government official said on Tuesday. A senior health ministry official, said there were 299 suspected cases of the mosquito-borne disease in the affected South Kordofan region in central Sudan. "There is no vaccine or cure for dengue," he said. "We can treat the symptoms only." (Posted @ 19:45 PST)
Grenade wounds 21 in market in northeast India GUWAHATI, India, Nov 8 (Reuters) At least 21 people, mostly women, were wounded when a man threw a grenade into a crowded market in India's restive north-eastern state of Manipur on Tuesday, police said. "Six of the injured are in critical condition," a police officer said from the state capital Imphal. The grenade was thrown by one of two men riding a motorcycle. At least a dozen armed separatist groups operate in Manipur, one of the seven states of India's isolated and turbulent northeast region, home to some 200 tribal and ethnic groups. (Posted @ 19:40 PST)
Terrorism, poverty high on South Asia summit agenda DHAKA, Nov 8 (Reuters) Combating terrorism, poverty alleviation and cooperation in the aftermath of natural calamities will be high on the agenda of a South Asia summit in Dhaka this weekend, the Bangladesh foreign minister said on Tuesday. Bangladesh will provide unprecedented security for the two-day summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) that begins on Saturday, Khan told reporters. (Posted @ 19:40 PST)
Rescuers save 12 at caved-in China mine BEIJING, Nov 8 (AFP) Twelve people were rescued from a cave-in that claimed the lives of 31 people working in or living above an illegal northern China gypsum mine, reports said Tuesday. But news of the rare victory for rescue workers came amid reports of another 14 people killed when houses above a mine collapsed in northwest China's Xinjiang region on Tuesday. (Posted @ 18:15 PST)
India PM says image not hurt by Volcker storm NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Reuters) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday the government's image was unmarred after his foreign minister stepped aside during an inquiry into claims he benefited from irregularities in the U.N. oil-for-food programme in Iraq. "We want to go deep into this and find out what the truth is," Singh told a press conference in the eastern city of Patna in Bihar state. "This is a matter of pride for our government." (Posted @ 18:15 PST)
Indian troops kill six more Kashmiri youth (SRINAGAR, November 08 PPI) In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, killed six more Kashmiri youth, at different places today. According to Kashmir Media Service, three were shot dead in Gool and Dhakum areas of Udhampur district. Two others were killed in a landmine explosion, laid down by troops, in the Bandipora area of Baramulla district. (Posted @ 17:40 PST)
Australia arrests 17, says foils terrorist attack SYDNEY, Nov 8 (Reuters) Australian police on Tuesday arrested 17 people, including an alleged radical cleric, on charges of planning a terrorist attack and committing to "violent jihad in Australia" after raids in which one man was shot. The suspected militant was in critical condition in hospital after early morning raids in Sydney and Melbourne, in which police seized chemicals, firearms, computers, backpacks and travel documents. Police said the loose-knit group did not have a target, but it was trying to buy chemicals similar to those used in the London bombings in July. Police said the cleric, Abu Bakr, had called bin Laden a "great man" and defended Muslims fighting U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was remanded in custody until January 31. (Posted @ 16:00 PST)
Iran nuclear offer 'last word': Atomic Chief TEHRAN, Nov 8 (AFP) - Iran's top nuclear official said Tuesday his offer to resume atomic talks with Europe was the last such attempt and insisted the Islamic Republic would never surrender its right to uranium enrichment. The offer put forward to the Europeans Sunday "shows Iran's serious willingness to resume negotiations", Ali Larijani told the BBC in an interview. He reiterated that Iran was ready to discuss the conditions for restarting enrichment. (Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Israel to sell 50 spy drones to India JERUSALEM, Nov 8, 2005 (AFP) - Israel will sell 50 unmanned spy drones worth 220 million dollars to India, public radio reported Tuesday. The Heron drones can fly at an altitude of 30,000 feet (nine kilometres), are equipped with camera and surveillance technology, automatic takeoff and landing system and are suitable for all weather conditions, the radio said. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)
US pushes UN for year-long extension of Iraq mandate: WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (AFP) - The United States has urged the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of the US-led forces in Iraq for at least a year after the Iraqis elect their first government, The Washington Post said Tuesday. Overcoming resistance from France and Russia for a six-month extension, the US said extending the mandate for a year would spare a new Iraqi government to be elected under the new constitution on December 15 -- the burden of having to approve the continued presence of foreign troops on their soil, US diplomats told the daily. Currently about 160,000 US troops are in the country as part of a temporary buildup for the December 15 elections. (Posted @ 12:20 PST)
Suicide jacket discovery in Colombo raises fears ahead of polls COLOMBO, Nov 8 (AFP) - Police in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo have found an explosives-filled jacket usually worn by suicide bombers raising fears of an assassination bid ahead of next week's elections, a top official said Tuesday. "The jacket was found within a few kilometres (miles) of the prime minister's residence and the homes of several other VIPs," Jayasundara told AFP. "It may have been meant for a suicide assassination attempt." Police and military officials have expressed fears that there could be an escalation of violence in the run up to the November 17 presidential election. Previous poll campaigns have been marred by violence. Government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels have been observing a truce since February 2002, but despite the ceasefire some 190 people have been killed in violence linked to the island's drawn-out ethnic conflict this year. (Posted @ 10:45 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 26.95 points: KARACHI, November 08: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 8690.97, up 26.95 points from Monday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:25 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, November 08: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.95 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:25 PST)
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