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| November 11, 2005 | Friday | Shawwal 8, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Two Kenyans shot dead in referendum violence MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Kenyan security forces shot dead two opponents of a proposed new constitution on Friday in the latest flare-up of a tumultuous campaign ahead of a Nov. 21 referendum, police said. "The public was surging towards the police with stones and all manner of weapons, and the police shot in defence," local police commander Joseph Mbiithi said.(Posted @ 23:58 PST)
President postpones COMSTECH General Assembly meeting ISLAMABAD, Nov 11 (APP): Due to the calamitous circumstances President General Pervez Musharraf, who is also Chairman COMSTECH (OIC Ministerial Standing Committee for Science & Technology), has decided to postpone the upcoming 12th General Assembly Meeting of COMSTECH, which was scheduled to be held here from November 22-24. According to a press release of COMSTECH issued here on Friday, the associated events like 24th Meeting of COMSTECH Executive Committee, OIC Task Force Meeting and International Seminar on Strengthening Science in Africa have also been postponed for the same reasons. (Posted @ 23:40 PST)
Senior Saddam aide dies - Al Arabiya DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's deputy Izzat Ibrahim has died, Al Arabiya satellite television quoted a Baath party statement as saying on Friday. Ibrahim was the most senior member of the former regime still at large. He is number six on the U.S. military's list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis, with a $10 million reward offered for his capture.(Posted @ 23:32 PST)
Bush calls on Syria not to bully Lebanon TOBYHANNA, Pennsylvania, Nov 11 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush called on Syria Friday to "stop trying to intimidate and destabilize" Lebanon and to cooperate fully with the UN probe into the slaying of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri. Syria must "stop exporting violence and start importing democracy," Bush said in a speech marking the Veterans Day holiday and focused on the global war on terrorism.(Posted @ 23:25 PST)
Maoists storm Indian police centre, kill 5 cadets NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Maoists rebels stormed a training centre for auxiliary policemen in eastern India on Friday, killing five police cadets and wounding 18 people, including villagers caught in the crossfire, police said. Around 300 Maoist rebels, some of them armed with automatic weapons, attacked the centre near Giridih town, some 150 km (93 miles) northeast of Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand state. "The gun battle is still on and some of the injured are critical," Inspector General of Police B.C. Verma said. Hundreds of state and federal police reinforcements have been sent to the area, he said.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
China unveils 2008 Olympics mascots BEIJING, Nov 11 (AFP) - Beijing unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Olympic Games in an elaborate ceremony Friday, 1,000 days ahead of the opening ceremony of the world's most prestigious sporting event. In a nationally televised program beamed live from Tiananmen Square and the Capital Gymnasium, the five cartoon characters were presented by Chinese Communist Party Politiburo member Jia Qinglin. The colorful mascots include a traditional Chinese doll, a panda bear, a Tibetan antelope, a Beijing swallow and a "fish child." The names of the characters spelt out "Beijing Welcomes You" in Chinese.(Posted @ 19:48 PST)
South Asian ministers propose economic union plan DHAKA, Nov 11 (AFP) - Seven South Asian foreign ministers met Friday ahead of a weekend summit in the Bangladesh capital to push a free trade agreement and a possible "economic union", officials said. The foreign ministers, who were still finalising the summit agenda , also hoped to reach an accord on combating terrorism, in addition to implementing a South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA). They also discussed setting up of a new economic body to take regional integration beyond SAFTA, an Indian official present at the discussions said. "The ministers have made an ambitious recommendation -- the setting up of a high economic council comprising ministers of planning and finance and their senior officials," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "Though there are some outstanding issues like rules of origin, the SAFTA can be launched in due time," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri told reporters.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Rice on surprise visit to Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Iraq Friday and urged its fractious war-battered communities to bridge their differences ahead of next month's general election. "Even though there are many hardships, the fact that Iraqis continue to vote in large numbers and are preparing for free and fair elections is indeed inspirational," she told a news conference with Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari. Rice flew in from Bahrain under tight security. She first went briefly to Mosul and then on to Baghdad. Following talks in Baghdad with Jaafari and Sunni Arab leaders, she praised efforts to bring the disempowered minority community back into the political process. Rice said the goal was "an Iraq where everybody, all of the three major groups as well as minorities, feel fully protected and fully incorporated."(Posted @ 19:24 PST)
All eight on board crashed Afghan plane killed KABUL, Nov 11 (APP/AFP) - All eight people on board a cargo plane that crashed in Afghanistan Friday were killed, a government official said, adding the dead were Russian, Ukrainian and Pakistani nationals. "All eight people on board are dead," interior ministry official Yousuf Stanizai told AFP. They were five Russians, two Ukrainians and a Pakistani, he said.(Posted @ 19:08 PST)
10,000 Sikh Yatrees celebrate Baba Guru Nanak 's birth anniversary at Punja Sahib Hasan Abdal, Nov 11 (PPI) About 10,000 Sikh Yatrees from Pakistan, India and other countries celebrated birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak founder of the Sikh religion here at the Gurdawara Punja Sahib. About 4000 Sikh Yatrees from India arrived by special trains and a large number also came from UK, US, Canada, France, Norway, Malaysia, Dubai and other countries.(Posted @ 19:02 PST)
Security incidents in Iraq, Nov. 11 Baghdad, Nov 11 (Reuters) One insurgent was killed and an Iraqi policeman was wounded when clashes broke out in Ghazaliya district in western Baghdad, police said Friday. One Iraqi policeman was killed and three were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Qamishli, 65 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, and three Iraqi policeman were injured when a makeshift bomb exploded near their patrol in central Baghdad, police said.(Posted @ 18:14 PST)
Three Iraqi men, woman behind Jordan attacks -Qaeda DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - An Iraqi married couple and two other men carried out the suicide bombings at three hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman which killed 57 people this week, al Qaeda in Iraq said in an Internet statement on Friday. "It was agreed to use suicide belts for precision and to cause maximum damage," the statement said adding that they were all Iraqis and gave their names. The claims' authenticity could not be verified.(Posted @ 18:10 PST)
Exchange of rocket fire, shelling on Israel-Gaza border JERUSALEM, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into southern Israel on Friday and Israeli artillery gunners responded by shelling an open area in the northern part of the coastal strip, the Israeli army said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in the incidents.(Posted @ 18:06 PST)
India PM worried by danger of 'failed' neighbours NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday the danger of failed states emerging in the region posed a grave security threat. "The danger of a number of failed states emerging in our neighbourhood has far-reaching consequences for our region and our people," Singh said at a function organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, a strategic thinktank , hours before he was to leave for Dhaka to attend the SAARC summit. "The impact includes crises which generate an inflow of refugees and by destabilisation of our border areas, " he said. Singh did not mention which countries he thought could become failed states, but all the SAARC members have security issues. "We see signs of the ills of disaffection, alienation and conflict not only in India but also across our neighbourhood. We have to be alert to these developments and deal with the dangers that lie ahead," he added.(Posted @ 16:28 PST)
Three hurt by car bomb in central Baghdad-police BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Three policemen were wounded when a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad on Friday, police said. The bomb was detonated as a police patrol passed by in an area on the eastern side of the Tigris River in the Iraqi capital shortly after 12.30 p.m. (0930 GMT). (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Sri Lanka axe veteran Jayasuriya for India Tests COLOMBO, Nov 11 (AFP) - Seasoned opener Sanath Jayasuriya was on Friday dropped from Sri Lanka's 15-man squad for next month's three-Test series in India, Sri Lanka Cricket said. Middle-order batsman Russel Arnold, leg-spinner Upul Chandana, seamer Nuwan Zoysa and all-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige were other players in the one-day team not picked for the Tests. Agressive left-handed opener Aviska Gunawardene, leg-spinner Malinga Bandara and fast bowler Lasith Malinga were recalled. Left-arm spinner Sajeeva Weerakoon and teenage middle-order batsman Chamara Kapugedara are the new faces in the touring team. The first Test begins in Chennai on December 2, the second in New Delhi from Dec 10 and the third in Kanpur from Dec 18. Sri Lankas Test squad: Marvan Atapattu (capt), Chaminda Vaas (vice-capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakeratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Farveez Maharoof, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Avishka Gunawardene, Lasith Malinga, Malinga Bandara, Sajeeva Weerakoon and Chamara Kapugedara. (Posted @ 16:05 PST)
WTO approves Saudi Arabia's membership: official GENEVA, Nov 11 (AFP) - World Trade Organization members on Friday approved Saudi Arabia's admission to the global body, a WTO spokesman said. (Posted @ 16:00 PST)
Bali suicide bombers' video message found: Indonesian police JAKARTA, Nov 11 (AFP) - A video message from the three Bali suicide bombers explaining why they carried out attacks which killed 20 people last month has been found, Indonesia's National Police Chief General Sutanto said. "The video contains the confession of the three suicide bombers explaining why they were prepared to carry out the suicide bombings," Sutanto told a press conference after a cabinet meeting."They said their action was for a noble cause and they would go to heaven." (Posted @ 15:45 PST)
Annan on solidarity visit as Jordan mourns its dead AMMAN, Nov 11 (AFP) - UN chief Kofi Annan arrived on a solidarity visit to Amman Friday as Jordanians mourned victims of Wednesday’s suicide hotel bombings in which the death toll rose to 57 after renowned Hollywood film director Mustafa Akkad, a Syrian and US national, died of injuries. Mourners headed to mosques across the nation for special prayers for the dead. King Abdullah II offered Friday prayers along with several of his brothers at Al-Hashimiyah mosque. The imam denounced the suicide bombers as "ignorants" whose "actions are totally banned by Islam". A protest rally organized by Jordanian opposition parties and trade unions was also taken out after the Friday congregation prayers.(Posted @ 15:35 PST)
Bahrain forum seeks new impetus for US reforms in Middle East MANAMA, Nov 11 (AFP) Foreign ministers from industrialized nations and Middle East countries begin a two-day conference in Manama Friday seeking to speed up controversial US democratisation plans for the region. The second annual "Forum for the Future" is being held two days after deadly terror strikes in Jordan, where next year's conference is to be convened, with Bahrain having tightened security measures in the capital Manama. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will be joined at the contentious forum by 13 ministers from Arab countries, including heavyweights Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt(Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Release of British couple, Australian held without charge in Iran LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP) The Iranian authorities have released a British couple and an Australian whom they had held for 13 days after they sailed to an island disputed by both Iran and the United Arab Emirates, officials said (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Shaukat Aziz leaves for Dhaka to attend SAARC summit ISLAMABAD, Nov 11 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday left here for Dhaka to attend the 13th SAARC summit (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
U.S. says it rejected North Korea’s offer of nuclear freeze BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) The United States rejected a North Korean offer to freeze its nuclear programmes during three days of multiparty talks, saying only full dismantlement was acceptable, the chief U.S. negotiator said on Friday. The fifth round of six-party talks, involving the United States, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Russia and host China, ended on Friday, with little apparent progress towards their goal of ending North Korea's nuclear programme (Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Arab film director Akkad dies after Jordan blast-TV DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) Hollywood Arab film director Moustapha Akkad has died in hospital from wounds sustained in this week's hotel bomb attacks in Jordan, Arab television stations said on Friday. Akkad had directed a 1976 English-language movie about the Prophet Mohammad starring Anthony Quinn, "The Message". Born in Aleppo in 1935, Akkad also directed the 1981 film "Lion of the Desert", in which Quinn starred as Libyan anti-colonial fighter Omar Mukhtar (Posted @ 14:35 PST)
Singapore detains suspected militant SINGAPORE, Nov 11 (Reuters) Singapore said on Friday it had detained a 35-year-old man suspected of being a member of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the Southeast Asian arm of al Qaeda. The Singaporean man, Mohammad Sharif bin Rahmat, who the government said had been a member of JI since 1990, had undergone military training in Pakistan, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.(Posted @ 14:40 PST)
Indian troops kill suspected militant SRINAGAR, Occupied Kashmir, Nov 11 (AFP) Indian troops killed a suspected militant near Bandipore in Occupied Kashmir Friday during a large-scale sweep for suspects in the shooting death of a senior Indian army official, an army spokesman said. The search was launched after militants attacked a military camp Thursday and killed Major Gopi Rathore, a former aide to late Indian president K.R. Narayanan, and wounded two other soldiers, the spokesman added(Posted @ 14:35 PST)
Palestinians commemorate Arafat's death RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 11 (AFP) Palestinians were commemorating Friday the first anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, their iconic leader who even in death embodies their struggle for independence and statehood. Twelve months to the day since Arafat died in a Paris hospital aged 75, thousands of Palestinians were expected to attend a rally in the West Bank to remember the man who guided Palestinian aspirations for four decades. His temporary glass mausoleum in the courtyard of the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah, will provide the focus for official commemorations. (Posted @ 13:10 PST)
US senators demand report on secret CIA prisons abroad WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (AFP) The US Senate on Thursday demanded that the country's intelligence chief brief lawmakers on reportedly CIA-run secret prisons for terror suspects. The Senate voted 82-9 for an amendment offered by Democratic Senator John Kerry requiring Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Negroponte to make a classified report to the House and Senate intelligence committees. The amendment was added to a defence budget bill whose final version must be ironed out with the House of Representatives. If enacted, Negroponte would have to report to the committees within 60 days.(Posted @ 11:45 PST)
Surge in Chinese spying on British business: report LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP) Britain's security services were becoming increasingly worried by a rise in Chinese espionage, a British newspaper reported Friday.The Guardian daily said that officials did not know what impact the espionage was having and how widespread it was. Britain's MI5 internal security service believes that "at least 20 foreign intelligence services are operating to some degree against UK interests" with the Chinese and the Russians the most worrying, the newspaper said(Posted @ 11:30 PST)
Three policemen killed in attack near Baghdad BAQUBA, Iraq, Nov 11 (AFP) Three policemen were killed and two others wounded Friday in an attack on a road checkpoint at Baquba, 60 kilometers north of the Baghdad, police said. A group of seven armed men opened fire on the officers manning the checkpoint from a minibus and fled.(Posted @ 11:15 PST)
North Korea talks end in China; parties to meet again BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme ended in Beijing on Friday with a statement from host China saying they planned to meet again as soon as possible. "The parties agreed to hold the second session of the fifth round of six-party talks at the earliest possible date," the Chinese statement said. "The parties reaffirmed that they would fully implement the joint statement in line with the principle: commitment for commitment, action for action."(Posted @ 11:15 PST)
More vehicles burn in French unrest as Chirac says lessons must be learnt PARIS, Nov 11 (AFP) More vehicles were set alight in suburban violence in France early Friday after President Jacques Chirac said the country needed to learn lessons from two weeks of unrest. By 4:00 am (0300 GMT) 395 vehicles had been burned and 168 people detained for questioning, compared to 394 torched vehicles and 169 arrests the night before, police said. Appearing publicly for the second time since rioting began, Chirac said the "re-establishment of order is for me an absolute priority which has not yet been achieved."(Posted @ 10:45 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 1.00 points: KARACHI, November 11: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 8793.93, down 1.00 points from Thrusday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:10 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, November 11: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.88 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:10 PST)
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