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| November 12, 2005 | Saturday | Shawwal 9, 1426 |
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Iran insists it must enrich its own uranium TEHRAN, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday insisted upon its right to enrich its own uranium, rebuffing an EU proposal that Russia should perform the sensitive atomic fuel work to allay fears Tehran is seeking atomic arms. "Iran's nuclear fuel must be produced inside the country," Iranian nuclear chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh told reporters.(Posted @ 22:48 PST)
President urges elected leaders to encourage transparency, accountability ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (APP): Calling upon elected representatives to encourage transparency and accountability, President General Pervez Musharraf Saturday expressed the hope that local government leaders would keep betterment of the poor ahead of all considerations. "I have great hopes that you will deliver and never let down the people all of us should devote our attention to ameliorating socio-economic lot of the poor," he said, addressing a national convention of district and tehsil nazimeen. The President also highlighted the importance of shunning corruption and nepotism as these retarded development of the country in the past and caused enormous loss of the national wealth. "If we have good intentions, we will rise, reduce poverty and provide employment to our young generation and through our actions and good governance improve our image", he underlined.(Posted @ 22:34 PST)
Israel no longer partner for peace: Qorei AL-BIREH, West Bank, Nov 12 (AFP) - Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei said Saturday that Israel was no longer a partner for peace, and sharply criticised its policies in annexed east Jerusalem. "Israel has become a partner for permanent struggle, not a partner for potential peace in the foreseeable future," he told a conference in the West Bank to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat. "Israel made sure of this through its repeated announcement of plans and projects to Judaise Jerusalem, to annex it and isolate it, both geographically and demographically as if trying to take us from inside," he added.(Posted @ 22:22 PST)
Cricket-Pakistan 244-6 v England at close in first test MULTAN, Pakistan, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Pakistan had scored 244 for six at the close of the first day of the first test against England at the Multan cricket stadium on Saturday. Score: Pakistan 244-6 (Salman Butt 74, Inzamam-ul-Haq 41 not out; Steve Harmison 2-37, Andrew Flintoff 2-49)(Posted @ 17:12 PST)
Sri Lanka describes two years of SAARC under Pakistan's leadership productive DHAKA, Nov.12 (APP): Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarantunga Saturday described two years of SAARC under Pakistan's leadership as very productive. After a meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on the sidelines of the two-day Summit she said: "We (SAARC) have been able to do certain things which had not been done for some time." Prime Minister Aziz lauded the role of Presildent Kumarantunga during her long tenure of 11 years in making major contributions towards building bilateral ties, enhancing peace in South Asia and in promoting the SAARC process. Shaukat Aziz invited her to visit Pakistan and the Sri Lankan President accepted the invitation.(Posted @ 20:22 PST)
President Ziaur Rehman awarded first SAARC award posthumously DHAKA, Nov 12 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Saturday conferred the first SAARC award for 2004 to late President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh. Rehman's eldest son Tariq Rahman received the award. Ziaur Rahman, husband of Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, had played a key role in the formation of the SAARC in 1985. On this occasion, leaders of the seven SAARC countries showered praise on late Ziaur Rahman.(Posted @ 20:04 PST)
Mideast reform meeting ends without final document MANAMA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - A Middle East reform conference promoted by the United States ended in confusion on Saturday without a final declaration after Egypt tried to introduce clauses which Washington said would restrict aid groups. U.S. officials termed it disappointing as the conference produced no final document on promoting political and economic reform in the Middle East and North Africa, the goal of the meeting. "Obviously we are not pleased," said a senior State Department official at the conclusion of the "Forum for the Future" meeting. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were also angry. The Egyptian delegation was not immediately available for comment. A Gulf diplomat however said other Arab countries also had reservations about the document and that Egypt was not alone. The Egyptians wanted the draft document to stipulate that only NGOs which were "legally registered" by a country and followed that nation's laws should be supported. "It would have made them (NGOs) susceptible to government influence and pressure," said the U.S. official.(Posted @ 19:50 PST)
Bodies found in Iraq town after US offensive-doctor RAMADI, Iraq, Nov 12 (Reuters) - An Iraqi Red Crescent doctor said on Saturday more than 50 bodies had been found in the rubble of the town of Qusayba near the Syrian border which U.S.-led troops swept through this week in an anti-insurgent offensive. The U.S. military says it detained around 180 insurgent and killed at least 36 more in the operation, which was continuing in the nearby town of Karabila on Friday. Around 900 civilians who fled the town were given temporary housing nearby during the operation. As residents started to trickle back to Qusayba in recent days, doctor Saif al-Ani, who works for the Red Crescent in the Qaim area, told Reuters they had unearthed at least 54 bodies in the rubble, including some women and children. There was no immediate response from the U.S. military to questions about the casualties.(Posted @ 19:28 PST)
Judge, politicians among 360 arrested in Iraq Baghdad, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Iraqi police rounded up 360 suspects in a major operation in Diyala province, Brigadier Ghasan al-Bawi, the head of Diyala police, said. Among those arrested was a judge and several politicians, a regional government official said. Meanwhile, one Iraqi policeman was killed and another seriously wounded when gunmen attacked their patrol in the city of Kirkuk, and another five civilians were killed and 20 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a market in eastern Baghdad, police said. On Friday, one Iraqi policeman was killed and another wounded when gunmen attacked their patrol in a western district of the capital, police said Saturday. Gunmen attacked a house in eastern Baghdad and kidnapped a woman and her son, while an insurgent was killed when clashes broke out between Iraqi police commandos and insurgents, police said. In Ramadi, U.S.-led forces said they killed four suspected insurgents and detained four more in a raid on a safe house used by al Qaeda .(Posted @ 18:40 PST)
Iran overrules Islamic objections to foreign loans TEHRAN, Nov 12 (Reuters)- Iran's main legislative arbitration body on Saturday ruled the country could use foreign bank loans, sidestepping objections that such financing ran against the principles of Islamic law. Parliament approved international financing earlier this year but the Guardian Council, Iran's main constitutional watchdog, promptly ruled that loans from foreign banks were associated with usury and were un-Islamic. But the Expediency Council, which arbitrates in disputes between parliament and the council, ruled in favour of the parliamentarians. "There are no more legal problems in using foreign financing and the government is allowed to use it," said Mohammad Mehdi Mofatteh, spokesman of parliament's budget committee. The Expediency Council sent a fax to Reuters confirming it had declared foreign loans as legal.(Posted @ 18:26 PST)
Taliban attacks kill three Afghan police KHOST, Afghanistan, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents killed at least three policemen and wounded eight in separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday. Two policemen were killed in an ambush in Helmand province while a senior officer was killed when guerrillas attacked a police headquarters in Khost province , officials said. The police headquarters was partially destroyed in the battle, they said. Four policemen were wounded in the attack in Khost while four others guarding an Indian firm, involved in a road construction project, were wounded in another attack in Kunar province . Taliban were also suspected of killing the deputy provincial governor of Nimroz who was ambushed on Thursday while travelling to attend a conference in Kabul, a security official said.(Posted @ 18:25 PST)
India stick to winning combination for South Africa one-dayers VADODARA, India, Nov 12 (AFP) - Indian cricket selectors Saturday retained an unchanged squad for the first three matches of a five-match one-day series against South Africa starting on Wednesday. India, who completed a 6-1 drubbing of Sri Lanka on Saturday, once again chose to be without former captain Sourav Ganguly who has been ignored in recent matches. The one-day series will commence in Hyderabad with a day game while the remaining matches will be day-night affairs in Bangalore (Nov 19), Chennai (Nov 22), Kolkata (Nov 25) and Mumbai (Nov 28). The squad: Rahul Dravid (capt), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Jai Prakash Yadav, Rudra Pratap Singh, Sri Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik.(Posted @ 18:12 PST)
Nepal's king pledges elections by 2007 DHAKA, Nov 12 (AFP) - King Gyanendra, who sacked Nepal's elected government earlier this year, on Saturday repeated a pledge to hold parliamentary elections in 2007 and urged his country's Maoist rebels to put down their arms. "We have asked the election commission to make necessary preparations to hold a general election by April 2007," the king said at the SAARC summit. Improved security had also allowed the government to announce a date for municipal elections, he said and urged the Maoist rebels "to renounce violence and take part in a democratic political process".(Posted @ 18:08 PST)
India proposes South Asian open skies deal DHAKA, Nov 12 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday proposed a South Asian open skies agreement that would remove restrictions on flights operated by state-owned and private airlines from seven countries. India was ready to offer the open skies facility on a reciprocal basis, Singh told the inaugural session of the SAARC summit. India, which now has such an arrangement only with Sri Lanka, said designated airlines from other member countries would be able to fly daily to New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata.They would also be allowed to operate unlimited flights to 18 other destinations across India, he said.(Posted @ 17:54 PST)
Gas explosion kills 16 in Chinese coal mine SHANGHAI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine on Friday in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia region, killed 16 people, the official Xinhua news agency reported.(Posted @ 17:18 PST)
Jordan says Al Qaeda behind hotel suicide bombings AMMAN, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Jordan said on Saturday an investigation into three deadly suicide bombings against Amman hotels had concluded that Al Qaeda in Iraq was behind the attacks. Deputy Prime Minister Marwan al-Muasher however told a news conference that all three attackers were "non-Jordanians." This negates Al Qaeda claim that four Iraqis -- including a husband and a wife -- wearing suicide belts carried out Wednesday's attacks that killed 57 people, including the bombers.(Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Over 200 trainees awarded para-wings after successful completion of training PESHAWAR, Nov 12 (APP): An impressive wing award ceremony of Parachute Training School was held here at Polo ground to award wings to the qualified officers and jawans of Basic Air Borne Course. Over 200 trainees including 37 officers and 15 jawans of Pakistan Army, one officer and three jawans of Pakistan Navy, 179 Cadets of Pakistan Military Academy, five airmen of Pakistan Air Force, one officer each from United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and Azerbaijan successfully completed the course.(Posted @ 16:58 PST)
Recent amendments successful: President Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf said Saturday that the recently introduced amendments in the local government ordinance would improve harmony and coordination among various tiers of governance to make the grass-roots system successful, permanent and more effective for continued socio-economic development of the common man. "In no way, these amendments curb the working of the local government system but provide an enabling environment for unhampered development of people through harmony among their elected representatives at various tiers of governance," he underlined at a national convention of district and Tehsil Nazimeen. In his extensive 90-minute address, the President said the amendments had been thoroughly debated and critically evaluated in the light of feedback from all concerned and added that they have removed the previously existing differences among elected representatives. These changes had become imperative to make the system deliver through its ownership both by the masses and their elected representatives -- because only that system goes on permanently, which is acceptable to all," he emphasized at the convention, attended by chief ministers of all provinces, governors, federal ministers and members of parliament.(Posted @ 16:54 PST)
India defeat Sri Lanka by five wickets VADODARA, India, Nov 12 (APP/AFP) - India scored an easy five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the seventh and final one-day international here on Saturday to wrap up a 6-1 series win. Brief scores: Sri Lanka 244-9 in 50 overs; India 245-5 in 39.3 overs. (Posted @ 16:15 PST)
Indian troops arrest 5 youths in quake hit uri area Srinagar,Nov 12 (PPI)In occupied Kashmir, unidentified gunmen shot dead a Congress activist Ghulam Muhammad Ganai at Lajoora in Pulwama, reports Kashmir Media Service. In another incident a 12th class student Shoukat Ahmad Gassi, reported missing since Thursday was found dead in his car parked at Al-Noor Colony in Hyderpora locality of Srinagar. Rashtriya Rifles fired mortar shells on the house of Master Kamuluddin in Arin Bandipore and destroyed the house completely. A dead body was later recovered from the debris. Meanwhile, Indian troops arrested five members of Darul Uloom Raheemiya in the quake affected Uri area when they were distributing relief to the affectees, the Darul Uloom said in a statement. (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Aziz urges SAARC members to extend cooperation to further promote ties DHAKA (Bangladesh), Nov 12 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Saturday urged the SAARC members to expand the economic and commercial cooperation for the benefit of their people so that poverty in the region could be eradicated. Addressing the inaugural session of 13 SAARC Summit here, Aziz said there was a need to promote cooperation in the field of energy, environmental protection and sustainable development with particular focus on conservation and management of water and natural resources. He said the SAARC members should launch joint projects to alleviate poverty and promote health, education and agriculture in the region; he also welcomed the proposal of a "SAARC Poverty Alleviation Fund" of US$ 300 million. He added that there was also need for greater cooperation and coordination in the monetary and fiscal policies of SAARC member states and announced that Pakistan was ready to host the next meeting of finance ministers before the end of the year.(Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Annan arrives in Iraq to meet PM Jaafari BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (Reuters) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Baghdad on Saturday for an unannounced visit and will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, a U.N. spokeswoman said. His visit follows separate trips by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the past few days.(Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Car bombs hit Baghdad market; five dead BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (Reuters) Two car bombs exploded in a market in east Baghdad on Saturday, starting fires in several shops and killing at least five people and wounding 20, police and witnesses said. Another witness said many shops in the market were set on fire, with people trapped inside.(First Posted @ 14:10 PST Updated @ 16:58 PST)
Syria proposes venues for Hariri probe interviews DAMASCUS, Nov 12 (Reuters) Syria has proposed Cairo, Vienna and Geneva as venues for U.N. investigators to question six Syrian officials in a probe into the killing of a former Lebanese prime minister, a Syrian official said on Saturday The U.N. investigating team led by German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis had requested to interview the Syrian officials in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, where former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in a bomb blast in February (Posted @ 13:010 PST)
Forum on democratisation in Arab world opens in Bahrain MANAMA, Nov 12 (AFP) The "Forum for the Future" conference aimed at speeding up political and economic reforms in the Middle East formally opened in Bahrain on Saturday morning. Among those attending the two-day gathering were US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, along with 13 ministers from Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt. Ministers held initial talks at a working dinner on Friday night, with terrorism high on the agenda following the bomb blasts at hotels in Jordan in which 57 people died.(Posted @ 12:10 PST)
South Asian leaders open regional summit DHAKA, Nov 12 (AFP) The leaders of seven South Asian nations opened a summit here Saturday amid tight security by remembering the victims of last year's killer tsunami and last month's devastating earthquake. Leaders of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka observed one minute of silence to kick off the 13th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). "These (disasters) have taken a huge toll in terms of lives and property and our heart goes out to the victims," Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said in an inaugural address. The summit marks the 20th anniversary of SAARC's creation in Dhaka in 1985.(Posted @ 11:40 PST)
UN Hariri probe questioned Lebanese president: Lahoud office BEIRUT, Nov 12 (AFP) UN investigators probing the assassination of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri have interrogated Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, the president's office said in a statement Saturday. "President Emile Lahoud met with two members of the international fact-finding panel at 5:00 pm (Friday) and gave them true and precise information concerning telephone calls received by the president's office before the hideous crime," said the statement. The meeting was Lahoud's first with the team of UN investigators led by German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Bush says Iraq intelligence critics irresponsible TOBYHANNA, Pa, Nov 11 (Reuters) President George W. Bush ripped into Democratic critics of the Iraq war on Friday, charging them with trying to rewrite history by accusing the White House of manipulating intelligence before the war. "The stakes in the global war on terror are too high, and the national interest is too important, for politicians to throw out false charges," Bush added in a speech that broadly reviewed Washington's declared war on terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. (Posted @ 10:25 PST)
Three slain as soldiers battle extremists in Philippines ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, Nov 12 (AFP) At least three soldiers were killed and dozens of people wounded as troops battled members of an Al-Qaeda-linked militant group in the southern Philippines on Saturday. Members of Abu Sayyaf ambushed a military patrol in the outskirts of the town of Indanan in the southern island of Jolo late Friday, sparking gun battles that lasted overnight, a military spokesman said. (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Hague gives Serbia seven-week deadline for Mladic BELGRADE, Nov 11 (Reuters) The Hague war crimes tribunal turned up the heat on Serbia on Friday, telling it to deliver top fugitive Ratko Mladic by the end of this year or face "excommunication", Defence Minister Zoran Stankovic said. The seven-week deadline to hand over the former Bosnian Serb military commander was issued on a visit to Belgrade by United Nations war crimes tribunal president Theodor Meron. Mladic and wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic were both indicted for genocide in the 1992-95 siege of Sarajevo and the massacre of up to 8,000 Muslims in the town of Srebrenica during Bosnia's ethnic war. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
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