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| November 14, 2005 | Monday | Shawwal 11, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Cricket-Pakistan 125-2 v England at close of day three MULTAN, Pakistan, Nov 14 (Reuters) Pakistan had made 125 for two in their second innings against England at close of play on the third day of the first test on Monday. Score: Pakistan 274 (Salman Butt 74, Inzamam-ul-Haq 53; Andrew Flintoff 4-68, Steve Harmison 3-37) and 125-2 (Salman Butt 53 not out, Younis Khan 48). England 418 (Marcus Trescothick 193, Ian Bell 71; Shabbir Ahmed 4-54, Shoaib Akhtar 3-99).(Posted @ 17:02 PST)
Iran lends support to Syria over U.S. pressure DAMASCUS, Nov 14 (Reuters) Iran backed Syria on Monday in its rift with the United Nations over cooperation with an inquiry into the killing of a former Lebanese prime minister and called for confronting U.S. "dubious moves" in the Middle East. "We declare our support for uncovering the truth vis-à-vis the assassination of Mr. Rafik al-Hariri and I have seen that the officials in Syria support this issue in a good way," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said after talks with President Bashar al Assad in Damascus.(Posted @ 22:26 PST)
US justices won't review "In God We Trust" dispute WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a ruling that the inscription "In God We Trust" on the front of a government building in North Carolina does not violate church-state separation. A U.S. appeals court ruled that the lawsuit failed to show that the display had no legitimate secular purpose, that it has the effect of endorsing religion or that it has resulted in an excessive entanglement of government and religion.(Posted @ 22:20 PST)
Russia,Uzbekistan pledge mutual help against threats MOSCOW, Nov 14 (Reuters) Russia and Uzbekistan on Monday signed a pact committing the two ex-Soviet allies to helping each other in situations that posed a security threat to either of them. Under the treaty signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Islam Karimov, the two countries would each have the right to use the other's military facilities if their national security came under threat.(Posted @ 22:05 PST)
Court finds 15 Uzbeks guilty of Andizhan "terrorism" TASHKENT, Nov 14 (Reuters) Uzbekistan's highest court found 15 men guilty on Monday of a terrorist plot in the town of Andizhan in May and sentenced them to between 14 and 20 years in prison. In criticism likely to be echoed by Western countries, a human rights campaigner at the court in the capital Tashkent said the case had been a show trial used to cover up the massacre of civilians by government troops.(Posted @ 21:58 PST)
Rice seeks Gaza border deal; extends Mideast trip JERUSALEM, Nov 14 (Reuters) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday an agreement over Gaza border crossings was "in sight" and extended her Middle East trip to try to broker a deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Rice, who urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to capitalise on peace prospects raised by Israel's Gaza pullout, was unable to announce a compromise over greater freedom of movement for Palestinians to and from the coastal strip. "We are still working the issue on both sides," Rice's spokesman said. In separate talks earlier on Monday, Rice pressed the Palestinians to "fight terror" and urged Israel to freeze West Bank settlement expansion, obligations under a U.S.-sponsored peace "road map" stymied by violence and non-compliance.(Posted @ 21:50 PST)
Pakistan seizes nearly a tonne of morphine QUETTA, Pakistan, Nov 14 (AFP) Pakistani security forces have seized nearly one tonne of morphine as well as shipments of hashish and opium near the Afghan border, officials said Monday. The raid early Monday followed a tip-off that the drugs had been smuggled from Afghanistan to Pakistan's rugged Bibi Karaiz area close to the border, a paramilitary commander said. The raiding party recovered 942 kilograms of morphine, 295 kilograms of hashish and 37 kilograms of opium, he said. No arrests were made as the smugglers had fled in the darkness just before the raid, the commander said.(Posted @ 21:38 PST)
Lebanon detains cleric over attacks BEIRUT, Nov 14 (Reuters) Lebanon detained on Monday a Lebanese cleric, Sheikh Hassan Mazloum, accused of carrying out acts of terrorism on the orders of a Syrian intelligence officer, a judicial source said. Lebanon detained six men on the same charges last week and the source said other suspects were still on the run.(Posted @ 20:40 PST)
United States asks for more European help in Iraq BERLIN, Nov 14 (Reuters) Germany and other European countries that opposed the war in Iraq should do more to help there and recognise the Iraqi leadership as a legitimate and democratic government, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried said on Monday. "It should not be treated as a pariah and its leaders should not be treated as if they are second class citizens. Now I am not accusing Germany of doing that, though there is a kind of asterisk often put near Iraq and the government and that needs to be removed," Fried told reporters at a U.S. embassy briefing.(Posted @ 20:34 PST)
Blast, gunbattle in Occupied Kashmir kills four SRINAGAR, Occupied Kashmir, Nov 14 (Reuters) At least four people were killed and nearly a dozen wounded on Monday when suspected militants threw a grenade at a police post in Lal Chowk, a crowded market in Srinagar, and exchanged fire with policemen. Two Central Reserve Police Force troopers and two civilians were killed. "Security forces have cordoned off the area. Intermittent firing is continuing," a spokesman said. Two militant groups, Al-Mansurian and Islamic Front, claimed responsibility for the attack.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
Afghan blasts kill German soldier, two civilians KABUL, Nov 14 (Reuters) Taliban fighters killed a German peacekeeper and two civilians in separate car bomb attacks on Jalalabad Road in Kabul on Monday, officials and witnesses said. In the first attack, a man rammed his car into a patrol vehicle belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killing the German soldier and himself. Shortly afterwards, a second car blast killed two civilians about three km along the same road, witnesses said, adding that they heard a small explosion and gunfire a little later. Police said this was also a suicide attack, adding that another two peacekeepers were wounded. A Taliban spokesman telephoned Reuters soon after the first car bomb to claim responsibility.(Posted @ 20:28 PST)
Iraq bombs kill 12; US troops pursue campaign BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (Reuters) Roadside bombs killed a dozen people in Iraq on Monday, while U.S.-led forces launched the latest phase of an offensive against insurgents near the Syrian border. Three people who appeared to be Westerners were killed by a roadside bomb near the heavily fortified "Green Zone" in central Baghdad. Police said they were Americans but that could not be independently confirmed. Six civilians died when a similar device hit two passenger coaches in Ramadi, a violent city west of the Iraqi capital. Another three people were killed and four more were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in a busy commercial street in eastern Baghdad, police said. Further west in Anbar, U.S. and Iraqi forces began the latest phase of their operations. "Five targets were struck by coalition air strikes resulting in an estimated 37 insurgents killed," the U.S. military said.(Posted @ 20:25 PST)
French cabinet approves bill to extend emergency powers PARIS, Nov 14 (AFP) The French government on Monday approved an extension of emergency powers for three months in order to subdue a wave of rioting in poor city suburbs around the country. Meeting under the chairmanship of President Jacques Chirac, the cabinet agreed on a bill to maintain the state of emergency which came into effect last Wednesday under a 50-year-old law. The bill will be put to parliament Tuesday.(Posted @ 16:48 PST)
Britain says troops may start leaving Iraq in 2006 LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) Britain could start pulling out soldiers from Iraq next year, Defence Secretary John Reid said on Monday, but stressed it would not be held to any timetable for withdrawing forces. Reid said any plans to hand over to Iraqi security forces would be contingent on events on the ground and continued attacks by insurgents would only delay the process.(Posted @ 15:05 PST)
Truck kills 20 Chinese children on way to school BEIJING, Nov 14 (Reuters) A truck ran off the road before dawn on Monday and ploughed into a group of Chinese children and teachers on their way to school, killing at least 20 people, Xinhua news agency said. The accident happened at about 6 a.m. in the county of Qinyuan, western Shanxi province. China has the highest annual road death toll in the world, with collisions and other accidents killing nearly 107,000 people last year.(Posted @ 15:05 PST)
Israel kills two Palestinians NABLUS, West Bank, Nov 14 (Reuters) Israeli troops shot dead a Hamas commander, Amjad Hanawi, in a raid on Monday in occupied West Bank and killed another alleged militant along the Gaza frontier, witnesses and the Israeli army said. The army said eight other suspected Hamas militants were detained during the operation. Palestinian witnesses said Hanawi was shot in the head from close range, but the army denied this. "The assassination of Amjad Hanawi, commander of the northern West Bank Brigade, will not pass without punishment," Hamas said in a statement. (Posted @ 15:00 PST)(Posted @ 15:00 PST)
Pakistan, China to hold joint naval exercise next week BEIJING, Nov. 14 (APP): Pakistan and China will hold second joint naval exercise next week in the Arabian sea close to Karachi coast. A fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has already left towards the Arabian Sea via northern zone to join the Pakistan Navy. Defence Sources said the Chinese naval fleet comprised two ships, a missile destroyer and helicopters. It will be the first ever combined maritime drill by the Chinese navy in alien sea areas, likely to take place from November 21 to 24. The two navies will focus on items in non-traditional areas, such as joint search-and-rescue operation. The two countries conducted their first-ever exercise in November, 2003 near the Shanghai coast.(Posted @ 14:20 PST)
Bomb kills two Afghan tribal soldiers JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov 14 (AFP) - A roadside remote-controlled bomb planted by suspected Taliban militants killed two tribal militia soldiers Monday in troubled eastern Afghanistan, Kunar province police chief Mohammad Hassan Farahi said (Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Three detained in occupied Kashmir over New Delhi blasts SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Nov 14 (AFP) - At least three people were detained Monday in occupied Kashmir in connection with New Delhi's deadly bombings, following the arrest of the alleged mastermind last week. Police said a man identified as Muhammad Hanief was arrested in the city's congested old district of Kawadara and two to three other people were picked up elsewhere for questioning.The latest raids follow the arrest of alleged mastermind Tariq Dar, a suspected member of Lashkar-e-Taiba, in Srinagar Thursday.(Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Afghan president leaves for Austria and France KABUL, Nov 14 (AFP) - President Hamid Karzai headed to Austria Monday for a conference on Islam with other Muslim leaders and would afterwards visit France for talks on European assistance to war-ravaged Afghanistan, his office said (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
UN warns of human rights violations in Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (AFP) - The United Nations warned Monday of human rights violations by all sides in war-torn Iraq and expressed concern at the increasing number of people held on terrorist-related charges. The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) also suggested that Iraqi police and special forces have little regard for human rights during security sweeps, while insurgents' bombing campaigns against civilians and mosques could spark inter-communal clashes. The bi-monthly human rights report covers the period from September 1 to October 31 (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
Security tightened as Sri Lanka campaigning wraps up COLOMBO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Police increased security in Sri Lanka on Monday, the final day of campaigning for a Nov. 17 presidential election, after the bodyguard of a Tamil minister opposed to Tamil Tigers was shot dead. Additional security patrols were on standby in Colombo where main presidential candidates Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe were due to give their final campaign speeches from bullet-proof glass booths.(Posted @ 10:25 PST)
Indian Maoists storm jail, free hundreds, kill two PATNA, India, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Maoist rebels stormed a jail in Jahanabad town of Bihar state , killing at least two people and freeing more than 300 prisoners, including many fellow guerrillas, police said on Monday. The rebels entered the town late Sunday night in small groups, cut off power in areas around the jail and attacked the prison. They killed one jail guard and a member of a private landlord army and also abducted at least two dozen members of a private army of upper caste landlords who were jail inmates, police said."We have rushed reinforcements from other places to control the situation," Bihar's police chief, Ashish Ranjan Sinha, told reporters in Patna. Police and local witnesses said the Maoists made announcements during their night-time attack in Jehanabad, saying civilians should remain indoors and would not be harmed (Posted @ 10:35 PST)
Bomb blast kills two Bangladeshi judges DHAKA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - A man threw a bomb at a car carrying two judges of a Bangladesh lower court on Monday, killing both of them, police said. The attack took place in the coastal Jhalakathi district, 250 km south of Dhaka, a police officer said. He didn't have any other details (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Mauresmo beats Pierce to win WTA Tour Championship LOS ANGELES, Nov 13 (AFP) - Amelie Mauresmo lifted the WTA Tour Championship title on Sunday with a gritty 5-7, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 victory over compatriot Mary Pierce, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win the elite season finale. "It's great," said Mauresmo, who has held the world number one ranking but whose only appearance in a Grand Slam final was a runner-up finish in the Australian Open in 1999.(Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 41.33 points: KARACHI, Nov 14: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 8835.26, up 41.33 points from Fridays's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:30 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, Nov 14: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.9 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:30 PST)
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