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| November 16, 2005 | Wednesday | Shawwal 13, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Suspect arrested for Karachi car bomb attack that killed three RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Nov 16 (AFP) Pakistan has arrested a man for a car bombing in Karachi that killed three people and destroyed an outlet of KFC restaurant, President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday. "The man who did it, we have arrested him. We are trying to get more, who he is representing really, what was his motivation," Musharraf told reporters. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid confirmed the arrest and said detectives were still "after the mastermind" of the blast. A man claiming to be a spokesman for Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) telephoned reporters in Quetta to claim responsibility for the bomb, saying it was targeted at the offices of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL). A regular spokesman for BLA later denied the group's involvement. Police were however taking the claim seriously, a government spokesman for Sindh province said. "A police team has left for Quetta to interrogate four suspected members of BLA who were recently arrested, to find the lead into the blast case," the spokesman said. "Police have found some leads and are now taking the claim of BLA seriously," he added. (Posted @ 15:36 PST)
CRICKET: England lose first test against Pakistan MULTAN, Nov 16 (Agencies) Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was delighted with his team's 22-run win over England on a dramatic fifth and final day of the first test on Wednesday. "We are very happy that we have put a smile back on the face of Pakistan," Inzamam said at the presentation ceremony. Opening batsman Salman Butt was named man of the match for his scores of 74 and 122. Scoreboard at close of play on the fifth and final day in the first Test between Pakistan and England on Wednesday: Pakistan 1st innings 274 (Salman Butt 74, Inzamam-ul-Haq 53; Flintoff 4-68) England 1st innings 418 (M. Trescothick 193, I. Bell 71; S. Ahmed 4-54); Pakistan 2nd innings 341 (Salman Butt 122, Inzamam-ul-Haq 72; Flintoff 4-88) England 2nd innings 175 all out (I. Bell 31; Shoaib Akhtar 3-49, Danish Kaneria 4-62, Sami 2-31). (First Posted @ 13:50 PST Updated@ 15:28 PST)
Cricket-Hoggard fined after England's first test defeat LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) England fast bowler Matthew Hoggard was fined 20 percent of his match fee for breaching the ICC code of conduct during the 22-run loss to Pakistan in the first test that ended in Multan on Wednesday. Hoggard was reported for excessive appealing by umpires Simon Taufel and Billy Bowden as he celebrated the dismissal of Pakistan opening batsman Salman Butt on Tuesday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement. Each member of the Pakistan team was fined 10 percent of their match fees after the hosts fell two overs short of the minimum number required to be bowled in the time available, with Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq fined double.(Posted @ 21:40 PST)
Pakistan confident to achieve millennium development goals: PM ISLAMABAD, Nov 16 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Wednesday reiterated Pakistan's commitment to achieve its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and said the main emphasis was on poverty alleviation, creation of jobs, promoting education and health facilities. Addressing the launching ceremony of Millennium Development Goals Report 2005 here, Aziz said that despite facing challenges of long-term reconstruction in the earthquake affected areas, the government was determined to change Pakistan's economic and social landscape through MDGs. “Our people have the ingenuity, resilience and resolve to transform our challenges into opportunities," he said. (Posted @ 16:00 PST)
US for lasting ties with Pakistan with focus on social, economic sectors: Rocca LAHORE, Nov 16 (APP): U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca, said that the International Donors Conference being held at Islamabad on November 19 is an opportunity for the international community to reaffirm its support to Pakistan in its relief and rehabilitation efforts in areas devastated by the October 8 earthquake. Talking briefly to newsmen during her visit to a gems and jewellery facility here Wednesday, she said "we hope the world community would use the upcoming donors conference as an opportunity to provide more assistance to help Pakistan carry out rehabilitation and reconstruction work in quake ravaged areas.” To another question, Rocca said US wants a lasting relationship with Pakistan with due focus on economic and social sectors. (Posted @ 15:53 PST)
16-member Pakistan Rangers delegation visits India LAHORE, Nov 16 (APP): A 16-member Pakistan Rangers delegation led by Major General Javed Zia, Director General Pakistan Rangers, Sindh crossed over to India via the joint Check Post Wagha on Wednesday to attend the bi-annual meeting between Pakistan Rangers and BSF India, scheduled to be held at Chandigarh India, from November 16-19. The Deputy Instructor General BSF,(India) A-K Surollia received the delegation. Talking to the media, the DG, Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) said, that the agenda of the meeting included inadvertent border crossing by people, defence constructions by India on working boundary, smuggling of narcotics and other contraband items from both sides and other border related matters. (Posted @ 15:50 PST)
Suicide car bomb kills five, injures 60 in Occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, Occupied Kashmir, Nov 16 (AFP) Five people were killed and 60 wounded in a suicide car bomb attack at a busy intersection in Srinagar on Wednesday, police said. The five dead included the suicide bomber, police said. Sixty others were wounded including 10 women and a dozen policemen. A little-known group, Al Arifeen, claimed responsibility for the explosion in a telephone call to the Kashmir News Service. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, called the latest violence "very painful…the gun is not the solution and we have to open doors for talks to end all disputes." He was speaking in New Delhi at a rare joint press conference with representatives of Kashmir's pro-India political parties. (First Posted@ 11:20 PST Updated@ ) 20:30 PST)
Putin hails defence cooperation with India MOSCOW, Nov 16 (AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed growing defence ties with India Wednesday during a visit by India's defence minister, as the two sides promised further cooperation in military training and defence industry development. "The relationship between our defence departments is developing in the most intensive fashion," the Interfax news agency quoted Putin as saying at a Kremlin meeting with Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Earlier on Wednesday, Mukherjee said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would sign a deal on the joint production with Russia of a new multi-purpose transport plane during a visit to Moscow next month. Mukherjee said the two countries were also looking at signing contracts on Russian defence-related sales to India worth as much as 10 billion dollars.(Posted @ 18:35 PST)
Six killed in Sri Lanka violence amid security alert for vote COLOMBO, Nov 16 (AFP) At least six people, including two police, were killed and a dozen wounded in Sri Lanka despite a security alert on the eve of Thursday's presidential elections, officials said. Police also found a landmine near a polling station, a police official said.(Posted @ 21:45 PST)
Shalom, Abbas hold second round of talks in Tunis JERUSALEM, Nov 16 (Reuters) Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met for the second time on Wednesday on the sidelines of a technology summit in Tunis, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said. The spokesman declined to say what they were discussing. The talks represented the highest-level contact between Israel and the Palestinians in months. Earlier in the day, Shalom and Abbas held what an Israeli official described as an unscheduled meeting.(First Posted@ 17:01 PST Updated@ ) 21:35 PST)
Britain says it needs more troops for Afghan expansion ELMPT, Germany, Nov 16 (Reuters) Britain said on Wednesday it would only lead a NATO expansion into the more dangerous southern region of Afghanistan if it and allies raised sufficient troop numbers. "I won't pretend to anyone this is an easy undertaking for NATO or our troops," British Defence Secretary John Reid told reporters at a NATO exercise.(Posted @ 21:30 PST)
China confirms first human cases of bird flu BEIJING, Nov 16 (AFP) China's health ministry Wednesday confirmed the country's first human cases of health flu, the official Xinhua news agency said. The ministry said two human cases had been confirmed in the central province of Hunan and one in Anhui in the east.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
British police used hollow-point bullets to kill Brazilian: report LONDON, Nov 16 (AFP) The Brazilian man, Jean Charles de Menezes, shot dead by British police who mistakenly thought he was a suicide bomber was killed with a type of bullet banned in warfare under international law, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The firing of hollow-point ammunition into the head of Menezes is believed to be the first use of the bullets by British police, the Daily Telegraph said, without naming its sources. The bullets, which expand and splinter on impact, were available to officers taking part in Operation Kratos, the national police drive against suspected suicide bombers which has been described as a "shoot to kill" policy, the report added.(Posted @ 18:45 PST)
Britain confirms using lethal white phosphorous in Iraq LONDON, Nov 16 (AFP) British troops used white phosphorous in Iraq but only to make smoke, Prime Minister Tony Blair's official spokesman said Wednesday. The US military confirmed Tuesday that white phosphorous bombs had been used against insurgents in Iraq last year but denied media reports that they had also been used against civilians. Exposure to white phosphorus can cause burns and irritation, as well as liver, kidney, heart, lung or bone damage and even death.(Posted @ 18:45 PST)
U.S. to keep control of Internet traffic system TUNIS, Tunisia, Nov 16 (Reuters) The United States will maintain control of the domain-name system that guides traffic around the Internet under an agreement adopted on Wednesday at a United Nations technology summit. Negotiators at the World Summit on the Information Society said they had agreed to set up a first-of-its kind forum to discuss "spam" e-mail and other Internet issues and explore ways to narrow the technology gap between rich and poor countries. It will have no power to force the United States to share oversight of the domain-name system.(Posted @ 18:10 PST)
Anxious India asks China for antiviral drug Tamiflu raw material NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (Reuters) India, concerned at the possibility of migratory birds bringing bird flu into the country, has asked China for the raw material to make the antiviral drug Tamiflu, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Although India has not reported any case of bird flu, authorities have been monitoring nesting sites across the country which receives thousands of migratory birds in winter from countries like China and Russia, which have reported outbreaks.(Posted @ 18:10 PST)
Iran lawmakers pour $3 billion into gasoline subsidies TEHRAN, Nov 16 (Reuters) Iran's lawmakers voted on Wednesday to pump $3 billion into subsidies that keep gasoline cheaper than mineral water for the Islamic Republic's gas-guzzling motorists. Keeping petrol cheap is a vital political concern for Iran's ruling populist conservatives despite increasingly unmanageable congestion and pollution in big cities. Iranians pay about 10 cents per litre.(Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Germany says policy on Iraq won't change BERLIN, Nov 16 (Reuters) Germany's new government does not plan any shifts in Iraq policy and does not expect pressure from Washington to send German troops, designated Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday. "There won't be any fundamental change," Steinmeier said.(Posted @ 17:55 PST)
Cricket-South Africa beat India by five wickets HYDERABAD, India, Nov 16 (Reuters) South Africa beat India by five wickets in the first one-dayer on Wednesday. Scores: India 249-9 in 50 overs (Y.Singh 103, S.Pollock 2-37); South Africa 252-5 in 48.5 overs (J.Kallis 68 not out).(First Posted@16:15 PST) (Updated @17:55 PST)
Senior Bosnian man acquitted in The Hague AMSTERDAM, Nov 16 (Reuters) The U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday acquitted Sefer Halilovic, the highest-ranking Bosnian yet to stand trial in The Hague, of war crimes. "The accused is found not guilty and therefore acquitted of murder, violations of the laws or customs of war and it is ordered that he be released immediately," presiding judge Liu Daqun said in court. The wartime commander was charged with a single count of murder for failing to prevent a massacre of Bosnian Croats in 1993, during the country's 1992-95 war.(Posted @ 17:55 PST)
Bangladesh police hunt potential suicide bombers DHAKA, Nov 16 (Reuters) Police in Bangladesh said they were hunting for a 2,000-strong "suicide squad" from three banned militant groups-- Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh and Harkatul Jihad – who want the Islamic law to be introduced in Bangladesh, a senior officer said on Wednesday. He said many of the militants had trained in Afghanistan under the Taliban and might be preparing more attacks after two judges were killed in a bomb blast this week. "All the country's law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been ordered to put concerted efforts into capturing the members of the suicide squad," he said. (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Three Afghans killed in suicide attack on US convoy KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov 16 (Reuters) - A suicidecar-bomber struck a U.S. military convoy in during the morning rush hour in the centre of the city of Kandahar on Wednesday, killing three Afghan civilians, and injuring three American soldiers besides four Afghan bystanders, Kandahar's governor, Assadullah Khalid, told Reuters. U.S. soldiers cordoned off the scene of the attack, and a witnesses reported that an American vehicle was on fire. A U.S. military official confirmed the attack, but gave no further details.The United Nations has cancelled its flights from the capital to the rest of the country for Wednesday and Thursday as a security precaution, Western sources in the capital said. (Posted @ 12:02 PST)
Three US soldiers die in Baghdad bomb explosion BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (AFP) - Three US soldiers have died in the explosion of a bomb during a patrol in northwest Baghdad, the US army announced Wednesday.(Posted @ 10:35 PST)
Bush reiterates support for "one-China" policy KYOTO, Japan, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W.Bush reiterated on Wednesday that Washington supported a"one-China policy" and said that China and Taiwan should settletheir differences peacefully. Bush is on a week-long, four-nation Asian tour that will also take him to China, South Korea and Mongolia. He made the remarks at a joint news conference with his close ally, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, following talks with the Japanese leader.(Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 5.96 points: KARACHI, Nov 16: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 8895.68, up 5.96 points from Tuesday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:25 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, Nov 16: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 59.9 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:25 PST)
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