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| November 19, 2005 | Saturday | Shawwal 16, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Cricket-Pakistan's Shabbir Ahmed to miss second test FAISALABAD, Nov 19 (Reuters) Pakistan's pace bowler Shabbir Ahmed, who has been reported for a suspect action for the second time this year, will miss the second test against England starting on Sunday. Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said Shabbir was the only likely change from the first test which they won. A Pakistan cricket Board source said the team management had been advised not to play Shabbir in the test. Coach Bob Woolmer wants the International Cricket Council (ICC) to revise how it deals with bowlers with suspect bowling actions after Pakistan dropped Shabbir Ahmed from the second test against England. "I am not criticising the ICC or the process. But we are dealing with people's lives here and I can't understand how a bowler who has been cleared by scientists (biomechanic specialists) after proper tests can be called again by umpires," Woolmer told Reuters on Friday. (Posted @ 16:44 PST)
Polling ends peacefully in lawless Indian state PATNA, India, Nov 19 (AFP) Millions voted Saturday in the lawless Indian state of Bihar amid tight security but the balloting passed off peacefully in the eastern state, which has been wracked by Maoist insurgency and political feuding, officials said. The official said up to 50 percent of the 8.85 million eligible voters exercised their franchise in the fourth and last phase of the polls in Bihar. Some 70,000 paramilitary troopers backed by police personnel guarded 10,000 balloting centres spread across five districts where 384 candidates were contesting the poll on Saturday, the official added. (Posted @ 21:19 PST)
Cricket-India beat South Africa by six wickets in second one-dayer BANGALORE, India, Nov 19 (Reuters) India beat South Africa by six wickets in the second one-day international on Saturday to level the five-match series at 1-1. Scores: South Africa 169-9 in 50 overs (I.Pathan 3-23); India 171-4 in 35.4 overs (V.Sehwag 77 not out) (Posted @ 21:13 PST)
Palestinian finance minister submits resignation RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 19 (Reuters) Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayyad, who has battled parliament to force it to carry out fiscal belt tightening measures, has submitted his resignation ahead of legislative elections due in January. Fayyad said he wanted to step down because he was considering running in the elections, and turned in his resignation several days ago. Other officials said his resignation was in protest against the government's refusal to implement concrete fiscal reforms. (Posted @ 20:58 PST)
At least 35 killed in car bomb at Iraq funeral-police BAQUBA, Iraq, Nov 19 (Reuters) At least 35 people were killed and 50 wounded when a suicide car bomber attacked the funeral of a sheikh north of Baghdad on Saturday, police said. The car bomb exploded near crowded condolence tents at the funeral in Abu Sayda near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. (First Posted @ 20:34 PST Updated @20:58 PST)
Severe quake hits Indonesia HONG KONG, Nov 19 (AFP) A severe earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia's Sumatra island late Saturday, Hong Kong Observatory said. The quake struck at 1415 GMT and its epicentre was located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, about 210 kilometres west of the city of Medan. (Posted @ 20:56 PST)
Tens of thousands rally in anti-government protest in Azerbaijan BAKU, Nov 19 (AFP) Up to 30,000 protesters flooded a square in Azerbaijan's capital Baku Saturday demanding regime change and fresh parliamentary elections amid a simmering political crisis and calls for a Ukraine-style peaceful revolution. "The revolution has already begun in Azerbaijan, but this is a peaceful democratic revolution," Sardar Jalaloglu, a top opposition leader told the crowd. (Posted @ 20:42 PST)
Twenty-eight militants surrender to Afghan government KHOST, Afghanistan, Nov 19 (AFP) Twenty-eight Taliban and militants surrendered to authorities in insurgency-hit Afghanistan Saturday and renounced any anti-government activities, an intelligence official said. The 28 had returned to Afghanistan from exile in neighbouring Pakistan and gave themselves up in the eastern city of Gardez, the city's head of intelligence said. (Posted @ 20:38 PST)
Palestinian leader plans Vatican visit ROME, Nov 19 (Reuters) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to visit the Vatican soon to meet with Pope Benedict, diplomatic sources said on Saturday. The two sources said Abbas would likely visit the Vatican and Italy in the first few days of December. Israeli President Moshe Katsav met the Pope last Thursday and invited him to visit the Jewish state. (Posted @ 20:29 PST)
OPEC president says no plans for production cut RIYADH, Nov 19 (Reuters) OPEC oil exporters will not consider cutting production at next month's meeting unless prices fall rapidly, the organisation's chief said on Saturday. "I don't think there is an idea to cut production in our December meeting unless prices will be in a very bad situation," OPEC President Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah told reporters. The next meeting of OPEC oil ministers is in Kuwait in December. (Posted @ 20:27 PST)
APEC takes aim at bird flu, trade talks impasse PUSAN, South Korea, Nov 19 (Reuters) Pacific Rim leaders joined forces on Saturday to fight threats to their economies from a possible bird flu pandemic and high oil prices, and they pressed for an end to the deadlock in world trade talks. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum's 21 leaders also agreed at the end of a two-day summit on the need for more progress in resolving the North Korea nuclear crisis, a potential threat to the stability of their region. (Posted @ 20:27 PST)
Somali pirates free captive ship and crew NAIROBI, Nov 19 (Reuters) Somali pirates have freed a ship and its crew after holding them hostage for almost one month off Somalia's northeast coast, a maritime official said on Saturday. The Maltese-owned San Carlo tanker, carrying a 24-member Greek crew and a cargo of gas, was hijacked on Oct. 20 in the Indian Ocean as it made its way from Bahrain to South Africa. (Posted @ 20:26 PST)
Pakistan name strong hockey squad for Champions Trophy LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov 19 (AFP) Pakistan named Saturday a strong 18-member squad for next month's Champions Trophy field hockey tournament to be held in India. Centre-half Mohammad Saqlain will lead Pakistan in the elite-six nation event to be held in Chennai from December 10 to 18. Squad: Salman Akbar, Nasir Ali, Zeeshan Ashraf, Mohammad Imran, Imran Khan, Imran Warsi, Mohammad Saqlain (captain), Dilawar Hussain, Adnan Maqsood, Sajjad Anwar, Rehan Butt, Mudassar Ali Khan, Shakil Abassi, Tariq Aziz, Mohammad Shabbir, Adnan Zakir, Waqar Sharif, Akhtar Ali. (Posted @ 19:51 PST)
China agrees to buy 70 Boeing 737s as Bush visits OSAN, South Korea, Nov 19 (Reuters) China agreed to buy 70 planes from Boeing Co. in a deal worth up to about $5 billion before discounts as U.S. President George W. Bush prepared to lobby Beijing this weekend to slash a ballooning trade deficit. The deal, confirmed by a U.S. official, is good news for Bush as he starts a visit to Beijing on Saturday to cajole Chinese President Hu Jintao into helping reduce a trade deficit that could top $200 billion this year. (Posted @ 17:21 PST)
King Abdullah says Saudi aims for adequate oil supplies RIYADH, Nov 19 (Reuters) Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah said on Saturday his country's oil policy aims at providing sufficient supplies to world markets and achieving fair prices. "Our policy is based on two main foundations. The first is realising a reasonable and fair price for oil and the second to provide adequate supplies of oil to all consumers," Abdullah said at a ceremony to inaugurate the Riyadh-based International Energy Forum which aims to promote dialogue between oil consuming and producing nations and greater oil market transparency. (Posted @ 17:21 PST)
Iraq reconciliation conference opens in Egypt CAIRO, Nov 19 (Reuters) Iraqi politicians and government leaders took part on Saturday in the opening session of a three-day conference in Cairo in search of reconciliation between rival political and sectarian factions. Secretary-General Amr Moussa of the Arab League, which is hosting the conference at its Cairo heaequarters, gave the opening address, saying it was in the interest of all Arabs that Iraq be united, prosperous, democratic and sovereign. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said national reconciliation was the key to a successful political process in Iraq and to a gradual end to the presence of foreign forces. But Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said: +ACI-Our national unity does not include under any circumstance the murderers and criminals among the followers of the old regime, who left us mass graves, or among the takfiris (religious extremists). (Posted @ 17:20 PST)
Bush vows to "stay in the fight" in Iraq OSAN, South Korea, Nov 19 (Reuters) U.S. President George W. Bush vowed on Saturday "we will stay in the fight" until victory in Iraq, rejected critics' calls for a troop pullout timetable and insisted progress was being made in Baghdad. Amid turmoil in Washington over Iraq and waning American support for the war, Bush held fast to his open-ended commitment in Iraq, saying U.S. troops would stay until Iraqi forces could defend themselves. (Posted @ 17:13 PST)
Cricket-Vaughan fit to play second test v Pakistan LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - England captain Michael Vaughan has been passed fit to play in the second test against Pakistan in Faisalabad starting on Sunday, the BBC reported on Saturday. Vaughan missed the first test in Multan, which England lost, after aggravating a long-standing knee injury in a warm-up tour match. "There is a slight risk if I do play but I'm willing to take that risk," the BBC quoted Vaughan as saying.(Posted @ 13:52 PST)
Thirteen killed in car bomb explosion in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Nov 19 (AFP) - Thirteen people were killed and 15 wounded Saturday morning when a car bomb exploded in a south Baghdad market, an interior ministry official said. The bomb was hidden in a parked car which blew up at 10:00 am (0700 GMT) in the crowded market in the Jesir Diyala district of town. (Posted @ 13:18 PST)
New president pledges peace for Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Nov 19 (AFP) - Mahinda Rajapakse promised Saturday to pursue peace in Sri Lanka and said he was ready to talk to Tamil Tiger rebels, in an address to the nation on being sworn in as president for a six-year term. He also said the government would continue to respect a ceasefire with the rebels that has been in place since 2002. (Posted @ 13:05 PST)
Cricket-West Indies (149 &) 82-4 v Australia (406) – close HOBART, Australia, Nov 19 (Reuters) - West Indies were 82 for four in their second innings at the close of play on the third day of the second test against Australia at Bellerive Oval on Saturday. Scores: West Indies 149 (Chris Gayle 56; Glenn McGrath 4-31) and 82-4; Australia 406 (Mike Hussey 137, Matthew Hayden 110, Brad Hodge 60, Fidl Edwards 3-116)(Updated @ 12:10 PST)
Guantanamo hunger striker in "imminent danger" of death: lawyer WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (AFP) - The lawyer for a detainee at the US military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba said Friday that his hunger-striking client was in "imminent danger" of death or serious organ damage despite being force-fed. Washington lawyer Thomas Wilner said Kuwaiti detainee Fawzi Al-Odah has been losing weight even though his US military captors have been force-feeding him through a nose tube since early September, several weeks after Odah, 27, launched his hunger strike on August 8. "The time we went down (to Guantanamo) in October, he had gone to 112 pounds (51 kilograms), and now in November he was down to 98 pounds (44.5 kilograms)," said Wilner, who returned from the prison on November 7. "According to the doctors we have consulted with, his continuous weight loss shows that their force-feeding is not working and he is in imminent danger of dying or at least suffering permanent organ damage." Out of an estimated 35 Guantanamo detainees on a hunger strike in mid-November to protest prison conditions, 24 are being force-fed by tubes or intravenously, according to Pentagon data recently obtained by Newsweek magazine.(Posted @ 09:15 PST)
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