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| November 20, 2005 | Sunday | Shawwal 17, 1426 |
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Cricket-Pakistan 300-4 in second test v England, close FAISALABAD, Pakistan, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan were 300 for four at the close of the first day's play in the second test against England on Sunday. Scores: Pakistan 300-4 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 80 not out, Shahid Afridi 67 not out).(Posted @ 16:58 PST)
Pakistan wants resolving issues with India; Aziz ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (PPI) Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said Pakistan wants peace in the region and desires to resolve all the outstanding issues with India through peaceful means. He was talking to reporters after Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmad called on him in his office here on Sunday. Mr. Aziz said India and Pakistan are engaged in a composite dialogue which is helping to improve relations. He said there is more people to people contact, more flights, more banks and new consulates are being opened. The Prime Minister said we are very appreciative of the fact that the Indian government has agreed to Pakistan's proposal to open five crossing points on the Line of Control. He said this will help the Kashmiri people to build relations with each other. He said we encourage them to use these points for trading across the LoC for goods which are being manufactured in Kashmir. The Prime Minister appreciated the Indian help offered for the earthquake affected areas. The Prime Minister said progress on Kashmir is linked to progress on other issues. He said Pakistan want demilitarization and self-governance in Kashmir. He said peace between Pakistan and India will contribute to better harmony and peace in the region. The Indian Minister conveyed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's goodwill message to him. He expressed grief and sorrow over the heavy loss of life and property in the earthquake. The Indian Minister described the meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz as fruitful. He expressed the hope that the third round of composite dialogue would promote the people to people contact further between India and Pakistan. He hoped that the dialogue would help both the countries to sort out issues between both the countries.(Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Roadside bomb kills 15 Iraqis, US Marine in Haditha HADITHA, Iraq, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb that killed a U.S. Marine in the restive town of Haditha on Saturday also killed 15 Iraqi civilians and led to intense clashes with insurgents, the U.S. military said on Sunday. The powerful bomb detonated as a U.S. military convoy was passing through the town, a militant stronghold on the Euphrates river about 220 km (140 miles) northwest of Baghdad. Immediately after the blast, gunmen opened fire on the convoy, the U.S. military said in a statement. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers returned fire, killing eight insurgents and wounding another in a firefight. A cameraman working for Reuters in Haditha said bodies were left lying in the street for hours after the attack. He said the town had been virtually shut down for the past two days as U.S. and Iraqi forces tried to impose order. U.S. troops have been trying for months to quell the insurgency in Haditha and other Sunni Arab towns on the Euphrates, where several months ago it was suspected Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was hiding out. The casualties from Saturday's blast raised the death toll from attacks across Iraq over the past three days to at least 166, as Sunni-led insurgents step up their battle against U.S. and Iraqi forces ahead of parliamentary elections in December. Haditha lies at the edge of Iraq's western desert province of Anbar, the heartland of the insurgency, where U.S. troops have launched a series of major offensives this year. One part of that campaign, dubbed Operation Rivergate, focused on Haditha and two nearby towns in the Euphrates valley. Among other things, it sought to destroy bridges along the river to prevent insurgents from entering Iraq from Syria. An Iraqi military commander said on Sunday that operations in Anbar were winding up and would be completed soon. It is expected that U.S. and Iraqi forces will stay to maintain order after driving insurgents out of towns and villages.(Posted @ 22:20 PST)
Indian engineer, three others kidnapped in Afghanistan KABUL, Nov 20 (AFP) - An Indian engineer was kidnapped with two Afghan police guards and a driver in southwest Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, as Taliban militants claimed they had snatched the men and threatened to kill the Indian if his firm did not leave the country. The four were kidnapped late Saturday while driving in volatile Nimroz province, a district chief in neighbouring Farah province told AFP. A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, told AFP that members of the group had kidnapped the engineer and three guards in Khash Road district.(Posted @ 22:10 PST)
Putin in Tokyo for oil and territorial talks TOKYO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tokyo on Sunday for three days of tense diplomacy aimed at putting aside a 60-year territorial row between the Pacific neighbours and opening the door for more trade. His arrival was met with loud protests from Japanese ultra-nationalists, demanding the return of four Pacific islands seized by the Soviet army in the closing days of World War Two.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
British soldier killed in Basra - UK govt LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - One British soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra, southern Iraq, on Sunday and four others were injured, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said in London. The spokesman said they were investigating the circumstances of the attack and could not give any futher details.(Posted @ 18:42 PST)
Pakistan to attend Conference on Population issues in Agra- NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (APP)- Pakistan will attend a three-day Conference on "Partners in Population and Development" commencing from November 21 at Agra in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Federal Minister for Population Welfare, Chaudhry Shehbaz Hussain, heading a four-member delegation arrived here Sunday to represent Pakistan at the Conference - an Alliance of 21 developing countries. Pakistan's delegation will make presentation at the Conference on the important aspects of the issues. (Posted @ 17:10 PST)
CRICKET: West Indies (149 &) 334 v Australia (406) - close HOBART, Australia, Nov 20 (Reuters) - West Indies were dismissed for 334 in their second innings at the close of play on the fourth day of the second test against Australia at Bellerive Oval on Sunday. Scores: West Indies 149 (Chris Gayle 56; Glenn McGrath 4-31) and 334 (Dwayne Bravo 113, Denesh Ramdin 71; Shane Warne 4-112); Australia 406 (Mike Hussey 137, Matthew Hayden 110, Brad Hodge 60). (Posted @ 11:45 PST)
Eight dead in Russian airplane crash MOSCOW, Nov 20 (AFP) - Eight people were killed when a small airplane crashed in the Moscow region, officials at the Domodedovo airport said early Sunday. Six passengers and two pilots were on board the plane bound from the southern city of Voronezh to Moscow, but air controllers lost contact with the plane before it should have arrived at the Moscow Domodedovo airport, Domodedovo press service said in a statement. Lawmaker Nikolai Olshansky's son Igor was among the dead, the Interfax news agency reported quoting emergency ministry officials. The reasons for the accident were not immediately clear. (First Posted @ 09:26; Updated @ 11:19 PST)
Bombs kill five U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Two improvised bombs killed five U.S. army soldiers patrolling near the Iraqi town of Baiji on Saturday, and wounded another five, the U.S. military said. The soldiers were from the 101st Airborne Division, the military said. Earlier on Saturday the U.S. military said a second soldier had died from wounds sustained in a Nov. 17 attack, also near Baiji. (Posted @ 09:34 PST)
12 wounded as bombs explode in Thailand's restive south NARATHIWAT, Thailand, Nov 20 (AFP) - Two bombs on Sunday exploded almost simultaneously in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, wounding 12 people including a Malaysian tourist, police said. The first bomb exploded at a restaurant in Narathiwat, one of the three violence-plagued provinces, at 6:30 am (1130 GMT). A second bomb went off five minutes later just 15 meters (50 feet) from the restaurant.The wounded included three police officers, police said, adding that at least one Thai man was in a critical condition. Police declined to give details (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
China's Hu to visit US next year BEIJING, Nov 20 (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao said Sunday he will visit the United States early next year, after he met with his US counterpart George W. Bush in Beijing. (Posted @ 09:14 PST)
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