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| December 10, 2005 | Saturday | Ziqa’ad 7, 1426 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
More than 100 feared dead in Nigerian aircrash: airport sources LAGOS, Dec 10 (AFP) - More than 100 people were feared dead Saturday after a jet airliner crashed on landing in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. Airport sources and Nigerian media reports said that between four and five survivors emerged from the burning wreckage of a Sosoliso airlines flight carrying 110 passengers and crew. "Almost everyone was killed. There was a lot of flames," said an airport official reached by telephone from Lagos. "There were many students onboard, returning for the holidays." An official with an international security consultancy which had staff at the airport said: "What we are hearing is that the plane was struck by lightning about 40 or 50 metres from touching down. The fuel in the wing caught fire and it exploded. "The plane was carrying 110 people, about four people managed to get out," he added. The private Nigerian television network also reported that there were 110 people on board and that five were thought to have survived.(Posted @ 22:48 PST)
Miss World crown for 2005 goes to Miss Iceland BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Miss Iceland, a 21-year-old anthropology and law student and part-time policewoman, was crowned Miss World on Saturday on the southern Chinese resort island of Hainan. Appearing shocked, Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir fought back tears as the Miss World banner was draped over her shoulders. The winner was chosen by nine former Miss Worlds from finalists selected by television viewers who called in from around the world. More than 100 contestants took part. China has hosted the Miss World pageant for the past three years following the controversial 2002 contest, which was moved to Britain from Nigeria after sparking Muslim-Christian riots in the African nation.(Posted @ 22:45 PST)
Champions Trophy field hockey results CHENNAI, India, Dec 10 (AFP) - Results from the Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament here on Saturday: The Netherlands 4 (Matthijs Brouwer 5, Teun de Nooijer 13, Ronald Brouwer 44, Rob Reckers 61) Pakistan 1 (Mudassar Khan 55) H-t: 2-0 Spain 2 (Eduard Tubau 20, Pol Amat 49-penstroke) India 1 (Kanwalpreet Singh 31) H-t: 1-1 Australia 4 (Jamie Dwyer 15, 37, Nathan Eglington 31, Brent Livermore 40-penstroke) Germany 1 (Christopher Zeller 60) H-t: 2-0 Sunday's matches: Australia v Spain, India v Pakistan, Germany v the Netherlands.(Posted @ 22:42 PST)
Cricket-England beat Pakistan by 42 runs LAHORE, Dec 10 (Reuters) - England won the first one-day international against Pakistan by 42 runs on Saturday. Score: England 327-8 in 50 overs (Andrew Strauss 94, Andrew Flintoff 72 not out, Kevin Pietersen 56) and Pakistan 285 all out in 46.5 overs (Salman Butt 67, Younis Khan 60, Mohammad Yousuf 59; Liam Plunkett 3-51, Andrew Flintoff 3-73).(Posted @ 19:12 PST)
Seven al Qaeda men in Iraq given long jail terms BAGHDAD, Dec 10 (Reuters) - An Iraqi court has handed down long jail terms to seven men, including four foreigners, for belonging to al Qaeda in Iraq and taking part in attacks in Baghdad and Mosul, the Justice Ministry said on Saturday. U.S. lawyers said this was probably the first prosecution for membership of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The four foreigners, from Syria, Algeria and Jordan, were each sentenced to 20 years in jail for attacks in Mosul. Two Iraqis were jailed for 10 years and a third for 15 years for attacks in Baghdad and for helping smuggle foreign fighters into the country.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Indian Kashmiris allege rights violations on world rights day SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Dec 10 (AFP) - Separatists in occupied Kashmir accused India's army of violating human rights and appealed for UN intervention as they staged protest marches Saturday to mark International Human Rights Day. Police broke up a march by activists of the main separatist alliance, Hurriyat, in Srinagar and detained four separatists. But another group of protesters presented a petition to the small United Nations office in Srinagar that monitors the ceasefire along the Line of Control which separates the Indian and Pakistani zones of Kashmir. The protesters were led by a senior Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah who spent over 20 years in Indian jails and who heads Kashmirs anti-violence Democratic Freedom Party. The petition addressed to UN chief Kofi Annan alleged that rights violations were continuing in occupied Kashmir despite a peace process between India and Pakistan. "There is no let-up in human rights violations (by Indian troops) even as a constructive peace process is going on," read the two-page memorandum. "We continue to be killed and oppressed. "On behalf of nearly 13 million people on both sides of the Line of Control, I passionately appeal to your kind self to respond to the boiling Kashmir situation," the document said. "We believe demilitarising the region would help find the long elusive Kashmir solution. Let this credible world body reach out to the oppressed people of Jammu and Kashmir," it added. New Delhi has barred Amnesty and other leading international human rights groups from visiting occupied Kashmir to check on the situation.(Posted @ 18:48 PST)
Iran says won't enrich uranium while talks go on TEHRAN, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Iran will not enrich uranium for as long as it is negotiating with the international community over its disputed atomic programme, the country's atomic chief said on Saturday. However, Gholamreza Aghazadeh reiterated that Iran would never give up nuclear fuel production. It was not immediately clear whether Aghazadeh was referring to talks at the IAEA or to lower level talks aimed at reviving dialogue with the European Union.(Posted @ 18:44 PST)
Abbas tells Palestinians to keep truce with Israel GAZA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told militant factions on Saturday to continue abiding by a 9-month-old truce with Israel and said armed displays must stop immediately. Speaking at the cornerstone laying of a new court building in Gaza, Abbas said militants' actions in Gaza and the West Bank were harming the Palestinian people. "Security must prevail in this land and all armed displays must end. Those who are still doing them are working against their people," he said .(Posted @ 18:42 PST)
UN nuclear watchdog, ElBaradei receive Nobel Peace Prize OSLO, Dec 10 (AFP) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its director general Mohamed ElBaradei received the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo on Saturday for their efforts to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. The agency and its director general received their award in a brightly decorated City Hall, decked with yellow orchids and carnations, and in the presence of Norway's King Harald. At a separate ceremony on Saturday, the anniversary of the death of prize founder Alfred Nobel, the winners of this year's Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Economics prizes will receive their awards from King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm's Concert Hall.(Posted @ 18:05 PST)
Olympic heroes Australia swamp Germany in Champions Trophy opener CHENNAI, India, Dec 10 (AFP) - Jamie Dwyer scored two goals as Olympic gold medallists Australia opened their Champions Trophy campaign with a fluent 4-1 win over revamped Germany here on Saturday. Defending champions Spain take on hosts India and the Netherlands clash with Pakistan in the remaining matches of the opening day in the elite six-nation field hockey event.(Posted @ 18:04 PST)
Pakistan to construct a kidney hospital at a cost of Rs.395 million in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Dec 10 (APP): Pakistan would construct a kidney hospital in Jalalabad in Afghanistan at a cost of Rs.395 million. The project is likely to be completed in 18 months. This is in continuation of Pakistan's assistance of US $ 100 million earmarked for Reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. Under this programme, Pakistan has undertaken many projects including the Torkham-Jalalabad Road on which 39 percent work has be completed; 100 buses have been delivered; donation of 50,000 Food Packages and 9,600 Tents have been delivered; and 4.98 million books have been printed and delivered . Under the programme 67 Afghan Police Officers have been trained in batches by Pakistan. The other projects at various stages of implementation include:-Kabul Hospital (100-150 beds alongwith 50 beds thalassemia centre); Artificial Limb Center at Mazar-e-Sharif; Engineering Faculty Block in Bulkh University, Mazar-e-Sharif; Post Graduate Science Faculty Block at Nangarhar University, Jalalabad; Establishment of child Vaccination Centre; Child Care and Maternity Centres; Rehabilitation Centre and Mobile Dispensaries; T.V transmitter at Kandahar and Sir Syed Hospital at Logar Province.(Posted @ 17:45 PST)
No clue of bird flu virus found in migratory birds in NWFP Peshawar, Dec 10 (APP): The NWFP Wildlife Department and provincial Veterinary Research Institute have so far not found any trace of bird flu virus in migratory birds arriving from Siberia (Russia), Chief Conservator Wildlife( NWFP), Dr. Mumtaz Malik, said Saturday. He said the Wildlife Department and Veterinary Research Institute (VRI) were jointing engaged in surveillance of migratory birds after reports about possible mutation of avian flu virus from wild ducks, swans and geeses to poultry. The reports so far have been negative but the surveillance will continue till migration season lasts.(Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Ex-mayor of Najaf escapes attempt on life BAGHDAD, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Adnan al-Zurfi, a former Najaf mayor, survived a roadside bomb attack on his convoy on Saturday, Zurfi and police said. Three of his guards were injured. Zurfi is contesting next Thursday's elections as head of the Faithful to Najaf Party. A U.S soldier was killed and 11 wounded on Friday in a suicide car bomb attack on their unit in Abu Ghraib district of western Baghdad, the U.S military said in a statement Saturday. One Iraqi civilian was also wounded. Two civilians were killed and another wounded in a car bomb attack aimed at U.S forces, witnesses and a hospital official said. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers detained 52 suspected insurgents during an operation on Thursday and Friday in Khadisia, near Tikrit, the military said. An al Qaeda insurgent identified as Amir Khalaf Fanus was brought to a U.S. base by local citizens on Friday, the military said. The man, known as "the Butcher", was wanted for crimes including murder and kidnapping in the area, it said.(Posted @ 17:10 PST)
Tendulkar's record ton helps India reach 245-3 against Sri Lanka NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (AFP) - Sachin Tendulkar scored a record 35th Test century to help India reach 245-3 against Sri Lanka on the opening day of the second Test here on Saturday. Brief scores: India 245-3 ( Tendulkar 100 not out, Laxman 69, Ganguly 39 not out -- Muralitharan 2-77).(Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Kidnapped Egyptian found dead in Iraq TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec 10 (AFP) - The Egyptian contractor kidnapped on Friday in Tikrit and missing since then has been found dead, said a source at the local Iraqi-US coordination centre.(Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Taliban attack Afghan police: eight police, six militants killed KABUL, Dec 10 (AFP) - Taliban fighters attacked two police posts in southern Afghanistan, with eight policemen and six attackers killed in the ensuing battles, officials said Saturday. The biggest attack was in Helmand province, where about 90 Taliban stormed a police post in Garmser district late Friday, police said. Seven policemen were killed and six wounded, Garmser district police chief Haji Bahader Jan said ."Five Taliban were also killed. Four police cars were burnt and the police and district building damaged," he said. A spokesman for the Taliban, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, told AFP on telephone from an undisclosed location that 10 policemen and one Taliban were killed. The second attack on police late Friday was in neighbouring Zabul province, the interior ministry said. "As a result , one policeman was killed and another was slightly injured. One dead body was left behind from the enemy," spokesman Yousuf Stanizai said.(First Posted @ 11:30 PST Updated @ 16:00)
Consensus in OPEC to maintain production quota: president KUWAIT CITY, Dec 10 (AFP) - A consensus has been reached among OPEC's members to maintain current production quotas at 28 million barrels per day, said OPEC chief Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah Saturday.(Posted @ 15:45 PST)
ABL looted in Attock distt. ATTOCK, Dec 10 (APP): Dacoits looted 62 Rs 6.2 million from Allied Bank Attock and killed the guard late last night, police said Saturday. They had tied the guard with ropes before breaking open the locks and killed him before fleeing from the place, police added.(Posted @ 15:25 PST)
Hurriyat Conference holds protest against HRV in occupied Kashmir NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (APP): Activists of the Hurriyat Conference on Saturday staged a sit-in in Jammu to protest against human rights violations in occupied Kashmir. "We are holding a 'dharna' and hunger strike today in support of peace in the (held) state" the amalgam's provincial president D R Sharma said adding that it also aimed to convey the message that the Hurriyat favoured strengthening the peace process(Posted @ 15:10 PST)
Pakistan gains diplomatic achievement at OIC summit: Kasuri ISLAMABAD, Dec 10 (APP): Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri has said that Pakistan made diplomatic gains at OIC summit. Talking to BBC he said, there were three basic things: one was Makkah declaration; second was ten- year plan of action; and the third was the communique which inter-alia highlighted Kashmir. Kashmir has also been highlighted in ten- year plan of action. "It is a big diplomatic achievement for us," he added. The idea of joint Islamic action has been floated.Many issues like Palestine and Kashmir have been placed under it. Secondly, there is an idea of 'Fiqah' Academy as Islamic world is facing problems, he added. Conference of religious scholars from around the world was held in Oman anf their opinion has been reflected in this declaration.(Posted @ 15:05 PST)
New Zealand beat Australia by two wickets CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Dec 10 (APP/AFP) - New Zealand beat Australia by two wickets in a one-day cricket international at Jade Stadium here Saturday Australia made 331 for seven in their 50 overs, and New Zealand reached their target with an over to spare.(Posted @ 14:55 PST)
India's Tamil Nadu state braces for fresh storm NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (Reuters) Coastal residents in India's southern Tamil Nadu state braced for more heavy rain and strong winds as a second Bay of Bengal storm in less than a week neared the country's eastern coast on Saturday.Officials said thousands of people were moving into concrete shelters stocked up with food, milk and other essential supplies, while fisherman had been stopped from going out on stormy seas. The new storm was forecast to cross the Tamil Nadu coast by Saturday afternoon.(Posted @ 13:43 PST)
SE Asia told to boost ties with China, India KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Dec 10 (APP/AP) Summit host Malaysia told Southeast Asia on Saturday to deepen economic integration with powerhouses China and India, while Australia boosted its ties to the region by signing a friendship treaty after years of reluctance. Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, hosting a major conference of Asian countries, also said military-ruled Myanmar must let Southeast Asian officials visit to assess its democratic reforms if it wants the region's continued support.(Posted @ 13:35 PST)
Bangladesh seizes explosives, detains militants DHAKA, Dec 10 (Reuters) Police in Bangladesh hunting for suicide bombers have seized explosives and detained 30 militants, a home ministry official said on Saturday. "Some 22 kg (48 lb) of explosives including gunpowder, gel, iron chips and other bomb making materials were recovered from a hideout in northern Tangail late on Friday," the official said.(Posted @ 13:00 PST)
Tigers demand urgent talks to defuse Sri Lanka war fears COLOMBO, Dec 10 (AFP) Tamil Tiger rebels have asked Norway to arrange an urgent peace talks with Colombo to prevent Sri Lanka from sliding back into war after 31 people died in a week of violence, a report on their website said Saturday."Our commitment to the ceasefire and the peace process remains undiluted and what we request now is to urgently arrange a high-level meeting between the parties," the rebel website said.(Posted @ 13:00 PST)
Britain admits it knew 1950s nuclear ingredient was Israel-bound LONDON, Dec 10 (AFP) Britain admitted Friday that it knew that heavy water it sold in the 1950s, a key ingredient in making nuclear weapons, was bound for Israel, amid claims of a cover-up. An investigation by BBC television's "Newsnight" programme unearthed papers showing a deal was done to export heavy water. The probe showed that "Britain knew that the heavy water was going to Israel and that the Israelis were likely to use it to make nuclear weapons," alleged BBC reporter Michael Crick. A Foreign Office spokesman, while maintaining that it was purely a deal between Britain and Norway, admitted Britain knew the heavy water's final destination. "We were aware at the time that Norway planned to sell the heavy water to the Israeli Atomic Energy organisation," the spokesman told BBC. The confidential documents also apparently show that the Foreign Office knew Israel was secretly trying to buy uranium from South Africa. Jeremy Corbyn, a left-wing MP from Prime Minister Tony Blair's governing Labour Party, has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate.(Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Israeli marines kill Palestinian man off Gaza GAZA CITY, Dec 10 (AFP) Israeli marines killed a Palestinian fisherman off the southern Gaza Strip early Saturday, hospital and Palestinian security sources said. The dead man was named as Nazem Farhat, 27, from Rafah.(Posted @ 09:45 PST)
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