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| December 19, 2005 | Monday | Ziqa’ad 16, 1426 |
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Cricket-Pakistan beat England by 13 runs to win one-day series RAWALPINDI, Dec 19 (Reuters) Pakistan beat England by 13 runs to win the fourth one-day international and take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.Scores: Pakistan Innings 210 all out in 47.2 overs(Butt 15, Akmal 18, Inzamam 81 not out, Malik 23, Afridi 34; Flintoff 20-2, Anderson 26-2, Plunkett 45-2, Ali 51-2, Blackwell 35-1); England Innings 197 all out in 48.1 overs ( Trescothick 23, Flintoff 40, Blackwell 29, Ali 39 not out; Akhtar 47-2, Naved 38-2, Sami 44-1, Arshad 21-1, Afridi 34-3) Man-of-the-match: Inzamam-ul-haq. Next match schedule: December 21, fifth and last ODI match to be played at Rawalpindi.(First Posted@19:05 PST Updated@) 19:25)
Bush says Justice Department probe underway into eavesdropping report leak WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) U.S. President George W. Bush said on Monday he presumed that a Justice Department leak investigation was underway into who disclosed a secret NSA eavesdropping operation. At a news conference, Bush said he would continue to reauthorize the controversial program "so long as the nation faces the continuing threat of an enemy that wants to kill American citizens." Bush said "my personal opinion is that it was a shameful act for someone to disclose this very important program in a time of war."(Posted @ 21:45 PST)
World Court rules Uganda violated rights in Congo THE HAGUE, Dec 19 (Reuters)The U.N.'s highest court ruled on Monday that Uganda violated the sovereignty of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo and was responsible for human rights abuses there during a 1998-2003 war. The court also found that Ugandan soldiers plundered Congo's natural resources and ordered Kampala to pay reparations.(Posted @ 21:30 PST)
Early Iraq election results BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (Reuters) Early results from the count of votes in more than half Iraq's regions, including Baghdad, confirmed a strong showing for the ruling Shi'ite Alliance party, figures from the Electoral Commission showed on Monday. The Alliance won 58 percent of the vote in the capital, the biggest of 18 provinces and accounting for 59 of the 230 parliamentary seats allocated among the regions. A further 45 seats will be allocated according to shares of the national vote. Trailing in second place in Baghdad was the Sunni led Iraqi Accordance Front, on 19 percent of the vote with 89 percent of 2.7 million ballots in the city counted, figures quoted by the Electoral Commissioner Adel al-Lamy showed. The secular, cross-sectarian list led by former prime minister Iyad Allawi scored 327,174 votes, putting it on about 14 percent of those ballots already counted.(Posted @ 21:40 PST)
War powers authorized U.S. eavesdropping: Gonzales WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) The U.S. Congress' authorization of military force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks also gave President George W. Bush the right to eavesdrop on people in the United States, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Monday. He denied it was "a backdoor approach," saying: "We believe Congress has authorized this kind of surveillance." Gonzales and Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, principal deputy director of national intelligence, briefed White House reporters in the latest effort by the administration to defend a covert domestic spying program first reported by The New York Times on Friday.(Posted @ 21:20 PST)
Israel's Sharon home on Tuesday after minor stroke JERUSALEM, Dec 19 (Reuters) Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon rested in hospital on Monday after a minor stroke that raised questions over his political future, but doctors said he should recover fully. The 77-year-old former general was rushed to hospital on Sunday. Doctors said Sharon would stay for further tests and if all went well would be discharged on Tuesday, though an aide said it would take longer to return to full working capacity. The blood clot on his brain went without causing any lasting damage.(First Posted@15:17 PST Updated@) 21:15 PST)
Militias attack Darfur village, kill 12 EL-GENEINA, Sudan, Dec 19 (Reuters) Militias belonging to Janjaweed on camels and horses attacked a village in West Darfur on Monday, killing 12 people, rebels and government officials said. Janjaweed is the local name given to mostly Arab militias, mobilised by the government to fight Darfur rebels.Sudan said it was not involved.(Posted @ 21:15 PST)
Four tribesmen killed in southwest Pakistan raids QUETTA, Pakistan, Dec 19 (AFP) Four tribesman were killed Monday when military gunship helicopters pounded alleged ‘miscreant’ hideouts in tribal areas of southwest Pakistan, security officials said. A raid was mounted after Pakistani security forces came under rocket attack in Kahan, a mountainous area some 250 kilometers south of Quetta, a security official said. "Security forces and helicopters returned fire towards the mountains and later found the body of a tribesman lying near unfired rockets," the official added. In a second incident, three men belonging to the Bugti tribe were killed when security forces traded fire with them near Sangseela village in Dera Bugti district, some 240 kilometres southeast of Quetta, the official said. "The firing is still continuing with both sides using automatic weapons and rockets," the official added. The Marri Ittehad Group alleged in a statement on Monday that "innocent people” were being killed in the raids. (First Posted@18:10 PST Updated@) 20:15 PST)
Pakistan rejects India's contention on OIC's jurisdiction to discuss Kashmir ISLAMABAD, Dec.19 (APP): Pakistan on Monday said the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) was "perfectly within its rights" to raise the Kashmir dispute. "Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory. It is on the agenda of the United Nations as well as the OIC," Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told a weekly briefing here. The spokesperson said U.S. President Dick Cheney will visit Islamabad on Tuesday and will also visit the quake-affected areas. When asked to comment on a statement by US Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker on the state of democracy in Pakistan, Aslam said "the US embassy pointed out that media reports were distorted". She said the US ambassador had not discussed with the government the issue of jihadi organizations taking part in relief efforts in Azad Kashmir and NWFP. She added that Pakistan had banned certain organizations but at the same time individual Pakistanis irrespective of their affiliation to any organization were entitled to participate in relief efforts. She informed that there were six to seven Pakistani prisoners in Guantanamo Bay while no exact number was available for the Pakistani nationals imprisoned in Afghan jails as the situation kept on changing with the release of prisoners or new arrests. On the composite dialogue process with India, the spokesperson said the third round was due to start in January next year. She said discussions on Nankana-Amritsar bus service will be held on December 20-21 in Islamabad. On the Siachen dispute, the spokesperson said the two sides had exchanged few ideas during their last meeting and hoped the two countries would be able to move forward on the issue in the next round of talks. Aslam said the next meeting on the construction of Baglihar dam would be held early next year while the issue of Kishan Ganga was under study and a decision on it would be taken after consultation with concerned agencies.(Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Pakistan says new parliament to bring stability to Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (AFP) Pakistan on Monday hailed the reopening of Afghanistan's first parliament in nearly 30 years saying it would bring stability to the war-battered country. "We welcome it and we are confident that with the inauguration of parliament, Afghanistan will enter a new era of stability," foreign ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told a weekly media briefing. "We have helped the Afghan government in election phases and this has been appreciated by the Afghan government," she added. A Pakistani parliamentary delegation also witnessed the opening of the parliament in the Afghan capital.(Posted @ 18:05 PST)
Cricket-Shabbir banned for one year for illegal action; Malik cleared LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) Pakistan paceman Shabbir Ahmed has become the first bowler to be banned for one year because of an illegal action, the International Cricket Council said on Monday. Shabbir was reported for the second time during the first test against England last month and an independent assessment by the University of Western Australia has confirmed he bowls with an illegal action. ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said Shabbir's ban was regrettable but appropriate. "I hope that Shabbir will be able to use his time out of the game at international level to get the consistency needed in his action to ensure a successful return to the game," said Speed. "It is a big blow for us because Shabbir has been a key member of the side. We will sit down to review the situation," Pakistan cricket Board official Abbas Zaidi said in Rawalpindi.The bowling action of another Pakistan bowler, off spinner Shoaib Malik, has been passed as legal following analysis at the University of Western Australia. "Should he (Malik) revert to bowling the `doosra' delivery or should his action deteriorate, as with any bowler, it is possible that he could be reported again or be called," the ICC added.(First Posted @ 16:25 PST Updated@) 18:00 PST)
Sri Lanka 131-5 in reply to India's 398 at stumps AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 19 (AFP) Sri Lanka were struggling at 131-5 in their first innings at stumps in reply to India's 398 on the second day of the third and final Test here on Monday. India lead 1-0 in the series following their 188-run victory in the second Test at Delhi. The opening Test ended in a draw at Chennai. Brief scores: India 398; Sri Lanka 131-5 (Posted @ 17:04 PST)
U.S. House passes torture ban, war funding bills WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed final legislation to ban the torture of detainees and voted to advance the Pentagon $50 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House passed two separate defence bills, one for funding and one for policies that contained identical measures initially opposed by President George W. Bush requiring humane treatment of detainees in U.S. custody. But, in a concession to the White House, the bills curb the ability of inmates at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to challenge their detention in federal court. The bills also would let information gleaned by coercion be used against Guantanamo inmates. The funding bill provides $453.3 billion for defence, including $50 billion for the wars until Congress acts on an emergency war supplemental early next year that lawmakers said could be between $80 billion and $100 billion. (Posted @ 17:03 PST)
Israel's Likud votes for Sharon successor JERUSALEM, Dec 19 (AFP) Members of Israel's right-wing Likud were voting on Monday for a new leader who will be tasked with rebuilding a party devastated by the recent defection of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Polling booths throughout the country opened at 10:00 am (0800 GMT), enabling around 130,000 card-carrying members of Israel's main right-wing party to vote over a 12-hour period. The main contenders are former premier Benjamin Netanyahu and the relative moderate Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom.(Posted@16:00 PST)
Aziz calls for investing in skill development, productivity growth ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (APP): At an annual meeting of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) here on Monday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in a key-note address said "now is the time to invest in skill development and productivity growth and to upgrade our infrastructure". He underlined the critical role of skill development and human resources in positioning the country's economy for future growth. He said the country had suffered enormously on account of skill gap and despite being a larger supply of manpower, the country still faced a lack of skilled labour. He recalled his recent interaction with bankers, businessmen and industrialists who cited lack of quality skilled manpower as the major problem. Aziz emphasized the need for critical changes in the education system including technical education, skill development and training of the workforce. He said the government has a plan to invest Rs.319 billion in IT and ICT, Rs. 333 billion towards building knowledge economy, Rs.34 billion in technical and vocational training and Rs.993 billion in upgrading the infrastructure over the next five years.(Posted @ 15:35 PST)
Spain arrests 14 suspected militants MADRID, Dec 19 (Reuters) Spanish police arrested 14 suspected militants on Monday who were alleged to have been involved in recruiting fighters to send to Iraq, officials said. Police detained the suspects around Seville, Malaga and Nerja in the south, Lerida in the northeast and on the Balearic Islands, police and a government spokesman said, in an early-morning operation by about 100 officers.(Posted @ 15:23 PST)
Iran denies media reports of attack on president TEHRAN, Dec 19 (Reuters) Iran denied on Monday media reports that a firefight last week in the country's south-eastern borderlands was an assassination attempt on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Government officials said Ahmadinejad was making a speech in Zahedan, capital of Sistan-Baluchistan province, on Wednesday when a car carrying security forces was attacked by smugglers on the road to the Gulf port of Chaharbahar. "During the attack, the local driver and a Revolutionary Guardsman was killed. The police immediately intervened. One smuggler was killed and one arrested," a government spokesman said.(Posted @ 15:20 PST)
Former top Saddam-era officials released: US military BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (AFP) Eight high level detainees from the regime of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein have been released, the US military said Monday.Reports had swirled around on Sunday about the release of several top figures from the old regime as part of a deal to appease the disaffected Sunni Arab minority in the aftermath of elections. The spokesman denied there was any such deal. Al-Arabiya satellite channel identified a number of the detainees as Humam Abdel Khaleq, the former minister of higher education, Ahmed Murtada, transport minister, Sattam al-Qud, secretary of the intellectual committee and Asil Tabrah, Uday's deputy on the Olympic committee.(Posted @ 15:19 PST)
India's Tata group in vehicle venture in Pakistan MUMBAI, Dec 19 (AFP) Indian car and truck maker Tata Motors said Monday it has signed an agreement with Afzal Motors to assemble a range of commercial vehicles in Karachi. South Korea-based Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle, a unit of Tata Motors, signed the agreement last week, to assemble 3,000 commercial vehicles in Pakistan. "The assembly of vehicles in Pakistan is expected to commence by the last quarter of 2006 at the newly established plant of Afzal Motors in Karachi," Tata Motors said in a statement. The Tata Daewoo assembly operation would be the first by an Indian automobile company in the Pakistani market. Tata Motors said the assembly plant has a capacity to produce the 3,000 vehicles annually on a single shift basis.(Posted @ 15:15 PST)
Cricket-Australia 258 and 528-8; South Africa 296 and 85-2 close PERTH, Dec 19 (Reuters) South Africa, set 491 to win, were 85 for two in their second innings at the close of play on the fourth day of the first test against Australia on Monday. Scores: Australia 258 and 528-8 declared; South Africa 296 and 85-2. (First Posted@12:46 PST Updated@15:08 PST)
Car bomb explodes outside children's hospital in Baghdad, casualties reported BAGHDAD, Iraq Dec 19 (APP/AP) _ A car bomb exploded outside the main gate of a children's hospital in western Baghdad on Monday, causing a number of casualties, police said.(Posted @ 13:12 PST)
Bhutan stunned by king's decision to abdicate GUWAHATI, India, Dec 19 (AFP) - Citizens of the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan have expressed shock at the king's decision on Saturday to abdicate in favour of his eldest son before democratic elections in 2008. King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 50, ruled Bhutan since ascending the throne in 1972 at the age of 17. Wangchuck made the announcement before a crowd of 8,000 yak-herders, monks, farmers and students at the remote village of Trashiyangtse, about 900 kms (560 miles) east of Bhutan's capital Thimphu. "The best time to change a political system is when the country enjoys stability and peace," he told the crowd. "Why wait for a revolution? Why crown an heir only when the nation is in mourning for a late king?(Posted @ 13:04 PST)
Driver of former German hostage freed in Iraq: source BERLIN, Dec 19 (AFP) - The driver of former German hostage Susanne Osthoff, who was abducted in Iraq alongside her last month, is no longer in the hands of his kidnappers, diplomats said Monday.(Posted @ 12:49 PST)
Indian troops kill four militants in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Dec 19 (AFP) - Indian troops shot dead four freedom fighters in two separate gunbattles in revolt-hit occupied Kashmir, police said Monday. Three of the militants were killed during a four-hour gunfight in the southern district of Pulwama late Sunday. "The fighting erupted when troops raided a militant hideout," a police spokesman said. The fourth was killed during a gunbattle early Monday in the northern district of Kupwara. (Posted @ 12:32 PST)
Oxfam and Friends of the Earth blast 'dirty little' WTO deal LONDON, Dec 18 (AFP) - Oxfam and Friends of the Earth on Sunday branded a World Trade Organisation agreement struck in Hong Kong as "a dirty little deal" that betrayed developing countries. The accord was "profoundly disappointing" and a "betrayal of development promises", Oxfam said."Rich country interests have prevailed yet again and poor countries have had to fight a rearguard action simply to keep some of their issues on the table," said the head of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign, Phil Bloomer."Small progress in agriculture is more than cancelled out by extremely damaging agreements on services and industry," he added. The "dirty little deal" offered no more than "crumbs" to poorer nations, said Friends of the Earth. "The so-called gains for developing countries are just little crumbs that will not make up the price for millions of farmers, fisherfolks, indigenous people and others in the developing world will have to pay as a result of today's deal," said the organisation's international chairwoman, Meena Raman.(Posted @ 10:40 PST)
Afghanistan opens first parliament in three decades KABUL, Dec 19 (AFP) - Afghanistan on Monday opened its first session of parliament after three decades of war, in the final step of a transition to democracy launched when the Taliban were toppled four years ago. US Vice President Dick Cheney headed the guest list at a ceremony that took place under tight security. President Hamid Karzai swore in 351 new MPs -- many of them warlords involved in years of the conflict -- after a brief speech by ageing former king Zahir Shah, who was toppled in a coup in 1973, when the last elected parliament sat. "I ask the nation to work with unity and national partnership for the creation of a strong and prosperous Afghanistan," the frail former king said. Among the new MPs are several progressives, including many of the women who had 25 percent of seats reserved. Hours before the opening session, three policemen were killed and one was missing after an attack by Taliban insurgents in the insurgency-hit eastern Kunar province, officials said. (Fist Posted @ 10:45 PST Updated @ 12:30 PST)
Five killed, 11 wounded in Baghdad attacks BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (AFP) - Five Iraqis were killed and 11 wounded, including a Baghdad deputy governor, in two separate attacks Monday morning, an interior ministry official said. Gunmen wounded Baghdad deputy governor Ziyad Tarek al-Zubai and killed three of his bodyguards when they ambushed his convoy in the south of the capital. A civilian and another bodyguard were also hurt in the attack. In a separate attack, targeting a police colonel, two civilians were killed and eight wounded by a car bomb in the centre of the city. Colonel Salam Aalag Zahal, the police chief in the capital's southern district of Dura, was driving to work when the car bomb exploded. Both he and two bodyguards were hurt. (First Posted @ 11:30 PST Posted @ 12:27 PST)
Tsunami donations around $12 billion SINGAPORE, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Government and multilateral agencies have pledged around $7 billion in aid for nations hit by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, while global private donations amount to around $5 billion.(Posted @ 11:25 PST)
India's power minister dies in South Korea NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Indian Minister for Power P.M. Sayeed died of a heart attack in a Seoul hospital on Sunday, an official and newspaper reports said on Monday. The Indian Express had reported that Sayeed had gone to Seoul for treatment of an enlarged liver.(Posted @ 10:50 PST)
US operated secret prison in Kabul: group NEW YORK, Dec 19 (AFP) - US officials operated a secret prison near Kabul where detainees were abused and tortured as recently as 2004, the rights group Human Rights Watch said Monday, citing former inmates as sources. Eight detainees being held at the prison for terror suspects at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba described to their attorneys how they were held at a site near Kabul they called the "Dark Prison" or "Prison of Darkness," the group said in a statement. The witnesses, held at various times between 2002 and 2004, said they were chained to walls, deprived of food and drinking water, and kept in total darkness with loud rap, heavy metal music, or other sounds blared for weeks at a time, the statement read. The detainees alleged US interrogators slapped or punched them during interrogations, according to the report. Some detainees had said they were shackled in a manner that made it impossible to lie down or sleep, with restraints that caused their hands and wrists to swell up or bruise. The detainees said they were deprived of food for days at a time, and given only filthy water to drink, according to the report. "The US government must shed some light on Kabul’s dark prison," said John Sifton, terrorism and counterterrorism researcher at Human Rights Watch. "No one, no matter their alleged crime, should be held in secret prisons or subjected to torture."(Posted @ 10:50 PST)
US vice president Cheney arrives in Afghanistan KABUL, Dec 19 (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Afghanistan Monday to join President Hamid Karzai and other dignitaries at a ceremony to swear in parliamentarians elected in September in the first general parliamentary elections in war-ravaged Afghanistan since 1969. During his one-day visit, Cheney will also hold talks with Karzai and visit troops at the main US base in Afghanistan at Bagram, north of the capital Kabul, officials said. The vice president arrived from Iraq and was due to travel on to Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.(Posted @ 10:30 PST)
Greek police free 96 hostage immigrants ATHENS, Dec 18 (APP/AFP) - Greek police Sunday freed 96 illegal immigrants held hostage in a warehouse by people smugglers who were demanding ransoms worth thousands of dollars from their captives' families, a police official said. The nationals from several Asian countries had been transported from the border between Greece and Turkey and locked up without food and water for two days in the town of Kapandriti, 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Athens. Police also arrested five alleged people smugglers who had demanded between 4,000 and 6,000 euros (4,800 to 7,200 dollars) for the release of each immigrant, the official said. The captives, after treatment for their ordeal, would be repatriated to their countries of origin. Athens on Friday signed an agreement with Iran, Pakistan and Turkey to boost cooperation on fighting organised crime and the illegal traffic of immigrants and drugs.(Posted @ 9:45 PST)
Saddam recounts his capture to British tabloid LONDON, Dec 19 (APP/AFP) - Saddam Hussein has for the first time recounted the moment of his capture two years ago in an "interview" conducted via his lawyer, former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, British newspaper The Sun said on Monday. Clark told the paper that before Saddam was cornered by US troops in a cramped underground hideout near his hometown Tikrit on December 13, 2003, he had been "moving every day to a different location, organising the insurgents". When captured, Saddam was about to flee the scene by motorbike, the paper said. "I came out of the house where I was hiding by this hole. I went through the trap door. I went through the hole, through the tunnel then lost consciousness," Saddam said, adding: "I believe I was betrayed. I have been set up." Clark said Saddam "thinks he was gassed in the tunnel". "He tried to get to the exit of the tunnel. But he did not have time to get away. He told us he spent maybe minutes in this tunnel, not hours or days," Clark added. According to US forces who pulled Saddam from his hiding place, his first words to them were: "I am Saddam Hussein, I am the president of Iraq and I want to negotiate." The Sun, a famously eurosceptic paper with a particular fondness for needling France, also quoted Saddam on his relations with French President Jacques Chirac. "Chirac has been a longtime friend of mine," the paper cited him as saying. In May, The Sun printed photographs it had obtained of Saddam in his prison cell clad only in his underwear. "Tyrant's in his pants," was the gleeful headline, using the British term for underwear briefs.(Posted @ 9:30 PST)
President Bush acknowledges difficulties but says Iraq is 'an ally of growing strength' WASHINGTON Dec 19 (APP/AP) _ President Bush asserted Sunday night the United States is winning the war in Iraq but acknowledged setbacks and the doubts of some "that the war is lost and not worth another dime or another day." He pleaded with Americans to ignore "defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right." Struggling to build confidence in his policy, the president held out hopes for withdrawing American forces as Iraqi troops gain strength and experience. "As these achievements come, it should require fewer American troops to accomplish our mission." The president spoke from the Oval Office, where in March, 2003, he announced the U.S.-led invasion. Nearly three years later, more than 2,150 U.S. soldiers have died, Bush's popularity has plummeted and about half of Americans think the war was a mistake. Yet a strong majority oppose an immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces. The address came on the heels of four major speeches in which Bush acknowledged setbacks and surprises in the war and took responsibility for ordering the invasion on the basis of inaccurate intelligence.(Posted @ 9:30 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 135.13 points: KARACHI, December 19: At the close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 9379.70, down 135.13 points from Friday's close. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:50 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, December 19: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.22 (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:50 PST)
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