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March 30, 2006 Thursday Safar 29, 1427


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Pakistan shifting its focus to heavy insudtry, engineering sector: Musharraf KARACHI, Mar. 30 (APP): President Pervez Musharraf said Thursday Pakistan will gradually shift its focus from agriculture and textile to heavy industry and engineering sector to achieve a quantum jump in the country's exports. He was speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of US $ 130 million state-of-the-art steel making Tuwairqi Steel Mills (TSM) at Port Qasim. Heavy industry and engineering sector represents nearly 60 percent of world trade, while only six percent of world trade was in the textile sector. This was the reason Pakistan must go to heavy industry and engineering sector. Referring to the training programme of Al-Tuwairqi Group, he said that was the real transfer of technology and enhancing the quality of manpower. On its part, Pakistan has embarked upon a programme to enhance the quality of its human resource. We have planned to establish six engineering universities with the help of Sweden, France,Germany, Netherlands and Austria". We have also set up the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA which will ensure quality training of technicians. Chairman Al-Tuwairqi Group, Dr Hilal Al-Tuwairqi in his address said his company selected Pakistan for the project on account of Pakistan’s investment friendly policies. He said the mill will go into production in 18 months. Vice Chairman of the Group Tariq Barlas said the steel mill will directly employ 3500 engineers and technicians.(First Posted @ 19:40 PST Updated @ 21:05 PST)


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Pakistan air force inducts first female pilots at grand parade RISALPUR, Pakistan, March 30 (AP) _ With ceremonial pomp and aerial acrobatics, Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the first four female pilots into its air force at a grand passing-out parade. Saba Khanm, Nadia Gul, Mariam Khalil and Saira Batool were among 36 aviation cadets who received their wings after 3 1/2 years of intensive training, breaking into an all-male bastion of Pakistan's armed forces. Gen. Ahsan Saleem Hyat, vice chief of army staff, hailed the women officers as a tribute to the air force's elite training academy in Risalpur. The four had ``shown the spirit and courage to rise above the ordinary and break new ground for others to emulate.''``If Pakistan is to rise to the height that it deserves ... both men and women of our beloved land must find equal space and opportunity,'' he said. Carrying rifles and dressed in the same blue uniform as their male colleagues_ except for a kameez (tunic) flapping over their navy blue trousers_ they paraded before hundreds of family members and diplomats, and took the military oath. Two other women who dropped out of the same training course because of air sickness and slow progress now work in ground branches of the air force. The four women trained in MFI-17 Super Mushfhak and T-37 jets, and depending on their abilities and the needs of the air force could go on to fly fighter jets. About 5 percent of Pakistan's air force officers are women, mostly serving in areas like engineering, medicine, air traffic control and administration.(Posted @ 17:48 PST)


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2 villagers killed as mortars hit homes in Pakistan tribal region MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan, March 30 (AP) _ Stray mortars hit several homes during fighting between militants and security forces near the Afghan border, killing at least two Pakistani villagers and wounding four, officials and residents said Thursday. Two security forces also were injured in the fighting, which began late Wednesday and ended just before dawn Thursday in the village of Hurmaz, about 25 kilometers southeast of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal region. An area security official confirmed the fighting and that two villagers were killed and four wounded, and said that officials didn't know whether the militants suffered losses.``Our forces returned fire after miscreants fired rockets and used other munition to target them.”(Posted @ 17:54 PST)


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US, Australian troops wind up quake relief operations in Pakistan QASIM ARMY AVIATION AIR BASE, Pakistan, March 30, 2006 (AFP) US and Australian military personnel helping with earthquake relief in Pakistan said farewell Thursday after nearly six months of rescue missions. At the Qasim Army Aviation Base in Rawalpindi, US and Pakistani officials exchanged gifts and compliments in a ceremony before the official end of the mission on Friday. After the recitation of a Quranic verse by a Pakistani soldier and a Bible verse by an American trooper, military bands played national anthems of the three countries. "The numbers tell an incredible story. This is the longest disaster assistance effort in US military history," American ambassador Ryan Crocker told reporters and military officials. US Disaster Assistance Center Commander Rear Admiral Michael LeFever thanked the Pakistani military for their cooperation. "I will never forget how we teamed together as one team to help those who were suffering," LeFever said. Major General Javed Aslam, commander of Pakistan Army Aviation, said the Chinooks were seen as "angels of mercy" by the victims of the October 8 earthquake. At the peak of their operations the United States had more than 21 helicopters. It now has six left in Pakistan, two of them leaving Thursday and the rest on Friday.(Posted @ 14:13 PST)


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Pak-China sign agreement for manufacturing of fourth F-22P frigate SHANGHAI, March 30 (APP): Pakistan and China signed an agreement here Thursday for the construction of fourth F-22P Frigate in Karachi. The agreement includes upgrading of Karachi Shipyard, and training and technical assistance during the construction of the frigate. Under an agreement signed in April last year, China will transfer technology to Pakistan for manufacturing of F-22P Frigates.(Posted @ 18:35 PST)


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Rice visit to English mosque cancelled after protest threat LONDON, March 30, 2006 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British opposite number Jack Straw cancelled plans to visit a mosque in his home city, officials said Thursday, after threats of protests over the US-led war in Iraq. The mosque in Blackburn, northwest England, said it withdrew its invitation for security reasons after opponents of Friday's visit, including anti-war protesters, threatened to "invade" the building. The Foreign Office said it dropped the visit out of respect for the wishes of the local communities but that they still expected to meet with Muslim and civic leaders in Blackburn.(Posted @ 23:25 PST)


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French students disrupt road, rail traffic in jobs law protest PARIS, France, March 30, 2006 (AFP) - More than 1,000 students blockaded a mainline Paris railway station Thursday and hundreds more disrupted road and rail traffic across France in protests against a government youth jobs law. The state railway company SNCF was forced to halt traffic in and out of the Gare de Lyon after protesters managed to overwhelm police checks at the entry to the station and began building a wooden barrier on the platforms. Riot police moved in, first surrounding the students before escorting them toward the exit. Around 10 people were detained, according to an AFP reporter at the scene.(Posted @ 23:02 PST)


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Kashmir resolution must reflect aspirations of Kashmiri people: PM ISLAMABAD, Mar 30 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had a detailed meeting Thursday with Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, Chairman, All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC),at which the two leaders exchanged views on the latest developments in respect of efforts for the solution of the Kashmir issue. The prime minister on this occasion emphasised that after implementation of Confidence Building Measures, (CBMs) there is now a better atmosphere for real progress on Kashmir issue. Mirwaiz said APHC fully agrees with and supports the approach adopted by Pakistan for the solution of the problem. He appreciated Pakistan's suggestion of demilitarization and said this will prove a milestone in the ultimate solution of the Kashmir issue. He asked Shaukat Aziz to particularly raise the issue of human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and urged the international community to particularly take note of it.(Posted @ 22:25 PST)


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British MPs call for greater presence of UN Observers in Kashmir ISLAMABAD, Mar 30 (APP): While supporting demilitarization of Kashmir, British Parliamentarians Thursday underlined the need to deploy more United Nations observers to monitor human rights violations being committed in occupied Kashmir. The views were expressed by the five-member delegation comprising MPs Bominic Grieve and Paul Goodman, Chairman District Council of High Wycombe, Mehboob Bhatti and Ms. Saddia Warsi at a joint press conference. MP Bominic Grieve said there was need to improve human rights situation in occupied Kashmir. Mr Paul Goodman said they had discussed the latest developments on Kashmir issue adding that British Government would continue to encourage Pakistan and India to find a peaceful solution acceptable to the Kashmiri people.(Posted @ 21:20 PST)


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Air Marshal Raashid Kalim appointed as Vice Chief of Air Staff ISLAMABAD, Mar 30 (APP): The government has appointed Air Marshal Raashid Kalim as Vice Chief of the Air Staff.(Posted @ 21:08 PST)


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New Palestinian Interior Minister says government will not arrest militants GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, March 30 (AP) _ Newly-installed Palestinian Interior Minister Said Siyam said Wednesday that the government of the radical Islamic Hamas movement would not arrest militants, one of Israel's conditions for peace talks with the Palestinians. Speaking to reporters Siyam, however, said he would try to rein in the myriad armed groups by persuasion.``We will not put our sons in prison, for political membership or resisting (Israeli) occupation, because occupation is the reason for the problem,'' he said. ``At the same time, we will reach an understanding with all strugglers on the scene to take into consideration the (national) interest, on the basis that resistance is a legitimate right, but how should one resist?''(Posted @ 20:24 PST)


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Mortar attack destroys religious sect's radio station in Pakistan BARA, Pakistan, March 30 (AP) _ A mortar fired by Pakistani security forces destroyed a radio station, ending controversial broadcasts that had sparked deadly gunbattles between armed supporters of two religious factions this week, witnesses said Thursday. The attack late Wednesday on the small FM radio station _ during a broadcast of a religious sermon _ slightly injured 15 people in the tribal town of Bara, said Mangal Bagh Afridi, a leading supporter of the cleric who had set up the station three years ago. On Thursday, local authorities posted notices on walls ordering all residents to move to safer places. ``The government will start action against people who have disrupted peace,'' the notice said. Government officials were not immediately available for comment on the issue Thursday.(Posted @ 20:18 PST)


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Soldier killed, four injured in southwest Pakistan blast QUETTA, Pakistan, March 30 (AFP) - A paramilitary soldier was killed and four others wounded Thursday when their vehicle hit a landmine planted by suspected tribal militants in Dera Murad Jamali, 280 kilometres southwest of Quetta, police official Mohammed Adil said. Separately, militants fired rockets at a checkpoint near the Pirkoh natural gas field in Dera Bugti district but caused no casualties, a security official said.(Posted @ 20:15 PST)


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Mideast quartet says Hamas non-commitment to peace to affect aid BRUSSELS, March 30 (AFP) - The European Union, the United States, the United Nations and Russia said Thursday direct aid to the Palestinian Authority would "inevitably" be affected as long as the Hamas-led government was not committed to peace. "The Quartet recalled its view that future assistance to any new government would be reviewed by donors against that government's commitment to the principles" of nonviolence, the recognition of Israel and acceptance previous agreements, they said in a joint statement.(Posted @ 20:12 PST)


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36,000 Pakistani quake victims leave relief camps for home ISLAMABAD, March 30 (PPI): Some of the relief camps in Pakistan's quake zone have been emptied after more than 36,000 people left for their homes as part of the process that started earlier this month with the end of winter. With 134 emergency staff and 60 mobile technical and camp management teams, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is currently supporting the Pakistan authorities in caring for about 125,000 survivors living in 153 camps. Camp dwellers say some of their main concerns are the availability of land, repair of damaged roads, shelter, drinking water and food in their villages, UNHCR reported.(Posted @ 19:50 PST)


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Pak U-turn on Kashmir at US behest: Gillani RAWALPINDI March, 30 (PPI) Chairman of his faction of All Party Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Gilani has said that Pakistan has taken U-turn on Kashmir at the behest of the United Stated. In a telephonic talk at Kashmir media centre here Thursday he said that the new Kashmir policy of Pakistan was against the wishes of both the people of Kashmir and Pakistan. It has badly damaged the cause but the Kashmiris are determined to continue their struggle, he said. He lashed India for not fulfilling the promises made at various levels. He reiterated that the changed position of Pakistan from the historic stance has encouraged India which is not taking the Kashmir issue seriously and not accepting any suggestions in this regard and using delaying tactics.(Posted @ 19:25 PST)


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Bangladesh opposition clash with police, 50 injured DHAKA, March 30 (Reuters) - At least 50 people were injured in Dhaka on Thursday in clashes between police and opposition activists trying to march to the seat of the government, witnesses said. Police fired teargas to disperse supporters of the main opposition Awami League who had planned a sit-in around the government building. Police took away dozens of protesters after they pelted stones, set fire to roadside shops, and damaged vehicles.(First Posted @ 14:15 PST Updated @ 19:08 PST)


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Kidnapped US journalist released in Iraq BAHGDAD, March 30 (APP/AFP) - US journalist Jill Carroll, kidnapped in Iraq in early January, has been released, Sunni politician Tariq al-Hashimi said Thursday, adding that she was with him now.(Posted @ 18:45 PST)


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Two Afghans killed in Taliban attacks, suicide blast wounds seven KANDAHAR, March 30, (APP/AFP) - Two people were shot dead and a suicide bomber targeting foreign troops wounded seven civilians in Afghanistan Thursday, officials said. The suicide attacker rammed his explosives-laden vehicle near two armoured vehicles in a convoy of Romanian and Canadian soldiers in Kandahar, the coalition said adding that a coalition soldier and four bystanders were wounded. The Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team run by foreign troops said that seven bystanders including one woman and two children were injured. The attacker had not been able to fully strike the convoy as his explosives-filled car detonated prematurely when it was clipped by an overtaking taxi, district police chief Colonel Shir Shah said. In a separate incident a remote-controlled bomb struck a police truck in Khost, officials said. "Six wounded police were admitted to our hospital. One of them was critically wounded in the head," a doctor said.(First Posted @ 09:45 PST Updated @ 18:30 PST)


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Mild earthquake shakes Hazara division PESHAWAR, March 30 (APP): An earthquake of 4.2 intensity jolted Hazara division of NWFP at 11:02 hours on Thursday morning. The epicenter of the earthquake was about 200 kilometers northeast of Peshawar, in Hazara division, and was also felt in Abbottabad and Mansehra.(Posted @ 18:16 PST)


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Pakistan, India and Kashmiris need to work together for sustainable peace in SA : Shaukat Aziz ISLAMABAD, Mar 30 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Thursday said Pakistan, India and Kashmiris need to work together for the solution of Kashmir issue to establish sustainable peace in South Asia. Talking to Hamid Nasir Chattha, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, the prime minister said Pakistan values the sacrifices made by Kashmiris for the noble cause and is working for its resolution in line with their wishes and aspirations. He said Pakistan and India need to take bold decisions for an early solution of the Kashmir dispute. The proposals made by President Musharraf form the basis for negotiations for a lasting solution of the issue, he said adding that substantial progress has been made on the confidence building measures(CBM) and it is time to move forward on the core issue. He appreciated the efforts made by the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir for highlighting the plight of Kashmiris at national and international level.(Posted @ 18:12 PST)


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Khurram Agha claims maiden National crown KARACHI, March 30 (APP): After struggling for nearly three years, Khurram Hussain Agha of KPT rose to heights when he claimed his maiden National Snooker Championship by whipping Imran Shahzad 6-3 in the final Thursday. The score was 86-0, 19-63, 54-41, 62-13, 33-90, 67-37, 85-50, 40-60, 70-52.(Posted @ 18:08 PST)


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Nepal gunbattle leaves three dead in new fighting KATHMANDU,March 30 (AP) _ Police returning after guarding a high school examination centre were ambushed by communist rebels in Sarlahi, 160 kilometers south of Kathmandu on Thursday, and a gunfight left three dead including two policemen and a suspected Maoist militant, an official said.(Posted @ 18:06 PST)


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Iraqi gunmen kill police commando; dozens wounded in bombings BAGHDAD, March 30 (AP) _ Assailants in speeding cars gunned down a police commando as he was leaving his house in south Baghdad Thursday, drive-by shooters killed a lawyer as she got out of a taxi in Basra, and a dozen Iraqis were wounded in bombings and other attacks in the capital. The U.S. military also reported two deaths Thursday. A soldier assigned to the 9th Naval Construction Regiment died from wounds sustained in fighting. Also, an airman assigned to the 447th Air Expeditionary Group was killed Thursday near Baghdad. And a fellow airman was injured when a roadside bomb exploded as they worked to disarm it, the Central Command reported. Police meanwhile discovered the body of a man in his 40s who had been strangled in Baghdad's neighbourhood of Hurriyah. In Yarmouk, a suicide car bomber rammed a police convoy , killing one police commando and wounding three others. Two civilians also were hurt. Roadside bombs also hit a minibus and a police patrol, wounding at least five civilians and at least two policemen, authorities said. Meanwhile, insurgents blew up a pipeline transporting oil from Kirkuk to the Beiji refinery, at a point kilometers southwest of Kirkuk.(Posted @ 18:04 PST)


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Danish Muslims sue newspaper that printed blasphemous cartoons COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 30 (AP) _ A group of 27 Danish Muslim organizations have filed a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper that first published the blasphemous cartoons, their lawyer said Thursday. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, two weeks after Denmark's top prosecutor declined to press criminal charges, saying the drawings that sparked a firestorm in the Muslim world did not violate laws against racism or blasphemy. Lawyer Michael Christiani Havemann said ``we're seeking judgment for both the text and the drawings which were gratuitously defamatory and injurious.'' The newspaper apologized for offending Muslims after violent protests but stood by its decision to print the drawings, citing freedom of speech.(Posted @ 18:02 PST)


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Iran formally offers 'regional' venture for nuclear enrichment GENEVA, March 30 (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Thursday formally offered to set up a "regional" centre to enrich fuel inside the country for its controversial nuclear programme. Mottaki's statement at the UN Conference on Disarmament came hours after the UN Security Council in New York unanimously voted to give Iran 30 days to fall into line with long-running calls to abandon its uranium enrichment activities.(Posted @ 17:56 PST)


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Two killed, six wounded in Afghan attacks KANDAHAR, March 30 (AFP) - A police director and his brother were shot dead in Helmand province Thursday while a bomb blast wounded six policemen in separate attacks, officials said. Gunmen opened fire on the director and his brother as they were travelling to work in province's Musa Qala district. In a separate incident, a remote-controlled bomb struck a police truck in Khost city near the Pakistan border. Spokesman Mohammad Zaman said one policeman was wounded but a doctor at a public hospital told AFP six were hurt.(Posted @ 17:54 PST)


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Leading Kashmir rebels ready for talks, truce with India: report SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, March 30 (AFP) - "Not only Hizbul Mujahedin but also the entire militant leadership would consider (a) truce only if Indian government acknowledges the disputed and tripartite nature of Kashmir issue," Hizb supreme commander Syed Salahuddin told Kashmir News Service in a telephone interview from Pakistan. "The dialogue process initiated by the moderate leadership has so far failed to produce any breakthrough in terms of Kashmir resolution," he said adding that violence would decline as the tripartite dialogue process moves forward. "In Afghanistan, Vietnam and other conflict areas war and dialogue have run side by side. Armed confrontation would automatically recede as serious dialogue process moves forward," he said. He also said that groups such as his will continue to boycott elections in occupied Kashmir. "As we don't recognise the Indian constitution, taking part in Indian-held elections is immaterial," he said.(Posted @ 17:52 PST)


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India banned from weightlifting for dope offences NEW DELHI, March 30(AFP) - India's weightlifters have been suspended from taking part in international competitions after four team members tested positive for banned drugs this year, the sport's world body said on Thursday. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) named the four guilty lifters on its website as Prameelavalli Bodari, Shailaja Pujari, Edwin Raju and Tejinder Singh. Raju and Singh tested positive at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, while Bodari and Pujari failed tests before the Games. The IWF will determine the length of the ban in May amid fears India may not be able to send weightlifters to the Asian Games in Doha in December and the Beijing Olympics in 2008.(Posted @ 17:18 PST)


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Cricket-Indian board invites tenders for Pakistan series MUMBAI, March 30 (Reuters) India's cricket board is looking for at least $3 million for two days' worth of sponsorship for a series with Pakistan. "The minimum bid for the ground rights tender package is $3 million and participation is open to any company or agency with a net worth of $5 million," the cricket board said in a news release. "All revenues from the first day of the series, after meeting basic costs, will be donated to the earthquake relief funds of the two countries," the release added. Three-quarters of the proceeds from the first game will go to victims in Pakistan and the rest to those affected on the Indian side of the region. The matches will take place on April 18 and 19.(Posted @ 14:15 PST)


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China says there’s room for diplomatic solution on Iran BEIJING, March 30 (Reuters) China said on Thursday there was still room for a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear stand-off with the West and that it hoped a U.N. statement would help strengthen the International Atomic Energy Agency.A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry told a regular news conference that "China hopes this (U.N.) statement will strengthen the authority and role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," Qin said. On Thursday, senior diplomats from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, as well as Germany, meet in Berlin to discuss Iran.(Posted @ 12:50 PST)


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Muslim leaders in Indonesia urge Blair to withdraw from Iraq JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Muslim leaders in Indonesia on Thursday urged British Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw troops from Iraq, warning that the occupation promotes radicalism, participants in the meeting said. Blair met with five Muslim leaders as part of a one-day visit to Indonesia. ``We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq, because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism,'' said Din Syamsudin, leader of the Muhammadiah. Speaking with reporters, Blair described the meeting as ``inspirational and at times moving on occasion.'' Another respected Islamic scholar, Azyumardi Azra, said Blair was told ``that his foreign policies were not making the world any safer.'' Earlier the British Prime Minister and Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced Thursday in a joint news conference that their two nations would begin working more closely in the fight against terrorism. Neither Blair nor Yudhoyono elaborated on the details of the proposed cooperation.(Posted @ 10:40 PST)


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Ex-prosecutor indicted in botched terrorism case CHICAGO, March 29 (Reuters) A former federal prosecutor and a special agent with the State Department were charged on Wednesday with concealing evidence to win convictions against Moroccan men in a terrorism case that was later tossed out.The indictment charged that prosecutor Richard Convertino and State Department special agent Harry Smith III conspired to withhold photographs of a Jordanian hospital they said was a target of the terror suspects. In fact, the sketches did not resemble the hospital at all, the indictment said, creating a huge embarrassment for the Bush administration's declared war on terrorism. Convertino in his defense told The New York Times that "these charges are clearly vindictive and retaliatory, and it's an effort to discredit and smear someone who tried to expose the government's mismanagement of the war on terrorism."(Posted @ 10:10 PST)


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Powerful cyclone bears down on Western Australia CANBERRA, March 30 (Reuters) Thousands of Australians took shelter on Thursday as a cyclone with winds of up to 265 kph menaced northern parts of Western Australian, forcing oil and gas fields to shut down and disrupting iron-oreshipments. Cyclone Glenda, a category four storm, one below the most powerful grade, was forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology to hit the coast somewhere along a 300 km stretch of coast between the remote towns of Karratha and Exmouth on Thursday.(Posted @ 10:00 PST)


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Jaafari warns of US interference in Iraqi politics: report WASHINGTON, March 30, 2006 (AFP) Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned against US interference in his country's politics and defended his ties to Moqtada al-Sadr in an interview published in the Thursday edition of The New York Times. Jaafari told The Times that certain comments from US officials had undermined President George W. Bush's public stance in favour of democracy in Iraq. "…there's concern among the Iraqi people that the democratic process is being threatened," he said. He said he disagreed with the former US administrator in Baghdad, Paul Bremer, who barred Sadr and some other militia groups from participating in the political process. The Iraqi government's approach to militias would be to "meld them, take them, take their names and make them join the army and police forces. And they will respect the army or police rather than the militias," Jaafari said.(Posted @ 10:00 PST)


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Karachi Stocks up 154.32 points: KARACHI, Mar 30: At close of trading , the KSE-100 index was at 11568.69 , up 154.32 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)

Forex update: KARACHI, Mar 30: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.33 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)

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