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| May 7, 2006 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 8, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Pakistan playing active role in war against terror: Kasuri ISLAMABAD, May 7 (APP): Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri Sunday said that Pakistan was playing active and key role in war against terrorism. He was commenting on the statement of Henry Crumpton, US State Department Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism in Kabul that Pakistan was not making enough efforts to curb terrorism. He said Pakistan's well-trained 80,000 troops were in the area to fight against terrorism. He said this number was much more than US, allied and Afghan National forces in Afghanistan.(Posted @ 23:58 PST)
Seven die of heat stroke in Southern Punjab MULTAN, May 07 (PPI): At least seven persons died and another 117 fainted due to heat stroke in two days- Saturday and Sunday as temperature rose to 47 degree Celsius in southern Punjab.(Posted @ 23:54 PST)
US to provide latest weapon, defence system to Pakistan ISLAMABAD, May 7 (APP): Pakistan, America Advisory Group has announced that United States would provide latest weapon and defence system to Pakistan. America and Pakistan would hold joint military exercises in 2007, Secretary Defence Lt. Gen. (r) Tariq Waseem Ghazi said. He said America has also agreed to provide conventional weapons and to strengthen defence capability of Pakistan.(Posted @ 23:48 PST)
Govt committed to meaningful change in life of people of Baluchistan: PM ISLAMABAD, May 7 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Sunday that the federal government was committed to bringing about a meaningful change in the life of the people of Baluchistan. He expressed these views in a detailed meeting with former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali at the Prime Minister's House.(Posted @ 23:40 PST)
Last Titanic survivor in U.S. dies BOSTON, May 7, 2006(AP) _ Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the Titanic disaster, has died at her home. She was 99. Ms. Asplund, who was just 5 years old at the time of the ship's sinking, lost her father and three brothers _ including a fraternal twin _ when the ``practically unsinkable'' White Star Line ship went down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912. She, along with her mother and 3-year-old brother, Felix, survived.(Posted @ 23:38 PST)
Fire kills 7, hurts dozens at nightclub in Thai resort town Pattaya BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ A fire broke out Sunday at a nightclub in the Thai resort town of Pattaya, killing at least seven and injuring 49, police said. Others may be trapped inside the nightclub, said police officer Maj. Gen. Anand Charoenpasi. A preliminary investigation showed no foreigners among the dead or injured.(Posted @ 23:10 PST)
Pakistan can do more against terrorism, says Afghan FM KABUL, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - Pakistan could do more in the fight against terrorism, Afghanistan's foreign minister said Sunday after Islamabad rejected as absurd a similar statement by a top US counter-terrorism official.(Posted @ 23:02 PST)
Sports play key role in building a healthy society: Musharraf RAWALPINDI, May 7 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf has said that sports play key role in building a healthy society and government is doing its best for promotion of sports in the country. He made these remarks while speaking at the prize distribution ceremony of 7th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Open Golf Championship 2006. Appreciating the spirit of three sponsors of the tournament, the President urged the private sector to come ahead and join hands with government in promotion of sports in the country as government can not do it alone. (Posted @ 22:52 PST)
U.S. Marine killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ A U.S. Marine died Sunday from wounds suffered during fighting in Anbar Province, an area of western Iraq dominated by Sunni Arab-led insurgents, the military said.(Posted @ 22:15 PST)
Turkish Govt. planning to rebuild more schools in quake-hit areas MUZAFFARABAD, May 7 (APP): Ambassador of Turkey to Islamabad Mr. Hasan Kemalgur said here Sunday that the Turkish Government and NGOs were planning to rebuild more schools in the quake-hit areas to provide better and modern education facilities to the quake-affectees. Talking here he said the Turkish Government, people and NGOs would continue to support the quake-affectees, saying Turkish Government and NGOs have planned to set up various educational institutions in AJK and NWFP.(Posted @ 20:48 PST)
Landmine explosions kill three in Pakistan's southwest QUETTA, Pakistan, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - Three landmine explosions killed three people and injured four Sunday in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials said. The injured included three policemen, a provincial government official said. Two of the mines exploded in the Dera Bugti area in separate places, one hitting a pickup truck carrying two pro-government tribesmen and the other damaging a police van. "Two people died when their pickup hit a landmine while in the second incident three policemen were injured when their vehicle ran over a landmine planted by suspected tribal militants," the official said. The third explosion occured in Sibbi district and killed one man and two camels, the official said.(Posted @ 20:02 PST)
Pakistan faces drought threat ISLAMABAD, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - Pakistan faces a possible drought with no significant rain expected in the next two months, the country's top meteorologist warned Sunday. "There are all indications of emerging drought conditions in the country," director general of the Meteorological Department, Qamaruz Zaman, told AFP.(Posted @ 19:25 PST)
Bus, truck collision kills 10 people in north India LUCKNOW, India, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - Ten people were killed and 14 injured Sunday when a passenger bus smashed into a truck on a busy national highway running through India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, police said. "Ten persons, including two women, were killed when the government bus collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction," police official Rajendra Singh, told AFP(Posted @ 19:06 PST)
Car bombs kill 30 in Iraq as govt talks progress BAGHDAD, May 7 (Reuters) - Car bombs killed 30 people in Iraq on Sunday and wounded more than 70 in one of the bloodiest spasms of violence of recent weeks as political leaders closed in on a deal to form a national unity government. At least 21 people were killed and 52 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a car on a crowded street in the city of Kerbala, south of Baghdad, police and doctors said. The effect was devastating. Around the same time, two cars exploded in the capital. A suicide car bomber hit an Iraqi army patrol in the rebellious, mainly Sunni northern district of Aadhamiya, killing eight people and wounding 15. Soldiers and civilians were among the casualties. A second car bomb exploded at a busy intersection close to the offices of a government-funded newspaper in northern Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding five.(First Posted @ 14:30 PST Updated @ 17:12 PST)
British military says five killed in copter crash BAGHDAD, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - The British military in Iraq on Sunday said that five of its troops had died in the helicopter crash a day before in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. "Five of our troops perished in the helicopter crash," British military spokesman Major Sebastian Muntz told AFP. (Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Seven killed in road collision in central Pakistan ISLAMABAD, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - At least seven people were killed when a truck and a van collided Sunday in central Pakistan, police said. Nine people were also wounded in the accident that occured at Kallar Kahar, around 90 kilometers (57 miles) south of the capital Islamabad, on a motorway in the Punjab province. Police said the the victims were dealers transporting vegetables and livestock to a market. (Posted @ 16:00 PST)
Iran will reject any UN resolution against nuclear programme TEHRAN, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - Iran will reject any UN Security Council that goes against the country's "right" to have a nuclear programme, the foreign ministry said Sunday. When asked how Iran would respond if the Council adopted a tough resolution drafted by Britain and France, foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said that Iran "will certainly reject it and cannot carry it out". "We will not accept any resolution that is against our rights," he told reporters. Britain and France, backed by the United States, have presented a draft resolution to the Council that would legally require Iran to freeze all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities. Iran says it only wants to enrich to make nuclear fuel, though the process can be extended to make weapons. (Posted @ 15:25 PST)
Strong quake jolts southern Iran TEHRAN, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - A strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Zarand in southern Iran's Kerman province Sunday, state television reported. The quake struck at 9:50 am (0620 GMT). There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Iran is an earthquake-prone area. The worst quake in recent times hit Bam, also in Kerman province, in December 2003, killing 31,000 people. In late March, a powerful earthquake hit western Iran, killing at least 70 people and leaving thousands homeless. (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
Mexico bus crashes into mountainside, kills 20 MEXICO CITY, May 6 (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed on Saturday when a bus traveling in Mexico's central state of San Luis Potosi crashed into a mountainside, local press reports said. A bus tire blew out and caused the driver to lose control on a highway outside the city of Rioverde and crash, throwing some passengers out of the windows, El Universal newspaper said in a report on its Web site. Other reports said as many as 23 people died. Another 14 people were injured, including the driver, who fled, El Universal said. The bus from the Autonaves line was traveling between the cities of San Luis Potosi and Ciudad Valles within the state, the paper said. (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
Ten people killed in bus accident in Tibet BEIJING, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - Ten people were killed after a bus veered off a road and overturned into a ravine in northwest China's Tibet region, state media said Sunday. The accident happened Saturday afternoon on a national highway in Markam county, Tibet when the bus was en route to the famous resort of Shangri-La in neighboring Yunnan province, the Xinhua news agency said. Those killed included the driver. No further information was immediately available due to communication difficulties in the remote, mountainous region, Xinhua said. China's roads are among the most dangerous in the world with more than 100,000 deaths a year, or an average of 270 people killed every day, according to official figures. (Posted @ 12:05 PST)
43 bullet-riddled bodies found in Baghdad BAGHDAD, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - Iraqi police have found the bullet-riddled bodies of 43 men killed in apparent sectarian attacks, an interior ministry official said Sunday. He said 28 bodies were found in Baghdad's eastern Kharkh area, while another 15 were recovered from the western Rusafa district. "All men were handcuffed and shot in the head," he said, adding that the bodies had been recovered over the previous 24 hours. (Posted @ 10:15 PST)
Indian ship sinks in Bay of Bengal but crew unharmed NEW DELHI, May 7(APP/AFP) - A ship carrying scientists conducting environmental studies sank off the India's eastern coast early Saturday after an explosion, but all 18 people on board, including the crew, escaped, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Israeli police clash with settlers in West Bank city JERUSALEM, May 7 (AP) _Israeli police clashed with Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron early Sunday, leaving at least eight people wounded, as hundreds of forces prepared to evict a group of settlers illegally occupying a Palestinian home. Police said the fighting erupted Sunday when officers cleared out a crowd of protesters gathered outside the home. Five police and three settlers were injured, police said. Details on their conditions weren't immediately available. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Six killed in flash flood in west Nepal, officials say KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 7 (AP) _ A flash flood swept away a hotel in a mountainous area in western Nepal, killing six people including four from the same family, an official said Sunday. Villagers recovered five bodies and believed a sixth was killed. Three others who were also swept away were injured. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rally in support of Hamas JAKARTA, May 7 (AP) _ Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied in support of the Hamas-led Palestinian government Sunday, demanding an end to the West's economic boycott of the beleaguered regime. Supporters of Justice and Welfare Party, including many families with children, waved Palestinian flags and banners and collected donations to pay for clothing and food for Palestinians affected by the boycott. Smaller pro-Palestinian rallies were held in major towns and cities across Indonesia. Indonesia said last month it was considering opening a diplomatic mission in the West Bank town of Ramallah. (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
410 illegal immigrants intercepted off Canaries MADRID, May 7 (AFP) - Six boats carrying a total of 410 would-be immigrants from Africa were intercepted off the Spanish Canary Islands on Friday and Saturday, emergency services said. The Canaries are one of the main entry points for illegal immigrants, mainly from Africa, trying to get into Spain by sea. (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
Russia and China press for changes to Iran draft NEW YORK, May 7 (AFP) - Russia and China on Saturday stuck to their demands for major changes to a draft resolution that would legally oblige Iran to halt uranium enrichment, as the UN Security Council held inconclusive consultations on the text. The council's 15 members met informally for two hours at Britain's UN mission here following a morning meeting of the body's five veto-wielding permanent members that apparently failed to bridge differences on the Franco-British draft. "We had a very constructive discussion," US Ambassador John Bolton told reporters after the afternoon meeting. "Some of the major issues are still outstanding." He said the council would meet again Monday in the hope that an acceptable draft could be put to a vote next week. Foreign ministers of Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- the permanent members of the Security Council -- plus Germany are also to meet here Monday. (Posted @ 09:05 PST)
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