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| May 14, 2006 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Turkish Prime Minister makes brief stopover in Lahore LAHORE, May 14, 2006 (APP): Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a brief stop-over at the Lahore Airport while on his way home from Bali, Indonesia here Sunday evening.(Posted @ 23:58 PST)
Palestinian leader Abbas arrives in Moscow SOTCHI, Russia, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas arrived late Sunday in this Black Sea resort ahead of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin focusing on problems in the Palestinian territories. The Kremlin press service said the meeting would take place Monday at 1:00 pm (0900 GMT) at Putin's residence here. Palestinian ambassador to Russia, Baker Abdel Munem, earlier described the talks as a "meeting of two friends". (Posted @ 23:56 PST)
UN "right forum" to address Iran nuclear program: White House official WASHINGTON, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - A top White House official said Sunday that the United Nations was the "right forum" to address Iran's nuclear program and shrugged off suggestions for direct talks between Washington and Tehran. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley said Washington would prefer to continue backing European countries holding direct talks with Iran, while pursuing the issue through the UN Security Council. "We think the framework we have is even better (than direct talks)," Hadley said. "We have a number of countries that are engaged with Iran on this issue.(Posted @ 23:50 PST)
Israel kills 7 Palestinians in WBank raids JENIN, West Bank, May 14 (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians on Sunday in two separate raids, medics said, in the worst day of violence in weeks in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian medics said four gunmen from the militant group were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers in the town of Qabatiyeh, near Jenin. Two other civilians were killed in the raid, they said. (First Posted @ 23:14 PST Updated @ 23:38 PST)
Shaukat Aziz arrives on three-day visit to Greece ATHENS, May 14 (APP) : Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived here Sunday on his 3-day visit to Greece. He was received at the Airport by Greece Deputy Foreign Minister and other high officials. (First Posted @ 22:30 PST Updated @ 23:34 PST)
Palestinian PM urges West not to bypass Hamas govt GAZA, May 14 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh called on Sunday on Middle East peace brokers to deal directly with the Hamas-led government, saying Palestinians cannot afford to wait weeks for a new aid mechanism that bypasses Hamas. "We will not surrender to the measures by the Quartet," said Haniyeh. "It is clear that these measures will take weeks and our Palestinian people will not be able to wait long to deal with this crisis," Haniyeh said. "We believe that the economic and political siege aims to force the Palestinian government to make political concessions." "I say once more, and I will continue to say, this government will not make political concessions that are harmful to Palestinian rights," he added.(Posted @ 23:10 PST)
Security forces find 26 bodies in cave used as hideout by Algerian militants ALGIERS, Algeria, May 14, 2006 (AP) _ Security forces found 26 dead bodies, most of them children, in a secluded cave used as a hideout by an Algerian Islamic militant group, local security officials said Sunday. The bodies were discovered Saturday in the Seddat mountains, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) east of the capital, where authorities recently hunted down suspected members of the al-Qaida-linked Salafist Group for Call and Combat, security officials in the region said.(Posted @ 22:55 PST)
Toll in Brazil gang-police battles rises to 52 SAO PAULO, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - At least 52 people, including 35 police officers, have been killed after a second night of gang attacks on Sao Paulo police stations, officials said Sunday. The onslaught against police stations and barracks began late Friday in apparent reprisal for the transfer of jailed gangsters to a high-security prison, officials said. Thirty people, 23 of them police officers, were killed in 55 attacks overnight Friday. Another wave of attacks left 22 more people dead including 12 more police officers. The assault in the southern Brazil state continued late Saturday and early Sunday with another 20 attacks, and police said there were new rebellions in prisons as well. The attacks were carried out by the "First Capital Command", Sao Paulo's largest criminal gang. (Posted @ 22:52 PST)
Two British soldiers killed by bomb in Iraq: defence ministry LONDON, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Two British soldiers were killed and one other wounded after a roadside bomb exploded in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday, the defence ministry said on Sunday. The soldiers were from the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment, the ministry added.(Posted @ 22:46 PST)
Four policemen, 11 Taliban killed in Afghan battle KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Four policemen and 11 suspected Taliban were killed in fighting Sunday in volatile southern Afghanistan, while an intelligence officer was gunned down in a separate attack, officials said. "In today's fighting, 11 Taliban were killed, four policemen were killed," said Mohammad Daud Ahmadi, spokesman for the Kandahar governor. "Four policemen were also injured," he told AFP.(Posted @ 22:38 PST)
Iran to reject any offer to halt nuclear programme: Ahmadinejad TEHRAN, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Tehran would reject any new deal offered by European powers in order to halt the Islamic republic's nuclear activities. "Any offer which requires us to halt our peaceful nuclear activities will be invalid," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA. "I am surprised that a group of people hold meetings without us being present there and make decisions for us," he added, referring to talks between Western diplomats over the nuclear standoff with Tehran.(Posted @ 22:35 PST)
14 dead in suicide blast near Baghdad airport BAGHDAD, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Fourteen Iraqis were killed and six wounded in a suicide bombing near a US base close to Baghdad airport Sunday, the US military said. "Based on initial reporting, the terrorists blew themselves up in a parking lot east of the coalition forces base" at Camp Victory, the military said.(Posted @ 21:10 PST)
India's longest-range missile ready for test launch: official NEW DELHI, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - India's longest-range ballistic missile is ready for a test launch, the country's top military scientist announced Sunday."We are technically ready for the test-firing of the missile," M. Natarajan, scientific advisor to the defence ministry, announced at an official function in New Delhi which was also attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "We are awaiting a nod from the government," he said of the Agni-III (Fire) nuclear-capable ballistic missile which has an official range of 4,000 kilometres (2,480 miles).(Posted @ 21:04 PST)
Iraq PM set to unveil cabinet without security ministers BAGHDAD, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Iraqi prime minister designate Nuri al-Maliki is poised to unveil a cabinet with the key defense and interior ministries left vacant, a prominent member of his Shiite alliance said Sunday. Maliki will keep the sensitive portfolios in his own hands for the time being after more than four months of coalition talks failed to produce agreement on nominees, said Bahaa al-Aaraji, an MP close to Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr.(Posted @ 19:56 PST)
Bandits kill 12 in southeast Iran: official TEHRAN, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Armed bandits operating on a busy highway in Iran's restive southeast have killed 12 people and injured one other, official media reported Sunday. State television said after the gruesome execution-style killings, which took place late Saturday outside the earthquake-destroyed town of Bam in Kerman province, police managed to track down the bandits and kill six of them.(Posted @ 18:20 PST)
Bomb blasts injure seven in northern Afghanistan KABUL, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - At least seven people, including four policemen, were injured in two successive bomb blasts Sunday in northern Afghanistan, an official said. The bombs were detonated by a remote control device within minutes of each other in central Baghlan, interior ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanizai told AFP. "This morning, there were two bomb explosions. Four policemen and three civilians were wounded," Stanizai said.(Posted @ 18:12 PST)
Rebels behead government official in restive southwest Pakistan QUETTA, Pakistan, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected militants kidnapped and beheaded an administration official in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan, officials said Sunday. The official, identified as Shahzad Bugti, was kidnapped along with two guards on Saturday and his headless body was found on Sunday near the town of Dera Murad Jamali, region's administrator Abdul Samad Lasi told AFP. A note found with the bullet riddled body of Shahzad read that anyone opposing the rebel chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti would meet the same fate, Lasi said. Shahzad's security guards were still missing and a case has been registered against Haji Juma Khan Bugti, a Baluchistan lawmaker and relative of Nawab Akbar Bugti, said.(Posted @ 18:08 PST)
Tropical storm leaves trail of destruction in Philippines MANILA, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - The Philippines began cleaning up Sunday after Tropical Storm Chanchu claimed 32 lives, left large parts of the country underwater and forced thousands to flee their homes.By midday Sunday Chanchu was 430 kilometres (266 miles) out in the South China Sea, charting a west-southwesterly course and packing winds of up to 140 kilometres (86 miles) per hour, according to the weather bureau. Rain and strong winds continued to lash parts of southern Luzon and the central Visayas, which bore the brunt of the storm.(Posted @ 17:18 PST)
Six family members feared dead in NZealand boat tragedy WELLINGTON, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - Three members of one family drowned and another three were missing feared dead after their fishing trawler capsized off the southern coast of New Zealand, search officials said Sunday. Three others managed to swim through freezing waters to a remote island after being tipped into the sea in the Foveaux Strait at dusk on Saturday. Extensive air and sea searches located three bodies on Sunday with three others unaccounted for.(Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Israel court upholds law barring Palestinian residency JERUSALEM, May 14, 2006 (AFP) - The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a law aimed at preventing West Bank Palestinians married to Israeli Arabs from obtaining residency in the Jewish state. The court turned down a petition filed by several human rights groups against the law passed by the Israeli parliament last July, which they branded as "discriminatory" and "racist."(Posted @ 17:10PST)
PM says Bali Summit to give fillip to intra trade ONBOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT, May 14 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Sunday foresaw increased cooperation in defence, security and economic fields among D-8 countries after a Summit on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where he also held trilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart and the Iranian President to discuss various proposals for lowering tension in the region. Prime Minister Aziz who represented Pakistan at the Developing Eight (D-8) summit on Saturday said it was a very important meeting as the grouping comprises the eight most populous countries of the Muslim Ummah.(Posted @ 17:06 PST)
Eleven killed in road accident JHANG, May 14 (APP): Eleven persons were killed and several others injured in a head-on-collision between two buses on Jhang-Chiniot road near here on Sunday. According to police, the accident occurred at Gadianwala bridge near Bhawana, where a bus (BN-6400) heading towards Lahore from Jhang collided with another bus (LY-2457) coming from opposite direction. As a result eleven persons died on the spot while several others sustained injuries.(Posted @ 17:00 PST)
8 miners remain trapped for a second day BEIJING, May 14 (AP) Eight miners were trapped for a second day deep underground Sunday after a shaft collapsed in a central China iron mine, state media said. It was not known whether the eight were still alive. The miners were working 130 meters underground when rocks, dust and water poured into the shaft and cut off their escape and their ventilation shaft before 5 a.m. Saturday, Xinhua said.(Posted @ 09:35 PST)
Roadside bombs damage Shiite shrine BAGHDAD, May 14 (AP} A series of roadside bombs and explosions damaged a Shiite shrine east of Baqouba. The bombing about 11 p.m. Saturday at the Imam Abdullah Ali al-Hadi shrine caused no injuries, according to the Diyala provincial police Joint Coordination Center and Interior Ministry Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohammedawi.(Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Hatton captures WBA welterweight title BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 14 (AFP) - Unbeaten Ricky Hatton of England dethroned World Boxing Association welterweight champion Luis Collazo here Saturday, lifting the title with a 12-round unanimous decision in his welterweight debut. Hatton sent southpaw Collazo to the canvas in the first round, but the fight evolved into a hard-fought battle until the end. The judges scored it 115-112, 115-112 and 114-113 for the Englishman.(Posted @ 09:10 PST)
Two members of Al-Qaeda's Saudi branch killed in Iraq: website PARIS, May 14 (AFP) - Two members of the Saudi branch of Al-Qaeda been killed in fighting in Iraq, militants linked to the extremist network claimed on an Internet website on Saturday. "Abu Hassan al-Makki and Abu Nasser al-Chadi were being sought by the Saudi security services," the website said, giving the two men's war names. It also posted a video of the men before their alleged deaths. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
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