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| July 16, 2006 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 19, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
At least 13 killed in Iraq suicide bombing KIRKUK, Iraq, July 16, (AFP) - At least 13 people were killed and 25 wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a coffee shop in a northern Iraqi town, police said. (Posted @ 23:50 PST)
Six civilians killed in Israeli air strike on Lebanese border town SIDON, Lebanon, July 16, 2006 (AFP) - Six civilians, three of them children, were killed late Sunday when Israeli aircraft targeted a southern Lebanese border village, police said. The attack struck Aitarun village, close to the Israeli-Lebanese border. (Posted @ 23:32 PST)
U.N. envoy arrives in Beirut, meets with Lebanese premier BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 16, (AP) _ U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy, Terje Roed-Larsen arrived in Beirut Sunday and was holding a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, a Lebanese official said. Roed-Larsen came to the besieged Lebanese capital as a member in a U.N. delegation dispatched by Annan to diffuse the crisis between Lebanon and Israel, now in its fifth day. The team is led by Vijay Nambiar, Annan's special political adviser and includes U.N. Mideast envoy Alvaro de Soto. (Posted @ 23:18 PST)
England 258-7 against Pakistan LONDON, July 16, 2006 (AFP) - England in their second innings were 258 for seven, a lead of 341, at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's here Sunday. Liam Plunkett was five not out and Matthew Hoggard nought not out. This match was the first of a four-Test series. (Posted @ 23:06 PST)
Ten civilians killed in Israeli raid on south Lebanon: medics TYRE, Lebanon, July 16, (AFP) - At least 10 civilians were killed and 20 others wounded in an Israeli air strike Sunday on the southern Lebanese port town of Tyre, hospital sources said. They had been in a building housing a Lebanese military office and topped by a radio transmitter that was targeted in the attack, police said. An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at the building, they said. An AFP correspondent at the scene said several families had been in the basement of the building after fleeing Israeli assaults in their nearby home villages. (Posted @ 22:58 PST)
G8 backs international monitors in Lebanon SAINT PETERSBURG, July 16, (AFP) - Group of Eight leaders on Sunday urged the United Nations to consider the deployment of an "international security/monitoring presence" in Lebanon. "We would welcome an examination by the UN Security Council of the possibility of an international/monitoring presence," the G8 said in a statement issued at a summit here. (Posted @ 22:44 PST)
Pakistan denies territory used for terror acts on India ISLAMABAD, July 16, (AFP) - Pakistan on Sunday denied it was allowing terrorists to use its soil to organise attacks across the border in India. "Pakistan does not allow its territory for any terrorist activity," foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told AFP. She was responding to demands from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Pakistan make a "firm commitment" to crack down on terrorists planning attacks across the border in India. (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Troops martyr two Kashmiris ISLAMABAD, Jul 16 (APP): In occupied Kashmir Indian troops in their fresh acts of state-terrorism martyred two more Kashmiri youth at different places. Of those martyred, one each was shot dead in fake encounters at Mahabhan in Kulgam and Padder in Kishtwar. (Posted @ 22:20 PST)
Pakistan asks world community to ensure peace in Lebanon ISLAMABAD, July 16 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan strongly condemns the violence being committed against Lebanon and urges that the loss to life and property must be stopped immediately. The Prime Minister said this while talking to Mr. Fouad Siniora the Prime Minister of Lebanon on telephone this afternoon. The Prime Minister said that we appeal to the world community, the permanent members of the Security Council, the UN and other relevant bodies to intervene. He said that Pakistan strongly stands by the Lebanese people and fully respects their sovereignty and territorial integrity. (Posted @ 21:52 PST)
Suicide bomber kills 4 civilians, wounds 23 in southeastern Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, July 16, (AP) _ A suicide attacker killed four civilians and wounded 23 on Sunday after detonating a bomb in a crowded area near a military checkpoint in southeastern Afghanistan, an Interior Ministry spokesman and an eyewitness said. The attack happened in Gardez, the capital of Paktya province, outside a government office dealing with border affairs, said spokesman Yousuf Stanizai. (Posted @ 21:32 PST)
China says at least 115 killed, hundreds injured by tropical storm Bilis BEIJING, July 16, (AP) _ Tropical storm Bilis killed at least 115 people and injured hundreds more as it churned across China's southeast, toppling houses and forcing authorities to evacuate a prison and thousands of villagers, news reports said Sunday. Thousands more people were reported stranded after Bilis slammed into China's coast Friday and swept inland, wrecking houses and cutting off roads and power supplies. (Posted @ 19:58 PST)
Indian P.M. demands 'firm commitment' from Pakistan on controlling terrorism NEW DELHI, July 16, (AP) _ India's prime minister on Sunday demanded a “firm commitment” backed by action from Pakistan that terrorists will not be allowed to use its soil to stage attacks on India, a news report said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear that the two-year-old peace process with Pakistan cannot move forward if terrorism ``aided and abetted from outside'' continues to claim lives in India, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. (Posted @ 19:22 PST)
G8 leaders grope for consensus on Mideast SAINT PETERSBURG, July 16, (AFP) - Leaders of the world's most powerful nations were under pressure here Sunday to act decisively to avert a new conflagration in the Middle East and halt a mounting civilian casualty toll. Group of Eight presidents and prime ministers groped for consensus on the latest turmoil, with the United States determined to name and shame militants backed by Iran and Syria while its partners called for restaint by all parties. Israel's relentless military offensive against the Shiite Hezbollah movement in Lebanon and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip has exposed differences among the world's major powers. (Posted @ 18:32 PST)
Roadside bomb kills six Afghan soldiers HERAT, Afghanistan, July 16, (AFP) - A roadside bomb ripped through a military vehicle in western Afghanistan Sunday, killing six Afghan soldiers and wounding three others, the defence ministry said. The bomb exploded as the vehicle on patrol drove over it in the western province of Herat, the ministry's press office told AFP. "Six soldiers were killed and three others were wounded," it said. (Posted @ 17:25 PST)
16 killed in new Israeli air strikes on Lebanon SIDON, Lebanon, July 16, (AFP) - At least 16 civilians were killed and 33 others wounded Sunday when Israeli warplanes struck residential areas in southern Lebanon, medics and police said. Their deaths bring to 119 the number of people killed in the Israeli offensive which began last Wednesday, according to an AFP tally based on official and medical sources. Another 313 have been wounded. (Posted @ 15:38 PST)
India puts off peace talks with Pakistan NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) - India has put off peace talks with Pakistan due this week after suspicion for carrying out the Mumbai train bombings fell on Islamist militants based in that country, a top Indian foreign ministry official said on Sunday. The decision came days after a series of bomb blasts in commuter trains in the country's financial and entertainment hub killed 179 people and wounded hundreds more. (Posted @ 14:10 PST)
Nine dead in Hezbollah rocket attack in Israel JERUSALEM, July 16, (AFP) - Nine people were killed in a Hezbollah rocket strike against Israel's third largest city of Haifa on Sunday, an attack likely to trigger a sharp escalation in the deadly Israel-Lebanon conflict. The attack came after Israeli war planes went into action over Lebanon again before dawn on the fifth day of an intensifying assault that has killed scores of people and left the country almost completely cut off from the outside world. Israeli medical sources said nine people were killed and dozens wounded in the attack on the northern port city of Haifa, where Hezbollah fighters claimed they had hit an oil refinery. (Posted @ 12:45 PST)
Israelis return to north Gaza, 3 Palestinians die GAZA, July 16 (Reuters) - Israeli forces moved back into the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least three militants. Israeli tanks and armoured personnel carriers, backed by helicopters firing machine guns, moved in darkness into farmland near Beit Hanoun, an area often used by militants for launching rockets. Miltants blew up hidden bombs and fired anti-tank grenades. Three gunmen were killed in an Israeli air strike. At least 10 other Palestinians were wounded in that and other air attacks. The air force also targeted a Hamas office in the stronghold of Jabalya. Israeli offensive in Gaza has killed some 85 people, while at least 104 people have been killed in the Israeli assault on Lebanon. (First Posted @ 08:45 PST; Updated @ 09:20 PST)
Eighteen killed, 39 trapped in latest China coal mine blast BEIJING, July 16 (AFP) - Eighteen miners were killed and 39 others were trapped following a coal mine explosion Saturday in northern China's Shanxi province, state media reported Sunday. At the Linjiazhuang coal mine in Jinzhong city 64 miners were working underground. Six miners escaped and one was rescued early Sunday, it said. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
Scores dead as Israel steps up Lebanon blitz BEIRUT, July 16 (AFP) - Israeli aircraft pounded Beirut's southern suburbs early Sunday. Hezbollah claimed Sunday to have repelled the first attempted Israeli army incursion into southern Lebanon since the hostilities began. In an emotional televised address to the nation, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora called for an immediate ceasefire and the end to the "collective punishment" of his country. Arab League chief Amr Mussa declared the Middle East peace process "dead" after an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers. Foreign governments were drawing up plans for the evacuation of their nationals from Lebanon. On Saturday France, Italy and Sweden followed Britain's lead in preparing to evacuate their citizens, mainly by land to Syria or by ferry to Cyprus. France began deploying some 800 military personnel plus aircraft to Lebanon, chartered a ferry and dispatched two warships as part of its major operation to evacuate its own citizens and others. Turkey, Germany, Spain, Morocco, Switzerland, Ukraine and other nations managed to get some of their nationals out via buses and planes on Saturday. (Posted @ 08:55 PST)
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