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| July 23, 2006 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 26, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Suicide blast in Baghdad kills 32, injures 65 BAGHDAD, July 23 (AFP) A suicide bomber struck a blow against Iraq's fledgling peace process on Sunday, killing at least 32 people and injuring 65 others in a crowded Baghdad market. The attacker struck in Sadr City district at 9:20 am (0520 GMT), detonating an explosives-laden minibus in the middle of a crowd and scattering bloodied corpses among devastated market stalls. On Sunday, two civilians were gunned down in separate attacks in the Baquba region north of Baghdad. Further north, in Moqtadiya, four persons who were kidnapped on Saturday were found murdered, according to the interior minister. In a separate incident in Ramadi, 100 kilometres west of Baghdad, Iraqi soldiers were fired on from a mosque with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles, a coalition statement said. The soldiers later entered the mosque, arrested two suspects and found a small cache of guns and bomb-making equipment. (Posted @ 14:00 PST)
11 more deaths push Lebanon's toll from Israeli attacks to 361 BEIRUT, July 23, (AFP) - The deaths of 11 more people in Israeli attacks Sunday raised the total number of people killed in Lebanon since the start of the conflict to 361, according to police and medics. Almost all those killed Sunday were in the south, where Israel is maintaining fierce bombardments of villages. Seven civilians died near the main southern town of Tyre, including a 23-year-old female freelance photographer. The others were three people killed when an Israeli missile blew up their minibus that was part of a Red Cross convoy, two people killed when another missile destroyed their house, and a civilian was killed in the bombardment of another house. Hezbollah said it lost three more of its fighters in the south, bringing to 16 the total number of guerrillas killed since the start of Israel's offensive on July 12. One civilian died in eastern Lebanon, an air strike on a factory near the town of Baalbek, police said. (First Posted @ 09:45 PST Updated @ 22:55 PST)
Israel PM ready to accept European force in Lebanon JERUSALEM, July 23, (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that his government would accept a peacekeeping force in south Lebanon "made up of troops from European Union countries". (Posted @ 23:55 PST)
Champions Trophy field hockey results TERRASSA, Spain, July 23, (AFP) - Men's Champions Trophy field hockey tournament results on Sunday: Pakistan 3 (Abbas 27, 38, Abbasi 57) Germany 3 (C. Zeller 2, 22, Witthaus 68) (Posted @ 23:48 PST)
Heavy rain lashes Hyderabad Hyderabad, July 23, (PPI): Heavy rain Sunday lashed Hyderabad. The heavy downpour started at 7:00 p.m. and continued for half hour. The power outage was the first outcome of rain which plunging the whole city into darkness. Rainwater was accumulated on almost all roads and streets, most affected being the busy Rani Bagh Road housing district government offices including secretariat of Zila Nazim. (Posted @ 23:38 PST)
Syria says will step in if Lebanon invaded DAMASCUS, July 23, (AFP) - Syria issued a stark warning Sunday that an Israeli invasion of Lebanon would drag it into the spiralling Middle East conflict and called for an immediate ceasefire. "If Israel makes a land entry into Lebanon, they can get to within 20 kilometres (12 miles) of Damascus," Information Minister Moshen Bilal told the Spanish newspaper ABC. "What will we do? Stand by with our arms folded? Absolutely not. Without any doubt Syria will intervene in the conflict." The minister criticised the United States saying that it was "unjustifiable" that "the superpower is not working for a rapid ceasefire." (Posted @ 23:18 PST)
EU diplomats in Israel in push to stop fighting JERUSALEM, July 23, (AFP) - Top diplomats from France, Germany and Britain converged on Israel on Sunday ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as world powers moved to try to end the Lebanon conflict. The Europeans are trying to push the Jewish state into ending its massive blitz on Lebanon, which has killed more than 360 people in 12 days, most of them civilians, and destroyed key infrastructure. (Posted @ 23:10 PST)
US and Israel ready to support NATO-led force in Lebanon WASHINGTON, July 23, (AFP) - The United States and Israel said Sunday that they were ready to support an international force led by NATO in south Lebanon to ease tensions. No US troops are likely to be in the force, which according to a US media report could be between 10,000 and 20,000 strong and led by a contingent from France or Turkey. There could be delicate questions, however, over whether the force's mission is to disarm Hezbollah or to support the Lebanese army's efforts to take control in the south of the country. (Posted @ 23:06 PST)
Bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan kills one, three wounded KHOST, Afghanistan, July 23, (AFP) - A bomb blast on a highway in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Sunday killed one Afghan and wounded three others, police said. It was not immediately clear if the casualties of the explosion in eastern Khost province were military personnel or civilians, provincial police chief Mohammad Ayoob said. The blast may have been caused by a suicide attacker, he said. (Posted @ 22:06 PST)
Fresh rocket barrage wounds 5 in Haifa HAIFA, Israel, July 23 (Reuters) - Another barrage of Hizbollah rockets hit the northern Israeli city of Haifa on Sunday, wounding five people, medics said. They said the wounded were in a building that was hit. (Posted @ 22:00 PST)
Pakistan continues diplomatic efforts on Lebanon crisis ISLAMABAD, Jul 23 (APP): Pakistan continued its diplomatic efforts on the Lebanon crisis on Sunday and President General Pervez Musharraf had a telephonic conversation with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to discuss the crisis resulting from the flagrant Israeli aggression against Lebanon. The two leaders shared their deep concern over the situation and agreed on a political initiative by OIC. They further agreed on the need for contacts between the OIC and other world leaders for effective international action to bring the crisis to an immediate end. (Posted @ 21:35 PST)
More than 550 arrested in Pakistan crackdown on religious extremism LAHORE, Pakistan, July 23, (AFP) - Police have arrested more than 550 Muslim prayer leaders and members of banned religious groups for spreading sectarian hatred and extremism, officials said Sunday. The arrests were made in a series of raids launched Thursday after a televised speech by President Pervez Musharraf, during which he said extremist elements should be eliminated from Pakistani society. The government of Punjab, has so far arrested 552 people on charges of fomenting sectarian hatred, police spokesman Mohammad Munir Malik told AFP. (Posted @ 20:46 PST)
Saddam fed in hospital after hunger strike BAGHDAD, July 23 (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was taken to hospital and given food on Sunday after 16 days on hunger strike and will not attend court on Monday, the chief prosecutor in the former Iraqi leader's trial for crimes against humanity said. (Posted @ 20:14 PST)
Syria wants talks with US to solve Lebanon crisis DAMASCUS, July 23 (Reuters) - Syria is willing to engage in dialogue with the United States to solve the confrontation between Hizbollah and Israel, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Meqdad said on Sunday. (Posted @ 19:45 PST)
Earthquake of severe intensity jolts Indonesia: Met office PESHAWAR, July 23 (APP): An earthquake of severe intensity measuring 6.0 on international scale jolted Indonesia Sunday. According to regional Met office here, the earthquake originated 13:22 hours PST and its epicenter was lied about 6400 kilometers South-East of Peshawar in Indonesia. (Posted @ 18:54 PST)
Fighting in southern Afghanistan leaves 19 suspected Taliban dead, official says KABUL, Afghanistan, July 23, (AP) _ Fighting between Afghan security forces and militants in the volatile south left 19 suspected Taliban dead Sunday, while the U.S.-led coalition investigated twin suicide blasts that killed eight people a day earlier in Kandahar city. The fighting in the southern province of Helmand, occurred 15 kilometers south of Lashkar Gah, as police hunted Taliban militants, said Mullah Amir Mohammed Akhundza, the provincial deputy governor who led the operation. Seventeen other suspected Taliban were caught, including two Pakistanis, he said. (Posted @ 18:28 PST)
UN observer injured in Lebanon fighting TYRE, Lebanon, July 23, (AFP) - A UN military observer was seriously wounded on Sunday in a border village in southern Lebanon, a UN spokesman said. "One unarmed UN military observer was seriously wounded by small arm fire inside a UN position in Marun al-Ras," Milos Strugar said in a statement. "He has been evacuated to the nearest hospital in Israel," he said. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Three policemen killed, three kidnapped in Afghanistan KHOST, Afghanistan, July 23, 2006 (AFP) Taliban militants killed three policemen and kidnapped three others after they attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, police said Sunday. A police company commander was shot dead with two colleagues after the rebels attacked their post in Ghazni late Saturday, a provincial police official said. "The Taliban attacked and killed three policemen and kidnapped three others," the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the medi (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Car bomb kills 15 outside northern Iraq courthouse KIRKUK, Iraq, July 23 (AFP) - A car bomb killed 15 people and injured 50 more, 30 of them seriously, outside a courthouse in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk Sunday, a senior Iraqi officer said at the scene. Earlier, a suicide car bomb attack in a market in eastern Baghdad killed at least 32 people and injured 65 others. (Posted @ 14:05 PST)
Two killed in Haifa rocket attack HAIFA, Israel, July 23 (AFP) Two people were killed and threee seriously injured Sunday when a barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon hit Israel's northern port city of Haifa, medical sources said. The rockets, the latest salvos in a deluge of around 1,000 rocket attacks to hit Israel since cross-border violence flared on July 12, hit several districts of Haifa, AFP reporters in the city said. So far 17 Israeli civilians have been killed in the rocket attacks by Hezbollah guerrillas, including eight killed in the first rocket attack in Haifa last Sunday. Twenty Israeli soldiers have also been killed. (Posted @ 14:00 PST)
Small bomb found in Afghan capital after minor blast near US embassy KABUL, July 23 (AFP) Security forces said they found a small bomb on the main road to the international airport in the Afghan capital Sunday after a similar device exploded close to the nearby US embassy overnight. The blast late Saturday, about 100 metres from concrete security barriers leading to the embassy, caused no injuries or damage, a spokesman for the NATO-led force said. The crudely made device had been hidden in a trash can. ISAF and Afghan forces found the second bomb after a search Sunday (Posted @ 13:50 PST)
India tests surface-to-air missile BHUBANESHWAR, India, July 23 (AFP) India Sunday tested its surface-to-air Trishul missile from a site in the eastern coastal state of Orissa, defence officials said. Trishul, which was last tested in December, is designed for use by the army, airforce and the navy and can carry a 15-kilogram (33-pound) conventional warhead up to nine kilometers (5.5 miles). It was tested from the Chandipur-on-Sea range, officials said though they declined to say whether the test was successful or not. The missile has previously been flight-tested in a sea-skimming role and also against land-based and airborne targets. (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
England second Test squad LONDON, July 23, 2006 (AFP) England has named the 14-man squad for the second Test against Pakistan starting at Old Trafford on Thursday, July 27: It is: Marcus Trescothick (Somerset), Andrew Strauss (Middlesex, capt), Alastair Cook (Essex), Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire), Paul Collingwood (Durham), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Geraint Jones (Kent, wkt), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Matthew Hoggard (Yorkshire), Stephen Harmison (Durham), Monty Panesar (Northamptonshire), Jon Lewis (Gloucestershire), Sajid Mahmood (Lancashire), Jamie Dalrymple (Middlesex) (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
Seven children killed in boating accident in Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 23 (APP/AP): A small wooden boat carrying 10 people overturned late Saturday afternoon at a lake near Sao Paulo, killing at least seven children, authorities said. Two other children and one adult were rescued. (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
Latest developments in the Middle East Beirut, July 23 (Reuters) Here are developments in the Middle East on the 11th day of Israel's bombardment of Lebanon. Israel bombs Hizbollah's stronghold in Beirut and destroys a religious institution in Sidon, wounding at least four people. Israeli officials believe they have approval from the United States to keep up attacks on Hizbollah guerrillas for at least another week, an Israeli newspaper said. More than 40 rockets fired by Hizbollah hit towns across northern Israel, injuring 16 people, damaging three houses and setting cars ablaze. Israel's onslaught in Lebanon has claimed 355 lives, mostly civilians. Hizbollah attacks and rockets have killed 35 Israelis. Ships and aircraft scoop to safety in Cyprus more than 25,000 people. Italy to host international conference on Wednesday on possible cease-fire and deployment of foreign troops on Lebanese border. Rice to attend, but not Iran, Syria, Israel. (Posted @ 10:15 PST)
Defeat or victory, Nasrallah's Hezbollah is set to survive Israel's offensive BEIRUT, July 23 (AP) Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah acknowledges Israeli troops can sweep across south Lebanon.`I don't want to raise expectations. I never said that the Israelis cannot reach any place in southern Lebanon. Our dogma and strategy is: When the Israelis come (inside Lebanon) they must pay a high price. This is what we promise and this is what we will achieve, God willing.'' (Posted @ 10:10 PST)
Rights group: Abuse of Iraq prisoners continued after Abu Ghraib NEW YORK, July 23 (AP) The group Human Rights Watch said in a reportreleased Sunday that U.S. military commanders encouraged abusive interrogations of detainees in Iraq, even after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal called public attention to the issue in 2004. The report said that between 2003 and 2005, prisoners were routinely physically mistreated, deprived of sleep and exposed to extreme temperatures as part of the interrogation process. ``Soldiers were told that the Geneva Conventions did not apply, and that interrogators could use abusive techniques to get detainees to talk,'' said John Sifton, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, in a written announcement of the report's findings. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Power outage in New York City affects some 100,000 people NEW YORK, July 23 (AFP) Some 100,000 people remained without electricity Saturday in New York City’s borough of Queens for the sixth consecutive day after a heat wave and thunderstorms knocked out the power supply. (Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Hockey: Champions Trophy results TERRASSA, Spain, July 23 (AFP) Australia began their Champions Trophy defence with a 3-2 win over Pakistan while Spain and Germany drew 1-1 and Netherlands beat Argentina 4-2 in the men's field hockey tournament here Saturday. Sohail Abbas scored both goals for Pakistan, while Michael McCann and Troy Elder (two goals) scored for Australia. Germany were put ahead through a solo by Tibor Weissenborn in the fifth minute. Spain got the equalizer five minutes before the final whistle when Santiago Freixa scored from a penalty corner. In the day's last game, three penalty corner conversions to Netherlands' Taeke Taekema helped seal a 4-2 score against Argentina. Teun de Nooijer scored a brilliant individual goal to round off the Europeans' scoring while Pedro Ibarra and Lucas Cammareri found the net for the South Americans. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
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