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| July 27, 2006 | Thursday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 30, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
MQM ministers, advisors submit resignations to President, Governor Sindh Karachi, July 27: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) ministers, state ministers, advisors submitted their resignations in the coalition government at the centre and in Sindh province Thursday to the President and the Governor of Sindh respectively. In a telephonic press conference from London, Dr. Imran Farooq, Convener MQM Coordination Committee, said that the decision to quit was taken because the MQM ministers were unable to work and serve the people according to their expectations, a private TV channel reported. This matter was brought to the notice of the President and to others concerned repeatedly over the last couple of months, but to no avail. In a later development, the TV channel reported that the resignations of the Sindh ministers have already been accepted by Governor Sindh, and that the ministers, advisors in Sindh will not attend their offices from tomorrow. It also reported that President Musharraf’s aide was already in contact with the MQM leadership in London in connection with the crisis, and there was a likely hood of President Musharraf talking directly to MQM chief Altaf Hussain sometime during the night or early tomorrow morning. (First Posted @ 21:38 PST Updated @ 23:45 PST)
Pakistan media still under threat, watchdog says ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 27 (Agencies) Journalists in Pakistan are still not able to pursue sensitive stories without fearing for their lives, an international media watchdog said Thursday, urging the government to investigate thoroughly the killings of seven journalists since 2002. Officials of the New York based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) made the demand during a visit to Pakistan in the wake of the execution-style killing last month of a Pakistani journalist, Hayatullah Khan, in North Waziristan. ``While Pakistani press is vibrant and growing, it has faced escalating threats in recent months,'' CPJ said in a statement. CPJ also acknowledged the Pakistan government's pledge to reveal the circumstances behind the deaths of the seven journalists, adding ``We're pleased by these initial promises from Pakistani officials, but it's important to note that this is just a start in ensuring that journalists can cover sensitive issues without fearing for their lives''. (Posted @ 23:08 PST)
Abbas sees quick solution for captured Israeli soldier ROME, July 27 (Reuters) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he believed a solution was imminent in the case of an Israeli soldier captured last month in the Gaza Strip. Abbas was speaking to reporters in Rome after talks with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. "I told the prime minister that as far as the question of the abducted Israeli soldier is concerned efforts are undergoing continuously that lead us to believe that the solution will be imminent," he said. (Posted @ 23:04 PST)
Lebanon says up to 600 killed in Israeli campaign BEIRUT, July 27 (Reuters) Israel's 16-day-old bombardment may have killed up to 600 people in Lebanon, Lebanese health minister said on Thursday. He said hospitals had so far received 401 bodies of victims of the Israeli campaign. "On top of those victims, there are 150 to 200 bodies still under the rubble. We have not been able to pull them out because the areas they died in are still under fire," he said. (Posted @ 23:02 PST)
Cricket-England 168-2 v Pakistan 119 close 1st day 1st test MANCHESTER, England, July 27 (Reuters) England were 168 for two in reply to Pakistan's 119 on the opening day of the first test at Old Trafford on Thursday. For match details click here. (Posted @ 22:55 PST)
Bush says doesn't want "fake peace" in Lebanon WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) President George W. Bush said on Thursday he wanted an end to the conflict in southern Lebanon as soon as possible but that he did not want a "fake peace" that would only delay fighting. Bush, during a picture-taking session with Romanian President Traian Basescu, said "my goal is exactly what I said it was, and that is to hopefully end this as quickly as possible and at the same time making sure there is a lasting peace, not a fake peace." (Posted @ 22:45 PST)
Five Pakistani soldiers, six drug smugglers killed in clash near Afghan border QUETTA, Pakistan, July 27 (AP) Pakistani troops and drug traffickers clashed near the Afghan border Thursday, in which five soldiers and six smugglers were killed, an official said. A Pakistan army official said the gunbattle took place near Bramcha village in Balochistan province when the troops tried to intercept three sports utility vehicles that entered Pakistan from Afghanistan. The troops had information that the vehicles were carrying drugs and those driving them opened fire after they were ordered to stop for checking, the official said. In the ensuing gunbattle between the smugglers and troops, three soldiers were killed at the scene while two others died at a hospital, the official said, adding that two other soldiers were wounded. The bodies of the six traffickers killed were taken away by their accomplices, who drove back into Afghanistan, according to the official. (Posted @ 19:46 PST)
President calls for development plans for Karachi KARACHI, July 27 (APP) President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday called for preparing short, middle and long term plans for the development of Karachi. He said the short term plan should be implemented within a year, middle term by 2010 and the long term by 2015. He was chairing a meeting on the on-going development project in Karachi at the Governor House. Musharraf referred to the water supply system for Karachi and suggested that rain water should be conserved to meet the drinking water requirements. He directed that a strategy be chalked out whereby advantage was taken of each and every drop of rain water. He was appreciative that focus was being laid on installation of water treatment plants. Musharraf directed that all the ongoing projects in the city should be completed on time and bottlenecks, if any, should be removed. He also asked the city nazim to prepare the PC-Is for all mega projects on which the federal government’s assistance is required. Earlier Malaysian consultants gave a briefing to Musharraf on the multi-million expressway project planned from Quaidabad to Jinnah Bridge. (Posted @ 19:38 PST)
Musharraf performs computerized balloting of Taisar Town in Karachi KARACHI, July 27 (APP) President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday performed the computerized balloting of 19,587 plots of 120 sq yards each in Taisar Town Phase-II Housing Scheme (Malir) at a ceremony in the Governor House. He said this scheme would serve as a model to introduce low cost housing schemes throughout the country. Musharraf in his speech also said that the Karachi Port Trust was working on deep sea port facilities that would allow bigger ships to anchor here. He observed that in Karachi a number of beautification schemes have been implemented which included parks such as Bagh-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Askari Park at Old Sabzi Mandi, Clifton Beach Park. He asked the City Nazim to ensure cleanliness in the city and emphasized the need for setting up of a Solid Waste Management Plant. He announced that the affected people of the Lyari Expressway project would be provided with plots of 80 sq yards and Rs50,000 to each family. (Posted @ 19:20 PST)
Musharraf reviews power supply problems of Karachi KARACHI, July 27 (APP) President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday chaired a briefing at the Governor House to review the power supply situation in Karachi, in which the present and future plans of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) also came under discussion. He stressed the urgent need for evolving a plan for increased power supply to not only to Karachi but also to the rest of the country. In this regard he called for making short, middle and long term plans with the short-term plan to be implemented by June 2007, middle by the year 2008-09 and the long term by the year 2011-15. He said KESC would be provided additional support if need be from WAPDA. The CEO KESC informed the president that KESC will start producing additional 500 MW electricity by April 2007, and a total of 750 MW by April 2008 through an investment of Rs25 billion. Musharraf directed KESC authorities to plan their supplies to the city on the basis of 500 MW supplied by WAPDA. He also asked them to keep the people informed about KESC’s plans to meet the power shortage. (Posted @ 19:18 PST)
Israeli police prevent mass wedding in Jerusalem JERUSALEM, July 27 (AP) Israeli police banned a Palestinian mass wedding at the Al Aqsa Mosque site in Jerusalem on Thursday. Adnan Husseini, director of the Islamic Trust which runs the mosque, said that the 70 couples only wanted to pray at the site before celebrating elsewhere, but were not allowed by the Israeli authorities. (Posted @ 19:14 PST)
Thousands of Palestinians rally in West Bank NABLUS, West Bank, July 27 (AP) About 2,000 Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank on Thursday against Israeli brutality showing support for Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah. Many chanted pro-Lebanon and pro-Hezbollah slogans. (Posted @ 19:12 PST)
Bomb blast kills one Pakistani soldier, wounds at least two in Waziristan MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan, July 27 (AP) A roadside bomb hit one truck in a 35-vehicle Pakistan army convoy about 15 kilometres east of North Waziristan’s Miran Shah, killing one soldier and wounding at least two Thursday, officials said. (Posted @ 19:10 PST)
U.N. pays out US$396.5 million to victims of 1990 Kuwait invasion GENEVA, July 27 (AP) The United Nations panel overseeing compensation for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait has paid out a US$396.5 million instalment from Iraqi oil funds to cover claims for losses and damages, the world body said Thursday. The latest transfer brings the total amount paid in compensation to more than US$21 billion, said the United Nations Compensation Commission. The funds in the latest payout went to individuals, corporations, international organizations or governments in four countries: Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. (Posted @ 19:08 PST)
Hundreds of skeletons found in Bosnian mass grave SARAJEVO, July 27 (AFP) Bosnian forensic scientists have exhumed more than 700 skeletons from the largest known mass grave of victims of the Srebrenica massacre, an official said Thursday. Some 89 complete and 644 dismembered skeletons were recovered from the grave, located in Kamenica village near Zvornik in eastern Bosnia, a prosecutor from the eastern town of Tuzla said. "Among the victims, believed to be killed in Srebrenica, we found a number of skeletons of women and children aged under 14, but their exact number will be revealed after the exhumation is completed,” he said. (Posted @ 18:18 PST)
Azad Kashmir elects new President MUZAFFARABAD, Azad Kashmir, July 27, 2006 (AFP) The legislative assembly in Azad Kashmir on Thursday elected a new president of the state following recent polls, officials said. Raja Zulqarnain Khan of the ruling Muslim Conference party secured 40 votes against eight polled by his rival, they said. (Posted @ 17:46 PST)
European Court condemns Russia in Chechen case STRASBOURG, France, July 27 (Reuters) In a landmark ruling on Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia had violated the "right to life" of a young Chechen who disappeared after a Russian general ordered him shot. In the first ruling of its kind on a disappearance case in Chechnya, the court also ruled Russia had violated a ban on arbitrary detention and failed to provide an effective remedy due to the failings of the official Russian investigation into the disappearance of Khadzimurat Yandiyev. He disappeared in February 2000, aged 25, after being filmed in the company of a Russian general ordering: "Rub him out, kill him, damn it. That's your entire order. Get him over there. Rub him out. Shoot him," according to a CNN footage. The Russian general, Alexander Baranov, currently commands all troops in southern Russia. (Posted @ 17:45 PST)
Afghan aid too slow, ineffective: NATO BRUSSELS, July 27 (Reuters) The failure by major donors to follow through on aid pledges to Afghanistan could undermine its efforts to quell an insurgency in the impoverished Muslim state, NATO warned on Thursday. "We are putting a lot of people's lives on the line," said a NATO spokesman of the plan to double troop levels of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) force to some 18,000 by the end of the month. "It makes no sense to invest very heavily in the military resources for peace but not put in the civilian resources to make that peace stable," he told a news briefing. (Posted @ 17:40 PST)
Israeli attacks kill three Palestinians in Gaza Strip GAZA, July 27 (Reuters) Israeli attacks killed three people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, a day after fighting that left 24 Palestinians dead, medical workers said. Those who died on Thursday included a 75-year-old woman, whose house was hit by a missile or shell. The identity of the other dead, aged 16 and 23, was not immediately clear. Medical workers said the two were killed in an air strike. The Israeli army was checking the reports. (First Posted @ 12:15 PST Updated @ 17:38 PST)
Three killed, 25 wounded in occupied Kashmir violence SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, July 27 (AFP) Three people including an Indian soldier were killed and 25 others wounded in different attacks in occupied Kashmir, police said Thursday. Shakeela Bano, 15, died and five of her relatives were wounded Thursday when a grenade was thrown into their house in southern Doda district. No group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack. Meanwhile, 16 people were wounded Thursday when a grenade missed a security patrol and exploded among pedestrians in the northern town of Sopore, police said. Two Indian soldiers and two women were wounded in a separate grenade attack by unknown men in Wuyan, on the outskirts of Srinagar, police said. A civilian was killed in northern Baramulla district late Wednesday, while an army soldier wounded in Kashmir fighting the same day died in hospital Thursday, authorities said. (First Posted @ 12:05 PST Updated @ 17:36 PST)
Trial of Saddam Hussein adjourned until Oct 16 BAGHDAD, July 27 (Reuters) The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven of his top lieutenants for crimes against humanity was adjourned on Thursday to October when the verdict carrying the maximum penalty of death, is expected to be delivered. Saddam was not in court on Thursday but two co-defendants, former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, chief of Saddam's Revolutionary Court, attended and complained bitterly that it was a sham. (Posted @ 17:34 PST)
Strong quake hits offshore Indonesia's Sumatra JAKARTA, July 27 (Reuters) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit offshore the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said on Thursday. The United States Geological Survey put the quake, which occurred at 1116 GMT, at a magnitude of 6.0. A senior Indonesian seismologist told Jakarta-based Radio Elshinta the earthquake appeared too small to trigger a tsunami. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Indian border force alleges Bangladesh escalating tension along frontier GAUHATI, India, July 27 (AP) India has complained to Bangladesh over what it alleges is a build-up of Bangladeshi troops and the digging of fresh trenches near the countries' shared border, raising tensions along the frontier, a commandant with the India's Border Security Force said Thursday. Bangladeshi officials were not immediately available for comment. (Posted @ 16:28 PST)
Torrential rain plays havoc in Mansehra, two killed in Balakot SHINKIARI, July 27 (APP): Torrential rains played havoc in various areas of district Mansehra which damaged hotels, shops and houses as river Kunhar diverted its course due to the blockage caused by mudslides. According to official sources, heavy rain that started late Wednesday night caused the water level in mountain drains and river to rise and inundate in low-lying areas and a village called Gul Dheri. Meanwhile, in another incident in Balakot two people died due to heavy monsoon downpour and land-slides in the area. The Mansehra-Balakot road has been closed for all kinds of vehicular transport. (Posted @ 16:26 PST)
Rice says she would be happy to return to Mideast KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (AFP) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she would be happy to return to the Middle East. "I have not yet made a decision about my future travel plans, I am willing and ready to travel back to the Middle East at any time," Rice said at a press conference with Southeast Asian leaders and dialogue partners here.(Posted @ 15:35 PST)
Al Qaeda's Zawahri warns over Mideast fighting DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al Zawahri warned his group would not stand by and watch Israel bombard Lebanon and the Palestinians, calling on Muslims in a video aired on Thursday to fight attacks on their countries. Zawahri, in the tape aired by Al Jazeera television, did not say how al Qaeda would respond to the fighting.(Posted @ 15:30 PST)
Turkish soldier killed, two hurt in landmine blast DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 27 (Reuters) A Turkish soldier was killed and two other security officials injured on Thursday in an explosion triggered by a landmine laid by Kurdish rebels, officials said. Officials said military operations against the rebels were continuing.(Posted @ 15:30 PST)
Bus and truck collision in Iran kills 26 TEHRAN, July 27 (Reuters) A bus and a truck collided head-on in Iran's Gulf province of Hormuzgan, killing 26 of the bus passengers and injuring 13, state radio reported on Thursday. "The truck driver, who survived the crash, had a positive blood test for addiction," a spokesman for the traffic police told state radio. (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
Desolate Pakistanis return from nightmare in Beirut ISLAMABAD, July 27 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Israeli bombardment of Beirut, a few exhausted Pakistanis arrived home on Thursday having first fled to the safety of Syria to catch flights out of the Middle East. "The city was like hell," Rubina Kanwar, a housewife in her late thirties, said as she shepherded her infant son and daughter through the throng waiting at Islamabad airport. Around 38 Pakistanis have made it home so far, but Sajjad Haider Khan, second secretary at Pakistan's embassy in Damascus, told Reuters that there were another 60 in Syria and the embassy was making arrangements for their evacuation. He said at least 500 Pakistan nationals were living in Lebanon before the Israeli invasion, but he had no idea how many were still stranded there. (Posted @ 14:05 PST)
Saudi television appeal raises $29 mln for Lebanon RIYADH, July 27 (Reuters) - A Saudi television appeal has raised at least 108.8 million riyals ($29 million) for Lebanon. The money gathered during the day-long "telethon", which lasted until the early hours of Thursday, included 10 million riyals from King Abdullah and 5 million riyals from Crown Prince Sultan, the state news agency SPA said. Saudi Arabia said earlier this week it had placed $1 billion in Lebanon's central bank, an effort to prop up the Lebanese pound, and given a separate donation of $500 million to help rebuild the battered country. (Posted @ 14:05 PST)
Gunmen kill 4 outside mosque, explosions shake Baghdad suburbs BAGHDAD, July 27(AP) _ Gunmen killed four security guards outside of a mosque in Mansour district of western Baghdad during a drive-by shooting Thursday, police said. (Posted @ 14:05 PST)
Hezbollah has fired more than 1,400 rockets at north Israel since the offensive began in Lebanon JERUSALEM, July 27 (AP) _ Hezbollah has fired more than 1,400 rockets at Israel since fighting erupted on July 12. Wednesday's total marked the highest, with 151, since the start of the fighting. (Posted @ 14:05 PST)
16 killed in chopper crash in eastern Afghanistan, official says KABUL, July 27 (AP) _ All 16 people on board a Russian-made civilian chopper that crashed between 35 and 40 kilometers northeast of Khost city in eastern Afghan mountains were killed, including at least two American civilians and two Dutch military personnel, officials said Thursday. Afghan army and U.S.-led coalition troops have recovered 12 bodies and are searching for four more in the difficult, mountainous terrain where the civilian Mi-8 helicopter crashed on Wednesday, Col. Tom Collins, a coalition spokesman told reporters. Collins said there was no indication yet what caused the crash. Dutch military said two of its officers, a lieutenant colonel from the air force and an army sergeant, were on board as well but nationalities of the others were yet unknown. (Posted @ 13:25 PST)
More than 80 dead or missing in China from Kaemi floods BEIJING, July 27 (AFP) - Torrential rains from Typhoon Kaemi left over 80 people dead or missing in China Thursday, with a military barracks swept away, landslides wiping out thousands of homes and rivers bursting their bank. Six people were confirmed killed and another 38 soldiers and their relatives were missing after floods destroyed the military barracks in the province of Jiangxi on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency said. At least nine other people had been killed in Jiangxi and around 20 more people were missing, an official said. Xinhua said at least 18 people had been killed and 64 were missing across southern and eastern China due to Kaemi and its aftermath, with more devastation expected as the storm continued to hover over the region. (Posted @ 12:55 PST)
Baghdad car bomb, mortar attacks kill 25 civilians BAGHDAD, July 27 (AFP) - Insurgents detonated a car bomb and fired mortar rounds into busy commercial Karrada district in the centre of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 25 civilians and injuring 47 others, a defence official said. An interior ministry official said the attack had targeted an area near a petrol station and that at least three mortar rounds had been fired after the explosion of a powerful car bomb. A witness said two buildings had partly collapsed, and that there appeared to have been more than one car bomb. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)
Rome talks gave okay for Lebanon offensive: Israel minister JERUSALEM, July 27 (AFP) - International talks in Rome, which broke up without agreement on a ceasefire call, gave Israel "authorization" to press its offensive in Lebanon, Justice Minister Haim Ramon said Thursday. "Yesterday in Rome we have in effect obtained the authorization to continue our operations until Hezbollah is no longer present in southern Lebanon," Ramon told army radio. "Maximum firepower has to be used," he said. "We have to exploit the advantages that we have over Hezbollah with the air force and artillery and be cautious when we use ground troops. "Everyone who is still in south Lebanon is linked to Hezbollah, we have called on all who are there to leave. Bint Jbeil is not a civilian location, we have to treat it like a military zone," he said. (Posted @ 12:40 PST)
Israel warplanes strike south Lebanon, Bekaa BEIRUT, July 27 (AFP) - Israeli warplanes carried out new air strikes Thursday on south Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley to the east of the capital, keeping up the pressure on two strongholds of the Hezbollah, police said. The planes fired more than 400 missiles overnight at Khiam in the south, a security official told the state news agency ANI. In air raids to the east of Sidon, one person was seriously wounded in the village of Zefta, police said. A home was destroyed in Bazalieh to the north of Baalbek in the Bekaa. Israel also carried out a raid early Thursday near an army base in the Amchit region, 40 kilometers north of Beirut, without causing any casualties but causing a fire at a radio communications centre, the source said. Since the start of the Israeli offensive on July 12, a total of 28 Lebanese troops and police have been killed and 81 wounded in Israeli air raids. (Posted @ 12:35 PST)
Central Baghdad blasts kill 5, wound 19 BAGHDAD, July 27 (Reuters) - A car bomb and several mortar rounds killed at least five people and wounded 19 in central Baghdad on Thursday, police sources said. The bomb exploded and the mortars landed close to each other in Karrada, a district with busy shopping areas. (Posted @ 12:10 PST)
No F-16s to Pakistan without security vow - Rice WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - Pakistan must provide written security assurances as part of a deal for $5.1 billion in American-made F-16 fighter jets and no equipment will be transferred until anti-diversion protections are in place, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has promised Congress. Rice said in a letter obtained by Reuters on Wednesday that before the first aircraft is delivered, Pakistan will sign a document that details Islamabad's security commitments. In addition, "no aircraft or munitions will be delivered until U.S. officials have determined that all security measures are in place" and Congress has been briefed on those procedures, she said. Rice was responding to a letter from Republican Richard Lugar of Indiana, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations, and Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware, the panel's senior Democrat, who had asked her for written assurances addressing concerns raised by him and other lawmakers. "There should be no ambiguity regarding Pakistan's obligations in the security realm," the senators told Rice.(Posted @ 10:15 PST)
Israel pounds south Lebanon after heavy casualties BEIRUT, July 27 (Reuters) - Israel launched a heavy air and artillery bombardment of south Lebanon on Thursday after nine Israeli soldiers were killed and more than two dozen injured in the Jewish state's worst 24 hours for casualties in a 16-day-old conflict against Hizbollah. Israeli warplanes destroyed communication masts north of Beirut and attacked three trucks carrying medical and food supplies to the east, security sources said. They said two truck drivers were killed. Other Israeli aircraft blasted targets in and around several villages and towns in the mainly Muslim south, and artillery batteries opened up from Israel's side of the border.(Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Iran resolution held up at UN UNITED NATIONS, July 27 (AFP) - Protracted negotiations again held up the completion Wednesday of a draft resolution on how the UN Security Council demands that Iran halt its uranium enrichment, diplomats said. Ambassadors from the major powers had expressed hope on Tuesday that a text of a resolution would be ready to distribute to all 15 nations on the UN Security Council on Wednesday. But a text that was referred back to the British, Chinese, French, German, Russian and US governments by the ambassadors had still not been fully agreed by late Wednesday, diplomats said. They have set a new target of Thursday for agreeing a draft, the diplomats said.(Posted @ 09:45 PST)
Abbas seeks Arab state support over Mideast conflict ALGIERS, July 27 (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Wednesday the Israeli military assault on Lebanon and the Palestinian territories was an "unsustainable catastrophe" as he began an official visit here. "We will accept nothing short of an independent Palestinian state with the 1967 borders and Al Qods Al Esharif (Jerusalem) as its capital, a fair and consensual settlement of the refugee question and of the question of the settlements we consider illegal," Abbas added. The Palestinian president is on a tour of several Arab states during which he will meet King Abdullah of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said Wednesday.(Posted @ 09:40 PST)
House backs US-India nuclear energy bill WASHINGTON, July 26 (AFP) - The US House of Representatives approved Wednesday a controversial US-India civilian nuclear energy deal. The House lawmakers voted 359-68 in favor of the legislation, which must now be approved by the Senate before President George W. Bush can sign it into law.(Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Security Council fails to agree statement on UN observer deaths UNITED NATIONS, July 27 (AFP) - The UN Security Council failed Wednesday to agree a statement condemning the killing of four UN observers in Lebanon after the United States rejected any criticism of the Israeli attack, diplomats said.The council will renew efforts to agree a text or another reaction on Thursday, French ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, the council president for July, told reporters.(Posted @ 09:20 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 86.59 points: KARACHI, July 27: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 10430.26, up 86.59 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:15 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, July 27: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.95 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:15 PST)
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