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| August 17, 2006 | Thursday | Rajab 21, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Heavy rains paralyse life in Karachi, five die KARACHI, Aug 17 (Agencies) Torrential rains in Sindh have brought life to a standstill on Thursday causing a virtual collapse of water, power, communication and transport networks in most parts of the province, especially in Karachi. "We are getting reports of casualties in different areas but our ambulances can't move because of the flooded roads," said Rizwan Edhi, a senior official of the Edhi Trust, which runs the country's largest ambulance service. Five people had been confirmed killed, he said. "It is a chaotic situation in the city. Civic services have collapsed," Edhi said. The Karachi City District Government (KCDG) imposed an emergency in the metropolis soon after all major roads and streets were inundated by rainwater. Korangi bridge was closed for general traffic following the overflow of Malir river. Electricity disappeared in almost 70 to 80 per cent areas of the city as soon as the rain started. Reports from interior parts of the province suggested that heavy rains had badly affected crops in different districts. According to the Meteorological office, Karachi received 60 mm rains that lasted for about two hours with gusty winds, followed by Hyderabad where 70 mm rain was recorded. The met office further said that more heavy rains were expected in the province during the next 36 hours. Most of Karachi's main roads, including Aiwan-i-Saddar Road (housing Governor House and Muslim Gymkhana, M. R. Kayani Road, M. A. Jinnah Road, Old Exhibition (Purani Numaish), Sir Shah Suleman Road and Sharah-i-Quaideen, were inundated. Massive traffic jams were witnessed on all major thoroughfares. Pedestrians were forced to wade through knee-deep pools of water. A number of vehicles, especially motorcycles and small vehicles, broke down in the middle of different roads. (First Posted @ 19:00 PST Updated @ 22:00 PST)
Govt investing in Higher Education sector to build knowledge based economy: Aziz ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (Agencies): Underlining the vital link between higher education and development Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Thursday that the government was investing in the higher education sector to build a knowledge based economy and further expedite the process of growth and development. Chairing a meeting of Higher Education Commission (HEC) at the PM'S House Thursday to review the goals and targets, Aziz asked HEC to focus on raising the standard of universities in the country and said the standard of education imparted should be comparable with best international universities. He said HEC should develop a transparent and objective criteria for ranking of universities and rank all public and private sector universities on the basis of this criterion.(Posted @ 22:00 PST)
At least 18 killed in Iraq violence BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (AFP) At least 18 people were killed around Iraq Thursday, including seven by a car bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City district, security officials said Another six people were killed in a string of shootings in and around Baquba, police said. In the town of Muqdadiyah, northeast of Baquba, three people died and 20 were wounded, including two policemen, in a mortar and roadside bomb attack on a market, police said.A security source said that an Iraqi soldier was shot dead in Balad, northwest of Baquba, while in the main northern city of Mosul a senior police officer was shot dead. In the Baghdadi neighbourhood of Mansur, a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle as a police patrol passed, wounding three policemen and two civilians, the interior ministry official said. Five bodies, two them headless, were also pulled out of the Tigris river near the town of Suwayrah, police said. Two more bodies were recovered from the Mahrut river near Muqdadiyah, they added. Prime minister Nur al-Malilki said that four "individuals who were heading terrorist cells were captured in a raid by Iraqi and US forces in the town of Latifiyah", south of Baghdad. (First Posted @ 17:05 PST Updated @ 21:45 PST)
Afghan spy chief accuses Pakistan of “interference and aggression” KABUL, Aug 17 (Reuters) Pakistan is the main source of Afghanistan's insecurity, the country's intelligence chief said on Thursday, adding that there could be no peace here if the war against militants was not shifted to include Pakistan. In the strongest comments by an Afghan official yet, the director-general of intelligence, Amruallah Saleh, told the parliament's lower house that "Pakistan has not given up its interference and aggression".(Posted @ 21:10 PST)
Wounded woman survives 27 days in Lebanon war zone TYRE, Lebanon, Aug 17 (Reuters) With shrapnel lodged in her leg, 73-year-old Mariam Toubeh survived for 27 days in her village on the frontline of the Lebanon war before help came. During her ordeal, she said she and her cousin had to drag themselves along the ground to a rain water storage tank to drink.Toubeh was wounded in her village of Aytaroun during the first days of Israel's offensive in Lebanon. Toubeh said the shell which wounded her killed two of her relatives who were sheltering in the family's old stone home in the village just a few kilometres from the border with Israel. "The smell of the dead next to us made us sick," she said. "Worms were crawling from their bodies onto us. There was nobody in the village to help us,” she said.(Posted @ 21:10 PST)
Israeli forces out of Lebanon 'sooner the better': Peres NEW YORK, Aug 17 (AFP) Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Thursday he expected Israel's military to be withdrawn from southern Lebanon in a matter of weeks. Speaking during a visit to New York, he said "The sooner the better. I would speak in terms of weeks -- maybe one week, two weeks," he told journalists. He said that while Israel had significantly weakened Hezbollah militarily, he would not describe the outcome of the month-long war as a victory for the Jewish state.(Posted @ 21:05 PST)
US warplane bombs Afghan police “mistakenly”; kills 12 KABUL, Aug 17 (AFP) A US-led coalition warplane “mistakenly” dropped a bomb on an Afghan police convoy in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province Thursday, killing 12 policemen, a police commander said. The coalition confirmed "an event did happen" and said it was collecting details.(Posted @ 21:00 PST)
Cricket-Asif treble puts Pakistan on top LONDON, Aug 17 (AFP) Fast bowler Mohammad Asif marked his return to Test cricket with three wickets for four runs in 11 balls as Pakistan took charge of their series climax with England at The Oval here Thursday. England, at tea on the first day of the fourth Test, had slumped to 134 for six after Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq had won the toss and elected to field in overcast conditions. Chris Read was 26 not out and Sajid Mahmood, who had been missed on nought, one not out. For Match details click here (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
Indian police charge Sonia Gandhi's estranged sister-in-law NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (AFP) A family feud in India's most famed dynasty spilled into the open Thursday when police slapped charges against Maneka Gandhi, a move she swiftly blamed on her estranged sister-in-law Sonia Gandhi. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) charged Maneka with "criminal conspiracy and cheating" when she served as culture minister in India's 1998-2004 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. A CBI spokesman said the cases against the MP came in the wake of orders by the Delhi High Court to investigate allegations that she misused her office during the BJP's six-year tenure. The Congress said the action against Maneka was inevitable.(Posted @ 20:55 PST)
Watchdog asks Afghan president to condemn attacks on media KABUL, Aug 17 (AFP) A leading international media watchdog expressed concern Thursday over what it called "a wave of press freedom violations" in Afghanistan, calling on President Hamid Karzai to take action. A statement issued by Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based media rights group, said it was worried about an increase in violence directed against media in recent weeks, including some attacks on journalists on duty. The statement came after several legislators walked out of parliament Wednesday in protest to demand that privately owned Tolo television be expelled for airing footage of MPs asleep during parliament debates.(Posted @ 20:55 PST)
Israel turning to Turkey to block Hizbollah arms JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (Reuters) Israel wants the Turkish military to impose an air and ground embargo to prevent Iran using Turkish territory to send arms to Hizbollah, a senior Israeli security source said on Thursday. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman declined to comment specifically on the role that might be played by Turkey. Israeli sources said at least two Iranian planes were forced to land in southeast Turkey in recent weeks after Israel told the Turkish military they suspected the planes were carrying Chinese-made missiles for Hizbollah. The Hurriyet newspaper in Turkey said the planes were searched and no weapons were found. Amman has already barred Iranian shipments from passing through Jordanian airspace, Israeli security sources added.(Posted @ 20:35 PST)
First passenger flight since war lands in Beirut BEIRUT, Aug 17 (Reuters) A passenger flight landed at Beirut international airport on Thursday for the first time in five weeks, easing an air blockade of Lebanon that Israel imposed during its war with Hizbollah. An Israeli naval blockade remains in force. A Lebanese government source said the air and sea blockades would be lifted gradually after Prime Minister Fouad Siniora had sought international support to get the airport and ports reopened.(Posted @ 20:30 PST)
Iran to stand by atomic work: Ahmadinejad TEHRAN, Aug 17 (Reuters) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran could not abandon its nuclear programme while the United States was developing new atomic bombs every year, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. "How can the Iranian nation give up its obvious right to peaceful nuclear technology, when America and some other countries test new atomic bombs each year?" Ahmadinejad asked in a speech to a rally in the northwestern city of Namin."Those states responsible for the atomic bombing of (Japan's) Nagasaki and Hiroshima are now trying to deprive the Iranian nation of its right," the official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. "Those states should be disarmed."(Posted @ 19:40 PST)
Relatives deny links of British bomb suspect with Jaish BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan, Aug 17 (AFP) A British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up jets is related by marriage to the head of the militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed but had never been part of the group, relatives said Thursday. Security officials said Rashid Rauf had instead used members of a separate splinter group blamed for a 2002 attack on an Islamabad church, called Jamaatul Furqan, to communicate with a top Al-Qaeda operative in Afghanistan about the plan. The brother of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar said Rauf wedded one of his in-laws about three years ago and went by the false name Khalid in Bahawalpur. "We categorically deny that he was a member of our party at any stage," Abdur Rauf added. Azhar's elderly father denied an earlier report that he said Rashid Rauf had been a member of Jaish and left for a rival group that opposed the United States. "I swear by God that I did not meet any journalist. I never said that Rashid Rauf was member of my son's party. I have never seen or met Rashid, I do not know what he looked like," his father said, adding that he had not seen his son for four years.(Posted @ 19:20 PST)
Four killed in occupied Kashmir violence SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Aug 17 (AFP) Three policemen were killed and a civilian was beheaded Thursday in occupied Kashmir violence, police said. Gunmen shot at a mountain patrol in Srinagar’s Doda district killing two policeman and wounding two others, a spokesman said. Another police officer was shot dead near the shrine of Hazratbal, also in Srinagar, Thursday evening, police said. Separately, unknown persons beheaded a shawl-maker in northern Baramulla district also on Thursday, police said.(Posted @ 18:25 PST)
Pakistan releases seven foreign Al-Qaeda suspects PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 17 (AFP) Pakistani authorities Thursday freed seven foreigners who were held as Al-Qaeda suspects after crossing from Afghanistan following the 2001 fall of the Taliban, a prison official said. The men released from a jail in Peshawar comprised two Algerians, two Tunisians and one each from Morocco, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the prison's deputy chief said. Their links with the terror network were not established but they must remain in Pakistan in the care of a local charity as they still face charges of entering the country without valid travel documents, officials said.(Posted @ 18:15 PST)
India's premier wants more transport links across Kashmir NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (AFP) India wants to increase transport links between occupied Kashmir and Azad Kashmir, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament Thursday. "Our government is for expanding flows" between the two sides, Singh told the Indian parliament's upper house during question hour. "Whenever the opportunity arises we will take up this matter with Pakistan," he said, according to the Press Trust of India. India's junior foreign minister E. Ahamed told parliament that New Delhi proposed in January a third transit route, linking Jammu in occupied Kashmir and Sialkot in Pakistan, but "Pakistan has not accepted it."(Posted @ 17:25 PST)
Hizbul Mujahedin call for unconditional talks with New Delhi; Mirwaiz to visit Belfast SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Aug 17 (AFP) Hizbul Mujahedin said Thursday it was ready for unconditional talks with New Delhi. "Hizbul Mujahedin was never scared of talks in the past nor is it against the process today," the group's spokesman told local news agency Current News Service. But he said if Indian leaders "were sincere they should not have put preconditions like renouncing of guns by Hizbul before the talks." "When India held talks with Naga militants such a condition was not there," he said, referring to a separatist group active in India’s Assam state. Meanwhile Kashmir’s top political figure, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said Thursday he would visit Belfast next month to study the Irish Good Friday peace deal to see if it could help resolve the Kashmir dispute. Farooq also urged talks between New Delhi and Hizbul but said neither side should set preconditions. He added, however, that four rounds of talks held by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, with New Delhi had yielded "nothing substantive."(Posted @ 17:25 PST)
Bangladeshi police kill 11 robbers in shoot-out DHAKA, Aug 17 (AFP) At least 11 robbers were killed and one injured critically Thursday in a gun battle with police in Bangladesh’s Pabna district, police said.(Posted @ 17:00 PST)
Suicide blasts wound NATO soldier, eight police in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug 17 (AFP) Separate suicide blasts in southern Afghanistan on Thursday wounded a NATO soldier and eight policemen, officials and witnesses said. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden van near a NATO and Afghan military convoy outside Kandahar city, wounding a NATO soldier, officials and witness said. Hours earlier another suicide attacker exploded bombs strapped to his body as he walked into a police checkpoint in neighbouring Uruzgan province wounding eight policemen, a spokesman said. NATO's International Security Assistance Force was not immediately available for comment.(Posted @ 16:35 PST)
Fifteen Afghan medics kidnapped in southern Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug 17 (AFP) A medical team of 15 people, mainly doctors and nurses, was kidnapped by unidentified men Thursday while travelling to a refugee camp in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, an official said.The team, which included a driver and two women, was kidnapped early morning, he said.(Posted @ 16:15 PST)
Pakistan grants British national another stay of execution ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (AFP) President Pervez Musharraf granted another one-month stay of execution Thursday to a Briton held on death row for 18 years for murdering a taxi driver, the British High Commission in Islamabad said. The third-time postponement of the death sentence on Mirza Tahir Hussain, 36, from Leeds in northern England, is until October 1, a High Commission spokesman added.(Posted @ 16:00 PST)
Fifty rebels said killed in fresh fighting in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Aug 17 (AFP) Sri Lankan troops Thursday beat back a fresh attempt by Tamil Tigers to overrun the main defences of the northern peninsula of Jaffna and killed at least 50 guerrillas, the defence ministry said. The LTTE rebels launched a seaborne attack on army bunkers at Kilali on the southwestern edge of the peninsula but were beaten back by dawn, a spokesman said. "We have successfully repulsed the attack," Rajapakse said. "We have seen at least 50 bodies of Tigers ahead of our defence line after the battle that lasted several hours." He did not give casualties for soldiers, but military sources said at least six soldiers were killed and 60 wounded in the intense close-quarter battle. There was no immediate reaction from the guerrillas to military claims, but the pro-rebel Tamilnet.com website said heavy overnight fighting was reported in the peninsula.(Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Israel transfers half occupied Lebanon zones to UN force JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (AFP) - The Israeli military Thursday transferred half the zones it had been occupying in southern Lebanon to UN peacekeepers in line with a ceasefire deal, a spokeswoman said. Asked about Israel's withdrawal of troops from Lebanon, she described it as a "process that will take place in stages".(Posted @ 14:00 PST)
Residents cheer as Lebanese army raises flag in south MARJAYUN, Lebanon, Aug 17 (AFP) Proudly flying Lebanese flags, columns of troops began to move across the war-battered south. Residents cheered and waved as army troops crossed the Litani River. Fifteen armored vehicles mounted on trailers crossed a newly-erected metallic bridge in Qasimiya which had been destroyed by Israeli attacks. Further southeast, 15 tanks and 10 military trucks crossed the Hasbani bridge heading to the mountainous Arqub region. The first members of a 2,500-strong Lebanese army brigade arrived in the town of Marjayun, about seven kilometers north of the border and overlooking the Galilee panhandle in northern Israel. General Charles Shikhani, the head of the forces in Marjayun said "we should deploy within 24 hours along the Blue Line," the UN-demarcated border between Lebanon and Israel. The operation is expected to last three to four days.(Posted @ 13:45 PST)
Bush strongly defends U.S. policy in Iraq LANCASTER, Pa., Aug 17 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush strongly defended his Iraq war policy against Democratic demands to bring U.S. troops home and warned on Wednesday that if America leaves, Iraq could become a country controlled by terrorists willing to use oil as a weapon. In a campaign speech for former National Football League star Lynn Swann, the Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, Bush appeared to be addressing those Democrats who are trying to turn the November congressional election into a referendum on his handling of the Iraq war.(Posted @ 12:30 PST)
Federer stunned by Murray CINCINNATI, Aug 17(Reuters) - Roger Federer suffered his first defeat before a final for 14 months when he was stunned by rising Briton Andy Murray 7-5 6-4 in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday.(Posted @ 12:10 PST)
Costa Rica to move embassy to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) _ Costa Rica said it will move its embassy in Israel to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem leaving fellow Central American nation El Salvador with the last remaining diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. President Oscar Arias announced the plan on Wednesday, saying it was needed to bring Costa Rica in line with international law and mend relations with Arab nations. ``It's time to rectify a historical error that damages us on the international level and deprives us of any friendship with the Arab world,'' Arias told reporters.(Posted @ 11:55 PST)
U.S.-led forces kill eight militants in clash in eastern Afghanistan KABUL, Aug 17 (AP) _ U.S.-led forces killed eight militants after coming under attack in Asadabad district of Kunar province on Wednesday, the coalition said in a statement Thursday. No coalition troops were injured.(Posted @ 11:55 PST)
Three shot dead, 19 injured in blasts in restive Thai south NARATHIWAT, Thailand, Aug 17 (AFP) Three people were shot dead by suspected separatists in Thailand's Muslim majority south, while 19 more were injured in bomb blasts, police said Thursday. Two government employees were shot dead in separate incidents in Pattani province while two bombs rocked the Muslim-majority south, on Thursday. Early in the morning in Narathiwat a bomb hidden in a motorcycle was detonated in front of a jewellery shop, injuring seven civilians and five soldiers. A second bomb exploded 30 minutes later near a hospital in Yala province, injuring two police officers and five bystanders.(Posted @ 11:40 PST)
First troops arrive in south Lebanon border town MARJAYUN, Lebanon, Aug 17 (AFP) - The first members of a 2,500-strong Lebanese army brigade arrived in the southern border town of Marjayun on Thursday and troops are set to deploy along the frontier within 24 hours, a top army commander said. The troops arrived in Marjayun, just seven kilometres from border as part of the first deployment in decades to control the border area which has long been under the sway of the Hezbollah militia. "We should deploy within 24 hours along the Blue Line," the UN-demarcated border between Lebanon and Israel, General Charles Shikhani, the head of the forces in the Marjayun area said.(Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Indian temple blast kills five, foreigners wounded GUWAHATI, India, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The death toll in a bomb explosion at a Hindu temple in India's northeastern state of Manipur rose to five, and at least 35 people including foreign devotees were wounded, police said on Thursday. The explosion occurred near the state capital Imphal during prayers on Wednesday to celebrate the birth of the Hindu god, Krishna.(Posted @ 10:30 PST)
France wants clearer mandate for expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon PARIS, Aug 17 (AP) France is willing to lead the enlarged U.N. force in Lebanon until at least February, but its peacekeepers need to have enough resources and a clear mission or the situation could turn to catastrophe, the defense minister said. Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, in an interview with France-2 television, said that the mandate of the strengthened new force is still ``fuzzy'' and issued a stern warning to the United Nations to spell out its exact mission and rules of engagement. ``When you send in a force and its mission is not precise enough, and its resources are not well adapted or large enough, that can turn into a catastrophe, including for the soldiers that we send,'' she said.(Posted @ 10:15 PST)
Egyptian shot, injured near Gaza border ISMAILIYA, Egypt, Aug 17 (Reuters) - An Egyptian teacher was shot in the stomach near Egypt's border with Gaza during clashes nearby between Palestinians and the Israeli army, Egyptian medical and security sources said on Wednesday.The 38-year-old man was in a critical condition at a hospital in northern Sinai.(Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Israel wants expanded U.N. force on ground before it withdraws from southern Lebanon UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (AP) Israel wants an expanded U.N. force to help monitor the Lebanese border to prevent Iran and Syria from replenishing Hezbollah's weapons and will wait for those new troops to arrive before withdrawing from south Lebanon, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Wednesday. Livni made clear that Israel is in no hurry to withdraw its forces and views implementation of the U.N. resolution that led to Monday's cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah as a test for the international community and the Lebanese government.(Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Israeli airstrike hits metal workshop in Gaza City, no injuries JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (AP) An Israeli air craft fired a missile into a metal workshop in Gaza City Wednesday, the army and Palestinian officials said, there were no injuries.(Posted @ 09:15 PST)
Six people killed in plane crash in northern Canadian territory NORMAN WELLS, Northwest Territories, Aug 17 (AP) Six people - five passengers and the pilot - died in a plane crash in Canada's Northwest Territories on Wednesday. Police found the crash site in a remote, mountainous area a few hours later and reported there were no survivors.(Posted @ 09:15 PST)
Lebanon army will end 'mentality of statelets': PM BEIRUT, Aug 17 (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said Wednesday that the deployment of government troops to Hezbollah's bastion in the south would end a "mentality of statelets" and make the army the only armed force in the country. The deployment, which was was due to begin at 6 am (0300 GMT) Thursday, would "assert state authority" and ensure there would be "no armed presence outside state authority," Siniora said. "Any failure to carry out this right will risk our country becoming the scene of regional and international conflicts." (Posted @ 08:50 PST)
Palestinians report progress on unity government GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (AFP) - Rival Palestinian leaders on Wednesday renewed a push to bridge their differences and form a national unity government. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas reported progress in efforts to form a coalition government between his once-dominant Fatah party and prime minister Ismail Haniya's governing Hamas movement. "We are on our way to reaching solutions. One of them provides for the creation of national unity government based on the 'national accord' document," Abbas said after meeting Haniya for the first time since June. "We discussed various issues of interest to our people which need solutions ... As of now, consultations will start to achieve this goal," he added. Haniya said talks aimed at forming a national unity government and ending the tension between Palestinian factions continued and expressed hope that they would be successful. He said the talks would be conducted "on the basis of the prisoners' document with the aim of strengthening national unity, lifting the siege on our people and obtaining the release of the ministers and lawmakers" detained by Israel. (Posted @ 08:50 PST)
Israel must give dud weapon locations: rights group NEW YORK, Aug 17 (AFP) Israel should immediately provide locations of its cluster-bomb attacks to prevent deaths of returning Lebanese civilians from unexploded ordnance, a human rights group said Wednesday. "With refugees streaming home, we're already seeing people falling victim to these dangerous duds," Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth said in a statement. "A failure to act swiftly will lead to many more avoidable casualties", he added. (Posted @ 08:48 PST)
UN states meet today on Lebanon force UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (AFP) UN member states will meet mid-day Thursday to set rules of engagement for 15,000 UN troops to be deployed in Lebanon, a UN source said. After the rules are decided, and after the UN presents its logistical and financial needs, participating nations are expected to consult with their capitals about their troop contributions, a UN source said on condition of anonymity. (Posted @ 08:45 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, Aug 17: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.5 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
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