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| September 10, 2006 | Sunday | Sha'aban 16, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Bomb explodes near restaurant in southwestern Pakistan, 18 wounded QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept 10 (AP) _ A homemade bomb exploded outside a roadside restaurant in downtown Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, on Sunday, wounding 18 people, police said. The explosion occurred when the restaurant was crowded by people buying breakfast, said police officer Niaz Mohammed. The four wounded men were hit by pieces of shattered glass and splinters from the bomb, he said adding that none of the victims was in a serious condition. (First Posted @ 10:11 PST Updated @ 22:24 PST)
World Cup hockey results MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany, Sept 10, (AFP) - Men's World Cup field hockey tournament results here on Sunday: Pakistan 2 (Butt 10, Abbas 52) Spain 2 (S Freixa 27, Amat 41) England 1 (S Mantell 34) Germany 2 (C Zeller 24, 42) South Korea 2 (Jang 21, You 50) South Africa 2 (Tsolekile 49, Marsden 59) Australia beat Japan 3-1. (Posted @ 23:34 PST)
Swedish stunt pilot killed in Malta competition VALLETTA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Swedish aerobatics champion Gabor Varga was killed on Sunday when his stunt plane collided with another aircraft during a race in Malta, organisers said. The two propeller-driven planes crashed into the sea a few hundred metres (yards) off Valletta during the Aero GP competition, witnesses said. The other pilot, Irishman Eddie Goggins, parachuted to safety. (Posted @ 23:54 PST)
Cheney invokes Pakistan and Afghanistan in defense of Iraq war WASHINGTON, September 10, (AP) _ U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said Pakistan and Afghanistan would suffer if the United States abandoned Iraq in the face of a violent insurgency. ``You've got hundreds of thousands, millions of people out there, who have staked their fate to some extent on the United States'' and its efforts in Iraq, Cheney said. In response to calls for the United States to withdraw from Iraq, Cheney invoked Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who ``puts his neck on the line every day he goes to work.'' ``There have been attempts on his life because of his support of (the United States). (Posted @ 23:48 PST)
Opposition heading towards Grand Alliance: Munawar Hassan KARACHI, Sept.10 (PPI): Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan and a central leader of Muttehida Majlis-e-Amal, Syed Munawar Hassan said here Sunday that the opposition was heading towards a Grand Alliance. "The Pakistan and Islam would be basis of Grand Alliance," he said while addressing "Qura`an Conference" and talking to the media at Quba auditorium here. (Posted @ 23:40 PST)
Information Minister visits Dr. A.Q.Khan in hospital KARACHI, Sept 10 (APP): The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Muhammad Ali Durrani, visited the Aga Khan Hospital here on Sunday evening and inquired about the welfare of reputed nuclear scientist Dr. A.Q. Khan who underwent prostectomy surgery on Saturday. The Minister who arrived here from Islamabad drove straight to the Aga Khan Hospital from Karachi Airport. He remained with Dr. Khan for sometime, wished him speedy recovery and presented a bouquet. Later, he told media representatives that he has come to Karachi on behalf of the government to inquire about the welfare of Dr. Khan after his surgery. (Posted @ 23:02 PST)
Four Maoist rebels killed in central India RAIPUR, India, Sept 10, (AFP) - Indian police said Sunday they had shot dead four Maoist rebels after a gun battle in the insurgency-hit central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Six Maoist rebels were also arrested and a stash of weapons was recovered after the encounter in the state's worst-affected Dantewada district, about 500 kilometers from the state capital Raipur, police said. (Posted @ 22:44 PST)
Ferrari announce Schumacher's retirement MONZA, Italy, Sept 10, (AFP) - Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher of Germany will retire at the end of the current season, his Ferrari team announced after his victory at Monza here Sunday. Schumacher sensationally kept in contention for an eighth world drivers' title by closing the gap to Spain's Fernando Alonso to two points in what was his 90th career victory in Formula One. (Posted @ 22:30 PST)
Abbas says ready to hold talks with Olmert RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he was ready to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as soon as possible to resume long-stalled peace negotiations. Olmert, who voiced a willingness on Saturday to hold talks with Abbas, told the Israeli cabinet it was time to create a "new horizon" with the Palestinians, officials said. "I stand fully ready to meet the prime minister... without prior conditions and we are ready to begin immediately the preparations for this meeting," Abbas told a news conference with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair. (Posted @ 20:56 PST)
Yemen tribesmen kidnap 5 French tourists: official SANAA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Armed Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped on Sunday five French tourists in the east of the country, a Yemeni government official said. The official, who declined to be named, said the kidnapping occurred in the Shabwa province. Scores of tourists and foreigners working in Yemen have been kidnapped over the last decade by tribesmen to pressure the government. (Posted @ 20:38 PST)
NATO kill 94 Taliban, suicide attacker kills provincial governor in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, September 10, (AP) _ NATO and Afghan forces killed 94 Taliban fighters in air strikes and ground attacks in southern Afghanistan, while a suicide bomber on Sunday killed a provincial governor in the east, amid deepening violence across the insurgency-wracked country. The U.S. military, meanwhile, said that a suicide bombing cell was operating in Kabul, with the aim of targeting foreign troops. The warning came two days after a car bomber rammed into a U.S. army convoy near the U.S. Embassy, killing 16 people, the worst such attack in the capital. ``This cell is alive and working and remains very much a threat,'' Col. Tom Collins, the chief U.S. spokesman, told a news conference in the Kabul. (Posted @ 20:16 PST)
Iraq says security forces have killed 3 members of al-Qaida in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq, September 10, (AP) _ Iraq's Interior Ministry said security forces killed three al-Qaida in Iraq members during a raid in central Baghdad on Sunday morning. Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Abdul-Kerim Khalaf said police raided a building in the capital's central Karradah district, leading to an hour-long gunfight with the suspects inside. Three Iraqi men _ who Khalaf said were members of al-Qaida in Iraq _ were killed, and a fourth suspect managed to flee. He identified two of those killed as Hossam Hammad Ajil and Mohammed Abdul-Jabar Farhan. The third person who was killed was not immediately identified, but the man who fled was Abu Jaafar al-Leibi, Khalaf said. (Posted @ 19:32 PST)
Britain's Blair meets Palestinian president in push for renewed peace effort RAMALLAH, West Bank, September 10, (AP) _ British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday the world should restore contacts with the Palestinians if the ruling Hamas group forms a government with more moderate factions. But Hamas immediately rejected his conditions for establishing dialogue with such a government _ that it renounce violence and recognize Israel. Meanwhile, the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, speaking at a joint news conference with Blair, said he was prepared to meet unconditionally with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, possibly paving the way for the resumption of peace talks. (Posted @ 19:16 PST)
EU and Iranian officials say progress in nuclear talks VIENNA, Sept 10, (AFP) - EU and Iranian officials said Sunday they had made progress in last-ditch talks in Vienna to avert UN sanctions over Tehran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and top Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani both said the meeting was "constructive" and that talks would continue next week. "I have had more than seven hours of work with Dr. Larijani," Solana said following the meeting at the federal chancellery in Vienna, adding "the hours of work have been productive." (Posted @ 19:08 PST)
At least six killed In Iraq as police find 16 more tortured corpses BAGHDAD, Sept 10, (AFP) - Insurgents killed at least six people and wounded dozens more in attacks across Iraq on Sunday, while police found 16 bullet-riddled corpses, security officials said. Three people were killed and 16 others wounded in a roadside bomb attack in central Baghdad's Tayran Square, a medic at the capital's Al-Kindi hospital said. A former general and his bodyguard were ambushed and killed by gunmen in the village of Beni Saad, near the provincial capital of Baquba, police said, adding that a 12-year-old boy was also wounded in the clash. One policeman was similarly shot dead in the town of Muqdadiyah, while four teenagers were wounded in a mortar attack in Baquba. A local municipal council member from the town of Khalis and his bodyguard were also wounded when gunmen shot at them. Iraqi police also found 16 bullet-riddled corpses of men killed in the vicious sectarian conflict, some of them with severed heads. (First Posted @ 15:04 PST Updated @ 18:55 PST)
Nine killed, 2 missing in flooding, landslides in Nepal KATMANDU, Sept 10 (APP/AP) - At least nine people were killed and two others were missing after flooding and landslides in Nepal, officials said on Sunday. Six members of the same family were killed in Rising village, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the Nepalese capital, Katmandu, when a landslide buried their house on Saturday afternoon, said Arjun Subedi, a government administrator in Tanahu district. (Posted @ 15:13 PST)
Iran insists no preconditions for atomic talks TEHRAN, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Iran will not accept any preconditions for talks on its nuclear programme, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday, and also dismissed the idea Iran would accept suspension of its atomic work. "Suspension is an issue that is in the past. We cannot return to the past. We want talks without any precondition," Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news conference. (Posted @ 15:11 PST)
Montenegro holds first independent election PODGORICA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Montenegrins went to the polls on Sunday in a general election expected to give their centre-left government a fresh mandate for their first term as an independent country. Montenegro voted in May to end nearly a century of partnership with Serbia. (Posted @ 11:15 PST)
Tennis-Open-Navratilova signs off with yet another title NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Martina Navratilova put a crowning gloss on her magnificent career by teaming up with Bob Bryan to win the U.S. Open mixed doubles final on Saturday. Navratilova, in her last tournament, and fellow American Bryan beat Czechs Kveta Peschke and Martin Damm 6-2 6-3. It was a fitting way for Navratilova, who turns 50 next month, to hang up her racquet, her 59th grand slam title adding to a remarkable record that began when she turned professional in 1975, and accumulated 167 singles and 177 women's doubles titles and remained world number one for a total of 331 weeks. Her grand slam haul includes 18 singles crowns, 31 women's doubles and 10 mixed doubles titles. (Posted @ 11:11 PST)
Non-Aligned Movement meets in Cuba HAVANA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Delegations from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) of 116 developing countries began arriving in Cuba on Sunday for a summit that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics on its doorstep. Cuba said it expects some 50 heads of state or government for the Sept 11-16 summit. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Sri Lanka army offensive kills dozens, fighting rages COLOMBO, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's army said Sunday 28 soldiers and dozens of Tamil Tigers had been killed in their advance across frontlines in the island's far north, as the rebels accused them of shattering what is left of a 2002 truce. The LTTE said fighting continued to rage in no-man's land on Sunday morning. They said six of their fighters had died since the offensive in the northern Jaffna peninsula began on Friday and 13 were wounded. "Troops are consolidating this morning," said army spokesman Brigr Prasad Samarasinghe. "We have suffered 28 killed and 119 injured." (Posted @ 10:57 PST)
Thousands rally in Israel to demand war inquiry TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept 10(Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert order an independent state inquiry into his government's handling of the war in Lebanon. Police said more than 30,000 people thronged Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv. Many of those in a crowd that spilled into nearby streets were reservists who served during the war. Speakers said the army was ill-equipped and civilians ill prepared to face Hizbollah rockets that rained on northern Israel during the fighting. Protesters chanted slogans of: "Olmert go home". (Posted @ 10:42 PST)
Protesters burn vehicles in Bangladesh strike DHAKA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Hundreds of opposition activists marched in the capital Dhaka and set at least one vehicle ablaze as a day-long strike took hold across Bangladesh on Sunday, witnesses said. The main opposition Awami League party and its allies called the strike to demand for electoral reforms ahead of next January's parliamentary polls. On Saturday night, protesters also torched a bus and damaged several vehicles in the capital, police and witnesses said. The strike on Sunday began at dawn, shutting down schools, markets and businesses. Reports from Chittagong said the strike had halted the delivery of goods from the port and largely paralysed the city. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
13 die as bus plunges into gorge in northern India NEW DELHI, Sept 10 (AP) _ A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims swerved off a mountain road and plunged about 100 meters into a gorge in northern India, killing at least 13 people, police said Sunday. Details were awaited. (Posted @ 10:07 PST)
Chinese film triumphs at Venice VENICE, Sept 10 (AFP) - A poetic film about the effects of China's Three Gorges Dam on the lives of ordinary people, "Still Life" by Jia Zhang-ke, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 63rd Venice Film Festival Saturday, the jury announced at a gala finale. Helen Mirren won the Best Actress award for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears' "The Queen", while Ben Affleck won the Best Actor prize for his portrayal of cinema's first Superman, George Reeves, in "Hollywoodland". (Posted @ 10:03 PST)
Britain risks creating more terrorists, Muslim leader warns LONDON, Sept 10 (AFP) - Some police officers and members of the media risk creating many more terrorists by demonizing British Muslims, a Muslim community leader warned in remarks published Sunday. Muhammad Abdul Bari, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, told The Sunday Telegraph that negative stereotyping could trigger a widespread backlash. "There are a few bad apples in the Muslim community who are doing terrible acts and we want to root them out," Bari told the weekly. "But some police officers and sections of the media are demonizing Muslims, treating them as if they're all terrorists -- and that encourages other people to do the same," he said. "If that continues, then Britain will have to deal with two million Muslim terrorists, 700,000 of them in London." He said British Muslims did not understand why the "whole of our diverse communities" are being targeted. "If you attack a whole community, it becomes despondent and aggressive." (Posted @ 09:49 PST)
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