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| October 23, 2006 | Monday | Ramazan 29, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Eid on Wednesday, October 25, in Pakistan: Reut-e-Hilal Committee ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Shawaal moon was not sighted from any part of the country, and Eid-ul-Fitr will be on Wednesday, October 25, the Reut-e-Hilal Committee announced Monday, a local TV channel reported. (First Posted @ 19:56 PST Updated @ 20:18 PST)
Pakistan arrests three more suspects over rocket plot ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (AFP) Police Monday arrested three more suspects over attempted rocket attacks in and around the capital Islamabad, a police official said. The trio were arrested in Islamabad's industrial area when police intercepted a car, a senior police official said. (Posted @ 21:24 PST)
Iran vows no retreat on nuclear programme TEHRAN, Oct 23 (AFP) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reiterated Monday that his country will not retreat even "an inch" over its nuclear programme despite the mounting threat of UN sanctions. (Posted @ 20:04 PST)
Sri Lanka rivals secure deal to push for peace COLOMBO, Oct 23 (AFP) Sri Lanka's ruling party and the opposition agreed Monday to work together towards a political settlement to the island's bloody ethnic fighting which has claimed more than 60,000 lives. President Mahinda Rajapakse said Monday's agreement was a major boost to the island's efforts to end the Tamil separatist conflict and could provide a solid backdrop for weekend negotiations with Tiger rebels in Geneva. There was no immediate reaction from the Tamil Tigers. (Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Indian trooper kills two colleagues, commits suicide in occupied Kashmir JAMMU, occupied Kashmir, Oct 23 (AFP) An Indian trooper gunned down two of his colleagues Monday and then turned the rifle on himself and committed suicide in occupied Kashmir, an army spokesman said. (Posted @ 19:58 PST)
Iraq to control half of provinces by year end: deputy PM LONDON, Oct 23 (AFP) Iraqi security forces will take charge of nearly seven or eight provinces of Iraq out of 18 provinces by the end of the year, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said Monday after talks here with Tony Blair. Saleh said his country still needed the help and support of the international community, urging foreign forces not to "cut and run". (First Posted @ 13:37 PST Updated @ 19:38 PST)
India accuses Pakistan of seeking to infiltrate its military NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (AFP) New Delhi accused Pakistan of encouraging Indian soldiers to betray their country on Monday and said it had launched a massive operation to weed out those who had become spies. "It is a matter of extreme concern that the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) is trying to infiltrate and subvert our armed forces," Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in the Indian capital. "Our intelligence networks in all the three services are active as there have been inputs that the ISI is trying to infiltrate the services and also make some of the personnel corrupt," Mukherjee said. "Sometimes we catch moles. But this time the exercises are aimed at nailing the kingpins," he said. There was no immediate reaction from Islamabad to New Delhi's latest charge. (First Posted @ 17:58 PST Updated @ 19:32 PST)
Cricket-Pakistan board unhappy with comments of tribunal member KARACHI, Oct 23 (Reuters) Pakistan cricket authorities expressed their unhappiness Monday with a reported interview of a member of the drugs inquiry tribunal, Dr Waqar Ahmed, in which he had said fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif could escape without a ban. "We are trying to find out if Dr Waqar has indeed given such an interview. But as far as we are concerned he should not be speaking on the case to the press," Director Operations Pakistan Cricket Board, Saleem Altaf, said. "The tribunal must work independently and reach a logical conclusion. Whatever it recommends we will implement but it should not talk about possiblities now," he added. (Posted @ 19:28 PST)
Israel kills seven Palestinians in Gaza GAZA, Oct 23 (Reuters) Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians, and wounded about 20 people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, officials said. (First Posted @ 14:05 PST Updated @ 18:04 PST)
Bangladesh ferry sinks, 15 dead, 35 missing DHAKA, Oct 23 (Reuters) A packed ferry sank in a Bangladeshi river on Monday after a collision with a cargo vessel, killing at least 15 people, officials said. A further 35 people were missing after the small vessel, crowded with passengers heading home for Eid al-Fitr, sank in the Meghna river. (Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Mullah Omar warns of fierce fighting in coming months KABUL, Oct 23 (Reuters) Taliban leader Mullah Omar warned Monday that his men will intensify their fighting in Afghanistan to "surprising" levels to drive out foreign forces. In a message, Omar also urged NATO to withdraw its 20,000 troops and stop sacrificing soldiers for the United States. Omar also said President Hamid Karzai would be punished for cooperating with Washington. "The Kabul puppet regime has failed to establish peace and stability as well as to control narcotics," he said, adding members of the government were involved in the opium trade. Talking to reporters after Eid prayers at the presidential palace, Karzai did not comment on Omar's message, but called on Afghans not to be swayed by the Taliban. (Posted @ 17:56 PST)
Cricket-ICC committee to decide on England compensation claim KARACHI, Oct 23 (Reuters) An International Cricket Committee disputes panel is to have the final say on England's compensation claim for lost revenue from the Oval test against Pakistan after both boards failed to reach an agreement. On Monday, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director of cricket operations Saleem Altaf said that the England Cricket Board (ECB) had informed his organization that they were now taking the dispute to the ICC committee. "The ICC will now constitute the disputes resolution committee and set a date for the hearing," he said. Pakistan has rejected England's claim, saying Australian umpire Darrell Hair triggered the incident by making unsubstantiated ball-tampering charges. "He later also refused to resume the match despite intervention from the ICC and an agreement between both boards to play on the final day," Altaf added. (Posted @ 16:58 PST)
Five US troops killed in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Oct 23 (AFP) Five more US soldiers were killed Sunday in separate incidents in Baghdad, the military said Monday. (First Posted @ 09:45 PST, Updated @ 12:35 PST)
Clash between Indonesian police, mob kills one on Sulawesi island POSO, Indonesia, Oct 23 (AP) Police clashed with a mob in Indonesia's central Sulawesi province, killing one person and injuring two late Sunday, witnesses and police said Monday. The cause of the clash was not immediately clear. (Posted @ 10:45 PST)
Bangladesh government, opposition resume election reforms talks DHAKA, Oct 23 (AP) Senior lawmakers from the government and opposition parties on Monday resumed talks aimed at breaking a stalemate over electoral reforms ahead of January's national election. Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, a senior minister and secretary general of ruling Bangladesh Nationalist party, met with Abdul Jalil, general secretary of opposition Awami League at parliament building in Dhaka. (Posted @ 10:35 PST)
Britain must "hold nerve" in Iraq, says UK's Beckett LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) Britain must hold its nerve in Iraq, Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett said on Monday, while U.S.-British strategy there is increasingly questioned on both sides of the Atlantic. Beckett said her talks with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih in London later on Monday would be a chance to "take stock of what's working and what's not." "We need to keep our nerve. We need to get Iraq back on its feet. We need to establish greater stability," she said. (Posted @ 09:53 PST)
Filipino Muslims end Ramadan fast with celebratory gunfire COTABATO, Philippines, Oct 23 (AP) Shots rang out at dawn Monday as thousands of Filipino Muslims fired guns to celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and prayed for peace in the country's troubled southern region. In Cotabato city, 880 kilometers southeast of Manila, 40,000 faithful gathered at an open air stadium for morning eid prayers. (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Former PM Mahathir claims successor has turned Malaysia into 'police state' KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 23 (AP) Former leader Mahathir Mohamad claimed Monday his successor has turned Malaysia into a police state, saying he is being prevented from publicly airing his grievances toward the government. Mahathir's remarks signalled the failure of his closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Sunday to resolve months of acrimonious attacks that Mahathir has unleashed against Abdullah's three-year-old administration. (Posted @ 09:35 PST)
US diplomat says 'seriously misspoke' on US policy in Iraq WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (AFP) - A senior US diplomat retracted Sunday comments he made in an interview with Al-Jazeera saying Washington had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in its dealing with Iraq. Alberto Fernandez, US State Department director of public diplomacy in the Near Eastern Affairs bureau, said he realized after reading the interview transcript that he "seriously misspoke" in using the phrase "there has been arrogance and stupidity" by the United States in Iraq. "This represents neither my views nor those of the State Department. I apologize," Fernandez said in a statement released by the department. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
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