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| October 29, 2006 | Sunday | Shawwal 5, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Over 100 dead in Nigerian airliner crash ABUJA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - About 100 people including the head of Nigeria's Muslims died on Sunday when a local airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nigerian capital Abuja, authorities said. An ADC Airlines official said 105 people were on board the scheduled flight to the northern city of Sokoto when it plouged into a field about 2 km from the runway, and no more than five people had survived. "The plane crash ... led to the death of our Sultan ... among about 100 people," the governor of Sokoto state, Attahiru Bafarawa, told reporters. Bafarawa declared six days of mourning for Sultan Ibrahim Muhammadu Maccido, who leads an estimated 70 million Muslims. Maccido, was also the most senior traditional ruler of northern Nigeria, was instrumental in quelling religious bloodshed in the central state of Plateau in 2004. (First Posted @ 16:30 PST Updated @ 23:06 PST)
Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess arrives ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (PPI) Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall arrived here Sunday on a three day visit. During his stay in the federal capital, Prince Charlas would call on President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. His meetings with the Pakistani leadership and members of the civil society would be focused on inter-faith issues, education and youth entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. He would also visit Peshawar, Lahore and Northern Areas. (First Posted @ 17:45 PST Updated @ 22:50 PST)
22 killed, 30 injured in road crash in punjab ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct 29 (Reuters) - At least 22 people, including four women and six children, were killed and 30 injured when an oil tanker and a bus collided head-on near Muzaffargarh in southern punjab on Sunday. The death toll could rise as many injured were in critical condition, police said. (First Posted @ 19:28 PST Updated @ 22:30 PST)
Troops kill 55 militants in Afghanistan, NATO soldier killed KABUL, Oct 29 (AFP) - Afghan and NATO-led troops killed up to 55 insurgents in a battle involving attack helicopters and air support while a foreign soldier was killed and eight wounded in a bomb blast, the force said Sunday. The separate incidents were on Saturday in Uruzgan province. In one, ISAF and Afghan troops were attacked by between 100 and 150 insurgents near a base. "In a firefight lasting several hours, up to 55 insurgents were killed." An Afghan soldier was wounded. In the second encounter, an ISAF convoy was struck by a bomb and one soldier was killed and eight wounded, a statement said. (First Posted @ 09:40 PST; Updated @ 10:40 PST)
Bangladesh president sworn in as interim government chief DHAKA, Oct 29, (AFP) - Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed was sworn in Sunday as the head of the interim administration that will oversee national elections in January, in a ceremony broadcast live on television. The ceremony was boycotted by the main opposition Awami League, whose objection to the government's former plan to install former Supreme Court justice K.M. Hasan in the post. At least 18 people have died in clashes over the past three days involving opposition supporters opposed to Hasan's appointment, police and ruling party activists. (First Posted @ 18:46 PST Updated @ 22:40 PST)
Bangladesh opposition calls nationwide protests DHAKA, Oct 29, (AFP) - The Bangladesh opposition called nationwide protests for Monday after president Iajuddin Ahmed was sworn in Sunday as the head of the interim administration that will oversee national elections in January, an official said. "The Awami League has called a nationwide transport blockade and protests for Monday," Amir Hossain Amu, a senior Awami League leader, told AFP. (Posted @ 22:32 PST)
Road accident kills 17 in southern Philippines COTABATO, Philippines, Oct 29, (AFP) - Seventeen people have been killed after a truck smashed into a crowd of revelers and parked vehicles in the southern Philippines, police said Sunday. The truck, carrying gravel and sand, lost its brakes Saturday as it was negotiating down a slope and plowed into the crowd in the village of Makilala in North Cotabato province. (Posted @ 21:58 PST)
Yemen says arrests 8 Qaeda-linked arms smugglers SANAA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Yemeni forces have arrested eight foreigners with suspected links to al Qaeda who were smuggling weapons from Yemen to Somalia, a senior Interior Ministry official said on Sunday. The official said four of the smugglers held Australian passports and one was a Danish national, but gave no details on the identities of the three others. (Posted @ 19:24 PST)
Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan is stable: wife ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The condition of Pakistan's nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has stabilized after getting treatment for deep vein thrombosis, his wife said on Sunday. Henny Khan said on Saturday her husband's condition had deteriorated after he was diagnosed as suffering from deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot, usually in a vein in the lower leg. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan had been recovering from surgery for prostrate cancer in early September. "Initially, his condition deteriorated but now it is stable," she told Reuters. (Posted @ 19:18 PST)
Hamas announces militant died while digging underground tunnel to be used to fight Israel GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, October 29, (AP) _ A Hamas militant died Sunday while digging an underground tunnel to be used in the Islamic group's fight against Israel, Hamas said in a statement. The group did not identify the location of the tunnel. It was the first time Hamas announced that a member had died while digging tunnels, used by militant groups in Gaza both to smuggle weapons from Egypt and, at times, to penetrate Israel and carry out attacks. (Posted @ 18:54 PST)
Iraqi state TV sports presenter and driver killed BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A sports presenter at state television station Iraqiya was killed with her driver in Baghdad on Sunday, an official at the station and police said, in the second murder of a sports reporter in five months. Journalists and media workers are a frequent target of insurgent attacks and Iraqiya had another sports anchorman, Ali Jaafar, shot dead in May. The Iraqiya official said Naqsheen Hamad was a presenter on Iraqiya's sports division, al-Atyaf. (Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Kidnapped US soldier has secret Iraqi wife: relative BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (AFP) - An American soldier who was kidnapped this week in Baghdad had left his base to visit his secret Iraqi wife, a relative told AFP on condition the family not be identified. According to relatives, the soldier was visiting his wife at a family home in the downtown Karrada district of Baghdad when masked gunmen in three cars stormed the building and kidnapped him. The American soldier had married the Iraqi woman in secret. "The family were against the marriage," he said Saturday. The kidnapping has triggered a massive manhunt by thousands of US soldiers, who have set up cordons and checkpoints around Baghdad and have carried out raids and searches at several locations in the city. (Posted @ 11:50 PST)
More deadly clashes in Sri Lanka with peace talks underway COLOMBO, Oct 29 (AFP) - At least five people were killed in clashes in north and east Sri Lanka overnight, as the government and rebel Tamil Tigers held peace talks in Geneva. Two suspected rebels were found dead after police repulsed an attack on their patrol late Saturday, officials said. A third Tiger fighter was gunned down when an unidentified man stormed into hospital ward in northern Anuradhapura town where he had been recovering from stab wounds and opened fire, police said. Two soldiers were killed by rebel gunfire in a separate skirmish in the northern Jaffna peninsula Saturday, defence officials said. The fighting came as the LTTE and the government met for the first time in eight months in a bid to halt the spiralling violence. No progress was reported on the first day of talks, with both sides showing little indication of giving any ground as they wrapped up the meeting Sunday. Norwegian peace brokers said they were trying to get the parties to agree to meet again in December and January to keep the peace hopes alive and save a tattered 2002 ceasefire. (Posted @ 11:35 PST)
12 workers killed and 11 injured in western China oil tank explosion BEIJING, Oct 29 (AP) _ Twelve workers were killed and 11 were injured when the oil storage tank they were cleaning exploded in western China, an official and state media said Sunday. The storage tank, outside the city of Karamay, was under construction and was being cleaned by the workers when the explosion occurred Saturday night, the Xinhua News Agency reported. (Posted @ 10:25 PST)
Bush confident Republicans will keep control of Congress SELLERSBURG, Indiana, Oct 29 (AFP) - President George W. Bush said Saturday that members of his Republican Party would hold onto their majority in Congress, despite polls showing opposition Democrats gaining just 10 days ahead of US legislative elections. "There are big differences in Washington, DC between Republicans and Democrats," said Bush, speaking to party faithful at his first public rally of the campaign. The biggest differences between the parties, Bush said, lie in "which party will keep the tax low and the economy growing and which party will take the necessary steps to protect you from the terrorists. The Democrats will raise your taxes, and the Republicans will keep your taxes low." (Posted @ 10:15 PST)
Blair facing two-front attack on Iraq, Afghanistan policies LONDON, Oct 29 (AFP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair's military policies were attacked on two fronts Sunday as a leaked memo linked them with terrorism at home and his favorite general called the Afghanistan war "cuckoo." Leaked cabinet documents published in The Sunday Telegraph apparently acknowledge that Britain's troop deployments in both Iraq and Afghanistan have fuelled terrorism in Britain. In an interview in The Observer weekly, meanwhile, General Charles Guthrie, a former chief of the defense staff, described the deployment of soldiers in Afghanistan as "cuckoo." "Anyone who thought this was going to be a picnic in Afghanistan ....to launch the British army in with the numbers there are, while we're still going in Iraq, is cuckoo," he told The Observer. Guthrie's comments follow those of General Sir Richard Dannatt, the chief of the General Staff, who called this month for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq "sometime soon" because they were contributing to Britain's security problems. (Posted @ 10:08 PST)
Thousands march in California against Iraq war LOS ANGELES, Oct 29 (AFP) - Thousands of protesters marched against the Iraq war and the government of President George W. Bush on Saturday in Los Angeles and San Francisco, just days ahead of crucial congressional elections. In Los Angeles, some 2,000 demonstrators rallied in Hollywood chanting anti-war slogans such as "Give peace a chance" and "The war is over if you want it," in references to hit protest songs by the late Beatle John Lennon. Several hundred people also marched in San Francisco, a bastion of liberal anti-war sentiment, local news media reported. In Chicago, a group of anti-war demonstrators fanned out across the city with bull horns, banners, leaflets and petitions. (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
Bolivian govt reaches nationalization deals with all energy companies LA PAZ, Oct 29 (AFP) - The Bolivian government announced late Saturday it had reached nationalization agrreements with all foreign oil and gas companies operating in the country. (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
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