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| November 27, 2006 | Monday | Ziqa'ad 5, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
India, Pakistan foreign ministers to meet in Islamabad in January NEW DELHI, Nov 27 (AFP) The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan agreed Monday to meet in Islamabad early next year for "substantive talks" on the peace process. "We have agreed on the dates. I look forward to welcome him on the 13th of January in Islamabad," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said after an informal lunch with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. Kasuri is currently in India on a private visit. "We will have substantive talks at that point of time (in January)," Mukherjee told reporters after the lunch. Kasuri also said that "after my meeting today I have greater hope" for the peace process.(Posted @ 15:30 PST)
Pakistan a peaceful country: Shaukat Islamabad, Nov 27 (PPI)- Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Monday said that Pakistan will continue to provide adequate capability to its armed forces to ensure peace and stability in the region. Presiding over a meeting of Defence Committee of the Cabinet he said that without any early settlement of the Kashmir dispute in keeping with the wishes and aspirations of the Kashmiri people, abiding peace in South Asia will continue to elude us. The committee approved the second phase of the Jinnah Naval Base at Ormara. The Foreign Secretary briefed the Committee about the geo-strategic situation and his recent visit to India and the ongoing process of composite dialogue with it. (Posted @ 21:10 PST)
Iraqi President arrives in Tehran for talks TEHRAN, Nov 27 (AFP) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Tehran Monday for talks with the Iranian leadership. The visit comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity to resolve the worsening situation in Iraq, with US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki set to meet Wednesday in the Jordanian capital Amman. (First Posted @ 20:20 PST, Updated@ 20:30 PST)
10 killed in group home fire in southwest Missouri; at least a dozen hospitalized ANDERSON, Missouri, Nov 27 (AP) At least 10 people were killed in a fire early Monday at a group home for the mentally disabled in southwest Missouri, the state fire marshal said. At least 12 others were injured. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. (Posted @ 20:25 PST)
21 Pakistani fishermen arrested by Indian navy Thatta, Nov 27 (PPI) Indian Navy arrested 21 fishermen of Thatta region on Sunday-Monday night. According to local fishing sources Indian Navy helicopters and boats encircled five fishing boats of Pakistani fishermen and arrested three Pakistani boats, Al-Noor, Al-Nazar and Blessing and arrested all the fishermen on board. Two fishing boats and their crew escaped. (Posted @ 20:15 PST)
4 killed in bus crash in Balochistan QUETTA, Pakistan, Nov 27 (PPI): Four passengers were killed in a collision between a Karachi-bound coach and a truck near Khuzdar city in the small hours Monday. At least eight other passengers were injured, four seriously. (Posted @ 20:10 PST)
Cricket-Injured Dravid out of one-day series DURBAN, South Africa, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Indian captain Rahul Dravid will miss the last two matches of the one-day series against South Africa with a finger injury. Virender Sehwag will take over the captaincy for the matches in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday and in Centurion on Sunday, Indian media manager Rajan Nair told reporters Monday. Dravid sustained the injury while fielding in the slips in the third ODI in Cape Town on Sunday. (Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Saddam trial adjourns until Tuesday BAGHDAD, Nov 27 (AFP) The genocide trial of Saddam Hussein was adjourned on Monday after the court heard two more witnesses describe the torture and murder of Kurds by Iraqi forces in 1988. The judge concluded the hearing with a stern admonishment to the defence to prepare its list of witnesses - a list that should have been submitted Monday. "You already had 20 days," he told lawyers. "I will give you two more days. No more and no less." The trial is to resume Tuesday. (First Posted @ 13:55 PST, Updated @ 19:40 PST)
Afghanistan may destabilise Pakistan, India: Armitage SINGAPORE, Nov 27 (Reuters) Failure to restore peace to Afghanistan may jeopardise stability in neighbouring Pakistan and have a knock-on effect on India, former U.S. deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage said on Monday. Calling on the international community to pay more attention to Afghanistan, Armitage said persistent violence in that country might wreck Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's efforts to defeat the forces of religious extremism at home. "I want to call your attention to Afghanistan. The stakes in Afghanistan are actually larger in the near term than they are in Iraq," said Armitage, speaking at a seminar for conflict mediators in Asia. Continued clashes in Afghanistan could also have knock-on effects on India, which may already perceive itself to be surrounded by failed or failing states such as Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, he said. (Posted @ 18:35 PST)
US F16 crashes in Iraq with one pilot onboard FALLUJA, Iraq, Nov 27 (Reuters) A US F16 warplane crashed northwest of Baghdad on Monday with one pilot on board, the U.S. military said. A spokeswoman said she had no information on the fate of the pilot or the cause of the crash. (Posted @ 18:25 PST)
British Defense Secretary says divided Iraq would threaten regional stability LONDON, November 27 (AP) A divided Iraq would threaten regional stability, British Defense Secretary Des Browne said Monday. ``Dividing Iraq into Sunni, Shia and Kurdish areas might appear seductive but it would not solve sectarian tensions,'' Browne said in an address to the Royal Institute of International Affairs. ``A divided Iraq would also threaten regional stability. Even without that division Iraq is vulnerable to becoming a crucible for wider regional tensions,” he said. (Posted @ 18:10 PST)
Pakistan, U.S. to hold education talks in Washington this week ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (AP) Pakistani education minister Javed Ashraf Qazi will travel to the United States this week to discuss with U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings how Washington can help Islamabad in the education sector, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said Monday. Aslam said the talks set to begin Wednesday, will provide an opportunity for both sides ``to hold discussions on a range of subjects relating to strengthening collaboration in the field of education at all levels and consider specific proposals for enhancing bilateral educational cooperation.” (Posted @ 18:05 PST)
At least 13 killed in clashes around Baghdad BAGHDAD, Nov 27 (AFP) At least 13 people were killed in clashes between police and insurgents in Baghdad on Monday, said a medical source at Yarmuk hospital. Nine of the dead were police while the rest were passers-by, said the source, who added that 20 policemen were also wounded. The clashes took place in the western neighborhood of Yarmuk and the southern areas of Saidiyah and Dura. Monday was the first day after the lifting of a three day curfew in the wake of a series of bomb attacks in Sadr City on Thursday that killed over 200 people. (First Posted @ 13:55 PST, Updated @ 17:45 PST)
39 dead as military plane crashes in Tehran TEHRAN, Nov 27 (AFP) A Shiraz-bound Iranian military plane crashed on takeoff at Tehran's Mehrabad airport early Monday killing all 39 people on board, including 30 members of the Revolutionary Guards, police said. An official spokesman said that three people who initially survived the crash of the Antonov 74 died on their way to hospital. "An engine failure and veering from the runway resulted in the crash," he said, adding that the others killed were crew members. (Updated @ 17:37 PST)
Bangladesh polls announced for January 21 amid opposition protests DHAKA, Nov 27 (AFP) Some 50,000 Bangladeshi opposition supporters massed in central Dhaka Monday to press for electoral reforms as officials announced the country would go to the polls on January 21. As the election commission set December 10 as the deadline for filing of nominations for the 300-seat parliament, opposition Awami League and its 13 leftist allies said: “We cannot accept this schedule." (First Posted @ 13:50 PST, Updated @ 17:35 PST)
Indian troops kill three militants in occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Nov 27 (AFP) - Indian troops in revolt-hit occupied Kashmir shot dead three militants in two separate gunbattles while freedom fighters killed two soldiers and a policeman in another clash, officials said Monday. Two militants were killed late Sunday in Pampore, about 15 kilometers south of Srinagar, police said. A third militant was shot dead early Monday in Anantnag district, further south of Pampore. Meanwhile, the army said an unspecified number of militants managed to escape from the northern Bandipora district after killing two soldiers and a policeman during a two-day gunbattle. "The militants took advantage of the built up area and escaped from our cordon," an army spokesman said. (Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Israel ready for prisoner swap for captured soldier SDE BOKER, Israel, Nov 27 (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday he was prepared to release many Palestinian prisoners and unblock frozen Palestinian funds in exchange for the release of a captured soldier. "In exchange for Gilad Shalit, Israel is ready to release many Palestinian prioners, including some who have been sentenced heavily," he said at a function in the Negev desert. "We will also unblock the funds that we have frozen," he added. (Posted @ 17:05 PST)
Israel failed to learn from US mistakes in Iraq: Armitage SINGAPORE, Nov 27 (AFP) Israel failed to learn from US mistakes in Iraq when it fought the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, former US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage said Monday. He said Israel conducted the 34-day July-August war "in a manner that was guaranteed to fail by trying to do it antiseptically from the air, instead of learning the lessons that we seem to have forgotten in Iraq, and that is that only a soldier with a bayonet" can bend an enemy's will. Delivering a keynote address at the start of the three-day gathering of mediators who have tried to resolve Asia's most intractable conflicts, Armitage said the United States could neither win nor lose militarily in Iraq. "We cannot want a success there more than Iraqis want a success. We can't want it for them, and it's over to them, now." (Posted @ 17:00 PST)
Britain to cut thousands of troops in Iraq next year LONDON, Nov 27 (AFP) Britain expects to withdraw substantial number of troops from Iraq by the end of next year, from the current total of some 7,100, Defence Secretary Des Browne said Monday. "I can tell you that by the end of next year, I expect numbers of British forces in Iraq to be significantly lower, by a matter of thousands," Browne said in a defence policy speech in London. (Posted @ 16:40 PST)
Seventeen killed, 57 injured in southern India road accident NEW DELHI, Nov 27 (AFP) At least 17 people were killed and 57 injured, many critically late Sunday when a truck with 80 people on board veered off the road in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu’s, a report said Monday. (First Posted @ 09:30 PST, Updated @ 16:30 PST)
Three US soldiers die in Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov 27 (AFP) Three US soldiers were killed and two more wounded Sunday morning during combat operations in Baghdad, the American Army announced in a statement Monday without giving details. (First Posted @ 12:00 PST, Updated @ 16:20 PST)
75 injured in Thai train crash BANGKOK, Nov 27 (AFP) Some 75 people were injured after a train heading from Bangkok to Thailand's northern tourist spot Chiang Mai slammed into another passenger train, police said Monday. The accident occurred around midnight when the Chiang Mai-bound train crashed into the last carriage of the second train, which was stopped on the tracks, police said. (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Ceasefire holds in Gaza despite West Bank deaths GAZA CITY, Nov 27 (AFP) A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was holding on Monday for a second day despite continued violence in the occupied West Bank where two Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military operation. Abdel Razek Nasser, 25, a local head of the Resistance Committees, died in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers in Kabatiyeh. The woman was killed by mistake as she rushed to help, local medical and security sources said. Despite the West Bank deaths, Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz said the army had exercised restraint "so as not to give the most extremist terrorist elements the chance to lead the entire region in a new escalation of violence". (Posted @ 16:05 PST)
FIFA lift ban on Iran for Asian Games DUBAI, Nov 27 (AFP) World football's governing body FIFA has temporarily lifted its ban on Iran so it can take part in the Asian Games football competition after frantic behind the scenes manoeuvering. "The ban has been provisionally lifted. The team can participate in the Asian Games," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in Dubai. (Posted @ 16:00 PST)
UN helicopters, troops open fire against rebels in eastern DRC KINSHASA, Nov 27 (AFP) United Nations helicopters and peacekeepers on Monday opened fire against rebels after coming under attack in and around the eastern town of Sake in Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman for the UN mission in the DRC (MONUC) said. Forces loyal to a rebel general seized part of Sake Sunday in heavy firefights with government soldiers. There were no MONUC casualties, Dalal said. There were no casualty figures for the rebels.(Posted @ 15:20 PST)
20 dead in China road accident BEIJING, Nov 27 (AFP) Twenty people were killed and four others injured in western China Sunday when the truck they were riding in turned over, the government reported Monday.(Posted @ 13:00 PST)
NATO soldiers kill Afghan civilian KABUL, Nov 27 (AFP) NATO troops killed an Afghan civilian who failed to stop at a checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand, the alliance said Monday.(Posted @ 13:15 PST)
India says first missile intercept test a success BHUBANESWAR, India, Nov 27 (AFP) India said Monday that its first test of a missile designed to intercept other missiles was a success. The test saw a surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile shot down over the Bay of Bengal by a similar missile fired seconds later.(Posted @ 12:35 PST)
Three civil wars loom in Middle East: King Abdullah WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) The Middle East is on the verge of three civil wars -- in Iraq, Israel and Lebanon --unless strong action is taken urgently by the international community, Jordan's King Abdullah warned late Sunday. With U.S. President George W. Bush heading to Amman this week to talk with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Abdullah said "something dramatic" must come from that meeting to stop violence spinning out of control in Iraq. "…it is time that we really take a strong step forward as part of the international community and make sure we avert the Middle East from a tremendous crisis that I fear, and I see could possibly happen in 2007," Abdullah said.(Posted @ 11:45 PST)
Afghan suicide attack kills two NATO soldiers KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov 27 (AFP) A suicide car bomb struck an ISAF convoy outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Monday, killing two foreign soldiers, the NATO-led force said.(Posted @ 10:05 PST)
China coal mine blast kills 24 BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters) A gas blast killed 24 coal miners in China's northern province of Shanxi, Xinhua news agency said on Monday.(Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 120.50 points: KARACHI, Nov 27: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 10750.40 , down 120.50 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, Nov 27: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.8 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
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