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| January 05, 2007 | Friday | Zilhaj 14, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
PM Aziz briefs President on Afghanistan trip ISLAMABAD, Jan 05 (Agencies): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the presidential camp office in Rawalpindi and updated him about his recent visit to Afghanistan. The president made it clear that fencing the border with Afghanistan is aimed at controlling cross border movement and tightening security. "We have taken the decision after consulting the authorities' concerned and all our allies," he added. During the meeting the two leaders also discussed the overall political situation in the country. Musharraf said the parliament would complete its tenure and the election would be held on time. He said that he would decide about his military uniform in line with the constitution and would take a decision on it at an apropriate time. (Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Pentagon names new top generals for Iraq, Central Command WASHINGTON, Jan 5, 2007 (AFP) - The Pentagon on Friday said it was replacing the US generals in charge of Iraq and crucial Central Command, in the latest step of a shake-up of senior US diplomatic and military personnel. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he would recommend that General George Casey, commander of multinational forces in Iraq, be replaced by Lieutenant General David Petraeus. He also proposed Admiral William Fallon to succeed General John Abizaid as commander of Central Command. Casey will become Army chief of staff, Gates said in a statement. (Posted @ 02:10 PST)
15 die in attacks in northeast India GUWAHATI, India, Jan 5 (APP/AFP) - At least 15 people were killed and seven hurt in a series of attacks Friday in India's troubled northeastern state of Assam, officials said. "Fifteen people have died and seven wounded in the separate attacks," a police official said in Guwahati, Assam's largest city. (Posted @ 23:48 PST)
New U.N. chief appoints Tanzania's foreign minister as deputy secretary-general UNITED NATIONS, Jan 5(AP) _ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Tanzania's Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro to the number two job at the United Nations on Friday, calling her a highly respected leader and outstanding manager who has championed the developing world. (Posted @ 22:56 PST)
Cricket-South Africa need 211 to win CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jan 5 (AFP) Scoreboard at the end of India's second innings on the fourth day of the third and final Test between South Africa and India at Newlands Friday: India first innings 414, South Africa first innings 373, India second innings 169 all out (Dravid 47, Ganguly 46; Steyn 7-0-30-4). South Africa need 211 to win. (Posted @ 21:44 PST)
Five killed in Sri Lanka bus blast COLOMBO, Jan 5 (AFP) Suspected Tamil Tigers set off a powerful explosion aboard a bus, killing at least five people and wounding 50 others near Colombo, defence ministry said. The bus attack came hours after the Tigers accused the government forces of penetrating into their area of control in the north triggering a mine. (First Posted @ 11:40 PST Updated @ 21:10 PST)
Bush names new spy chief with Iraq speech looming WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (AFP) US President George W. Bush on Friday named a new spy chief. In a brief White House ceremony, Bush nominated director of national intelligence John Negroponte to be US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's deputy. Bush also announced that he had chosen vice admiral Michael McConnell, a former head of the National Security Agency, to replace Negroponte at the head of all 16 US spy agencies, officials said. (Posted @ 21:08 PST)
Eight killed in Iraq attacks BAGHDAD, Jan 5 (AFP) At least eight people were killed in attacks in Iraq on Friday, a security official said. Five people were killed and 15 wounded when four mortars fell into Zafaraniyah neighbourhood in southern Baghdad. In another attack northeast of Baghdad, three Iraqi army soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb blast. (Posted @ 21:06 PST)
Supreme Court asks for report on kite flying permission KARACHI, Jan 5 (APP) The Supreme Court on Friday asked for a report from the Chief Secretary Punjab on the permission for Basant kite flying by the Punjab government. A three-member bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Rana Bhagwan Das, Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad and Justice Hamid Ali Mirza, adjourned the proceedings till January 22. It also issued a notice to the Advocate General Punjab to appear before the court. (Posted @ 21:04 PST)
MQM chief says won’t lead party anymore due to health issues London, Jan 05 (Agencies): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief, Altaf Hussain, in a statement issued from London Friday urged his party workers to carry forward the MQM mission, saying that his health now does not allow him to bear the burden of leading the party any more. Expressing dismay over the ‘feudal’ attitude of some members of his party, without taking their names, he said “some leaders are seen roaming around in big vehicles, while party workers work day and night with dedication and hard work,” he said. (Posted @ 20:16 PST)
Chirac calls for Middle East peace conference PARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) French President Jacques Chirac on Friday renewed a call for an international conference to help restore Middle East stability in an address. "As France feared and warned, the war in Iraq set off upheavals whose effects have not yet been fully played out," he said in a speech to diplomats in Paris. Conflict in the wider region could produce a confrontation "on an unimaginable scale," he said. Chirac said the international community had a duty to try to rebuild confidence in the peace process in the region. "The Israeli-Palestinian conflict crystallizes all these resentments," he said. (First Posted @ 17:50 PST Updated @ 19:50 PST)
Protests in occupied Kashmir against Saddam hanging, 20 hurt SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, Jan 5 (Reuters) Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells to disperse hundreds of protesters, while shops and markets remained closed in Srinagar and other towns on Friday in a second day of demonstrations over the execution of Saddam Hussein. "About 20 people including two policemen were injured in the clashes," said police. Meanwhile, thousands of people in Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, also marched through the streets and shouted anti-US slogans. (First Posted @ 14:25 PST Updated @ 19:38 PST)
Iraqi PM accuses clerics of fuelling tension BAGHDAD, Jan 5 (Reuters) Iraq's prime minister accused The Muslim Clerics' Association on Friday of stoking sectarian tension by saying that militias were preparing attacks on neighborhoods in Baghdad. (Posted @ 19:02 PST)
Over 20 feared dead in Azad Kashmir landslide MUZAFFARABAD, Azad Kashmir, Jan 5 (AFP) More than 20 people were trapped and feared dead Friday when a landslide triggered by recent rain hit their vehicle near Kotli, about 210 kilometers south of Muzaffarabad, officials said. "Two people have been rescued but more than 20 were still trapped inside the vehicle," an official said. (Posted @ 18:18 PST)
Pakistan orders legal facilities for Briton held in plane plot ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (AFP) A Pakistani court Friday ordered jail authorities to extend legal facilities to a British man, Rashid Rauf, suspected in plot to blow up transatlantic jets. Rauf's lawyer told the judge that his client was being kept in Rawalpindi prison under harsh conditions and had been held in handcuffs. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
US citizen, two interpreters kidnapped in Iraq BASRA, Iraq, Jan 5 (AFP) An American and his two interpreters have been kidnapped from near Basra city Friday, police said Friday. A US embassy spokesman in Baghdad said the embassy was "looking into these reports". (Posted @ 17:28 PST)
Commander among 18 Taliban killed in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jan 5 (AFP) Afghan forces backed by NATO-led troops fought Taliban insurgents in Kajaki district of southern Helmand province late Thursday killing 15, including a regional commander, while three more died planting a bomb in Greshk district of the same province, police said Friday. (Posted @ 17:22 PST)
Al-Qaeda leader calls for guerrilla war in Somalia DUBAI, Jan 5 (AFP) Al-Qaeda number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, called for Somali Islamists to use guerrilla tactics being used in Iraq and Afghanistan against government forces and their Ethiopian allies, in a video message released on a website Friday. "I call on all Muslims to respond to the appeal for Jihad (holy struggle) in Somalia," Osama bin Laden's deputy said in the message posted on a site usually used by Al-Qaeda. "The real war will start with attacks against the Ethiopian forces of aggression." (Posted @ 14:25 PST)
Bangladesh ex-ruler ordered to turn himself in DHAKA, Jan 5 (Reuters) Bangladesh's former army ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad, banned from contesting elections on corruption charges, has been ordered to surrender to a Dhaka court by January 17, legal officials said Friday. The deadline was set Thursday by the Dhaka District and Session Judge's Court. On December 14, the Supreme Court confirmed a two-year jail sentence, given earlier by a lower court, against Ershad for squandering state funds in a deal to buy patrol boats from Japan while he was in power from 1982 to 1990. (Posted @ 11:20 PST)
Former Nuremberg prosecutor dead at 92 CHICAGO, Jan 5 (AP) Labour law scholar Bernard D. Meltzer, who helped draft the charter of the United Nations and served as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crime trials after World War II, died Thursday of prostate cancer at his home in Chicago, according to his family and the University of Chicago Law School, where he was the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus. He was 92. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
Bush to outline new Iraq policy next week, name US ambassador to Iraq to UN post WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) U.S. President George W. Bush said Thursday he will outline his new Iraq policy next week and that he was still involved in consultations as he develops the strategy. "I will be ready to outline a strategy…sometime next week. I will want to make sure that the mission is clear and specific and can be accomplished," he said after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Bush will also be naming next week the current US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, to the top diplomatic post at the United Nations, a senior State Department official said Thursday. Khalilzad, 55, an Afghan-American and a Muslim, has served as ambassador in Baghdad since June 2005. (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Bush, Maliki discuss future Iraq security; concerns regarding Saddam hanging WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (AFP) US President George W. Bush agreed with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Thursday that there must be "sufficient" security forces in Baghdad, the White House said. Bush also told Maliki that he did "the right thing" by ordering a probe into the footage of Saddam Hussein's execution, which has sparked international concern, said spokesman Tony Snow. The two topics arose in a one-hour, 45-minute teleconference. Also, after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday, Bush said that Saddam Hussein's execution should have occurred "in a more dignified way" and called on Iraq to fully investigate what happened during the hanging. "I wish, obviously that the proceedings had gone in a more dignified way." (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
US nuclear weapons chief dismissed for security breaches WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (AFP) Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman on Thursday announced the dismissal of the head of the US nuclear weapons program after a series of security breaches and management problems. Ambassador Linton Brooks, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), will tender his resignation to President George W. Bush and leave his post later this month, Bodman said in a statement. (Posted @ 09:10 PST)
Fiji military chief and coup leader sworn in as PM SUVA, Jan 5 (Reuters) Fiji's military commander was sworn in as interim prime minister Friday by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, exactly a month after his bloodless coup overthrew the South Pacific nation's government. Commander Frank Bainimarama said he would remain head of the military as well as lead the interim government. (Posted @ 09:05 PST)
Abbas, Haniya meet in Gaza, call for calm, pullback of armed men GAZA CITY, Jan 5 (AFP) Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of Fatah and prime minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas agreed to "call for calm and the withdrawal of armed men from the streets" after a meeting here early Friday aimed at ending the deadly confrontations between the two groups, Haniya said. "We have decided to appeal for calm and for the withdrawal of all the armed men from the streets and to continue the dialogue," Haniya told journalists after his meeting with Abbas at the president's office in which two members of an Egyptian security delegation took part. Abbas did not meet the press after the meeting. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
Cricket- Australia (393) & 46-0, England (291 & 147) SYDNEY, Jan 5 (Reuters) Australia beat England by 10 wickets to win the fifth and final Ashes test before lunch on the fourth day at the Sydney Cricket Ground Friday. Scores: England 291 from 103.4 overs (Andrew Flintoff 89, Ian Bell 71) and 147 from 58 overs (Glenn McGrath 3-38, Brett Lee 3-39), Australia 393 from 96.3 overs (Shane Warne 71, Adam Gilchrist 62) and 46-0 from 10.5 overs. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
Cricket- Australia name one-day squad SYDNEY, Jan 5 (Reuters) Australia named the following squad Friday for the one-day series against England and New Zealand starting this month: Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist (vice-captain), Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Stuart Clark, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Brad Hogg, Mitchell Johnson, Cameron White. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 37.16 points: KARACHI, Jan 5: At close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 10147.36, down 37.16 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:02 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, Jan 5: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.85 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 16:02 PST)
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