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| May 13, 2007 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 25, 1428 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Three more die in Karachi, many shops torched KARACHI, May 13 (PPI) - At least three persons died in Karachi on Sunday; while rioters ransacked and torches some shops and a petrol pump at Water-pump area of Gulberg. According to reports, Landhi, Banaras, Qasba and Water Pump area witnessed violent clashes. It was reported that a man died in Landhi area in alleged police firing, while two other men died in Qasba and Peerabad area. Armed men also ransacked shops of construction material at Water Pump bus stop in Gulberg area and later torched them. They also damaged a petrol pump. Police and Rangers rushed to the area and control the situation. (Posted @ 22:16 PST)
Pakistani paramilitary told to shoot rioters: Government KARACHI, May 13,(REUTERS) - The Pakistani government authorised paramilitary troops on Sunday to shoot anyone involved in serious violence in the city of Karachi, where 36 people have been killed over the past two days, an official said. “We have increased the presence of Rangers in the city and have told them to arrest or shoot anyone involved in violence and riots threatening life or property,” Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah told Reuters. (Posted @ 20:04 PST)
Death toll from political unrest in Karachi rises to more than 40 KARACHI, May 13 (AP/Agencies) - The death toll from the worst political violence in years in Karachi during the last 48 hours rose to more than 40 after hospitals received more bodies, hospital officials said Sunday. A political crisis threatening President Gen. Pervez Musharraf exploded into violence on Saturday when pro-government gunmen and opposition activists clashed in Karachi, Pakistan's main sea port and commercial hub. At least 28 people were reported killed in the violence. But the death toll rose to 37 after more dead bodies arrived in four Karachi hospitals and a police officer was killed by a mob late Saturday, police and hospital officials said. Karachi was largely peaceful early Sunday but a group of about 100 people had blocked a street with burning tires and stones in Jamshed Quarters neighborhood, an Associated Press reporter saw. Traffic was thin on many Karachi roads and most shops and restaurants, which are usually busy with people eating breakfast in the early morning, were closed, the reporter said. Reports of clashes, arson and damage to property were received form all parts of Karachi through out the day. (First Posted @ 09:45 PST, Updated @ 22:56 PST)
Schools, Colleges closed Monday, Official mourning Karachi, May 13 (PPI) - Sindh government has decided to observe official mourning Monday (May 14) as official mourning for those killed in violence on Saturday, a private Tv channel reported. It also said that the government has imposed Section 144 through out Karachi. Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim Sunday announced holiday for all educational institutes of Karachi on Monday. He directed Sindh Secretary Education that due to present situation of Karachi all educational institutes of Karachi should be closed. (Posted @ 22:38 PST)
Afghan, Pakistani forces exchange fire, four dead KHOST, Afghanistan, May 13, 2007 (AFP) - Three civilians, including two school pupils, and a policeman were killed when Afghan border guards and Pakistani soldiers exchanged fire on Sunday, a governor said. The fighting erupted in Afghanistan's Paktia province when Pakistani troops fired on Afghan border guards building a security post on the disputed frontier, provincial governor Rahmatullah Rahmat told AFP. (Posted @ 14:35 PST)
Top Taliban commander Dadullah killed: government KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 13, 2007 (AFP) Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah, known as the brains behind the extremist group's military operations, was killed in southern Afghanistan, the government said Sunday. “Dadullah and his brother have been killed during an operation in Helmand province,” the ministry of interior press office said. “Dadullah has been killed and his body is in Kandahar,” provincial governor Asadullah Khalid told reporters in Kandahar city. (First Posted @ 09:25 PST, Updated @ 10:10 PST)
Pakistan-India talks on Sir Creek on Thursday ISLAMABAD, May 13, (PPI) - Pakistan-India two days talks on Sir Creek issue would be held in Rawalpindi on May 17 and 18. Meanwhile, talks on Wuller Barrage would be held on 26th and 27th of June this year. (Posted @ 23:54 PST)
Tennis: Nadal claims third Rome title ROME, May 13, (AFP) - Rafael Nadal stretched his record clay-court win streak to 77 straight victories as he beat Fernando Gonzalez 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to win a third title at the Rome Masters. The Spaniard joined Austrian Thomas Muster with three trophies at the Foro Italico but became the first to win his three in a row. (Posted @ 23:38 PST)
Ahmadinejad calls for US forces to leave Gulf ABU DHABI, May 13, (REUTERS) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for an end to the presence of U.S. troops in the Gulf during a visit to the U.S.-allied United Arab Emirates on Sunday, an Iranian news agency reported. “With each other's help, we can turn the Persian Gulf to the gulf of peace and friendship,” the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying in a meeting with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan. (Posted @ 23:12 PST)
Four Palestinians killed in Gaza shootings GAZA CITY, May 13, (AFP) - Two Palestinians were killed in clashes between Hamas and Fatah gunmen near the presidential compound in Gaza City, bringing to four the number of dead in rival shootouts on Sunday. Eleven people were wounded after loyalists of the two rival factions traded fire on the coast road in the Gaza City, and two of them subsequently died in hospital, medical sources said. Masked gunmen earlier killed a local chief in the Fatah-linked Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and his driver in the northern Gaza Strip in an ambush that the radical faction blamed on Hamas rivals. Hamas denied any responsibility. (Posted @ 21:48 PST)
Bomb attacks kill 67 Iraqis; Al-Qaida group claims it captured US soldiers Baghdad , May 13, (AP) - A suicide truck bomber crashed into the offices of a Kurdish political party on Sunday, killing at least 50 people and wounding scores, including a mayor, officials said. It was the second suicide attack in Kurdish areas of the north in four days. A parked car bomb also exploded near a market in central Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 17 Iraqis, wounding 46 and damaging shops, police said. (Posted @ 21:22 PST)
Cheney holds talks with ally Egypt on Iraq, Iran CAIRO, May 13, (REUTERS) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday toward the end of a regional tour, focusing on ways to stem chaos in Iraq and on Iran's impact on security in the Gulf. The talks with Mubarak, whose country is a key U.S. ally, were part of Washington's efforts to help stabilise the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki amid U.S. concerns of deepening Iranian influence there. (Posted @ 20:58 PST)
55 suspected Taliban, 10 police killed around Afghanistan KABUL, May 13, (AP) - Afghan and international forces killed 55 suspected Taliban in two operations near the border with Pakistan, a spokesman said Sunday. A policeman was also killed in the violence. Separately, in Nangarhar province, one policeman was killed and two were injured when a roadside bomb exploded next to a police vehicle on Sunday, said Mohammad Akrem, the chief of Bati Kot district. (Posted @ 20:36 PST)
Iran 'agrees' to US talks on Iraq TEHRAN, May 13, (AFP) - Iran said on Sunday it has agreed to a request from the United States for talks on Iraq, just over a week after the two archfoes failed to have substantive contacts at a conference in Egypt. “Iran has agreed to talk to the US side over Iraq, in Iraq, in order to relieve the pain of the Iraqi people, to support the government and to reinforce security in Iraq,” foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said. “The time and date of the talks and the ranking of the negotiating team will be made public this week,” he said according to the state-run IRNA agency. (Posted @ 20:26 PST)
Gunfire at Gaza mosque wounds 11: medics GAZA, May 13, (REUTERS) - Gunmen opened fire outside a mosque in Gaza City on Sunday wounding 11 people, three of them critically, hospital officials said. It was unclear who perpetrated the shooting which came hours after a senior commander of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and another member of the Fatah-linked group were killed in an attack the group blamed on the rival Hamas movement. (Posted @ 20:08 PST)
Hockey: Australia win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup IPOH, Malaysia, May 13, 2007 (AFP) - Australia regained the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup by defeating Malaysia 3-1 in the final of the 16th edition here Sunday. The reigning Olympic champions, who have won the trophy four times before, proved far superior to the Malaysians and three field goals in the second half were enough to win the title. (Posted @ 17:20 PST)
At least 3 militants killed in police operation in Dagestan MAKHACHKALA, Russia, May 13 (AP) - Police clashed with militants holed up in a building in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, killing at least three, law enforcement and emergency officials said Sunday. At least two police officers were also wounded. (Posted @ 15:35 PST)
Fatah militant leader shot in Gaza GAZA CITY, May 13, 2007 (AFP) - A local chief in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed faction linked to the Fatah movement, was shot and injured by masked gunmen in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, medical sources said. Baha Abu Jarab, 32, who heads the Brigades in his home town of Beit Lahiya was shot on his way home in the northern Gaza Strip, said Fatah spokesman Tawfiq Abu Khossa, blaming rival Hamas gunmen for the attack. Medical sources said he sustained several gunshot wounds to the body and was in a serious condition. (Posted @ 15:18 PST)
Car bomb kills 30 in northern Iraq - police BAGHDAD, May 13 (Reuters) - A car bomb near the office of a leading Kurdish party in northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, killed 30 people and wounded 50 others on Sunday, police said. (First Posted @ 14:05 PST, Updated @ 14:50 PST)
Iraqi interpreter dead, three US soldiers missing BAGHDAD, May 13, 2007 (AFP) - The US military confirmed on Sunday that an Iraqi interpreter was among five people killed in an attack on US soldiers south of Baghdad, leaving three American soldiers missing. “We have identified four of the five dead and among them is the Iraqi translator,” US military spokesman Major General William Caldwell told reporters in the Iraqi capital. (Posted @ 14:10 PST)
5 killed, 4 missing after boats collide on canal near Myanmar's largest city YANGON, Myanmar, May 13 (AP) - A ferry collided with another passenger boat in a canal near Myanmar's largest city, killing at least five people and leaving four others missing, police said Sunday. The small ferry carrying 67 passengers sank after it collided with a double-decker boat carrying about 50 passengers and cargo on Twantay canal Friday night, said a police officer who insisted on anonymity for fear of disclosing official information without authorization. Five bodies have been recovered from the canal, 34 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of downtown Yangon, while rescue teams continued to search for the missing four, the police officer at the Twantay police station said. (Posted @ 14:00 PST)
Bangladesh cracks down on pleasure cruises DHAKA, May 13, 2007 (AFP) - Bangladesh Sunday announced a crackdown on pleasure cruises after eight people died following an on-board brawl. All such cruises in the delta nation, which is criss-crossed with rivers and known for its frequent ferry disasters, will now need government approval. “We imposed the curb after last week's tragedy,” said Motahar Hossain, a senior official of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
Gunmen kill two Iraqis execution style in a city center BAGHDAD, May 13 (AP) - Iraqi gunmen drove into a crowded Iraqi downtown on Sunday morning, pulled two handcuffed men out of the trunk and shot and killed them in a grisly display meant to send a message to residents not to cooperate with U.S.-led forces, police and witnesses said. ''This is the destiny of traitors,'' the gunmen yelled as they shot their victims in Baqouba, a mostly Sunni city about 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police and witnesses said. Many Iraqis who work as policemen or soldiers, or as translators for American forces, keep their jobs secret and wear face masks to avoid being recognized and later killed by Sunni insurgent groups or Shiite militias that oppose the U.S. coalition as occupiers of Iraq. (Posted @ 13:25 PST)
Sri Lankan soldiers kill 4 Tamil rebels in northwest, says military COLOMBO, May 13 (AP) - Sri Lankan soldiers killed four Tamil Tiger separatists in the northwest, while authorities elsewhere recovered explosives and radios apparently intended for the rebels, the military said Sunday. The clash between soldiers and rebels took place on Saturday in Mannar district, 220 kilometers (135 miles) northwest of capital Colombo, when security forces spotted insurgents near a defense line, an official at the Defense Ministry's media center said. (Posted @ 10:45 PST)
Suspected bird flu death in Indonesia JAKARTA, May 13 (AFP) - An Indonesian woman who tested positive in preliminary tests for human bird flu died on Sunday, a health ministry official said. Indonesia requires that the results of a second test are positive before confirming any human bird flu fatality. The latest death, if confirmed, would push the country's human bird flu death toll to 76, the world's highest. The woman, 26, who was four months pregnant with her second child, died at a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, early on Sunday, the official said. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
Five Maoist rebels killed in eastern India RANCHI, India, May 13, 2007 (AFP) - Five Maoist guerrillas were killed in a shootout after security forces in eastern India raided a rebel hideout, police said Sunday. Police and paramilitary troops attacked the hideout where more than 700 rebels were present late Saturday night. “The gunbattle lasted more than four hours. Five rebels were killed. The others escaped,” Superintendent of Police Mohammed Nehal told AFP in Ranchi. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
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