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| July 29, 2007 | Sunday | Rajab 13, 1428 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Cricket: England 43-0 against India NOTTINGHAM, England, July 29, (AFP) - England in their second innings were 43 without loss, a deficit of 240, at stumps on the third day of the second Test against India at Trent Bridge here on Sunday. Andrew Strauss was 21 not out and Alastair Cook 17 not out. The three-match series is level at 0-0. (Posted @ 23:22 PST)
Two US soldiers killed around Baghdad BAGHDAD, July 29, (AFP) - Two US soldiers were killed during combat operations in and around Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, as US and Iraqi troops assaulted a ring of insurgent strongholds around the capital. (Posted @ 20:52 PST)
Football: Iraq win Asian Cup final JAKARTA, July 29, (AFP) - Iraq won the Asian Cup final for the first time in its history on Sunday, beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 with a second half goal from captain Younis Mahmoud. (Posted @ 19:56 PST)
Seventy miners trapped in flooded China coal mine BEIJING, July 29, (AFP) - Seventy Chinese miners were trapped Sunday after a coal mine flooded in central Henan province, the state Xinhua news agency reported, saying rescue efforts were under way. The miners were working at the Zhijian coal mine in Shanxian county, about 200 kilometers west of the provincial capital Zhengzhou, when they were trapped early Sunday, a county official told Xinhua. (Posted @ 19:24 PST)
7 killed in Russian cargo plane crash near Moscow MOSCOW July 29 (APP/AP) - A Russian cargo plane crashed Sunday minutes after taking off from a Moscow airport, killing all seven crew on board, officials said. The An-12 four-engine turboprop belonging to the private Atran carrier went down at 4:22 am local time (0022 GMT), just after taking off from the Domodedovo airport southeast of Moscow, Russian Emergency Situations spokesman Viktor Beltsov said. (Posted @ 18:44 PST)
Taliban set 0730 Monday as last hostage deadline KABUL, July 29, (Reuters) - Taliban leaders set 0730 GMT on Monday as the last deadline for the Korean hostages, a rebel spokesman said on Sunday, and said the group will start killing the captives if Taliban prisoners were not freed by then. “Since the talks between us, the Kabul administration and Korean government have reached deadlock and they are not honest ... so, we will start killing the hostages if they do not start releasing our prisoners by tomorrow at 12 o'clock,” Qari Mohammad Yousuf said. (Posted @ 18:05 PST)
Five dead in occupied Kashmir tourist bus blast SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, July 29, (AFP) - Five people including two young girls died and more than a dozen others were injured Sunday in an explosion aboard a tourist bus in insurgency-hit occupied Kashmir, police said. Two of the wounded were in critical condition following the blast at the scenic Mughal-built Shalimar gardens in Srinagar, a police spokesman told AFP. (Posted @ 17:36 PST)
Three including woman killed, 17 injured in road accident QUETTA, July 29 (APP) - Three persons including a women were killed and seventeen others injured as a Kalat bound passenger van over turned on RCD highway some 15 kilometer off Kalat town on Sunday, local police said. The van was coming from Quetta and met the incident when its driver lost control due to over speed. (Posted @ 17:04 PST)
Afghan president meets SKorean envoy over hostages KABUL, July 29, (AFP) - A South Korean envoy on Sunday told Afghan President Hamid Karzai that Seoul would respect “any position” taken by his government over the Taliban's capture of 22 Koreans, Karzai's office said. Baek Jong-Chun, a senior adviser to South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun, met Karzai amid growing concerns for the Christian aid workers captured on July 19 after the Taliban shot dead their leader, a pastor, last week. (Posted @ 16:28 PST)
Lightning kills five S.Korean climbers-TV news SEOUL, July 29 Five South Koreans were killed by lightning in mountains near the capital on Sunday, while six other climbers were injured, KBS news said. (Posted @ 13:30 PST)
Palestinians head to Israel border on way to Gaza ISMAILIA, Egypt, July 29 About 100 Palestinians stranded in Egypt since mid-June headed to the Israeli border on Sunday under a deal allowing them to return to Hamas-held Gaza through the Jewish state, a Palestinian official said. The Palestinians were the first of more than 600 stranded Gazans who are expected to return home on Sunday and Monday. A Palestinian embassy official, Hani al-Jabour, told reporters that around 627 Palestinians would be allowed to cross into Gaza through Israel under a deal agreed on Saturday. (Posted @ 13:00 PST)
Indian police kill at least 8 people in clash with protesters NEW DELHI, July 29 Police opened fire on stone-throwing communist demonstrators in southern India, killing at least eight, officials said Sunday, as the relatives of the dead protested the shooting by laying the bodies of those slain in front of a government office. The rally Saturday in Mudigonda, a small village in Andhra Pradesh state, was called by two Indian communist parties as part of a campaign to press the government to give land to the poor. (Posted @ 12:00 PST)
Israeli PM announces 30 bln dollar US defence aid JERUSALEM, July 29 (AFP) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that the United States has agreed a 25 percent increase in its military and defence aid to Israel, to over 30 billion dollars in the next 10 years. (Posted @ 12:00 PST)
Army called out as floods worsen in India GUWAHATI, India, July 29 (AFP) The army was called out for rescue operations Sunday as more than a million people were marooned in northeast India, which has been hit by raging floods, officials said. “The situation worsened overnight, drowning two more people in western Assam and displacing another 250,000,” Assam's Relief Minister Bhumidhar Barman said in the state's largest city Guwahati, adding it brought the total now stranded by the flooding to more than a million. (Posted @ 11:45 PST)
Afghan authorities demand release of SKorea women hostages GHAZNI, Afghanistan, July 29 (AFP) Afghan authorities demanded Sunday the release of 16 women among 22 South Korean aid workers held by the Taliban, most of them said to be ill after 11 days in captivity. A delegation of tribal elders and religious scholars was seeking a face-to-face meeting with Taliban leaders directing the hostage crisis, said a leading member of a government-appointed negotiating team, Mahmood Gailani. “We will demand immediate release of women prisoners in first phase and then will have negotiations,” he said. (Posted @ 11:20 PST)
Cricket: Younis strikes second double century LONDON, July 29 (AFP) Pakistan Test batsman Younis Khan hit his second unbeaten double century of the English county season on Saturday as title-chasing Yorkshire drew against Kent in a rain-hit match at Scarborough. Younis smashed 217 not out as Yorkshire reached 550 for nine declared which secured them a first innings lead of 64, the game ending with Kent on 17 without loss in their second innings. Younis made his runs off 252 balls with 18 fours and six sixes. His first double century - 202 not out - came early in May against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
Soccer-Qatar awarded 2011 Asian Cup hosting rights JAKARTA, July 29 (Reuters) Qatar has been confirmed as the host nation for the 2011 Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced Sunday. The Gulf state was the only country to submit a formal bid to host the event. (Posted @ 10:45 PST)
Tennis: Sania earns finals showdown with top seed Chakvetadze STANFORD, California, July 29 (AFP) India's Sania Mirza reached the final of the 600,000-dollar WTA Bank of the West Classic on Saturday with a three-set victory over eighth-seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. In the final she'll get a shot at top-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze, who beat third-seeded Slovakian Daniel Hantuchova 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-2. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
Storms kill 16 in China BEIJING, July 29 (Reuters) Fierce storms and hail killed 16 people in Hubei province, Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. In the hardest-hit Huangpo district of Wuhan, the provincial capital, seven people were killed and 1,600 had to abandon their homes, the report said. Across Hubei, 223 persons were injured. (First Posted @ 10:00 PST Updated @ 22:34 PST)
Top US guns to leave on critical Middle East mission WASHINGTON, July 29 (AFP) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence Secretary Robert Gates leave Monday on a vital Middle East mission to seek Arab support to bolster Iraq and to discuss weapons sales with allies. They are also expected to reaffirm US commitment to regional security against possible threats from Iran and its nuclear program. Rice and Gates will make rare joint visits to Egypt and Saudi Arabia before separate trips to other parts of the region. In Egypt, they are scheduled to meet ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman -- as well as Jordan and Egypt. (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Private helicopter with 5 aboard crashes into reservoir in Urals region MOSCOW, July 29 (APP/AP): A private helicopter with five people on board crashed into a large reservoir in the Ural mountains region of Russia Saturday, killing at least three, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported. Interfax reported the helicopter pilot had just picked up four passengers, including two children, before the crash occurred. Rescuer workers recovered three bodies near the crash site, including that of the pilot, but the fate of the others was uncertain. (Posted @ 09:35 PST)
Hezbollah leader says U.S. vision for ”new Middle East” shattered BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 29 (AP) Last summer's war in south Lebanon has left the U.S. vision of a “new Middle East” in shambles, and Hezbollah is ready to strike Israel at any time, the guerrilla group's leader said late Saturday. “We will not wait for anyone to defend us. We will defend ourselves and our country,” Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah told a mass rally in the southern town of Bint Jbeil. “We possess and we will continue to possess rockets that can hit any area in occupied Palestine if Israel attacks Lebanon,” he said. (Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Stunt pilot killed at air show DAYTON, Ohio, July29 (AP) A biplane performing stunts for an air show crashed into a runway Saturday in front of thousands of spectators, killing the pilot, officials said. Jim LeRoy, 46, was in one of two planes making loop-to-loops with smoke trailing as part of the annual air show. His Pitts aircraft slammed into the runway across a field from spectators and caught fire. The show was shut down. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
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