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| September 02, 2007 | Sunday | Sha’aban 19, 1428 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Bomb in northwestern Pakistan tribal town leaves 4 dead, 10 wounded, officials say DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Sep 2, (AP) - A bomb exploded in medical store in a town market in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 10, officials said. The explosion ripped through the pharmacy in Wana, the main town of South Waziristan tribal region, which borders Afghanistan, a local intelligence official said on condition of anonymity. A doctor, who also requested anonymity, confirmed that four people were killed and 10 wounded in the explosion and one of the wounded was in a serious condition. (Posted @ 20:44 PST)
Cricket: India beat England by 38 runs (D/L method) LEEDS, England, Sept 2, (AFP) - India won the fifth one-day international at Headingley here Sunday by 38 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method and so reduced England's lead in the seven-match series to 3-2. (Posted @ 23:38 PST)
NKorea to declare and disable all nuclear programs by year-end: US GENEVA, Sept 2, (AFP) - North Korea has agreed to make a full declaration of all its nuclear programmes and to disable them by the end of the year, the chief United States negotiator said on Sunday. “One thing that we agreed on is that the DPRK (North Korea) will provide a full declaration of all of their nuclear programs and will disable their nuclear programs by the end of this year, 2007,” Christopher Hill told journalists after two days of talks in Geneva. (Posted @ 22:52 PST)
Cricket: Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 30 runs in Twenty20 international NAIROBI, Sept 2, (AFP) - Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 30 runs in the four-nation Twenty20 cricket international at the Nairobi Gymkhana club on Sunday. Scores: Pakistan 191 for 7, Bangladesh 161 for 7. (Posted @ 22:14 PST)
US forces in Iraq kill eight suspected militants BAGHDAD, Sept 2, (AFP) - US-led forces on Sunday killed eight suspected militants, arrested four and freed nine Iraqis awaiting trial at a kangaroo court run by Al-Qaeda just north of Baghdad, a military statement said. The nine were freed when American forces raided a building in the town of Tarmiyah that was allegedly being used by Al-Qaeda to hold “illegal terrorist court proceedings,” the US military statement said. (Posted @ 21:25 PST)
Two militants wounded in Israeli air strike on Gaza GAZA CITY, Sept 2, (AFP) - Two Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip were lightly wounded on Sunday when the Israeli military targeted their car in the south of the territory, medics and the army said. In the second Israeli air strike of the day inside the coastal strip, an Israeli aircraft fired at a car containing the militants near the southern town of Khan Yunis, medics and witnesses said. (Posted @ 14:50 PST Updated @ 20:08 PST)
Militants try to flee Lebanon camp, 31 killed NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, Sep 2, (REUTERS) - Lebanese troops killed at least 31 militants who tried to flee a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday, signalling that more than three months of fighting there is drawing to a close, security sources said. Eleven more fighters from the Fatah al-Islam group were captured when they attempted to break out of the Nahr al-Bared camp in north Lebanon. The army had estimated that 35 active fighters remained in the camp before Sunday, but it was unclear whether all had tried to flee, the security source said. There were also a number of wounded militants still inside, he added. (First Posted @ 13:15 PST Updated @ 19:32 PST)
Baghdad car bomb kills four BAGHDAD, Sept 2, (AFP) - A car bomb shattered the calm of a north Baghdad Shiite neighbourhood on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding eight, medical and security officials said. The blast was at 3:00 pm at the major Adan intersection in northwestern Kadhimiyah, they said. (Posted @ 18:54 PST)
At least two killed, 15 injured in five bomb blasts around Nepal's capital KATHMANDU, Sept 2, (AFP) - At least two people were killed and many more injured in five bomb blasts around Kathmandu on Sunday, a senior police officer said. Deputy superintendent Prajit K.C. said at least 15 people had been wounded, three of them critically, in the blasts, which occurred just minutes apart. (Posted @ 18:06 PST)
Blast in Pakistan's Waziristan, 12 hurt: resident WANA, Pakistan, Sept 2, (REUTERS) - A blast in the main town of Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Sunday wounded at least 12 people, a resident said. The cause of the blast in the town of Wana was not immediately clear but pro-Taliban militants have been battling security forces in the region for several years. (Posted @ 17:28 PST)
Afghan insurgent HQ destroyed, 25 dead-US military KABUL, Sept 2, (REUTERS) - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces destroyed an insurgent headquarters near the southern city of Kandahar overnight, killing an estimated two-dozen guerrillas, the U.S. military said on Sunday. Troops backed by air support attacked two compounds in Ashoqeh Village, 17 km southwest of the southern city of Kandahar, the military said. It was the latest in a series of clashes in the Taliban-dominated south in recent weeks in which the US military said coalition forces have killed hundreds of insurgents. (First Posted @ 15:50 PST Updated @ 16:38 PST)
Iran has over 3,000 centrifuges: Ahmadinejad TEHRAN, Sept 2, (AFP) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday Iran had put into operation over 3,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges at a nuclear plant, reaching a key goal of its atomic drive, state broadcasting reported. (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Iran calls U.S. pressure to restrict trade with UAE 'illegal' TEHRAN, Iran, Sept 2(AP) Iran complained Sunday that recent U.S. pressure on the United Arab Emirates to restrict trade with the Islamic republic was ''illegal'' and warned it would jeopardize the region's economy. The U.S. has been urging the UAE to crack down on companies believed to be smuggling equipment to Iran to build explosive devices killing American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Friday, the UAE announced a new law permitting it to ban or restrict shipments for national security or foreign policy reasons, upsetting the country's business community, which does significant trade with Iran and other countries in the Middle East. (Posted @ 14:30 PST)
UN chief to jumpstart Darfur peace process on Africa tour UNITED NATIONS, Sept 2 (AFP) UN chief Ban Ki-moon will seek to jumpstart the Darfur peace process during a week-long tour of Sudan, Chad and Libya beginning Monday. (Posted @ 11:05 PST)
Sri Lanka takes Tamil Tiger territory after intense fighting COLOMBO, Sept 2 (AFP) Sri Lanka said Sunday that troops have consolidated a hold on territory seized from Tamil rebels during intense weekend fighting, military officials said. The defence ministry said 11 guerrillas were killed. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles results New York, Sept 2 (Reuters) The following are the U.S. Open women's singles third-round results on Saturday --Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 6-3 6-1;Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 3-6 6-1 6-0;Tamira Paszek (Austria) beat Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 4-6 6-4 7-6(1); Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) beat Sania Mirza (India) 6-2 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-4 1-6 6-2; Julia Vakulenko (Ukraine) beat Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 6-2 6-4; Agnes Szavay (Hungary) beat 7-Nadia Petrova (Russia) 6-4 6-4. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles results New York, Sept 2 (Reuters) The following are the U.S. Open men's singles third-round results on Saturday:--Lee Hyung-Taik (South Korea) beat Andy Murray (Britain) 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5; Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat John Isner (U.S.) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 6-2 ;Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 7-6(2) 6-1 7-6(3); Feliciano Lopez (Spain) beat Donald Young (U.S.) 3-6 6-3 7-6(5) 7-5; Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Sebastien Grosjean (France) 6-2 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3; Andy Roddick (U.S.) beat Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 6-3 6-2 6-0; Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) beat Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 7-5 6-0 7-5. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
SKorean ex-hostages return home SEOUL, Sept 2 (AFP) Nineteen former hostages of Afghanistan's Taliban arrived home in South Korea early Sunday, more than six weeks after they were seized. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
Second British general bashes US strategy in Iraq LONDON, Sept 2 (AFP) The British backlash over the US handling of post-invasion Iraq grew Sunday as another military commander blasted Washington's “fatally flawed” policy. Major General Tim Cross, the top British officer involved in planning post-war Iraq, said he raised serious concerns with then US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld about the possibility of the country descending into chaos. But Rumsfeld “ignored” or “dismissed” his warnings, the general told the Sunday Mirror newsapaper. (Posted @ 09:00 PST)
Strong quake hits Solomon Islands SYDNEY, Sept 2 (AFP) A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 hit the Solomon Islands on Sunday and could potentially generate local tsunami waves but a Pacific-wide tsunami was not expected, seismologists said. The undersea earthquake struck just after midday local time (0100 GMT) at a depth of 35 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. (Posted @ 08:50 PST)
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