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| October 16, 2007 | Tuesday | Shawwal 3, 1428 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Interim government next month: Durrani LAHORE, Oct 16 (AFP): A caretaker government will be installed next month in a major commitment to holding general elections in early 2008, the information minister announced on Tuesday. The national parliament will be dissolved on November 15 and an interim government formed by President Pervez Musharraf in the run-up to the polls, scheduled for early January, said Mohammad Ali Durrani. “The interim government will be formed after consultation with opposition parties.” he said. The provincial assemblies would also be dissolved and caretaker chief ministers appointed, Durrani said. (Posted @ 19:18 PST)
Curfew lifted in Miram Shah after fighting eases MIRAM SHAH, Oct 16 (Reuters): The army on Tuesday lifted a curfew imposed in the area, a week after about 250 people were killed in fighting with militant tribesmen, tribal elders and officials said. Tribal leaders said the situation was returning to normal after talks between a council of elders and the militants. “There is now peace in the area,” said Maulana Faizullah, a tribal leader who was involved in the negotiations. (Posted @ 17:46 PST)
Ceasefire after Pakistan border bloodshed: tribal elder MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Oct 16 (AFP) The Pakistan military and militants have agreed on a temporary ceasefire, a tribal elder said Tuesday. Elders have been leading talks to try to broker the truce in Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal area, after fierce fighting last week left around 250 people dead. “A temporary ceasefire has been agreed and four army checkposts in the area have been abolished,” said Faizullah Khan, who heads the local tribal council, adding it was reached Monday night. The military denied however a ceasefire had been agreed, saying talks with the jirga, or tribal peace committee, were ongoing and a decision was expected later Tuesday. “As far as security forces are concerned, negotiations for a ceasefire are continuing and a final decision is expected today,” chief military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said. “We have eased restrictions to facilitate movement of civilians in the area,” Arshad said. Fighting, that mainly centred near the town of Mir Ali, halted last Wednesday to allow tribesmen to bury some 50 people killed in a military airstrike that hit the village of Ippi. (First Posted @ 11:00 PST, Updated @ 12:55 PST)
Former NWFP chief minister passes away PESHAWAR, Oct 16: Former Chief Minister of Frontier Arbab Mohammad Jahangir passed away here Tuesday morning. He was admitted in Rehman Institute due to heart trouble where he passed away. His funeral prayers would be offered at 5:00 pm in Tahqal area here. (Posted @ 11:55 PST)
Nawaz Sharif eyes return: Raja Zafar-ul-Haq ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (Reuters) Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif is planning to return home despite being bundled out of the country hours after trying to come back last month, PML-N chairman Raja Zafar-ul-Haq said Tuesday. “He aims to return,” Haq said. “A party meeting will held in London soon to decide on the date of Mr Sharif's return.” Another leader of Sharif's party, Javed Hashmi, told reporters Monday Sharif would return in November but Haq said that had not been confirmed. Sharif is in Saudi Arabia but was due to travel to London soon to plan his return, Haq said. (Posted @ 12:20 PST)
Indian defence minister on 4-day Russia visit Moscow, Oct 16 (PPI): India's Defence Minister A. K. Antony's high level four-day visit to Russia starts on Tuesday. India and Russia are to conclude a wide-ranging defence protocol for collaboration in hi-tech weapons systems. The cooperation will encompass collaboration in futuristic air- launched and ground-to-air missiles, fifth generation fighters, submarines and speeding up supply of spares for frontline Russian weaponry being used by India’s armed forces. India is the biggest market for Russian weaponry with armament sales touching almost $10 billion a year. (Posted @ 21:26 PST)
EU names new head of Afghan police mission BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (Reuters): The European Union confirmed German Brigadier-General Juergen Scholz as the new head of its fledgling police training mission in Afghanistan on Tuesday after his predecessor left just three months into the job. Friedrich Eichele went back to Germany last month amid media reports of inadequate planning and NATO support for the mission. Berlin said Eichele was being pulled out because he was needed to help with a domestic police reform drive. (Posted @ 21:16 PST)
Nigerian assembly deadlocked over contract scandal ABUJA, Oct 16 (Reuters): Nigeria's House of Representatives was deadlocked on Tuesday as the speaker, who was found guilty of breaking House rules over contracts worth $5 million, refused to call a vote on whether she should step down. (Posted @ 20:48 PST)
US hopes India will stick to nuclear deal WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (AFP): The United States said on Tuesday it hoped India would stick to a landmark bilateral nuclear accord even though New Delhi admitted having trouble pushing the agreement within its coalition government. “We hope India will decide to move forward with this agreement and we like to see it completed in 2008,” said a State Department spokesman. (Posted @ 20:45 PST)
Four die in botched DR Congo jailbreak LUBUMBASHI, DR Congo, Oct 16 (AFP): Three law enforcement agents and a prisoner were killed during a botched jailbreak from a high-security prison in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a police officer said on Tuesday. Five others -- two policemen, one soldier and two prisoners -- were injured during the clashes, during which prisoners managed to seize the weapons of their police guards. (Posted @ 20:04 PST)
Imminent eruption for Indonesian volcano JAKARTA, Oct 16 (AFP): Indonesia late Tuesday raised the status of a volcano on Java island to the highest alert level and recommended people evacuate the area immediately. Officials have advised residents living within a 10-kilometre radius of Mount Kelut to leave, with the Indonesian volcanology and geology disaster management centre saying the highest alert level status meant “an eruption is possible within 24 hours.” (Posted @ 19:16 PST)
Spain seizes U.S. treasure hunting ship GIBRALTAR, Oct 16 (Reuters): A Spanish warship seized a U.S. treasure-hunting vessel on Tuesday, believing it had taken gold and silver worth millions of dollars from a sunken Spanish galleon, the U.S. crew said. A Spanish warship blocked the path of the Odyssey Explorer after it left Gibraltar and escorted the boat, which belongs to a U.S. company to the Spanish port, Algeciras so police could carry out a search. Madrid suspects the U.S. company has recovered treasure from Spanish waters or from a Spanish galleon in international waters, either of which would give Spain a claim to the booty, the government says. (Posted @ 19:14 PST)
Bangladesh storm kills 18, dozens injured DHAKA, Oct 16 (Reuters): A powerful storm swept through southern Bangladesh killing at least 18 people in mudslides and house collapses and injuring 100, officials said on Tuesday. At least 20 fishing boats sank in the Bay of Bengal and at least 50 of their crew were still missing, fishing community leaders said. Weather officials said nearly 225 mm of rain fell overnight in Chittagong city, severing road. The storm originating in the Bay of Bengal made landfall around Monday midnight. A weather official said more rains were forecast across the country over the next couple of days. (First Posted @ 11:45 PST Updated @ 19:08 PST)
Iran arrests three over bombings in south TEHRAN, Oct 16 (Reuters): Iran has arrested three members of a separatist group on suspicion of involvement in deadly bomb attacks in the country's oil-rich southwest two years ago, the official media said on Tuesday. “The three, who were members of a separatist group, have confessed to having links abroad in order to create insecurity and conflicts between ethnicities,” state news agency IRNA quoted an Intelligence Ministry report as saying. (Posted @ 19:06 PST)
Putin warns against Iran attack on landmark visit TEHRAN, Oct 16 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned against military action against Iran and backed its right to nuclear energy, during the first visit to the country by a Kremlin chief since World War II. Putin met President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and was also to see supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Posted @ 18:54 PST)
Pakistani expert on Nobel panel hopes for greater action on climate issues WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (APP): A Pakistani scientist, who is among experts on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, that shares the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore, hopes recognition of the crucial importance of climate change to development and security will help spur greater worldwide action toward stemming environmental degradation. Adil Najam, a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, stated the Nobel committee's Peace Prize reflects recognition of the fact that the future well being and security of the planet and of its people depends upon the environment. “That climate is a security issue, not just a 'feel good' issue. This will clearly raise the profile of the climate issue,” Najam, who has served the IPCC for eight years as a lead author and the last four years as a convening lead author for its latest assessment report, told APP. (Posted @ 18:53 PST)
Bohra mosque plan triggers row in Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, Oct 16 (AFP): Plans to build a mosque in Kuwait for Bohra Muslims have triggered a row between liberals and Islamists in the Sunni-ruled Gulf state. Kuwait's Minister of Islamic Affairs Abdullah al-Maatuq is under fire for pushing forward the mosque project, even though it has already been rejected by the emirate's municipal council. (Posted @ 18:52 PST)
Bombs kill 11 in Baghdad, Mosul BAGHDAD, Oct 16 (Reuters): Bombs targeting an Iraqi army patrol in the capital Baghdad and a police station in the north of the country on Tuesday killed at least 11 people and wounded 105, police said. Three soldiers and three civilians died when a car bomb parked in Sa'adoun Street in central Baghdad exploded by an Iraqi army patrol. Five soldiers and 20 civilians were wounded. A truck bomb in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad, destroyed a police station, killing at least four people and wounding some 75, police said. In the eastern Baghdad district of Zayouna, gunmen attacked a police checkpoint killing three policemen and wounding two. (First Posted @ 16:48 PST Updated @ 20:56 PST)
Oil sprints towards $88, sets new record high LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters): Oil thundered towards $88 a barrel on Tuesday, hitting a new record and extending a rally that has added eight dollars in a week on tight supplies, strong demand and tension in northern Iraq. Oil is closing in on the inflation-adjusted high of $90.46 seen in 1980, the year after the Iranian revolution and at the start of the Iran-Iraq war. Prices this year have averaged $67. (Posted @ 18:18 PST)
Al-Qaeda militant surrenders after Yemen jail break SANAA, Oct 16 (Reuters): An Al-Qaeda militant convicted of helping to plan the deadly bombing of a U.S. Navy vessel off the coast of Yemen in 2000 has surrendered to Yemeni authorities, a security source said on Tuesday. Badawi was one of the architects of the attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 U.S. sailors in the port of Aden. Badawi, whose death sentence was commuted to 15 years in prison, is one of 23 inmates who escaped from a jail in Sanaa in February 2006. He surrendered a couple of days ago said a source without giving details. (Posted @ 18:16 PST)
Karzai to visit Britain KABUL, Oct 16 (AFP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to visit Britain and meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the Queen and Prince Charles, a presidential spokesman said on Tuesday. The trip would be “in the near future,” he told reporters. (Posted @ 18:04 PST)
Chad orders state of emergency after communal clashes N'DJAMENA, Oct 16 (AFP): Chad's government on Tuesday slapped a state of emergency on three regions in the north and east of the country after ethnic clashes between the Tamas and Zaghawas killed at least 20 people. The state of emergency was ordered for 12 days at a special cabinet meeting, said a senior government official. (Posted @ 18:02 PST)
Kosovo Albanian held for 1999 killing of 14 Serbs PRISTINA, Oct 16 (Reuters): The United Nations police in Kosovo arrested an ethnic Albanian man on Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in one of the worst revenge massacres following a Serb campaign of repression, police said. The man, whom police declined to name, is wanted in connection with the killing of 14 Serb farmers who were ambushed and gunned down at close range as they harvested grain in the village of Staro Gracko in July 1999. (Posted @ 17:42 PST)
US missile fired 'by accident' in Qatar DOHA, Oct 16 (AFP): A Patriot missile was launched accidentally from a US military base in the Gulf state of Qatar, landing in a farm but causing no casualties, Al-Jazeera television reported on Tuesday. “A Patriot missile landed on a farm belonging to a Qatari national after being fired by accident from the As-Sailiyah camp,” the Doha-based satellite channel said. (Posted @ 17:40 PST)
Nepal crisis parliament session postponed for festival KATHMANDU, Oct 16 (AFP): A parliamentary debate aimed at resolving the deadlock in Nepal's peace process has been postponed by at least 10 days for the country's most important festival, officials said on Tuesday. The special session was called after the country's ex-rebel Maoists stormed out of government last month, demanding an immediate abolition of the monarchy and a new voting system. The crisis led to the cancellation of elections that were to have been held on November 22. (Posted @ 17:34 PST)
Two children hurt in Lebanon school grenade blast TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Oct 16 (AFP): Two Palestinian children, a boy and a girl were injured on Tuesday when a grenade they were handling exploded at a school in northern Lebanon where Palestinian refugees are being temporarily housed, police said. (Posted @ 16:54 PST)
Danish soldier injured in Afghanistan dies COPENHAGEN, Oct 16 (AFP): A Danish NATO soldier, a major, wounded in a clash with Taliban rebels in the Helmand province of southern Afghanistan has died of his injuries, Denmark's army command HOK said in a statement on Tuesday. The soldier was injured on Monday and evacuated to a British field hospital. He died early Tuesday, HOK said. (Posted @ 16:40 PST)
Indonesian police shootings wound five JAKARTA, Oct 16 (AFP): Indonesian police shot and wounded five people in two separate incidents, reports here said on Tuesday. Three were wounded by police attempting to scatter a mob blockading a truck on a road in the Papuan district of Memberamo Raya late on Sunday, the province's police head said. (Posted @ 16:28 PST)
Eritrea security chief survives assassination bid ASMARA, Oct 16 (AFP): Eritrea's head of internal security, Colonel Simon Ghebredengel, survived an assassination attempt in Asmara, a government official said on Tuesday. “There was an assassination attempt on Saturday October 13,” the Eritrean Information Minister told AFP. “He refused to comment on reports by opposition websites that the colonel had been shot four times, nor on the number or identity of the attackers. (Posted @ 16:20 PST)
Misfired Patriot missile hits farm in Qatar DUBAI, Oct 16 (Reuters) A Patriot missile hit a farm in Qatar after being accidentally fired from a base used by U.S. forces in the Gulf Arab state, Al Jazeera television said Tuesday. The missile launched from Assayliyah base did not cause any casualties. The Patriot system is an anti-missile system. Officials at Assayliyah were not available for comment. (Posted @ 14:10 PST)
Putin says Caspian states unite against force TEHRAN, Oct 16 (AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Caspian Sea states agreed their territory should not be used as a launch-pad for any military strike against a fellow littoral nation. Speaking at the opening of a Caspian Sea summit in Tehran, Putin said a mutual commitment from all five states that their soil should not be used to launch an attack on a fellow member would be included in the final statement. The summit brings together the heads of state of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. Putin was in Iran for the first visit by a Kremlin chief since World War II, defying reports a squad of suicide bombers planned to kill him. He had pledged to talk to Iranian leaders about Tehran's contested nuclear programme, which the United States and European allies claim is aimed at making a nuclear bomb, a position not shared by Moscow. (First Posted @ 10:40 PST, Updated @ 13:40 PST)
Cricket-Pollock, Akhtar, Oram sign up for Indian board's league NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (Reuters) South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock, his New Zealand counterpart Jacob Oram and Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar have signed up for the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 series, organisers said Tuesday. Their inclusion takes to 25 the number of other foreign players who have committed themselves to the lucrative league due to start next April. (Posted @ 13:05 PST)
Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians in Nablus NABLUS, West Bank, Oct 16 (AFP) Israeli soldiers shot dead an elderly Palestinian and an armed fighter in a raid Tuesday in the West Bank city of Nablus, a local security official said. Abed Shaker el-Wazir, in his 70s, was killed by a stray Israeli bullet while in his house during a military operation, the official said. Three fighters from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades faction were wounded during an exchange of fire with Israeli troops. One of the wounded, local Al-Aqsa leader for the Nablus region, Bassam Abu Sarryeh, later died of his injuries, the official added. (FirstPosted@ 11:10 PST, Updated @ 12:10 PST)
China warns Bush meet with Dalai Lama will harm Sino-US ties BEIJING, Oct 16 (AFP) China warned Tuesday that US President George W. Bush's planned meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would seriously harm bilateral ties. “We express strong dissatisfaction and our firm opposition. This action will seriously undermine China-US relations,” foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. Liu was responding to a question about Bush's intention to meet the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader in Washington later Tuesday. (Posted @ 12:25 PST)
Nine killed in truck-minibus collision in central Russian MOSCOW, Oct 16 (AP) A minibus collided with a truck in central Russia early Tuesday, killing at least nine people and injuring another seven, an emergency official said. The collision occurred around 7:30 a.m. just east of the city of Kazan, about 700 kilometres east of Moscow, Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov said. The circumstances of the crash were not immediately clear. (Posted @ 11:20 PST)
One Palestinian killed in West Bank raid NABLUS, West Bank, Oct 16 (AP) Israeli troops raided the West Bank city of Nablus before dawn Tuesday, and a Palestinian civilian was shot and killed in the ensuing violence, Palestinian witnesses and doctors said. Troops patrolled the Old City, taking up points on roofs and detaining at least five suspected militants, the witnesses said. At least two exchanges of fire broke out, and three gunmen from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militia were injured, two seriously, the group said. A Palestinian man, 70, was shot just as he left his house in the area and later died of his wounds, his family and doctors said.(Posted @ 11:10 PST)
Fresh fighting in Sri Lanka kills 38 COLOMBO, Oct 16 (AFP) At least 38 Tamil Tiger rebel fighters and government soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Tuesday. The guerrillas killed seven soldiers in an attack inside the Yala National Park, Sri Lanka's main wildlife sanctuary in the southeast, a military official said. The defence ministry meanwhile said at least 30 rebels were killed and many more wounded in several exchanges of fire in northern Sri Lanka. “Sri Lanka army soldiers launched several pre-emptive strikes immediately ahead of their forward defences in Wanni and in Jaffna killing over 30 terrorists,” the ministry said in a statement. It said one government soldier was also killed and seven were wounded following the clashes Monday at Mullikulam in Vavuniya district. (FirstPosted @ 08:45 PST, Updated @ 10:25 PST)
Nuclear deal in trouble, Indian PM tells Bush NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (AFP) India has warned the United States that it is having trouble implementing a landmark nuclear accord aimed at bringing New Delhi into the loop of global atomic commerce after a gap of three decades. Premier Manmohan Singh conveyed the message to US President George W. Bush during a phone conversation late Monday, a government statement said. Singh “explained to President Bush that certain difficulties have arisen with respect to the operationalization of the India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement,” the statement said. The deal, finalised in August after two years of negotiations, has been bitterly opposed by India's Communists, other left-wing parties and the opposition Hindu nationalists. (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
Hezbollah, Israel in partial prisoner swap NAQOURA, Lebanon, Oct 16 (Reuters) Israel and Hezbollah exchanged the remains of an Israeli civilian Monday for a captive Lebanese guerrilla and the bodies of two comrades in a U.N.-brokered deal. They indicated the swap could bolster U.N. efforts to secure the release of two Israeli soldiers whose capture triggered last year's war between Israel as well as Hezbollah and Lebanese prisoners held by the Jewish state. (Posted @ 09:55 PST)
Aftershocks follow magnitude 6.8 New Zealand quake WELLINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) Aftershocks rattled New Zealand's South Island Tuesday up to 10 hours after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the area, New Zealand seismologists said. Six aftershocks, the strongest measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, followed the original shake, which was centred 60 kilometres west of Milford Sound, off the south-west coast of the South Island. The first quake was at a depth of 24 kilometres, but was felt widely throughout the bottom half of the South Island. Seismologists said there were reports of some landslides in the remote area, but police said there had been no damage or injuries in populated areas. (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
Rice says time for a Palestinian state RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 16 (AFP) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed Israelis and Palestinians Monday to reach concrete understandings ahead of a US peace summit, saying the time had come for a Palestinian state. Confirming that an international meeting would take place in Annapolis, Maryland, Rice said the creation of a Palestinian state was essential and that efforts to that end were US President George W. Bush's highest priority. “Frankly it is time for the establishment of a Palestinian state,” Rice told a news conference after meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank. “The US sees the establishment of a Palestinian state, a two-state solution, as absolutely essential to the future of not just the Palestinians and Israelis, but also the Middle East and indeed to American interests.” (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
Egypt road crash kills 15, mostly soldiers CAIRO, Oct 15 (Reuters) Fourteen Egyptian military conscripts and a civilian driver were killed Monday when a minibus and a water tanker collided on a road in the Sinai peninsula, security sources said. The accident happened when the vehicles crashed head-on on an intercity road in south Sinai as the soldiers were returning in the minibus to Sharm el-Sheikh at the end of the Eid el-Fitr holiday. (Posted @ 09:05 PST)
Two planes collide on ground at London's Heathrow airport LONDON, Oct 15 (AFP) Two aircraft collided on the ground at London's Heathrow Airport Monday evening, an airport spokesman told AFP. “Heathrow Airport can confirm that two aircraft were involved in an incident on the ground earlier this evening,” the spokesman said. “There are no reported injuries and passengers are in the process of being offloaded from the aircraft.” The aircraft, which collided while taxiing, included a British Airways Boeing 747 bound for Singapore, and a Sri Lankan airlines Airbus A340. The BA spokesman described the incident as a “minor collision.” (Posted @ 08:52 PST)
Benazir free to return despite corruption cloud: Pakistan PM WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (AFP) - Former premier Benazir Bhutto is free to return to Pakistan even if past corruption charges may return to haunt her, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Sunday. Interviewed on CNN, Aziz also insisted that President Pervez Musharraf would abide by a promise to shed his army uniform following his recent election that was boycotted by opposition parties. “The people have had a strong reaction to removal of corruption cases against Miss Bhutto,” Aziz said in reply to another question, while insisting that her case differed from that of another former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif. Sharif was deported to Saudi Arabia on September 10 hours after returning to Pakistan on a flight from London. Aziz said Sharif had broken a promise not to return to the country for 10 years after being convicted on criminal charges. The prime minister told CNN that Musharraf's win had been “very legitimate” despite almost the entire opposition boycotting the presidential vote in parliament. Asked whether Musharraf still intended to renounce his post as army chief of staff, Aziz said: “Absolutely. “He will have a single office which will be the civilian president of Pakistan.” Asked about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, Aziz said: “We have no clue where this gentleman is. I think if the world knew where he is, we would go after him.” (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Peace will soon return to restive Waziristan: Governor PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 15 (APP): Governor NWFP Lt. Gen (R) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai Sunday expressed confidence that peace will soon return to restive Waziristan and enough progress has already been made in this regard. Talking to newsmen after offering Eid prayers he said: “We are sure that our peace efforts will soon bear fruit and we have achieved some progress in it as well”. However, at the moment “I cannot disclose it due to certain reasons”. The peace will be restored through dialogue and jirgas, he added. (Posted @ 10:30 PST)
15 people drown in Gadani KARACHI, Oct 15 (AFP): At least 15 people including two children drowned when they were hit by high waves off a Pakistan beach on Monday, officials said. Families descended on Gadani beach, some 50 kilometers southwest of Karachi, for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, officials said. “People had come here for a picnic and 18 were swept away by large waves when they swam too far from shore,” a police official said. The bodies of 13 people were pulled from the ocean while five people were rescued and taken to hospitals in Karachi, he said.(Posted @ 19:00 & Updated @ 20:05 PST)
Afghan suicide bomber kills three family members KABUL, Oct 15 (Reuters): A suicide bomber killed his mother, sister and 11-year-old brother when his explosives vest blew up prematurely in southern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. The blast occurred in the southern Uruzgan province on Sunday where mainly Dutch and Australian troops have suffered a number of casualties fighting Taliban insurgents.(Posted @ 19:35 PST)
Death toll in Ukraine gas explosion reaches 15 KIEV, Oct 15 (AP): The death toll in a natural gas explosion that rocked an apartment building in eastern Ukraine reached 15 on Monday, though rescue workers continued searching for more people possibly buried under the rubble, emergency officials said.(Posted @ 19:30 PST)
Two policemen killed by Tamil rebels COLOMBO, Oct 15 (AP): Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead two policemen and wounded two more in separate incidents in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, the military said. At least two rebels, believed to be women, fired at police guarding a post in Mannar district, a defence ministry official said. Two policemen were wounded and later died in hospital, he said.(Posted @ 19:25 PST)
Russian-born US economist oldest-ever Nobel winner WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (AP): Economist Leonid Hurwicz thought he was too old to win the Nobel Prize at age 90 -- until his telephone began ringing on Monday morning. Hurwicz, the oldest recipient of a Nobel prize, won the 2007 award along with two other Americans for laying the foundations of an economic theory that determines when markets are working effectively.However, the professor emeritus of economics at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis said he had never received a degree in the field.(Posted @ 19:20 PST)
Sharif to attempt return to Pakistan in November ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (AFP): Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif will try to return home again in November, two months after his last attempt ended in failure, his party said on Monday. “Nawaz Sharif will arrive in Pakistan next month, preferably between November 15-30,” Siddique-ul Farooque, a spokesman for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, told AFP. He said the date and place of Sharif's arrival would be decided and announced later.(Posted @ 19:00 PST)
Japan police arrest 20 for 63-year-old's death TOKYO, Oct 15 (AP): Police in central Japan arrested 20 members of a religious group on suspicion of beating a 63-year-old woman to death, Kyodo news agency and national broadcaster NHK said. The woman, who died last month in Nagano, central Japan, appeared to have been beaten in the face and stomach, media reports said.(Posted @ 18:30 PST)
14 foreign troops wounded in Afghan ambush KABUL, Oct 15 (Reuters): Fourteen troops from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were wounded in a Taliban ambush southwest of the capital Kabul, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Monday. The troops came under fire during a patrol in Wardak province southwest of Kabul, on Sunday. The troops called in air support, but there was no word on Taliban casualties and no reports that any civilians had been hurt in the fighting, the spokesman said. (Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Second Iraqi journalist killed in as many days in northern Iraq BAGHDAD: A second Iraqi journalist in as many days was killed on Monday in an ambush north of Baghdad that left his two security guards wounded, according to police and relatives.Dhi Abdul-Razak al-Dibo, a 32-year-old freelance reporter, was driving his BMW with his guards near Kirkuk, 290 kilometers north of Baghdad, a Kirkuk police spokesman said. (Posted @ 18:30 PST)
Moscow's main international airport temporarily shut MOSCOW, Oct 15 (AP): Moscow's main international airport shut down for several hours Monday after an arriving plane skidded 20 meters off a taxiing lane, an airport spokeswoman said. None of the 75 passengers and crew was injured. (Posted @ 18:30 PST)
UN HR envoy slams Mideast Quartet JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (AFP): A top UN expert said he will urge the world body to leave the Quartet unless the four Middle East peace sponsors address Palestinian human rights, in an interview with the BBC released on Monday. “In my most recent report to the General Assembly, which I will present later this month, I will suggest that the secretary general withdraw the UN from the Quartet, if the Quartet fails to have regard to the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories,” John Dugard told the BBC.(Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Quake rocks New Zealand's South Island WELLINGTON, Oct 15 (AFP): A strong 6.8-magnitude quake struck New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. The quake hit at 1229 GMT Monday, 103 kilometers west-northwest of Queenstown at a depth of 25 kilometers, the US Geological Survey said. (Posted @ 18:00 PST)
India's two main stock exchanges receive bomb threats MUMBAI, Oct 15 (AP): India's two key stock exchanges on Monday received bomb threats as share prices jumped to an all-time high, police said. Bomb squads rushed to the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange offices after an NSE official received the threat through an e-mail, said a police officer. “The e-mail threatened to blow up the NSE and the BSE,” he said. The threat didn't affect trading in the two stock exchanges. (Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Breakaway Somali republic advances into Somalia BOSASSO, Somalia, Oct 15 (AP): Troops from the breakaway Somali republic of Somaliland on Monday captured a village inside a rival region of Somalia, killing at least 10 people, witnesses said. “Ten dead people are lying in the streets of Las Aanod,” a radio operator told Reuters from the village inside the neighbouring Puntland region of Somalia.(Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Three tribal leaders killed in Iraq attack KIRKUK, Oct 15 (AFP): An attack on Monday on a convoy of tribal leaders spearheading the fight against Al-Qaeda in Iraq's central Salaheddin province killed three people and wounded five, police said. The attack occurred at the town of Hawijah, about 55 kilometers west of Kirkuk, said Brigadier General Sarhad Qadir of the Kirkuk police. (Posted @ 17:45 PST)
Three Americans win Nobel economics prize STOCKHOLM, Oct 15 (AP): Americans Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday for work that “laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.” The three researchers were honoured for their work that helps find the optimal mechanism to reach certain goals such as social welfare or private profit. (Posted @ 17:45 PST)
Egyptian border guards shoot two Turkish teenagers, arrest four EL-ARISH, Egypt, Oct 15 (AP): Authorities shot and seriously injured two Turkish teenagers as they tried to cross the Egyptian border into Israel on Monday, security and medical officials said. Police later arrested them, along with their father, the officials said. Three Sudanese refugees were also arrested Monday for allegedly trying to cross the border. (Posted @ 17:45 PST)
Explosion in Somalia kills three children MOGADISHU, Oct 15 (AFP): Three children were killed on Monday when a mortar hit a house in the Somali town of Beledwyne north of the capital, witnesses and the police said on Monday. “We are investigating where the artillery shell came from and who is behind this incident,” the local police said. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Ethnic clashes kill 20 in eastern Chad N'DJAMENA, Oct 15 (Reuters): Twenty people were killed in ethnic clashes in east Chad after the desertion of former rebels loyal to the defence minister stoked tensions in the region bordering Sudan's Darfur, government sources said on Monday. The violence occurred between the Tama and Zaghawa. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Croatia starts warcrimes trial of powerful MP ZAGREB, Oct 15 (Reuters): A powerful parliamentary deputy and six other people went on trial in Croatia on Monday over the killing of Serb civilians during Croatia's 1991-95 war of independence. Branimir Glavas is the first senior state official to be charged with such offences, in an indication of the country's growing resolove to confront its recent past. (Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Bulgarian opposition seeks vote against government SOFIA, Oct 15 Bulgaria's rightist opposition asked parliament on Monday to hold a vote of no-confidence against the Socialist-led government, accusing it of failure to tackle a nationwide teachers strike. The vote is unlikely to topple the three-party ruling coalition, which holds 167 seats in the 239-strong parliament, but could dent further its eroding popularity ahead of local elections later this month, commentators said. (Posted @ 17:15 PST)
Air strike kills three Afghan civilians GHAZNI, Oct 15 (AFP): Three Afghan civilians were killed when international war planes bombed an area outside Kabul during a fierce battle with Taliban, provincial police said on Monday. Five Taliban were also killed in Sunday's prolonged battle near Jalriz, about 40 kilometers west of Kabul, the acting Wardak province police chief told AFP. Seven other civilians were hurt, he said. (Posted @ 17:00 PST)
Attack on Iraq military base kills five BAGHDAD, Oct 15 (AFP): Five civilians, including two toddlers, were killed in a mortar attack on a joint US and Iraqi military base on Monday, an Iraqi security official said. At least 20 civilians including women and children were wounded during the attack on the military base at Diwaniyah, 180 kilometers south of Baghdad, the official told AFP. (Posted @ 17:00 PST)
30 on trial in Spain over plot to blow up court MADRID, Oct 15 (AP): Thirty people went on trial Monday for allegedly plotting to blow up a court that is the hub of Spain's anti-terror investigations. The 30 men, mostly Algerians, have been charged with membership of a terrorist organisation, conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack and forgery. (Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Turkish troops shell Iraqi border village ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 15 (AFP): Turkish troops shelled an Iraqi border village overnight, continuing its bombardment of areas where Turkish Kurd rebels have set up bases, a frontier guard said on Monday. The shelling came ahead of a meeting of the Turkish government in Ankara to prepare a motion seeking parliamentary approval for a military incursion into northern Iraq, where an estimated 3,500 rebels of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are based. (Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Hu wants China GDP to quadruple BEIJING, Oct 15 (AFP): Chinese President Hu Jintao set a new target for economic growth on Monday, urging gross domestic product per capita should quadruple as he opened the Communist Party's five-yearly meeting. “We will quadruple per capita GDP of the year 2000 by 2020 through optimising the economic structure and improving economic returns while reducing consumption of resources and protecting the environment,” he said. (Posted @ 15:45 PST)
Israel and Lebanon to exchange prisoners NAQURA, Lebanon, Oct 15 (AFP): Israel and Lebanon may carry out a prisoner swap on Monday, with the Jewish state handing over the bodies of two Hezbollah fighters and a Lebanese prisoner in exchange for the body of an Israeli soldier, a security source told AFP. (Posted @ 15:30 PST)
Airbus delivers first A380 Super Jumbo TOULOUSE, Oct 15 (AFP): Airbus on Monday delivered the first of its A380s, the world's biggest passenger jet, to Singapore Airlines, 18 months behind schedule. The 73-metre-long super jumbo was handed over in a ceremony at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, southern France. (Posted @ 13:00 PST)
India launches tsunami warning system NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (AFP): India on Monday unveiled a tsunami warning system designed to detect all earthquakes above a magnitude of six on the Richter scale in the Indian Ocean within 20 minutes, the government said. The operation has been set up at a cost of $32 million dollars in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. (Posted @ 15:00 PST)
US soldier dies in Baghdad blast BAGHDAD, Oct 15 (AFP) -A US soldier was killed and three others were wounded Sunday in a roadside bomb attack in the south of Baghdad, a military statement said. Another soldier died of unspecified causes not related to military operations, the US military said in a separate statement Monday. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Plane carrying India, Australia cricketers makes emergency landing NAGPUR, India, Oct 15 (AFP) - A plane carrying members of the Australian and Indian cricket teams made an emergency landing in western India Monday after it was hit by a bird, officials said. The players were on their way from Nagpur, in India's western Maharashtra state, to the state capital Mumbai. “Both the teams are safe,” airport director S.M. Borkar told reporters. The teams play their seventh one-day international in Mumbai on Wednesday. Australia won the sixth match in Nagpur Sunday, clinching the series 4-1, with one match rained out. (Posted @ 10:55 PST)
Cricket: Four S. African players arrive LAHORE, Oct 15(PPI): Four South African players arrived here for the one-day cricket series against Pakistan. Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Charl Langeveldt, Justin Kemp will replace Hashim Amla, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn and Paul Harris who leave for South Africa later Monday. (Posted @ 10:50 PST)
Seven killed, six injured in tribal clash in Kalat KHUZDAR, Pakistan, Oct 15 (APP)- Seven people were killed and six injured in an armed clash over an old tribal enmity between Sanadi-Zehri and Zakar-Mengal tribes in Dasht-e-Gohran village near the city of Kalat in Balochistan province on Sunday, Police said. The exchange of fire continued intermittently while police and officials made efforts to control the situation, administration sources said. (Posted @ 10:40 PST)
Demonstrators clash with polce in Srinagar Islamabad, Oct 15 (APP):In occupied Kashmir, demonstrators clashed with at Hazratbal in Srinagar after Eid prayers Sunday morning, reports reaching here said. Clashes occurred after the police prevented people from taking out an anti-India procession. Many people including a dozen policemen were injured, when demonstrators pelted the security personnel with stones who retaliated by resorting to heavy lathi charge, KMS reported. Anti-India processions were also taken out at Rainawari and Lal Chowk in Srinagar, Sopore and Baramulla areas. (Posted @ 10:40 PST)
11 killed, 6 missing after heavy storms in Tunisia TUNIS, Tunisia, Oct 15 (AP) - Rising flood waters caused by devastating rains swept across northern Tunisia, killing at least 11 people and leaving six others missing. One person was killed outside Tunis and eight others died in the region of Sabbalat Ben Ammar, some 30 kilometers to the northwest on the road to Bizerte. (Posted @ 10:20 PST)
At least 10 dead in Nile ferry accident CAIRO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed on Sunday when they were forced off a ferry and into the Nile in a stampede caused by passengers rushing to disembark, a security official said. He said the rush by passengers caused the vessel's side railings to collapse, forcing people into the river, where they drowned. He said more people were missing but did not give any other details. The accident took place at a village in the province of Minya in central Egypt, about 200 km south of Cairo. (Posted @ 10:10 PST)
Turkish army chief says U.S. ties at risk ANKARA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Turkey's Chief of General Staff, General Yasar Buyukanit, told newspaper Milliyet on Sunday if the U.S. Congress approved a resolution branding the 1915 killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide ties between the NATO allies would never be the same again. “If the resolution that has passed in the U.S. committee is accepted by the assembly of the House of Representatives our military relations with the United States can never be the same again,” he warned. (Posted @ 10:05 PST)
China's president offers Taiwan talks, peace pact BEIJING, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao offered on Monday to enter into negotiations with Taiwan to reach a peace agreement in an overture to the self-ruled island which China claims as its own. Addressing the opening of the Communist Party's 17th Congress, Hu warned the democratic island against formally declaring independence, but did not take the opportunity to threaten force as predecessors have in the past. “We would like to make a solemn appeal: on the basis of the one-China principle let us discuss a formal end to the state of hostility between the two sides (and) reach a peace agreement,” Hu said, reading from a prepared statement. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)
Iraq bombs and shootings kill at least 32 BAGHDAD, Oct 15 (AFP) - A wave of violence across Iraq, including the bombing of a minibus filled with worshippers and a suicide truck bomb attack on a police station, has killed 32 people, officials said Sunday. Dozens of people were wounded in the attacks, which came as Muslims were celebrating the Eidul-Fitr festival. Ten people, including three women and two children, were killed on Sunday when a car bomb exploded next to their minibus as they were heading towards a Shiite shrine in northern Baghdad, military officials told AFP. Women and children were also among 18 wounded by the blast in Aden square, which was then sealed off to vehicles by the security forces. Five people were also killed in two separate attacks on Sunday south of Baghdad. Four civilians also died in clashes between security forces and unidentified gunmen in the town of Iskandiriyah, 60 kilometres from the capital. A fifth man was killed when gunmen opened fire on civilians in a village further south near the town of Hilla, police said. (Posted @ 09:50 PST)
India cinema blast was ”terrorist” attack: police AMRITSAR, India, Oct 15 (AFP) - Police said on Monday that an explosion that killed six people and injured 32 in a packed cinema hall in a cinema house in the industrial city of Ludhiana in northern India was a “terrorist” bombing. “It was a bomb blast. It is a terror act. We are trying to find out the exact nature of explosives used,” said a senior police official on condition of anonymity. Several of the wounded were fighting for their lives, a doctor told NDTV news network. Television footage showed the floor of the cinema strewn with shards of broken glass and stained with blood. Shoes and pieces of torn clothing also littered the devastated site. The Home Ministry in New Delhi said it was still “too early” to draw any conclusions. (Posted @ 09:40 PST)
22 dead in Peru after bus careens off cliff LIMA, Oct 15 (AFP) -Twenty-two people were killed and more than 15 injured Sunday after a bus travelling in an Andean region of central Peru veered off a steep precipice, police reported. The accident occurred on narrow, icy roads between the mining town of Morococha and La Oroya when the overcrowded bus carrying at least 40 passengers sharply veered to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle and fell almost 656 feet deep, officials said. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
16 dead after China coal mine blast SHANGHAI, Oct 15 (AFP) - The bodies of 16 workers buried alive after an explosion in an east China mine have been found, Xinhua news agency reported. The blast in the Jianxin mine happened while 283 miners were working in the pit, it said. (Posted @ 09:18 PST)
Hu concludes speech to Communist Party Congress BEIJING, Oct 15 (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao's ended a long speech on Monday outlining the Communist Party's performance and its major priorities for economy, environment, military, Taiwan and social issues. Hu spoke for two-and-a-half hours to more than 2,000 delegates at the Great Hall of the People, calling for continued reforms and economic growth, but with greater attention to imbalances caused by China's rapid development. Hu will almost certainly receive another five-year term during the party's week-long Congress, which also is expected to determine a successor to take over from him in 2012. (Posted @ 09:15 PST)
Australia kicks off bitter election campaign SYDNEY, Oct 15 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard warned Monday of a tough and closely fought election next month as he and centre-left rival Kevin Rudd kicked off their campaigns in earnest. “We will have a tough campaign,” Howard told Nine Network television after declaring an epic six-week campaign that began with both his Liberal Party and Rudd's opposition Labour firing early salvos in a bid to win public support. A Newspoll published Monday suggested that Howard faces “annihilation” with Labour enjoying 56 percent of the vote, against 44 percent for the government, when people were asked which of the two parties they preferred. (Posted @ 09:10ST)
Two militants killed in Pakistan clash - army ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 (REUTERS): Pakistani troops killed two militants, including an Uzbek, on Sunday after they fired on a paramilitary checkpoint near the Afghan border, an army spokesman said.The militants were killed while fleeing in a car after the attack on the post near North Waziristan's main town of Mir Ali, where about 250 people died in clashes last week.“One Uzbek and one local militant were killed in retaliation while two wounded militants escaped,” army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad said.(Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated with religious enthusiasm ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 (APP):Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated with great religious zeal and fervour all across the country including Azad Kashmir on Sunday.The faithfuls thronged mosques and open places to offer Eid prayers.Ulema and Khatibs delivered sermons on importance of the day and urged Muslim to follows teachings of Islam President General Pervez Musharraf offered Eid prayers in Rawalpindi.Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz offered Eidul Fitr prayers at Faisal Mosque.(Posted @ 18:00 PST)
Separatist warns India as Kashmir celebrates Eid SRINAGAR, Occupied Kashmir Oct 14, 2007 (AFP) -A prominent separatist in occupied Indian Kashmir warned Sunday that the rebellion against New Delhi's rule over part of the disputed Himalayan region cannot be tackled by force.Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman all parties hurriyat conference called on Indian and Pakistan to take “bold initiatives” to resolve their decades-old row over the area.“Our movement cannot be crushed by force. It is an indigenous movement for which people continue to sacrifice their lives,” said in Eid sermon “Kashmir can never have a military solution,” he told a crowd of around 70,000 in Srinagar.(Posted @ 17:40 PST)
Eight civilians killed in car bomb attack in Samarra BAGHDAD, Oct 14 (AP): Eight Iraqi civilians were killed and four others were wounded when a suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden fuel tanker was fatally shot by police and his truck blew up near police headquarters in Samarra, about 95 kilometers north of Baghdad, police said on Sunday. The explosion damaged at least 10 homes. After the incident, about 20 vehicles with at least 60 gunmen drove up to the site and clashed with the police, according to a police official. (Posted @ 14:51 PST)
Israeli land grabs erode confidence: Rice TEL AVIV, Oct 14 (AFP): US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she will tell Israel on her latest Middle East tour that its expropriation of Arab lands erodes confidence in its commitment to a two-state solution, Rice told reporters shortly before arriving in Israel on Sunday. (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Five Asian nations to study flood, climate risks OSLO, Oct 14 (Reuters): A new U.N. course will help five Asian nations cope with a predicted worsening of floods due to climate change that may threaten cities from Beijing to Hanoi, the U.N. University said on Sunday. Experts from China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Nepal and Sri Lanka would take part from November in a three-month course run by the U.N. University in Thailand to help map risks of downpours, rivers breaking their banks and rising sea levels. If successful, the course could be expanded to other regions. (Posted @ 14:50 PST)
Los Angeles-area freeway pileup death toll three, 10 injured SANTA CLARITA, California, Oct 14 (AP): Firefighters on Sunday were finishing a search of a Southern California freeway tunnel for victims of a fiery, chain-reaction pileup that mangled trucks, killed at least three people, injured 10 people and shut down a key north-south route. The crash late Friday involved six big trucks and several cars and sent people fleeing for their lives from the flaming tunnel. (Posted @ 13:01 PST)
Nepal's parliament delays debate on abolishing monarchy by two days KATHMANDU, Oct 14 (AP): The parliamentary debate in Nepal on whether to abolish the monarchy has been pushed back two days and will resume on Tuesday, an official said. Parliament Speaker Subash Nemwang said on Sunday the delay was granted following a request by the six ruling political parties and the former communist rebels, who are attempting to hammer out an agreement over the issue. (Posted @ 12:27 PST)
Australian PM sets elections for Nov 24 CANBERRA, Oct 14 (Reuters): Australia will hold national elections on November 24, Prime Minister John Howard said on Sunday, as he seeks a fifth term in office. Howard's conservative government has been in power 11 years, but is well behind the centre-left Labor Party, led by Kevin Rudd, in opinion polls going into the election campaign. (Posted @ 11:54 PST)
Stampede kills 12 outside temple in India AHMADABAD, Oct 14 (AP): At least 12 Hindu devotees were trampled to death on a narrow path leading to a temple in western India on Sunday, police said. Another seven people were injured in the stampede that occurred during a religious festival in Panchmahal district, nearly 150 kilometers south of Ahmadabad, the key city of western Gujarat state, said the senior superintendent of police. (Posted @ 11:54 PST)
11 rebels, 1 soldier killed in Sri Lankan clashes COLOMBO, Oct 14 (AP): Eleven Tamil Tiger rebels and a government soldier were killed in separate clashes reported across Sri Lanka's restive northern region, the military said on Sunday. A rebel spokesman accused the government of exaggerating figures. (Posted @ 11:38 PST)
China coal mine blast kills one, traps 18 BEIJING, Oct 14 (AFP): One worker was killed and 18 others trapped after a coal mine explosion in east China, officials and state media said Sunday. The blast in the Jianxin Coal mine in Jiangxi province happened shortly before midnight on Saturday while 283 miners were working in the pit, the Xinhua news agency reported. (Posted @ 11:18 PST)
Six tourists, two Thai tour guides killed by flash flood BANGKOK, Oct 14 (AP): Six Western tourists and two Thai guides were killed after being swept away by flash floods while exploring a cave at a national park in southern Thailand, police said on Sunday. One tourist was still missing. Police said their precise nationalities were uncertain, though they were Westerners. (Posted @ 11:16 PST)
Mine collapses in Colombia, killing at least 21 BOGOTA, Oct 14 (AP): A makeshift gold mine collapsed in southwest Colombia on Saturday, killing 21 people and injuring another 18, authorities said. Efforts were under way to find about 10 miners missing and presumed trapped underground in the mine, located near the town of Suarez, 350 kilometers southwest of the capital, Bogota. (Posted @ 11:13 PST)
Torrential rains kill nine in Tunisia TUNIS, Oct 14 (AFP): At least nine people died and nine others went missing on Saturday in torrential rains that caused serious damage in and around the Tunisian capital, national radio reported. (Posted @ 11:10 PST)
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