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| November 01, 2007 | Thursday | Shawwal 19, 1428 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Jordan's king holds talks with Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (AFP): Jordan's King Abdullah II and President Pervez Musharraf held talks on the situation in the Middle East here Thursday, officials said. The Jordanian monarch arrived on a day-long visit from China. The two leaders discussed bilateral ties, a foreign ministry statement said. Jordan's state-run Petra news agency quoted the king as telling Musharraf: “Jordan supports Pakistan's efforts to fight terror, which targets the country's security and stability.” In China, Abdullah urged Beijing to play a greater role in the Middle East and met President Hu Jintao. (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
Top US commander visits Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 1, 2007 (AFP) - US Central Command chief Admiral William Fallon arrived here Thursday for talks with Pakistani officials, the military said. During his stay, Fallon, whose area of responsibility covers Central Asia and the Middle East, will hold talks with the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Tariq Majid, and other officials on Friday, a military official told AFP. Admiral Fallon is also expected to call on General Musharraf. (Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Suicide attack on Pakistan air force bus kills eight ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (AFP) - A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden motorbike into a bus carrying Pakistani air force officials on Thursday, killing at least eight and wounding 40 others, officials said. Private TV channels reported that the death toll had risen to nine. “The bus was carrying trainee flying officers when it was attacked by the suicide bomber” in the Sargodha district of central Punjab province, interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema told AFP. Eight air force officials died and around 40 were wounded, he said. “It was a suicide attack and the target was the bus which was carrying the air force officials,” chief military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said. The dead included a squadron leader, two airmen and five trainee flying officers, security officials said. The bomber's dismembered head was found at the scene while some pieces of his body were stuck to the exterior of the bus,a police officer said. The bus itself was badly mangled in the blast. “It was a huge bang and heard several kilometres away,” he said. Ambulances raced the casualties to local hospitals where an emergency was declared. Some of the injured are in critical condition, another police officer said. He said three school children were also hurt when shrapnel hit the van in which they were travelling. (First Posted @ 09:05 PST, Updated @ 17:05 PST)
Musharraf vote ruling unlikely until after Nov 12 ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (AFP): - Pakistan's Supreme Court is unlikely to rule on the legality of President Pervez Musharraf's victory in a presidential election until November 12, judges and lawyers said Thursday. The verdict on the October 6 vote had been expected by the end of this week, but legal arguments were taking longer than predicted and the court is not sitting next week, presiding judge of the 11-member bench justice Javed Iqbal said. The timing for the case will now be tight, as Musharraf's term as president ends on November 15. “It was our effort to wind up the case by Thursday or Friday but it has lingered on due to lengthy arguments by the lawyers,” justice Javed Iqbal told the court as he adjourned proceedings for the day. “If this case does not conclude by tomorrow it will not be heard next week due to engagements of one of the judges and will be then heard on 12 November,” he added. Pakistan's attorney general and other government lawyers have yet to conclude their arguments, while the lawyers presenting the petitions against Musharraf's election win are also expected to need more time. The court is dealing with two appeals against the presidential election that focus on Musharraf's role as army chief and on the fact that the vote was carried out by the outgoing national and provincial parliaments. Aitzaz Ahsan, the main lawyer for the petitioners, said it appeared the case would now go on after November 12 and accused the government of adopting delaying tactics.“ The government seems to have changed its strategy and I feel there is something black at the bottom of it,” he told the court. Former premier Benazir Bhutto abruptly cancelled a trip to Dubai on Wednesday night after saying that she had heard rumours that Musharraf may declare a state of emergency. (Posted @ 14:55 PST)
Islamabad police chief, four others convicted in Chief Justice case ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (Reuteers): - Pakistan's Supreme Court sentenced Islamabad’s police chief and four other officers to jail time on Thursday for manhandling its top judge after he was suspended by President Pervez Musharraf earlier this year. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was made non-functional on March 9 but was reinstated on July 20 when the court quashed misconduct charges against him . After his suspension, officials shoved him days later when he refused to use an official vehicle and instead tried to walk up to the Supreme Court building to attend a hearing. “They (officials) have not only ridiculed the dignity and honour of superior judiciary but also acted recklessly,” Justice Rana Bhagwandas, head of a three-member bench hearing the case, said announcing the punishment. “It is for this reason that despite the bonafide repentence and remorse expressed by them, it is found necessary to convict them and award punishment.” The judge awarded prison terms ranging from 15 to 30 days to the police officers, four of them senior. The court also symbolically punished two top officials from the federal administration in Islamabad, imprisoning them during Thursday's sitting. However, on an appeal by a defence lawyer, the court suspended the sentences for 15 days pending appeal. (Posted @ 13:30 PST)
Pakistan supreme court orders report on Benazir procession bombing ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov 1 (AP): - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered top government officials to file a comprehensive report on the Oct. 18 bombing that targeted ex-premier Benazir Bhutto's homecoming in Karachi, killing 145 people. The court held a hearing into the incident, expressing impatience with an investigation that has yet to identify the culprits or their motive. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry Chaudhry, leading a four-member panel of judges, ordered senior officials to file a “comprehensive report” on the bombing within a week, at which time the next hearing will be set. The officials include the federal interior minister, and the chief secretary and police chief of Sindh province. “Let us see what they are doing” about the investigation, justice Chaudhry said. “They should know that we are fully aware of the gravity of the situation.” In a separate development, Benazir’s Pakistan Peoples Party in a letter Thursday to Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said valuable evidence was lost because the bomb scene was not properly preserved. (Posted @ 13:15 PST)
Pakistan says up to 70 militants dead in new clashes ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (AFP): - Pakistani security forces backed by gunship helicopters killed up to 70 militants in two days of clashes in scenic Swat valley of North West Frontier Province, the army said Thursday quoting police and paramilitary sources. A ceasefire broke down in the troubled Swat Valley on Wednesday and fresh fighting erupted early Thursday when militants loyal to a hardline pro-Taliban cleric attacked a security checkpost, the army said. “Police and Frontier Constabulary sources have confirmed death of 60 to 70 miscreants,” an army statement said. On Wednesday night officials gave a death toll of 20. (Posted @ 14:45 PST)
Fighting resumes in Pakistan’s Swat valley; five militants killed ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (AP): - In the scenic Swat valley of the North West Frontier Province, where recent clashes between security forces and supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric have claimed more than 100 lives, fighting resumed after a two-day lull on Thursday. Early Thursday, militants attacked hilltop positions of security forces in the Khwaza Khela area, triggering a gunbattle, said Ali Rahman, a local police official, adding that troops backed by helicopter gunships and artillery continued targeting militant facilities, killing at least five. The security forces suffered no casualties, he said. (Posted @ 14:30 PST)
Benazir leaves for Dubai KARACHI, Nov 1 (AFP): Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto left for Dubai on Thursday by Emirates Airlines flight EK-607 officials said, after cancelling the trip overnight due to rumours of an impending state of emergency. “I am going to Dubai to see my children and ailing mother,” Bhutto was quoted as telling members of her party at Karachi airport by a senior party official. “I will return to Pakistan on November 8,” he quoted her as saying. (Posted @ 15:55 PST)
Man who dropped first atomic bomb dies CHICAGO, Nov 1 (AFP): The man who dropped the first atomic bomb, which devastated Hiroshima during World War II, died Thursday in his Ohio home, a spokesman said. Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. piloted a B-29 bomber called the Enola Gay which dropped the bomb on August 6, 1945. (Posted @ 21:05 PST)
Three US soldiers killed by roadside bombs in northern Iraq BAGHDAD< Nov 1 (AP): Two U.S. soldiers were killed in an explosion near their vehicle in Iraq's northern Ninevah province, and one other died in a roadside bombing in Salahuddin province, also north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Thursday. The deaths occurred on Wednesday, the military said, adding that two other soldiers were wounded in the Ninevah blast. (Posted @ 21:05 PST)
Czechs jail communist prosecutor after 57 years PRAGUE, Nov 1 (AP): A Czech court sentenced an 85-year-old former communist prosecutor to 8 years in prison on Thursday for her part in the hanging of a pro-democracy politician in 1950, news agency CTK reported. Former prosecutor Ludmila Brozova-Polednova was found guilty of complicity to murder for helping lead the case against Milada Horakova. (Posted @ 21:00 PST)
66 rebels surrender weapons in Assam: police GAUHATI, Nov 1 (AP): A group of 66 separatist rebels surrendered their weapons to authorities in India's remote, insurgency-hit northeast on Thursday, police said. Assam state's police chief, R.N. Mathur, said the rebels belonged to the United Liberation Front of Assam or ULFA, which has been fighting for an independent homeland in the state since 1979. (Posted @ 20:00 PST)
Rebels kill 23 Eritrean troops: Ethiopian media ADDIS ABABA, Nov 1 (AP): Eritrean rebels say they have killed 23 Eritrean soldiers and freed prisoners jailed in the Red Sea State's remote Afar region, Ethiopia's pro-government Walta Information Service reported on Thursday. Eritrea and Ethiopia fought a 1998-2000 war that killed 70,000 people, and tensions are rising again ahead of a deadline this month for them to demarcate their disputed frontier. Both sides routinely trade accusations of encouraging instability in the region by supporting each other's rebels. (Posted @ 19:50 PST)
London police convicted over 2005 Brazilian killing LONDON, Nov 1 (AFP): London's Metropolitan Police force was convicted Thursday of breaching health and safety laws after officers shot dead a Brazilian they mistook for a would-be suicide bomber in 2005. (Posted @ 19:40 PST)
At least 887 Iraqis killed in October BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (AFP): At least 887 Iraqis were killed in Iraq in October, ministry data showed on Thursday, slightly higher than September which saw a total of 840 people killed across the nation. Data from Iraq's interior, defence and health ministries showed 758 civilians, 116 policemen and 13 soldiers were killed in attacks across Iraq in October. (Posted @ 19:30 PST)
77 more Indian child workers rescued NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (AFP): Indian police on Thursday rescued 77 child textile workers in the third raid this week following reports that a local supplier to US clothing chain Gap was employing minors. The children were embroidering saris and Indian wedding clothes in dingy rooms in a New Delhi neighbourhood when police and activists accompanied by reporters and television crews arrived. (Posted @ 18:55 PST)
Fifty Taliban killed in western Afghanistan: police HERAT, Nov 1 (AFP): Afghan forces said Thursday they had killed 50 more Taliban militants in the heaviest fighting in a western province since 2001. An operation by local and NATO troops to retake a district in the increasingly troubled Farah province entered its third day, the provincial police spokesman said. “The fighting is still ongoing in Gulistan district. We killed 20 more Taliban since yesterday. Five soldiers and seven police have also been killed so far.” On Wednesday Afghan police said up to 40 Taliban militants were killed and 20 wounded. The Taliban dispute the casualty figures and maintain they control of the district. (Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Bangladesh party squabble heads to Election Commission DHAKA, Nov 1 (Reuters): A controversy over leadership of prime minister Khaleda Zia's party, is headed for the country's Election Commission (EC). Just who will be at the helm of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) -- the leaders chosen by Khaleda or those who overturned her choices -- looks set to be determined in the short run by the EC. (Posted @ 18:20 PST)
Six powers to meet in London on Iran LONDON, Nov 1 (AFP): Representatives of the six major powers involved in talks about Iran's nuclear program will meet in London on Friday, the British government said on Thursday. A Foreign Office spokesman said “political directors” from Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China would meet as part of a pattern of regular exchanges at senior official level. He added that no ministers would attend the meeting. would allow representatives to discuss “how they see the process going forward”. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Cricket: Pakistan arrive for India tour NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (AFP): Pakistan's cricketers flew into India on Thursday to play five one-dayers and three tests on the six-week tour. The 15-man squad, captained by Shoaib Malik, was received by local officials and security staff at Indira Gandhi international airport after a 45-minute flight from Lahore.(Posted @ 17:20 PST)
Chimpanzee that learnt sign language dies WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (AFP): Scientists have announced the death of the first animal to break the language barrier, a female chimpanzee called Washoe who could communicate 250 words in human sign language. Washoe was not only the first animal to learn a human language, she also passed on what she had learnt to her adopted son before dying on Tuesday at the ripe old age -- for a chimp -- of 42. (Posted @ 17:15 PST)
11 Afghan policemen killed KABUL, Nov 1 (AP): The Taliban on Thursday attacked a police checkpoint in Nad Ali district in Helmand province, killing five officers and wounding three others, the provincial police chief said. In Farah province, six police officers were killed and two others wounded, and 14 Afghan army troops were missing after clashes with Taliban militants on Wednesday, said Governor Muhaidin Baluch. A large number of Taliban have crossed into Farah from neighboring Helmand province and are still in control of Gulistan district, he added. (Posted @ 17:10 PST)
Retired army general says conflicts could keep U.S. in Middle East for 50 years PITTSBURGH, Nov 1 (AP): It might take as long as half a century before U.S. troops can leave the volatile Middle East, according to retired Army General John Abizaid. “Over time, we will have to shift the burden of the military fight from our forces directly to regional forces, and we will have to play an indirect role, but we shouldn't assume for even a minute that in the next 25 to 50 years the American military might be able to come home,” Abizaid said Wednesday at Carnegie Mellon University. (Posted @ 16:50 PST)
Indian lawmaker, three others arrested for allegedly beating journalists PATNA, Nov 1 (AP): A state lawmaker and three supporters were arrested Thursday on charges of badly assaulting three television journalists who worked for the NDTV and Asian News International television channels in eastern India, police said. The journalists visited lawmaker Anant Singh's home in Patna to question him about the reported rape and murder of a local woman, New Delhi Television and other news channels reported. (Posted @ 16:40 PST)
Czech Deputy PM Cunek quits amid scandals PRAGUE, Nov 1 (Reuters): Czech First Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek resigned on Thursday over an investigation into alleged bribe taking. Cunek, leader of the junior government partner, the centrist Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), said he wanted the ruling three-party coalition to stay intact. He said his resignation would take effect next Wednesday. (Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Japan ends 'war on terror' mission TOKYO, Nov 1 (AFP): Japan on Thursday ordered home ships engaged on a refuelling mission in the Indian Ocean, ending its role in the “war on terror” due to domestic opposition. Japan supplied fuel to US and other forces operating in Afghanistan. Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba issued orders at 0600 GMT for Japan's two ships in the Indian Ocean -- the destroyer Kirisame and the supply ship Tokiwa -- to return to Japan. The main opposition party, which controls one house of parliament, has vowed that Japan should not take part in “American wars.” (Posted @ 16:10 PST)
Bombs kill 16 in separate attacks in Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (AP): Bombs killed at least 16 people on Thursday in scattered attacks across the Iraqi capital and its northern suburbs, police said. A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy carrying the police chief of Balad Ruz, police said. Six of his guards were killed and eight others hurt, but the chief escaped injury. In Baghdad, a roadside bomb killed five people near a shelter used as a police recruiting center. Six other people were wounded. In Sadiyah, 95 kilometers north of Baghdad, a cluster of three attacks took place around 10:40am, killing three soldiers and two civilians and wounding 18 others. Another explosion went off near a hospital in Sadiyah, and police said there were casualties but could not confirm the number or severity. (Posted @ 15:45 PST)
Taliban overrun another Afghan district HERAT, Afghanistan, Nov 1 (Reuters): - The Taliban have overrun district Bakwa in western Afghanistan while fighting continues in of Gulistan district, Farah province which they captured earlier this week, a provincial official said Thursday. During the confrontation 14 Taliban and two Afghan police were killed. (Posted @ 14:20 PST)
Israel arrests wanted Hamas commander NABLUS, West Bank, Nov 1 (AFP): - Israeli troops Thursday arrested Omar Tirawi, 40, from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades command in Nablus, in the city's El-Makhfiah neighbourhood in the northern West Bank. Omar was wanted by the Israelis for three years. Soldiers arrived in about 30 jeeps and surrounded the building where he was hiding. They opened fire into the air but Tirawi surrendered without resistance, a Palestinian security official said. An Israeli military source said soldiers also arrested 16 other wanted Palestinians in raids across the West Bank overnight. (Posted @ 13:50 PST)
Rafsanjani warns Iran of 'unprecedented' US threats TEHRAN, Nov 1 (AFP): -Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Thursday warned Iran to be alert in the face of “unprecedented” actions by the United States. “Since the revolution, the enemies have plotted a lot but the current situation is unprecedented. Therefore everybody must be alert,” the powerful cleric said, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. “The movements and the presence of US forces and their supporters in the region is unprecedented, as is the creation of a menacing climate of fear,” he told army commanders in a speech. (Posted @ 13:45 PST)
Bomb kills five near police recruiting centre in northeast Baghdad BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (AP): A roadside bomb killed five people Thursday near a shelter used as a police recruiting centre in northeast Baghdad, police said. The explosion went off at around 9:20 a.m. on a road leading to an Interior Ministry building used to process police recruits in the Binouk neighbourhood, police said. Six other people were wounded, they said. Most of the victims were recruits lining up outside the shelter. (Posted @ 12:35 PST)
31 Tamils killed in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Nov 1 (Reuters): Sri Lankan troops killed 31 Tamil Tigers fighters in a series of clashes in the north of the island, as warplanes bombed rebel training camps on Thursday, the military said. Two soldiers were also killed and 17 wounded in the clashes with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the northwestern district of Mannar and neighbouring Vavuniya. (Posted @ 17:40 PST)
Cricket: Injured Asif pulls out of limited-overs series against India ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov 1 (AP): - Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif on Thursday was ruled out of the five-match limited-overs cricket series against India due to an elbow injury. The series begins in Guwahati on Nov. 5 and the Pakistan team is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi later Thursday. “Asif is not 100 per cent fit and needs some more time to fully recover,” Shafqat Naghmi, chief operating officer Pakistan Cricket Board, told reporters. “He felt pain after playing in the one-day international at Multan last week and the doctors have advised it's better he should stay back and regain full fitness,” Naghmi said. “It's a rare injury and only the player himself knows whether he is fit or not,” Naghmi said. “It doesn't need surgery nor can it be treated with medicine, Asif can only regain fitness with exercises and strengthening the muscles around his elbow,” he added. No replacement was announced for Asif and Naghmi was not sure whether Asif would regain full fitness ahead of the test series that begins from Nov. 22. (Posted @ 12:25 PST)
90 Indians arrested in UAE ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (APP): At least 90 Indians have been arrested in the weekend violent protests by workers in Dubai while their 3900 compatriots have been released after a brief detention. Over 4500 South Asians, mostly Indians, were taken into custody after protests by workers to press for better wages and working conditions at a labour camp. Of them, 159, including 90 Indians, were identified as being allegedly involved in violence. “Investigations are underway to find their exact role in the violence,” Indian Ambassador to UAE Talmiz Ahmed said, The Times of India reported Wednesday. They would be deported after the probe. (Posted @ 11:45 PST)
More than 11 tons of cocaine seized in western Mexico MEXICO CITY, Nov 1 (AP): Mexican authorities seized more than 11 tons of cocaine in the western port city of Manzanillo, and said it was one of the nation's biggest drug busts ever. (Posted @ 11:25 PST)
Three killed in US military raid in eastern Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov 1 (AP): A nighttime raid late Wednesday in Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province sparked a gunbattle that left three people dead, including two children, officials said Thursday. (First Posted @ 11:15 PST, Updated @ 13:00 PST)
19 bodies found across Iraq Baghdad, Nov 1 (Reuters):- At least 19 bodies were found across Iraq during 24 hours ending midnight Wednesday. Police found six bodies around Baghdad while the bodies of eight people including three policemen were found shot and burned in two districts in Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad. These were in addition to five bodies found in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday. Meanwhile, U.S. forces killed three militants during an operation targeting al Qaeda in Kirkuk, the U.S. military said. The Iraqi army also killed 10 militants and detained 44 during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said. (Posted @ 11:00 PST)
Three killed in Thai south YALA, Thailand, Nov 1 (AFP): Suspected rebels in southern Thailand shot dead an army sergeant and two civilians in the embattled region, police said Thursday. Two men aged 48 and 65 were killed early Thursday in Yaha district in Yala province, local authorities said. In nearby Pattani province Wednesday, a 41-year-old army sergeant was killed in a drive-by shooting, police said. (Posted @ 10:50 PST)
Americans see Iran greatest threat to world stability: poll WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (AFP): People in the United States see Iran as by far the greatest threat to world stability, with China a distant second, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. The Gallup poll of 1,000 adults, carried out over October 25-28, showed 35 percent of people see Iran as the biggest threat to world stability. Nineteen percent ranked China the main threat, while North Korea ran third at 10 percent and Iraq fourth at nine percent. Eight percent of those polled saw the United States itself the greatest threat, while Russia was singled out by only four percent. On the new economic sanctions on Iranian institutions, 34 percent said they were in support while nine percent said they opposed them. But 57 percent said they did not know enough about the situation to make a judgement. (Posted @ 10:50 PST)
Cricket: Australian squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka SYDNEY, Nov 1 (AFP): - The Australian squad to play Sri Lanka in the first cricket Test at the Gabba in Brisbane starting on November 8 will comprise Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, Michael Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait. (Posted @ 10:35 PST)
Death toll rises to 81 as Tropical Storm Noel heads toward Bahamas PIEDRA BLANCA, Dominican Republic, Nov 1 (AP): Tropical Storm Noel triggered mudslides and floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, pushing the regional death toll to 81 on Wednesday. With Noel slowly curving toward the Bahamas and rains still falling two days after the storm first hit, rescuers were struggling to reach communities cut off by flooding on the island of Hispaniola. As they did, they found a rising toll of death and damage - at least 56 dead in the Dominican Republic, 24 in neighbouring Haiti and one in Jamaica. Before dawn Monday, a swollen river overflowed its banks and swept away the hamlet of Piedra Blanca in central Dominican Republic. (Posted @ 09:45 PST)
U.S. attack helicopter opens fire south of Baghdad BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (AP): U.S. helicopters opened fire after a ground patrol came under attack southeast of Baghdad, and Iraqi police said three officers were killed and one wounded in the strike. The fighting occurred Wednesday near Salman Pak. Ground forces called for air support after coming under small-arms fire near the city, some 25 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, a U.S. military official said, requesting anonymity. A U.S.-Iraqi joint security station in the area had come under fire three times earlier in the day, the official said. A local policeman claimed three officers were killed and one wounded when an Iraqi patrol vehicle was hit in the airstrike. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
Floods kill 13, leave five missing in central Vietnam HANOI, Vietnam, Nov 1 (AP): Floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 13 people in central Vietnam and left five others missing over the past two days, disaster officials said Thursday. Previous flooding the last two weeks killed 11 people in the region. In Thua Thien Hue province, six people drowned, said provincial disaster official Nguyen Van Song. Nearly 8,000 people have been evacuated. Disaster officials in the provinces of Quang Ngai, Quang Tri and Quang Binh reported five flood deaths and one missing person. (Posted @ 09:25 PST)
Karachi Stocks down 387.01 , points: KARACHI, Nov 01: At the close of trading the KSE-100 index was at 13932.41 ,down 387.01 , points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, Nov 01: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.75, to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:20 PST)
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