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PPP releases Benazir’s will naming husband as successor NAUDERO, Pakistan, Feb 5 (AFP) - The party of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto released her will to the public on Tuesday to prove that it names her husband as her political heir. The move follows a whispering campaign that Benazir had not handed the leadership of the Pakistan People's Party to her spouse Asif Ali Zardari, and that she instead picked their 19-year-old son Bilawal. The handwritten will -- dated October 16, two days before the former premier returned to Pakistan from exile -- also says that she feared for Pakistan's future in the face of extremism and dictatorship. “I would like my husband Asif Ali Zardari to lead you in this interim period until you and he decide what is best. I say this because he is a man of courage and honour,” said the will, unveiled at the Bhutto home in Naudero in southern Sindh province. Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at a political rally in Rawalpindi on December 27. The party named Zardari and Bilawal as co-chairmen three days later, after the will was read out to senior party members, but not to the public. The will says that Zardari “spent 11.5 years in prison without bending despite torture. He has the political stature to keep our party united.” “Some enemies wanted to create chaos in the party by spreading false speculation about the contents of the will,” party spokeswoman Sherry Rehman told a news conference as she made the document public. “That is why the party high command has decided to share the will with the public and the media to foil all such controversies and keep the party united.” Addressed to the “officials and members” of the party, the one-page will also says Bhutto was “honoured” to lead them and urges them to continue her work. “I fear for the future of Pakistan. Please continue the fight against extremism, dictatorship, poverty and ignorance,” it says. Sherry Rehman said the will would be included in her autobiography. Zardari and the party are set to kickstart campaigning for February 18 general elections when the official mourning period for Bhutto ends later this week. The will was earlier posted on the website of the US magazine Newsweek.(Posted @ 16:15 PST, Updated @ 20:11 PST)
Resolution of Kashmir issue is essential for peace in region, Soomro Islamabad, Feb 5, (PPI) Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro has said that the resolution of Kashmir issue is essential for the improvement of bilateral relations between Pakistan and India and peace and stability in the region. Addressing a convention to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day here Tuesday evening, he said peace process should move beyond the confidence building measures. Prime Minister emphasised that we should address the malaise and not just symptoms. He said Pakistan wants a just solution of this issue and has shown flexibility and presented proposals to Indian for the resolution of this issue. Muhammadmian Soomro said it has been made clear to India that Kashmiri people are the main stakeholders and they should be the main beneficiaries of the outcome. The Prime Minister deplored that massive human rights violations are being perpetrated in Occupied Kashmir by some seven hundred thousand Indian troops.(Posted @ 23:31 PST)
Suicide bomber killed in explosion QUETTA Feb 5 (PPI): An alleged suicide bomber was killed when an explosive device blasted in his hand in Q Tuesday night. Police told PPI, An unidentified person was carrying explsoive device at Sabzal road in the outskirts here tonight. The explosive device went off in which he died on the spot. Police and bomb disposal squad reached the site and cordoned the area. Police found body parts including head of the bomber.(Posted @ 23:30 PST)
APHC thanks Pakistan for observing Kashmir Solidarity day Srinagar, occupied Kashmir, Feb 05 (PPI)- The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Tuesday thanked the government and the people of Pakistan for observing Solidarity Day to convey to the world that the hearts of Pakistanis throb in unison with the suffering people of Kashmir, KMS reported. At a seminar in Srinagar, organised by the APHC, Maulana Abbas Ansari, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, Shaikh Abdul Aziz, Bilal Ghani Lone, Fazl Haq Qureshi , Naeem Ahmed Khan and others expressed confidence that Pakistan would continue its political, moral and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri peoples right of self-determination. A resolution expressed full support to President Pervez Musharraf's four-point formula on Kashmir and urged India to reciprocate Pakistan's positive approach to resolve the Kashmir dispute. It also demanded immediate repeal of draconian laws. Despite heavy snowfall in Srinagar today, people gathered in large numbers at Lal Chowk, took out a rally and raised anti-India and pro-liberation slogans. APHC leaders who led the rally said the peoples of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan were tied together by strong and deep-rooted religious, political, historical and cultural relations. In Brussels, a candle-lit solidarity demonstration was held in front of the Belgian Parliament and Prime Minister's office. The demonstration was led by the Executive Director of Kashmir Center, Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo.(Posted @ 19:52 PST)
Pakistani police tear-gas justice Iftikhar’s supporters ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (AFP) - Riot police used tear-gas on Tuesday to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to reach the residence of the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry inIslamabad, witnesses and officials said. The procession -- originally held to mark a national “solidarity day” with the people of Kashmir -- was stopped before it reached the house of justice Chaudhry. Police fired three tear-gas shells at the stone-throwing demonstrators who dispersed and no arrests were reported. The protesters were led by Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed. The demonstrators chanted anti-Musharraf slogans. Qazi Husain Ahmed told the rally that his party would continue to fight “until the judiciary is restored.” He said his party would also hold a solidarity march to the house of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who has been under house arrest since 2004.(Posted @ 17:39 PST)
Pakistan observes Kashmir Solidarity Day LAHORE, Feb.5 (PPI):- Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed throughout Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir in their struggle for the right of self-determination and to pay homage to those who have sacrificed their lives for the noble cause. Various political, social and cultural organizations held rallies, took out processions and oganised meetings, seminars etc. APHC’s AJK and Pakistan Chaper took out a rally in Islamabad. In Lahore, a meeting was held under the aegis of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) at the residence of former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif. The Jamaat-Dawa Pakistan organized a conference at Mall Road - Masjid-i-Shuhida. Similar meetings were held in all cities and towns across the country and in Azad Kashmir including Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Kotli etc.(Posted @ 17:31 PST)
APHC calls on World community to pressurize India to resolve Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb, 05 (PPI): All-Parties Hurriyet Conference’s AJK and Pakistan Chapter Tuesday called on the world community to exert pressure on India to resolve the issue of Kashmir in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiri people. Convenor Syed Yousuf Naseem addressing the participants of a rally outside the Indian Embassy on the occasion of the Kashmir Solidarity Day said durable and lasting peace can not be achieved in the region without the resolution of Kashmir issue. India has deployed 800,000 troops in occupied Kashmir who are committing atrocities against the innocent Kashmiri people, he said but affirmed that despite Indian repression Kashmiri people will not abandon their independence struggle till the achievement of their goal. Other leaders including Manzoor-ul-Haq Batt , and Syed Akram Shah also addressed the rally.(Posted @ 17:05 PST)
'Political will' of Benazir Bhutto Ratodero, Pakistan, Feb 05 (PPI): Pakistan People's Party has released the 'political will' of Ms Benazir Bhutto written on October 16, 2007, two day prior to her return to Pakistan from exile. Addressing a press conference at Bhutto House, Naudero on Monday, PPP Central Information Secretary Sherry Rehman read out the will which reads: “To the officials and members of Pakistan Peoples Party, I say that I was honored to lead you. No leader could be so proud of their party, their dedication, devotion and discipline to the mission of Quaid-e-Awam Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for a federal democratic and egalitarian Pakistan as I have been proud of you. “I salute your courage and your sense of honor. I salute you for standing by your sister through two military dictatorships. “I fear for the future of Pakistan. Please continue the fight against extremism, dictatorial, poverty and ignorance. I would like my husband Asif Ali Zardari to lead in this interim period until you and he decided what is best .”I say this because he is a man of courage and honor. He spent eleven and a half years in prison without bending despite torture. He has the political stature to keep our party united. “I wish all of you success in fulfilling the manifesto of our party and in serving the downtrodden, discriminated and oppressed people of Pakistan. Dedicate yourself to freeing them from poverty and backwardness as you have done in the past.”(Posted @ 20:20 PST)
Pakistan nuclear weapons vulnerable: US WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (AFP) - Political turmoil in Pakistan has not seriously threatened the military's control of its nuclear weapons “but vulnerabilities exist,” US intelligence said in a report Tuesday. “We judge the ongoing political uncertainty in Pakistan has not seriously threatened the military's control of the nuclear arsenal, but vulnerabilities exist,” the US intelligence community said in its annual threat assessment. Noting that the Pakistani army was responsible for the country's nuclear programs, the report said, “we judge that the army's management of nuclear policy issues -- to include physical security -- has not been degraded by Pakistan's political crisis.”(Posted @ 21:12 PST)
Support to Kashmiris to continue: Halepota KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb 05 (PPI): Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister, Justice (retd) Abdul Qadir Halepota Tuesday reiterated that Pakistan would continue to support Kashmiris' struggle for freedom, saying political, diplomatic and moral assistance to Kashmiris would be continued at every level. Addressing a Kashmir Solidarity Day rally taken out from the mausoleum of the Quaid-i-Azam he hoped that President Pervez Musharraf's strategy and policies would help resolve the Kashmir issue.(Posted @ 20:35 PST)
Ghinwa Bhutto urges masses to elect honest candidates LARKANA, Pakistan, Feb 05 (PPI) :Pakistan People's Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto Tuesday cautioned people to use their vote carefully, as there were many begging votes in the name of late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Addressing a big gathering on the occasion of the Chehlum of Benazir Bhutto , she said actual heirs of Z.A. Bhutto were the people of the country and not some particular personalities. She said Zulfikar Bhutto is the name of an ideology representing peoples aspirations for progress and prosperity. She advocated full provincial autonomy and deplored that although Pakistan was a nuclear power, it was being dictated by foreign powers.(Posted @ 20:27 PST)
Rawalpindi suicide blast bomber's head found ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (AFP): The authorities Tuesday were reconstructing the severed head of a suicide bomber found at the site of an attack on a military bus that left seven people dead, officials said. Police said they hoped to trace those behind Monday's bombing which targeted army medical staff going to work in Rawalpindi. “We found the head of the suicide attacker and experts are doing a reconstruction of his face. We have several clues but no lead yet,” Rawalpindi police chief Saud Aziz told AFP. “Joint investigation teams of civilian and military officials have started work,” Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz told AFP. Chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said the death toll from Monday's bombing had risen to seven overnight, with 40 others wounded including seven civilians. (Posted @ 12:12 PST)
Hamas fires rockets on Israel, blacking out half of town as Israeli fire kills nine Palestinians JERUSALEM, Feb 5 (AP) - Gaza militants fired more than 10 rockets on southern Israel Tuesday, directly hitting a house and injuring one person, police said. Israeli TVs reported that power was out in half of the southern town of Sderot, of 24,000 residents, after a main electric line was hit. Earlier, rockets had hit factories, causing damage but no injuries. Militants from Hamas group said that, in one hour, they had fired 12 rockets. Palestinian militants launch rockets on Israel almost daily. Israel frequently conducts airstrikes and small land incursions in an effort to thwart the attacks. In Israeli operations Tuesday, two Hamas militants were killed in clashes with Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli aircraft later killed six people in an airstrike on a Hamas police station, after the rockets struck the factories.(Posted @ 21:20 PST)
Al-Qaeda improving ability to attack US: US intelligence WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (AFP) - The US intelligence community warned Tuesday of the threat of terrorist attack against the United States as Al-Qaeda improves its ability to identify, train and position operatives for such operations. In an annual threat assessment, US intelligence said it had detected an influx of new western recruits to Al-Qaeda safe havens in Pakistan's federally administrative tribal areas since 2006. “Al-Qaeda is improving the last key aspect of its ability to attack the US- the identification, training, and positioning of operatives for an attack in the Homeland,” the report said.(Posted @ 21:17 PST)
Cricket: Rain ruins second tri series match BRISBANE, Australia, Feb 5 (AFP) - The second match in the triangular one-day cricket series was abandoned here on Tuesday when heavy rain stopped Sri Lanka from taking the field in pursuit of India's total of 267 for four. Tuesday's match suffered the same fate as Sunday's tri series opener between Australia and India. Earlier, India finished on 267 after at one stage slumping to 83-4, losing three wickets for just three runs. Gambhir made an unbeaten 102 from 101 balls and Dhoni 88 from 95 deliveries.(Posted @ 18:57 PST)
Three jailed for 1999 Indian plane hijack NEW DELHI, Feb 5 (AFP) - A court in the northern town of Patiala on Tuesday handed down life terms to three Indian nationals (Abdul Latif, Bhupal Man Damai and Dalip Kumar Bhujel) found guilty of conspiracy in the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight, a report said. The Kathmandu-New Delhi flight, carrying 183 passengers and crew, was hijacked and flown to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan on December 24, 1999 by five armed men who India says were Pakistani nationals. One passenger was stabbed to death while the remaining hostages were freed a week later after New Delhi swapped them for three imprisoned Kashmiri militants. The hijackers and the three freed rebels were in turn allowed by the Taliban to go free, and they have never been caught. Indian police arrested Latif, Damai and Bhujel in early 2000 in Mumbai. Defence lawyer Sodhi said his client, Latif, had been made a “scapegoat.” The three convicts, all Indian nationals, can appeal against the verdict in a higher court.(Posted @ 18:57 PST)
Iran will have nuclear weapon in three years: Mossad JERUSALEM, Feb 5 (AFP) - Israel's Mossad spy agency estimates Iran will develop a nuclear weapon within three years and continue to provide rockets to regional armed groups, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Mossad director Meir Dagan, in an intelligence assessment presented to Israel's powerful foreign affairs and defence committee on Monday, said the Jewish state would face increased threats on all fronts, Maariv daily said. In Monday's report, Dagan also predicted that Tehran would continue to supply more and better rockets and training to Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip. Dagan added that Iran's allies Syria and the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah were also working to develop an increased rocket ability. “Syria is improving its surface-to-surface missile system and today the quantity of missiles and rockets is twice as large as two years ago,” Dagan said, according to Maariv.(Posted @ 17:43 PST)
Suicide bomber kills eight anti-Qaeda members TARMIYAH, Iraq, Feb 5 (AFP) - A suicide bomber Tuesday killed eight members of an anti-Qaeda front and wounded several others as he triggered his explosive vest at a checkpoint outside the home of Sheikh Shathr al-Obeidi, leader of a tribal “Awakening” group in Awad village near Taji, about 40 kilometres north of Baghdad, a police officer said. “The target of the attack was Sheikh Shathr al-Obeidi.”(Posted @ 17:31 PST)
Pakistan poultry workers being tested for bird flu ISLAMABAD, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Health authorities in Pakistan including a team from the World Health Organisation are doing tests on 12 workers from a farm in Karachi where the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was detected in poultry, a Health Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. “Preliminary samples were taken and found negative but the WHO wants to confirm it,” said the spokesman, Orya Maqbool Jan Abbasi.(Posted @ 16:46 PST)
Afghanistan could become failed state as insurgency spreads LONDON, Feb 5(AFP) - Afghanistan risks becoming a failed state if NATO troops do not defeat the Taliban, boosting Islamist extremism worldwide, a study said Tuesday, warning the West is struggling with a lack of resources. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) also lamented growing signs that the insurgency is expanding from the south of the country into northern provinces, with rebels learning lessons from Iraq. Elsewhere the London-based think tank noted progress by the so-called surge in Iraq, but warned that US and other troops face being in the country for a generation.(Posted @ 16:30 PST)
Two killed as Indian police fire on protesters KOLKATA, India, Feb 5 (AFP) - Two people were killed and at least 20 injured when police in India opened fire on a rally protesting at unemployment levels in poverty-hit West Bengal state, an official said. Police said the rally had turned violence when demonstrators threw stones, adding that officers first responded with a baton charge but then opened fire to control the crowd. Hundreds of leftwing Forward Bloc party members joined the protest in West Bengal's northern Cooch Behar district, some 600 kilometres from Kolkata. (Posted @ 16:20 PST)
Anger boils over as Egypt rounds up Palestinians CAIRO, Feb 5 (AFP) - Hundreds of Palestinians furious at being rounded up by Egyptian authorities following deadly clashes at the border with Gaza set fire to a government building on Tuesday, a security source said. “Egyptian authorities rounded up at least 500 Palestinians in the town of Rafah late Monday and took them to an administrative building,” after a Palestinian was shot dead in the border violence, the source told AFP. “They set fire to the building, broke windows and destroyed furniture,” the source said, adding that the Palestinians would be allowed back into Gaza “once the arrangements are made.” Another 1,500 Palestinians who live in other Arab countries and who need visas to leave Egypt have been taken to a youth hostel in Al-Arish, west of Rafah, until their papers are ready, the source said. (Posted @ 16:05 PST)
Roadside bombs kill seven in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Feb 5 (AFP): Two roadside bombs killed seven people in Afghanistan in new attacks, five of them civilians from the same family, police said TuesdayA remote-controlled bomb struck an estate car (station wagon) in Helmand province on Monday, the provincial police chief told AFP. “Five people -- a woman, two children and two men, all members of the same family -- were killed in the roadside blast. One person was wounded,” he said. Another bomb, also remotely controlled, hit a police patrol in Kandahar province late Tuesday and killed two police, the provincial police chief said. Another three policemen were wounded, he said. (Posted @ 14:15 PST)
Iran angered over India's launch of Israeli spy satellite NEW DELHI, Feb 5 (AFP): Iran said Tuesday it had lodged an official complaint with New Delhi over India's commercial launch of an Israeli spy satellite last month. “The Indian government says the issue is a technical and commercial one, but we hope the matter can be considered from the point of view of protocol,” Iran's ambassador to New Delhi, Sayed Mahdi Nabizadeh, told reporters. “We hope that an independent and wise country like India will not give their space technology to launch any instruments of espionage. Our officials have expressed our point of view,” he added.(Posted @ 13:50 PST)
Rebels in Chad say they accept ceasefire NDJAMENA, Feb 5 (AFP): Rebels who attacked Chad's capital Ndjamena over the weekend said Tuesday they accepted the principle of an immediate ceasefire, as they blamed France for “enormous” civilian casualties. 20,000 Chad refugees in Cameroon; UNHCR: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday about 20,000 Chadians had taken refuge in Cameroon to escape fighting between rebels and government forces in Njdamena, The figure comes from a UNHCR team that has reached the Cameroonian border town of Kousseri, 15 kilometres from the Chadian capital, said a spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency in Geneva.(Posted @ 13:50 PST)
India says bird flu outbreak in east contained KOLKATA, Feb 5 (Reuters): India's worst outbreak of bird flu appears to be under control, with a massive cull of poultry to contain the disease almost completed, health officials said on Tuesday. More than 3.4 million birds have been culled in West Bengal, where 13 of the 19 districts have been affected by the H5N1 bird flu virus since the disease was first reported last month, state officials said. “Culling is almost over and we are now conducting mopping up operations in the infected areas,” the state's animal resources minister, told Reuters.(Posted @ 13:45 PST)
Philippines troops kill eight civilians MANILA, Feb 5 (Reuters): At least eight civilians, including three women and two children, were killed when Philippine troops raided a coastal village on a remote southern island, local officials said on Tuesday. They said the civilians were killed during a pre-dawn mission on Monday by navy commandos to rescue two hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf rebel group. “We condemned this dastardly act,” said Abdusakur Tan, governor of Jolo island, where flags were being flown at half mast in a mark of mourning. (Posted @ 13:23 PST)
Two police killed, three wounded in Afghanistan roadside blast KANDAHAR, Feb 5 (AP): A roadside blast hit a police patrol in southern Afghanistan, leaving two officers dead and three others wounded, an official said Tuesday. The patrol was attacked inside Kandahar city late Monday, said Kandahar provincial police chief Sayed Agha Saqib. He blamed Taliban militants for the attack. (Posted @ 13:16 PST)
Britain's Prince Andrew attacks Bush's Iraq policy LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters): Britain's Prince Andrew launched a forceful attack on Tuesday against United States President George W. Bush, accusing his administration of failing to listen and learn from Britain during the conflict in Iraq. In a rare newspaper interview ahead of a scheduled 10-day visit to America to support British business, the prince said the aftermath of the Iraq war had left Britons with a “healthy scepticism” towards what is said in Washington. The prince, who also carries the title Duke of York and fourth in line to the English throne, said that while Britain remained America's number one ally, the post-war situation in Iraq had many here to wonder: “Why didn't anyone listen to what was said and the advice that was given”. (Posted @ 12:50 PST)
Fresh Sri Lanka fighting kills 20 rebels, two soldiers COLOMBO, Feb 5 (AP): Fresh fighting between security forces and Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka's north killed 20 rebels and two soldiers as air force jets bombed a rebel base, the military said Tuesday. The combatants were killed in 10 separate battles Monday in Mannar, Vavuniya and Welioya regions just south of the Tamil Tigers' de facto state, said a military spokesman. The air force also sent fighter jets to bomb a suspected rebel operations center Tuesday morning, the military said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in the air raid. A rebel spokesman did not answer a telephone call seeking comment. (Posted @ 11:15 PST)
Bangladesh gas worker took 145 million dollars in bribes: official DHAKA, Feb 5 (AFP): An employee of Bangladesh's biggest state-owned gas company who earned a mere 100 dollars a month managed to pocket a colossal $145 million in bribes over 12 years, an official said Tuesday. “It is a theft of unimaginable scale,” said the head of the government's anti-corruption body. He identified the culprit as a former sales assistant with the Titas Gas Distribution Company who made illicit cash by undercharging thousands of factories before leaving his job in 1997. (Posted @ 10:55 PST)
Cold weather kills 37 people in Afghanistan KABUL, Feb 5 (AP): Bitter cold weather and heavy snow left 37 people dead in central Afghanistan, the governor of Ghazni province said Tuesday. The victims, including 20 children, died in remote areas of the province in the last 24 hours, said Governor Faizullah Faizan. He said air drops of food and other supplies were needed in areas affected by freezing weather and snow after roads were blocked off and people unable to reach health centers and food distribution points. (Posted @ 10:43 PST)
China says 11 electricians killed trying to restore power after winter storms CHENZHOU, Feb 5 (AP): Workers rushed to restore power Tuesday to regions of China hard-hit by snow and ice storms in a struggle that state media said has already cost the lives of 11 electricians. The country's central and eastern districts suffered widespread blackouts after the freak storms that began on Jan. 10, paralyzing a region unused to harsh winter weather and woefully unprepared to clear ice and snow. (Posted @ 10:40 PST)
Obama surges, Clinton tears up as Super Tuesday looms EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Feb 5 (AFP): Barack Obama revved up for the Super Tuesday national nominating showdown by wiping out Hillary Clinton's once-gaping opinion poll leads. Clinton, worn down by sleepless nights and days on the campaign trail, wiped a tear from her eye Monday as she visited Yale University, where her political journey started in the 1970s as a student. “Well I said I would not tear up, we are not exactly on the path,” said Clinton, 60, as she battled Obama for votes in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Obama, 46, rocked a rally in New Jersey, a Clinton stronghold where he is increasingly competitive, showing few signs of fatigue. The cliffhanger Democratic race contrasted with signs that McCain would all but settle the Republican nominating fight Tuesday, to complete one of the most staggering comebacks in recent US political history. A USA Today poll gave McCain a 42 percent to 24 percent lead over Romney, with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on 18 percent. (Posted @ 10:25 PST)
Chinese named World Bank chief economist WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (AFP): The World Bank named Peking University professor Justin Lin Yifu as the global development lender's chief economist, the first time a Chinese has held the job. “Justin Lin brings a unique set of skills and experience to the World Bank Group,” World Bank President Robert Zoellick said in a statement announcing the appointment. (Posted @ 09:30 PST)
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