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| March 10, 2008 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 1, 1429 |
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 Oil price strikes record high 107 dollars LONDON, March 10 (AFP): The price of New York crude oil hit a record high of 107 dollars per barrel on Monday. The new record high was reached amid a weak dollar and growing concerns over tightening supplies. The new record beat the previous all-time high of $106.54 reached last Friday.(Posted @ 20:18 PST)  
Zardari holds talks with PPP leaders to decide on next Pakistani PM ISLAMABAD, March 10 (Reuters) Asif Ali Zardari held talks with leaders of his Pakistan People's Party(PPP) Monday to decide on a candidate for prime minister. Zardari had begun sounding out members-elect of his party before deciding on a candidate, Sherry Rehman, a spokeswoman for the party, said. “The members have reposed full confidence and given full authority to Mr Zardari to name the candidate for the prime minister,” Rehman told reporters after Zardari met his party members-elect. Consultations would continue over the next few days and Zardari would announce the candidate after Musharraf convened the first session of the new National Assembly, she said. “We told him that it's been a tradition that the chairperson of the party should also be prime minister,” said a PPP member elected to the National Assembly who met Zardari at the weekend. “We told him we will fully support him if he becomes prime minister,” said the politician, who declined to be identified. (Posted @ 18:05 PST) Musharraf meets aides after Pakistan coalition pact ISLAMABAD, March 10 (AFP): President Musharraf was meeting key aides Monday after Pakistan's main opposition parties agreed to form a coalition and reinstate the judges he sacked last year, officials said. Government officials said Musharraf was “meeting legal aides” at his office in Rawalpindi but did not give details on what was being discussed. Private television channels said it was a “strategy meeting” including legal and constitutional advisers. (Posted @ 14:15 PST)  Two-third majority of parliament members must to restore deposed judges: Att. Gen. Islamabad, March 10 (PPI): Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum has said the deposed judges could only be restored by an amendment to the constitution passed by two-third majority of parliament and not through a parliamentary resolution. He told newsmen here Monday that there was no question of restoration of deposed judges through a parliamentary resolution as given in a joint declaration issued by PPP and PML-N leaders on Sunday. He said amendments, ordinances and other acts including National Reconciliation Ordinance-2007 were protected in the Constitution through Article 270-AAA. The Full Court of Supreme Court had already declared all such extra- constitutional acts justified and also declared issue of deposed judges who did not take oath under PCO a past and closed chapter. On working judges of superior judiciary who took oath under PCO as well as later under the Constitution of 1973, he said, “These judges can only be removed through Supreme Judicial Council under Article 209 of the Constitution.” About change of name of Frontier Province, he said the name of a province which is mentioned in the Constitution can only be changed through a constitutional amendment passed with two-third majority. (Posted @ 21:24 PST) Benazir murder suspects in Pakistan court RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, March 10 (AFP) - A Pakistani anti-terrorism court Monday presented charge sheets to five suspected militants accused of involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Judge Habibur Rehman ordered copies of the official charges to be provided to suspects Aitzaz Shah, Hasnain Gul, Abdul Rashid, Sher Zaman and Rafaqat, a court official told AFP. The judge said that the men would be formally charged at the next hearing on March 18, he said, adding that some relatives were allowed to briefly meet the suspects. The suspects were brought to court by police commandos in a motorcade escorted by armoured personnel carriers with their faces covered and in handcuffs. Police had cordoned off the court premises and surroundings and the suspects were taken to the city's main Adiala jail after the hearing. (Posted @ 12:40 PST) India awards Russia billion dollar MiG-29 upgrade NEW DELHI, March 10 (AFP): India has awarded Russia a $965 million contract to upgrade its multi-role MiG-29 warplanes, officials said Monday. The two countries signed the deal on Saturday to extend the life of India's fleet of 70 MiG-29 jets another 15 years from their current 25 years, an air force official said. “The project entails two to three years and only six of them would be re-fitted in Russia while work on the remaining squadrons would be carried out at Indian bases,” he said asking not to be named. The MiG-29 deal came after India last month resolved a protracted dispute with Russia on the sale of the Soviet-era carrier Admiral Gorshkov to the Indian navy. (Posted @ 17:00 PST) 
Indian police covered up UK tourist murder: minister NEW DELHI, March 10 (Reuters): Indian police deliberately covered up the murder of a 15-year-old British girl found dead in Goa last month, the state's tourism minister said Monday. The police originally insisted that Scarlett Keeling had drowned after taking drugs, but changed their story after Keeling's mother kicked up a fuss and a second autopsy suggested she had been raped and murdered. “This is a clear case of murder and it has gone out of proportion because the police tried to cover it up,” Goa's tourism minister Francisco X. Pacheco, told Reuters. (Posted @ 21:20 PST) Mauritanian was tortured in Guantanamo - lawyers NOUAKCHOTT, March 10 (Reuters): Lawyers for a Mauritanian suspected of involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks and held at Guantanamo Bay have threatened to sue U.S., Jordanian and Mauritanian officials they accuse of responsibility for his torture. Lawyers for Mohamed Ould Sillahi say the 38-year old Mauritanian engineer was arrested in November 2001 and sent to Jordan, where he was tortured for eight months before being transferred to Guantanamo and tortured again at the camp. (Posted @ 20: 54 PST) Greek coastguard apprehends migrants en route to Italy ATHENS, March 10 (AFP): The Greek coastguard apprehended Monday dozens of Afghan immigrants hiding inside a truck and trying to board a ferry to Italy, the merchant marine ministry said. The 42 Afghans were detained and the Romanian driver arrested after the immigrants were uncovered in a truck at the western port of Patras, the ministry said in a statement. (Posted @ 20:50 PST) India returns body of Pakistani who died in prison LAHORE, March 10 (Reuters): India returned the body of a Pakistani Monday who died in prison of torture, less than a week after Pakistan freed an Indian spy held for 35 years. Indian officials handed over the body of Khalid Mehmood to Pakistani authorities at the main border crossing with Pakistan at Wagah. His family collected the body there. Mehmood, 37, died last month in a New Delhi jail and his brother said the family was informed March 4, the same day that Pakistan released Kashmir Singh, an Indian jailed for spying, as a humanitarian gesture. (Posted @ 20:48 PST) Al-Qaeda holding two Austrian tourists in Tunisia: TV DUBAI, March 10 (Reuters): Al-Qaeda'a North Africa wing was holding two Austrian tourists it had abducted in Tunisia on Feb. 22, Al Jazeera television reported on Monday. It aired a recording in which a man identified as the spokesman of the group said that the two tourists were in a good condition. (Posted @ 20:36 PST) Govt rations electricity in freezing Kyrgyzstan BISHKEK, March 10 (AFP): The authorities in the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan on Monday introduced electricity rationing to meet severe energy shortages caused by an unusually cold winter. The country's 5.3 million residents face blackouts six hours a day, while businesses making intensive use of electricity will be cut off, the industry and energy ministry announced. Customers with unpaid electricity bills will also be cut off. “We are forced to introduce such measures,” the ministry said in a statement. (Posted @ 20:30 PST) Four killed in Nagorno-Karabakh BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 10 (AP): Azerbaijani and Armenian forces exchanged more gunfire near the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh over the weekend, killing two civilians and at least two soldiers, officials said Monday. There has been an alarming spike in shootings that has killed seven soldiers and civilians this month, said Azerbaijani officials. The violence has raised fears that full-scale fighting could break out again between both sides. (Posted @ 19:52 PST) Suicide attack kills five US soldiers in Baghdad BAGHDAD, March 10 (AFP/Reuters): A suicide bomber detonated explosives close to a US military patrol in Baghdad on Monday and witnesses said five US soldiers had been killed. Other eyewitnesses said at least three other soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter were injured in the attack. (Posted @ 19:48 PST) 
More than 100 foreign leaders to attend Beijing Olympics: official BEIJING, March 10 (AFP): More than 100 foreign heads of state or government leaders have indicated they will attend the Beijing Olympics, a top Chinese diplomat said Monday. “The figure is still on the rise every day,” Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei told reporters on the sidelines of the annual parliamentary session, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Most were expected to be in Beijing for the August 8 opening ceremony. (Posted @ 19:18 PST) Three die as pick-up plunges in River Chitral CHITRAL, March 10 (APP): Three persons died when a rashly driven pick-up plunged into river Chitral near Maroi Lasht area on Monday. Police said two bodies had been recovered from the river. (Posted @ 19:08 PST) Baghdad bomb blast targets private security guards, 11 hurt BAGHDAD, March 10 (AFP): At least 11 people were wounded in a suicide bomb attack against a group of private security contractors in Baghdad on Monday, security officials and medics said. It was not immediately clear if the private security company was a local or a foreign firm, or if there were any foreigners among the casualties. Iraqi interior and defence ministry officials confirmed the 1215 GMT attack. (Posted @ 18:52 PST) Georgian opposition hunger strike grows TBILISI, March 10 (Reuters): Six parliamentarians from an opposition party in ex-Soviet Georgia began a hunger strike inside parliament on Monday to complain about elections in January which they say were rigged. The New Rights party members said they were supporting at least a dozen members of an opposition coalition, who on Sunday began a hunger strike in front of parliament. (Posted @ 18:48 PST)
Japan pledges fresh loans to India TOKYO, March 10 (AFP): Japan said Monday it would offer some 185.58 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in low-interest loans to India to help fund infrastructure projects, including expanding the New Delhi metro. With the fresh aid, Japanese loans to India will total 225.13 billion yen for the year to March 31, making the country the top recipient of yen loans for the fifth straight year, a foreign ministry official said. (Posted @ 18:26 PST) At least six Belfast construction workers injured when building collapses DUBLIN, March 10 (AP) A building under construction collapsed in Northern Ireland Monday, injuring at least six Belfast construction workers, authorities said. Police and emergency fire crews said they did not know yet what went wrong at the construction site in central Belfast, where more than 50 workers were building a new headquarters of the Law Society of Northern Ireland. Witnesses said workers were pouring cement and using a crane to lay the second floor of the planned seven-story building when part of it buckled, causing a domino effect that toppled concrete pillars and scaffolds. (Posted @ 18:16 PST) Bangladesh scraps bank sale after Saudi prince fails to pay DHAKA, March 10 (AFP): Bangladesh has scrapped a deal to sell its fourth-largest bank to a Saudi prince for $458 million after he failed to make payment, the country's finance minister said. Prince Bandar Bin Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman won a bid to take 93 percent stake in Rupali Bank in October 2006. Despite repeated reminders, he paid no money, creating financial havoc for the state-owned bank which has had to halt making new loans and recruiting staff. (Posted @ 17:40 PST) Death toll in Kenya fighting reaches 14 NAKURU, March 10 (AFP): The death toll from fighting between two Kenyan tribes has risen to 14 since last week, police said Monday, after fresh attacks erupted in the area in the country's Rift Valley region. The violence, which started last Thursday around Laikipia town, northwest of Nairobi, appeared to be a cycle of revenge attacks following the killing of a woman. A local police commander said four people were wounded in new attacks Monday. (Posted @ 17:30 PST) Israel plans new settlement in Arab east Jerusalem JERUSALEM, March 10 (AFP): Jerusalem authorities said Monday they planned to build a new Jewish settlement in the annexed eastern part of the city, a move that could further hamper efforts to restart faltering peace talks. The project entails construction of 400 homes in mainly Arab east Jerusalem, said a spokesman for the mayor's office. “It is a scandalous decision,” charged Yariv Oppenheimer of the anti-settlement movement Peace Now, warning that it would “affect negotiations with Palestinians even more.” (Posted @ 17:25 PST) Turkish troops fire artillery shells at Kurdish rebel targets across the Iraqi border ANKARA, March 10 (AP): Turkish artillery units Monday fired on Kurdish guerrilla camps inside Iraq as commandos backed by helicopter gunships hunted down rebels who had crossed into Turkey, Dogan news agency reported. The military fired long-range artillery from near Turkey's border town of Cukurca for the first time since an eight-day ground incursion by Turkish troops into Iraq ended on February 29, Dogan said. The artillery fire lasted about 15 minutes. There was no other military activity in the town, but commandos were chasing rebels near the town of Sirnak further west, the agency said. (Posted @ 17:20 PST) Detained ex-Bangladesh-PM may go abroad for treatment: official DHAKA, March 10 (AFP): Detained former premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed will be hospitalised and may be sent abroad for treatment of an ear problem that doctors say could leave her deaf, an official said on Monday. “Seven (personal and government) doctors examined her and suggested immediate hospitalisation. We'll take her to a hospital as soon as she wants,” said the country's prisons chief, Brigadier General Zakir Hassan. “Her doctors have said she needs treatment abroad. The government could send her abroad on humanitarian grounds,” he added. (Posted @ 17:15 PST) Magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits Chile WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters): A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit a copper-rich area of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the quake was 94 miles southeast of Copiapo at a depth of 53.6 miles, the centre said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. (Posted @ 15:35 PST) Lebanon vote postponed to March 25 BEIRUT, March 10 (Reuters): Lebanon's presidential election was postponed from Tuesday to March 25, parliament speaker Nabih Berri said in a statement Monday, declaring the 16th delay of a vote derailed by a deep political crisis. (Posted @ 15:05 PST) Turkish military chief warns of nuclear terrorism threat if Taliban seize control in Pakistan ANKARA, Turkey, March 10 (AP): Turkey's military chief Monday warned of the danger that Pakistan's political turmoil and violence by militants could open the way for the Taliban to seize control of the country and its nuclear weapons. Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, speaking at an international terrorism conference organized by the military in Ankara, said Pakistan's leaders should be given strong support to guard against such an outcome. ''I hope Pakistan reaches stability in a short time,'' Buyukanit told the conference. In particular, Buyukanit spoke of concern that if President Musharraf lost his grip on the country, Pakistan could fall into the hands of a resurgent Taliban. (Posted @ 14:25 PST) Eight killed as cyclone Jokwe lashes Mozambique MAPUTO, March 10 (Reuters): Tropical cyclone Jokwe battered parts of Mozambique for a third day on Monday, killing at least eight people and destroying thousands of homes in the northern Nampula province, Radio Mozambique reported. Four districts were being lashed by heavy downpours and strong winds of up to 200 kph. Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes and the cyclone has destroyed almost 20,000 homes, wrecked electricity pylons and uprooted trees. (Posted @ 14:15 PST) Six dead in Iraq suicide bombings BAQUBA, Iraq, March 10 (AFP): Two suicide bombers, one of them a woman, killed a total of six people in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad Monday, an army officer told AFP. The woman bomber blew herself up outside the home of tribal leader Sheikh Ghadban al-Karkhi in Kanan, north of the provincial capital Baquba, killing him and three others, Brigadier General Rageb al-Omeri said. “The bomber blew herself up as the sheikh came out of the house to meet her. The sheikh, his daughter and two of his bodyguards were killed in the attack,” Omeri said. The second bomber blew himself up at the gate of a police station in Shaharban town, north of Baquba, and killed two people, Omeri said. Twenty people, two of them policemen, were also wounded in the 10:30 am attack. (First Posted @ 12:15 PST, Updated @ 14:10 PST)
Egyptian police kill Sudanese, detain eight others trying to cross into Israel EL-ARISH, Egypt, March 10 (AP): Egyptian authorities shot and killed a Sudanese man trying to cross into Israel for work and detained eight other Africans early Monday, a security and hospital officials said. Border guards opened fire at a group of nine people south of the Rafah crossing point, killing Adam Othman Mohammed, 29, while he was trying to cut through the barbed wire after they ignored warning shots fired into the air, said a security official, requesting anonymity. In a separate incident, border guards shot and critically wounded Ibrahim Afwerki, 32, Eritrean, while he was trying to get into Israel from the central Sinai border area. (Posted @ 13:55 PST) Five people killed in Thai south YALA, Thailand, March 10 (AFP): Five people were killed in separate shootings across southern Thailand, police said Monday. A 71-year-old woman and her nephew, 29, were killed Monday when unknown gunmen stormed their house in Yala, police said. Late Sunday in Pattani province, suspected separatists shot and killed a 24-year-old former soldier and his 51-year-old friend before dousing the men with petrol and setting the bodies alight. In a different district in Pattani, a 49-year-old man was shot dead. (Posted @ 13:40 PST) Pakistan hockey team arrives to play 5-match series against host China BEIJING, March 10 (APP): A 22-member Pakistan hockey team, including four officials, arrived here early Monday to play a five-match series against host China from March 13 to 23. (Posted @ 12:35 PST) Fire races through row house in US, killing 4, destroying 1 home, damaging 2 others BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania, March 10 (AP) - A fire tore through a row house, killing four children and severely burning at least one other person, authorities said. Several firefighters and a paramedic had minor injuries. The 4:30 a.m. fire destroyed the middle of three row houses, though the others were also damaged. The four dead children included two boys, ages 11 and 13, and two girls, ages 5 and 7, Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said. Neighbors said the middle house was home to a woman and five children. (Posted @ 12:20 PST)
Israel reduces Gaza operations as rocket fire drops JERUSALEM, March 10 (AP) - Israel's army has halted air strikes and raids into the Gaza Strip in response to a serious drop in rocket fire from the territory, defence officials said Monday. It was not immediately clear if Israel and the Hamas rulers of the coastal territory have agreed on a truce. The Israeli order for a reduction in the military activity came from the political echelon, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity since such agreement's with Hamas are rarely announced officially. Hamas did not immediately comment. Officials of the Islamic group have confirmed that talks were underway to work out a ceasefire. (Posted @ 11:50 PST) Militants kill three migrant workers in northeast India GUWAHATI, India, March 10 (AFP) - Separatist Assamese militants killed three migrant workers as they slept at a brick kiln where they worked in the restive northeast Indian state, police said on Monday. The attack took place late Sunday in a tea-growing area in the east of the state, a police official said. The shooting has triggered further fears among scores of non-Assamese migrants in the state after last January's ethnic violence saw almost 100 such labourers killed in a string of attacks. United Liberation Front of Asom, a banned group fighting for decades for an independent homeland, has vowed in the past to rid the state of non-Assamese migrant workers. (Posted @ 11:45 PST) Kashmir leaders reaffirm right to self determination LONDON, March 10 (APP): Justice Foundation Kashmir Centre London Sunday adopted a resolution on single point agenda of Right of Self Determination on the occasion of The observance of the fourth death anniversary of Dr. Ayub Thakur, founder chairman of the Justice Foundation. Chaired by Qazi Tahir Tayyab, President, All Parties International Kashmir Co-ordination Committee, the guest speaker at the meeting was Rashid Butt, Mayor of Slough, while the other speakers included Prof. Nazir A. Shawl, Prof Zafar Khan, Chaudhry Mohammad Khan, Raja Mohammad Ayub, Irshad Malik and Fazal Ahmad Qadri of Sunni Hurriyet Council (Posted @ 10:50 PST) Forest blaze kills seven firefighters in Honduras TEGUCIGALPA, March 10 (Reuters) - Seven firefighters died in Honduras on Sunday overwhelmed by a raging forest blaze on the outskirts of the capital, the military said. They were part of a 200-strong team battling to contain the fire on a mountainside close to Tegucigalpa since Friday. (Posted @ 10:35 PST) Court acquits Imelda Marcos of salting away cash MANILA, March 10 (Reuters) - A Philippine court acquitted former first lady Imelda Marcos of 32 counts of illegally transferring money abroad on Monday due to insufficient evidence. “This court cannot in all conscience convict the accused on the basis of mere hearsay and on the basis of documents which were not authenticated and proved in the proper manner,” Judge Silvino Pampilo said in his judgement. “This will subtract from the 901 cases that were filed against the Marcoses,” said the widow of late Ferdinand Marcos. The Marcoses, their relatives and business cronies were accused of looting up to $10 billion from state coffers during his 20-year rule but Imelda has been cleared in most of the cases against her due to insufficient evidence. Only about $1.8 billion has been recovered and many of the tycoons suspected of benefiting from courting the Marcoses remain in control of their companies. (Posted @ 10:35 PST) Field Hockey: Britain oust India of Beijing Olympics SANTIAGO, March 10 (AFP) - India's proud record of having played in every Olympic Games men's field hockey tournament since 1928 came to a heartbreaking end on Sunday when they were beaten by Great Britain here by two goals to nil. The loss in the crucial final qualifier meant that the Beijing Games in August will be missing the team which has won the men's hockey gold on eight occasions. Britain had defeated India 3-2 in the group game also. On Sunday, the British, gold medalists in 1988, had the game wrapped up after just ten minutes when they surged into a 2-0 lead that they were not to surrender. India had plenty of opportunities to hit back and in fact dominated large parts of the second half and forced three penalty corners in quick succession but failed to score . Eleven teams have now qualified for Beijing Olympics. The automatic qualifiers are Australia (Oceania champions), Belgium (European bronze medalists), Canada (Pan American champions), China (hosts), South Korea (Asian Games winners), the Netherlands (European champions), Pakistan (Asian Games bronze medalists), South Africa (African champions) and Spain (European silver medalists). New Zealand ensured their berth by winning the qualifying tournament in Auckland. World champions Germany failed to gain an automatic Olympic berth after losing to Belgium in the bronze medal match of the European championships. The Germans must now win the third and final qualifying tournament in Japan in April that includes Malaysia, Italy, Poland, Switzerland and the hosts. (Posted @ 10:25 PST) OIC summit to debate 'Islamophobia' in West DUBAI, March 10 (AFP) – The summit of the heads of state of 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will debate Islamophobia when it meets in Senegal this week amid Muslim anger over the blasphemous cartoon and an anti-Islam film produced by a Dutch parliamentarian . The OIC will discuss the first report of a monitoring committee on Islamophobia at the conference, its general secretary Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told AFP. “We have to resolve the issue of Islamophobia through a committed political dialogue and a historical reconciliation between Islam and the West,” he said. OIC heads of state will open the two-day summit of the pan-Islamic body in Dakar on Thursday. Ihsanoglu said the reprinting of the blasphemous cartoon and the production of the anti-Islam film were “specifically designed to insult the most sacred symbols of Islam.”OIC leaders “will be expected to take appropriate decisions against such acts of Islamophobia” which violate “international legal instruments that prohibit insult and offence of religious beliefs of others and cannot be condoned under the (banner) of freedom of expression,” he said. (Posted @ 10:10 PST) Spain's ruling Socialists win re-election MADRID, March 10 (AFP) - Spain's ruling Socialists won a second term in elections but the party of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero failed to gain an absolute majority and may have to forge alliances with smaller regional parties to govern. With 99.95 percent of votes counted, his Socialist Party was predicted to secure 169 seats, short of the 176 need for an overall majority in the 350-member assembly, against 153 for the conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) of Mariano Rajoy, official figures show. In the last legislature, the Socialists had 164 seats and the PP 148. Turnout was estimated to be 75.3 percent, close to the high 75.66 percent in general elections four years ago. In Senate elections, also held Sunday, the Popular Party lost one seat to 101 of the 208 seats at stake in the 264-seat upper house, with 99.42 percent of the votes counted. Zapatero's socialists won eight more seats and now have 89 senators. (Posted @ 10:00 PST) Malaysian PM sworn in KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (AFP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was sworn in for his second term Monday. Abdullah, wearing a black traditional costume and matching “songkok” hat, was sworn in by Malaysia's king at the royal palace in Kuala Lumpur in a ceremony after Saturday's polls. Also attending were Abdullah's heir apparent, deputy prime minister Najib Razak, and other senior ministers. (Posted @ 09:50 PST) Bomb kills one, wounds six in Sri Lanka capital COLOMBO, March 10 (AFP) - A powerful bomb ripped through a commercial area of Sri Lanka's capital during rush hour on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding six others, police said. The improvised explosive device was hidden in a flower bed on the central median of the main Colombo-Galle highway, said a military spokesman. (Posted @ 09:50 PST) Karachi Stocks down 171.89 points: KARACHI, March 10: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 14913.29, down 171.89 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:17 PST) Forex update: KARACHI, March 10: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 62.8 to the US Dollar in the open market. 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