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| November 22, 2008 | Saturday | Ziqa'ad 23, 1429 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Five policemen killed in militant attacks Saturday, 22 Nov, BANNU/KOHAT: Five policemen were killed and five others were wounded in the southern districts of the Frontier province when militants attacked a check post and a police mobile on Friday night, officials said. Suspected militants attacked the Lowara Pull police post with heavy weapons. Police countered the attack and exchanged fire with the assailants. During the clash, three constables were killed and two others were wounded. (Posted @ 20:24 PST)
ATC formally indicts Benazir murder suspects Saturday, 22 Nov, RAWALPINDI: Five accused arrested for their alleged role in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto pleaded not guilty here on Saturday when an anti-terrorism court formally indicted them for assassinating and abetting the murder of PPP chairperson. ATC-I Special Judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman, who had been conducting the trial in Adiala jail, formally indicted the accused Aitzaz Shah, Sher Zaman, Abdul Rasheed, Rafaqat Hussain and Hasnain Gul for killing, hatching criminal conspiracy to kill, abetting the perpetrators, using illegal explosive material and spreading terrorism on December 27 last year when 22 people, including the former PM, were killed and 65 others were injured in a gun and bomb attack in Liaqat Bagh. (Posted @ 19:47 PST)
Bangladesh crash to innings defeat Saturday, 22 Nov, BLOEMFONTEIN: Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful admitted his side failed to cope with South Africa's fast bowlers after they crashed to an innings and 129 runs defeat on the fourth day of the first Test at Springbok Park here Saturday. Bangladesh were bowled out for 159 in their follow-on innings after being dismissed for 153 in the first innings. ‘The wicket was good but it had a bit of bounce and the batsmen couldn't apply themselves,’ said Ashraful. (Posted @ 18:29 PST)
Kiwis stun Aussies to win rugby World Cup Saturday, 22 Nov, BRISBANE, Australia: New Zealand stunned hot favourites Australia to capture their first World Cup crown with a 34-20 surprise victory in the final at Lang Park here on Saturday. The Kiwis claimed a spirited win on the back of a controversial penalty try ruling with 10 minutes remaining to put them eight points ahead at a crucial stage of the tournament decider in front of 50,599 fans. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Obama says drafting bold economic stimulus Saturday, 22 Nov, CHICAGO: US President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday that he was crafting an aggressive, two-year stimulus plan to revive the troubled economy, warning that swift action was needed to prevent a deep slump and a spiral of falling prices. ‘If we don't act swiftly and boldly, most experts now believe that we could lose millions of jobs next year,’ Obama said in prepared remarks for the weekly Democratic radio and video address. (Posted @ 17:14 PST)
Suicide blast in Hangu mosque Saturday, 22 Nov, HANGU: A blast ripped through a mosque in Hangu's Tull district on Saturday. According to reports, several people were injured and three of the wounded have been taken to the Civil Hospital. Reports also claim that the roof of the mosque collapsed and people were stuck under the rubble. (Posted @ 16:39 PST)
Blast in Tull district of Hangu injures several Saturday, 22 Nov, HANGU: A blast ripped through a mosque in Hangu's Tull district on Saturday. According to reports, several people were injured and three of the wounded have been taken to the Civil Hospital. Reports also claim that the roof of the mosque collapsed and people were stuck under the rubble. (Posted @ 16:39 PST)
Comeback king Lopez levels Davis Cup final Saturday, 22 Nov, MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina: Feliciano Lopez, who had been handed the unenviable task of replacing injured world number one Rafael Nadal, stormed to Spain's rescue on Friday when he levelled the Davis Cup final against Argentina. The stylish left-hander defeated Argentine number one Juan Martin del Potro 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 to make the score 1-1 after David Nalbandian had put the home side ahead with an easy 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 win over David Ferrer in the opening singles rubber. (Posted @ 15:40 PST)
Sorenstam's glorious career comes to a close Saturday, 22 Nov, WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: Swedish superstar Annika Sorenstam missed the cut in her final event, ending a 15-year glorious career on the American ladies golf tour. The ending for Sorenstam came a bit sooner than anticipated as she bowed out of the season-ending USLPGA ADT Championship after Friday's second round. A teary-eyed Sorenstam said she was able to pack more joy and memories into her storied career that she ever imagined. (Posted @ 14:57 PST)
Indian troops, Kashmir protesters clash kills two Saturday, 22 Nov, SRINAGAR: Indian troops fired at hundreds of stone-throwing Muslims protesting against elections in Kashmir on Saturday, killing two people including a teenage boy and wounding 20, Reuters quoted police and witnesses as saying. The violence in north Kashmir's Baramulla town comes a day before the second phase of seven-stage elections that are seen as a test of legitimacy of New Delhi's rule in the disputed region. ‘Security forces fired indiscriminately, killing 16-year-old Manzoor Kumar on spot,’ Haroon Ahmad, a witness, told Reuters by telephone. (Posted @ 14:54 PST)
US-led troops kill 14 militants in Afghanistan Saturday, 22 Nov, KABUL: The US-led military said Saturday its forces had killed 14 insurgents in military operations in southern Afghanistan, also shooting and killing a civilian who came too close to a patrol. The deadliest battle was in the southern province of Helmand where Afghan and coalition security forces killed 10 militants on Thursday after coming under attack during a patrol, it said in a statement. Early Friday, troops on an operation targeting a Taliban commander in the southwestern province of Farah came under attack in a village and returned fire, killing four militants, another statement said, adding that various weapons were recovered. (Posted @ 12:48 PST)
Two top Al Qaeda militants killed by US missile Saturday, 22 Nov, ISLAMABAD: The alleged mastermind of a 2006 transatlantic airplane bombing plot was killed in a US missile attack in northwest Pakistan early on Saturday, officials said. 'The transatlantic bombing plot alleged mastermind Rahsid Rauf was killed along with an Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative in the US missile strike in North Waziristan early Saturday,' a senior security official told AFP. Intelligence officials named the dead Egyptian as Abu Zubair al-Masri. (Posted @ 12:27 PST)
Iran hangs man accused of spying for Israel Saturday, 22 Nov, TEHRAN: Iran has hanged an Iranian man convicted in June of spying for Israel, the ISNA news agency reported on Saturday, amid spiralling tensions between the Islamic Republic and the Jewish state. The counter-espionage director of the intelligence ministry said, ‘Ali Ashtari, who had been sentenced to death for cooperation with the Zionist regime spying services, was hanged,’ ISNA said. (Posted @ 12:11 PST)
Shahbaz Sharif urges end to missile strikes Saturday, 22 Nov, HONG KONG: The chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province called Saturday for Washington to stop aerial missile strikes on the nation's soil, as the latest raid killed four more suspected militants, AFP reported. Shahbaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab and the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, said the strikes targeting Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants were only stoking tensions with Washington's 'war on terror' ally. 'This is creating anger in Pakistan. This is creating friction between our two countries,' Sharif, the brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, told AFP in an interview. (Posted @ 11:58 PST)
New frenzy over Obama cabinet reports Saturday, 22 Nov, WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton is 'on track' to be Barack Obama's secretary of state, both sides said Friday, while reports said New York central banker Timothy Geithner was set to be named Treasury chief, AFP reported. The president-elect's heavy-hitting cabinet took shape on a day of frenzied reports and speculation, 60 days before Obama takes the oath of office and at the end of another punishing week for the US economy. One report said that Clinton had already decided to accept an offer to become the face of US diplomacy abroad. (Posted @ 10:46 PST)
Eight people killed in north China hotel fire Saturday, 22 Nov, BEIJING: At least eight people were killed and another 16 injured when a blaze erupted in a hotel in northern China Saturday, state press reported. The fire spread through the seven-storey Jintian hotel in Luliang city, Shanxi province early Saturday morning, Xinhua news agency reported. Seven people were confirmed dead at the scene after the fire was put out, the report said, while another person died at a local hospital. Sixteen others were hospitalised with injuries, it added. (Posted @ 10:02 PST)
Eight Thai protesters injured in new attack Saturday, 22 Nov, BANGKOK: Eight Thai anti-government protesters were wounded, one critically, in a pre-dawn grenade attack in Bangkok Saturday, ramping up tensions a day ahead of a major rally, officials said. The explosion came two days after one person was killed and 29 were wounded in a similar attack on demonstrators who have occupied the prime minister's offices in the capital since August. The latest blast hit a checkpoint manned by guards from the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside the Government House compound they are occupying, an emergency services spokeswoman said. ‘All of the victims are men, one was hurt by shrapnel in his head and neck,’ she said. (Posted @ 09:48 PST)
Former Qaeda No 2 mentor in bitter war of words Saturday, 22 Nov, CAIRO: Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri is a plagiarist who worked for Sudanese intelligence before his handlers grew tired of his jokes, his former spiritual mentor has claimed in a newspaper article. The accusations are the latest in an increasingly bitter war of words between Zawahiri and Sayed Imam, the former spiritual guide of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad movement to which Osama bin Laden's deputy once belonged. Imam was highly regarded for his erudition by militants. The feud began in 2007, after Imam penned a book from his Egyptian prison cell denouncing Al-Qaeda for killing innocent people and being responsible for the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. (Posted @ 09:37 PST)
Suspected US missile kills four in Waziristan Saturday, 22 Nov, ISLAMABAD: A missile strike by a suspected US drone killed at least four militants early Saturday in the North Waziristan tribal district along the largely ungoverned Pak-Afghan border, Reuters reported. 'According to our information two missiles were fired by the drone on a house... Four people were killed,' an intelligence officer in the region said. Another officer said three missiles were fired. The attack on a house near the town of Mir Ali came just two days after Pakistan lodged a protest with the US ambassador over missile attacks on its territory. Yesterday, Taliban militants based in the rugged tribal territory bordering Afghanistan warned of reprisal attacks across Pakistan if there were more suspected strikes by the US. (Posted @ 09:28 PST)
Fishermen rally demand rights from the government Saturday, 22 Nov, HYDERABAD: Fishermen brought out a big rally in the city here Friday to mark World Fishermen Day and demanded of the government to protect their rights that are being denied to them. They demanded that LBOD and RBOD projects should be shelved and contract and license systems should be abolished. The rally began from old campus roundabout and culminated outside local press club. Awami Tahreek chief Rasool Bux Palejo, Sindh United Party’s Dr. Dodo Mahri, vice chairman Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum Ghulam Mustafa Mirani, Water Committee secretary Nazeer Memon, Mohammad Mallah, Mithal Mallah, Abdul Rehman Mallah, Ms.Nazeer Qureshi, Qasim Mallah and others also spoke on the occasion. A tableau was presented during the rally while fishermen sang songs to mark the event. (Posted @ 05:01 PST)
US report places Pakistan among high-risk countries Saturday, 22 Nov, WASHINGTON: A new US government report places Pakistan among pivotal yet problem-beset countries that may become failed states. The report by a US government agency called the National Intelligence Council also includes Pakistan among the countries that are most hostile to the United States. (Posted @ 03:53 PST)
Jammat-I-Islami leader’s house raided by police Saturday, 22 Nov, LAHORE: Islamabad Police on Friday raided Mansoora’s residence of Jammat-I-Islami leader Munawar Hasan as he was wanted under 16 MPO. However, the police could not arrest him as he was not present there. They however handed over the copy of the FIR against him to his family. The FIR was registered against him back in 2001 for holding a press conference against the policies of former president Pervez Musharaf and America. (Posted @ 02:04 PST)
Higher sugar standards not welcomed by industry Saturday, 22 Nov, LAHORE: Chairman, Pakistan Sugar Mills Association, Punjab Zone, Mr. Javed Kayani has strongly reacted to Government’s Notification SRO No.(I)/2008, dated 11 October 2008 vide which sugar mills have been prohibited to manufacture, keep in stock or sale of refined and white sugar w.e.f 1st January, 2009 which does not conform to the relevant Pakistan Standard PSS:1822-2007. Chairman PSMA Punjab Zone has said that in the first place Pakistan Standards PSS:1822-2007 are only applicable to pharma grade sugar which is only being produced in UK or some other developed country. (Posted @ 01:09 PST)
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