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| April 10, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 11, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Pakistan, Yemen agree to promote bilateral relations and cooperate in fight against terrorism ISLAMABAD, Apr 10 (APP): Pakistan and Yemen Monday agreed to further promote, expand and consolidate their bilateral relations, specially in economic, educational, cultural and defence areas. President General Pervez Musharraf and President of Republic of Yemen, Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh held talks here at President House and the two Presidents exchanged views on a range of bilateral, regional and international issues. Both the countries also reiterated their resolve to cooperate closely in their common fight against terrorism and extremism and their commitment to the protection of Islam's identity and values. The President of Yemen is on two-day state visit to Pakistan and accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Abubaker Abdullah A. Al-Qirbi, Ministers for Telecom & IT, Planning and International Cooperation, Industry & Trade, Oil & Minerals, Electricity, Higher Education, several parliamentarians and high ranking government officials.(Posted @ 23:00 PST)
Pakistan, Yemen sign series of agreements ISLAMABAD, Apr 10 (APP): Pakistan and Yemen Monday signed a series of agreements to promote cooperation in the fields of media, tourism, sports as the two sides expressed a firm resolve to expand their bilateral ties in a number of areas. President General Pervez Musharraf and President Ali Abdullah Saleh oversaw the signing ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr at the conclusion of bilateral talks. Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Yemeni Minister for International Cooperation Abdul Karim Ismail Ahmed Al-Arhabi signed the agreement for cooperation in the field of media. Minister for Education, Sports and Culture Javed Ashraf and Yemeni Minister for International Cooperation Abdul Karim Ismail Ahmed Al-Arhabi inked the protocol on cooperation in the field of sports and youth between the two countries. Minister for Tourism Dr Syiad G G Jamal and Yemeni Minister for International Cooperation signed the agreement on cooperation in the field of tourism. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Pakistan Standards Quality Control and Yemen Authority for Specification, Standardization and Quality Control by Minister for Science and Technology Ch Nauraiz Shakoor and Yemeni Minister of Trade Khaled Rajeh Sheikh Dauood. Another MoU between Export Promotion Bureaus of the two countries was inked by Chairman Export Promotion Bureau Tariq Ikram and Yemeni Secretary General of Export Supreme Council.(Posted @ 23:08 PST)
Chinese-Pakistani warplane almost ready to roll ISLAMABAD, April 10 (Reuters) - Pakistan Air Force is expecting the delivery of its first multi-role combat aircraft modelled on China's FC-1 Xiaolong in early 2007, a spokesman said Monday. The PAF plans to induct more than 100 Joint Fighter-17 (JF-17) Thunders, jointly produced by China's Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, to replace a fleet of ageing Mirage fighters. "The programme is on schedule and the fourth prototype would be tested by the end of April," Air Commodore Sarfraz Ahmed Khan said. The flight will be used to test the aircraft's avionics and weapons integration. Small batch production of the single-seat, single-engine JF-17, will begin in China in June and the aircraft would be delivered to Pakistan in early 2007, he said. Serial production of the aircraft would start at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra by June 2007, with aim of supplying both the Pakistan Air Force and export markets. Pakistan and China had been negotiating with different companies to buy the avionics package for the JF-17 aircraft, which at $12 million apiece is half the cost of an F-16.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
Fire kills more than 100 at north India trade fair NEW DELHI, April 10 (AFP) - At least 100 people were killed Monday when fire swept through large tents packed with shoppers at a trade fair in the city of Meerut,50 miles north of New Delhi. "At least 100 people are dead," Rajiv Sabarwal, city police chief said. Police inspector Rakesh Tomar feared the death toll could rise much higher. Television footage showed blackened steel frames were all that remained of the air-conditioned tents that had been erected at the fair. The early evening blaze destroyed three giant exhibition tents at the Brand India Fair at the city's Victoria Park where companies displayed products for throngs of shoppers. "The tents had a capacity for 2000-2,500 people. Meerut city, with population of more than one million, is well-known as the place of the outbreak of the 1857 mutiny against British rule. Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav announced a compensation of 200,000 rupees (4,500 dollars) to the relatives to each victim.(First Posted @ 18:38 PST Updated @ 20:24 PST)
Two dead as tanker ambushed in Pakistani tribal area MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, April 10, 2006 (AFP) Gunmen ambushed a tanker carrying water to an army post near Thabi village, about three kilometres north of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan region, Monday, killing the driver and a contractor, officials said. "The driver died in a hail of bullets while a civilian contractor travelling with him tried to escape into the mountains but the assailants shot him dead," an official said. Militants also fired two rockets at a military base in Miranshah overnight prompting a retaliatory strike by troops, but there were no casualties, a security official said. The rockets had landed in an open area, he said.(First Posted@ 11:42 PST Updated@ 12:58 PST)
One dead in bomb blast at Pakistan hair salon QUETTA, Pakistan, April 10 (AFP) - A bomb exploded in a hairdresser's shop in the main bazaar of Kohlu town, some 400 kilometers southeast of Quetta in the province of Baluchistan Monday, killing a man and injuring 17 others, police said.(Two killed, 22 injured, according to PPI) The early morning blast destroyed the salon, a bakery and several other shops, local police officer Mohammad Ejaz said. "One person died on the spot while 17 others were rushed to hospital. Three were reported in serious condition," he said. Separately, police said another bomb went off in the coastal town of Gwadar, where the government is building a deep sea port with Chinese assistance. The device, placed in a vacant compound, was a time bomb and the blast was heard several kilometers away, police said. No group has claimed responsibility for the latest bombings, which came a day after the government declared an underground militant group known as the Baluchistan Liberation Army a "terrorist organisation".(First Posted @ 12:52 PST Updated @ 18:08 PST)
Canada labels Tamil Tigers terror group OTTAWA, April 10, 2006 (AFP) - Canada has added the Sri Lankan separatist Tamil Tigers to its list of terrorist organizations, Minister of Public Safety Stockwell Day announced Monday. The declaration made the The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or Tamil Tigers, a group fighting for the autonomy of northeastern Sri Lanka, the 39th organization deemed a terrorist group by the Canadian government. Day said in a statement that the move was taken to protect Canadians from terrorism.(Posted @ 23:48 PST)
Govt. working on comprehensive plan to tap tourism potential ISLAMABAD, April 10 (PPI)Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that government is working on a comprehensive plan to tap the tourism potential of the country, which will among other things include simplification of visa and other procedures for the tourists desiring to visit Northern Areas. He was talking to Prince Karim Agha Khan who called on him at the Prime Minister's House on Monday. The Prime Minister said that Pakistan has vast potential in tourism. Necessary facilities are being created to facilitate the tourist and plans are underway for packaging Gandhara linkages and Northern Areas linkages to attract more tourists. Investment and business opportunities in Pakistan also came under discussion in the meeting. (Posted @ 23:34 PST)
Immigrant protests back on the streets across US WASHINGTON, April 10, 2006 (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across the country Monday against legislation proposing a crackdown on the estimated 11.5 million migrants working illegally in the United States. Tens of thousands took to the streets of Atlanta, Georgia on Monday a day after up to 500,000 people demonstrated in Dallas, Texas.(Posted @ 22:45 PST)
Mild intensity earthquake jolts Manshera PESHAWAR, Apr 10 (APP): An earthquake of mild intensity measuring 4 on international Richter scale jolted Manshera, according to regional Metrological Station here Monday. The earthquake originated at 0723 hours (PST) and its epicenter was about 200 kilometers north-east of Peshawar in Hazara division.(Posted @ 21:50 PST)
Bush calls reports of possible attack on Iran 'wild speculation' WASHINGTON, April 10(AFP) - US President George W. Bush said Monday that media reports that the US is preparing a possible attack on Iran's nuclear sites are "wild speculation".(Posted @ 21:42 PST)
Britain launches 15 billion-dollar global education package MAPUTO, April 10 (AFP) - Britain's Chancellor Gordon Brown on Monday unveiled a 15 billion-dollar aid package to boost education in poor countries over the next decade, and challenged other rich countries to do the same. "It's in everybody's interest that we have an educated population in Africa," he said at the launch of the aid initiative in Mozambic, which was also attended by former South African president Nelson Mandela, his Mozambican wife Graca Machel and the Mozambican President Armando Guebuza. "Today, it's a scandal that 100 million children in the world are denied an education," Brown said. "Most are in Africa, most are girls and all are denied the most basic chance to reach their potential," he said.(Posted @ 21:22 PST)
Iran won't back down 'one iota': Ahmadinejad TEHRAN, April 10 (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Monday he would not back down "one iota" over Iran's nuclear programme. In a speech, he also promised "very good nuclear news in the coming days". "Be certain that the government which serves you will follow the wishes of the people with wisdom and strength, and will not back down one iota," the hardline president said in a speech carried live on state television. "Our enemies know they are unable to even slightly hurt our nation and they cannot create the tiniest obstacle on its glorious and progressive way," he insisted. "They cannot stop our nation." A military official said the "good news" concerned developments in enrichment work.(Posted @ 21:15 PST)
USAID restores clean drinking water for 70,000 in Mansehra, Battagram LAHORE, April 10(PPI): The USAID has funded a $2 million program to provide safe drinking water for nearly 70,000 residents of quake ravaged Mansehra and Battagram districts by rehabilitating water supply network through local manpower which gets employment as well. Work teams of local residents have already installed 69,000 feet of new pipelines. A skilled plumber, paid Rs 400 a day, supervises each work team, whose workers receive the prevailing daily wage of Rs 200. "Our biggest joy is that we have water. Even if we weren't earning a daily wage, that is enough," said Niaz of Khunda Mittikot village in Mansehra District.(Posted @ 19:55 PST)
India converting occupied Kashmir into cantonment, admits Farooq SRINAGAR, occupied Kashmir, April 10 (APP): Former Chief Minister of occupied Kashmir , Dr Farooq Abdullah has said Indian government is not sincere in resolving the Kashmir issue and slated New Delhi for converting the occupied Valley into an army cantonment, reports Kashmir Media Service. "If India was really sincere in resolving the Kashmir dispute, it would have responded positively to Pakistan's recent proposals, he said in a media interview in Srinagar. "If India is serious in resolving the vexed Kashmir issue, why is it then establishing new army cantonments in the entire occupied Valley?" he asked. Dr Abdullah said Indian army has taken possession of land in Kupwara where it was going to establish a new cantonment. Similarly in Ganderbal, he said, the army has taken possession of a huge plot of land for setting up of a new garrison there.(Posted @ 19:42 PST)
Six water reservoirs to come up for construction during next two years, NA told ISLAMABAD, April 10 (APP): The National Assembly was informed on Monday that construction work on six water reservoirs would be launched during the next two years. Minister for Water and Power, Liaqat Ali Jatoi during question hour told the House that these include Diamir Bhasha, Munda, Kurram Tangi, Kalabagh, Akhori and Nai Gaj dams. He said feasibility studies of five projects have almost been completed while survey of Nai Gaj Dam in Sindh province is now in progress.(Posted @ 19:16 PST)
President says Pakistan to serve as fountainhead of Islamic Renaissance ISLAMABAD, April 10 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf Monday said Pakistan will serve as a fountainhead of Islamic Renaissance and urged leaders of all Muslim countries to strive for socio-economic uplift of their people and also encourage understanding the true spirit of Islam, which is a dynamic and progressive religion. Addressing a seminar on Islam and the Modern World, organized jointly by the Institute of Strategic Studies and English Speaking Union of Pakistan, the President also renewed his call for mandatory contribution by each Islamic country to enable the OIC to deliver in terms of their scientific and technological development. In his hour-long address, the President said: "Islam is not in conflict with modernization -- it is for all times -it is progressive and dynamic -- it is in consonance with modernization as it aims at development of people -- teachings of Islam are in line with democracy, progress and rights of minorities." Identifying some of the key problems confronting the Muslim world, the President stressed that the way forward called for demonstration of "will and resolve" by all OIC countries vis a vis socio-economic emancipation of their people and reorganization of the Organization of Islamic Conference. While highlighting the need to keep Islam current and dynamic through ijma and ijtehad and in consonance with changing times and environment, he also underlined the importance of resolution of political disputes affecting the Muslim countries.(Posted @ 19:12 PST)
ICRC ready to boost aid to Palestinians GENEVA, April 10 (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday it was ready to scale up aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, but stressed humanitarian assistance alone could not prevent upheaval there. Pierre Kraehenbuehl, ICRC's director of operations, said he was worried an international aid freeze to the new Hamas-led Palestinian government could prompt a humanitarian, economic and security crisis. "The ICRC is very concerned about possible consequences on the ground," he told journalists in Geneva after a week-long visit to Israel and the occupied territories.(Posted @ 18:42 PST)
Muslim boycott hits Danish dairy exports COPENHAGEN, April 10 (Reuters) - A boycott of Danish goods by millions of Muslims round the world has caused an 85 percent drop in Denmark's dairy exports, data showed on Monday. Exports of dairy products such as milk, butter and cheesedropped to about 130 million crowns ($21.12 million) in February from 840 million in the same month last year, according to the National Statistics Office.(Posted @ 18:36 PST)
120 feared dead after Ghana boat capsizes -police ACCRA, April 10 (Reuters) - Some 120 people were feared drowned after a boat packed with passengers and goods capsized on Ghana's Lake Volta, police in the West African country said Monday. "There were 150 passengers on board but only 30 have been rescued. The rest are feared dead," police spokesman Kwesi Ofori said. He said the accident happened on Saturday and that a search party was still looking for survivors.(Posted @ 18:24 PST)
Pakistan protests to India over fisherman's death ISLAMABAD, April 10 (AFP) - Pakistan lodged a protest with India on Monday, accusing its neighbour's coastguard of attacking a fishing boat and killing a fisherman in the Arabian Sea. An official from the Indian High Commission (embassy) was summoned to the Foreign Office in Islamabad to receive the protest over the March 18 incident, foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told a weekly briefing. An Indian coastguard vessel and a navy helicopter had chased a Pakistani boat carrying seven crew members in Pakistani waters and opened fire on them, she said.(Posted @ 18:10 PST)
India announces additional 50 million dollars aid to Afghanistan NEW DELHI, April 10, 2006 (AFP) - India Monday pledged an extra 50 million dollars in aid to Afghanistan for a total of 650 million dollars since 2001 and said it would consider a new credit facility to boost trade, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told reporters after talks with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai.(Posted @ 17:54 PST)
Pakistani tribes oppose gun ban, demand troop pullout MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, April 10 (AFP) - Thousands of Pakistani tribesmen Monday rejected an official ban on carrying weapons and urged Islamabad to withdraw troops from their troubled region bordering Afghanistan, organisers said. Some 8,000 people attended a two-day jirga in Mir Ali, in North Waziristan, where elders and Muslim scholars spoke before passing the resolution" not to accept a ban on carrying weapons as it is part of the tribal custom," cleric Maulvi Abdul Rehman told reporters. Many tribesmen have local rivalries and consider displaying weapons "necessary for their safety and protection," he said. The arms ban was imposed in 2004 after big battles in South Waziristan. Around two or three months ago, with the latest troubles, authorities started enforcing it more strictly and also banned the sale of weapons in tribal areas. The council also demanded that "the army should be confined at the border to check infiltration of miscreants from Afghanistan," the resolution said. The council denied the presence of foreign Taliban and Al-Qaeda fugitives in the tribal area, saying that "we never offer asylum to foreigners on our soil. "It also called for the authorities to alert tribal elders before launching any military operations and urged them to avoid targeting towns and villages without foolproof intelligence.(Posted @ 17:48 PST)
Bollywood star jailed for poaching rare Indian gazelles JODHPUR, India, April 10 (AFP) - Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday after he was convicted of poaching endangered Indian gazelles almost a decade ago. "The accused committed a heinous crime and hence he is being given five years of rigorous imprisonment," Judge Vijender Kumar Jain told stunned fans and lawyers in Jodhpur. He also slapped a 25,000-rupee (560-dollar) fine on the 40-year-old actor. Khan had already been given a suspended one-year jail sentence in February and fined 5,000 rupees (113 dollars) for killing two of the so-called "black bucks", known as chinkara in Hindi, during a 1998 hunting expedition. Clad in blue denims, a white cotton shirt and a baseball cap, Khan appeared nervous as police took away his mobile phone and led him to a prison cell, where he was expected to remain for at least two nights before a bail appeal can be heard. "This is a wrong decision... This is a wrong decision," repeated Khan as his lawyer Hastimal Sashwat said he would appeal to a higher court in Rajasthan state. "We will challenge the verdict as well as the sentence," Sashwat said. The court freed four other suspects, handed down a one-year jail term on a fifth and registered cases against two prosecution witness for retracting their testimony.(Posted @ 17:42 PST)
Abbas vows to fight Israeli isolation moves RAMALLAH, West Bank, April 10 (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called Monday on Israel to stop trying to isolate the new Hamas-led government and urged the international community to help realise the Palestinians' aspirations for statehood. In a speech in his West Bank headquarters of Ramallah, he said such tactics would be fought at all costs. "We call on the Israeli government to stop these measures which are only intended to isolate the Palestinian Authority," said Abbas. "We will not accept this, we will not allow this to become a reality. We will emerge from this isolation what ever the cost," he added. "We are in favour of the roadmap which means an independent Palestinian state, free of walls and settlements, which means a fair solution to the refugees, which means to live in this area in peace and security. "Is this too much to ask, is this too much for the world to handle?"(Posted @ 17:26 PST)
EU could mull sanctions on Iran, dismisses military option: Solana LUXEMBOURG, April 10, (AFP) - The European Union could consider slapping sanctions on Iran, including a visa ban, if current UN-centred diplomatic efforts fail, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Monday. Speaking at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, he meanwhile dismissed a report that the United States might take military action in the standoff with Tehran over its nuclear plans. "We have to be prepared just in case they fail," he said, referring to diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to renounce sensitive atomic activities. "We have to begin thinking about that possibility," he said, referring to the possibility of eventual sanctions. Asked specifically about a visa ban, he said that such a move "is a classical type of measure that is taken." The EU official dismissed a report that US President George W. Bush is mulling military options to knock out Iran's nuclear program."I have read the(New Yorker magazine) article ... I think it has nothing to do with reality," he said, although admitting: "I don't know what is going on in the Pentagon and the different levels of the Pentagon." However, Solana said: "Any military action is absolutely out of the table for us."(Posted @ 17:20 PST)
Nepal declares curfew to contain rising protests KATHMANDU, April 10 (AFP) - Nepal on Monday declared a daytime curfew and kept shoot-on-sight orders in the capital for the third consecutive day as it battled to contain nationwide protests against the king. Nevertheless around 1,500 people defied the curfew to gather in the Kirtipur area of Kathmandu in the morning, blocking a major road with boulders. In Gangabu on the outskirts of the city, hundreds of people staged a protest that was mainly peaceful in the morning but later turned violent. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd, witnesses said. Anti-royal demonstrations and hundreds of arrests were also reported elsewhere in the country, an opposition leader said. Rajendra Pandey of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), said more than 4,000 people had protested in Dailekh district, with about 500 arrests. In the popular western tourist town of Pokhara at least 150 protestors including academics and journalists were arrested during a protest in defiance of the curfew, he said.(Posted @ 17:12 PST)
Three killed as army helicopter crashes onto factory in Turkey ISTANBUL, April 10(AFP) - An army helicopter crashed onto a steel factory in the town of Uzunciftlik, about 120 kilometers east of Istanbul on Monday, killing the three soldiers on board. Two factory workers were injured in the crash, CNN-Turk television reported. It said the helicopter broke up in mid-air before crashing onto the ground.(First Posted @ 14:19 PST Updated @ 17:06 PST)
Four soldiers, two aid workers killed in Sri Lanka blast COLOMBO, April 10 (AFP) - At least four Sri Lankan soldiers and two civilians were killed in a landmine blast in the northern Jaffna province Monday. Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka's military spokesman, said an army truck was caught in the "mine explosion killing four and seriously injuring two more soldiers at Mirusuvil, Jaffna." He said two aid workers attached to a NGO were also killed in the explosion. The blast happened as Sri Lanka's international donors were urging the LTTE to attend the April 19-21 talks in Geneva aimed at salvaging a fragile Norwegian-brokered truce.(Posted @ 16:50 PST)
24 dead, 20 injured in China traffic accident BEIJING, April 10 (AFP) - Twenty-four people were killed and another 20 injured in a traffic accident in northwest China's Gansu province, the official Xinhua news agency reported but gave no other details.(Posted @ 16:36 PST)
At least 14 killed in Kenyan military plane crash NAIROBI, April 10 (AFP) - At least 14 people were killed Monday when a Kenyan military plane carrying government officials and several lawmakers crashed near a game park in central Kenya. "We have yet to get information on the others," Major General Paul Opiyo said.Details were of the incident sketchy but officials said 17 passengers and crew were on the plane when it went down in what witnesses said was a heavy downpour.Other officials said 18 people, including an assistant minister and MPs from the area, were on board.(Posted @ 16:34 PST)
Four doctors and driver killed in Afghan clinic attack HERAT, Afghanistan, April 10, 2006 (AFP) - Unidentified attackers stormed a government health clinic in Qadis district, western Afghanistan, and gunned down four doctors and a driver, governor Anayatullah Anayat said Monday. The clinic was funded by a range of foreign non-government organisations (NGOs).(Posted @ 16:32 PST)
Bomb kills two anti-drugs police in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 10, 2006 (AFP) A bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying policemen on a counter-narcotics mission in volatile southern Afghanistan Monday, killing two and wounding two others, police said. The force was attacked on its way to destroy opium poppy fields in a district of Helmand province. (Posted @ 14:25 PST)
EU slaps visa bans on Lukashenko, Belarus aides LUXEMBOURG, April 10 (Reuters) The European Union on Monday banned Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and 30 ministers, prosecutors and regional election officials from entering the 25-nation bloc, an EU official said. EU foreign ministers took the decision in response to a March 19 presidential election they considered rigged. (Posted @ 14:23 PST)
France to scrap disputed youth job contract PARIS, April 10 (Reuters) France will scrap a planned youth job contract that has provoked mass protests and strikes, President Jacques Chirac's office said on Monday. The announcement was aimed at ending a political crisis for the government of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin because of opposition to the First Job Contract (CPE). Chirac met Villepin and other senior members of the ruling UMP party on Monday in a bid to find solutions after days of intensive negotiations with union leaders and students. Villepin was due to announce details of the new measures at a news conference shortly. (Posted @ 14:19 PST)
Russian forces kill alleged militant leader in Dagestan MOSCOW, April 10 (Reuters) Russian forces said they killed the leader of a militant group in an operation in the Caucasus region of Dagestan on Monday, local news agencies reported. Police said the man was Makhach Yasin Rasulov, a leader of the Shariat group that claimed responsibility for a bomb that killed 10 soldiers on their way to a bathhouse in July, the Interfax news agency said. Russian media also reported Rasulov killed six months ago. It was not possible to independently verify the police report. Two policemen were also killed on Monday in the same operation and another wounded, Interfax added. (Posted @ 14:14 PST)
China hospital blast kills 15 BEIJING, April 10 (Reuters) An explosion at a hospital China's northern province of Shanxi killed 15 people on Monday and the death toll may rise, a health official and Xinhua news agency said. The source of the blast was a garage in the Xuangang Coal and Power Co. Hospital in the small city of Yuanping, the agency said. Buildings within a 1-km (half-mile) radius suffered damage. An official with the Yuanping Health Bureau said the cause of the explosion was unknown. (Posted @ 14:12 PST)
Iraq arrests 30 'terrorists' working in security firm BAGHDAD, April 10, 2006 (AFP) Thirty employees working in an Iraqi security firm have been arrested after they were found to be plotting "terrorist" activities, Iraq's interior ministry said Monday. The employees were picked up from Baghdad's Hamara hotel located in the centre of the Iraqi capital. The hotel houses offices of many international companies, including media organisations. (Posted @ 13:02 PST)
Israel to draw West Bank border by 2008: report JERUSALEM, April 10 (Reuters) Israel's Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to draw the country's border with the Palestinians by November 2008, ahead of a previous target, an Israeli newspaper reported on Monday. Olmert, who previously gave a deadline of 2010, now wants to make sure his border plan is completed before U.S. President George W. Bush leaves office in early 2009, the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said. Kadima's spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment on the report. (Posted @ 13:01 PST)
Three killed in Occupied Kashmir SRINAGAR, Occupied Kashmir, April 10, 2006 (AFP) Gunmen killed a farmer, his wife and brother in Challad village, southern Udhampur district, police said Monday. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the killings. (Posted @ 10:23 PST)
Over 80 injured in suspected whale collision in Japan TOKYO, April 10, 2006 (AFP) At least 86 people were injured, some seriously, when a high-speed Japanese ferry collided with an object which passengers said they believed was a whale, a coastguard offical said Monday. The two-deck ferry was carrying 103 passengers and five crew when the accident happened Sunday evening as it headed to Ibusuki on the southern tip of Japan's main western island of Kyushu. (Posted @ 09:21 PST)
Karachi Stocks up 55.64 points: KARACHI, April 10: At close of trading, the KSE-100 index was at 11992.23, up 55.64 points. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:27 PST)
Forex update: KARACHI, April 10: The Pakistani Rupee was traded at Rs 60.18 to the US Dollar in the open market. (Bureau Report) (Updated @ 14:27 PST)
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