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| August 27, 2006 | Sunday | Sha'aban 2, 1427 |
Updated round-the-clock, with major updates after 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
Body of Akbar Bugti found ISLAMABAD, August 27 (PPI) Federal Minister for Information, Muhammad Ali Durrani, addressing a news conference Sunday said the bodies of those killed in the Kohlu incident including Nawab Akbar Bugti have been taken out from the cave and will be buried in the presence of family members. He said the government has no information about the killing of the grand sons of Nawab Akbar Bugti. He said that the bunker type cave was dug out in a mud mountain which caved in either through exchange of firing or from the explosion from inside the cave. He said there are traces of mines and explosives and it may take sometime to take out all the bodies. He pointed out that it was a deep bunker and not natural cave. Replying to a question, Mr. Durrani said that the presence of Nawab Akbar Bugti in the cave was confirmed by people who were arrested from the area. He said there was no question of specially targeting Nawab Akbar Bugti. The area was identified on the 23rd of August when a helicopter came under fire. He rejected reports that the location of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s hideout was identified through his satellite telephone and described them as mere fiction. He said there is no curfew in Quetta, trains and PIA flights are operating and law and order situation is completely under control. (Posted @ 22:58 PST)
Curfew in Quetta after rebel leader killed QUETTA, Baluchistan, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, and called in troops on Sunday after violent protests followed the killing of Baluch rebel chieftain Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, 79, in fighting with security forces on Saturday. "We imposed a curfew at 6 a.m. (0100 GMT). All shops are closed and the army have been called and they're taking positions," said senior Quetta police official Zahid Afaq. "At the moment, the curfew is only in Quetta but if there is any law and order situation elsewhere, it will be imposed there too." (Posted @ 10:46 PST)
ARD meets Monday ISLAMABAD, August 27 (PPI)In orders to discuss the country's situation following the killing of veteran Baloch nationalist and former Chief Minister of Balochistan, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by security agencies, the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will meet here Monday. (Posted @ 23:54 PST)
Suicide bomber kills seven in Basra BASRA, Iraq, Aug 27, (AFP) - A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed seven people and wounded several more Sunday in an attack on a marketplace in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, police said. (Posted @ 23:48 PST)
PIA flights cancelled, trains diverted QUETTA Aug 27 (PPI): All the flights to and from Quetta were suspended Sunday. According to details, in view of law and order situation in Metropolis today, all the flights to and from Quetta were suspended. Similarly five trains were detained at Sibi today. These included Jaffar Express, Quetta Express, Chiltan Express, Balochistan Express and Bolan Mail. Of these first three trains resumed their return journey and proceeded upcountry. Balochistan Express and Bolan Mail resumed their journey to Quetta and expected to reach sometime at Sunday night. When contacted, Railways sources said that all the trains were delayed from 5 to 6 hours. (Posted @ 23:28 PST)
MMA describes killing of Akbar Bugti as 'tragedy' KARACHI, August 27 (PPI): At a meeting here Sunday, the central and provincial leadership of MMA described the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti as a 'tragedy' and condemned the policies of President Gen. Musharraf for resorting to military operation instead of resolving the Balochistan issue through dialogue. MMA president Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Sahibzada Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, Qari Gul Rehman, Allama Qamar Abbas Naqvi, MMA Sindh chief Maulana Asadullah Bhutto, JI leader Dr. Merajul Huda and other leaders attended the Meeting. The MMA leaders viewed that Gen. Musharraf has removed from the Scene Nawab Akbar Bugti, his political opponent, by force that would create further complications instead of easing the situation. They expressed deep grief and sorrow over the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti said the Balochistan was a highly sensitive area where the hatred already existed against the involvement of military generals in the politics. "The assassination of Nawab Akbar Bugti would further increase the hatred." (Posted @ 23:24 PST)
50 killed in Kentucky plane crash: FAA WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A Comair jet crashed on Sunday shortly after takeoff in Lexington, Kentucky, and all 50 people on board were killed according to preliminary reports, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said. "Preliminary reports from first-responders was that there were 50 fatalities," FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said. She said there had been 47 passengers and three crew aboard the plane. A Comair spokeswoman said the plane left Lexington's Blue Grass Airport, bound for Atlanta, it went down in woods at about 7 a.m. (1100 GMT), approximately 1.5 kilo meter from the airport. There was no early indication of what caused the crash. (Posted @ 18:50 PST)
At least 10 killed in suicide attacks on Iraqi Kurds KIRKUK, Iraq, Aug 27, (AFP) - Two near simultaneous suicide car bomb attacks on Kurdish targets killed 10 and wounded 50 more in the ethnically mixed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, a senior police officer said. One attack hit a religious shrine owned by the family of Iraq's Kurdish President Jalal Talabani, the other the home of a Kurdish police chief, police Brigadier General Burhan Tayib told AFP. A total of 10 people were killed, including police Colonel Ahmed Abdallah's son, Tayib said. Three houses and the studio of a local television station were also damaged in the blast. (Posted @ 23:20 PST)
45 dead as water tank collapses in western India NEW DELHI, Aug 27, (AFP) - At least 45 people were killed when a large water tank collapsed Sunday in a village in India's western Rajasthan state, the Press Trust of India news agency said. The dead were among about 200 people sitting on the tank watching a wrestling match when the structure supporting it gave way, the news agency quoted senior government official R Venkateshwaran as saying. About 30 people were also injured in the accident in Kama village some 225 kilometers from Rajasthan's state capital Jaipur, PTI reported. (Posted @ 23:14 PST)
Third Palestinian militant killed by Israeli fire in Gaza GAZA CITY, Aug 27, (AFP) - A third Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip Sunday, this time close to the Karni crossing east of Gaza City, Palestinian medics said. Two Palestinian militants from the ruling Hamas movement were killed by Israeli fire earlier Sunday, hospital and security officials said, including one during an operation near Karni. (Posted @ 23:10 PST)
Bomb blast damages government building in Baluchistan QUETTA, Pakistan, Aug 27, (AFP) - Rioters bombed a government building and set alight a telephone exchange Sunday in Qalat city in Baluchistan in protest at the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, police said. The rioters planted a bomb at the office of the National Database and Registration Authority, a local police official said. (Posted @ 23:08 PST)
16 killed in latest challenges to new Iraq peace bid BAGHDAD, Aug 27, (AFP) - A string of attacks killed at least 16 people across Iraq Sunday in the latest challenge to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's attempts to bring peace to country. A bomb killed at least five people and wounded 15 near central Baghdad's Palestine Hotel, a security official said. A suicide bomber in a van also targeted the Iraqi state-owned daily Al-Sabah by blowing up the vehicle in the parking lot, killing at least two people and wounding 25 all newspaper employees. The guards fired at the vehicle "which the bomber was attempting to drive fast in the parking lot. As the guards fired at him, he blew up the van." The bomb also destroyed nearly 20 cars owned by newspaper staff. Gunmen also killed four of former Deputy Prime Minister Abd Mutlaq al-Juburi's bodyguards in an ambush on their car in Baghdad's Ameriyah neighbourhood, a security official said. In Kirkuk four Kurdish policemen -- including a young police academy graduate -- were killed by extremists, police said. (Posted @ 21:22 PST)
Fox crew captors not linked to Al-Qaeda: Palestinian PM GAZA CITY, Aug 27, (AFP) - The previously unknown group who abducted two Western journalists in the Gaza Strip is not linked to the global Al-Qaeda network, Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya said Sunday shortly after the reporters' release. Haniya was due to meet with the freed journalists in Gaza later. (Posted @ 18:16 PST)
Iran fires missile from submarine in Gulf TEHRAN, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Iran has test fired a long-range missile from a submarine in the Gulf as part of military exercises that began earlier this month, state television reported. "Minutes ago it was launched from a submarine in the Persian Gulf and it hit the target," state television reported without giving further details of the missile's range or other specifications. (Posted @ 17:55 PST)
Six Afghans, three Pakistanis die in Afghan road accident JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Aug 27, (AFP) - Six Afghans and three Pakistani nationals were killed Sunday when the van they were traveling in smashed into a giant fuel tanker in eastern Afghanistan, police said. The crash occurred near Jalalabad, not far from the border with Pakistan, highway police colonel Mustafa Isahaqzai said. The group had traveled from Pakistan. (Posted @ 17:40 PST)
Taliban attack prison van in Afghanistan, one guard killed KABUL, Aug 27, (AFP) - Gunmen attacked early Sunday a bus carrying about 30 prisoners from Kandahar to the capital, killing a guard but failing to free any of the inmates, police said. (Posted @ 17:30 PST)
Twelve rebels killed in Sri Lanka clash: military COLOMBO, Aug 27 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan military claimed Sunday it killed a dozen Tamil Tiger rebels and injured 20 more when it repulsed a mortar attack on an army position in the northeast, a spokesman said. The military fired back after a group of about 25 rebels fired mortars injuring seven soldiers as they tried to break into government-held territory in the northeastern Batticaloa district, the spokesman said. "Twelve LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) were killed, 20 were injured. The bodies have probably been taken away." (Posted @ 11:19 PST)
One NATO soldier killed, one wounded in Afghanistan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug 27 (AFP) - A soldier with the NATO-led force was killed and another wounded during an attack in Helmand province early Sunday, the force said. In a separate incident, an ISAF soldier and six Afghan troops were wounded in a mortar attack on their base in Kandahar province, the statement said. The nationalities of ISAF casualties are announced by their home nation. (Posted @ 11:16 PST)
US moves 5 Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Afghanistan WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Saturday said it transferred five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, leaving about 445 detainees at the naval base in Cuba. The Pentagon did not disclose the names of the prisoners being transferred to Afghanistan or disclose any further details. (Posted @ 10:51 PST)
Leftover Israeli bomb wounds 4 Lebanese children BEIRUT, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Four children were wounded when an unexploded Israeli cluster bomb went off while they were playing with it in southern Lebanon, the official National News Agency has reported. The United Nations has confirmed 288 Israeli cluster bomb strike locations across the south and said bomblets have killed 12 people since the Aug. 14 truce. (Posted @ 10:48 PST)
US, Polish soldiers wounded in Iraq 'weapons accident' BAGHDAD, Aug 27 (AFP) - One US and two Polish soldiers were wounded in a "weapons accident" in Camp Echo near the city of Diwaniyah on Friday, the US military said Sunday. (Posted @ 10:34 PST)
Iran determined to produce nuclear fuel: Larijani TEHRAN, Aug 27 (AFP) - Iran is determined to produce its own nuclear fuel despite the demand by the UN Security Council to halt enrichment of uranium, the country's top nuclear negotiator Ari Larijani said on national radio Sunday. "Production of nuclear fuel is one of Iran's strategic objectives," Larijani said during a meeting with editors of leading Iranian newspapers. (Posted @ 10:32 PST)
Former US president slaps down 'subservient' Blair LONDON, Aug 27 (AFP) - Former US president Jimmy Carter lashed out at British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday for being "so compliant and subservient" to the Bush administration in Washington. "I have been surprised and extremely disappointed with Tony Blair's behaviour," Carter told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper as he promoted his new book "Faith and Freedom". "I think that, more than any other person in the world, the prime minister could have had a moderating influence on Washington, and he has not," said the 81-year-old former head of state. He faulted Blair for not having been a constraint on US President George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 -- an invasion which, he said,subverted the fight against global terrorism. "We now have a situation where America is so unpopular overseas that, even in countries like Egypt and Jordan, our approval ratings are less than five percent," said Carter. "It's a shameful and pitiful state of affairs, and I hold your British prime minister to be substantially responsible for being so compliant and subservient." (Posted @ 09:29 PST)
Hair consulted cricket officials before seeking payout: report SYDNEY, Aug 27 (AFP) - Australian umpire Darrell Hair says he conferred with some of cricket's most powerful officials before asking for a 500,000 US dollar payout to walk away from Test cricket, reports said Sunday. "It wasn't a spur of the moment thing," Hair told Sydney's Sunday Telegraph from England. "I had dialogue with them. That was understood. I didn't do it off the cuff. (Umpires' boss) Doug Cowie even said in his email reply to my offer that the proposal had merit." Asked whether he would ever umpire again, Hair said: "Let's address one thing at a time." (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
Dozens of illegal immigrants feared dead off Mauritania NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 27 (AFP) - Dozens of illegal immigrants were feared drowned after 14 bodies were washed ashore in Mauritania Saturday, while another 179 people heading to Spain's Canary Islands were rescued before their boats sank, a police official said. There are probably "more bodies in the ocean and we must monitor the beaches, as the boats usually carry 90 to 96 people," said the police official who requested anonymity. "They were certainly illegal immigrants because we haven't had any reports of missing fishermen." However, Mauritanian authorities managed to rescue 179 illegal immigrants heading from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands aboard two makeshift boats. One of the boats, with 92 people on board, had been taking on water for two days and broke up moments after the migrants were rescued. (Posted @ 09:20 PST)
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