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Print - 2009-09-06
Iran will not back down on nuclear energy: Chavez

Iran will not back down on nuclear energy: Chavez

President Hugo Chavez, who arrived in Tehran on Friday, said in remarks rebroadcast on Venezuelan television that Iran will "not back down" in its quest for peaceful nuclear energy. Chavez, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main ally in Latin Americ
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Iran will not back down on nuclear energy: Chavez

Iran will not back down on nuclear energy: Chavez

President Hugo Chavez, who arrived in Tehran on Friday, said in remarks rebroadcast on Venezuelan television that Iran will "not back down" in its quest for peaceful nuclear energy. Chavez, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad''s main ally in Latin Ameri
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Crackdown against hoarders: two million bags of sugar confiscated

Crackdown against hoarders: two million bags of sugar confiscated

A crackdown against sugar hoarders has been kicked off across Punjab following the Lahore High Court's (LHC) ruling, setting sugar price at Rs 40 per kg, as the provincial administration has deployed heavy police contingents at sugar mills and seized two
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Crackdown against hoarders: two million bags of sugar confiscated

Crackdown against hoarders: two million bags of sugar confiscated

A crackdown against sugar hoarders has been kicked off across Punjab following the Lahore High Court's (LHC) ruling, setting sugar price at Rs 40 per kg, as the provincial administration has deployed heavy police contingents at sugar mills and seized two
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Crackdown against hoarders: two million bags of sugar confiscated

Crackdown against hoarders: two million bags of sugar confiscated

A crackdown against sugar hoarders has been kicked off across Punjab following the Lahore High Court''s (LHC) ruling, setting sugar price at Rs 40 per kg, as the provincial administration has deployed heavy police contingents at sugar mills and seized two
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
PCGA hails financing scheme for cotton ginners

PCGA hails financing scheme for cotton ginners

Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) Vice Chairman, Aman-ullah Qureshi, has hailed the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) decision regarding issuance of loans to cotton ginning factories to replace their old plant and machinery. He said this scheme woul
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Court resumes trial of Mumbai suspects

Court resumes trial of Mumbai suspects

A court on Saturday resumed hearing a case against suspected militants accused of involvement in last year's attack on India's business capital, Mumbai, that strained relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. India wants forceful action by Pakistan agai
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Court resumes trial of Mumbai suspects

Court resumes trial of Mumbai suspects

A court on Saturday resumed hearing a case against suspected militants accused of involvement in last year's attack on India's business capital, Mumbai, that strained relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. India wants forceful action by Pakistan agai
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Top EU official calls for stricter Afghan aid rules

Top EU official calls for stricter Afghan aid rules

There must be stricter rules on financial aid to Afghanistan linked to the future government's fight against graft, EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana said Saturday. "There's no doubt" that stricter conditions should be imposed, Solana said as he arri
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Senior Bush official can be sued for wrongful detention: US court

Senior Bush official can be sued for wrongful detention: US court

Former US president George W. Bush's top law enforcer John Ashcroft could be sued and held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of a US "terror" witness, a federal appeals court said. Placing responsibility on Bush administration officials, e
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Musharraf's trial: High Treason Act major Hurdle

Musharraf's trial: High Treason Act major Hurdle

The High Treason (Punishment) Act of 1973 is a major hurdle for a private citizen or a political party to file a case against former president General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) under Article 6 of the Constitution, constitutional experts told Business Rec
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
NWFP to get first HNP instalment in December

NWFP to get first HNP instalment in December

NWFP Finance Minister Mohammad Hamayun Khan has said that the province will get first instalment of the outstanding Rs 110 billion in head of hydel net-profit (HNP) till December, and the remaining would be given in three instalments. Talking to different
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
EU ministers slam Nato over Afghan air strike deaths

EU ministers slam Nato over Afghan air strike deaths

EU ministers criticised Nato on Saturday after an air strike in Afghanistan that local officials said killed scores of people, many of them civilians. The attack, which damaged efforts to win "hearts and minds" in the country, took place a day before EU f
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Inquiry officer to investigate matters of housing society

Inquiry officer to investigate matters of housing society

On a complaint from an affectee, the Deputy Commissioner, Co-operative Societies, Islamabad, has appointed Magistrate Liaquat Abbasi as inquiry officer to probe into the irregularities in the Ministry of Commerce Employees Co-operative Housing Society und
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
ATC adjourns Benazir Bhutto assassination case till September 19

ATC adjourns Benazir Bhutto assassination case till September 19

An Anti Terrorist Court adjourned the hearing of the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassination case here on Saturday. The court had decided not to record the evidences in the case till the completion of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) inqu
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Afghanistan postpones latest vote result release: official

Afghanistan postpones latest vote result release: official

Afghan electoral authorities have cancelled the scheduled release on Saturday of the latest tranche of results from controversial elections that have been overshadowed by fraud allegations. The next batch of results from polling stations would be released
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Afghanistan postpones latest vote result release: official

Afghanistan postpones latest vote result release: official

Afghan electoral authorities have cancelled the scheduled release on Saturday of the latest tranche of results from controversial elections that have been overshadowed by fraud allegations. The next batch of results from polling stations would be released
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
EU ministers slam Nato over Afghan air strike deaths

EU ministers slam Nato over Afghan air strike deaths

EU ministers criticised Nato on Saturday after an air strike in Afghanistan that local officials said killed scores of people, many of them civilians. The attack, which damaged efforts to win "hearts and minds" in the country, took place a day before EU f
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Four narcotics smugglers including CAA plumber held

Four narcotics smugglers including CAA plumber held

Anti-Narcotics Force Punjab have arrested four alleged narcotics smugglers including a plumber of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and recovered four kg heroin worth over Rs 30 million here at Allama Iqbal International Airport. Anti Narcotics Force Lahore
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Punjab Cabinet endorses LHC decision

Punjab Cabinet endorses LHC decision

Senior Advisor to CM Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa on Saturday said that the members of the Cabinet have endorsed the LHC decision of selling sugar at Rs 40 per kg. He told newsmen after the conclusion of the Punjab Cabinet meeting that the Advocate Gene
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Gojra inquiry tribunal: proceedings completed

Gojra inquiry tribunal: proceedings completed

Gojra inquiry tribunal completed its inquiry proceedings here Saturday after recording statement of six witnesses. The tribunal recorded the statement of total 580 witnesses while minister local government Dost Muhammad Khosa had submitted his affidavit t
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Tarin for effective steps, revised strategies

Tarin for effective steps, revised strategies

Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Saturday underlined the need for effective measures and revised strategies by the government and private sector to ensure high GDP growth. The country needs high economic growth for catering to unemployment and to improve
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Security forces kill 10 terrorists including commander

Security forces kill 10 terrorists including commander

Security Forces have killed a terrorist commander and 9 terrorists on Saturday. A spokesman of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces have continued search operations under 'Operation Rah e Raast' in different parts of Malakand d
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Naveed Qamar visits PPL head office

Naveed Qamar visits PPL head office

Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (MPNR) Syed Naveed Qamar on Saturday visited the head office of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL). This was the minister's first official visit to the company after taking charge. Special Secretary MPNR
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Saeed Kazmi shifted to Shifa Hospital for plastic surgery

Saeed Kazmi shifted to Shifa Hospital for plastic surgery

Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi, who was injured on September 2 in a terrorist attack, has been shifted to Shifa International Hospital from Polyclinic for plastic surgery, said hospital sources on Saturday. According to the hospital
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Presence of 'Blackwater' may increase chance of bloodshed, says Fazl

Presence of 'Blackwater' may increase chance of bloodshed, says Fazl

Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), Fazlur Rehman has said that the United States of America wants to create a mini Pentagon in Islamabad, as the presence of Blackwater, a security agency, could increase chances of bloodshed in the country. JUI chief was
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Talks with Baloch leaders need of the hour: Altaf

Talks with Baloch leaders need of the hour: Altaf

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain on Saturday said that negotiations with Baloch leaders are the need of the hour, adding that the people of Punjab can save Pakistan by supporting the truth. In his telephonic address from London at an Ift
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Students selected for language course in China call on Shahbaz

Students selected for language course in China call on Shahbaz

The students selected for a four-year language course in China under a scholarship programme called on Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif at Chief Minister's Secretariat, here on Saturday. The Chief Minister congratulated the students on their selectio
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
HMIS being introduced for the first time

HMIS being introduced for the first time

Hospital Management Information System (HMIS), a computerised system, which covers clinical, administrative and financial modules, is being introduced for the first time in the public sector hospital in the Punjab Social Security Health Management Company
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Textile Policy SROs disappoint industry

Textile Policy SROs disappoint industry

Textile sector has expressed disappointment over the recently issued SROs and notifications on first-ever-five-year textile policy. The relevant SROs have been issued w.e.f September 1, 09 for new duty drawbacks ie one percent on fabric, two percent on ho
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Barometer Capital team visits Karachi

Barometer Capital team visits Karachi

Barometer Capital Management Ltd, a top performing asset management company based in Canada, visited Karachi, with the intention of doing due diligence for a potential joint venture with Dawood Capital Management Ltd of shariah-compliant funds.
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Operational awards for valiant officers of armed forces

Operational awards for valiant officers of armed forces

On the occasion of Defence Day of Pakistan, operational awards were announced for officers and personnel of the Armed Forces of Pakistan for their gallantry in serving the nation. Sitara-i-Basalat has been awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Tahir Iqba
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Barometer Capital team visits Karachi

Barometer Capital team visits Karachi

Barometer Capital Management Ltd, a top performing asset management company based in Canada, visited Karachi, with the intention of doing due diligence for a potential joint venture with Dawood Capital Management Ltd of shariah-compliant funds.
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
National Assembly body directs Ministry to reopen small post offices

National Assembly body directs Ministry to reopen small post offices

The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Postal Services has directed the Postal Ministry to reopen all the small post offices, closed earlier due to less utility and high management cost in the far flung areas of the country. The committee, which me
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Moot on paddy procurement on September 9

Moot on paddy procurement on September 9

The representatives of federal and provincial food departments, Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) and rice mills in Punjab would meet on September 09, 2009 (Wednesday) in the provincial metropolis to mull on modalities and st
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
UAF, LSF, US University sign MoU

UAF, LSF, US University sign MoU

Oklahoma State University USA, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) and Lok Sanjh Foundation (LSF), Pakistan, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance co-operation on the basis of equity for the mutual benefit of all parties. This
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Trees to be auctioned in open market

Trees to be auctioned in open market

Under the directives of Punjab Government Forest Department has evolved a comprehensive plan for planting maximum plants on both sides of Sialkot-Daska-Gujranwala dual carriageway project, disclosed Divisional Forest Officer Sialkot Forest Division. The f
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Transfers and postings

Transfers and postings

In a major reshuffle, CTO Sarfraz Falki has transferred 4 inspectors and 39 traffic wardens from various areas of city district and directed them to immediately report to their new places. According to details, the CTO has changed all junior and senior tr
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Speakers pay tributes to Sachal Sarmast

Speakers pay tributes to Sachal Sarmast

Speakers at a function here paid rich tributes to sufi saint Sachal Sarmast, who had planted divine love into the hearts of people of Sindh province. They said Sachal was the most remembered, the most heard and the most revered sufi-poet of Sindh.
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
No loadshedding in country: ministry

No loadshedding in country: ministry

The Ministry of Water and Power has said that no electricity shortfall was reported on Saturday due to which there was no loadshedding in the country. According to Ministry's spokesman, due to change in weather the demand has reduced and there was no gap
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Rs 6.5 billion to be spent on Gilgit-Baltistan development

Rs 6.5 billion to be spent on Gilgit-Baltistan development

The Federal Government would spend Rs 6.5 million on socio-economic uplift of region as it has approved Annual Development Plan (ADP) for 2009-2010, Senior officials of the administration said. The ADP 2009-2010 was approved by the Chairman Gilgit-Baltist
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Transporters asked to charge fixed fares

Transporters asked to charge fixed fares

Multan's administration warned transporters to charge a fixed fare from commuters, otherwise their vehicles would be impounded in the police stations. Secretary Multan Regional Transport Authority (RTA)issued this warning to the transporters and said that
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Multan lawyers decide not to appear before PCO judges

Multan lawyers decide not to appear before PCO judges

As per decision of the Punjab Bar Council, lawyers of Multan have also decided not to appear before the PCO judges to plead their cases and they appealed to Chief Justice of High Court not to post Justice Muhammad Khalid Alvi in Multan bench otherwise the
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
LHC ruling on sugar crisis: LHCBA member to move Supreme Court

LHC ruling on sugar crisis: LHCBA member to move Supreme Court

Shafqat Chohan, a member of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA), has announced to file an appeal before the Supreme Court (SC) against the Lahore High Court (LHC)'s decision pertaining to the sugar crisis.
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Haematology Conference from October 15

Haematology Conference from October 15

National Institute of Blood Disease and Bone Marrow Transplantation under the patronage of Pakistan Society of Haematology is organising "Haematology Conference 2009" from October 15-18 in Karachi. Highlights of the conference include workshops on Homeost
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
No raise in public transport fares: official

No raise in public transport fares: official

The Punjab Transport Department has not yet approved an augmentation in public transport fares while no complaint of over charging of non air-conditioned transport has been received. This was stated by an official of Punjab Transport Department on Saturda
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Anti-polio campaign begins from September 7

Anti-polio campaign begins from September 7

Chairman Chief Minister's Task Force, Dr Asad Ashraf has inaugurated 2nd round of special Anti-Polio Campaign in Lahore at Government Model Town Hospital here on Saturday. The 2nd round will be conducted from 7th to 9th September during which 2,478 mobile
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Climate change: need for substantial cuts in CO2 emissions stressed

Climate change: need for substantial cuts in CO2 emissions stressed

Faster action on climate change may be possible if nations combine substantial cuts in carbon dioxide emissions alongside accelerated moves across a suite of other greenhouse gases and pollutants. According to sources here on Saturday, scientists estimate
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Tetra Pak launches training programme for dairy hub staff

Tetra Pak launches training programme for dairy hub staff

Tetra Pak Pakistan, the world's leading food processing and packaging solution company, in collaboration with DeLaval and the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) has launched a 16-week training programme for the dairy hub staff.
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Progress impossible without eliminating ignorance: Shahbaz

Progress impossible without eliminating ignorance: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that without eliminating illiteracy and ignorance, the dream of putting the country on the path to progress and prosperity cannot be materialised. He was addressing a meeting held to review the recom
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
MCB online system goes offline in Peshawar

MCB online system goes offline in Peshawar

The customers of the Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) were pushing from pillar to post as the online system of the bank went offline on Saturday in the city. Interestingly not only the online banking system, but majority of the ATMs of the bank also developed
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Mobilink joins top global leaders for climate framework

Mobilink joins top global leaders for climate framework

Mobilink, country's market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holding has become the first Pakistani company to support a global environmental initiative by a large group of international corporate leaders, being co-ordinated by the U
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Poverty survey under BISP completed in 16 districts

Poverty survey under BISP completed in 16 districts

The first phase of the poverty survey under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has been completed in 16 districts and it will be soon extended to other districts across the country. This was announced by Farzana Raja, chairperson BISP, while chairing
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
100 shopkeepers fined

100 shopkeepers fined

The Executive District Officer (EDO), Revenue Hyderabad has informed that the revenue officers having special judicial powers have recovered a total fine of Rs 31,350/- from 100 shopkeepers and persons on account of charging high prices from people for es
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan's army rescue flood-hit people in North Waziristan: ISPR

Pakistan's army rescue flood-hit people in North Waziristan: ISPR

Army troops conducted rescue operations through helicopters in the flash flood hit mountainous areas of North Waziristan Agency, said an ISPR release here Saturday. Army troops rescued women and children from the damaged houses in the area of Gurvek and F
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Sugar price: legal fraternity hails LHC decision

Sugar price: legal fraternity hails LHC decision

The legal fraternity hailed the recent decision of Lahore High Court (LHC) pertaining to fixation of sugar prices, saying that the superior judiciary had performed its due role after the government failed to find any solution for the crisis.
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Foreign investment in Pakistan's farmland

Foreign investment in Pakistan's farmland

The Ministry of Investment (MoI) has reportedly decided to offer over seven million acres of fertile farmland in Pakistan for long-term investment to foreigners after it has received an encouraging response from a "road show" it held in Dubai to attract p
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
The 'surplus' wheat

The 'surplus' wheat

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has finalised a plan to export two million tons of "surplus" wheat, a news report, quoting official sources, has said. As Pakistan's wheat stocks this year stand at a record 10 million tons, the case for export of the
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
An insight into Bolivia and Paraguay's trade mechanism

An insight into Bolivia and Paraguay's trade mechanism

Bolivia is not a national landlocked country. It was a maritime state till 1884. It was the War of the Pacific which culminated in the defeat of Bolivia and rendered it a landlocked country of South America. In the war, Bolivia lost Atacama province to Ch
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
September 6: golden chapter

September 6: golden chapter

The 6th of September is a golden chapter in the history of Pakistan, when Pakistan, its military and people stood united in 1965 in defence of Pakistan. Later in 1971, taking advantage of the civil war in East Pakistan, attacked and dismembered Pakistan i
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Gilani's visit to Libya

Gilani's visit to Libya

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani arrived in Tripoli on 31 August on a three-day official visit to the Libyan capital to attend the 40th anniversary of the Libyan revolution. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Minister for Privatisation Syed N
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
The 'Shahjahan' of Karachi

The 'Shahjahan' of Karachi

Karachi is a city of Pakistan which once was been called the City of lights. But now-a-days, the blind city of Pakistan is recovering its lost glory through its Prime Nazim, Honourable Mustufa Kamal, who would have been called Ata Turk-2nd in Turkey but i
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Open source revolution in IT sector

Open source revolution in IT sector

"Pakistan, where the majority of the end-users are either students or from the lower strata of the society find it too hard to buy expensive software, after getting cheaper hardware. It's a welcoming development that the industry in Pakistan, too, waking
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Chavez savours warm embrace in Arab world

Chavez savours warm embrace in Arab world

While his opponents are organising massive marches against him back home, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was greeted Friday by a crowd of hundreds in Swaida, Syria, known as "Little Venezuela" for the large Venezuelan community that resides there. Weari
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Haqqani hosts Iftar dinner

Haqqani hosts Iftar dinner

Pakistans Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani hosted an Iftar dinner for members of the Pakistani-American community as he urged them to assist national efforts geared towards socio-economic development of the people. He particularly highlight
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Encroachment on the rise in Islamabad as Eid approaches

Encroachment on the rise in Islamabad as Eid approaches

As the Eid festivities get momentum, Federal Capital sees mushroom growth of encroachment in its different commercial markets, causing inconvenience for buyers. Eid is a festival, which every Muslim likes to celebrate with enthusiasm but as soon as the fe
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
MUET extends date of admission forms issuance

MUET extends date of admission forms issuance

The Registrar, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) Jamshoro, on Saturday informed that last date for issuance of admission forms for new admissions in First Year Engineering, Architecture and City and Regional Planning for the Session 2
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Ban on export of raw cotton demanded

Ban on export of raw cotton demanded

The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA) has demanded the government to restrict the export of raw cotton and cotton-yarn to countries competing with Pakistan's value-added textile products in the international market. The Value Added Apparel
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Boeing collaborates with PIA, Emirates on medical supplies to IDPs

Boeing collaborates with PIA, Emirates on medical supplies to IDPs

Boeing has collaborated with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Emirates on a second relief flight to deliver medical supplies to Pakistan. The supplies were donated by AmeriCares, a non-profit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organisation oper
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Eid shopping spree gaining momentum

Eid shopping spree gaining momentum

Despite continuous rising inflation Eid shopping spree has started gaining momentum, as people with their families are being observed visiting markets and shopping plazas. The shops, selling cosmetics, jewellery, bangles and colourful dresses are being at
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Protest erupts in Nepal over naming of Indian priests

Protest erupts in Nepal over naming of Indian priests

Nepal's Maoists burnt tyres and blocked roads in Kathmandu on Saturday in a new protest over a decision to appoint Indian high priests at the country's holiest Hindu temple, police said. The demonstration by dozens of protesters came as the two priests to
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Jack Tweed remanded in custody on rape charge

Jack Tweed remanded in custody on rape charge

Reality TV star Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed has been remanded in custody until September on a rape charge, a court heard on Saturday. The 22-year-old, who wore a blue hooded top, spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth at Redbridge M
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Philippine soldier kills two in shooting spree

Philippine soldier kills two in shooting spree

An army sergeant killed two fellow soldiers and wounded five others, including his commander, in a shooting spree in a southern Philippine military camp, a military spokesman said Saturday. Technical Sgt. Policarpio dela Cruz fired his M-16 rifle at more
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Mousavi defiant after MPs back Ahmadinejad

Mousavi defiant after MPs back Ahmadinejad

Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi called on Saturday for more protests over Iran's disputed June election, two days after lawmakers backed most of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new government ministers. But a religious ceremony next week which could
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Two- kilometre anti-Ahmedinejad banner unfurled in Stockholm

Two- kilometre anti-Ahmedinejad banner unfurled in Stockholm

Opponents to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday unfurled a two-kilometre (1.25-mile) banner bearing signatures of his foes on the sidelines of an EU foreign ministers meeting. The green banner, covered with thousands of signatures collected
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Former-Bangladesh finance minister dies in car crash

Former-Bangladesh finance minister dies in car crash

A former Bangladeshi finance minister credited with setting the impoverished country on the path to economic reform died Saturday in a car accident, police said. M. Saifur Rahman, the second-highest official of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Abbas sees no point in meeting Netanyahu if settlements grow

Abbas sees no point in meeting Netanyahu if settlements grow

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday he sees no point in meeting Benjamin Netanyahu if the Israeli premier approves a fast expansion of West Bank settlements before considering a freeze. Abbas, in Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Hos
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
AIG to sell asset unit for $500 million

AIG to sell asset unit for $500 million

American International Group Inc agreed on Saturday to sell a part of its asset management business to Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li's Pacific Century Group for about $500 million, after an auction process that dragged on for months. AIG, which was bailed o
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
CIA chief Panetta staying put: officials

CIA chief Panetta staying put: officials

CIA Director Leon Panetta has been on the losing end of a string of high-profile battles over the agency's past missteps, stoking questions about the ultimate bureaucratic insider's future at a time when his agency is under intense public scrutiny.
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Thousands take part in anti-nuclear protest

Thousands take part in anti-nuclear protest

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin on Saturday for an end to the peaceful use of nuclear energy in Germany. In one of the largest anti-nuclear protesters in recent years, demonstrators marched through the capital's government quarter, wavi
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
New clashes rock Gabon city

New clashes rock Gabon city

Gabon security forces clashed with protesters early Saturday as authorities of the oil rich African nation struggled to quell opposition to the election of Ali Bongo as president. At least two people have been shot dead in three days of unrest since the r
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Russia kills Ingushetia militant chief

Russia kills Ingushetia militant chief

The suspected mastermind of deadly attacks in Russia's Ingushetia region, including a bid to assassinate its leader, has been killed after a shootout with Russian forces, officials said on Saturday. Rustam Dzortov was suspected of planning the June 22 car
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Iraq boosts security on Syrian border amid bombs row

Iraq boosts security on Syrian border amid bombs row

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sent extra troops to secure the border with Syria and on Saturday hit out at countries he says are giving terrorists the shelter needed to mount attacks inside Iraq. Maliki signalled no let-up in a worsening row with its
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Kan picked as Japan's national strategy minister

Kan picked as Japan's national strategy minister

Japan's Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatoyama said on Saturday he had picked Naoto Kan, a former health minister, to head a powerful new agency that will oversee the budget process and set policy priorities. Hatoyama, who will take office on September 16, s
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Nadal, Murray reach third round at US Open

Nadal, Murray reach third round at US Open

Six-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, trying to complete a career Slam, and British second seed Andy Murray withstood fightbacks to reach the third round on Friday at the US Open. Spanish third seed Nadal weathered the storm to defeat Germany's Nicol
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Venus and Clijsters set up US Open showdown

Venus and Clijsters set up US Open showdown

Wins for Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters on Friday set up a mouth-watering US Open fourth-round clash between the two former champions. Third seed Williams, a back-to-back winner here in 2000 and 2001, defied a sore left knee to defeat Magdalena Rybariko
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Spain's Sordo leads Rally Australia in bunched lead

Spain's Sordo leads Rally Australia in bunched lead

The top three drivers were separated by just one tenth of a second as Spain's Dani Sordo emerged as the leader of Rally Australia after an exciting second day's competition in northern New South Wales on Saturday. Sordo finished second and first in the la
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Americans Stricker and Furyk set pace at Boston

Americans Stricker and Furyk set pace at Boston

Steve Stricker upstaged playing partner Tiger Woods to earn a share of the lead with fellow American Jim Furyk after the opening round at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday. Stricker notched eight birdies, including five in a row mid-round, to card
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan turn to football coach

Pakistan turn to football coach

Pakistan have called in the Austrian coach of the country's football team to help their cricketers prepare for the Champions Trophy. George Kottan, hired by Pakistan's Football Association earlier this year, said he been asked to give tips and lectures to
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Australia rise from Ashes with opening ODI win

Australia rise from Ashes with opening ODI win

Australia captain Michael Clarke praised two of the newcomers to the tour of England as his side put their Ashes defeat behind them with a tense four-run win in the first one-day international. Callum Ferguson won the man-of-the-match award for an unbeate
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Tendulkar bats for two-innings ODIs

Tendulkar bats for two-innings ODIs

The world's leading batsman Sachin Tendulkar of India has suggested that 50-over one-day internationals be split in two innings of 25 overs each to revive interest in the game. With the growing popularity of Twenty20 cricket threatening to overshadow the
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Ferguson, Platini question moneybags Madrid

Ferguson, Platini question moneybags Madrid

UEFA president Michel Platini and Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson have implicitly questioned the wisdom of Real Madrid shelling out an unprecedented 250 million euros on new players this summer following the return of chairman Florentino Perez t
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
Illegal immigrant scores big Swedish lottery win

Illegal immigrant scores big Swedish lottery win

An illegal immigrant who scored a big win with a lottery scratch card in Sweden appeared on television on Saturday to collect his winnings even though authorities have been trying to deport him. Tesfaldet Tesloy, a 28-year-old Eritrean who has lived in th
Published 06 Sep, 2009 12:00am
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