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Pak for Interpol notices against Kasab, Ansari
Jihad Jane’s aide charged with terror
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25 ultras killed in Pak tribal region
‘Friendly fire’ kills 5 Afghan soldiers
Oz police kept attack on Indian under wraps: Report
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Pak for Interpol notices against Kasab, Ansari
Islamabad, April 3 This was stated by special public prosecutor Malik Rab Nawaz Moon as an anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of the seven 26/11 attack accused, including LeT operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, adjourned the hearing in the case till April 17. The proceedings at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, where judge Malik Mohd Akram Awan is hearing the case for security reasons, were adjourned after the prosecution sought "maximum" time to challenge a Lahore High Court order that said the trial of the seven suspects could not be separated from that of Kasab and Ansari, who are currently in the custody of Indian authorities. The prosecution also said it needed time to challenge the anti-terrorism court's decision to dismiss its application to name Kasab and Ansari as "proclaimed offenders" or fugitives. It said it intended to file challenges in the Lahore High Court and Supreme Court. Judge Awan gave the prosecution time till April 17 and adjourned the matter. During the proceedings, the prosecution said the government had been approached to ask Interpol to issue red corner notices for Ansari and Kasab. Defence lawyers argued that Kasab and Ansari were not fugitives as they were in the custody of Indian authorities. Special public prosecutor Malik Rab Nawaz Moon later said the Interpol had been approached today to issue red corner notices against Kasab and Ansari. "We are having meetings today and tomorrow and will decide on approaching the high court and Supreme Court to challenge recent court orders," Moon said. Apart from Lakhvi, the accused in the case in Pakistan are Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younas Anjum. — PTI
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Withdrawal of order to reopen Zardari Swiss cases sought
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court at its Lahore Registry seeking withdrawal of the court orders about reopening of the Swiss cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. “President Aif Ali Zardari enjoys constitutional immunity from being proceeded against in an court of law on criminal charges,” petitioner Barrister Zafarulla said in his plea quoting Article 248 of the constitution. All institutions should respect the constitution and the apex court orders to the National Accountability Bureau about reopening of the cases against the President should be withdrawn, the petition said. Meanwhile, law minister Babar Awan said most of the court orders had been implemented by his ministry. In a related development, PPP information secretary Fauzia Wahab said no letter could be sent to Switzerland seeking reopening of corruption cases against the President. “He enjoys immunity from prosecution in any court within and abroad,” she told reporters in Naop Dero adding: “How could the government ask the Swiss court to reopen case against the President when he is not being prosecuted inside Pakistan.”
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Jihad Jane’s aide charged with terror
Washington, April 3 Jamie Paulin Ramirez, 31, a US national and a former Colorado resident, was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, the department said in a statement. The Department of Justice said Ramirez had travelled with Colleen LaRose, who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane" online, "to and around Europe to participate in and in support of violent jihad." Ramirez had surrendered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after flying back from Europe and was charged with "one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists," according to the statement. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Ramirez had reportedly been arrested in Ireland last month accused of conspiring to kill a Swedish cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed, but was later freed without charge. LaRose, a blond 46-year-old American, pleaded not guilty last month in the Philadelphia court to recruiting Islamist militants and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $1 million fine. Prosecutors charge that LaRose, in an email, urged Ramirez to join her and others in Europe at a location she described as "like a training camp as well as a home." — AFP
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Washington, April 3 "Karzai called Secretary Clinton today to clarify his statements… and they had a constructive conversation," Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs PJ Crowley said after the telephonic conversation between the two leaders. Karzai spoke to Clinton a day after his statement in Kabul that there was "a very widespread fraud" in presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan, but "Afghans did not do this fraud. The foreigners did this fraud". Official said that Karzai had expressed his surprise at the furore over his remarks that foreigners had orchestrated election frauds in his country. Crowley said Karzai, during his conversation with Clinton, reaffirmed his commitment to the bilateral partnership and expressed appreciation for the contributions and sacrifices made by the international community for Afghanistan. "They pledged to continue working together in a spirit of partnership," he said in a statement. Earlier in the day, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Karzai's remarks, in which he blamed the West for meddling in Afghan polls, were "genuinely troubling" and sought a clarification from the Afghan President on this. The State Department also said US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberery, met Karzai on the issue. "We are seeking clarification from President Karzai about the nature of some of his remarks. I think the President (Barack Obama) was quite clear with President Karzai over the weekend of the necessary steps that have to be taken to improve governance and corruption in order to deal with the problems that we face there," Gibbs said.
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25 ultras killed in Pak tribal region
Peshawar, April 3 The militants were killed in the towns of Qandaro and Goeen in Orakzai, they said. Two security personnel and several other militants were also injured in the clashes. Troops took control of Qandaro and Goeen after the clashes, while helicopter gunships bombed militant compounds in the Sultanzai and the Utman Khel areas. Initial reports suggested that many militants were feared dead in the air strikes.
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‘Friendly fire’ kills 5 Afghan soldiers
Kabul, April 3 Separately, three Germans also died in the firefight with the militants. The German central command confirmed yesterday's friendly fire incident. The deaths occurred amid heavy fighting between German troops and militants near the northern city Kunduz. The German military said German soldiers who were rushing from Kunduz to the scene of the fighting yesterday afternoon encountered two vehicles and demanded that they stop. When they did not, a German armored personnel carrier opened fire on them, the statement said. The vehicles were later found to have been transporting Afghan troops. — AP
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Oz police kept attack on Indian under wraps: Report Brisbane, April 3 Thirty-four-year-old Narendrakumar Patel’s throat was slashed in an attack on Platform 9 at Brisbane's Roma Street Station about 4.20 pm on March 17, the Courier Mail reported. Though a 26-year-old man later handed himself in at the police headquarters near the station, the news of the knife attack was kept under wraps by the authorities. Patel’s attacker was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm and carrying a knife in a public place. — IANS
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