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Top Oppn leader held for inciting army to rebel
India refutes Pak charges of mistreating women in J & K Marriott hotel blast suspect held No damage by geomagnetic storm Israeli processor computes at speed of light |
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McCartney father again at 61
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Top Oppn leader held for inciting army to rebel Islamabad, October 30 Mr Hashmi, a close lieutenant of deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a firebrand leader of his Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), was arrested along with his driver here last night by the police and intelligence agencies when he was coming out of Parliament Lodges. “Javed Hashmi wanted to come out of Parliament Lodges but both entry and exit gates were closed”, a
PML (N) spokesman told the local media, alleging that policemen slapped his driver before arresting the two and taking them to an unknown destination. The official APP news agency, quoting a press note issued by the District Magistrate, Islamabad, said Mr Hashmi was arrested for releasing a letter claiming to have been written by army personnel calling for trial of top army officials for subverting democracy in the country. “Javed Hashmi has tried in the letter to support India viz a viz the Pakistan army, has maligned army personnel and attempted to incite them for mutiny,” it said. APP quoted a government press note as saying that Mr Hashmi had been arrested and an FIR registered against him based on a complaint by one Khursheed Ahmed. Mr Hashmi had been charged under various Sections, which included incitement of the armed forces to rebel against the government. Mr Hashmi had released the anonymous letter in the cafeteria of Parliament House on October 20, claiming that he had received it from men in uniform who did not want to be identified. The letter though unsigned, purported to be on the letter head of the General Headquarters of the Pakistan army. Condemning his arrest, the Opposition parties said the government had attempted to level very serious charges against him. From the charges listed against him, the ARD leader could be tried by a special army tribunal under the Army Act for inciting the army to rebel. Mr Hashmi’s arrest has been condemned by Mr Sharif, former Prime Minister, Ms Benazir Bhutto and Islamist party alliance Muthahida Majlis Amal (MMA) leader Qazi Hussain Ahmad.
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India refutes Pak charges of mistreating United Nations, October 30 Women in Jammu and Kashmir have been at the forefront of initiatives towards the consolidation of peace and security, Indian Ambassador to UN V.K. Nambiar told the Security Council on a debate in “Women Peace and Security.” The success of elections in Jammu and Kashmir last year, he emphasized, could be partly attributed to the high turnout of women desirous of utilising the democratic exercise to empower themselves with the means to provide for a more secure and stable environment. “It is implicit that their participation would also foster and strengthen activities that combat terrorism,” he told the 15-member council and in turn charged that Islamabad- sponsored fundamentalists were trying to impose restrictions on women in Kashmir like the Taliban had done in Afghanistan. “Unfortunately, the same religious fundamentalists have now diverted their attention to other parts, including the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said. Pointing out that Pakistan had no moral right to attack India on this count, he said: “A State that is unable and unwilling to provide basic rights to its women is incapable of any sensitivity on the plight of women in other countries brought by terrorists actions.”
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Marriott hotel blast suspect held Jakarta, October 30 The man, identified as Tohir, is also a key suspect in the August 5 bombing of the U S-run Marriott hotel in Jakarta. He and the other man were arrested yesterday, national police chief Da’i Bachtiar told reporters. “We have detained two persons, Tohir and Ismail,” Mr Bachtiar said. Tohir was one of those who was ready to be part of a suicide squad to attack the Marriott hotel, he added. The police chief had previously said Tohir was among five of Southeast Asia’s most wanted militants thought to be hiding in Indonesia. Mr Bachtiar said the two men were armed with small bombs and had been preparing to carry out suicide bombings. There was no immediate word on the intended target. He said two Malaysians, Azahari and Noordin, whose names also match ones on the five most wanted list, had recently been with the two men but fled before yesterday’s arrests. The official news agency Antara reported the arrest was made at a hotel in the town of Cirebon, about 225 km east of Jakarta.
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No damage by geomagnetic storm Denver, October 30 The storm, the most disruptive to hit Earth since 1989, was unleashed by the fourth-most powerful solar flare ever seen, NASA said. The gigantic cloud of highly charged particles hurled from the sun posed a threat to electric utilities, high frequency radio communications, satellite navigation systems and television broadcasts. Continued turbulence on the sun remains a concern for the next week, space forecasters say. The biggest immediate affect was the blackout of high frequency voice-radio communications for planes flying far northern routes. But airliners in an emergency could still communicate through VHF contact with another aircraft or military monitoring station, said Mr Louis Garneau, a spokesman for the company that handles Canada’s civil aviation navigation service.
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Israeli processor computes at speed of light Herzliya (Israel), October 30 Lenslet said its processor will enable new capabilities in homeland security and military, multimedia and communications applications. “Optical processing is a strategic competitive advantage for nations and companies,’’ said Mr Avner Halperin, vice-president for business development at Lenslet. “Processing at the speed of light, you can have safer airports, autonomous military systems, high-definition multimedia broadcast systems and advanced next-generation communications systems.’’ An optical processor is a digital signal processor (DSP) with an optical accelerator attached to it that enables it to perform functions at very high speeds. “It is an acceleration of 20 years in the development of digital hardware,’’ Lenslet founder and Chief Executive Officer Aviram Sariel said. The processor performs 8 trillion operations per second, equivalent to a super-computer and 1,000 times faster than standard processors, with 256 lasers performing computations at light speed. It is geared towards such applications as high resolution radar, electronic warfare, luggage screening at airports, video compression, weather forecasting and cellular base stations. Lenslet said its Enlight processor, unveiled at the MILCOM exhibition in Boston this month, is the first commercially available optical DSP. “Optics is the future of every information device,’’ said Mr Sariel. Mr Jim Tully, vice-president and chief of research for semiconductors and emerging technologies at Gartner Inc, said most companies working with optics focus on switching optical signals for telecommunications rather than processing information optically.
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McCartney father again at 61 London, October 30 “Both she and mum are doing well. Paul and Heather are ecstatic with the news,” said a statement today from the couple after the birth of seven-pound Beatrice Milly. “She is a little beauty and we couldn’t be prouder.” The one-legged model turned charity campaigner, who married the former Beatle in June last gave birth on Tuesday at a London hospital near the Abbey Road Studios where the world’s most famous pop group recorded their immortal albums.
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