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Maoists want to resolve conflict
US slaps sanctions on Dawood
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Pranab’s China visit ends successfully
4 Pak soldiers killed in suicide attack
Titanic relics auctioned
World powers strike accord on handling Iran
Man shot in anti-terror raid in London
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Maoists want to resolve conflict
Kathmandu, June 2 About one lakh party cadres and supporters, mostly youth, organised anti-King rallies in various parts of the capital with pro-republican slogans and converged at a parade ground. Maoist central member Agni Sapkota chaired the peaceful gathering at the Tundikhel open ground, less than 1km south of the Palace. One of the Maoists' Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) commanders Prabhakar said, the rebels were now ready to come to the peaceful political process through dialogue. He said the PLA was now ready to devote itself for establishing peace in the country. A democratic republic will be established through peaceful process of constituent assembly elections, he claimed. He announced that the PLA was ready to join forces with Nepalese Army. "We are willing to merge with the army if everything is settle with the government," he said. The capital turned red with almost all walls in public places painted red with the republican slogans of the CPN-Maoists. Tiny red flags also dotted the streets of the capital. Hundreds of cadres wearing red T-shirts could also be seen at the venue of the rally.
— PTI
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US slaps sanctions on Dawood
Washington, June 2 President Bush took the action against Dawood, in a bid to prevent drug traffickers from supporting terrorists, according to a White House communication last night. “The action underscores President Bush’s determination to do everything possible to pursue drug traffickers, undermine their operations, and end the suffering that trade in illicit drugs inflicts on Americans and other people around the world, as well as preventing drug traffickers from supporting terrorists.” The US has already designated the underworld don, wanted in connection with the deadly 1993 Mumbai blasts, a global terrorist three years ago. Dawood and his cartel operates in India, Pakistan and the UAE. Besides India’s most wanted underworld don, sanctions were also imposed on Fahd Jamil Georges of Brazil and Ali Naway of Iran, Mexico’s Amezcus Contrearas Organisation. The Kingpin Act does not target the countries in which these individuals and entities are operating or the governments of such countries. The Kingpin Act, which became law in December 1999, targets significant foreign narcotics traffickers, their organisations and their operations world wide, according to a White House announcement last night.
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Pranab’s China visit ends successfully
Beijing, June 2 Mr Mukherjee, who spoke at a banquet hosted in his honour by the Political Commissar of Shanghai Garrison, Major-General Dai Changyou in Shanghai last night, said his visit had given a further momentum to the process of building trust and understanding and diversifying Sino-Indian relations across a wide range of areas. He said the visit had also helped in translating the thoughts of the top political leadership who had prioritised the areas of cooperation between the two countries. “India-China partnership is an important determinant for regional and global peace and development,” the Defence minister said. Referring to the first-ever MoU on defence cooperation with China which he signed earlier in Beijing on May 29 along with his Chinese counterpart, General Cao Gangchuan Mr Mukherjee said it would provide the necessary framework for cooperation between the militaries of the two nations. Signing the defence MoU with China was befitting as the two nations were celebrating 2006 as ‘India-China Friendship Year,’ he said. He was confident that there would be more cooperation among all the three services in the coming years. The MoU envisages joint military exercises, training and cooperation. — PTI
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4 Pak soldiers killed in suicide attack
Islamabad, June 2 “It was a suicide attack,” army spokesman Maj-General Shaukat Sultan said. The attackers “rammed their white car into a military convoy when it was heading to Mir Ali, a major town in North Waziristan (tribal area) at 10:30 am,” he said. The spokesman said the security forces would give a response, but declined to give details. The attack, which was carried out at Baka Khel area, left four soldiers dead and eight injured. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
— PTI
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Titanic relics auctioned
New York, June 2 The items were sold yesterday in two lots at Christie’s auction house in New York. The first lot, which went for USD 72,000, comprised a painted bronze flag with the insignia of the White Star line — owner of the Titanic — as well as a name board from one of the lifeboats bearing the luxury liner’s name. The other, comprising a “Liverpool” port sign and another bronze Titanic name board, was sold for USD 60,000. The signs and flag come from lifeboats that carried passengers to safety after the infamous sinking of the Titanic on the night of April 14, 1912. On its maiden voyage heading
across the Atlantic to New York, the supposedly unsinkable liner hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Only 711 of its 2,200 passengers survived. The Titanic only had enough lifeboats for half the ship’s passengers
due to cost-cutting measures. The lifeboats were towed or carried on board rescue ships to New York harbour and the items up for auction were removed before
the boats were dismantled. — AFP
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World powers strike accord on handling Iran
Vienna, June 2 ‘’We believe (the proposals) offer Iran the chance to reach a negotiated agreement based on cooperation,’’ British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett told a press conference yesterday, adding the major powers were prepared to suspend UN Security Council action if Teheran halted uranium enrichment. However, Iran insists it will not suspend enrichment after the United States made this a condition for opening direct talks with Teheran for the first time in decades. The West fears Iran’s nuclear programme includes plans to build atomic weapons, while Iran says it is solely for power generation. The accord was reached at a meeting in Vienna of Foreign Ministers from the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China — all permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — as well as Germany and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. — Reuters
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Man shot in anti-terror raid in London
London, June 2 A 23-year-old man was arrested and another shot during the operation by anti-terrorist officers and the Britain's internal intelligence service Mi5 in Forest Gate in east London, Scotland Yard said. The injured man was taken to a hospital but his injuries were not life-threatening. Several other persons inside the house, which was suspected to have been used as a bomb factory, were taken from the scene but had not been arrested. Sky News reported that possible bomb-making material was found in the house but Scotland Yard refused to comment on this. The case of today's shooting has been handed over to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which has launched a full inquiry. — PTI
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