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Iraqi
parliament cafeteria blast kills eight
Two held with 11 tonne sandalwood
N. Korea sacks premier
Mexican is world’s second richest
Filing time for non-immigration visas extended
Marwari businessman set free
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Terror General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday warned that Pakistan would consider pulling out of the war on terror if its sincerity continued to be doubted. He was speaking at the two-day International Land Forces Symposium organised by National Defence College (NDC) here. He said no country had done as much and suffered as a result as Pakistan to combat terrorism.
He regretted that the Western media and some officials continued to criticise Pakistan and levelled
bseless charges. “If I am bluffing and if our ISI is bluffing as is being maintained, then we should better pull out of this war on terror,” Musharraf said adding that trust, commitment and sincerity must remain the basis of cooperation in this war. He said, “The Taliban and their leader Mullah Omer are fighting in southern Afghanistan. The Talibian are fighting a guerilla warfare which was not possible unless the local population supports them. Pakistan is doing its best to restrict infiltration from its side into Afghanistan. There has to be an equally intensive effort to block such movement across the border as well,” he said. Musharraf said Pakistan would continue to engage tribal people in dialogue for restoring peace on its borders with Afghanistan. The peace initiative may not have achieved desired success but remains the only authentic course to make progress in combating terrorism.
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Iraqi parliament cafeteria blast kills eight Baghdad, April 12 The blast came hours after a suicide truck bomb exploded on a major bridge in Baghdad, collapsing the steel structure, the police and witnesses said. At least 10 people were killed. Security officials at parliament said they believed the bomber was a bodyguard of a Sunni member of parliament who was not among the dead.— AP
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Two held with 11 tonne sandalwood
Smugglers have been using the Nepal’s route to smuggle red sandalwood, revealed a team of Revenue Investigation Department (RID) of Nepal.
It apprehended a truck loaded with 11 tonne of red sandalwoods on Wednesday in Naubise, 26 km away from here. The RID team held the loaded truck, along with its driver and his helper, while they were trying to smuggle the red sandalwood concealed under the sacks of rotten potatoes to China. However, both the driver and the helper managed to desert the RID team from Kathmandu while the latter were weighting the woods. Another truck, loaded with red sandalwoods, returned to Narayangardh of Chitwan after receiving information from the smugglers. “Even senior officials of Nepal Police give order to their juniors to clear the highway to supply woods to Tibet after receiving bribe of Rs 500,000 to Rs 700,000 per truck from the smugglers,” said a RID official quoting a smuggler. However, SP Dhak Bahadur Karki said that is origin and supply destination was not their concern. The source said, the smugglers purchase red sandalwoods in Rs 500 per kg from India and sell in Rs 1,600 per kg in Khasa (China) market.
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Seoul, April 12 He was replaced with transport minister Kim Yong-II, the state media said. The Supreme People’s Assembly session “relieved deputy Pak Pong-Ju of premiership and elected deputy Kim Yong-Il premier of the cabinet of the DPRK (North Korea),” the official Korean Central News Agency said. The agency gave no explanation for the sacking of Pak, 67, who had held the post since September 2003. — AFP
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Mexican is world’s second richest
New York, April 12
Carlos Slim Helu (67), who is presently worth $ 53.1 billion, slipped past Buffett ($ 52.4 billion) at the end of last month, thanks to a strong Mexican economy and a stock market that jumped 49 per cent in 2006, billionaire list-maker Forbes reported yesterday. Microsoft co-founder Gates, currently worth USD 56.0 billion, has been the worlds richest man for a record 13 years.
— PTI
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Filing time for non-immigration visas extended
Washington, April 12 The “O” category provides admission to persons with extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education, business or athletics, or those persons with extraordinary achievement in motion picture or television production. The “P” category is for those entertainers and athletes, who cannot qualify under the extraordinary ability standard for the “O” category. Petitioners can now file “O” and “P” petitions under normal processing procedures up to one year before a scheduled event, competition or performance. USCIS is making the change through a final rule that was transmitted to the Federal Register today for publication on April 16, 2007. Before the change, employers and agents were only allowed to file petitions six months in advance of their events.
— PTI
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Kathmandu, April 12 Shiv Kumar Sarabgi, a senior manager with a leading food catering company, who was abducted from his residence at Anam Nagar last Saturday, was released after paying Rs 10 lakh to the abductors, family sources said. Sources said the abductors had demanded Rs 1 crore for his release, which was later scaled down to Rs 50 lakh. However, a deal for his release was agreed upon after the payment of Rs 10 lakh, a Marwari businessman said on condition of anonymity. He was released near the historic Pashupatinath Temple area on Tuesday night. — PTI
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