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No deal yet, says Benazir
Haneef’s lawyers release police interview
N-deal
Indian ‘bogus doc’ jailed in Malaysia
Recalled Chinese toys resold online
Osama alive: Video
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1 killed in clashes on B’desh campuses
Dhaka, August 22 “The government has enforced curfew in Dhaka and five other divisional cities until further order from 8 pm (local time) to control the law and order situation, maintain order in public life and protect the life and property,” an official statement here said. The government also ordered closure of all universities and colleges in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal, Rajshahi and Sylhet sine die and asked their students to leave the dormitories by 8 pm tonight. The move followed the three days’ of violent clashes that erupted over a petty dispute between some army soldiers and students at the premier Dhaka University and spread to different areas of the capital and campuses across Bangladesh. A rickshaw puller died and at least 30 students were injured today in a major clash in northwestern Rajshahi University where students allegedly vandalised administrative building and several faculties demanding withdrawal of law enforcers from the campus, reports reaching here said. Witnesses reached here by telephone said clashes started when police stopped a procession of students in front of the administrative building. Students in greater number joined in and chased the police out of the campus while the law enforcers backed by reinforcements fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters.
— PTI
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100 years of Satyagraha
Johannesburg, August 22 “It’s a privilege for me to be here. A visit to South Africa for me as an Indian is a pilgrimage. Coming here without calling on Mandela; the visit would not be complete,” Gandhi said. She presented the 89-year-old South African leader with a book, ‘The Gandhian Way’, commemorating the centenary of the Mahatma’s ‘Satyagraha’ movement which he launched in South Africa. The Congress President said it was an honour and a moving moment for her to be in the presence of Mandela and other leaders, who fought against the whites-only rule in South Africa. Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada spoke on the relationship between South Africa’s freedom movement and India. “As early as 1946, India was the first country in the world to place sanctions on South Africa, it was the first country to recall its High Commissioner and place the issue of racial discrimination on the agenda of the United Nations,” he said. Gandhi later departed for Cape Town, where she is scheduled to hold talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki and deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. She would also visit the South African Parliament and deliver a lecture on the centenary of Gandhi’s non-violent philosophy at the University of Cape Town tomorrow. Gandhi has cut short her visit, by dropping Durban from her itinerary amidst ongoing stand-off with Left allies over the Indo-US nuclear
deal. — PTI
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No deal yet, says Benazir
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said her party is in contact with the government, but no deal has yet been made.
"If someone says that talks are going on between the government and the Pakistan Peoples Party, he is right, but if someone says that a deal has been executed between the two sides, he is wrong," Benazir said in an interview to private TV channel, Geo. "We are endeavouring to reach a consensus but the process is still continuing and no decision has been made so far," she added. To a question, Benazir said President Pervez Musharraf's re-election from the present assemblies would be illegal and should be settled by the courts. Benazir said her party would never accept President Musharraf in uniform. The PPP chairperson said her party was engaged in a dialogue with the government for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan and for holding free and fair elections. Analysts here say the PPP chairperson is less than candid about the uniform issue. She faces certain revolt within the party if she asks members to vote for Musharraf in uniform. Talking to newsmen here today, PPP vice- chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim said the members of the party would not resign from assemblies but would not vote for Musharraf. Mush pins hopes on peace jirga
Pakistan would take follow-up steps to implement the decisions taken at the Pak-Afghan peace jirga held recently in Kabul, President Gen Pervez Musharraf stated while chairing a high-level meeting at the Aiwan-i-Sadr. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Tension along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border amid another report that militants attacked a military checkpoint and killed three more soldiers in a remote tribal area near Bannu was also discussed. Musharraf hoped that the involvement of tribal and religious leaders from both sides of the border would help promote peace and security and check illegal border crossings. The committee was constituted in 2004 and had brokered a deal between the Pakistan army and Mahsud tribal which restored peace to the area. According to media reports, the panel now has only three members. They would hold talks with militant commanders on Thursday. Govt seeks time on Sharif’s papers
The government on Wednesday filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking three weeks to submit documents regarding an agreement with the Sharifs. Attorney-general justice Qayyum Malik in his plea said the original documents of a deal with the Sharif family had been in the custody of a brother country. The government was trying to retrieve these but had not been successful so far. The court had earlier declined the government’s request to defer the hearing till next month. It, however, gave the attorney-general a week to produce the agreement. Sharif’s counsel opposed the government plea, saying it was using dilatory tactics. He said the production of the so-called document would have no legal affect on Sharif’s petition seeking the court’s intervention to stop the government from hindering his return to the country. Pak film star to host TV quiz
Pakistan's leading film star and director Reema will host a quizz being launched by private channel Geo TV shortly. The channel claimed that the show to be named 'Yeh Ghar Aap Ka Hua' would be "unique". It will be for the first time that Reema will be hosting a television show and hopefully she will make the show popular by her distinctive and beautiful style, the channel announced here. The new quiz show will have all feature of viewers' interest, it said.
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Embassy official visits racist attack victims
London, August 22 The Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar also took up the issue with the German Government conveying New Delhi’s concern over the incident. She requested the German authorities “to investigate the incident quickly, and take action against those involved in the attack and prevent the recurrence of such incidents.” An official of the Indian embassy visited the local authorities and met the Indians who were attacked, a press release issued by the Indian Embassy in Berlin said. Quoting reports in the German media, the release said a group of Indians were attacked in the village of Muegeln on Saturday night. Among the injured, two Indians were reported to have been hospitalized. The German government yesterday condemned the incident.
— PTI
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Haneef’s lawyers release police interview
Melbourne, August 22 Haneef’s lawyer Peter Russo said the doctor now wants to clear his name by releasing the full transcript of the interview, a day after a Brisbane court overturned immigration minister Kevin Andrew’s decision to revoke his work visa. “He wants all of the matters raised with him by the federal police and his answers to those questions put into the public arena,” Russo said. “This is because of the continuing attempts being made to slander his name by innuendo and selective release of information by government and federal police spokespeople,” he said. According to the transcript, Haneef proclaims his innocence and denies any knowledge of the failed British bombings. Russo said that on reading the full transcript, it was clear there was no basis to allege wrongdoing against Haneef, who was charged for recklessly providing support to a terrorist organisation. Andrews in his reaction said the public release of the second police interview does not alter the reasons for his decision to revoke Haneef’s visa. He has been accused of selectively releasing information in the transcript last month to justify his decision.
— PTI
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N-deal
Washington, August 22 “My understanding is that the Indian Government is working through the issues internally. Obviously, we would have no comment on that. That is an issue for them to decide” state department’s acting spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters here. He said the Bush Administration was working with the Congress here to move towards this agreement. “And we will continue that effort. We believe that this is an opportunity for India to have access to cheap electrical power, and an opportunity for the people to have economic development beyond their capacities at this point. So we’re working our side of the issue here. The Indian government is working their side,” Gallegos said last evening.
— PTI
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Indian ‘bogus doc’ jailed in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, August 22 Surinder Pal (34) was sentenced to 5 months’ imprisonment at the Semenyih detention centre’s special immigration court yesterday after he pleaded guilty. Pal was arrested 10 days ago for treating a patient at a local clinic here even though he did not have any valid qualifications to be a doctor and was not registered with the Malaysian Medical Association. He was charged under Malaysia’s immigration regulations for contravening his employment pass. The offence carries a maximum penalty of a fine not exceeding RM 1,000 (Rs 11,700 approx) and imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.
— PTI
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Editors admit guilt over Diana’s death
London, August 22 The editors of News of the World, The Sun and the Daily Mirror have conceded that they had helped create an atmosphere in which the paparazzi chasing Diana went out of control. Phil Hall, the then editor of the News of the World, said it was a circle of culpability involving the readers who demanded more photographs, the photographers who had chased her and the newspapers that had published the pictures. “If the paparazzi hadn’t been following her the car wouldn’t have been speeding and, you know, the accident may never have happened. A big Diana story could add 150,000 to sales. So we were all responsible,” he was quoted as saying. Stuart Higgins, who edited The Sun said, “The death of Princess Diana was the most tragic story during my period as editor. I have often questioned my role, the paper’s role and the media’s role generally in her death and the events leading up to it.” He further said that, “The tabloids created a frenzy and appetite around Diana. But in the end I believe it was just a terrible accident, caused by a drunken driver and possibly because of the lack of the high level of police and security protection that she had enjoyed previously.”
— PTI
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Recalled Chinese toys resold online
Cincinnati, August 22 EBay Inc prohibits the sale of recalled products, but enforcement efforts do not seem to be succeeding, said Keri Brown Kirschman, the study’s lead author and a specialist in child psychology and pediatric injury prevention. She searched for 141 recalled items on EBay for 30 consecutive days and found them offered in at least 144 online auctions. The products included play yards, baby walkers, bassinets and safety devices. About 70 per cent of recalled items tracked were sold, she said. The study was conducted in 2004 at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Columbus Children’s hospital and reported this month in the peer-reviewed journal Injury Prevention. “I hope this study raises awareness about the problem and the need to do more to prevent recalled items from getting to
children even long after a recall,” Kirschman added. — AP
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Osama alive: Video
Washington, August 22 "All praise be to Allah, he is extremely healthy and active," the commander Mansour Dadullah said in a video interview, according to a transcript of the video's English subtitled translation, released yesterday by the analyst IntelCenter. Dadullah said he was contacted by Bin Laden, the man blamed for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the USA. The video is dated June 15, 2007, IntelCenter said.
— AFP
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