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The Region This Week
The Region This Week
Landslide kills 30
AT least 30 people have been killed and up to 100 others are feared trapped under debris after two heavy landslides in Bombay. A police inspector was quoted as saying entire families seemed to have been wiped out. The landslides, in slum districts in the north of the city, were caused by torrential rain that is now hindering rescue efforts.
War hits Lankan children
THE United Nations has said that children in
Sri Lankan are worse off than before as new allegations are made that Tamil rebels are recruiting child fighters. The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said the situation for children had deteriorated - despite an initiative by the agency to protect them from j 1(4 effjcJ^^l / the. conflict*.'
Blast at embassy
A bomb exploded inside Pakistan's embassy in Afghanistan early on Monday, damaging the building but causing no casualties. Embassy officials in capital Kabul said the blast ripped through the concrete roof of the visa section, around 0530 (0100 GMT). The embassy was closed at the time.
Supporters detained
POLICE surrounded the PML meeting in Rawalpindi Police in Pakistan have broken up a meeting of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharifs former ruling party, the Pakistan Muslim League, and detained about 30 people. About 50 opposition supporters had gathered at the party headquarters in Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, to plan a protest against the arrest on Saturday of Mr Sharifs wife. Kulsooin Nawaz Sharif.
IT copyright law
COMPUTER programmers and software developers in Bangladesh are disappointed by a new law which alms to protect intellectual property rights. Bangladesh has a growing information technology sector, and computer experts have long demanded a copyright law that would safeguard intellectual property But they say the new law does not go far enough because it does not prohibit songs, writing or computer programmes from being reproduced without permission for non-commercial purposes.
Losing the Old Road
THERE has been fierce fighting north of Kabul as the ruling Taleban militia used heavy tanks and jets in an attempt to bring enemy fiositions under its control An opposition rontliue commander. Besmellah Khan, said Taleban fighters launched an attack at dawn on Sunday. Opposition spokesman Abdullah conceded that forces loyal to anti-Taleban commander Ahmad Shah Masood lost a stretch of ground on the so-called Old Road.
Shooting the guerrillas
GOVERNMENT forces in Sri Lanka say they've shot dead at least seven Tamil Tiger guerrillas in more fighting in the north-east of the country. Military officials said five guerrillas were killed in the Jaffna peninsula, while two others died in the eastern Welikanda region. Both clashes reportedly happened on Sunday. There's been no word from the rebels, and no independent confirmation of the government's account.
Jaswant hails Musharraf's offer
T NDIAN External Affairs Minister. Jaswant 1 Singh on July 10 has appreciated Chief Executive General Pervez Musharrafs offer for a dialogue, "anytime, any place and at any level.' He said the essential part has to be understood that this whole exercise Is not about public relations, the exercise is about good bilateral relations." On the LIS missile defence programme, he said India was against militarisation of outer space and the US plan would have a consequence which would be damaging to the overall approach to disarmament.
Pak journalists
POLICE and journalists came to blows at the Lahore Press Club In a high action-packed drama which lasted for around two hours as traders' leader Omer Sailya tried to address a news conference against government s economic policies. The scenes, never witnessed before on the press club premises, took an extremely ugly
turn when a heavy police contingent engaged a handful of journalists in fisticuffs by forcing their way into the Nisar Osmani auditorium where Sailya was addressing the conference.
Hindu-Muslim clash
THE authorities In the northern Indian state of Rajasthan say they have imposed a curfew in Malpura after clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups, which left 10 people dead. Police say the riots were sparked by the fatal stabbing of a Hindu man - Kailash Mali - on Monday. Mali was facing charges relating to several killings that occurred in Malpura after extremist Hindus demolished the Babri mosque in Ayodhya in 1992.
C KiLankan defence officials say that'security O forces and police have stepped up a search for about 18.000 soldiers listed as deserters as they try to increase manpower in the battle with Tamil Tiger guerrillas. A junior defence minister Anuruddha Ratwatte said it was vital to get them back to boost government forces. More than 5,000 deserters are reported to have been arrested in recent weeks.
Kulsoom alleges...
KULSOOM Nawaz, wife of the ousted Pakistani Prime Minister. Nawaz Sharif, on July 10 said the authorities had put her under house arrest and police besieging her home were not allowing members of her family to enter. "1 cannot go out and my children cannot come in. 1 am detained illegally," Kulsoom Nawaz said. Witnesses said dozens of police surrounded her house for the third day In the fashionable model town district of Lahore
No easy job
The challenge facing the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga. over the next few days is to sell to Tamil parties the consensus reached on a draft new constitution between her People's Alliance and the opposition United National Party (UNP). Kumaratunga may find it difficult to convince even her two allies - the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) and the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamils (PLOT) - that the fresh draft adequately addresses Tamil I aspirations.
Kashmir talks
THE Indian Prime Minister has invited the I Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, j Farooq Abdullah, for further talks on the issue of greater autonomy for the state. The move follows the federal government's rejection earlier month of proposals in this regard. But Abdullah's National Conference party is an ally in India's governing National Democratic Alliance and there were fears that the party may withdraw support following the rejection of its । proposal for autonomy.
Fighting in Jaffna
AT least 27 people have been killed in the heavy fighting between the Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces in Sri Lanka s northern Jaffna peninsula. The latest confrontation began on Monday When government troops, backed bv artillery, attacked rebel positions in Ariyalai. There are conflicting I reports about the outcome of the live-hour gun battle.
Dismayed at fighting
THE United Nations Secretary General. Kofi Annan, says he Is dismayed that the warring factions in Afghanistan have Ignored appeals by the Security Council to resume peace talks, and had instead resumed fighting over the weekend. A LIN spokeswoman said that Annan I strongly urged the parties to fulfill their I responiblhties towards the Afghan people by I laving down their arms and joining the search | for a negotiated peace. I
Australian PM in India
THE Australian Prime Minister. John I Howard, has said his country's relations | with India have moved on from the diplomatic friction that followed India's nuclear tests two I wars ago At the end ot an official visit to Delhi, he told business leaders that both countries must I locus on expanding trade and Investment ties. At I a lunch with members of the Confederation ot I Indian Industry Howard said India and 1 Australia should campaign together against < trade barriers in the European Union and North | America. I
-- Compiled by \nvine Murshid