BHUBANESWAR MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 | 11 International India mounts pressure on Pak ‘Normalistaion of ties possible only in terror free atmosphere’ also shared their assessment of the out- come of their Foreign Secretary-level talks held in New Delhi two days ago. During the Secretary-level talks, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai had shared with his counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani the information gathered from Jindal who revealed that he, along with Saeed, was in the con- trol room in Pakistan during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Mathai also shared the information on Pakistani passport and Pakistan's do- Pak Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar mestic identity cards issued to Jindal in the name of Riyasat Ali, indicating the Tokyo, July 8: Stepping up pressure on involvement of Pakistan's state agen- Pakistan to take action in Mumbai ter- cies in the Mumbai attacks. ror attack case, India Sunday said the "Krishna reiterated the importance of normalisation of bilateral ties can "only taking action to bring perpetrators of be in an atmosphere free of terror", Mumbai to justice and action against stressing the need for creation of the terrorists. He emphasised that nomal- From left to right front row: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro "right" ambience. isation of relations can only be in an at- Gemba, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pose for a group photo with fel- External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, mosphere free of terror. Hence the low participants of an international conference on Afghan civilian assistance, at a hotel in Tokyo, Sunday PTI PHOTO who had a 30-minute meeting with his need for creation of the right atmos- Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani phere," official sources said, adding Khar here, underlined the importance "the activities of Hafiz Saeed pouring The Govt plans to invest majorly in mining, which of taking action to bring perpetrators venom on India" were pointed out by West sees as a possible engine for growth in a country of 26/11 to justice, maintaining that the minister. $16 bn aid for Afghanistan New Delhi has given additional concrete The External Affairs Minister also having about trillion dollars worth of mineral wealth evidence against those involved. raised issues related to Sarabjit Singh, Tokyo, July 8: Major donors pledged Sunday whether political reconciliation proceeds and visions in the final conference documents, as President Hamid Karzai admits his Krishna, who met Khar on the side- currently on a death row, and other to give Afghanistan 16 billion dollars in de- succeeds." much as 20 per cent of the aid could ultimately Government needs to do more to tackle cor- lines of a conference on Afghanistan, also Indian prisoners in Pakistan. velopment aid through 2015 as they try to The roughly 4 billion dollars in annual aid depend on Afghanistan meeting benchmarks ruption, but his critics say he is not doing raised the issue of LeT founder Hafiz On her part, Khar assured India that prevent it from sliding back into chaos when pledged at the meeting, attended by 80 coun- on fighting corruption and other good gov- enough, and some directly blame authorities Saeed's "pouring venom" and contin- new Pakistan Government was com- foreign troops leave, but demanded reforms tries and international organisations, fell ernance measures. for vast amounts of aid not reaching the ued anti-India propaganda, official mitted to former Prime Minister Yousuf to fight widespread corruption. short of the 6 billion dollars a year the Afghan However, a Japanese official said that it right people. sources said. Raza Gilani's goal of bridging relations Donor fatigue and war weariness have Central Bank has said will be needed to fos- was up to each donor whether to make its While strides have been made in school- They said the two ministers had "can- with India. The two leaders also shared taken their toll on how long the global com- ter economic growth over the next decade. aid contingent on such reforms and that the ing children and improving access to health did and constructive discussion" in a views on Krishna's forthcoming visit munity is willing to support Afghanistan Clinton and other donors stressed the benchmarks could vary from country to care, three-quarters of the 30 million Afghans cordial atmosphere during which they to Pakistan in September. PTI and there are concerns about security following importance of Afghanistan - one of the most country. World Bank Managing Director Sri are illiterate and the average person earns the withdrawal of most NATO troops in corrupt nations in the world - taking ag- Mulyani Indrawati said the pressure was on only about 530 dollars a year, according to 2014 if financial backing is not secured. gressive action to fight graft and promote re- the Afghan Government to deliver reforms the World Bank. "Afghanistan's security cannot only be forms. "We have agreed that we need a dif- and ensure fair elections in 2014 in order to The Government has identified priority measured by the absence of war," US Secretary ferent kind of long-term economic partnership, secure aid beyond the amount pledged in Tokyo. areas for economic development, includ- 5-judge bench to hear of State Hillary Clinton told an international one built on Afghan progress in meeting its International donors provided 35 billion ing investment in agriculture and mining, donors' conference in Tokyo. "It has to be meas- goals, in fighting corruption, in carrying out dollars in aid to Afghanistan between 2001 which Western officials see as a possible en- ured by whether people have jobs and eco- reform, and providing good governance," and 2010, but the return on that investment gine for growth. Afghanistan is believed to case against Pak Prez nomic opportunity, whether they believe Clinton said. has been mixed and the country remains one have up to a trillion dollars' worth of un- Islamabad, July 8: Pakistan Supreme issued by former military ruler Pervez their Government is serving their needs, According to "mutual accountability" pro- of the five poorest in the world. tapped mineral wealth. REUTERS Court has formed a five-judge larger bench Musharraf that benefited Zardari and over for the case related to its directive to the 8,000 others. Government to reopen graft cases against The Government has refused to act, A new video shows Morsi reinstates President Asif Ali Zardari, which will saying the President enjoys immunity Russia floods: terrorists performing a come up for hearing July 12. from prosecution within Pakistan and ‘Ninja’ Qaeda The bench, constituted Saturday by abroad. series of shooting drills Parliament Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, will be The Government also plans to introduce Toll reaches 152 target with bullets. The ninja terrorists are Cairo, July 8: Egypt's new President headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa. The a bill to amend existing contempt of court Russia, July 8: Russia Sunday scrambled also filmed blasting AK-47 assault rifles, nick- Mohamed Morsi took the country's top court apex court has set July 12 as the deadline laws and to give immunity to top leaders to deal with the aftermath of devastating named the "Widowmaker". They unleash vol- head on Sunday, issuing a decree to rein- for Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to like the President and Prime Minister. flash floods that killed at least 152 peo- ley after volley from the shoulder, then the state the Parliament that had been dis- explain his government's stance on reviv- Legal experts have said that Prime ple and swept away homes in the south- waist, before shooting while kneeling, sit- solved in an unpopular verdict days before ing the cases against Zardari in Switzerland. Minister Ashraf could meet the same ern Krasnodar region's worst natural dis- ting and lying on the ground. his historic election. The case cost former Premier Yousuf Raza fate as Gilani if he continues to defy the aster in history. Two of the black-clad recruits are shown In his first major act of assertiveness, the Gilani his job last month. apex court. Russian President Vladimir Putin per- with a heavy machine gun. Other terrorists first democratically elected President recalled The apex court convicted Gilani for Ashraf has made it clear that his stand sonally inspected the worst-hit areas yes- are filmed rehearsing drive-by shooting. the Lower House of the Parliament to re- contempt in April for refusing to act on on reopening the graft cases is the same terday evening, the first major disaster since Their arsenal also includes rocket-propelled sume its legislative responsibilities that its orders to reopen the cases and he was as that of Gilani, and that his government he came back to the Kremlin for a third grenade launchers. had been taken over by the military. disqualified for five years in June. During will not approach the Swiss authorities. PTI term in May. He has ordered investiga- London, July 8: A new al-Qaeda video It is thought the training drills were The Presidential decree said new Parliament the last hearing of the case, a three-judge tors to find out if enough was done to pre- posted on extremist websites linked to recorded at a camp on the border of elections will be held within 60 days of the bench had said in its order that the apex vent the deaths. the terror outfit shows six masked assas- Afghanistan and Pakistan. Terrorism ex- ratification of the new constitution, and till court hoped Prime Minister Ashraf "will Putin, who was criticised for his slow sins in "ninja" outfits firing automatic pis- pert Chris Dobson said "Pistols are the that time the earlier elected representa- honour the direction given by this court." reaction to disasters earlier in his career, tols at a camp thought to be on the Pak- weapon of choice for close-quarter murder, tives will continue as lawmakers. The de- Ashraf is not required to personally ap- said after visiting the flood zone late Afghan border. a favoured tool of the assassin." cree defies the June 14 ruling by the pear during the hearing on July 12 and Saturday that money would be put aside The chilling footage shows terrorists "Al-Qaeda is showing that despite the bat- Supreme Constitutional Court to dissolve Attorney General Irfan Qadir will present for building new homes for victims of the going through a series of shooting drills, The tering they have taken in the past year, they the Parliament on grounds that its election the Government's stance to the apex court. worst flooding in decades in Krasnodar, Sun reported. It underlines the recent warn- are still a force," he added. The video has had violated certain norms. The head of the new five-judge bench, a relatively rich region with agriculture and ing by Jonathan Evans, Chief of MI5, UK's been posted on extremist websites linked to The court ruling that came days before Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, is a close con- tourism industries. An Interior Ministry internal counter-intelligence and security al-Qaeda which are viewed thousands of times the Presidential run-off that elected Morsi, fidant of the Chief Justice and was part of crisis centre said 144 people had been killed agency, that al-Qaeda fanatics continue to a day. One site has 66,000 registered users. had been deeply unpopular in the coun- the seven-judge bench that convicted in the flooding after two months' aver- pose a threat. It is feared the terror network, whose leader try. Following the ruling, the military took Gilani in April. The apex court has been age rainfall fell in a few hours Friday In the film the extremists first adopt the Osama bin Laden was killed by the US in over the legislative functions of the Parliament, pushing the government to reopen the night. Most of the dead were drowned, classic firing pose, pistols held in both hands 2011 in Pakistan, intends a massacre in further exacerbating unrest among Egyptians, cases against the President since December many of them elderly people caught un- with arms outstretched. Britain or Europe like the 2008 attacks in who saw the moves as the Army's attempt 2009, when it struck down a graft amnesty Asif Ali Zardari aware as they slept. AGENCIES They then drop to a crouch to pepper a Mumbai, India, that left 164 dead. PTI to hold on to power. PTI 37 KILLED IN AFGHAN BLASTS 30 PERISH IN US LIBYA POLLS: NIGERIA CLAIM 23 HEAT WAVE 60% TURNOUT Abuja, July 8: At least 37 people, Kabul, July 8: Roadside bombs and Philadelphia, July 8: Temperatures Tripoli, July 8: Turnout in Libya's including two policemen, were killed insurgent attacks killed 16 Afghan civil- soared to more than 38 degrees Celsius first national election after the in central Nigeria Sunday when ians, five policemen and two members in several cities as Americans dipped ouster of dictator Muammar herdsmen from the Fulani tribe of the US-led coalition in southern into the water, went to the movies and Gaddafi was 60 per cent, the elec- besieged and raided Christian vil- Afghanistan where militants are trying rode the subway just to be in air condi- toral commission has said, quoting lages near conflict-prone Jos city, to reclaim territory, Afghan and NATO tioning for relief from unrelenting heat preliminary figures. prompting violent clashes with a authorities said Sunday. A surge in that has killed at least 30 people across "We are continuing to receive rival tribe. The raid by ethnic Fulani Afghan and coalition forces during the half the country. The heat Saturday reports (from polling stations), but herdsmen occurred in villages of the past two years routed Taliban fighters sent temperatures above 38 degrees the number of voters has reached 1.6 central north Plateau state, and from many of their strongholds in the Celsius in cities including a record 40.5 million, 60 per cent of voters," the attracted immediate attention of a south, but the insurgents stepped up C in Washington, St Louis (41 C), and head of the commission, Nuri al- Joint Task Force (JTF) stationed in their attacks this summer to take back Indianapolis (40 C), buckled highways Abbar, told reporters yesterday. the region. The spokesman for the key areas. The civilians, including and derailed a Washington-area train Abar said that "despite a day of cri- military in the area, Mustapha women and children, were killed in a even as another round of summer sis management" only 24 out of 1,554 Salisu, said an exchange of fire trio of blasts in Arghistan district, storms threatened. Temperatures polling stations had been unable to ensued between the attackers and along Afghanistan's border with soared in more than 20 states to 40.5 C open their doors due to acts of sabo- the force in which 14 civilians, two Pakistan. Kandahar province in Louisville, Kentucky, 38.5 C in tage, notably in the restive east of policemen and 21 of the herdsmen spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said Philadelphia, and 35 C in New York; the country. Earlier, he said around were killed and several others were one bomb exploded when a minivan besides Washington, a record of 40 C 100 stations had not opened on time injured. According to the Red Cross ran over it today morning. A second was set in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, "for security reasons". The commis- and a civil society group, 100 per- went off when other civilians riding a and Baltimore set a record at 39 C. At sion pushed back closing times for sons were displaced in 13 villages tractor arrived to help the wounded. A least 30 deaths were blamed on the those stations affected until 1800 which are mostly Christian-dominat- third explosion occurred about two heat, including nine in Maryland and 10 GMT. Libyans, relieved that their ed. Earlier in May, seven persons hours later when a civilian vehicle hit a in Chicago, mostly among the elderly. first free national election in 60 years were killed when gunmen attacked roadside bomb in another area of the Three elderly people found dead in had survived violence and protests, the village of Tahoss near Jos setting district, killing two women. At least 10 their houses in Ohio had heart disease, celebrated the chance to draw a line fire to a home. Two churches, an other civilians were injured in the three but died of high temperatures in under Muammar Gaddafi's dictator- Islamic school and 20 other build- blasts. The policemen were killed while homes lacking power because of ship and forge a brighter future for ings were burnt down in clashes responding to a gun battle being recent outages, officials said. Heat was their North African country. While A Congolese rebel fighter shows arms captured from fleeing Congolese army in that erupted after the killing of three waged against insurgents at a check- also cited as a factor in three deaths in two deaths were reported as anti- Bunagana, a town they overran near the Uganda border, Sunday. Rebels in Congo youths of ethnic Berom tribe by point in the Musa Qala district of Wisconsin, two in Tennessee and three election protesters sought to disrupt said Friday they had seized the eastern town of Bunagana on the border with Fulani herdsmen. PTI neighboring Helmand province. AP in Pennsylvania. AFP Saturday's poll. AGENCIES Uganda after days of fierce fighting with Government troops during which a UN peacekeeper was killed and thousands of residents were displaced UNI PHOTO