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Kanishka trial: Daljit does volte-face NRI gets house arrest for human trafficking
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Security Council okays Bush resolution on Iraq United Nations, June 9 All 15 members raised their hands to approve the US-British -sponsored resolution which lays down steps leading to election of a permanent government by January 2006.It gives the interim government full control over fledging Iraqi security forces and also over its resources, including oil, and grants option to the Iraqis to ask the multinational force to pack up and go home. The resolution gives Iraq, the authority to request the departure of the roughly 150,000 US-led troops, seen as the key to underlining the sovereignty of the new interim government. The extent of Iraq’s control over military operations emerged as a bone of contention in negotiations, with the USA and Britain refusing a call by France and others to give Iraq a veto over major offensives. But the USA offered a compromise in the council talks yesterday, saying a pledge to coordinate policy on “sensitive” military operations with a national security committee headed by Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zabari, addressing the Security Council, virtually endorsed the American viewpoint. Meanwhile, diplomats from the USA and Britain said, the adoption and grant of sovereignty were not going to stop the ongoing violence and noted that no alternative plans exist, should the uncertain security situation make it difficult to hold the elections as planned. Calling the resolution “complete and fair”, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said “I think they’ve come up with a resolution which is equitable and fair, and I think all sides should be able to work with it.”
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G8 nations agree to boost aviation security Washington, June 9 Briefing reporters on the opening day of the G8 Summit in Sea Island, Georgia, senior administration officials said the G8 leaders would announce during their meetings a series of specific actions that will improve their efforts to thwart terrorist threats against international transportation systems. These actions are expected to include sharing information on suspicious travellers, including real-time information on lost or stolen passports, and exchanging data on visa watch lists and terror watch lists, the officials said in Savannah, about 130 km from the venue of Summit. The G8 countries have already created a 24-hour contact system for aviation security that is used in the event of specific threats against air carriers, an administration official said. The leaders have agreed to move more aggressively to destroy excess and obsolete MANPADS, which are shoulder-fired missiles that could threaten civilian aircraft. The USA will “push back its borders” by cooperating with all countries that send air passengers or sea freight to the country, and “all of the other G8 countries are adopting this same philosophy,” an official said. The action plan, which will be announced by the G8 leaders, will also include an initiative that aims at making air travel more efficient as well as more secure, the official added. Possibilities in this area include cooperation on traveller screening methods to help expedite the movements of frequent travellers who are well known to air carriers and do not pose security problems.
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Building collapses in Dhaka, 11 killed
Dhaka, June 9 At least 25 others were believed to be trapped inside the rubble after the building, which had about 60 occupants, collapsed in the Sakhari Patti area at around 3.30 am. Seven bodies were recovered from the rubble while four others succumbed to the injuries on the way to hospital, the sources said. All inmates were asleep when some of the lower apartments caved in, leading to the collapse of the building. Two women and as many children are among the dead and at least eight persons have been hospitalised. Some persons who were sleeping on the roof managed to escape by climbing down the water pipes of an adjacent building. A resident of the area said the building was about 200- year-old and the owner had recently added three more floors. Another resident said the recent demolition of a nearby building might have weakened the structure. The Army was called to clear the debris while Home Affairs Minister Litfarzzaman Barbar and City Mayor Sadek Hossain led the rescue operations.
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Kanishka trial:
Daljit does volte-face Vancouver, June 9 Mr Daljit Sandhu, who was named by a prosecution witness as the man who picked up the airline tickets which smuggled bomb-laden suitcases onto the ill-fated Air India flight, shouted angrily at the prosecution lawyer and flatly denied charges that he had anything to do with the tickets or the bombing. His testimony contradicted the video footage from a demonstration outside the Vancouver art gallery in 1989 in which he congratulated “those families who have produced such martyrs”.
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NRI gets house arrest for human trafficking Washington, June 9 US District Judge Claudia Wilken also placed Prasad Lakireddy on five years probation and slapped a fine of $ 20,000, besides 300 hours of community service, a media report said here.
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Armed guards for BBC men London, June 9 The BBC announced the shift in its policy following an attack by gunmen on a BBC television crew filming on Sunday in Riyadh.
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