| 'US plans to sabotage Pak N- facilities' Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:30 AM PDT 
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday accused Washington, Tehran's arch-foe, of planning to sabotage Pakistan's nuclear facilities, during a media conference in Tehran. "We have precise information that America wants to sabotage the Pakistani nuclear facilities in order to control Pakistan and to weaken the government and people of Pakistan," the hardline president said. The US would then use the UNSC "and some other international bodies as levers to prepare the ground for a massive presence (in Pakistan) and weaken the national sovereignty of Pakistan," he added. |
| Pak prosecutors to ask court to begin impounding Musharraf assets Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:29 AM PDT 
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani prosecutors are expected to ask an anti- terrorism court to start proceedings to impound former President Pervez Musharraf's assets following his failure to respond to his designation as a "proclaimed offender" for failing to cooperate in the investigation of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed of the Rawalpindi-based court had given Musharraf a week to respond to the charges against him after declaring him a proclaimed offender or fugitive on May 30. Musharraf, currently living in self-exile outside Pakistan, has not submitted his response to the court and no lawyer appeared on his behalf before the judge. The court had directed the Federal Investigation Agency to print advertisements in national newspapers giving details about the designation of Musharraf as a proclaimed offender and this was done on June 1, officials said. The advertisements clearly mentioned that the court had set a seven-day deadline for Musharraf to respond to the charges levelled against him. The deadline had expired today, officials said. The advertisements further said that if Musharraf did not appear in court or appoint a lawyer to appear on his behalf, the procedure to impound his moveable and immovable assets will be started. Prosecutors from the FIA are expected to ask the court to begin the procedure for impounding Musharraf's assets at the next hearing of the case on June 11. |
| E coli outbreaks in Germany 2325 fall sick Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:27 AM PDT 
BERLIN: Germany' s national disease control centre says a further 94 people have been sickened by the deadliest E coli outbreak in modern history. The Robert Koch Institute said the number of registered infections in Germany rose to 2,325 Tuesday, with those in other European countries still standing at about 100. The institute adds the latest figures indicate that the number of new cases is declining — a sign that the epidemic that might have reached its peak. But it cautions that it is not certain whether the latest decrease will continue in the coming days. It said the number of people suffering from a serious complication that may lead to kidney failure among those sickened rose by 12 to 642. The outbreak has killed a total of 22 people across Europe within a month. Meanwhile, the European Union health chief on Tuesday warned Germany against premature — and inaccurate — conclusions on the source of contaminated food. |
| US plans to sabotage Pakistan nuke facilities: Ahmadinejad Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:30 AM PDT 
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday accused Washington, Tehran's arch-foe, of planning to sabotage Pakistan's nuclear facilities, during a media conference in Tehran. "We have precise information that America wants to sabotage the Pakistani nuclear facilities in order to control Pakistan and to weaken the government and people of Pakistan," the hardline president said. The United States would then use the UN Security Council "and some other international bodies as levers to prepare the ground for a massive presence (in Pakistan) and weaken the national sovereignty of Pakistan," he added, without elaborating. Pakistan is the only Islamic nation with nuclear weapons, and has close relations with Iran. In order to fight al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents in Pakistan, Washington has intensified its aerial operations in Iran's southeastern neighbour. Pakistani Islamist groups have at the same time multiplied their assaults on Pakistani military convoys and also on transport and fuel convoys through Pakistani territory intended for NATO troops in Afghanistan. |
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