WASHINGTON: A US-chartered ferry carrying 285 evacuees remained stuck Thursday in the port of Tripoli, the State Department said, as a bloody revolt unfolded against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi. Rough weather kept the ferry from sailing to the island of Malta, said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley, who said those aboard were not in immediate danger but acknowledged that the situation was unpredictable and very unstable. “These people have been on board the ship for, you know, now well over 24 hours. I”m sure they”re uncomfortable. They slept last night on the ship,” he told reporters. The State Department, meanwhile, issued an urgent warning against travel to Libya by US citizens and recommended that Americans in the country leave at once “due to the potential for ongoing unrest.” The travel advisory warned that “violent clashes between protesters and security forces continue throughout Libya,” and that there were “spontaneous demonstrations, violence, and looting.” The presence of Americans in the country — an estimated 6,000 US citizens were registered at the embassy — presented a dilemma for the US administration as it weighed how far to push the teetering Libyan government. “Whatever steps that we do take, we want them to be effective,” Crowley said. “And we certainly don”t want to take any actions that put either our citizens or the citizens of other countries at risk.” Crowley told reporters that there was no immediate concern about the passengers” welfare and safety. “We have our own security personnel on board the vessel. The port is secure,” said Crowley, adding that Libyan security officials have secured the port area in Tripoli. (AFP)
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PARIS: Governments worldwide scrambled Thursday to get their nationals out of the chaos of Libya, as Italy warned of a ‘biblical’ exodus of up to 300,000 migrants and anger built among trapped foreigners. Fears of a full-scale civil war in the North African country prompted countries from Canada to China to charter ferries and planes to get their citizens to safety despite poor communication and violent clashes. Thousands of foreigners packed Tripoli’’s airport hoping to leave the widening chaos behind, with those who managed to flee describing anarchic scenes with food and water supplies running low. As Libya’’s defiant leader Moamer Kadhafi clung to power, China ramped up a massive air, sea and land operation to evacuate more than 30,000 of its citizens, with over 4,000 transferred to the Greek island of Crete Thursday. Thailand, which has more than 23,000 workers in Libya, said it was making preparations to get its citizens to Malta, but warned it may be safer for them to stay in their compounds than to travel to a port. “I have received information that the route is dangerous due to looting,” said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. “They are safe in their camps now.” Hundreds of American nationals and other foreigners have boarded a US-chartered ferry in Tripoli but high seas delayed their departure for Malta. Turkey evacuated upwards of 6,000 of its nationals over three days by air, sea and land in a massive operation, but thousands were still waiting to leave with an estimated 25,000 Turks based in Libya. The logistical challenges were especially acute for Asian countries with over 150,000 low-paid workers trapped — including some 60,000 Bangladeshis and 30,000 Filipinos. Migrante International, a support group for overseas Philippines workers, said Filipinos had been left to fend for themselves, as Vice President Jejomar Binay planned to fly to the region to review emergency plans. Migrante chairman Gary Martinez complained that the government had “really messed up”. “When we spoke to one group of construction workers last night, they said they will try to make it across the border to Egypt by bus today (Thursday), because they haven”t heard from any government official,” he said. India said a 1,000-capacity passenger ship had arrived on the Libyan coast to begin evacuating some of its 18,000 nationals to Egypt, adding that the operation had been hampered by poor communications. An official at the Vietnamese embassy said it was trying to get its 10,000 nationals out, but warned that they were short of food and water. A flight from Tripoli with 150 stranded oil workers arrived in London. Britain’’s government rebuffed criticisms over its rescue mission, saying it would send as many flights as necessary, possibly including military planes. Oil worker James Coyle said he was one of 90 Britons trapped in a desert camp among 300 people, including Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Germans, Austrians and Romanians. “We are living a nightmare and we have asked the British government and they have just totally ignored us,” he said. “They don”t reply to emails, they have cut off the phones to Tripoli. We told them the situation three days ago — they never even replied to us.” Brazil, Canada and South Korea were among other countries striving to get their nationals out by ship or plane. The EU’’s executive arm said it would provide “extra evacuation capacity” including by sea to help bring out an estimated 10,000 stranded Europeans. Two planes carrying around 500 French nationals arrived in Paris early Wednesday while more than 300 Russian railroad and oil workers and their families returned to Moscow aboard three planes. “They burned down a police station next to our house. There is a lot of gunfire at night — rounds of machine-gun fire. We spent sleepless nights,” one woman told Russian state television on arrival. Already grappling with a mass influx of immigrants from Tunisia since the fall of its veteran ruler, Italy warned that the exodus from Libya could be far larger. “We know what awaits us when the Libyan regime falls: a wave of 200-300,000 immigrants,” Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.(AFP)
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TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ordered his forces Tuesday to crush an uprising that has rocked his 41-year rule, warning armed protesters they will be executed and vowing to fight to the end. In a defiant and rambling television speech, Kadhafi vowed to remain in Libya as leader, saying he would die as a martyr in the land of his ancestors and fight to the “last drop” of his blood. Proclaiming the support of the people, Kadhafi ordered the army and police to crush the popular uprising against his iron-fisted rule that has already left hundreds dead in the past eight days. He threatened to purge Libya of opponents “house by house” and “inch by inch” and warned protesters to surrender their weapons or face “slaughter.” Hours later, his government said 300 people, including 58 soldiers, had been killed in protests, which began on February 15. The figures released ahead of an expected press conference by Kadhafi’’s son Seif al-Islam, provided the first official toll released since the unrest began. Nearly half of the fatalities were said to have been in second city Benghazi, the epicentre of the uprising against Kadhafi. Army, police and militias have killed unarmed demonstrators indiscriminately, even to the point where air force planes strafed civilians, according to widespread reports. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the authorities should immediately stop using violence. “Widespread and systematic attacks against the civilian population may amount to crimes against humanity,” he added. The UN Security Council issued a statement late Tuesday voicing “grave concern” about the events in Libya and demanding “an immediate end to the violence.” And Peru suspended diplomatic ties with the country over the bloody crackdown, becoming the first nation to take such a measure. But the 68-year-old Kadhafi, a former army colonel, showed no signs of relenting in his nationwide address. “Moamer Kadhafi is the leader of a revolution; Moamer Kadhafi has no official position in order for him to resign. He is the leader of the revolution forever,” he said. “This is my country, my country,” he shouted, in a roughly 75-minute speech consisting of short, angry bursts of words, which he punctuated by shaking his fist or pointing his finger. Kadhafi called on Libyans to demonstrate in a show of popular support on Wednesday. “Capture the rats,” he said of anti-regime protesters. “Go out of your homes and storm them” wherever they are. The president of the country’’s parliament later said calm “has been restored in most of the large cities,” adding that “security forces and the army have re-established their positions.” Mohamed Zwei, president of the General People’’s Congress, also said a commission of inquiry had been set up to investigate the eight-day revolt. But despite his defiance, Kadhafi’’s grip on Libya appeared to be slipping as his interior minister Abdel Fatah Yunes resigned and called on the armed forces to back the week-long rebellion against the veteran leader. “I announce my resignation from all my duties in response to the revolution of February 17,” Yunes said on Al-Jazeera television. “I call on all the armed forces to respond also to the demands of the people.” Numerous high level Libyan officials, including ministers, diplomats and military officers, have abandoned the regime and announced their support for the rebellion. Khadafi’’s brutal crackdown on opponents in the OPEC member sent oil prices soaring to their highest level since the 2008 economic crisis amid fears for the impact on oil supplies. New York’’s WTI light sweet crude for March delivery closed at $93.57 a barrel, a gain of $7.37, or 8.5 percent, from Friday’’s close. Libya, which has Africa’’s largest oil reserves and is the continent’’s fourth largest producer, is a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the cartel that produces about 40 percent of global supplies. Libyan natural gas supplies to its ex-colonial master and top trade partner Italy were halted, prompting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to phone Kadhafi and urge him to pursue peace. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meanwhile condemned the regime’’s “completely unacceptable” response. “It is the responsibility of the government of Libya to respect the universal rights of their own people, including their right to free expression and assembly,” she said. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Libyan leader had declared war on his own people. “Kadhafi’’s speech today was very scary as he has declared war on his own people,” she said, warning Berlin would consider sanctions unless he ended the crackdown. The Arab League said it has barred Tripoli from attending its meetings “until the Libyan authorities respond to demands, guaranteeing the security and stability of its people.” The uprising flared up in the east last week, spreading to the capital on Monday, where protesters attacked police stations and the offices of the state broadcaster and set government buildings ablaze. (AFP)
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Patna, Feb 20 : Union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah stressed the need for improving relation with Pakistan as it would be in the interest of people living in both the countries and …
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MANAMA: Two people were killed in Bahrain as riot police unleashed rubber bullets and tear gas to drive panicked protesters out of a Manama square, relatives of the dead and the opposition said Thursday. Up to 70 protesters were wounded during the sudden overnight operation, including two listed in a serious condition, the opposition said, as security forces cracked down hard on one of a wave of protests roiling the Middle East. “They attacked the square, where hundreds of people were spending the night in tents,” said one witness, 37-year-old Fadel Ahmad. At the city’’s main Salmaniya hospital, medical staff were overwhelmed as ambulances and private cars ferried in the injured more than three hours after the assault was launched. Sobbing women were among relatives of the victims gathered outside. During the operation, explosions and ambulance sirens could be heard a few hundred metres (yards) from the central square, which had been sealed off. Demonstrators fled pursued by security forces, as a helicopter flew overhead. Bahrain’’s authorities, defying US-led appeals for restraint, said they had no choice. “The security forces evacuated Pearl Square … after having exhausted all chance of dialogue,” interior ministry spokesman General Tarek al-Hassan said, in a statement from the official news agency BNA. “Some left the place of their own accord, while others refused to submit to the law, which required an intervention to disperse them,” he said. By dawn Thursday, police officers were clearing away the tents as acrid clouds of tear gas hung over the square. Bahrain’’s main opposition group, the Islamic National Accord Association (INAA), said the riot police had opened fire without warning using rubber bullets and counted up to 70 injured protesters. Relatives named the victims as Mahmoud Makki Ali, 22, and Ali Mansour Ahmad Khoder, 52, though they did not indicate the circumstances of their deaths. The latest deaths bring to four the number of demonstrators killed since the protests began Monday in response to messages posted on Facebook, following the successful uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Thousands of demonstrators had been occupying Manama’’s Pearl Square since Tuesday, after police killed two young Shiite demonstrators during anti-government protests. They had renamed it Tahrir (Liberation) Square, after the area in Cairo that became the focal point of an uprising that finally toppled strongman Hosni Mubarak last Friday after 18 days of nationwide protests. On Wednesday, thousands of Bahrainis chanted for regime change and a “real constitutional monarchy” after the burial of the second protester. But the atmosphere had been relaxed as thousands poured into Pearl Square after the funeral. The interior ministry had said it would allow demonstrators to stay in the square, “taking in consideration the feelings” of the people. Interior Minister Rashed bin Abdullah al-Khalifa had apologised for the earlier deaths, saying suspected police officers were in custody pending an investigation. But the INAA, the largest Shiite opposition bloc, said its 18 MPs would continue a boycott of the 40-member parliament launched Tuesday until steps were taken to establish a real constitutional monarchy. They called for a prime minister elected by the people, not appointed by the king. Before the latest clashes, the White House said Wednesday it was watching the developments “very closely” and called on Bahrain’’s rulers to allow peaceful anti-government protests. “Bahrain, like all the countries in the region, needs to respect the universal rights of its citizens, their right to protest, their right to have their grievances heard,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. Bahrain serves as headquarters for a pillar of American military power, the US Navy’’s Fifth Fleet, which commands a rotating flotilla of vessels charged with safeguarding oil shipping lanes in the Gulf and countering Iran. Former colonial power Britain had also called for restraint. (AFP)
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New Delhi, Feb 1 : Neighbours China and Pakistan and friendly Iran are among the countries that India has not invited for this year's AeroIndia show in Bangalore from Feb 9 while strife-torn …
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LONDON: The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years, the disclosures, contained in previously secret US diplomatic dispatches released by WikiLeaks. The US Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his identity secret from Egyptian state police. On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011. In a secret diplomatic dispatch, sent on December 30 2008, the US Ambassador to Cairo, recorded that opposition groups had allegedly drawn up secret plans for “regime change” to take place before elections, scheduled for September this year. The memo, sent to the US Secretary of State in Washington DC, was marked “confidential” and headed: “April 6 activist on his US visit and regime change in Egypt.” It said the activist claimed “several opposition forces” had “agreed to support an unwritten plan for a transition to a parliamentary democracy, involving a weakened presidency and an empowered prime minister and parliament, before the scheduled 2011 presidential elections”. The embassy’’s source said the plan was “so sensitive it cannot be written down”. The cable said: Summary and comment: On December 23, April 6 activist XXXXXXXXXXXX expressed satisfaction with his participation in the December 3-5 “Alliance of Youth Movements Summit,” and with his subsequent meetings with USG officials, on Capitol Hill, and with think tanks. He described how State Security (SSIS) detained him at the Cairo airport upon his return and confiscated his notes for his summit presentation calling for democratic change in Egypt, and his schedule for his Congressional meetings. XXXXXXXXXXXX contended that the GOE will never undertake significant reform, and therefore, Egyptians need to replace the current regime with a parliamentary democracy. He alleged that several opposition parties and movements have accepted an unwritten plan for democratic transition by 2011; we are doubtful of this claim. XXXXXXXXXXXX said that although SSIS recently released two April 6 activists, it also arrested three additional group members. We have pressed the MFA for the release of these April 6 activists. April 6′’s stated goal of replacing the current regime with a parliamentary democracy prior to the 2011 presidential elections is highly unrealistic, and is not supported by the mainstream opposition. End summary and comment. Satisfaction with the Summit 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX expressed satisfaction with the December 3-5 “Alliance of Youth Movements Summit” in New York, noting that he was able to meet activists from other countries and outline his movement’’s goals for democratic change in Egypt. He told us that the other activists at the summit were very supportive, and that some even offered to hold public demonstrations in support of Egyptian democracy in their countries, with XXXXXXXXXXXX as an invited guest. XXXXXXXXXXXX said he discussed with the other activists how April 6 members could more effectively evade harass.
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WASHINGTON: Chinese President Hu Jintao called on Wednesday for greater cooperation between the Chinese and US militaries to build trust. “The two sides believe that the expansion of exchanges and cooperation between our militaries contributes to deepening mutual trust between our countries and the growth of our overall relationship,” Hu told a joint news conference with President Barack Obama. Military relations have been at the heart of tensions between the two nations, with the United States repeatedly urging China to be more transparent about its growing defense spending.
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WASHINGTON: Acknowledging that Pakistan has been the biggest victim of terrorism, the United States has reaffirmed its resolve to assist Islamabad in addressing the challenge of violent extremism comprehensively. “We are trying to help Pakistan improve its government, improve that government’’s relationship with its people, help Pakistan develop the tools and the strategy to combat extremism within its borders,” Philip J Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State said at the daily briefing. He noted that extremism is, first and foremost, a threat to Pakistan itself and underscored the strategically located South Asian country’’s key importance to regional stability. “There’’s no country that has suffered more significantly from terrorism than Pakistan itself.” “It’’s a strategic country. It is important in terms of regional stability, it’’s important to the United States and others in terms of its links to extremism and the risk of terrorism that does affect all of us, including the United States. We are committed to a long-term partnership with Pakistan.” The Obama administration is purusing a regional approach to addressing the challenges, the spokesman said. “The challenge of political extremism is not just focused on any one country. There have been attacks against Indian interests in Afghanistan, in India. And this is why we”re deeply engaged across the region with Afghanistan, with Pakistan, with India to try to attack this extremism that affects all of our countries.” The acting Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Frank Ruggiero had a very successful trip to Pakistan to demonstrate that “we are committed to helping to build a stable, secure, and prosperous Pakistan,” Crowley added. During the visit, Ruggiero announced a contribution of $190 million to Pakistan’’s Citizen Damage Compensation Fund. This was part of the $500 million in Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act funds that late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke had previously committed to help Pakistan with its flood relief operations. Meanwhile, the spokesman said, the search is ongoing to determine successor of Ambassador Holbrooke who died in December 2010. Commenting on Islamabad’’s recent decision to roll back hike in petroleum prices, Crowley said the move has not dealt a blow to Washington’’s wide-ranging strategy for the country. “We are committed to helping improve the circumstances on the ground for the people of Pakistan from those areas that were significantly affected by the flooding, but we have a strategy that is focused on all of Pakistan, including bringing greater economic opportunity to those areas where we have concerns about the presence of extremists that are, that can affect Pakistan.” Questioned if the Obama Administration’’s strategy for Pakistan suffered a significant blow with the government’’s decision to reverse the energy price increase, the spokesman replied: “Not at all. A stable civilian government supported by the people of Pakistan is essential to be able to carry out the strategy that we have worked out together. The Secretary has described our specific concerns that economic reforms continue, but economic reforms have multiple dimensions. Gasoline is one, but there are a number of other areas, from agriculture to reform of state-owned enterprises. Pakistan has to make progress on all of these areas.” Crowley agreed with the significance of Islamabad getting market access as part of efforts to bolster its economy. “There is no question that economics is a very important dimension of boosting Pakistan. It not only has to have a viable economy, but it has to have access to markets. This is something that we continue to discuss with Pakistan.” On the long-delayed preferential trade program through establishment of Reconstruction Opportunity Zone in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the spokesman said the Obama Administration continue to discuss it with the Congress.
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ISLAMABAD: Year long celebrations on the occasion of 60 years of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China commenced here last night with a function held at Pak-China Friendship Centre at a colorful ceremony attended by a large number of Pakistanis and Chinese nationals. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was the chief guest on the occasion while the launching ceremony of Pakistan-China Friendship year 2011 was attended by Chief of Naval Staff Noman Bashir, diplomats, members of the federal cabinet, politicians, business community representatives, Chinese working in Pakistan and elite of the federal capital. The ceremony was jointly hosted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese Embassy at Pakistan-China Friendship Centre which has built by China and donated to Pakistan as symbol of everlasting friendship. The diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China established in January 1950 when Pakistan recognized China while Pakistan opened its embassy on May 21, 1951. Inaugurating the year long celebrations, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan and China enjoy excellent political and diplomatic relations and time has come to take a leap forward to bind the two nations together economically in all the fields. The foreign minister said there was tremendous goodwill and trust between the two countries and they can move towards economic integration. He said the present government is concentrating on economic diplomacy as national security and territorial integrity are closely linked to economic strength. Qureshi pointed out that despite some of the economic difficulties because of security situation and fight against extremism and terrorism, Pakistan is recognized internationally as emerging economy with great potential to grow and prosper. The foreign minister said Pakistan and China are cooperating with each other in a number of fields including economy, trade, energy, infrastructure and defence. “The two countries have unanimity of views on regional and international issues, they support each other at international forums and their defence cooperation is progressing satisfactorily,” he said. He pointed out that the process of economic integration between the two countries was somewhat limited but there is scope and potential to enhance it manifold. He acknowledged that China has invested billions of dollars in many projects in Pakistan. The minister said there are thirteen thousand Chinese engineers and workers in Pakistan contributing to the socio-economic development of the country. He said the two countries have signed a number of agreements including the one relating to currency swap that will help broaden the economic interaction and achieve target of fifteen billion dollars bilateral trade by 2015. Qureshi also expressed the confidence that the decision to open branches of the largest Chinese bank in Karachi and Islamabad would facilitate Chinese investment in Pakistan. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian speaking on the occasion expressed the confidence that strategic relationship between the two countries would continue to grow. He said the Chinese Premier paid a very successful visit to Pakistan recently which would help forge ties between the two countries. The Chinese ambassador said the Pakistani government and people welcomed Premier Wen Jiabao with great warmth and enthusiasm. He said in the last 60 years, since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have developed an all weather friendship and conducted multi-dimensional cooperation in different fields. The Chinese ambassador said despite volatile international situation, the China-Pakistan friendship remained as strong and solid as a rock standing firm despite the passage of time. “This is only because we always respect each other, highly trust each other, and wholeheartedly help each other,” he said. He said while celebrating the 2011 as year of friendship, both the countries will hold a series of wonderful commemorative activities covering fields like politics, economy, culture, education, sports, military and others. On this occasion, a photographic exhibition was also organized depicting different aspects of bilateral relations including high-level exchanges, people-to-people contacts, sharing of hard times and participation of China in the economic development of Pakistan. In his inaugural remarks, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said this year also marks establishment of diplomatic representation between the two capitals as Pakistan recognized China in January 1950. He also read out on the occasion messages addressed by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani to their Chinese counterparts on launching of the friendship year. In their messages the two leaders expressed determination to take this friendship and partnership to new heights. Salman Bashir, who had been Pakistan’’s ambassador to China said, “I and my family will never forget the kindness, love and affection that we received from our Chinese friends during my stay there.” He said Pakistan-China friendship is legendary a fascinating romance between two peoples, deeply rooted in national ethos, since times immemorial. Salman Bashir said, the leadership, the Government, the Armed Forces and, above all, the people of Pakistan and China are united in their resolve to safeguard their national interests, uphold national dignity and frustrate and defeat any evil designs against their motherland. He said, “Our two peoples will continue to march, hand-in-hand, on the high road to peace and prosperity.” Later a cultural show, depicting folk songs of different areas of Pakistan were presented on this occasion to start the yearlong celebrations. Chinese cultural dance was also presented by the Chinese dancers.
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