DINA for the issue of September 23, 2012

	Sunday 23rd September 2012 | Ziqa'ad 5, 1433
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US Senate defeats bill to place conditions on aid WASHINGTON, Sept 22: The US Senate has defeated a bill that would have linked foreign aid to a country’s cooperation in investigating attacks on US diplomatic facilities.	For suggestions and comments: Email: webmaster@dawn.com Website: http://dawn.com Fax: +92(21) 35693995
185 face trial for riots over hate film Dawn Report KARACHI, Sept 22: Courts in Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore granted remand of at least 185 people on Saturday in cases pertaining to riots and arson attacks that took place during the protests against the anti-Islam film made in the United States. Twenty-three people lost their lives in Karachi and Peshawar while over 200 were injured on Friday across the country as the government-designated “day of love for Holy Prophet (peace be upon him)” saw protests and demonstrations turn anarchic.
Rabbani wants NLC generals tried in civil courts By Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The three retired generals suspected of involvement in the National Logistics Cell (NLC) scam should be tried in civil courts, Senator Raza Rabbani said in a speech on Saturday that advocated supremacy of parliament over all other institutions, including military bureaucracy. Addressing a “youth parliament” on “civil-military relations in Pakistan”, he said the National Security Council should be abolished since it had “created problems instead of solving them”.
SC seeks Malik explanation on dual nationality claim By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Sept 22: The Supreme Court directed Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday to come forward and justify his utterances that more than 30 lawmakers still enjoyed dual nationality. Taking cognizance of news reports which appeared in media after the court’s verdict on dual nationality, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry ordered its office to dispatch a letter to PML-Q member Begum Shehnaz Sheikh, who once served as minister of state for health, to give her version on a news report that she is holding the citizenship of Australia for the past 16 years. The letter will be sent to Ms Sheikh through the National Assembly secretary.A reporter for an English newspaper has also been asked to give reasons to establish the contents of his story.
Three killed in US drone attack By Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH, Sept 22: A US drone fired two missiles at a suspected militant vehicle in Datakhel area of North Waziristan on Saturday, killing three people and injuring two others. Local people said the vehicle was targeted near Landay Momadkhel village, some 35km from Miramshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan.
US Senate approves Olson as envoy to Pakistan WASHINGTON, Sept 22: The US Senate on Saturday approved new American ambassadors to Pakistan and Iraq, both veteran diplomats nominated by President Barack Obama. In a voice vote, the Senate confirmed Robert Stephen Beecroft as the new envoy to Iraq, and Richard Olson to be the new ambassador to Pakistan.
Protesters drive away Islamists from Benghazi BENGHAZI, Sept 22: Libyan authorities retook control on Saturday of the headquarters and bases of militias in Benghazi after armed protesters attacked them overnight in violence that killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 70. Six members of the security forces were among those killed in the unrest that rocked Libya’s second city, in the wake of the murder of US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Protests continue against hate film across world DHAKA, Sept 22: Scores of people were injured on Saturday in clashes in Bangladesh’s capital between police and hundreds of demonstrators, as protests continued across the world against a hate film produced in the United States. Police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse the stone-throwing protesters, who were from about a dozen religious groups.
Bilour’s extreme step Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The Federal Minister for Railways, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, has come up with a $100,000 bounty for anyone who kills the filmmaker whose anti-Islam movie has inflamed the Muslim world. “I announce today that if somebody kills this blasphemer, I will give that person a prize of $100,000,” Ghulam Ahmed Bilour told reporters at the Peshawar Press Club on Saturday.
US, Pakistan working groups to meet soon WASHINGTON, Sept 22: The United States and Pakistan have agreed to pursue a roadmap of cooperation under which their working groups will meet in the next three months to reinvigorate bilateral work in key areas of interest, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said. The agreement was reached during Ms Khar’s meeting with her American counterpart Hillary Clinton. “We have agreed on a roadmap of cooperation to advance relations in a sustainable way and under this five working groups will meet in the next three months,” Ms Khar told Washington-based Pakistani reporters.
Aussies beat WI in World Twenty20 COLOMBO, Sept 22: Australia qualified for the Super Eights round of the World Twenty20 by defeating the West Indies in a rain-interrupted group B match in Colombo on Saturday. Australia, chasing a challenging target of 192, were 100-1 in 9.1 overs when heavy rain forced the match to be called off in front of 18,000 fans at the Premadasa stadium.
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