Hillary Clinton Berates Israel Over Settlements

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday he must work to repair relations with Washington after a debacle over Jewish settlements that has undermined US efforts to mediate new peace talks with the Palestinians.
Clinton’s blunt language betrayed US frustration after a visit by Vice President Joe Biden was overshadowed by Israel’s approval of new Jewish building on occupied land. She reminded Netanyahu of the commitments the United States makes to protect Israel from hostile neighbors, her spokesman said. On a day when Israeli forces sealed off the West Bank and deployed riot squads around Jerusalem’s holy sites to contain Palestinian anger during weekly Muslim prayers, Clinton called the latest settlement approval a “deeply negative signal about Israel’s approach to the bilateral relationship and had undermined trust and confidence in the peace process.”

Six Civilians Kill In Blast:Afghanistan

Afghanistan KABUL : A roadside bomb exploded in central Afghanistan on Saturday, killing six people travelling in a civilian vehicle, the interior ministry said.

The blast occurred in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, said the ministry. One passenger was also wounded in the incident, it added.

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are widely used by Taliban insurgents against Afghan and international troops, but often claim civilian lives.

Two militants were also killed on Saturday when the IED they were trying to plant on a roadside in the Muqur district of western Badghis province went off, provincial police chief Sayed Ahmad Sameh told AFP.

There are about 121,000 international troops based in Afghanistan fighting an insurgency being waged by the remnants of the Taliban, pushed from government after a US-led invasion in late 2001.

11 dead, 70 Injured in Lahore blast

LAHORE, Pakistan News: The death toll in suicide car bomb attack at the offices of an investigative agency in Model Town area of Lahore has reached to 11, while the number of injured has reached to 70 as more injured taken out of the debris of the collapsed building.

According to sources the suicide bombing that created over six feet deep and 18 feet wide crater at the surface.

(Updated at 10:00 PST)

According to earlier reports at least eight persons said to be killed and 59 injured in a huge explosion in Model Town area of Lahore.

The injured were being shifted to Jinnah Hospital and other hospitals of Lahore.

The police have cordoned off the area after the blast.

The blast said to be occurred in office of an intelligence agency in Lahore that demolished the structure entirely and also damaged the adjacent buildings.

Several people said to be still trapped under the debris of the collapsed building.

According to Rescue 1122 and Edhi sources the death toll has reacehd to eight with recovery of another body from the collapsed building debris.

That 11 persons have been injured in the blast. He vowed to step up  security measures to improve the situation.

According to sources it was a suicide bombing that created over 10 feet deep crater at surface. The building was said to be targeted earlier by the terrorists.

Emergency has been declared at hospitals of the city.

That the offices of an intelligence agency likely to be attacked by a suicide car bomb.

President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, Governor of Sindh Ishrat-ul-Ebad and MQM Quaid Altaf Hussain have condemned the attack.

Al Qaeda Commander Nabbed in Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan News: Pakistani security forces arrested Abu Yahya Mujahdeen Al- Adam, who is a close associate of Osama Bin Laden.

Abu Yahya was arrested on Sunday from an area surrounding the super highway, on the outskirts of Karachi.

Sources said the arrested militant commander has been shifted to Rawalpindi for further investigation.

Pennsylvania-born Abu Yahya is a US citizen and assumed to be a commander of foreign militants fighting in Afghanistan against the US. He was living with Osama Bin Ladin after 9/11 attacks in New York. His name is included in the top ten wanted on the CIA list.

US Scanning Defied: FATA Delegation Returns

A six-member delegation of the National Assembly and Senate returned to Pakistan in protest after refusing a body scan at the Dulles International Airport, Washington.
Talking to the media persons at the Benazir Airport, head of the delegation Senator Abbas Khan Afridi said they were asked for a body-scan but they refused, as they termed the law discriminatory to parliamentarians of a sovereign country. He said they were informed before their arrival in the US that they would not face any such discrimination during their visit. The delegation went to the US on February 28 for a 15-day visit.

Rehman Malik Says TTP Behind Lahore Attack

ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN: The suicide bombing at a building in Lahore was carried out by the remnants of Taliban militants, Interior Minister said here on Monday.

Talking to media men after attending a Supreme Court hearing, Rehman Malik said, “the terrorists’ attacks would not dampen our spirits.”

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has been involved in all terror attacks committed in the country, Malik said. “They are hired killers and want to destabilize Pakistan,” he said.

Talking on the court hearing in Steel Mills corruption case Malik said the learned court has granted his plea and exempted him to attend the court proceedings.

Oprah Chimp Woman,Charla Nash Pictures After Attack

Oprah Chimp Woman,Charla Nash Pictures After Attack : A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee has revealed her face and says she’s ready to heal and move forward. On Wednesday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Charla Nash says she’s starting to get stronger.

Oprah Chimp Woman,Charla Nash Pictures After Attack:A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee has revealed her face and says she’s ready to heal and move forward.

On Wednesday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Charla Nash says she’s starting to get stronger.

The animal ripped off Nash’s hands, nose, lips and eyelids during the February attack. She’s being treated at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

Nash says she no longer has eyes, eats everything through a straw and can’t breathe through her nose. But she says she isn’t in pain and often goes for walks.

Nash also says it feels like “patches of tape or gauze” are covering her face and she doesn’t remember anything from the attack.

Chimp Attack Victim,Chimp Attack Victim Pictures

Chimp Attack Victim,Chimp Attack Victim Pictures : Charla Nash , the Connecticut woman mauled by a 200 pound chimpanzee in February, appeared on “ Oprah ” Wednesday to reveal her face and share heartbreaking details on her life since the attack. Nash who turned 56 Tuesday revealed “the remnants of her missing eyes, nose and lips,” as ABC News described it .

Chimp Attack Victim,Chimp Attack Victim Pictures:Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman mauled by a 200 pound chimpanzee in February, appeared on “Oprah” Wednesday to reveal her face and share heartbreaking details on her life since the attack.

Nash who turned 56 Tuesday revealed “the remnants of her missing eyes, nose and lips,” as ABC News described it.