International Business News - PAK http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Somali pirates hijacked a Jordanian ship carrying humanitarian aid to Mogadishu on Saturday in the latest in a string of attacks off the lawless Somali coast, the head of a seafarer's association said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/pirates-hijack-jordanian-ship-off-somali-coast.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 12:42:00 EDT Pakistani lawyers met Saturday to decide whether to mount street protests against the government after its failure to reinstate judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48094-pakistan-politics.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/pakistan-lawyers-mull-street-protests.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/pakistan-lawyers-mull-street-protests.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 06:40:15 EDT The army says six rebels have been killed in a gunbattle between security forces and suspected Islamic militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Indian army spokesman Lt. Col. Anil Kumar Mathur said the rebels were killed Saturday after army and police jointly cordoned off the forest area of Lurgam village following a tip off that militants were hiding there. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48038-india-kashmir-security.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/6-rebels-killed-in-gunbattle-in-indian-kashmir.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/6-rebels-killed-in-gunbattle-in-indian-kashmir.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:43:59 EDT Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan was freed unharmed three months after he vanished in a tribal area in Pakistan's border region, a foreign ministry official and a relative said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/abducted-pakistani-diplomat-freed.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 05:04:50 EDT The brother of Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan says the envoy has been released _ three months after he was kidnapped near the border between the two countries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/abducted-pakistani-diplomat-freed.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 02:39:26 EDT President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, and got a far less glowing reception from his Egyptian host _ a key player in the long-running fight _ than he did in Israel earlier this week. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/48132-bush-mideast.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/bush-fails-to-win-saudi-help-on-gas-prices.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080517/bush-fails-to-win-saudi-help-on-gas-prices.htm Sat, 17 May 2008 07:27:36 EDT As of Friday, May 16, 2008, at least 431 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 10 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/at-least-431-us-deaths-in-afghanistan-region.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 19:31:29 EDT Rice futures sank to a six-week low Friday, falling for a fifth day on hopes that exports from Pakistan and Japan will ease fears of a shortage of the staple consumed by half the world's population. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/rice-futures-fall-on-improved-supply-outlook.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 17:24:14 EDT The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might otherwise want to help. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47837-cia-recruiting-immigrants.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/intel-agencies-seek-help-recruiting-recent-immigrants.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/intel-agencies-seek-help-recruiting-recent-immigrants.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 21:09:20 EDT A look at some of the deadliest natural disasters around the world in the past 40 years: _ May 2008: Earthquake (magnitude 7.9) hits Sichuan province in central China. More than 22,000 are killed, and an additional 14,000 are buried. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/some-of-the-worlds-deadliest-natural-disasters.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 10:58:11 EDT Osama bin Laden vowed Friday to fight Israel for the liberation of the Palestinians, claiming their cause is at the heart of al-Qaida's holy war with the West. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47612-bin-laden-israel.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/bin-laden-palestinian-cause-fuels-holy-war.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/bin-laden-palestinian-cause-fuels-holy-war.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 16:53:39 EDT Pakistan's army lodged a formal protest Friday to "allied forces" in neighboring Afghanistan over a suspected U.S. missile strike this week that killed 14 people in a Pakistani border village. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46868-pakistan-missile-attack.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/militants-kill-soldier-in-pakistan-tribal-area.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/militants-kill-soldier-in-pakistan-tribal-area.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:33 EDT Authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands on Friday detained at least 10 people suspected of helping to fund al-Qaida-linked militants with roots in Uzbekistan, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/police-10-arrested-in-terror-probe.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:44:38 EDT Long after the waves had ripped through her life with the force of a jet, long after the rubble had been cleared away, the woman sat in her half-built house and talked about what had become of her family, her village, her idea of community. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46688-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 16:47:03 EDT The way Sohale Siddiqi remembers it, he and his old roommate were walking his pug Charlie on Broadway when a large, scary bum approached them, stomping on the ground near the dog's head. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46545-young-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/old-friends-recall-obamas-years-in-la-ny.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/old-friends-recall-obamas-years-in-la-ny.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 14:53:46 EDT Long after the waves had ripped through her life with the force of a jet, long after the rubble had been cleared away, the woman sat in her half-built house and talked about what had become of her family, her village, her idea of community. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/after-disasters-and-death-tolls-world-moves-on.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:49:12 EDT A top Taliban leader vowed Thursday to target the U.S. after an alleged missile strike killed several people in northwest Pakistan, a threat that could undermine the new government's efforts to negotiate peace deals with militants. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46506-aptopix-pakistan-missile-strike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/top-taliban-leader-vows-revenge-on-america.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/top-taliban-leader-vows-revenge-on-america.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 13:01:27 EDT A previously unknown Islamic militant group claimed Thursday to have used explosive-laden bicycles to plant bombs that tore through this historic Indian city, warning in an e-mail of more attacks on popular tourists sites.(AP) _ http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46502-india-explosions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/militant-group-claims-it-was-behind-india-bombing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/militant-group-claims-it-was-behind-india-bombing.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 10:56:06 EDT A previously unknown Islamic militant group claimed responsibility Thursday for bombings that killed dozens in this historic Indian city by planting bicycles laden with explosives on crowded streets, police said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/46429-india-explosions.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/militants-claim-responsibility-for-india-attack.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/militants-claim-responsibility-for-india-attack.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:44 EDT Residents say a missile strike on a house in a Pakistan border village has killed about a dozen people. At least two explosions went off in Damadola, in the Bajur region near Afghanistan late Wednesday. Residents said they had seen drones flying in the area. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/residents-missile-strike-hits-pakistan-village.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 14:39:02 EDT