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الأربعاء، 28 مارس 2012

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Pakistan: Eight killed, dozens of vehicles torched in Karachi
Factory blast kills 2, injures 26 in central China
Roadside bomb kills NATO soldier in southern Afghanistan
UPDATE 1 — Strong earthquake shakes northeast Japan, no damage
UN General Assembly President Al-Nasser calls for end to ‘modern-day slavery’

Pakistan: Eight killed, dozens of vehicles torched in Karachi

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:13 PM PDT

KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least eight people were killed on Tuesday and dozens of vehicles were set on fire when violence broke out in the Pakistani city of Karachi, local media reported.

Violence erupted in Karachi after the killing of Mansoor Mukhtar, a sector member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) liberal political party. GEO TV quoted police sources as saying that a group of attackers entered Mukhtar's house, located in the PIB Colony area of Karachi, targeting him as well as his brother Masood Mukhtar and his sister-in-law.

Both Mansoor and Masood succumbed to their wounds at the Abbasi Shaheed hospital. But later, gunmen stormed the hospital and shot Mansoor four more times while the post-mortem was being conducted, police and doctors at the hospital said.

In response to the killing, violence broke out in parts of Karachi, leaving at least eight people killed, including a child. In addition, more than 36 vehicles were torched throughout different areas of Karachi, including Malir Halt, Central Jail, Teen Hatti, Kala Board, Abul Hassan Isphani Road and Shah Faisal Colony.

Several tires were also set on fire, closing roads, while riots broke out, forcing shop owners in the area to shut their businesses. Schools, markets and gas stations were also closed, and residents were without public transportation routes for a large part of the day.

Local television reports said that security forces, such as the police, rangers and the Frontier Corps, did not carry out security operations while the violence took place.

Factory blast kills 2, injures 26 in central China

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 09:06 PM PDT

WUHAN, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- Two people were killed and dozens more were injured when an explosion tore through a bio-pharmaceutical factory in central China on Tuesday afternoon, local authorities told state-run media.

The explosion took place at around 1:30 p.m. local time at the Luyuan Biopharmaceutical Plant in Jiangxia District of Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubai. Photos from the scene showed the building was heavily damaged, with large parts of the roof collapsed.

A provincial fire department official told the state-run Xinhua news agency that excessive pressure at one of the factory's reaction kettles is believed to have caused the explosion. Part of the factory collapsed, the official said.

Two workers at the factory were killed in the explosion, and search-and-rescue teams ended their operations on late Tuesday as no other people were believed to be missing. A total of 26 people were injured, two of them who suffered severe injuries.

The rapid economic growth in China, in combination with poor safety measures, frequently result in deadly industrial accidents. In late February, thirteen people were killed and 43 others were injured when a large explosion ripped through a chemical plant in China's northern Hebei province.

Roadside bomb kills NATO soldier in southern Afghanistan

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:45 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (BNO NEWS) -- A coalition service member was killed on Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. Few other details were immediately released

ISAF said one of its service members was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Afghanistan's south. But because the multinational force defers the release of specific details to national authorities, no other details about the incident were released, including the exact location.

The nationality of the service member involved was also not immediately disclosed by ISAF. "It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities," a brief statement said.

Tuesday's death raises the number of coalition troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year to 90, most of them American and British service members, according to official figures. Two British service members and an American soldier were killed on Monday when rogue Afghan security forces opened fire at them.

A total of 566 ISAF troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2011, down from 711 in 2010. A majority of the fallen troops were American and were killed in the country's south, which is plagued by IED attacks on troops and civilians.

There are currently more than 130,000 ISAF troops in Afghanistan, including some 90,000 U.S. troops and more than 9,500 British soldiers. U.S. President Barack Obama previously ordered a drawdown of 23,000 U.S. troops later this year, and foreign combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

UPDATE 1 — Strong earthquake shakes northeast Japan, no damage

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 07:12 AM PDT

TOKYO, Japan (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck just off the coast of northeastern Japan on early Tuesday evening, seismologists and witnesses said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Shaking was felt as far away as Tokyo.

The 6.4-magnitude earthquake at 8 p.m. local time (1100 GMT) was centered about 50 kilometers (31 miles) northeast of Miyako, a city in Iwate Prefecture. It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

Tremors with an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 0 to 7 were felt in several areas along the coast, which was heavily damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. Light shaking was also felt in Tokyo, the country's capital, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Officials at Tohoku Electric Power Co. said no abnormalities were reported at its nuclear power plants in Onagawa, Miyagi, and Higashidori, Aomori. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd., meanwhile, said no problems were detected at its plant for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in the village of Rokkasho in Aomori.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which measured the strength of the earthquake at 6.0 on the regional moment magnitude (Mw) scale, estimated that some 8,000 people near the epicenter may have felt 'very strong' shaking. Some 1.4 million others may have felt moderate to strong shaking.

Because earthquakes with a magnitude below 7 do normally not generate tsunamis, neither JMA nor the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami watch or warning. "There may be slight sea-level changes in coastal regions," JMA said in a statement, adding that there is no threat of a tsunami.

Japan sits on the so-called 'Pacific Ring of Fire', an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin which is prone to frequent and large earthquakes. Volcanic eruptions also occur frequently in the region.

In March 2011, an enormous 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan, generating a devastating tsunami. The earthquake and resulting tsunami left at least 15,854 people killed while 3,155 others remain missing and are feared dead. Some 325,000 people rendered homeless remain in temporary housing.

UN General Assembly President Al-Nasser calls for end to ‘modern-day slavery’

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 06:14 AM PDT

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- United Nations (UN) General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on Monday called for a comprehensive approach to end 'modern-day slavery,' which includes child labor, human trafficking and forced labor.

On the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Al-Nasser noted that "the terrible impacts" of slavery and the slave trade are still felt to this day. "They have devastated continents and countries," he said. "They have led to profound social and economic inequalities, and have given rise to hatred, racism and prejudice."

Al-Nasser also emphasized that UN Member States must continue to work tirelessly to eradicate modern slave-like practices that have emerged in the forms of racism, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, child labor, forced marriages, and the forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict.

In remarks delivered on his behalf to a UN General Assembly meeting, Al-Nasser said a comprehensive approach through laws, education and international cooperation is needed to end these forms of modern-day slavery. He also underlined that existing international instruments on slavery should be fully utilized to bring about necessary change in attitudes and customs, to punish the offenders, and to support innocent victims in regaining their lives and dignity.

"Let us learn from the horrors and sacrifices of the past, and ensure through concrete actions and results that slavery in all its forms is forever eliminated," Al-Nasser said.

In 2007, the General Assembly designated March 25 as the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade to honor the 28 million estimated Africans who were violently removed and cast into slavery, mainly in colonies in North America, South America and the West Indies.

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