Pakistan to withdraw troops from Pakistan-India border
Pakistan schedules a pullback of hundreds of thousands of border troops to peacetime locations after a top-level meeting chaired by President Pervez Musharraf. The move mirrors India and aims to ease tensions following a near conflict in May, with Washington likely to welcome the pact.
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Yemen says tanker blast was a terror attack near port
Yemen acknowledges an October 6 blast on a French oil tanker was caused by an explosives laden boat that rammed the vessel near a Yemeni port. Police arrested suspects and located the explosives’ preparation house as U S General Franks cited a joint coast guard program and delivery of patrol boats soon.
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Afghanistan Among Top Poppy Exporters
Lakhdar Brahimi said Afghanistan produced about 2,500 tons of opium poppy this year despite a government ban. He noted many farmers rely on opium sales to feed their families and called stopping production a difficult task during an anti-drug conference in Kabul.
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U S and S Korea press North Korea to renounce nukes
The United States and South Korea demand Pyongyang reverse course and renounce nuclear weapons after North Korea admitted a secret program. Japan voices grave concern as Washington weighs responses amid wider war on terror and tensions with Iraq. Officials say North Korea hinted at having more powerful weapons, with unclear status of biological or chemical arms. The crisis strains 1994 denuclearization accords and threats loom over future diplomacy.
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Kuwait braces for fallout from potential war
Kuwait Civil Defense readies for possible Iraqi retaliation as sirens wail and decontamination tents rise. Despite US action signals, Kuwaitis show calm with slow gas mask sales while authorities plan hospital, road, and water emergency measures and distribute two million subsidized masks.
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Five Palestinians killed in Gaza clashes near Rafah border
Israeli troops clashed with militants and youths in Rafah southern Gaza, killing five Palestinians and wounding about 35, including two women, as tanks and machine guns opened fire while soldiers erected a lookout tower near the Egypt border. The Israeli military said it was investigating reports of the incident.
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