Today's News..

1. A special presidential envoy was dispatched to Afghanistan yesterday, scrambling to save 22 citizens held captive by Taliban kidnappers..

2. The relatives of Korean relief workers abducted in Afghanistan yesterday appealed to the Taliban militants for safe return of their beloved..

3. South and North Korea ended three days of high-level military talks with no agreement amid a lingering dispute over their shared sea border..

4. E-mart, the country's largest store chain, began selling American beef in earnest yesterday..

5. A powerful earthquake of a magnitude of 6.6, once triggered a tsunami warning, rocked eastern Indonesia yesterday..


Muslim majorities give the cold shoulder to terrorism..

A survey released in the US week says muslim majorities turn their backs to terrorism. Report adds all scholar from every corner of the Islamic world cry out that Islam prohibits terror, stating that those who kill innocent people can't be called "muslim." According to the research, support for terrorist tactics has fallen in seven of the eight countries polled on that question since 2002. In Lebanon those believing that suicide bombings are justified has slumped from 74 percent five years ago to 34 percent now. In Pakistan, where Islamist violence has surged, the figure is just 9 percent. In Jordan the percentage has fallen 36 points since 2003. The research cited the reason for terror's justification across the Muslim world is the fact that majorities fret that the United States could become a military threat to their country..

Villagers held a rally for Korean hostages..

Afghan villagers in Ghazni Province participated in a demonstration last Tuesday demanding the release of Korean hostages. About 100 to 150 villagers held the rally to show their support to Korean people. "We are here to ask Taliban to release Korean hostages without harming them," said one of the local residents Asif Amiri. Tribe elders, clerics and lawmakers from Ghazni are doing their best to help the process in order to save the hostages unharmed. A five-member delegation from Ghazni province has been to a remote area of Qarabagh district for two days to try to secure the freedom of the hostages. "I hope we will get them safe at the end" said Mohammad Husseini, a lawmaker for Ghazni..



From Morning Special..