Thai banker 'favored as next PM'
BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- In the wake of this week's military coup in Thailand, former central bank Governor Chatumongol Sonakul is favored to become the country's interim civilian leader, The Bangkok Post newspaper said Saturday. An appointment will be made by September 30, the paper said.
Thai army chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who led the military group that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup on Tuesday, has already said he would appoint an interim prime minister within two weeks and the military would then step back.
On Friday, Sonthi, who earlier received the endorsement of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, took part in a nationally broadcast ceremony that formalized the monarch's backing, The Associated Press reported.
Friday also saw the first isolated protests in Bangkok against the coup.
The Post newspaper, citing highly placed sources, said Chatumongol Sonakul was regarded as among the best-qualified for the interim job because of his monetary and fiscal expertise as well as his recognition in the world community.
The British-educated technocrat led the Bank of Thailand from 1998 to 2001, when he was sacked by Thaksin in a dispute over interest rate policy, Reuters news agency reported.
Other potential candidates are said to be Supreme Administrative Court President Ackaratorn Chularat, former World Trade Organization chief Supachai Panitchpakdi and central bank boss Pridiyathorn Devakula.
Thaksin was in New York at the U.N. General Assembly at the time of the coup, but he is now in London, England.
On Friday, the coup leaders said they had completed setting up a nine-member commission to review corruption accusations made against the ousted billionaire leader.
They also sacked police officials tied to the former prime minister.
Its almost a week the coup ... and I do still feel sorry for Thaksin... but this is life....hope he is well
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Saturday, September 23, 2006
Officials, friends can't confirm Bin Laden death report
Officials, friends can't confirm Bin Laden death report
France (CNN) -- A report that Osama bin Laden is dead has set off a flurry of denials from U.S., French and Pakistani officials, who say the newspaper report citing French intelligence cannot be independently confirmed. A Saudi intelligence official, however, told CNN on Saturday that the al Qaeda leader is suffering from a waterborne illness. There have been credible reports that the most wanted man in the world is ill, but there is no intelligence indicating he is dead, the source said.
L'Est Republicain, citing a September 21 French foreign intelligence document, reported that Saudi officials had received confirmation that bin Laden died August 23 of typhoid fever in Pakistan. (Watch CNN's Nic Robertson reveal the latest intelligence on bin Laden's health -- 1:54)
"We believe this reporting to be unsubstantiated," a U.S. intelligence official said.
Other U.S. intelligence officials concurred, and White House spokesman Blair Jones said, "We have no confirmation of that report." (Watch a former CIA director explain how this report could be confirmed --3:34)
A senior White House official with access to intelligence reports added that he has made several calls to senior government officials and could not verify the report.
Across the Atlantic, French President Jacques Chirac said the report was "in no way confirmed" and that he was initiating an investigation into who leaked the confidential document to L'Est Republicain.
"I was rather surprised to see that a confidential note from the [General Directorate for External Security] was published, and I have asked the minister of defense to start an investigation immediately and to reach whatever conclusions are necessary," Chirac said after trade talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Compiegne, France.
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France (CNN) -- A report that Osama bin Laden is dead has set off a flurry of denials from U.S., French and Pakistani officials, who say the newspaper report citing French intelligence cannot be independently confirmed. A Saudi intelligence official, however, told CNN on Saturday that the al Qaeda leader is suffering from a waterborne illness. There have been credible reports that the most wanted man in the world is ill, but there is no intelligence indicating he is dead, the source said.
L'Est Republicain, citing a September 21 French foreign intelligence document, reported that Saudi officials had received confirmation that bin Laden died August 23 of typhoid fever in Pakistan. (Watch CNN's Nic Robertson reveal the latest intelligence on bin Laden's health -- 1:54)
"We believe this reporting to be unsubstantiated," a U.S. intelligence official said.
Other U.S. intelligence officials concurred, and White House spokesman Blair Jones said, "We have no confirmation of that report." (Watch a former CIA director explain how this report could be confirmed --3:34)
A senior White House official with access to intelligence reports added that he has made several calls to senior government officials and could not verify the report.
Across the Atlantic, French President Jacques Chirac said the report was "in no way confirmed" and that he was initiating an investigation into who leaked the confidential document to L'Est Republicain.
"I was rather surprised to see that a confidential note from the [General Directorate for External Security] was published, and I have asked the minister of defense to start an investigation immediately and to reach whatever conclusions are necessary," Chirac said after trade talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Compiegne, France.
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Friday, September 22, 2006
Pope invites Muslim envoys to meeting
Pope invites Muslim envoys to meeting
6:32 a.m. EDT, September 22, 2006
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI has invited ambassadors from Muslim nations to meet him on Monday in a bid to calm anger over his use of a medieval text saying their religion was spread by violence. The pontiff will open the doors of his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, to the ambassadors and members of the Italian Islam Consulta, according to ANSA, an Italian news agency. The Islam Cosulta is a council of the various muslim community leaders in Italy who meet periodically with Italian government officials.
"The purpose of this meeting is to relaunch dialogue with the Islamic world," a senior Vatican official said on Friday. Islamic diplomats accredited to the Holy See said they hoped the meeting would help restore trust between the Roman Catholic Church and Muslims angered by the pope's speech last week in Germany.
"We welcome it and are definitely going to participate," Iran's deputy ambassador to the Holy See, Ahmad Faihma, told Reuters.
"This is a positive signal from the Vatican. I know that this will improve relations with the Islamic world."
"This meeting will be very important, especially in these days, to try to stop every action that is not good," Fathi Abuabed, head of international relations at the Arab League's Vatican mission, told the agency.
Since making his controversial speech last week in his native country, quoting a 14th-century emperor's thoughts about Islam, the pontiff has made a series of increasingly apologetic statements.
On Wednesday, Benedict said the now controversial quotes regarding Muslims that he made were "able to perhaps be misunderstood" and for the "attentive reader they would be clear," he told an audience in St. Peter's Square.
The medieval emperor's "negative words" did not "express my personal convictions," Benedict said.
During the speech to professors last Tuesday, the 79-year-old pontiff quoted Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus when he said, "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
Global reaction from Muslims has been strong, prompting Italian police to raise the alert level around the Vatican and Castel Gandolfo, a police spokesman said. Protests have been staged worldwide.
The pope, who on Sunday said he was "deeply sorry" for the reaction to comments he made, said Wednesday the emperor's words did not reflect how he himself felt. He said the intent of his remarks were to call for a dialogue on the role of religions in modern life.
"I hope that in several occasions during the visit ... my deep respect for great religions, in particular for Muslims -- who worship the one God and with whom we are engaged in defending and promoting together social justice, moral values, peace and freedom for all men -- has emerged clearly," Benedict said during his weekly audience at the Vatican.
"I trust that after the initial reaction, my words at the university of Regensburg can constitute an impulse and encouragement toward positive, even self-critical dialogue both among religions and between modern reason and Christian faith," the pope told thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square.
On Sunday the pope said he hoped his remarks and the Vatican's explanation Saturday were enough to
"appease hearts and to clarify the true meaning of my address, which in its totality was and is an invitation to frank and sincere dialogue, with great mutual respect."
But an al Qaeda linked militant group this week vowed a war against the "worshippers of the cross" in response to the pope's speech.
"We tell the worshipper of the cross (the pope) that you and the West will be defeated, as is the case in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya," said an Internet statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council, an umbrella group led by Iraq's branch of al Qaeda, according to the Reuters news agency.
"We shall break the cross and spill the wine. ... God will (help) Muslims to conquer Rome. ... God enable us to slit their throats, and make their money and descendants the bounty of the mujahideen," said the statement.
Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.
I would like the Pope to think more deeply within himself before making more gesture to the public, because of his wrongful dedication or quotation has make him appear to be a weak conversationalist. maybe he need to cool off by not saying or suggesting anymore for the time being.
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6:32 a.m. EDT, September 22, 2006
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI has invited ambassadors from Muslim nations to meet him on Monday in a bid to calm anger over his use of a medieval text saying their religion was spread by violence. The pontiff will open the doors of his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, to the ambassadors and members of the Italian Islam Consulta, according to ANSA, an Italian news agency. The Islam Cosulta is a council of the various muslim community leaders in Italy who meet periodically with Italian government officials.
"The purpose of this meeting is to relaunch dialogue with the Islamic world," a senior Vatican official said on Friday. Islamic diplomats accredited to the Holy See said they hoped the meeting would help restore trust between the Roman Catholic Church and Muslims angered by the pope's speech last week in Germany.
"We welcome it and are definitely going to participate," Iran's deputy ambassador to the Holy See, Ahmad Faihma, told Reuters.
"This is a positive signal from the Vatican. I know that this will improve relations with the Islamic world."
"This meeting will be very important, especially in these days, to try to stop every action that is not good," Fathi Abuabed, head of international relations at the Arab League's Vatican mission, told the agency.
Since making his controversial speech last week in his native country, quoting a 14th-century emperor's thoughts about Islam, the pontiff has made a series of increasingly apologetic statements.
On Wednesday, Benedict said the now controversial quotes regarding Muslims that he made were "able to perhaps be misunderstood" and for the "attentive reader they would be clear," he told an audience in St. Peter's Square.
The medieval emperor's "negative words" did not "express my personal convictions," Benedict said.
During the speech to professors last Tuesday, the 79-year-old pontiff quoted Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus when he said, "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
Global reaction from Muslims has been strong, prompting Italian police to raise the alert level around the Vatican and Castel Gandolfo, a police spokesman said. Protests have been staged worldwide.
The pope, who on Sunday said he was "deeply sorry" for the reaction to comments he made, said Wednesday the emperor's words did not reflect how he himself felt. He said the intent of his remarks were to call for a dialogue on the role of religions in modern life.
"I hope that in several occasions during the visit ... my deep respect for great religions, in particular for Muslims -- who worship the one God and with whom we are engaged in defending and promoting together social justice, moral values, peace and freedom for all men -- has emerged clearly," Benedict said during his weekly audience at the Vatican.
"I trust that after the initial reaction, my words at the university of Regensburg can constitute an impulse and encouragement toward positive, even self-critical dialogue both among religions and between modern reason and Christian faith," the pope told thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square.
On Sunday the pope said he hoped his remarks and the Vatican's explanation Saturday were enough to
"appease hearts and to clarify the true meaning of my address, which in its totality was and is an invitation to frank and sincere dialogue, with great mutual respect."
But an al Qaeda linked militant group this week vowed a war against the "worshippers of the cross" in response to the pope's speech.
"We tell the worshipper of the cross (the pope) that you and the West will be defeated, as is the case in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya," said an Internet statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council, an umbrella group led by Iraq's branch of al Qaeda, according to the Reuters news agency.
"We shall break the cross and spill the wine. ... God will (help) Muslims to conquer Rome. ... God enable us to slit their throats, and make their money and descendants the bounty of the mujahideen," said the statement.
Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.
I would like the Pope to think more deeply within himself before making more gesture to the public, because of his wrongful dedication or quotation has make him appear to be a weak conversationalist. maybe he need to cool off by not saying or suggesting anymore for the time being.
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
Thursday September 21, 2006
Snatch thieves slash wrists of Chinese woman
SEREMBAN: A 26-year-old foreign housewife was slashed on her wrists by two motorcyclists before they snatched her waist-pouch at Taman Bunga Blossom here.
China national Zhang Hui Xian fell on the road with her hands bleeding profusely and screamed for help.
A couple, who responded to her screams, rushed her to a nearby clinic for treatment and she was later transferred to the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital.
Zhang, who followed her husband to Kuala Lumpur on a business trip, is in stable condition.
She came here to visit a friend on Monday and planned to return to the capital before the snatch theft incident.
She said she was walking to a nearby bus stop when two motorcyclists blocked her way about 12.30pm on Thursday.
“When I was about to remove my waist-pouch and hand it to them, one of the robbers slashed me with a knife.
“They then snatched my pouch containing my passport, a cellphone and RM2,000, and fled,” she added.
Ten minutes before the incident involving Zhang, a 78-year-old woman had her bag containing RM200 snatched in a housing estate about 500m away, also by two motorcyclists.
One of the motorcyclists cut the strap of the victim’s bag with a parang, before picking it up and zooming off.
OCPD Asst Comm Hasanuddin Hassan confirmed the two incidents.
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