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KUALA LUMPUR: A 5-year-old girl required 10 stitches on her
lips after a wild cat attacked her at Zoo Negara (National Zoo) in
Malaysia on Saturday, local media reported on Monday. It is
unclear which animal attacked Haw Qian Tong. The parents of
the girl claimed it was a puma while the zoo authorities said it was
a leopard. A puma clawed Haw as she stood with her back to the
cage, she said.
-- Xinhua
NEW DELHI: Indian parliamentary committee is
considering reconstituting Central Bureau of Intelligence and
Investigation (CBI), to handle federal cases such as terror attacks
and those pertaining to national importance, local TV channel
Doordarshan reported on Monday. “In the event of having
powers of collecting intelligence of a probable occurrence, the CBI
can prevent and if at all it goes beyond their control, the
investigation will be a full-fledged one, with having the knowledge
of the source of terrorist activity,” Parliamentary Standing
Committee for Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Chairman
E. M. Sudarshana Natchiappan said. He also hinted that the
reconstitution of the agency would help prevent terror attacks and
save crucial time lost in transfer of investigation from state
police to central agencies.
-- Xinhua
OTTAWA: A law making it easier for children
adopted abroad to become Canadian citizens went into effect Sunday,
according to a statement on Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s
website. Parents previously had to apply to sponsor such
adopted child to come to Canada, and then seek permanent resident
status for him or her, before finally applying for citizenship, a
process that could take 18 months. Now, based on an amendment
to Canada’s citizenship laws passed earlier this year, parents
could directly seek Canadian citizenship for their adopted children
from outside the country, and such a child can even obtain a
Canadian passport before entering the country.
-- Xinhua
WASHINGTON: More than $5 billion in US aid to
Pakistan has often never reached the military units it was intended
for to fight al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and was instead diverted to
other programs, the New York Times reported Monday. Much of
the money meant to reimburse frontline Pakistani units was channeled
to weapons systems aimed at India and to pay inflated Pakistani
reimbursement claims for fuel, ammunition and other costs, unnamed
US government and military officials told the daily.
Pakistanis critical of President Pervez Musharraf said he used the
reimbursements to prop up his government, and one European diplomat
said the United States should have been more careful with its money.
-- AFP
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army announced on Sunday
a new campaign to prepare civilians for conflict, with an emphasis
on the dangers of attack with chemical or biological weapons.
The campaign, which will be launched in the coming days, will
provide detailed information on how to protect the home against
chemical weapons. Civilians will be instructed how to choose a
protected room and how to seal doors and windows to prepare it for
non-conventional attack. While most Israelis have access to a
bomb shelter, civilians are advised to stay in a sealed room at home
in the event of chemical or biological strike. The campaign
will include a guidebook that will be distributed to every household
as well as television broadcasts, a website and a telephone
information center, the army said.
-- AFP
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