European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and stripes july 2007 in the world pakistani troops blast Wall of Radical Seminary one paramilitary Soldier killed in mosque standoff by Sadaqat Jan the associated press Pakistan Paki stans army tried to blast through the Wall of a besieged Radical islamic Seminary Early sunday to help free hostages held by a cleric and his militant leaving one commando an official militants inside the fortress like Lai or red opened fire on the army wounding two army spokesman Waheed a Shad one Soldier later died in bringing the official death toll in the siege to at least president Pervez Mushar Raf threatened saturday to kill the holdouts unless they surren in his first Public state ment on the thousands of troops have sur rounded the mosque and an adjoin ing Seminary for women Over the past six Days in the heart of the pakistani but have so far held Back from an fallout so Long As there Are people in Side who Are holding innocent children and women we have to be very if we wanted to Barge in guns we could have done it on Day said information minister we will have to play this wait it May take a but i think we will succeed in the he told the Dawn news television Azim said about 24 peo ple have been confirmed with Many More hospitalized with gunfire and heavy explosions could be heard just after mid night sunday and then sporadically throughout the Dawn punctuating the Thunder of a fierce Monsoon by Anjum a pakistani paramilitary Soldier stands Alert sunday on a vehicle As he patrols near the red mosque in mid morning both the gunfire and rain had Musharraf said his government had exercised restraint to ensure the safety of women and who officials say Are being held hostage by the mosques senior Abdul Rashid a former civil servant turned rigid says he and his followers prefer martyrdom to the unconditional surrender demanded by the he denies holding anyone against their a relative of one of the alleged hostages said armed men were holding about 250 people in an area of the mosques basement where the faithful Wash before baht Sher said that he spoke with his 22yearold Noorul by Mobile phone sunday Hayat said that the body of a Man was lying in the basement after he was shot dead by Mili Tants As he tried to according to a construction worker who was trapped inside the mosque when the crisis said the hostages receive food and water and hear occasional gunshots but Are not allowed to leave the Azim said some of those inside the Complex were not students but rather trained armed Mili Israel oks release of palestinian prisoners by Josef Federman the associated press Jerusalem the israeli Cabinet on sunday approved the release of 250 palestinian prison officials in the govern ments latest gesture of support for moderate palestinian presi Dent Mahmoud Abbas in his Strug Gle against the Hamas militant the officials said Israel had still not finalized the list of prisoners to be freed or the Tim ing of the palestinian officials said they were disappointed Israel was not coordinating the release with prime minister Ehud Olmert agreed to the prisoner release at a june 25 Summit with Abbas As part of israels strategy of bolster ing the palestinian Leader follow ing Hamas takeover of the Gaza strip last Israel also has transferred More than million in Frozen tax funds to and pledged to ease travel restrictions on palestinians in the West we want to use every Means that can strengthen the Moder ates within the palestinian a to encourage them to take the path that we believe can Cre ate conditions for the Start of meaningful Olmert said in a televised statement at the opening of the Israel is holding some palestinian the prisoner release would be the first since february when Israel freed 500 in a similar move aimed at bolstering who had just won election As palestinian Olmert said none of the prison ers have blood on their hands israeli terminology for people involved in deadly Cabi net ministers approved the re lease by a vote of 18 to govern ment spokesman David Baker the participants said Olmert wants the release to be More than israeli Media said olm Ert Over the weekend had rejected a list dominated by people who were scheduled to be released soon and ordered a new list to be drawn after the june 25 Summit in israeli officials had pledged a Quick but the move has been delayed because of wrangling Over who should be the palestinians have urged is Rael to release some of the most prominent including Marwan a top official in Abbas Fatah movement who is serving life sentences for involve ment in five Israel has rejected Calls for Barghouti though olm Ert has said the prisoners will come from Abbas Fatah move Israel is interested in strength ening a moderate who favors peace following Hamas violent takeover of the Gaza strip last official bag of Cash hidden in office not a crime Buenos Argentina Argentina Economy minister said saturday she committed no crime by hiding a bag stuffed with in Cash in her office police conducting a routine Security Check found the Brown bag containing the Cash in a bathroom Cabinet inside Felisa mice Lis offices at the Economy and a Federal investigator is now probing the i made a it was a Blunder but i committed no Miceli explaining that she borrowed most of the Cash from her brother in order to buy a House in the she said she had taken the Money to her office for safekeeping on june 4 and did not manage to put it in a safety Deposit Box before police discovered it late last this was a it could even have been negligence but i am certain i have committed no declared adding that she was clarifying the source of the funds at the request of pres ident Nestor the ministers opponents Are calling for an exhaustive investigation ahead of the 28 presidential from the associated press Coulot Lonj