Karachi Bomb strikes Jinnah Hospital, 10 dead

Karachi : At least 10 people were killed and 50 others were wounded on Sunday after another bomb struck the Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital.

The blast took place at a time when the dead and the injured of Shahra-e-Faisal blast were being shifted to the hospital’s Emergency Ward.

According to source, the blast left more than 50 people injured.

The injured are new being rushed to other hospitals after the blast.

A large number of relatives of the first blast victims were present at the time of second blast.

Iran successfully fires satellite rocket: TV

Tehran : Iran successfully fired on Wednesday a home-built satellite rocket, Kavoshgar 3, carrying an 'experimental capsule,' state-owned Al-Alam television reported.

It gave no further details.

State television meanwhile showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiling a new home-built satellite carrier rocket, Simorgh.

The events are part of celebrations marking the 31st anniversary of the founding of the Islamic revolution.

The milk-bottle shaped rocket, emblazoned in blue with the words "Satellite Carrier Simorgh," is equipped to carry a 100-kilogramme (220-pound) satellite 500 kilometres (310 miles) into orbit, the television report said.
(AFP)