Film-maker bounty criticised WASHINGTON: The US has condemned a Pakistani minister’s offer of a bounty to kill the maker of an anti-Islam film. Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour offered $US100,000 for killing the film-maker of Innocence of Muslims. The US State Department condemned the bounty and the film. www.ntnews.com.au Tuesday, September 25, 2012. NT NEWS. 17 PUB: NT NE- WS- DA TE: 25-S GE: 17 C LO- R: C M Y K Get Foxtel with free * MyStar on a 6 month plan. Plus free* installation. Record a show - or a series at the touch of a button so they are ready when you are. Pause and rewind live TV - so you never miss a thing during your favourite shows. Remote record from anywhere - with the MyStar Guide App ^ for compatible mobile devices. ✔ ✔ ✔ ( o on n a 6 6 m mo o on nt h p pl a an n) Free * MyStar Short 6 month plan - we’ve waived the usual 12 month contract, giving you the freedom of Foxtel with no long-term commitment. 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The two countries have wrangled about the Japan-administered islands since the 1970s, but the row flared last month after pro-China activists landed on one of them. ntnews.com.aul l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l WORLD Baby giant panda dies WASHINGTON: The giant panda cub born a week ago at the National Zoo in Washington has died, zoo officials say. The cub was found dead after panda keepers heard sounds of distress from its mother, Mei Xiang, yesterday, zoo officials said. Staffers were able to retrieve the cub about an hour later. The cub appeared to be in good condition, and there were no outward signs of trauma or infection. Rescuers take an injured victim to base camp at Mt Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche swept away climbers Avalanche chaos KATHMANDU: Rescuers in Nepal are searching for seven missing climbers after an avalanche killed at least nine people, swept away in their tents ahead of a final push on one of the world’s highest mountains. Police said the group was near the top of the 8156m Manaslu, one of the world’s deadliest peaks, when they were hit by a wall of snow as they were sleeping overnight on Saturday. Four of the dead and three of the miss- ing are French, France’s nat- ional union of mountain guides (SNGM) said while mountaineering officials in Nepal said an Italian, a German, at least one Spaniard and a Nepali Sherpa had died. ‘‘Seven climbers are miss- ing. The rescue efforts were hampered due to bad weather yesterday. ‘‘They will resume this morning,’’ ministry spokes- man Gyanendra Shrestha said. Basanta Bahadur Kun- war, the local deputy police superintendent said, how- ever, that 13 people had been rescued alive. Meanwhile harrowing ac- counts of the avalanche be- gan to emerge from sur- vivors being treated in a Kathmandu hospital. ‘‘All of a sudden, there was darkness. I could imagine that we were buried under an avalanche,’’ Andreas Reiter, 26, of Germany, was quoted as telling the Hi- malayan Times from his hos- pital bed in the capital. ‘‘I witnessed one of the team members die.’’ SNGM vice-president Christian Trommsdorff described the French vic- tims as three mountain guides from the Chamonix area in the Alps and four of their clients, who were part of two expeditions. ‘‘The four dead have been identified by their photos and three are missing, as well as two injured who have been evacuated by helicopter to Kathmandu,’’ he said. The avalanche happened at around 7400m and carried away part of camp number three at 6800m. Among those reported missing was a doctor from the French-speaking Canad- ian province of Quebec, cardiologist Dominique Oui- met, the man’s sister said. Tied in Florida MIAMI: US President Barack Obama and chal- lenger Mitt Romney are loc- ked in a virtual tie in Florida, according to a Mia- mi Herald/Tampa Bay Ti- mes poll that indicates the Democrats’ convention buzz and the Republicans’ recent troubles haven’t al- tered the race in the biggest of battleground states. Mr Obama has 48 per cent support to Mr Rom- ney’s 47 per cent among li- kely voters — a lead well within the poll’s 3.5 per cent margin of error. ‘‘This race is still close in Florida,’’ said Brad Coker, who conducted the Mason- Dixon Polling & Research survey. ‘‘It’s very much a toss-up.’’ Swoop on suspect WELLINGTON: NATO forces in Afghanistan have captured a man they say was behind an attack that killed two New Zealand soldiers last month. The man was a senior weapons dealer and his cap- ture came after coalition forces combed the Bamyan province following a spike in attacks in the normally quiet province. Coalition spokesman Ma- jor Adam Wojack said the man would be handed over to Afghan authorities. There was a ‘‘strong possibility’’ more people would be captured. Lance Corporal Pralli Durrer and Lance Corporal Rory Malone, both 26, were killed and six wounded in a firefight on August 4.