Extracts. In a Letter to Bush, Chinese Pupils Call for No Hurting of Innocent. Children from the Chengbei Primary School of Suining City, Sichuan Province, lately wrote a letter to US president Bush about the "9.11" accident, calling for no hurting of the innocent during attacks on terrorism. Around 9 o'clock on September 11, the US's 110-storied landmark-World Trade Center were destroyed by terrorist attacks and meanwhile, the Pentagon was engulfed in big fire. "The accident caused many deaths and injuries of innocent people and we are very much grieved to see that. As young citizens of China we would like to send our deep sympathy and greetings to all people who were hurt and injured", pupils say in their letter. "We feel so sad to see such beautiful buildings being knocked down. Especially people working in the towers, maybe they were considering to more get clothes prepared for their parents or children as it is turning cold, or perhaps they were writing home to say they were safe and sound¡- when disaster befell! We hate those terrorists' evil conducts and our condolences for those perished in the tragedy!" "Mr. President, we support your sieges on terrorists and evil people who broke the peace, but it's not our wishes to see innocent people being hurt and more children lose their parents to become orphans!" We are schoolchildren from China and our teachers and parents have been teaching us to be kind and gentle, and our favorite bird is pigeon, a symbol of peace. We hope children the world over will lead a life that has no wars and no discrimination, pupils say. In the end pupils wish the President a best health and hope the American people will lead a happy life and remain friends of the Chinese people for generations to come. **** Pakistan's Musharraf Hopes Early End to US Attacks. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday in Islamabad that most people in the country wanted an early end to US-led campaign against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban for sheltering terrorism suspect Osama bin Laden. "One would like to say that certainly a majority of the people are against the operation in Afghanistan, they would like to see this operation to be terminated as fast as possible and that is what I would urge the coalition -- to achieve the military objectives and terminate the operation," Musharraf told a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. "However the majority of the people of Pakistan are with my actions," he said. Musharraf said he hoped that the military strikes against Afghanistan would be short and met their objectives soon. **** India, Pakistan Troops Exchange Fire Through Night. Indian and Pakistani troops fought a fierce gunbattle through Monday night across the frontier in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir even as Washington asked the nuclear rivals to cool tensions. A senior security official said on Tuesday troops exchanged heavy fire along the border in the state's southern Jammu region. "Tensions are high but the borders have been quiet since daybreak," he said. The official said he was waiting for detailed reports of an earlier incident on the border on Monday in which the army launched heavy mortar fire at Pakistani posts in the same region to stop cross-border infiltration. Islamabad said one woman was killed and 25 people wounded in the earlier incident of firing by Indian troops but India said the reports of firing on Pakistani civilians were baseless. The fighting between the South Asian foes comes as US Secretary of State Colin Powell begins talks on Tuesday with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad while US-led strikes continued in neighbouring Afghanistan. Powell is due to arrive in New Delhi later on Tuesday for talks with Indian leaders. **** U.S. Admits Errant Bombing of Red Cross. The Pentagon acknowledged that U.S. bombs accidentally hit warehouses in Kabul used by the International Committee of the Red Cross. A Navy F/A-18 Hornet dropped 1,000-pound bombs on the warehouses, the statement said. A Pentagon statement released Tuesday night said the Red Cross buildings were among a series of warehouses targeted because U.S. forces believed the Taliban was using them to store equipment and military vehicles had been seen nearby. ``U.S. forces did not know that ICRC was using one or more of the warehouses,'' the statement said. Red Cross officials have protested the bombing and said that the warehouses, holding wheat, blankets and shelter materials, had the organization's symbol painted on their roofs. The Pentagon statement said the U.S. military regrets any innocent casualties and tries hard to strike only military targets. Earlier, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer raised the possibility that anti-aircraft fire from the ground could have been responsible. **** APEC Ministerial Meeting Opens in Shanghai. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2001 Ministerial Meeting opened Wednesday morning at the Shanghai International Convention Center. Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan and Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Shi Guangsheng co-chair the meeting, attended by ministers and representatives in charge of foreign affairs and trade from the APEC's 21 member economies. 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