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Woman among two killed in Karachi violence

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>According to details, a dead body has been recovered from Furniture Market in Aran Bagh area. Police said the deceased was kidnapped and afterwards killed by torture.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A woman was killed in Sarjani Rozi Goth area when she offered resistance in a robbery attempt. The deceased was identified as 35-year-old Haseena while some unidentified persons opened fire in Sarjani and injured two people.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Meanwhile, police have caught a dacoit red-handed while he was busy in looting a petrol pump in Sir Syed Town. Police also recovered arms and a stolen motorcycle from his possession.<br />&nbsp;</p>


PPP will win next general elections too: PM

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday said that the government would ensure holding of free, fair and transparent elections in the country, which was the only way to strengthen democracy. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Pakistan People&rsquo;s Party and its allies will again emerge victorious in the next general elections with the support of masses, he said while addressing the notables from Gujjar Khan at an Iftar dinner here the Prime Minister House. The Prime </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Minister said all the state institutions were vital and the PPP gave them due respect. Prime Minister Ashraf thanked the PPP leadership and allied parties for nominating him for the slot of premiership and assured that the PPP would continue to take along its allies.<br />&nbsp;</p>


ISI chief to leave for US on August 1

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>The head of Pakistan&nbsp;s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General Zaheer ul-Islam, will hold talks in Washington on August 1-3 with his CIA counterpart, a military statement said, with drone strikes expected to be a major issue.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is the first time in a year that the chief of the Pakistan military&nbsp;s powerful ISI will make the trip, signalling a thaw in relations after US troops found and killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Lieutenant General Zaheer ul-Islam, who was appointed in March, &quot;will visit USA from 1st to 3rd August. This will be a service-to-service bilateral visit,&quot; the statement said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;He will meet his counterpart General David Petraeus, director CIA.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The short statement gave no other details, but a senior Pakistani security official earlier said that the pair would discuss counter-terror cooperation and intelligence sharing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Islam would also demand an end to US drone attacks against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, and again ask for the means for Pakistan to carry out the attacks instead, the security official said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It had been expected that Islam would visit the US in late July. It was not immediately clear why that trip did not happen.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Islamabad has been increasingly vocal in its public opposition to the drones. Pakistan&nbsp;s leaders had quietly approved initially but now say they are a violation of sovereignty and insist they fan anti-US sentiment.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>US officials are understood to believe the attacks too important to give up, although the number declined as relations between the nominal allies plunged to their lowest in a decade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But on July 3 Islamabad agreed to end a seven-month blockade on NATO supplies travelling overland to Afghanistan after the United States apologised for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in botched air strikes last November.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The resumption of NATO traffic has been temporarily suspended over fears of Islamist attacks.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Fencer Di Francesca wins gold in foil

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<p><br /><br /><br /><br />Elisa Di Francisca won an Olympic gold medal in fencing&nbsp;s individual foil Saturday, beating Arianna Errigo 12-11 in extra time of an all-Italian final.<br />Di Francisca, who was the 2010 world champion, upset top-ranked Nam Hyun-Hee of South Korea by the same score in the semifinals.<br />In the other semifinal, Errigo beat three-time defending champion Valentina Vezzali 15-12, denying her Italian teammate a change to become the first female athlete to win individual gold at four consecutive Olympics.<br />Vezzali won a tense battle for bronze 13-12 against Nam.<br />The 38-year-old Vezzali won gold at every Olympics since 2000. With another gold medal, she would have equaled the record held by three male athletes sailor Paul Elvstrom of Denmark, discus thrower Al Oerter and long jumper Carl Lewis, both of the United States.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Sun wins China's first Olympic gold in pool

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sun Yang became the first Chinese Olympic men&nbsp;s swimming champion with victory in the 400m freestyle final in a near-world record time at the London Games on Saturday.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sun, 20, swept past South Korean defending champion Park Tae-Hwan at the final turn and surged home to win gold in three minutes 40.14 seconds.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He missed out on German Paul Biedermann&nbsp;s 2009 world record by just 0.07secs.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sun, the 1500m freestyle world record holder, who trains in Australia under Grant Hackett&nbsp;s former coach Denis Cotterell, was too strong for Park, who tumbled to his first defeat by the Chinese star in international competition.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It was a compelling tussle between the two young Asian superstars with 22-year-old Park under world record pace before he was burnt off by Sun.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sun was in tears as he spoke of his triumph to reporters.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;The feeling is very nice, it&nbsp;s beautiful,&quot; Sun said. &quot;It&nbsp;s a big dream come true for me.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I have to (say thank you) to my coach, my parents, my friends and all the people that help me.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Because it&nbsp;s the Olympic Games, I felt a little bit nervous at the start, then at the end, I felt that I could get a medal.&quot;<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sun went into the final with the top-ranked time of 3:42.31 and almost two seconds faster than Park&nbsp;s best this year.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Last year he smashed Australian Hackett&nbsp;s decade-old 1500m record at the Shanghai world championships in 14:34.14.<br />Park, who was reinstated to the final on appeal after being disqualified for a false start in winning his morning heat, finished in 3:42.06 while American Peter Vanderkaay in 3:44.69.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I swam really well, it was a little bit of a pity that I came second,&quot; Park said.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I really regret losing my Olympic title, but there was a lot going on for me this morning, so I feel a little bit bad.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;There was a problem with my start this morning, but it was solved.<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I swam as well as I can, I have no regrets about this morning.&quot;<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Park was aiming to become only the third swimmer, and the first non-Australian, to retain his crown in the 400m event, after Murray Rose (1956/1960) and Ian Thorpe (2000/2004).<br />&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He brought South Korea its first Olympic gold in swimming in the 400m four years ago in Beijing.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Lochte wins 400 IM in blowout; Phelps finishes 4th

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ryan Lochte turned his much-anticipated duel with Michael Phelps into a blowout, pulling away to win the Olympic 400-metre individual medley by more than 3 seconds Saturday night. Even more stunning: Phelps didn&nbsp;t win any medal at all.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After barely qualifying for the evening final in a performance that hinted at trouble ahead, Phelps struggled to a fourth-place finish and was denied his 17th career Olympic medal. When it was done, he could barely pull himself out of the pool.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;It was just a crappy race,&quot; Phelps said. &quot;I felt fine the first 200, then I don&nbsp;t know. They just swam a better race than me, a smarter race than me, and were better prepared than me. That&nbsp;s why they&nbsp;re on the medal stand.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Lochte took the gold with a time of 4 minutes, 5.18 seconds. Brazil&nbsp;s Thiago Pereira (4:08.86) settled for silver, while Japan&nbsp;s Kosuke Hagino (4:08.94) claimed the bronze beating Phelps by a fairly comfortable 34-hundredths of a second for the last spot on the podium.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It was the first time since the 2000 Sydney Games, when Phelps was a 15-year-old unknown who qualified in just one event, that he didn&nbsp;t win at least a bronze in an Olympic race. Since then, he was 16-of-16 14 golds and two bronzes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Lochte climbed out of the pool with a big smile, waving to the crowd and looking about a fresh as he did at the start. He had predicted this would be his year and, for the first race of the Olympics at least, he was right on the mark.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I think I&nbsp;m kind of in shock right now,&quot; he said. As for Phelps, &quot;I know he gave it everything he had. That&nbsp;s all you can ask for.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Phelps was trying to become the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three straight Olympics. He&nbsp;ll have three more chances at a threepeat before he&nbsp;s done in London, having also won the 200 individual medley, plus the 100 and 200 butterfly, at Athens and Beijing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But this was shocking, totally out of character for a swimmer who won six gold medals in Athens, then a record eight in Beijing to break Mark Spitz&nbsp;s Olympic record.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Olympics: China's Ye breaks world record to win 400m medley

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<p><br /><br />Chinese youngster Ye Shiwen unleashed a withering burst to claim Olympic gold in the women&nbsp;s 400m medley in world record time on Saturday.<br />The 16-year-old overwhelmed American world champion Elizabeth Beisel to win the final in four minutes 28.43 seconds to cap a glittering night for China in the pool following Sun Yang&nbsp;s victory in the men&nbsp;s 400m freestyle.<br />Ye put in a storming final freestyle leg to shatter the previous record of 4:29.45, set by Australian Stephanie Rice en route to gold at the Beijing Games four years ago.<br />So supercharged was Ye&nbsp;s finish that she powered under the world record on the back of a 28.93sec final lap to leave her rivals in her wake.<br />Beisel finished with silver in 4:31.27 with Ye&nbsp;s teammate Li Xuanxu taking the bronze in 4:32.91.<br />Defending champion Rice trailed in sixth in 4:35.49 with British hope and world silver medallist Hannah Miley fifth in 4:34.17.<br />&quot;I think under the circumstances, it proves I am not fit enough to back up two top-class swims, I didn&nbsp;t really cruise through the heats,&quot; said Rice.<br />&quot;I am disappointed, I can&nbsp;t deny that. I put in a solid swim, just the time wasn&nbsp;t good enough.&quot;<br />A long-term shoulder injury, which requires treatment after every training session, has hampered the 24-year-old Rice&nbsp;s preparations for the defence of her two Olympic medley titles.<br />Miley accepted her defeat before a cheering home crowd in good grace.<br />&quot;I&nbsp;m feeling all right. Most of the media are expecting me to be depressed and down and in tears,&quot; Miley said.<br />&quot;I know it wasn&nbsp;t the result that the (British) public wanted, which was a medal, but that was something that they decided to put on themselves, to that expectation of me.<br />&quot;For me, my target was to try to give the best performance that I could, and I can honestly say that I gave that absolutely 100 percent.&quot;<br />&nbsp;</p>


Wang wins Olympic weightlifting gold for China

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wang Mingjuan of China secured the first gold medal of the London Olympics weightlifting competition, winning the women&nbsp;s 48-kilogram title Saturday with a total weight of 205 kilograms.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The four-time world champion dominated the competition, snatching 91 kilograms and lifting 114 kilograms in the clean and jerk. Despite being a top level lifter for a decade, the 26-year-old had never competed in the Olympics due to injuries which ruled her out of Athens and Beijing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>China won eight weightlifting gold medals four years ago in Beijing, and the team is expected to dominate the medal tally once again in London, though it is likely to face stiffer challenges from Russia this time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I hope this medal will provide encouragement for the rest of the team,&quot; Wang told reporters.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Japan&nbsp;s Hiromi Miyake finished second and Ryang Chun Hwa of North Korea got the bronze.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Medal favorite Panida Khamsri of Thailand bombed out after three failed snatch attempts at 81 kilograms.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Miyake, whose uncle and father finished first and third in the 1968 Olympics, trailed Wang by 4 kilograms in the snatch and fell further behind in the clean and jerk, finishing with a total of 197 kilograms.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Her father and coach Yoshiyuki Miyake politely shook her hand before rubbing her silver medal with his hands in front of a mob of Japanese photographers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The snatch is performed in one motion while the clean and jerk is a two-part lift where the competitor first raises the bar to shoulder level and the pushes it overhead.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ryang was in sixth place after lifting only 80 kilograms in the snatch and was in danger of missing the medals after failing her first clean and jerk attempt. But the North Korean recovered and secured a spot on podium by with a powerful 112-kilogram clean and jerk in her final attempt.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That was just enough to push Thailand&nbsp;s Sirivimon Pramongkhol off the podium with a weight difference of 1 kilogram.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Olympics: Federer survives scare after Serena shines

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wimbledon champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams took contrasting routes into the second round on the opening day of the Olympic tournament at a revamped All England Club on Saturday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While Serena produced a polished display in a brutal 6-3, 6-1 demolition of Serbia&nbsp;s Jelena Jankovic, Federer was made to sweat before finally beating Colombia&nbsp;s Alejandro Falla 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 on Centre Court a few hours later.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Federer appeared to be cruising to victory in his first match since defeating Andy Murray to win a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon crown.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But the world number one allowed Falla back into the match after wasting three match points in the second set and was pushed hard by the world number 51 in the decider before sealing a tougher than expected win on his fifth match point.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Two years ago, Federer had to come back from two sets to love down to beat Falla in the Wimbledon first round.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Federer will face France&nbsp;s Julien Benneteau in the last 32 in a rematch of their third round clash at this year&nbsp;s Wimbledon when the 30-year-old Swiss star again had to come from two sets down to win.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It was much easier for five-time Wimbledon winner Serena, who was cheered on from the players&nbsp; box by US First Lady Michelle Obama.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Williams ended a two-year Grand Slam title drought with her Wimbledon final victory over Agnieszka Radwanska 21 days ago and the American fourth seed, who plays Urszula Radwanska in the second round, looks in the mood to add Olympic singles gold to the two doubles titles she won with sister Venus.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The genteel surroundings of Wimbledon have a well-earned reputation for a rather sedate atmosphere, but there was a sense the famous old venue has let its hair down for the Olympics, which are back in south-west London for the first time since 1908.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A concert by British band the Pet Shop Boys on Henman Hill opened the event, and all the courts were decked out in the purple Olympic livery, while players were allowed to break the Wimbledon tradition of wearing all-white and instead donned the colours of their nations.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Former Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych was the first big name to tumble in the men&nbsp;s singles as the Czech sixth seed lost 6-4, 6-4 to Steve Darcis, an unheralded Belgian ranked 75th in the world.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Serbia&nbsp;s Janko Tipsarevic defeated former Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-3, 6-4, while John Isner, the 6ft 9in American 10th seed, won his little and large battle with Olivier Rochus, defeating the 5ft 6in Belgian 7-6 (7/1), 6-4.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the women&nbsp;s singles, Belgium&nbsp;s Kim Clijsters enjoyed her first taste of the Olympics as the four-time Grand Slam champion moved into the second round with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Italy&nbsp;s Roberta Vinci.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 29-year-old next faces world number 45 Carla Navarro Suarez of Spain, who enjoyed a shock 3-6, 7-5, 10-8 victory over Australian fifth seed Samantha Stosur.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Petra Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, had to dig deep to defeat Ukraine&nbsp;s Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, while former world number one Caroline Wozniacki battled back to beat Britain&nbsp;s Anne Keothavong 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But Chinese 10th seed Li Na slumped out, losing 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 against Slovakia&nbsp;s Daniela Hantuchova.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Denmark defeats Sweden in Olympic handball opener

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Three-time Olympic champions Denmark defeated Sweden 21-18 in their Group B opening match at the London Games, boosting the Beijing silver medalists&nbsp; confidence in their quest for gold this time around.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The teams were neck-and-neck throughout their first ever meeting at the Olympics until Denmark scored four goals in the final minutes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Denmark will next play South Korea, which defeated Spain 31-27 in the another Group B match on Saturday.<br />South Korea pulled ahead early to 8-3 and ended the first half with a comfortable 16-12 lead.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Spain, which won bronze in Beijing, struggled to fend off its opponent&nbsp;s fierce attacks led by Eun Hee Ryu, who scored nine goals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In Group A, Brazil edged Croatia 24-23 after scoring four consecutive goals to gain a comfortable lead 10 minutes before the end of the match.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In another Group A match, Russia defeated Angola 30-27.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Russians are gold favorites in London. They dominated the game, although the Angolans managed to equalize 23-23 early in the second half. Russia regrouped to wrap up the match with Liudmila Postnova becoming the top scorer with five goals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Later Saturday, defending Olympic champions Norway will open against France in Group B and hosts Britain will play against Montenegro in Group A.<br />&nbsp;</p>


US, Brazil win in women's Olympic football

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Gold-medal favorite United States, host Britain and Brazil qualified for the quarterfinal stage of women&nbsp;s Olympic football Saturday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The US beat Colombia 3-0, Britain cruised past Cameroon 3-0 while Brazil needed a late goal to win 1-0 against New Zealand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>US midfielder Megan Rapinoe opened the scoring for the Americans in the 33rd after receiving a pass from forward Alex Morgan. Rapinoe curled a shot from 20 yards and it was too high for Colombia goalkeeper Sandra Sepulveda to get her hands to.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The United States dominated possession in the first half and could have added more, but Colombia&nbsp;s defense did just enough to keep the Americans at bay. Colombia also caused some problems for the US, but conceded possession over and over again in threatening positions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the second half, the US ramped up the pressure and scored two goals. Abby Wambach was sandwiched between two defenders in the penalty area and she was able to slide the ball past Sepulveda in the 74th. The goal made Wambach the all-time leading scorer in Olympic play for the Americans with six goals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Carli Lloyd scored a third in the 77th. The Americans now have six points in Group G from two matches, while the Colombians have zero.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Britain advanced to the next round by beating Cameroon with goals from Casey Stoney in the 17th, Jill Scott in the 22nd and Stephanie Houghton in the 81st. Britain sits second behind Brazil in Group E on goal difference with six points.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Brazil looked as if it would have to settle for a scoreless draw against New Zealand in Cardiff, but Cristiane&nbsp;s winner in the 86th secured a second straight victory for the South Americans in Group E. Her high shot just made it into the net as New Zealand defenders scrambled to try keep to keep it out. Brazil&nbsp;s win was the polar opposite of its first match, when it crushed Cameroon 5-0.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The South American team, which is going for a first major trophy in women&nbsp;s football, now has six points from two matches, with New Zealand on zero points.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>World champion Japan was held to a 0-0 draw by Sweden, which now tops Group F ahead of the Japanese on goal difference with four points. Japan had numerous chances, but Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl kept the game scoreless with several key saves, especially in the second half in Coventry.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sweden created few chances in the second half, with Lotta Schelin&nbsp;s effort stopped by Fukumoto in the 70th and substitute Kosovare Asllani heading wide of the goal three minutes later.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the second match in Coventry, Canada beat South Africa 3-0 with two goals from Christine Sinclair. Melissa Tancredi also scored. Canada is third in Group F with three points, one point behind both Japan and Sweden. The two best third-place teams advance to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams in each group.<br /><br />&nbsp;</p>


US, Russia, win women's Olympic openers

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>The United States struggled against Olympic newcomer Croatia before pulling away for a 81-56 victory Saturday to kick off its bid for a fifth straight gold medal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Earlier, American-born Becky Hammon scored eight straight points down the stretch to help her adopted nation of Russia rally for a 58-53 victory over Canada on the opening day of Olympic women&nbsp;s basketball.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Trailing 50-40 with six minutes left, Russia closed the game with an 18-3 run led by Hammon. Anna Petrakova hit a 3-pointer and a lay-in to get the spurt started. Then Hammon took over, after struggling in the first three quarters of the Group B game.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>China beat the Czech Republic 66-57 and Turkey routed Angola 72-50 in the Olympic debut for both teams in the Americans&nbsp; Group A.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Americans won their 34th consecutive Olympic contest, but were even behind at one point against Croatia, a team that has never played a major tournament before and which missed its first 14 shots.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Tina Charles and Candace Parker each had double-doubles and Angel McCoughtry provided a spark off the bench to help the Americans run away in the fourth quarter.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The US, which has dominated its opponents en route to the last four gold medals, only led 53-49 early in the fourth quarter before a 16-0 run put the game out of reach.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>McCoughtry finished with 13 points. Charles had 14 points and 10 rebounds; Parker finished with 11 points and 13 boards.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Jelena Ivezic scored 22 points and Marija Vrsaljko added 19 for Croatia.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hammon is playing in her second Olympics for Russia, the European champions. The South Dakota native became a Russian naturalized citizen before the Beijing Games and helped Russia win the bronze there. Because she hadn&nbsp;t played for the United States in any major FIBA-sanctioned international events, she is allowed to compete for Russia in the Olympics.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And she delivered when Russia needed her most.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Her layup with 2:35 left tied the game at 50. She followed 30 seconds later with a basket that gave Russia its first lead since early in the opening quarter. Hammon then scored another layup that made it 54-51 with 1:06 left. She capped her own run with another layup.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Canada couldn&nbsp;t make another basket the rest of the way and couldn&nbsp;t stop Hammon.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Canada returned to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years after earning the final spot in the women&nbsp;s field. Despite the loss, the team wasn&nbsp;t discouraged.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Canada qualified for the Olympics for the first time since 2000 after finishing fifth in the pre-Olympic qualifier earlier this month.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Russia is missing its star center Maria Stepanova, who is out with a knee injury.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Gunmen kill five Iraqi women from same family

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>The women were killed at a house in Al-Shuhada area of Samarra, north of Baghdad, after iftar, the meal in which Muslims end their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan, a police lieutenant colonel said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The source said the gunmen were targeting the older woman&nbsp;s husband, Hamid Majid, who is the director of a school in Samarra, but that he was not there at the time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A medical source at Samarra hospital said it had received the bodies of five women who had been shot dead.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The latest violence comes after Iraq suffered a spike in unrest in June, when at least 282 people were killed, according to an AFP tally based on figures supplied by officials and medics.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Violence in Iraq has declined sharply from its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Eight killed in Barazil's private plane crash: firefighters

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>A private twin-engine plane crashed in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais Saturday, killing all eight people aboard, firefighters said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Beechcraft King Air B200GT, which took off from the Minas Gerais capital Belo Horizonte, exploded after it went down near the airport of Juiz de Fora, a city located 260 kilometers (160 miles) away, they told the media.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Press reports said the pilot made several attempts to land in foggy weather.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The victims included, in addition to the pilot and co-pilot, executives of the Vilma Alimentos company who were on their way to a business convention organized by the Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais, the reports added.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills 14

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus that erupted in western Uganda at the start of July has killed 14 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The latest outbreak was in the western Kibaale district, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) west of the Ugandan capital Kampala, and around 50 kilometres from the border with Democratic Republic of Congo,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;We have confirmed 20 people who have contracted the virus of which 14 have died,&quot; Joaquim Sewaka, WHO Uganda representative, told AFP.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sewaka said that teams from the Ugandan health ministry and the US government&nbsp;s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) had been dispatched to the area.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;The response is strong and we will try to set up quarantine points as soon as possible,&quot; Sewaka said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The rare haemorrhagic disease, named after a small river in DR Congo, killed 37 people in western Uganda in 2007 and claimed the lives of at least 170 people in the north of the country in 2000.<br />&nbsp;</p>


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