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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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Zardari for steps to end loadshedding

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>President Asif Ali Zardari chaired a high level meeting at the presidency to discuss the loadshedding issue and expressed his displeasure over power outage during Sehri and Iftari timings. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Federal Finance MinisterDrAbdul Hafeez Sheikh, Federal Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain and the secretaries of the departments.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Federal Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar briefed the meeting about power crisis. President Asif Ali Zardari directed the concerned ministry to take all possible steps to end loadshedding.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Hanif Abbasi booked in ephedrine quota scandal

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) booked Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Hanif Abbasi for acquiring illegal quota for 500kg ephedrine. The FIR in this regard was lodged ANF regional headquarters in Rawalpindi.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Talking to Dunya News, Hanif Abbasi termed the case a conspiracy and vowed to prove his innocence in the court.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In another development, Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Division Bench, hearing ephedrine quota case on Monday, extended the interim bail of Ali Musa Gilani and Makhdoom Shahabuddin till August 6.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Missing persons: Special committee to present report today

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>The meeting of the special cabinet committee, formed by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to probe missing persons issue, was held at the Parliament House. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The committee reviewed the interim report and decided to submit it the Supreme Court today. The meeting was attended by Law Minister Farooq Naek, interior secretary, law secretary and other officials.<br />&nbsp;</p>


US beat Hungary in Olympic water polo opener

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Maggie Steffens scored seven goals in her Olympic debut to lift the United States past Hungary 14-13 in the teams&nbsp; opener at the London Games.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Despite a team full of veterans, it was the 19-year-old Steffens who led the way with sharp shooting from outside for the Americans, who are looking to win their first ever gold in the event.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The U.S. has finished on the podium at every Olympics since the women&nbsp;s game debuted in 2000, taking home a bronze in 2004 and silver in 2000 and 2008.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With seven players back from the Beijing squad, the Americans are the gold medal favorite in London along with rival Australia.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The win Monday against Hungary puts the U.S. level with Spain at the top of Group A.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Olympics: Federer, Williams sisters in golden form

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Roger Federer underlined his desire to win Olympic singles gold with a demolition of Julien Benneteau Monday, while Serena and Venus Williams followed his example with equally dominant displays.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Federer and the Williams sisters have a remarkable 17 Wimbledon singles titles and 38 grand slam crowns between them in their illustrious careers, and the trio showed their class as they marched into the last 16.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>World number one Federer needed three sets to win his first match against Alejandro Falla, but the newly re-crowned Wimbledon champion took the express route Monday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over France&nbsp;s Benneteau in just 58 minutes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Serena, who like Federer is aiming to follow her latest Wimbledon success with a first singles gold medal, swept through to the last 16 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Urszula Radwanska.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And Venus, a singles gold medallist at the Sydney Games in 2000, demolished Italian ninth seed Sara Errani 6-3, 6-1 in a first round match rescheduled due to Sunday&nbsp;s heavy rain.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Federer admitted he had struggled with the extra pressure of representing Switzerland at the Games after Saturday&nbsp;s opening match against Falla.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But he was far more convincing display against Benneteau to book a last 16 tie against Uzbekistan&nbsp;s Denis Istomin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Serena, 30, defeated Radwanska&nbsp;s older sister Agnieszka in three sets to win her fifth Wimbledon title this month and the American fourth seed had no intention of seeing her campaign derailed by a family vendetta on Court One.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Serena finished with eight aces and 26 winners in her one hour and 13 minute victory and she will now play Russia&nbsp;s Vera Zvonareva, whom she beat in the 2010 Wimbledon final, in the last 16.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Venus suffered her worst defeat at the All England Club since 1997 when she crashed out against Elena Vesnina in straight sets in the first round last month.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That was the first time Venus had lost in the opening round of a grand slam since the 2006 Australian Open and provided further evidence of the American&nbsp;s struggles with Sjogren&nbsp;s syndrome, an auto-immune disease.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But the three-time Olympic gold medallist has always been a fighter and she is determined to emulate her singles success at the 2000 Sydney Games.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 32-year-old made a mockery of the 60 places separating her from Errani in the WTA rankings as she crushed the world number nine in just 63 minutes to earn a clash with Canada&nbsp;s Aleksandra Wozniack for a place in the last 16.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Elsewhere on Monday, three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick defeated Slovakia&nbsp;s Martin Klizan 7-5, 6-4 to set up a second round clash with Serbian second seed Novak Djokovic.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Women&nbsp;s world number one Victoria Azarenka also advanced to the last 32 with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Romania&nbsp;s Irina-Camelia Begu.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Kim wins North Korea's 2nd weightlifting gold

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Kim Un Guk won North Korea&nbsp;s second weightlifting gold medal at the London Olympics on Monday, setting a world record total of 327 kilograms in the men&nbsp;s 62-kilogram division.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oscar Figueroa Mosquera of Colombia got the silver medal while Eko Yuli Irawan of Indonesia took bronze.<br />World champion Zhang Jie of China missed the podium, finishing in fourth place.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Kim did a victory dance already after the snatch, where he lifted 153 kilograms in his third attempt, equaling the world record and setting a new Olympic high mark.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Zhang only managed 140 kilograms in the snatch, failing two attempts at 145, putting him virtually out of reach of the gold medal heading into the clean and jerk.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Kim solidified his lead by clearing 170 kilograms in his first clean and jerk, before loading the barbell with 174 kilograms, with the aim of breaking Zhang&nbsp;s world record total of 326 kilograms. He succeeded in his last lift, sending the crowd roaring in the ExCeL center.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Russia edges Britain in women's Olympic water polo

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Evgeniya Ivanova scored a late breakaway goal to give Russia a 7-6 win over Britain and spoil the host nation&nbsp;s Olympic debut in women&nbsp;s water polo.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With the game deadlocked at 6-6 late in the fourth quarter, Ivanova broke away on the counterattack, raced down the pool and then rose up high in the water to fire past Britain goalkeeper Rosie Morris.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Russia, the only European country to compete in water polo at every Olympics since the women&nbsp;s game debuted in 2000, joins Australia at the top of Group B with the victory Monday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Angie Winstanley-Smith scored three goals for Britain in front of loud, partisan crowd at the water polo venue.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Mansur Isaev wins men's 73K Olympic judo gold

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Isaev defeated the current world champion, Riki Nakaya of Japan, in a close-fought final that saw both competitors struggling to pin each other to the ground.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 25-year-old Isaev was seventh at the world championships last year.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Earlier in the day, Isaev beat top-ranked Wang Ki-chun in the semifinals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The bronze medals were won by Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal of Mongolia and Ugo Legrand of France.</p>


Netherlands beat India 3-2 in Olympic hockey

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Netherlands beat eight-time Olympic champion India 3-2 in the opening match of the men&nbsp;s field hockey at the Olympics on Monday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Australia skipper Jamie Dwyer scored a hat-trick to help his No. 1-ranked side defeat South Africa 6-0, and still was not satisfied with his team&nbsp;s performance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Netherlands pulled ahead of India early after Roderick Weusthof scored from a penalty corner. Robert van der Horst scored next to help his side end the first half 2-0 ahead.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>India, which dominated men&nbsp;s hockey for almost half a century but has been in a slump for years, started the second half strongly with forwards Dharamvir Singh and Sarvanjit Singh finding the net in the 45th and 48th minute to level the scores.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mink van de Weerden scored a winner for the Netherlands.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Australia encountered little resistance from the South Africans.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;It opened up a little bit in the second half and we capitalized with a few goals,&quot; Dwyer said. &quot;Overall it was a pretty good result, but we weren&nbsp;t thorough enough in a lot of areas and we need to improve.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I had two (penalty) strokes in there so you are meant to score those goals. I&nbsp;m glad I executed the two strokes properly and the penalty corner rebound, so overall very happy to get my name on the score sheet,&quot; Dwyer said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Earlier, You Hyo-sik scored both goals as South Korea beat New Zealand 2-0.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the day&nbsp;s final match, host nation Britain overpowered Argentina 4-1.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Olympics: China stretch medal haul

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>China stretched their lead at the top of the Olympic medal table on Monday, bagging three more golds, as Games organisers moved to quell anger over empty seats.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After a stellar opening weekend which saw them snaffle six titles, China scored wins in artistic gymnastics, diving and women&nbsp;s weightlifting to take their total to nine.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>China&nbsp;s men&nbsp;s gymnasts had endured a disastrous qualifying round but swept back to form to win the all-round team event and retain the gold medal won in Beijing four years ago.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But the biggest cheers were reserved for Britain&nbsp;s gymnasts, who finished with a bronze -- the hosts&nbsp; first medal of any colour in the team event since the 1912 Games in Stockholm.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Britain had initially finished in the silver medal position before being relegated into bronze as Japan moved up to second after an appeal, with Ukraine dropping out of the medals altogether.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Elsewhere, Li Xueying set two new Olympic records as she crushed her rivals on the way to clinching gold in the women&nbsp;s weightlifting -58kg class.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 22-year-old recorded a combined total of 246kg after snatching 108kg and registering a best in the clean and jerk of 138kg. Both the snatch and total were Olympic records.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>At the Aquatics Centre, China&nbsp;s Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan took advantage of a blunder by British duo Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield to win the 10m platform synchronised diving gold</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The British duo had been on course for the host nations&nbsp; first gold until a messy dive from Waterfield let the Chinese teenagers back into the contest.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Chinese tallied 486.78 points ahead of Mexico&nbsp;s Ivan Navarro and German Sanchez, who took silver, and American bronze medallists David Boudia and Nicholas McCrory. Daley and Waterfield finished fourth.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>China&nbsp;s swimmers will look for more gold in the swimming pool later Monday with Sun Yang aiming to follow up his 400m freestyle gold in the 200m final, where he faces Ryan Lochte of the United States in a strong field.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chinese teenager Ye Shiwen was forced to defend herself against doping suspicions aired in the media following her world record-breaking gold medal in the 400m medley at the weekend.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 16-year-old insisted she was clean after Monday&nbsp;s 200m medley heats, where she outpaced the rest of the field by nearly two seconds.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;There is no problem with doping, the Chinese team has a firm policy so there is no problem with that,&quot; Ye said, when asked about her times.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The International Olympic Committee&nbsp;s medical commission chief Arne Ljungqvist also leapt to Ye&nbsp;s defence, calling the speculation around the youngster&nbsp;s performances &quot;sad.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;For me, it is very sad that an unexpected performance is surrounded by suspicions,&quot; he told a briefing.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Gold medal favourites Ding, Li into quarters

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Favorites Ding Ning and Li Xiaoxia of China reached the quarterfinals of women&nbsp;s singles on Monday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Top-seeded and defending world champion Ding defeated Jiang Huajun of Hong Kong 4-1 on Monday, and No. 2 Li had an easy 4-1 victory against Park Mi-young of South Korea.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Chinese men also moved on easily with the top two going through to the fourth round. Play in the fourth round was set for later Monday, which will set the men&nbsp;s quarterfinals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Top-seeded Zhang Jike defeated Bora Vang of Turkey 4-0, and No. 2 Wang Hao won 4-1 against Werner Schlager of Austria.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>China&nbsp;s 1.3 billion people are all expecting four gold medals in what is China&nbsp;s national pastime. So far, so good with the finals coming Wednesday and Thursday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 22-year-old Ding could be a new star, following three famous Chinese women who each won four gold medals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Zhang Yining won four gold medals in the last two Olympics. Wang Nan won hers in three Olympics 2000, 2004, 2008. And Deng Yaping started the string with four in 1992 and 1996.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ding is the new generation of Chinese athletes. She likes to talk, smiles and laughs easily and even lets reporters test a few words of Mandarin. She does the same in English.<br />And she seems frank.<br />&nbsp;</p>


Swiss Olympic team expels player for racist tweet

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Switzerland footballer Michel Morganella has been sent home from the Olympics after racially abusing South Korea&nbsp;s players on Twitter, team officials confirmed on Monday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Morganella had directed an offensive jibe at South Korea&nbsp;s players after Switzerland&nbsp;s 2-1 defeat to the Asian giants on Sunday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Michel Morganella has discriminated against, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korean football team, as well as the South Korean people,&quot; said Switzerland Olympic team chef de mission Gian Gilli.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;While the committee felt that Michel had been provoked on his Twitter account and that he has publicly apologised, the Swiss Olympic Committee and Swiss Football Association condemn Morganella&nbsp;s actions to the fullest.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In a post on Twitter that was later deleted, Morganella wrote: &quot;I am going to batter the Koreans, burn them all... bunch of &nbsp;trisos&nbsp;.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Trisos&nbsp; is a French slang word for people born with Down&nbsp;s Syndrome.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Morganella, a 23-year-old defender who plays his club football in Italy with Palermo, made the remarks after Switzerland&nbsp;s defeat to Korea.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Morganella&nbsp;s early departure from the Olympics makes him the second athlete to pay the price for a Twitter-related offence.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was kicked out of the Olympics last week for a racist comment on the micro-blogging site which poked fun at Africans living in the country.<br />&nbsp;</p>


UN chief tells Syria to stop violence

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday singled out Syria&nbsp;s government for censure, telling it to halt its violent crackdown on the dissidents and rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad&nbsp;s regime, and denounced an armed attack on a convoy carrying the military chief of the UN observer mission.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ban noted that his peacekeeping chief, Herve Ladsous, recently went to Syria where he &quot;called on the government to end its use of heavy weapons and demonstrate the commitment to ending the armed violence. Government officials have repeatedly said they would honor these commitments. We are still waiting for them to act.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;The government is adding to its brutal crackdown by attacking heavily populated areas with fighter aircraft and helicopters. The armed opposition groups have also stepped up their attacks,&quot; Ban told reporters on his return from an overseas trip.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The UN&nbsp;s military observer force in Syria has been sidelined by the violence and lack of political will in the Security Council. Ban said that more than a dozen armored vehicles used by the military observers have been destroyed by blasts and shelling, and a convoy carrying the general heading the force was targeted on Sunday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Yesterday, the convoy of Lt. Gen. (Babacar) Gaye was attack by armed attacks. Fortunately there were no injuries,&quot; Ban said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>UN spokesman Farhan Haq added later that the UN had learned that the five-vehicle convoy was hit by small arms fire Sunday in Talbisa,17 kilometres (10 1/2 miles) away from Homs. Two of the five vehicles were hit by bullets.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The UN observer mission&nbsp;s latest 30-day mandate is due to expire in August, and the United States, Britain and France do not want to see it extended under these circumstances.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;It&nbsp;s important, again, that the Syrian government must fully cooperate with the UN mission and must cease these violent measures. We are deeply concerned that they are using all kinds of heavy equipment, including military airplanes, attack helicopters and heavy weaponry This is an unacceptable situation. Every day, more than 100 people are being killed. This cannot go on this way. Therefore I have been urging ... Syrian authorities and opposition forces to stop fighting, and leave it to political resolution, through political dialogue.&quot;<br />&nbsp;</p>


US and Turkey to 'accelerate' Syria transition: White House

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by telephone Monday &quot;to coordinate efforts to accelerate a political transition in Syria,&quot; the White House said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This &quot;would include the departure of (Syrian leader) Bashar al-Assad and be responsive to the legitimate demands of the Syrian people,&quot; the statement said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obama and Erdogan shared their concerns over the Syrian regime&nbsp;s crackdown on opposition &quot;and the deteriorating humanitarian conditions throughout Syria as a result of the regime&nbsp;s atrocities.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Both promised to coordinate efforts to help the growing numbers of Syrians displaced by the violence within Syria or forced to flee over the border to take refuse in Turkey or other nations in the region.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The statement said US and Turkish teams &quot;would remain in close contact on ways that Turkey and the United States can work together to promote a democratic transition in Syria.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ankara has become a champion of the uprising against Assad&nbsp;s Syrian regime and has given refuge to large numbers of army defectors, who have formed the kernel of a rebel army, as well as tens of thousands of civilian refugees.<br />&nbsp;</p>


2 bombers, 3 others killed in Nigeria violence

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<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Attacks targeting authorities in two major cities of Nigeria&nbsp;s troubled north have left two suspected suicide bombers dead and killed three others, authorities said Monday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Simultaneous suicide bomb attacks Monday in the major northwestern city of Sokoto also killed a civilian and a police officer, said the regional police chief, Assistant Inspector General of Police Mukhtar Ibrahim. One of the bombers struck a compound containing a police station and regional police offices, he said, while another attacked a police station about two miles (four kilometers) away.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>An injured man at Specialist Hospital Sokoto, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said he saw a car race into the main gate of the compound. He said he was on a bicycle when the blast went off, the impact threw him from the bike, and he hurt his hand in the fall.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Police sealed off roads leading to both police premises soon after the blasts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Motorcycle-mounted gunmen later shot at a third police station in another part of the city, said Sokoto state police spokesman Sani Dahiru. He could not immediately say how many gunmen there were, or whether there had been casualties.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The twin explosions and drive-by shooting come as Nigeria faces an increasing threat from a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There has also been a spate of recent attacks targeting uniformed officers, some of which have been blamed on the sect.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Three gunmen killed a shoe-shiner Monday morning outside an uninhabited house belonging to Nigerian Vice President Namadi Sambo in the north central city of Zaria, said Kaduna state police spokesman Abubakar Balteh. He said the house had been under renovation and that the man was near policemen who had been guarding the construction site.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rioters had burned down that same house during postelection violence that swept across northern Nigeria after April 2011 presidential polls, Balteh said.<br />&nbsp;</p>


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GB win men's team gymnastics bronze

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GB win bronze in men's team gymnastics after being downgraded from silver - the first Olympic medal for the team since 1912

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