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Suicide bomber among two arrested in Quetta
Two more die of dengue in Lahore
Dengue: Shahbaz announces to set up field hospital
Islamabad: Donors' conference for flood victims today
Security Council to meet Monday on Palestinian bid
Yemen: 18 killed in clashes in Sanaa
US stocks mixed after brutal week of selling
G20 fail to ease tensions in markets
Dollar weakens against euro after two-day rally
India shrugs off China warning on oil exploration
Turkey enforces arms embargo against Syria
Residents flee as NTC troops probe Gaddafi hometown
Iran says in talks with Russia on new nuclear plant
FIFA bans Caribbean official Klass for 26 months
Vettel fastest in Singapore GP practice

Suicide bomber among two arrested in Quetta

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According to details, police arrested a suspected suicide bomber who was standing near an Imam Bargah on Alamdar Road. During interrogation he disclosed about his accomplice who was also arrested by the law enforcement agencies from Hazarganji. Police also recovered explosives from the arrested terrorists and shifted them to some undisclosed location.

Two more die of dengue in Lahore

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According to details, 42-year-old Rukhsana of Mian Mir Colony was admitted at the Services Hospital seven days ago where she died on night between Friday and Saturday. She was mother of three. Meanwhile, 22-year-old Ayaz Bhatti of Gulshan Ravi also lost fight against dengue at the Services Hospital. The number of deaths due to dengue in the past two days has jumped to 11 while the death toll from the disease has climbed to 79 in the city.

Dengue: Shahbaz announces to set up field hospital

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The Punjab government has announced to set up a field hospital in Lahore for dengue fever. Addressing a seminar on dengue fever at the Alhamra Hall in Lahore, Shahbaz Sharif said that Punjab government is utilizing all resources to tackle dengue fever. He said that government alone cannot fight war against dengue and contribution from all segments of society is needed.

Islamabad: Donors' conference for flood victims today

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Sources informed Dunya News that the international donors  conference will be attended by representatives of various international financial institutions. Ambassadors and representatives of friendly countries have also been invited to the conference. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will appeal to international donors in Islamabad today to provide relief to flood victims. National Disaster Management Authority officials will brief the participants about devastating floods in Sindh and Balochistan.

Security Council to meet Monday on Palestinian bid

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The UN Security Council will meet Monday afternoon to discuss a request by the Palestinians to admit the state of Palestine as a full UN member, the council s current president said Friday. Lebanon s ambassador to the United Nations, Nawaf Salam, told reporters he had handed over the Palestinian application to the 14 other members of the Security Council after receiving it from UN chief Ban Ki-moon. "I have circulated the letter and I have called a meeting of the members of the UN Security Council for consultations on this subject on Monday at 3:00pm (1900 GMT)," Salam said. The issue is now likely to take weeks of negotiations with the United States already having threatened to impose its veto if it goes to a vote. To pass the Palestinians would need to harness the support of nine out of the 15 members of the UN Security Council. Six council members have already thrown their weight behind the Palestinians: China, Brazil, India, Lebanon, Russia and South Africa. Other members have not revealed their decision, including Bosnia, Britain, France, Germany, Gabon, Nigeria and Portugal. Colombia has said it will abstain.

Yemen: 18 killed in clashes in Sanaa

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Fierce clashes between security forces loyal to newly returned Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and dissident tribesmen killed 18 people in the north of the capital on Friday, the opposition said. "Eighteen people were killed and 56 wounded" in the fighting in the north Sanaa district of Al-Hasaba, said Al-Sahwa.net, the news website of Yemen s Islamist main opposition party, Al-Islah (Reform) which is headed by influential businessman Hamid al-Ahmar. The armed tribesmen fighting Saleh s security forces were loyalists of dissident tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, Hamid s brother. The exchanges intensified late on Friday and explosions were heard across the neighbourhood, residents said. The shelling was coming from the interior ministry building and the Ahmar family compound, the residents said. The fighting raged in Sanaa for a sixth straight day despite truce calls from Saleh on his return from a three-month stay in neighbouring Saudi Arabia for treatment for wounds sustained in a June 3 bomb attack on his palace. As the fighting raged, state television broadcast appeals from the under-fire interior ministry for Saleh loyalists to refrain from marking his return with celebratory gunfire. Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar heads the powerful Hashid tribal confederation, which in March ended its support for Saleh -- also a Hashid member -- and joined protests demanding his ouster. The tribes wield huge influence in impoverished Yemen and the Hashid confederation alone is capable of rallying and financing thousands of heavily armed fighters.

US stocks mixed after brutal week of selling

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US stocks bounced between gains and declines Friday, but did little to wipe out heavy losses from a brutal week of selling or ease the fears that hammered the market. Traders have been racked by growing fears that the economy is headed for another recession. Europe appears no closer to solving the debt crisis that threatens some of its biggest banks. US political leaders are in another standoff over spending that could force the government to shut down. Shares opened slightly lower, but turned positive in the first half-hour of trading. Later they bounced between small gains and losses. At 12:48 p.m. (1648 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average rose 4 points to 10,738. The Standard & Poor s 500 index rose 5, or 0.4 percent, to 1,134. The Nasdaq composite index rose 17, or 0.7 percent, to 2,472. Even with the gain, the Dow and the S&P are down more than 6 percent for the week. Recession fears and concerns about Europe s debt crisis led traders to abandon all investments that carry risk from stocks to corporate bonds to commodities. Until Friday, shares had fallen every day this week. John Merrill, chief investment officer at Tanglewood Wealth Management in Houston, said Friday s respite might not last. "Nothing goes in a straight line, even markets that are declining steeply," he said. Merrill said the market was moderating as traders bought shares that looked like bargains after the week s selling. But he said the problems that have weighed on stocks for months now show no sign of letting up. Bargain-seekers "bring some stability into the market for a day or two, until they ve used up their buying power, then the macro issues surface again" and volatility returns to the market, he said. The Dow has fallen more than 15 percent since its recent peak on July 21. It fell below its 2011 closing low of 10,719, reached Aug. 10, several times Friday morning. Treasury yields rose slightly from record lows reached Thursday as the calmer stock market reduced traders  hunger for lower-risk bets such as Treasurys. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.78 percent from 1.73 percent late Thursday. Demand for Treasurys drives their prices higher and their yields lower.

G20 fail to ease tensions in markets

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Stock markets in Europe and the US recouped some of their previous day s hefty losses Friday but investors remained skeptical about whether the world s leading economies will come up with a coordinated plan to shore up the global economy. Fears over another recession in Europe and the US contributed to Thursday s slide, which prompted the finance ministers of the Group of 20 leading developed and developing economies to say they will work together to stabilize markets. Their pledge to "take all necessary actions to preserve the stability of the banking systems and financial markets" and to make sure banks have the cash they need to pay their day-to-day expenses, helped cushion markets from a repeat of Thursday. But investors will be looking for more during the weekend meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. "I think many in the markets are no longer reassured by platitudes, we want to see action and not just words more walking the walk and less talking the talk," said Louise Cooper, an analyst with BGC Partners. "The G20 communique was more eloquent on the problems facing the world than the solutions to be found." In Europe, France s CAC-40 closed up 1 percent at 2,810.11 while the DAX in Germany rose 0.6 percent to 5,196.56. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares ended 0.5 percent higher at 5,066.81. Wall Street pushed higher too the Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.1 percent at 10,745 while the broader Standard & Poor s 500 index rose 0.5 percent to 1,134. Despite the modest gains Friday, the worries are piling up for investors: a U.S. Federal Reserve warning earlier this week that the American economy is in significant difficulty, a raft of downbeat European and Asian economic indicators, and the continued concern over Greece s debt. "The markets are eagerly awaiting a resolution or at the minimum, a more rigid strategy to reduce Greece<s debt liabilities," said Giles Watts, head of equities at City Index. Bank stocks have led the way down in recent days as investors fret over their potential exposure to the debts of Greece. Those fears have become more acute as the markets increasingly price in the likelihood of a Greek default.

Dollar weakens against euro after two-day rally

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The dollar had risen nearly 1.5 percent against the euro since Tuesday, as demand for the US currency increased on fears about the global economy. At one point, the euro fell to $1.3384 Thursday, its lowest level since Jan. 18. Finance ministers from 20 leading economies, who are meeting Friday in Washington DC, tried to calm markets ahead of their meeting saying that they are strongly committed to stabilizing the global economy. But with no economic data expected in the United States, the dollar traded in tight ranges against most currencies. In afternoon trading Friday, the euro edged up to $1.3489 from $1.3469 late Thursday. The British pound rose to $1.5464 from $1.5353. The dollar was practically unchanged at 76.39 Japanese yen from 76.40 Japanese yen. The dollar fell to 0.9043 Swiss franc from 0.9085 Swiss franc and to 1.0287 Canadian dollar from 1.0302 Canadian dollar.

India shrugs off China warning on oil exploration

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Shrugging off Chinese warnings, India s state-run oil firm ONGC said on Friday it would press ahead with long-term partner Vietnam in exploring the disputed South China Sea for oil. The plans have stoked concerns that the exploration could exacerbate tensions between fast-growing neighbours China and India, who fought a brief, bloody war in 1962 over their disputed Himalayan border. China has repeatedly said it has "indisputable sovereignty" over essentially all of the South China Sea, a key trading route, and that Beijing is opposed to any country engaged in oil and gas exploration there without its permission. But India insists the area ONGC wishes to explore is well within Vietnam s territorial waters. "We will proceed with drilling at our block (in the South China Sea) on a schedule established according to our technical convenience," a senior Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) executive said, asking not to be named. He added India s foreign ministry had told ONGC the area where the oil firm wished to explore was "very much inside Vietnam s territory." ONGC is expected to resume drilling next year at one of its two blocks in the mineral and fuel-rich South China Sea, where Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei also have claims. The Indian statement came a day after Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said oil and gas exploration activities carried out by a foreign company without the approval of China were illegal and invalid. India, worried about encirclement by Chinese interests in the South Asian region, has been cooperating with Vietnam since the early 1990s as part of its "Look East policy" aimed at expanding ties with its eastern neighbours. "This (oil exploration) is one important area of cooperation with Vietnam and we would like this area of cooperation to grow," India s foreign affairs spokesman Vishnu Prakash said earlier this month. India s oil exploration projects in two Vietnamese blocks in the South China Sea were in line with "international laws," he added.

Turkey enforces arms embargo against Syria

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Turkish prime minister says Turkey has notified the Syrian government that it is enforcing an arms embargo against Syria and has stopped a Syrian-flagged ship. Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Friday that if there are such shipments through the air or the land, then Turkey would also "stop and confiscate them, as in the past." Erdogan did not elaborate on the Syrian ship s status or when or where it was stopped. Turkey has slapped sanctions against Syria for its brutal crackdown on the country s uprising. Erdogan said Wednesday that Turkey is coordinating its efforts with the US.

Residents flee as NTC troops probe Gaddafi hometown

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The fighters of Libya s interim government probed the city s eastern outskirts in anticipation of a final assault on one of the fallen leader s two remaining bastions. A commander of National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters near Sirte said pro-Gaddafi forces were targeting residents even as they fled, with a fighter killed and a packed family car destroyed when their convoy was hit. NATO said it was nearing the "final phase" of its air war in Libya, a day after warplanes struck just one target in an intense bombing campaign that has lasted six months. And a commander of the new regime said a captured general loyal to Gaddafi had said the fugitive Libyan leader was secretly moving around in the southern desert. One month to the day since Gaddafi s compound fell to rebels in Tripoli, the campaign to take Sirte and the ex-Libyan leader s other principal remaining bastion of Bani Walid was on hold for another day. But commanders and fighters said they had probed the city s eastern outskirts without resistance. "Our fighters are in control of the eastern gate of Sirte," commander Ahmed Zlitni from the operations centre said. "They are two kilometres (1.2 miles) ahead of the gate and holding positions there. Technically we can say that we entered Sirte from the east," Zlitni said, adding that the fighters "did not face any resistance" when they crossed. "Three to four brigades have entered through the eastern gate," confirmed commander Mohammed al-Marimi. Asked why NTC fighters were delaying a final assault on Sirte, commander Osama Muttawa Swehly said: "We re trying to get the families out. "We are averaging between 400 to 500 cars a day. We are basically trying to starve (the Gaddafi forces) out." He said one escape convoy had come under fire from anti-aircraft guns, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. "One fighter was killed and one family car was destroyed," he said, with an unknown number of occupants also presumably killed. "We are giving the families every chance to get out. Once that stream turns into a trickle then stops, then it will be time to act," he added.

Iran says in talks with Russia on new nuclear plant

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Iran is in talks with Russia to build a second nuclear plant in the Islamic Republic, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday. "There are conversations now ongoing with the Russians to provide this," he told reporters at a press conference, adding "but they are very general conversations." Iran, accused by Western nations of seeking to develop a nuclear weapon, is under four sets of UN sanctions for refusing for years to bow to international demands to rein in uranium enrichment. But ahead of his address to the annual UN General Assembly, Ahmadinejad said Iran would halt production of low-enriched uranium, which can be a stepping stone to produce atomic weapons, if the West gives it the material in return. "If they give us the 20 percent enriched uranium this very week, we will cease the domestic enrichment of uranium of up to 20 percent this very week. We only want the 20 percent enrichment for our domestic consumption," Ahmadinejad told  The New York Times .

FIFA bans Caribbean official Klass for 26 months

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FIFA banned Caribbean football official Colin Klass for two years and two months on Friday for his part in a bribery scandal involving former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam. Klass was found guilty of three breaches of FIFA s code of ethics, including confidentiality rules and not disclosing "evidence of violations of conduct." "The FIFA Ethics Committee, under the chairmanship of Claudio Sulser, has today decided to ban Guyana FA president Colin Klass from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of 26 months," FIFA said in a statement. FIFA expelled Klass through October 2013 and also fined him 5,000 Swiss francs ($5,500). He can appeal. Klass will lose his seat on FIFA s futsal and beach soccer committee and the presidency of Guyana s football federation, which he has led since 1989. FIFA is investigating another 15 Caribbean officials it suspects were offered or accepted $40,000 cash payments to back bin Hammam s challenge to FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Bin Hammam was banned for life by a FIFA ethics panel in July and lost his appeal last week. He has said he will challenge FIFA s verdicts at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. FIFA is expected to hear the remaining Caribbean cases next month, including that of Guyana FA general secretary Noel Adonis. Klass was the only one of the 16 Caribbean football leaders to be suspended pending a hearing after FIFA cited "consideration of the specific information received on this matter."

Vettel fastest in Singapore GP practice

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Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel signaled he is on course to clinch the title this weekend by setting the fastest time in Friday s practice sessions for the Singapore Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver was two tenths of a second quicker than Ferrari s Fernando Alonso in the second session, with McLaren s Lewis Hamilton third fastest as the top three teams dominated. Ferrari s Felipe Massa was fourth quickest around Marina Bay, with Red Bull s Mark Webber fifth and Mercedes  Michael Schumacher sixth. Jenson Button s second session came to an end early after he failed to negotiate a turn and unable to select reverse gear was forced to leave his McLaren car parked on the circuit. Vettel leads the championship by 112 points and if he gathers 13 points more than his closest rival Alonso on Sunday, then he would have successfully defended his title with five races to spare. "I feel it s a weekend where we have a good car, looks like it s a competitive car to be able to fight for the podium," Vettel said. "We still have to make adjustments overnight and do our homework." While Vettel was not prepared to be too bullish looking ahead to Sunday, Hamilton acknowledged that Friday s performance shows the German will again be hard to beat. Alonso said Ferrari s good pace on long runs and the fast rate of tire degradation on the bumpy and abrasive street circuit should benefit his team. "We may have an opportunity," Alonso said. Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi collided with one of the concrete barriers that hems in the tight street circuit, snapping the front right suspension. Force India s Adrian Sutil was seventh fastest while his teammate Paul di Resta had little running due to a brake and hydraulic problem that had his car being rebuilt for much of the session. The Sauber pair of Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi were eighth and ninth on the timesheets, with Button in 10th.

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