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40 held in search operation in Karachi
No one can harm democracy in independent judiciary
Protesters, police clash in New Yorks Times Square
Wikileaks founder joins London anti-corporate rally
Gaddafi fighters mount fierce fight back in Sirte
US strike kills 11 Al Qaeda militants in Yemen
G-20 considers boosting IMF role in eurozone
Murray, Ferrer reach Shanghai Masters final
Kvitova, Cibulkova reach final at Generali Ladies
Choi takes outright lead in Malaysia
Golf: Cabrera-Bello edges ahead at Portugal Masters
Man City goes top after United draws at Liverpool
Real Madrid beat Betis 4-1 in Spain
Samuels and Simmons star in Windies series win
New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets

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According to details, heavy contingent of police and elite force launched the search operation after getting information of presence of alleged suspects in the area. Police have arrested at least 40 suspects during the search operation and shifted them to sone undisclosed location.

No one can harm democracy in independent judiciary

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Speaking during a reception arranged by Lahore High Court Bar, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that people expectations have increased after the independence of judiciary. He said that judiciary is not interested in interfering in other government institutions’ working but it can intervene if such a situation arises. He said judiciary takes action when other institutions cross their limits. He was of the opinion that judicial policy was made to maintain supremacy of law and to provided justice to the masses. The problems can only be solved if political parties and other institutions perform duties while remaining in their limits.  Chief Justice Lahore High Court and Lahore High Court Bar president Asghar Ali Gill also spoke on the occasion.

Protesters, police clash in New Yorks Times Square

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Police on horseback clashed with anti-corporate greed protesters Saturday in New York s famous Times Square during a global day of "outrage" against corporate greed. At least three "Occupy Wall Street" protesters were arrested after marching uptown, a witness said, while thousands of people converged on the major commercial intersection, divided by police barriers. Police arrested 24 other protesters earlier for trespassing at a Citibank branch, a New York Police Department spokesman said. Demonstrators also walked to Chase Bank in support of the 14,000 workers sacked by the lender in the wake of cutbacks made after a government bailout totaling $94.7 billion. Students, families with strollers and trade unionists, watched by a large police presence, marched towards Wall Street carrying placards, chanting: "We are the 99 percent," "We are the people" and "Mr Obama we need your support." The clashes took place at the corner of 46th Street and Seventh Avenue after day-long marches that began in the Financial District. Rowdy demonstrations also took place in dozens of countries. Mounted police pushed back protesters who were trying to enter Times Square. Dozens of panicked people then began to run and a woman fell down. She had face injuries and was swiftly carried away on a stretcher, an eye-witness said. Citibank said its branch staff had called police after a "large amount of protesters" entered the bank near Washington Square Park. In Washington, between 2,000-3,000 people assembled at the National Mall on the eve of the inauguration of a memorial to slain Nobel peace laureate Martin Luther King Jr. "We have bailed out the auto industry, and we should have. We bailed out Wall Street. Now it s time to bail out working Americans. That s what this is about," the civil rights leader s son Martin Luther King III told the crowd. Around 200 demonstrators in the US capital had earlier marched to a Bank of America branch, where they had planned to close accounts. But they were not allowed inside and the bank was hastily closed. In Miami, a city that rarely hosts mass demonstrations, at least 1,000 people marched downtown. The crowd included youth and retirees standing up against corporations, banks and war. No police could be seen as the group approached government buildings. Hollywood actor Sean Penn became the latest celebrity to offer his backing to Occupy Wall Street, a group of demonstrators who on September 17 took up residence in New York s Zuccotti Park and began their ongoing campaign that has since seen related protests sweep the globe.

Wikileaks founder joins London anti-corporate rally

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange joined about 800 people at a heavily policed rally in London s financial heart Saturday as part of world protests against corporate greed and budget cutbacks. The demonstrators, some of them masked, were pushed back by police as they marched from St Paul s Cathedral to the London Stock Exchange, situated around the corner from the famous landmark.  There were only minor scuffles with two people arrested, one for assaulting a police officer, a spokesman at Scotland Yard said. "The protest is largely peaceful," the spokesman added. Organisers in a group calling itself OccupyLSX were hoping for thousands of participants after some 15,000 people expressed support on Facebook and Twitter. Assange, flanked by bodyguards, got a warm reception from the demonstrators as he addressed them from the steps of the cathedral. He also spoke to media groups assembled from around the world. "One of the reasons why we support what is happening here in Occupy London is because the banking system in London is the recipient of corrupt money," he said. The marchers, bearing banners reading "Strike Back", "No Cuts" and "Goldman Sachs Is the Work of the Devil", were ringed by police cordons while mounted officers and vehicles also stood by. But the protest, to the sound of guitars and drums, was overwhelmingly peaceful and the cathedral remained open to visitors. After London s police were severely criticised for being caught out by the riots in August, they were clearly taking no chances Saturday and were out in force.

Gaddafi fighters mount fierce fight back in Sirte

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Moammar Gaddafi loyalists mounted a fierce counter-attack in the city of Sirte on Saturday, forcing back new regime fighters under a barrage of rockets and shelling. Fighters of the National Transitional Council (NTC) fled helter-skelter two kilometres (just over a mile) to the captured police headquarters in the Mediterranean city, one of Gaddafi s last holdouts. "Run, run, run" rang out from the retreating forces. After absorbing rocket fire and shells from NTC fighters in the morning and early afternoon, Gaddafi diehards now concentrated in two neighbourhoods -- the Dollar and Number Two -- unleashed their own barrage late afternoon. As Grad and other rockets, shells and machinegun fire rained down on them, NTC combatants, taken by surprise, quickly fled the positions on the edge of the two neighbourhoods that they had held since Friday night. Thick black smoke covered the two districts as rockets and shells smashed into buildings, setting some ablaze. In a provisional casualty toll issued before the breakout, medics at a field hospital on the western outskirts of Sirte said one person was killed and around a dozen injured on Saturday. "Gaddafi fighters are now concentrated in a small place but we can t enter all at the same time. We need a plan to defeat them," Omran Allahoyb, commander of a Misrata brigade, said before the pro-Gaddafi advance. "We can take this place in one day but I will lose 100 men," he said, adding that the best strategy would be to bomb the area of around 1.5 square kilometres (about half a square mile) into defeat. NTC commanders had earlier said they decided at a meeting to hold off on an all-out assault on the Dollar and Number Two districts in a bid to capture alive the top regime figures they believe are holed up there. "The resistance from the two neighbourhoods is high because we believe there are four to five important people inside," eastern front operations chief Wesam bin Hamaibi said after the meeting.

US strike kills 11 Al Qaeda militants in Yemen

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The United States has raised the tempo in its war against Al Qaeda in Yemen, killing 11 of the terror group s militants in the second, high-profile airstrike in as many weeks. The dead in the late Friday night strike included the son of Anwar al-Awlaki, the prominent American-Yemeni militant killed in a Sept. 30 strike. Yemeni officials on Saturday attributed the recent US successes against Al Qaeda to better intelligence from an army of Yemeni informers and cooperation with the Saudis, Washington s longtime Arab allies. The successes come even as Yemen falls deeper into turmoil, with President Ali Abdullah Saleh clinging to power in the face of months of massive protests. Saturday saw the worst bloodshed in weeks in the capital, Sanaa: At least 18 people were killed when Saleh s troops fired on protesters and clashed with rivals. Witnesses estimated up to 300,000 people joined Saturday s demonstrations, the largest in the capital in several months. "Everyone with interests in Yemen, including Al Qaeda and the Americans, is raising the stakes at this time of uncertainty" said analyst Abdul-Bari Taher. "The Americans are wasting no time to try and eliminate the Al Qaeda threat before the militants dig in deeper and cannot be easily dislodged." Also dead in the Friday airstrike in the southeastern province of Shabwa was Egyptian-born Ibrahim al-Banna, identified by the nation s Defense Ministry as the media chief of the Yemeni branch of the Al Qaeda.

G-20 considers boosting IMF role in eurozone

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The finance chiefs of the world s leading economies opened the door Saturday for the International Monetary Fund to play a bigger role in fighting the eurozone s escalating debt troubles. The Group of 20 rich and developing nations asked the IMF to propose ways that it could help stop countries under severe market pressure from toppling into a full-blown crisis with potential global repercussions. The move appeared aimed at Italy and Spain, the eurozone s third and fourth largest economies, which have seen their funding costs spike amid growing worries over the currency union s stability. The rest of Europe cannot afford to bail out Spain or Italy should they run out of money. Until now, the IMF has funded about a third of the bailouts of Greece, Ireland and Portugal, but helping the eurozone to stem contagion beyond those countries would require a broader use of resources that would go far beyond the fund s traditional role of providing rescue loans to cash-strapped governments. But while acknowledging that the IMF has a role to play in containing the continent s debt problems, G-20 ministers made clear Saturday that Europe must first come up with its own solutions. "Of course, even though the world has a big stake in Europe doing this effectively, Europe itself has the strongest interest," U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told reporters after the meeting. "I think they ve come to recognize that, if you underdo it, it s going to be more expensive." Eurozone ministers sketched out a plan to their counterparts on Saturday and have promised that it will restore confidence in Europe and its banks when they unveil it next weekend. At their Oct. 23 summit in Brussels, European leaders are expected to sign off on a scheme to maximize the impact of their €440 billion ($600 billion) bailout fund, a plan to recapitalize banks across the continent to ensure they can withstand worsening market turmoil, and a second bailout for Greece. Part of an effort to shore up shaky countries on the continent may include a bigger role for the IMF, too.

Murray, Ferrer reach Shanghai Masters final

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In-form Andy Murray is just one win away from a third straight title after crushing Japan s Kei Nishikori to seal a place in the Shanghai Masters final where he will face comeback king David Ferrer. The defending champion was overwhelming favourite going into the clash Saturday against 47th-ranked Nishikori and showed his superior class, coasting to a 6-3, 6-0 win in just 56 minutes at the Qi Zhong stadium. Earlier, Ferrer battled back from a set down for the third consecutive match to beat Feliciano Lopez 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-3 in an all-Spanish semi-final. World number four Murray, who will replace Roger Federer as number three if he wins Sunday s final, broke in the third game of the first set and again in the ninth to seal it 6-3. In the second set Nishikori had no answer to the 24-year-old Briton, who broke in the second game and then twice more in a stunning display of power. Murray said Ferrer, the world number five, would be a tough opponent in the final. "He s got a great attitude. He fights well right until the end in every single match. It s definitely a match where if I want to win, I m going to have to play very, very well." Second seed Murray, coming into the tie on a 13-match winning streak, including titles in Bangkok and Tokyo, won 96 percent of points on his first serve in the match. Despite his defeat, after his run in Shanghai 21-year-old Nishikori will become on Monday the highest-ranked Japanese male player ever. He is projected to move up to around number 32.

Kvitova, Cibulkova reach final at Generali Ladies

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Petra Kvitova rallied to beat former top-ranked Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Generali Ladies on Saturday to reach her sixth final of the season and first since winning Wimbledon. Kvitova, ranked a career-high fourth, will play Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia for the title. The seventh-seeded Cibulkova defeated Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 to reach her first WTA final in more than three years. "It will be a tough match, we know each other well," said Kvitova, who is 3-0 in career matches against Cibulkova, dropping just one set along the way. In the opening set against the third-seeded Jankovic, Kvitova struggled to find her rhythm and was broken twice. It was the first set she dropped this tournament. "I really had to fight, I found it difficult to keep my concentration," Kvitova said. "But every tournament has one match where things are not going your way from the start." Kvitova twice came back from a break down to take the second set and she used an early break in the third to close out the victory on her second match point. Cibulkova reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and semifinals at Den Bosch and Stanford this season, but last played a final in Montreal in 2008 and is yet to win a WTA event. "I played more aggressively today from the first point until the end," said Cibulkova, who needed three sets in all of her three previous matches this event. "I was serving really well today. I am happy with my form at the end of the year." Cibulkova dropped serve at 2-1 but broke back immediately and closed out the first set by winning 16 straight points. Cibulkova broke Safarova s serve again at 4-4 in the second set and served out the match with a love game.

Choi takes outright lead in Malaysia

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South Korea s Choi Na-Yeon took the outright lead over American Brittany Lang at the Sime Darby LPGA tournament in Malaysia after hitting a four-under 67 on Saturday for a total of 12-under 201. Entering Sunday s final round, Choi is one stroke ahead of overnight leader Lang, who dropped to second on 11-under 202 after carding a 69 on the third day. Spain s Azahara Munoz is a further stroke back after a four-under 68, while world number one Yani Tseng of Taiwan, South Korea s Park Se-Ri and American Stacy Lewis are on 10-under 203. Choi made five birdies at the US$1.9 million tournament where play was interrupted by rain for the second day running towards the late evening. Play was suspended for close to three hours, meaning the leading flight closed their rounds under the flood lights at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. Former major winner, Anna Nordqvist of Sweden equalled the course record with a sizzling six-under 65. But she missed the chance to break the record when she double bogeyed the last hole. The 2009 LPGA Championship winner s approach shot landed in the rough and she was addressing the ball when play was called off due to rain. The long delay clearly rattled Nordqvist and she took four shots to close out her round which dropped her to a tie for 15th spot on two-under 211.

Golf: Cabrera-Bello edges ahead at Portugal Masters

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Spain s Rafael Cabrera-Bello will take a one shot lead into the final round of the Portugal Masters on Sunday thanks to a third round eight under par 64 at Oceanico Victoria Golf Course. The 27-year-old, whose only European Tour title came at the 2009 Austrian Open, is on 18 under for the tournament and leads Sweden s Christian Nilsson and Chile s Felipe Aguilar by one shot. Overnight leader Simon Khan fired a 71 to be at 14 under, in a tie for eighth place and four shots off the lead. Cabrera-Bello carded five birdies, two eagles and one bogey in his round. "It felt really good, I ve been playing good the last few days," said the Spaniard. "My goal today was to try and do the same thing. The two eagles definitely gave me a big boost and I think I played pretty solid. "I did not make many mistakes. I ve been hitting my irons really good this week, hitting them close and giving myself lots of opportunities and I ve been able to make a few. Hopefully I can keep it up tomorrow. "I probably won t be leading tomorrow by the time I tee off so I need to perform well and try to hit a low round again." Former Saint Omer winner Nilsson is 89th on The Race to Dubai and knows his chances of reaching the Dubai World Championship could hinge on his final round showing. "It s a big week for me," he said. "I m trying to get into the Top 60, so I hope for another good day but you never know." Sweden s Peter Hanson and Denmark s Thomas Bjorn are just two shots off the lead on 16 under, Hanson carding a 64 and Bjorn - seeking his fourth win of the season - returning a 66.

Man City goes top after United draws at Liverpool

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Manchester City dismissed Aston Villa 4-1 on Saturday to move two points clear of city rival Manchester United at the top of the Premier League after the defending champions were held to a 1-1 draw at Liverpool. Mario Balotelli scored in the first half before Adam Johnson, Vincent Kompany and James Milner added goals after the break as City improved to 22 points two clear of United. With injured Argentina striker Sergio Aguero missing, Balotelli scored for the fourth consecutive game with an impressive overhead bicycle kick as City shrugged off the drama surrounding Carlos Tevez s future, while Edin Dzeko was confined to the bench for the second straight match. Stephen Warnock scored a consolation goal for Villa as City conceded for the first time this season at Eastlands, where the club knew a victory would take it top with United held in one of England s top derbies. The capacity 45,065 crowd at Anfield included two-time NBA MVP LeBron James, who watched Liverpool play live for the first time since becoming a minority owner of the club. James did well not to nod off in a first half when chances were sparse as United manager Alex Ferguson left Wayne Rooney out with the England striker "devastated" by a three-match Euro 2012 ban for kicking out at a Montenegro opponent in a 2-2 draw earlier this week. Steven Gerrard making his first start in seven months scored from a 68th-minute free kick before Rooney and Nani came off the bench to spur United. Javier Hernandez rescued a point with his 81st-minute header. City leads the league with 22 points from eight matches while United has 20. Chelsea stayed third and three points behind the leaders with a 3-1 win over Everton.

Real Madrid beat Betis 4-1 in Spain

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After an evenly matched first half, Madrid dominated the rest of the way as Higuain broke through early in the second half and Kaka soon doubled the lead at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Striker Jorge Molina pulled one back for Betis, but Higuain scored twice more in four minutes to secure the win. The 23-year-old Higuain has scored three hat tricks in 15 days two with the Spanish giants and one with Argentina and his eight goals this season ties him for the league lead with Barcelona s Lionel Messi. Madrid s third straight victory lifted it two points above Levante and Barcelona, which hosts Racing Santander later. Elsewhere, Tomar Hemed s injury-time penalty kick salvaged a 1-1 draw for Mallorca against visiting Valencia in the debut of coach Joaquin Caparros, while Villarreal drew 0-0 at Getafe as both teams continue to disappoint. France defender Adil Rami scored from a corner to put Valencia ahead in the 39th, but Hemed converted his third spot kick in two games to split the points in the 93rd after Mehmet Topal handled the ball in the area. Later, Atletico Madrid looks for its first win in three games as it plays Granada. In the Spanish capital, Kaka extended his return to form to again make Madrid s starting 11 alongside Germany playmaker Mesut Oezil, while Higuain got the nod over Karim Benzema, who returned to the squad after injury. Higuain, who had lost his starting job to Benzema, has found his scoring form after a back injury sidelined him for a large stretch of last season.

Samuels and Simmons star in Windies series win

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Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons cracked half-centuries to help the West Indies clinch the one-day series with an easy eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second match on Saturday. Samuels scored a brisk 88 not out and opener Simmons an impressive 80 as the West Indies achieved a 221-run target with more than seven overs to spare in the day-night match for an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-game series. The final one-dayer will be played in Chittagong on Tuesday. Simmons, who hit a century in his team s 40-run win in the opening match, added 71 for the opening wicket with Danza Hyatt (39) and 111 for the second wicket with Samuels to ensure the victory. Samuels smashed one six and 12 fours in his 74-ball knock for his second successive half-century, while Simmons hit three sixes and as many fours in his 125-ball knock. Bangladesh, reeling at 1-3 and then at 18-4 in the opening five overs after winning the toss, were earlier steadied by skipper Mushfiqur Rahim who hit a 109-ball 69 under pressure. West Indies paceman Kemar Roach and birthday boy Ravi Rampaul did the early damage when they took two wickets apiece in their opening spells. Wicket-keeper Rahim added 40 runs for the fifth wicket with Alok Kapali (20) and 57 for the next with Naeem Islam (30). The Bangladeshi captain hit one six and two fours before being caught by Samuels at deep square-leg off seamer Andre Russell while going for a big shot in the 40th over. Nasir Hossain scored a useful 54-ball 50 and Abdur Razzak contributed 25 off 19 balls to help Bangladesh cross the 200-mark. The hosts made a dismal start when they lost three wickets for just one run in the first two overs, with Roach taking two wickets in the space of four balls and Rampaul one. Fast bowler Rampaul, who turned 27 on Saturday, struck with his fourth delivery when he had opener Imrul Kayes caught by wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin for no score. Roach dismissed opener Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful in his opening over before Rampaul removed former skipper Shakib Al Hasan (12) to reduce the hosts to 18-4.

New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets

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New Zealand s disciplined bowling attack set the tourists on their victory path after restricting Zimbabwe to 123-8 inside 20 overs. Seamer Kyle Mills and spinner Nathan McCullum took two wickets each as New Zealand s attack kept Zimbabwe s batsmen off balance throughout. Captain Brendan Taylor top-scored for Zimbabwe with an unbeaten 50. In pursuit, openers Martin Guptill (40 not out) and Brendon McCullum (81 not out) immediately went on the attack, taking advantage of Zimbabwe s inaccurate bowling and poor fielding. The touring side romped home with 39 balls to spare. "We didn t play well at all, we were not even close to our best, we didn t hit the ground running today," Zimbabwe captain Taylor said. "Losing wickets regularly was always going to put us on the back foot. "We have put that match behind us now and look forward to a new game on Monday." Mills  accurate bowling was marked by good line and length as Zimbabwe struggled to score freely off him. He ended with figures of 2-15. He removed both openers, Hamilton Masakadza and Chamu Chibhabha, for 9 to peg back the hosts. First to go was Masakadza, who fell to a full delivery that was caught at mid off by Nathan McCullum. Chibhabha drove straight to Brendon McCullum. Forster Mutizwa, who scored 16, was Zimbabwe s second-best scorer as wickets fell at regular intervals. Zimbabwe s batting lineup was weakened after in-form top order batsman Vusi Sibanda pulled out of the team just before the start of the game after learning of the death of his mother. Former captain Tatenda Taibu also withdrew after injuring his finger while batting in the nets. The second and final game of the Twenty20 series is on Monday before three ODI matches and a one-off Test.

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