Dunya TV

Red Cross vehicle snatched in Karachi
Karachi: MQM delegation meets CM Sindh, Malik
UN council elections will change makeup
Protesting students interrupt Chile's Congress
One dead in Athens demonstration clashes
Oil prices fall after Gaddafi's death
IMF still revieving Greece's aid programme
Bombings in eastern Baghdad kill 3
US indicts Iranians in alleged Saudi plot
Pakistan urges US to 'give peace a chance'
Monfils downs Tomic to stay in ATP Final hunt
Bartoli, Tipsarevic advance at Kremlin Cup
Golf: Donald grabs share of early PGA lead
Asif blames no-ball on pressure from Butt
Taufiq Umar happy at fulfilling desire

Posted:

According to police sources, two unidentified motorcyclists, wearing helmets, snatched a vehicle of Red Cross from Block 13 D-1 of Gulshan Iqbal and fled away. The driver informed police that he was on his way to pick an officer of the organisation from his house when two motorcyclists intercepted him and snatched the vehicle at gun point. The SHO Police Station Gulshan Iqbal, Dost Muhammad said that check posts have been set up in the city and search is on to locate the vehicle.

Karachi: MQM delegation meets CM Sindh, Malik

Posted:

The MQM delegation comprised of Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghori, Adil Siddiqui, Dr Sagheer and Waseem Aftab met Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Qain Ali Shah and Interior Minister Rehman Malik. The sensitive issues of local government and collection of hides of sacrificial animals were discussed during the meeting The meeting, held at the Governor’s House also discussed overall political situation in the country.  The MQM presented proposals to the Chief Minister and Rehman Malik regarding peace in Sindh and particularly in Karachi, dealing with devastating floods in the province and strengthening of political alliance between PPP and Muttahida.

UN council elections will change makeup

Posted:

The UN Security Council s makeup of heavyweight members is being redrawn this week. Friday s annual election to choose five new Security Council members for rotating two-year seats on the UN s most powerful body is among the most competitive in years. Major regional players Brazil and Nigeria will be replaced by smaller countries, and there s the potential the new grouping may be less supportive of the Palestinian bid to join the United Nations. Pakistan hopes to return to the council alongside its archrival India. The only certain outcome is that Guatemala will replace Brazil; it s the only candidate for the Latin American slot.

Protesting students interrupt Chile's Congress

Posted:

The protesters have occupied the former Congress building in Santiago and are transmitting the situation live by webcam, urging other students to converge on the building, which housed Chile s congress before the 1973 military coup. Dozens of students and protesters in Chile interrupted a Senate committee meeting on Thursday to demand a popular referendum on how to resolve the country s social problems, especially education. Police are confronting crowds outside, where the group wants students to gather and march to the presidential palace. The protesters are holding signs calling for "Free Education." Their occupation comes only hours after riot police violently evicted protesters from the current legislature in Chile s port city of Valparaiso. Senate President Guido Girardi promised that the protesters would not be dislodged. Student protest leader Camila Vallejo arrived at the legislature. Striking students are demanding the government provide free public education for all students, not just the poorest. They also want state subsidies for private colleges reduced and the government to improve the quality of education. Talks with the center-right government President Sebastian Pinera broke off earlier.

One dead in Athens demonstration clashes

Posted:

A man died Wednesday in Athens after Greek anti-austerity demonstrations, police said, as hundreds of communist unionists battled anarchist protesters throwing firebombs for control of a key square in the capital. The man in his fifties died in hospital, police said, declining to speculate on the cause of death, but Greek media said he was wounded on the sidelines of a gathering of 50,000 people outside the Greek parliament. Media reports quoted the man s wife outside the hospital as saying that he had suffered head wounds during the clashes. But a hospital statement said the man did "not have any injuries" when admitted with "a flat cardiogramme". Doctors  efforts to revive him were in vain, the statement added. News of the death which was being investigated by the public prosecutor came as a bombshell as lawmakers were debating the latest anti-austerity legislation. Right-wing opposition leader Antonis Samaras accused the government of socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou of having "lost control of the situation" and a socialist deputy questioned the police strategy to quell the violence. At least 16 people were hurt in the clashes in Syntagma square near the parliament building, most of them suffering head injuries from stones, firebombs and other missiles, the health ministry said earlier. As tens of thousands joined anti-austerity demonstrations on the second day of a general strike, Skai television broadcast images of a captured communist being beaten by dozens of assailants in the square. Masked youths attacked with firebombs hundreds of communist unionists tasked with maintaining order during the Athens demonstration, which capped a 48-hour general strike called by unions against the government s economic policies. The communists counter-charged and pushed the attackers back, and the two sides began throwing stones at each other with the police initially keeping back.

Oil prices fall after Gaddafi's death

Posted:

Although it should take months for Libya s oil industry to recover and for the full impact to be felt on world markets. Oil fell $1.08 to $85.03 per barrel in New York on Thursday. At the pump, the price of gasoline was flat at about $3.47 a gallon. Before the Libyan civil war, Libya had exported 1.5 million barrels of oil a day, or 2 percent of global demand. When Libya stopped exporting most of that oil eight months ago, it helped push the price of oil to $114 a barrel. Oil has also become cheaper since then because of falling demand in a slowing global economy. Libya sits atop Africa s largest proven reserves of conventional crude. Before the civil war, it was the world s 12th-largest exporter, mostly to Europe. Analysts estimate it is currently producing close to 400,000 barrels per day. The major foreign oil firms that had operated in Libya before the start of the civil war, such as Italy s Eni SpA and Spain s Repsol, are starting to return and assess the situation. Even if little damage was done to the fields or the infrastructure, political uncertainty and security concerns will delay the industry s recovery. Analysts say it could be another year before the country hits its pre-war output. In a research note, Eurasia Group said expectations are that Libya s output could reach 600,000 barrels per day by the end of the year. The country relies on oil exports for the overwhelming majority of its foreign revenue.

IMF still revieving Greece's aid programme

Posted:

The IMF is in the process of completing the fifth review on whether to proceed with the next loan installment under the agreement, spokesman Gerry Rice said at a regular news briefing. The eight-billion-euro ($11-billion) tranche, under a rescue program financed by the IMF, the European Union and the European Central Bank, is seen as crucial for Greece to avoid running out of money to pay debts next month. Asked when the aid could be provided, Rice referred to a recent joint communique from the so-called "troika" of lenders, quoting "most likely in early November," contingent on the approval of eurozone authorities and the IMF executive board. There is no date for the IMF board meeting on Greece, he added. The troika granted Greece a 110-billion-euro bailout package in April 2010. Loan installments are provided under condition that Athens convinces EU and IMF auditors it is undertaking sufficient measures to bring its finances under control. The latest tranche was due in September, but has been delayed, and the Greek government has rushed to implement additional austerity measures to unlock the funds before it runs out of cash next month. The IMF s portion of the pending disbursement is 2.2 billion euros, with the 17-nation eurozone providing 5.8 billion euros. Rice refused to comment on reports of divisions between the IMF and European leaders, and among EU leaders themselves, over how to resolve the eurozone debt crisis, and the reported possibility that a EU summit on the matter, scheduled Sunday, may be postponed. A Greek newspaper earlier reported a disagreement between the EU and the IMF about Greece s long-term ability to pay its debt. According to the daily Kathimerini, "the IMF is maintaining a tougher stance vis-a-vis the Greek debt and how viable it could be" and wants a new economic adjustment program drafted, as it considers the EU s estimates "too optimistic".

Bombings in eastern Baghdad kill 3

Posted:

Iraqi officials say a triple bombing in the capital has killed at least three people. Police in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad say the first bomb exploded near a small restaurant Thursday evening. Minutes later another bomb went off near a police patrol that had just arrived at the scene, shortly followed by a third blast in the same area near bystanders and police. Police say 14 people were wounded in the attack. A hospital official in Sadr City confirmed the casualties. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren t authorized to brief the media. Violence has dropped dramatically in Iraq since the height of the conflict but attacks still happen regularly.

US indicts Iranians in alleged Saudi plot

Posted:

The indictment was in line with the initial complaint against Manssor Arbabsiar, who is in custody, and co-defendant Gholam Shakuri, who is at large, the prosecutor s office said. Iran has strongly denied any involvement in what the US says was a plot by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards  elite Quds force to kill the ambassador by hiring assassins from a Mexican drug cartel for $1.5 million. The federal prosecutor s office in Manhattan said that Arbabsiar would be arraigned in court on Monday. According to the indictment, he and Shakuri conspired to "kill the Ambassador to the United States of Saudi Arabia, while the Ambassador was in the United States." To set up the alleged hit, Arbabsiar allegedly arranged for the wiring of $100,000 to the United States as a downpayment, the indictment says. The two co-defendants are also accused of planning for a "weapon of mass destruction" to be used against the ambassador, creating "substantial risk of serious bodily injury to others by destroying and damaging structures."

Pakistan urges US to 'give peace a chance'

Posted:

Pakistani premier Thursday urged the United States to give peace a chance in the decade-long war on terror as Washington stepped up pressure on Islamabad to dismantle Taliban safe havens. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani s remarks came after talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who arrived on a two-day visit to Islamabad late Thursday. Gilani "called upon the US Secretary of State Ms Hillary Clinton to give peace a chance as envisaged in the All Parties Conference s resolution, which reflects the sentiments of the Pakistani nation," a statement issued by prime minister s house said. Pakistan last month closed ranks against increasing US pressure for action against the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, refusing to be pressured into doing more in the war on terror. Gilani brought together opposition leaders, members of his fragile coalition and military commanders in a rare "all-party conference (APC)" to forge unity in the latest showdown with Washington. The conference "recognised that there has to be a new direction and policy with a focus on peace and reconciliation.  Give peace a chance  must be the guiding central principle henceforth." The talks between Gilani and Clinton were "held in a cordial and frank atmosphere". "The Prime Minister reiterated the collective national view on the issue of peace in Afghanistan as articulated in the All Parties Conference s Resolution," the statement said. Gilani urged the US to not let the disagreements overshadow the the "strategic relationship". "Disagreements between the coalition partners in the war on terror should not undermine strategic relationship which is so vital for the promotion of mutual interests of the two countries," said Gilani. Clinton "recognised the importance of Pakistan in the context of peace and security in the region," the Pakistani statement said. She "appreciated the All Parties Conference s Resolution which she said was a right message from Pakistan to the world," it said. "I have too much respect for Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and for the country," it quoted Clinton as saying during the talks. The Pakistani side comprised foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, finance minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Army Chief General Asfhaq Kayani, Inter-Services Intelligence chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha and foreign secretary Salman Bashir. Clinton was joined by CIA chief David Patraeus, special envoy for Pakistan Marc Grossman, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey and lieutenant General Douglas Lute.

Monfils downs Tomic to stay in ATP Final hunt

Posted:

France s Gael Monfils stayed in the hunt for a place at the year-ending ATP World Tour Finals, coming from behind in the final set to defeat Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4 at the Stockholm Open on Thursday. The top seed, and last man standing in the leading four at the Kungligahallen, trailed by a break in the third set before breaking the teenage Australian for 4-all. He then sealed a 5-4 lead with his 18th ace, reaching the quarter-finals on his third match point. Monfils is competing for the first time in a fortnight after a knee injury suffered in Bangkok. He is one of the last possible contenders in the points race to reach the eight-man World Tour Finals in London from November 20, with a provisional place of 15th. The flamboyant French player has three more tournaments this season, giving him chances to rise in the table. Monfils will play South African sixth seed Kevin Anderson for a place in the semi-finals. Two-time finalist Jarkko Nieminen of Finland eased past third seed Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4. The exit of the Swiss in 71 minutes followed the defeat of fourth seed Juan Ignacio Chela, who was beaten by Bulgarian youngster Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.  Number two Juan Martin Del Potro was beaten on Wednesday in his opening match. Wawrinka, ranked 19th, suffered another year of bad luck in the Swedish capital after losing a year ago in the quarter-finals to compatriot Roger Federer.  He smashed a racquet near the end of his ordeal against Nieminen, a finalist in 2001 and 2006 and playing the event for the 12th consecutive year. The 73rd-ranked Finn will be competing in his second quarter-final in a month after reaching the last eight in Bangkok when he will face German Tobias Kamke, who beat Sebastian Rieschick 6-3, 6-1. Nieminen took victory with 22 winners and a dozen unforced errors, breaking Wawrinka three times. The Swiss fired 24 winners but committed 21 errors. Dimitrov, a 20-year-old tipped for a top career, admitted to a lapse against Chela after leading a set and 2-0.

Bartoli, Tipsarevic advance at Kremlin Cup

Posted:

Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia advanced to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup, rallying to beat Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday. Earlier, Marion Bartoli of France kept her chances of qualifying for the WTA Championships alive after she beat Ksenia Pervak of Russia 6-1, 6-1 in the second round. Kunitsyn, who won here in 2008, took the first set on a tiebreaker. But Tipsarevic, ranked 14th, jumped to 4-1 lead in the second set and won the next eight games to seal the match. He said the sixth game of the second set was the key to his victory. In Friday s quarterfinals, Tipsarevic will play sixth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Russia, who saved four set points in the second set and prevailed on a tiebreaker to beat Julien Benneteau of France 6-3, 7-6 (1). In earlier men s second-round play, Jeremy Chardy of France upset third-seeded Aleksandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, 6-3, 7-6 (6) to set up a quarterfinal with Germany s Philipp Kohlschreiber, who ousted seventh-seeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, 7-6 (4), 6-3. The third-seeded Bartoli, fresh off her seventh career triumph at the Japan Open, needs to take the title in Moscow to secure the last spot for the season-ending event in Istanbul next week. Agnieszka Radwanska, who leads Bartoli by 330 points, lost to Lucie Safarova on Wednesday to leave Bartoli still hopeful of clinching her place. After dropping her first serve, the eighth-ranked Bartoli won 11 consecutive games for a set and 5-0 lead. Pervak then saved five match points on serve before Bartoli closed out the match with an ace. In quarterfinals, Bartoli will play Elena Vesnina, who earlier beat her fellow Russian Ekaterina Ivanova, a qualifier, 6-3, 6-4. In other women s second round matches, eighth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia beat Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 7-6(5), 6-2.

Golf: Donald grabs share of early PGA lead

Posted:

World No 1 Luke Donald, trying to become the first golfer to win the US and European PGA money titles in the same year, grabbed a share of the early clubhouse lead on Thursday. Britain s Donald fired a bogey-free six-under par 66 on Thursday to stand among seven players atop the leaderboard at the US PGA s season-ending $4.7 million Children s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic at Disney World resort. "Six birdies, no bogeys is always a good round," Donald said. "I played a pretty solid round. Couple loose shots at the end. It wasn t that easy out there. The wind was strong enough to make it a little bit tricky with club selection.." Others opening on 66 at the Palm course included India s Arjun Atwal, Australian Nathan Green and Americans James Driscoll, Gary Woodland, Scott Stallings and William McGirt. Round two Friday is on the Magnolia course. "You would like to make your fair share of birdies and capitalize on the easier place," Donald said. "I think I did that." Donald leads second-place Rory McIlroy in the European Order of Merit by 1.6 million euros and was atop the US list until American Webb Simpson finished second last week to seize the money lead by $363,029 over Donald. The Englishman can finish no worse than a two-way share of second in order to have a chance at the US PGA season money crown. If Donald wins the top prize of $846,000, Simpson would have to finish alone in second for $507,600 in runner-up money to deny Donald the title.

Asif blames no-ball on pressure from Butt

Posted:

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif said Thursday he was verbally abused by his then captain Salman Butt before he delivered a no-ball during the Lord s Test against England last year. The 28-year-old Asif took the stand for the first time on the 12th day of the spot-fixing trial at London s Southwark crown court. During the 10th over of the fourth Test against England in August last year, Asif bowled one of three no-balls that were allegedly pre-determined as part of a fixing conspiracy. Asif denied taking any money for delivering the no-ball and said Butt s words had put him under intense pressure. "He said run faster (expletive), and went on to say something like  haven t you slept ? Somebody kept shouting. I think Butt was saying things; that made me lose concentration," Asif said. Asif, Butt and Pakistan teammate Mohammed Amir are accused of conspiring with agent Mazhar Majeed to bowl deliberate no-balls. Butt and Asif deny the charges. Majeed and Amir aren t required to appear in court. In a 90-minute exchange, Butt s lawyer Ali Bajwa accused Asif of inventing the exchange with his captain to justify the no-ball. "Why didn t you say at this point (in your police interview) that my captain was putting me under pressure and that s why I bowled the no-ball," Bajwa said. Asif explained that in his police interview, he had said that he was not pressured into bowling an intentional no-ball. Instead, it was the verbal abuse from Butt that made him bowl what he regards as an accidental no-ball.

Taufiq Umar happy at fulfilling desire

Posted:

Pakistani opener Taufiq Umar said he had achieved a burning desire to score the Test double hundred which set his team on course for a big win in the first of three Tests against Sri Lanka on Thursday. The 31-year-old left-handed batsman notched a patient 236 to guide Pakistan to 511-6 declared on the third day, giving them an overall lead of 314 over Sri Lanka s first innings total of 197. Sri Lankan finished the day at 47-1, still needing another 267 runs to avoid an innings defeat, with the Abu Dhabi stadium pitch showing signs of spin. Umar batted for 700 minutes, hitting 17 boundaries and a six during his marathon knock. Afterwards, he said it was a dream come true. "It was my burning desire to score a Test double hundred," said Umar, who also surpassed his best Test score of 135, made on two occasions -- against South Africa in 2003 and against the West Indies earlier this year. Umar s is the first double hundred by a Pakistani opener since Aamir Sohail s 205 against England at Old Trafford in 1992 and the second highest score opening the Pakistan innings behind Hanif Mohammad s 337, against the West Indies in 1958. "I am delighted to hear that I am in an illustrious company of Hanif and Sohail," said Umar, who added 160 for the second wicket with Azhar Ali (70) and three over fifty partnerships for the next wickets. Umar said he is doubly happy that he scored runs when the team needed them. "It was very hot outside, but I kept telling myself that my team needed me to stay and I achieved that to put my team in a strong position," said Umar.

PoliticusUSA

Cricket - Sports

Friday, October 21, 2011

Dunya TV

Dunya TV

0 comments:

Reuters News Agency

World EYE