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Champions Trophy: England beat Pakistan 2-1
Orakzai Agency: Security forces kill 8 militants
Pakistan says US gave wrong info before strike
Pakistani pleads guilty over US terror charges
Iranian diplomats leave UK after explusion
White House repeats threat to veto US defence bill
Egypt PM starts to name Cabinet
Nine killed in Iraq attacks
Pakistan look to seal series
Muhammad Ali out of hospital after new health scare
Nadal, Ferrer hand Spain Davis Cup lead
Venus and Serena target London Olympics
Spain to face Italy, Croatia, Ireland in Euro 2012
Kaka returns for leader Madrid against Sporting
Last-hole birdie gives McDowell Sun City lead

Champions Trophy: England beat Pakistan 2-1

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England came from behind to hand Pakistan 2-1 loss on the opening day of the Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament being played in Auckland, New Zealand. Pakistan was leading 1-0 at the breather but England staged a fine comeback in the second half and scored two goals.

Orakzai Agency: Security forces kill 8 militants

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According to sources, eight militants were killed during the clash between security forces and militants took place near Anzar Kali area of Upper Orakzai Agency. Two security officials were also injured in the clash. The injured were shifted to Agency Headquarters Hospital Kalaya for treatment.

Pakistan says US gave wrong info before strike

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US officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad. The claim was the latest in a series by mostly anonymous officials in both countries trying to explain what happened before and during last week s bombing of two Pakistani border checkpoints by US aircraft. NATO and America have expressed regret for the loss of lives, but have rejected Pakistani allegations it was a deliberate act of aggression. The incident has pushed already strained ties between Washington and Islamabad close to rupture, complicating American hopes of securing Pakistan s help in negotiating an end to the Afghan war. In retaliation for the raid, Islamabad has already closed its western border to NATO supplies traveling into landlocked Afghanistan. A Pakistani military official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information confirmed that the Americans had provided his side with a location for the planned strike. However, he said, the information arrived late, Pakistan never cleared the strike, and the coordinates provided were incorrect anyway. "Wrong information about (the) area of operation was provided to Pakistani officials a few minutes before the strike," he said. "Without getting clearance from Pakistan side, the post had already been engaged by US helicopters and fighter jets." US officials at the border coordination center, where the two sides liaise over operations close to the frontier, had later "apologized privately to Pakistani officials for initially providing wrong information and the subsequent engagement of the post without prior information," he said. The US and NATO have both launched investigations. Washington has not formally apologized, saying it would not be appropriate before an investigation into the incident is complete.

Pakistani pleads guilty over US terror charges

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A Pakistani man living in the United States faces up to 15 years in jail after pleading guilty Friday to providing material support to the feared Islamist militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). US justice officials said Jubair Ahmad, 24, posted a propaganda video for LeT "glorifying violent jihad" in 2010, three years after he arrived in the United States with his parents and two younger brothers. "Foreign terrorist organizations such as LeT use the Internet as part of well-orchestrated propaganda campaigns to radicalize and recruit individuals to wage violent jihad and to promote the spread of terror," said US Attorney Neil MacBride. "Today s conviction of Jubair Ahmad demonstrates that we will aggressively investigate and prosecute anyone who provides material support to a terrorist organization in whatever form it takes," he added. Ahmad, of Woodbridge, Virginia, close to the US capital Washington, will be sentenced on April 13. "By preparing and posting a graphic video that glorified violent extremism, Mr Ahmad directly supported the mission of a designated terrorist organization," said FBI assistant director in charge James McJunkin.

Iranian diplomats leave UK after explusion

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All Iranian diplomats in London left on a chartered airplane Friday, expelled by the U.K. government in retaliation for attacks on the British Embassy in Tehran. They left Heathrow Airport in the afternoon, the Foreign Office said, and the roughly two dozen diplomats and their dependents will be welcomed back at Tehran airport, according to Iran s semiofficial Fars news agency. Iran s relations with Britain have become increasingly strained in recent months, largely due to tensions over Tehran s refusal to halt uranium enrichment a process that can lead to the development of nuclear weapons. Images broadcast around the world Tuesday showed demonstrators tearing down British flags and brandishing a looted picture of Queen Elizabeth II at the embassy compound in Tehran. The incident has deepened Iran s isolation and significantly escalated tensions with the West. Britain s ambassador to Iran, Dominick Chilcott now back in Britain said the experience had been "frightening." "We had no idea how it was going to end," he said, describing how the mob trashed rooms, damaged furniture, scrawled graffiti and tore up a portrait of Queen Victoria, as staff took shelter in a secure area of the embassy. "It felt like very spiteful, mindless vandalism, but it wasn t quite mindless," Chilcott said. They removed anything that was electronic mobile telephones personal computers ... anything that might give information about who you were talking to or what you were doing." He said seven staff at a separate residential compound that was also attacked were seized and "quite roughly handled" by the invaders. In response to the attack, British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday ordered the Iranian diplomats to leave within 48 hours. Hague also pulled Britain s diplomats out of Iran following the embassy attack and backed new sanctions on the Islamic republic. At least four other European countries, including Germany and France, also moved to reduce diplomatic contacts with Iran.

White House repeats threat to veto US defence bill

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The White House on Friday reaffirmed its threat to veto the Pentagon budget after the Senate passed a funding bill that requires military detention for terrorism suspects and indefinite detention without trial in some cases. White House spokesman Jay Carney accused the Senate of engaging in "political micromanagement" by including provisions that he said would restrict US flexibility in the fight against Al-Qaeda. "Any bill that challenges or constrains the president s critical authority to collect intelligence, incapacitate dangerous terrorists and protect the nation will prompt his senior advisors to recommend a veto," Carney said. The provisions were in a $660 billion 2012 defense bill that passed the Senate on Thursday in a 93-7 vote. It would require that terrorism suspects be held by the military, and either be tried by US military commissions or in some cases be held indefinitely. The White House sees the provisions as a constraint on the administration s ability to transfer prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the United States, try them in civilian court, or even transfer them to foreign countries. "Counterterrorism officials from the Republican and Democratic administrations as you know have said that the language in this bill would jeopardize the national security by restricting flexibility in our fight against Al-Qaeda," Carney said. "By ignoring these non-partisan recommendations, including the recommendations of the secretary of defense, the director of the FBI, the director of national intelligence and the attorney general, the Senate has unfortunately engaged in a little political micromanagement at the expense of sensible national security policy," he added.

Egypt PM starts to name Cabinet

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Egypt s new Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzuri on Friday started to name his cabinet, retaining several ministers from the previous government including the foreign affairs chief, a report said. Ganzuri, 78, was appointed on November 25 after days of deadly protests that pushed out the previous caretaker government of Essam Sharaf, who was perceived as weak in the face of the country s ruling military council. A dozen ministers from Sharaf s cabinet will retain their portfolios, including Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr and Information Minister Osama Heikal, the official MENA news agency reported. The final cabinet is to be announced on Saturday, according to state television. Last week, tens of thousands of protesters had taken to the street to demand the ouster of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and to reject the new premier s appointment. Ganzuri, who was named prime minister two days before the first round of voting in landmark parliamentary elections, insisted that he has been given full powers by the military council. On Monday and Tuesday, Egyptians in one third of the country s 27 provinces voted in the first parliamentary elections since president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February.

Nine killed in Iraq attacks

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Four people were killed and seven wounded in two attacks by roadside bombs in the Taji area, just north of Baghdad, an interior ministry official said. The first attack targeted the home of Nadhem Karim Mohammed, a leader of anti-Qaeda Sahwa militia forces in Taji, killing him and his mother, the official said. When police arrived at the scene, another bomb went off, killing two police and wounding seven others. Three roadside bombs exploded in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, killing a woman and wounding 15 other people, said Major General Turhan Abdul Rahman, deputy director general of Kirkuk police. A roadside bomb killed a policeman and wounded six people, including three police, about 75 kilometres (45 miles) south of Kirkuk, police Lieutenant Colonel Khaled al-Bayati said. Unknown gunmen attacked a Sahwa checkpoint in the Al-Sharqat area, 120 kilometres (75 miles) northeast of Tikrit, killing three Sahwa members and wounding two others, a police major said. A security source also said that police had freed Ibrahim Zaki Khalaf al-Ajili, the teenage son of a prominent contractor in Tikrit, who was kidnapped on Thursday. Ajili was freed about 110 kilometres (70 miles) south of Kirkuk, the source said, adding that two suspected kidnappers believed to belong to the Ansar al-Sunna insurgent group were detained. Violence has declined in Iraq since its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common. A total of 187 people were killed in November, according to official figures released on Thursday.

Pakistan look to seal series

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Pakistan will take on Bangladesh in the second One Day International (ODI) of the three-match series today at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, reports UNB. Outplaying Bangladesh in the one-off T20, the visitors tore apart the fragile mindest of the hosts’ batsmen in the first ODI. On a pitch that was aiding spin, the Pakistan spin quartet made hay as one batsman after another struggled to come into grips with the pitch as well as the conditions. Batting was not easy, as the Pakistani batsmen found later on during the match, but the Bangladeshi batsmen were found wanting in technique and temperament. The 2nd ODI offers them one more opportunity to set right a few things. The scene for the second ODI remains the same and if the pitch offers the same kind of support as it did during the 1st match, things should be rather too easy for the Pakistan spinners. The statistics tell the story for the spinners. Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal and Mohammed Hafeez find themselves amongst the top 10 wicket takers for the year. The trio have scalped a humongous 103 wickets between them this year. Add to this, the potency of their opening bowling combination, you have a attack that can bowl out the opposition cheaply. Unpredictable is the word for the Pakistan batsmen. Chasing a modest 92, they almost contrived to make a hash out of it. They were reduced to 63/5 at one stage and it needed some beefy blows from Afridi to take them home. Misbah-ul-Haq is a cool and composed man at the helm and he would not have liked the way some of the batters perished. If Pakistan are to take on the best in the business, they cannot afford any more sloppiness with the bat.

Muhammad Ali out of hospital after new health scare

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Muhammad Ali is recovering at home after a short hospital stay in Arizona, the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper reported on Friday. The newspaper says it spoke to Ali s close friend John Ramsey who said Ali is "home and well" after a scare last month where his wife called for an ambulance to take him to the hospital. "I don t think he stayed very long," Ramsey said. "He may not be going in the direction you or I like but no one is on the alert." Earlier Friday the Star magazine and RadarOnline.com reported that Ali had been hospitalized just a few days after attending the funeral for old rival Joe Frazier after Ali lost consciousness at his Phoenix home. Ali is scheduled to attend a celebration of his 70th birthday on January 19 in Louisville. Ramsey told the newspaper he didn t have any more details of Ali s hospital visit.

Nadal, Ferrer hand Spain Davis Cup lead

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Ironman David Ferrer beat Juan Martin del Potro 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Friday to hand Spain a 2-0 lead over Argentina in the Davis Cup final and inch them closer to a fifth title. Ferrer needed four hours and 44 minutes to see off the battling del Potro after Rafael Nadal had earlier cruised to his 19th win in 20 rubbers in the competition with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 win over close friend Juan Monaco. Spain can wrap up the title if Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez see off David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank in Saturday s doubles, which would leave Argentina still searching for a first Davis Cup crown. "I played the best match of my career," said Ferrer. The Spanish number two, who made the semi-finals at the ATP World Tour Finals last week in London, had looked down and out against a free-hitting del Potro in the second and third sets in front of a raucous 28,000-strong crowd at the Estadio Olimpico. But the big Argentine gradually wilted, slipping 5-1 down in the decider. He managed to retrieve a break and hold to put the pressure back on Ferrer, but the Spaniard held his nerve to wrap up the rubber with a sweeping winner. "He s David Ferrer, he fights all the time," said Spain captain Albert Costa. Sadly for Argentina, history is not on their side -- the last team to recover from a 2-0 deficit in the final was Australia in 1939. Nadal may be suffering from mental and physical tiredness at the end of a gruelling season, but he repaid the faith shown in him by Costa by winning in less than two and a half hours to maintain Spain s 12-year unbeaten home record in the Davis Cup. It was the Mallorcan s 67th best-of-five-sets match on clay, and his 66th win, with his sole defeat coming at the hands of Robin Soderling at Roland Garros in 2009. He was far too strong for his 26th-ranked opponent, returning superbly and not facing a single break point over the course of the match. "I played a very solid match and I am very happy with my performance," said Nadal after his 19th win in 20 singles rubbers for Spain. His only loss came to Czech Jiri Novak on his debut -- as a 17-year-old -- in February 2004. He is 15-0 in clay-court rubbers. "I was very positive before the match even if there was a lot of pressure. It s an important victory. To win by such a score against a very strong player on clay is fabulous. I was sad for him as he is one of my best friends."

Venus and Serena target London Olympics

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Serena Williams says she and her sister Venus are aiming to defend their Olympic doubles title in London next summer. The sisters are targeting their third Olympic gold after triumphing in Sydney and Beijing. Serena said Friday that "we re the defending champion and we want to defend our title and I don t see why we wouldn t." The sisters were unable to defend their title in Athens 2004 after Serena injured her knee. They are in Milan to play Italians Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta in an exhibition match on Saturday. Venus also won the singles gold medal in Sydney. Venus  ranking has fallen to No. 104 because of injuries, while Serena is ranked 16th.

Spain to face Italy, Croatia, Ireland in Euro 2012

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Spain avoided its biggest challengers in the first round of the 2012 European Championship, leaving Germany and the Netherlands in the toughest group of the competition. Spain, which beat Germany to win the Euro 2008 title and then defeated the Dutch in last year s World Cup final, was drawn Friday in Group C with Italy, Ireland and Croatia for next year s tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Three-time champion Germany and 1988 winner Netherlands will face Portugal and Denmark in Group B. Old rivals France and England were also drawn together, along with co-host Ukraine and Sweden in a group based in Kiev and the far flung eastern city of Donetsk. Poland, the other host nation, was joined in Group A by Russia, Greece and Czech Republic in what many see as the weakest group. Euro 2012 will open on June 8 in Warsaw when Poland plays 2004 champion Greece. The final is set for July 1 in Kiev. Spain is seeking to become the first country to win two straight European titles since the competition began in 1960. The Spanish, who also won in 1964, open with a match against Italy, pitting the past two World Cup winners against each other in the Polish port city of Gdansk on June 10. The group also plays in Poznan. Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni will oppose his home country, which he coached at Euro 2004, in the final group match in Poznan. Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said he had wanted to avoid Trapattoni "for many reasons." The Dutch and Germans, who normally bring lots of fans with them, will play in the tournament s two smallest stadiums, in Kharkiv and Lviv, separated by 891 kilometers (554 miles). They will meet on June 13 in Kharkiv. England, which has one of the largest traveling supports, will make two trips to Donetsk, where airport and accommodation plans are under the biggest stress. Despite playing in Ukraine, the team is expected to be based in Poland.

Kaka returns for leader Madrid against Sporting

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Spanish league leader Real Madrid says Kaka has recovered from a right calf injury and will be available to play Sporting Gijon on Saturday. The Brazil playmaker was included in coach Jose Mourinho s squad on Friday after being sidelined for nearly a month. The injury also forced him to miss his return to international duty with Brazil. Mourinho says Kaka will start on the substitutes  bench but "my intention is for him to play." Defenders Alvaro Arbeloa and Ricardo Carvalho remain sidelined, while midfielder Xabi Alonso misses the trip to El Molinon to serve a suspension. Madrid leads defending champion Barcelona by three points in the standings, with the pair set to meet on Dec. 10.

Last-hole birdie gives McDowell Sun City lead

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Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland brushed aside a back-nine double-bogey seven to birdie the last hole on Friday and take a one-stroke halfway lead in the Nedbank Golf Challenge. The gritty 2010 US Open champion carded a five-under-par 67 -- the lowest second-round score at the 7162-metre Gary Player Country Club -- in hot, partly cloudy conditions to lead by a single shot from four pursuers. American Jason Dufner (68), Swede Robert Karlsson (69), German world number four Martin Kaymer (68) and English world number three Lee Westwood (70) share second place. Simon Dyson (70) of England and South Korean Kim Kyung-Tae (70) are two shots further back on 140 and very much in contention for the $1.25 million first prize in the annual 12-man invitation event. Dane Anders Hansen (69), world number one Luke Donald (72) of England, Charl Schwartzel (74) of South Africa and reigning British Open champion Darren Clarke (69) of Nothern Ireland are not out of the running either. But late inclusion Francesco Molinari from Italy, who came in when a neck injury ruled out Dane Thomas Bjorn, seems in a hopeless position after firing a five-over 77 that left him 12 strokes behind McDowell. The hole from hell for McDowell was 14 as he needed two shots to get out of the rough after being wayward off the tee and he also visited a bunker en route to the green, where two putts from six feet completed his misery. But sinking a long birdie putt at the difficult dog-leg final hole brought a smile back to the resilient Ulsterman, who clinched vistory for Europe over the United States at Celtic Manor in the last Ryder Cup.

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