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Burewala: Youths nose chopped off
Bangladesh names Kamal for top ICC post
Lahore: Dacoits injure trader, three women
NATO attacks increased difficulties for Pakistan: Pentagon
Libya must let Seif al-Islam have lawyer: HRW
Obamas popularity graph rises: poll
Oil prices rally further as US crude stockpiles slide
Euro falls against dollar in choppy trading
Football: City on top as 5-star United stay in touch
Tennis: Kvitova named Czech Athlete of Year
Boxing: Mayweather sentenced to 90 day in jail
Clarke wants uniform decision on video replays
Single gene links rare cancers
No control on Army, ISI operations, admits Govt
Seminar on Nahjul Balagha at Aligarh University

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According to details, Muhammad Ijaz, resident of Chah Maseetwala locality of Vehari, went to his relative Waris’s house in Burewala. Waris along with his accomplices Akhtar and Imran forcefully intoxicated him and chopped off his nose in suspicion of illicit relation. Ijaz was admitted to Nishtar hospital for treatment. Ijaz’s family has alleged that police have not taken any action against the accused.

Bangladesh names Kamal for top ICC post

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in an emergency board meeting Wednesday unanimously approved the name of AHM Mustafa Kamal as its nominee for International Cricket Council (ICC) president. Former chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt had withdrawn their claim in favour of Bangladesh s candidate. The PCB officials comprising M Zaka Ashraf, Chairman and Subhan Ahmad, COO, met Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) members in their Dhaka office at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. In the meeting between the two boards the nomination for ICC President was also discussed. As per ICC s rotation policy, it is PCB and BCB s turn to jointly nominate a president. The nominated president will assume office as ICC s vice president at the end of ICC s annual conference in 2012 and will thereafter become ICC president in 2014.

Lahore: Dacoits injure trader, three women

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According to details, trader Aziz Bhatti, a resident of Gawalmandi locality of Lahore was present at the upper storey of his house along with his family when four unidentified armed persons entered the house and made them hostage at gun point. The dacoits injured Aziz and three women of his family when they resisted the dacoity. The decoits fled awaywith 25 tolas of gold and cash of Rs 500,000. The area police reached the spot and launched investigation after gathering evidences. No arrest has been made so far in the case.

NATO attacks increased difficulties for Pakistan: Pentagon

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Briefing the newsmen, Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby and Dept of Defense spokesman George Little s said that this year Pakistan faced numerous challenges and NATO incident has worsened the situation further. They said that United States relations with Pakistan are very complicated but essential and our goal is to closely work with Pakistan. They said that both the countries face threat from terrorists and we are confident to get to a baseline in the relationship to allow us to move forward with Pakistan. This is not easy, but we can do it with some hard work, they said. They said that that NATO attacks investigation report will be completed by December 23 and we will share the results with the media in due course of time. They expressed the hope that NATO supply routes from Pakistan will open soon and the recent events also indicate that. “It will be helpful to have supply routes re-opened but we have what we need for our troops in near term, they said. “There are other avenues for supply like the northern routes etc if needed, but it will be a little costly and takes a little longer,” they said.

Libya must let Seif al-Islam have lawyer: HRW

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Human Rights Watch called on the Libyan authorities to grant Seif al-Islam, son of slain leader Moamer Gaddafi, immediate access to a lawyer, noting he appeared to be held in good conditions. "Libyan authorities appear to be holding Seif al-Islam Gaddafi in good physical conditions but should allow him immediate access to a lawyer," the New York-based watchdog said in a statement. The rights group said it had visited Seif al-Islam on December 18 in Zintan, 180 kilometres (112 miles) southwest of Tripoli, after obtaining permission from general prosecutor Abdelaziz al-Hasadi, who is investigating the case. "Seif al-Islam says he is getting good food and medical care -- he had no complaints about the physical conditions of his detention," said HRW special adviser Fred Abrahams, who saw him in private for 30 minutes. "His main concern was the lack of access to family and to a lawyer who can help his case," he said, urging the government to grant him legal access, a right mandated by Libya s penal code. The prosecutor general is investigating alleged corruption-related crimes committed by Seif al-Islam before this year s conflict began, as well as crimes committed during the 2011 conflict, the rights group said.

Obamas popularity graph rises: poll

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US President Barack Obama has increasingly gained in his popularity rating and leading the odds against two leading potential Republican challengers in the 2012 presidential elections, latest opinion polls said. "President Barack Obama s numbers are on the rise in two important indicators of his reelection chances, according to a new national survey," the CNN said as it released the results of the CNN/ORC International Poll. The poll indicated Obama s margins have increased against five possible Republican presidential challengers in hypothetical general election matchups and his approval rating is up five points since mid-November. According to the poll, Obama leads leading Republican candidate Mitt Romney 52 per cent - 45 per cent in a possible 2012 showdown. Romney, who s making his second bid for the GOP nomination, held a 51 per cent - 47 per cent margin over the president in last month s survey, CNN said. Obama also leads against other top Republican candidates, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann.

Oil prices rally further as US crude stockpiles slide

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Oil prices rose strongly for a second day running on Wednesday after official data showed that crude inventories fell by far more than expected in the United States. New York s main contract, light sweet crude WTI crude for delivery in February, rallied $1.43 to $98.67 a barrel. In London Brent North Sea crude for February climbed 98 cents to $107.71. The rise came as crude inventories in the United States, the world s biggest oil-consuming nation, tumbled by 10.6 million barrels in the week to December 16, the US Department of Energy announced. Analysts had expected crude stockpiles to fall just 2.4 million barrels. The much larger draw-down could reflecting increasing demand and therefore activity in the economy. Promising economic news from the US and Europe had already sent oil prices surging more than $3.0 on Tuesday, while tensions over major crude-producer Iran added to the buying, traders said. Elsewhere, foreign and domestic oil companies will be asked to join the next round of revenue-sharing talks between Sudan and South Sudan, a top mediator for African Union-led negotiations said Wednesday. Companies invited to attend include Nile Petroleum Corporation, wholly-owned by the government of South Sudan, Chinese-controlled Petrodar Operating Company, Petronas of Malaysia, Sudapet of Sudan and SINOPEC of China. Juba and Khartoum have been bickering about how to share oil wealth since South Sudan gained independence in July, taking with it 75 percent of oil reserves.

Euro falls against dollar in choppy trading

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The euro fell against the dollar in choppy trading Wednesday after the European Central Bank (ECB) loaned a record amount of money to the continent s banks. The loans are meant to shore up Europe s struggling financial sector. The ECB loaned $639 billion to 523 banks for three years. It is the biggest ECB infusion of credit into the banking system in the euro s 13-year history. The euro fell to $1.3044 late Wednesday from $1.3076 late Tuesday. The euro initially rose as high as $1.3197 after the news. It later fell as low as $1.3023 as traders worried that the amount being loaned may suggest that European banks are in worse condition than was thought. In other trading Wednesday, the British pound rose to $1.5671 from $1.5660. The dollar rose to 78.09 Japanese yen from 77.87 Japanese yen and to 0.9362 Swiss franc from 0.9313. It fell to 1.0280 Canadian dollar from 1.0311 Canadian dollar.

Football: City on top as 5-star United stay in touch

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Manchester City maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 defeat of Stoke as rivals Manchester United destroyed Fulham 5-0 to stay in touch. City ensured they will lead the top-flight at Christmas for the first time since 1929 after wrapping up all three points courtesy of two goals from Sergio Aguero either side of a long-range strike from Adam Johnson. Manchester United enjoyed a similarly routine stroll at Craven Cottage, crushing Fulham 5-0 to stay in second place. Fifth-placed Arsenal meanwhile went level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea after a last-gasp 2-1 win over Aston Villa. At the DW Stadium, a defiant Liverpool side rallied around embattled striker Luis Suarez but the Merseysiders were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw by Wigan. At St James Park, Newcastle s Senegalese striker Demba Ba maintained his phenomenal Premier League goalscoring record but it was not enough to prevent the Magpies crashing to a 3-2 defeat against West Brom. Elsewhere Wednesday, Wes Brown was the hero for Sunderland as Martin O Neill s side overcame a brave second half fightback to pip Queens Park Rangers 3-2 at Loftus Road. QPR looked dead and buried midway through the second half after goals from Nicklas Bendtner and Stephane Sessegnon put the Black Cats 2-0 up. But two goals in four minutes from Heidar Helguson and Jamie Mackie looked to have given QPR a share of the points at 2-2 only for Brown to pop up with the winner on 89 minutes. At Goodison Park, Leon Osman scored the game s only goal as Everton pipped newly promoted Swansea 1-0.

Tennis: Kvitova named Czech Athlete of Year

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Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, the world number two in the WTA tennis rankings, won the Czech Athlete of the Year prize at a ceremony on Wednesday. Kvitova beat mountain biker Jaroslav Kulhavy, the 2011 world and European champion and World Cup winner, and speed-skating world champion Martina Sablikova for the prize. The 21-year-old Kvitova also led the Czech women s tennis team to the Team of the Year prize after clinching the Fed Cup trophy following a 3-2 win over Russia in Moscow in November.

Boxing: Mayweather sentenced to 90 day in jail

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Unbeaten American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has been sentenced to three months in jail Wednesday after pleading guilty to domestic violence and harassment charges. Las Vegas judge Melissa Saragosa also ordered Mayweather to complete 100 hours of community service and gave him a $2,500 fine. The plea means the 34-year-old boxer will not go to trial on charges he hit his ex-girlfriend and threatened two of their children during an argument at her home 15 months ago. Mayweather, who is in line for a possible fight with Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao, is the current World Boxing Council welterweight champ and has a record of 42 wins and no losses.

Clarke wants uniform decision on video replays

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Australia captain Michael Clarke wants cricket officials to make video replays for contentious decisions a uniform feature or drop the system. India has refused to allow the Decision Review System (DRS) high-speed television cameras and "hot-spot" technology to be used in the four-Test series against Australia beginning Monday in Melbourne. The visitors say they have concerns about the system s accuracy, ensuring that on-field umpiring decisions will stand. Clarke told the Sydney Morning Herald in comments published Thursday that it was time for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to decide whether to use it "in Test and one-day cricket, or in one or the other, or not used at all. I find it a little bit inconsistent."

Single gene links rare cancers

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Canadian researchers have discovered that a common gene links a number of rare reproductive cancers, a finding that could lead to new approaches for treatment, said a study published on Wednesday. Ovarian, uterine and testicular cancer were all found to have the same mutation in a gene called DICER, said the research in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists have known about DICER for many years, but its exact role in sparking tumor cells to grow has been unclear. When the gene mutates, DICER s function is changed "so that it participates directly in the initiation of cancer, but not in a typical  on-off  fashion," said co-author Gregg Morin, a lead scientist from the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at the British Columbia Cancer Agency. "DICER can be viewed as the conductor for an orchestra of functions critical for the development and behavior of normal cells," explained co-author Gregg Morin, a lead scientist from the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at the British Columbia Cancer Agency. "The mutations we discovered do not totally destroy the function of DICER, rather they warp it -- the orchestra is still there but the conductor is drunk." Researchers are examining whether DICER plays a role in other cancers, and will investigate if mutant DICER can be manipulated to treat the cancers it causes. Ovarian cancer kills about 15,000 women in the United States each year, and about 22,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. More than 46,000 cases of uterine cancer and 8,100 deaths arise each year in the United States. Testicular cancer is more rare, with 8,300 new cases per year and 350 US deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. "This breakthrough will be of interest to both the clinical and the fundamental science communities," said Phillip Sharp, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery of the structure of genes. "Huntsman, Morin and colleague s very exciting discovery of specific mutations in DICER, a factor essential for syntheses of small regulatory RNAs in ovarian and other human tumors, could lead to new approaches to treatment."

No control on Army, ISI operations, admits Govt

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The government in its reply to the Supreme Court (SC) in Memo case has confessed that it has no control over Army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and prayed that it should not be made answerable in regard to statements of Husain Haqqani and Mansor Ijaz. The government through Defence Ministry has sent this written confession to the Supreme Court in which it is first time admitted that the political rulers have no control over Pakistan Army and ISI operations and that is why the government is not in a position to submit any explanation of reply on their behalf. Earlier, the Supreme Court has sent the statements of Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United State Husain Haqqani and creator of Memorandum Mansor Ijaz to the Secretary Defence Lt Gen (retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi. The secretary defence was asked by the Supreme Court about government’s stance on the charges leveled in these statements against Pakistan Army and ISI. The Defence Ministry in its reply to the Supreme Court has said that the government has not control over army and ISI. Gen Lodhy also stated that the government only looks after the administrative metters of Pakistan Army and ISI which includes defence budget, salaries and notifications of promotions. It is further stated that the government has no information about what Husain Haqqani and Mansor Ijaz had said in their written statements regarding army and ISI and it is not in a position to comment on the statements. The Defence Ministry is not in contact with them and has no information to submit in the Supreme Court in this regard. The analysts are of the view that government’s confession in the Supreme Court that it has no control over army and ISI operations reveals that the military in Pakistan runs its operations without civilian rulers control. This confession shows civilian government’s helplessness. There is no such precedent in the world when a government confesses before the epic court that it has no control on operations of its army and the intelligence agency. The analysts say that the confession shows that both these institutions get their salaries from the government of Pakistan but operate on their own will and even the government is not aware of their operations.

Seminar on Nahjul Balagha at Aligarh University

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The seminar was organized by Depatment of Shia Theology of the university, situated in Aligarh city of Uttar Pradesh state. Inaugurating the seminar the Chief Guest Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati, Ex-foreign minister and Advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said, Nahjul Balaghah, the greatest literary masterpiece ever contains the details of the creation of the Universe to the day to day advice given by Imam Ali (A.S.), this book is a must read book.” He termed the the sacred book as “ocean of knowledge”. Speaking on the occasion Hojjatoleslam Khamoshi, President of Islamic Propagation Organization said, “Nahj-ul-Balagha on the one hand speaks about the fundamentals of Islam such as the matters concerning Allah Almighty, the human being, Islamic views of humanity, prophethood and its position in human history a means of understanding Islam. On the other hand, it refers to the social problems of a hypocritical society with which we deal today.” Dr. Karim Najafi, the Cultural Counsellor of the Islamic Republic of Iran in New Delhi, while highlighting the importance of Nahjul Balagha said that Nahj-ul-Balagha does not only reflect the spirit of Islam and the teachings of the Quran and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in the proper perspective, but also serves as a guide for humanity to traverse the future in the light of these teachings. Meanwhile, Professor P K Abdul Aziz, Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University strongly recommended that it is a must read book not only for Muslims, but all those who search the meaning of life and wisdom. Later on a copy of Nahjul Balagha was released by the eminent personalities. The seminar was also attended by the large gathering of religious scholars and academics. The Nahjul Balagha Peak of Eloquence is the most famous collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs and narrations attributed to Hazrat Ali (A.S.), the first Imam of Shia faith and cousin and son-in-law of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Known for its eloquent content, it is considered a masterpiece of literature in Shi a Islam, second only to the Holy Qur’an and Prophetic narrations.

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