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Nowshera: two shops destroyed in explosion
Two killed in ambulance, trailer collision
Islamabad: DPC to stage sit-in today
4 fall prey to Karachi violence
Lahore: Drug pushers torture police officials
SC to hear contempt case against Babar today
Lahore: CNG stations shut down for 64 hours
Faisalabad: 9-year-old seminary student tortured
Three policemen booked for torturing youth
20 people killed in Iraqi police academy blast
McCain warns against weakness in Taliban talks
Top US commander says attacking Iran would be premature
Ecuador bus accident kills 26: officials
At least 40 dead in Mexico prison riot
Federer beats Del Potro to clinch ABN Amro title

Nowshera: two shops destroyed in explosion

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Fire broke out after the air compressor explosion at the tyre shop in Lal Kurti locality of Nowshera which also destroyed two shops. Windowpanes of the nearby buildings were also broken due to explosion. Bomb disposal squad reached the site and declare air compressor as the cause of the explosion.

Two killed in ambulance, trailer collision

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According to details, an ambulance carrying a dead body from Karachi to Shorkot collided with a trailer, coming from opposite side, on National Highway in Zahir Pir area near Rahim Yar Khan, killing two people. Four people were also injured in the accident. According to police the accident occurred due to negligence of the ambulance driver. Those who died included driver of the ambulance and his accomplice.

Islamabad: DPC to stage sit-in today

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The Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC), have gathered in the capital to stage a sit-in in protest against drone attacks and the restoration of air supplies for NATO forces present in Afghanistan. Addressing a press conference at a local hotel on the eve of sit-in, DPC leader Maulana Samiul Haq said they would challenge the decision of the interior ministry to ban the entry of Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) leader Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi to the Islamabad. Despite being banned in Islamabad, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Ahle Sunnat wal Jamat (ASWJ) chief Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi reached Rawalpindi on Sunday to participate in the meeting of parties heads. Other party leaders including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq, JUI-Functional chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Jamaat e Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaqat Baloch also reached Rawalpindi to participate in the rally.

4 fall prey to Karachi violence

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According to details, some unidentified persons opened fire in Federal B Area, critically injuring two people. The injured were rushed to Abbasi Shaheed hospital where one of them succumbed to his wounds. In another act of firing in the same vicinity, a man was shot dead while another received critical injuries. Two more people were shot dead in Karimabad and Sohrab Goth areas respectively.

Lahore: Drug pushers torture police officials

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According to details, drug pushers tortured a police party in Ludhar village of Burki near Lahore when officials of the law enforcement raided their den. The police party was made hostage and tortured by drug pushers and even by women and children of the culprits. A sub inspector was injured in the incident, Police have registered a case and arrested one drug pusher.

SC to hear contempt case against Babar today

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The two-member bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan and Justice Muhammad Azhar, will hear the contempt of court case against former Federal Minister Babar Awan. A show cause notice of contempt of court was issued against Babar Awan on September 1 over a controversial press conference conducted by him regarding a matter related to the Supreme Court. Counsel for Babar Awan, Ali Zafar has prepared a rejoinder of show cause notice which will be presented in the court tomorrow. It is said in the reply that judiciary was not criticized in the said press conference. Rather, that was a political press conference which only clarified the allegations leveled by a rival political party.

Lahore: CNG stations shut down for 64 hours

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According to Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) load management plan, the CNG stations in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Sahiwal and Multan regions will remain shut for 64 hours. The CNG stations will remain closed from 6:00am today to 10:00pm on Wednesday. On the other hand, gas supply to textile industry in Lahore region has been resumed for two days. However, gas supply to industries in Faisalabad Sargodha, Bahawalpur, Multan and Gujranwala will resume today for two day.

Faisalabad: 9-year-old seminary student tortured

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According to the parents of 9-year-old Hasan Raza, a resident of Fareed Town in the jurisdiction of Cantt Police Station, the teacher beat the minor boy with stick for not learning his lesson. The minor boy fell unconscious and was rushed to Civil Hospital Faisalabad where he was provided medical treatment. The teacher managed to escape after the incident. Police said that a case against the teacher would be registered after completion of the medical report.

Three policemen booked for torturing youth

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According to details, a youth Muhammad Hussain of Neelgarh area was yesterday arrested by officials of Police Station City Khanpur on charges of possessing a pistol. Police brutally tortured the youth at the police station upon which he fell unconscious. Police took Muhammad Hussain to Tehsik Headquaters Hospital Khanpur and was brought back to police station after getting medical treatment. The DPO ordered the registration of a case under Terrorist Act against officials after a video about alleged torture was flashed in the electronic media while a sub-inspector was arrested while the SHO of the said police station was suspended. However, the DPO later revealed that an inquiry into the incident has proved that the video was fake and the arrest order of the sub-inspector and suspension order of the SHO was taken back.

20 people killed in Iraqi police academy blast

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A suicide bomber detonated his car Sunday as a group of police recruits left their academy in Baghdad, killing 20 in the latest strike on security officials that angry residents blamed on political feuding that is roiling Iraq. Police said the suicide bomber was waiting on the street outside the fortified academy near the Interior Ministry in an eastern neighborhood in the Iraqi capital. As the crowd of recruits exited the compound s security barriers around 1 p.m. and walked into the road, police said the bomber drove toward them and blew up his car. "We heard a big explosion and the windows of the room shattered," said Haider Mohammed, 44, an employee in the nearby Police Sports Club, about 100 yards (metres) from the academy s gate. He described a horrific scene of burning cars, scattered pieces of burned flesh and wounded people flattened on the ground. "Everybody here knows the time when the recruits come and go from the academy," Mohammed said. "This is a breach of security." Five policemen were among the dead; the rest were recruits. Another 28 recruits and policemen were wounded. Officials at three nearby hospitals confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information. Iraq s police are generally considered to be the weakest element of the country s security forces, which are attacked in bombings and drive-by shootings almost every day. The last big assault on police came in October, when 25 people were killed in a string of attacks that included two bombers slamming explosives-packed cars into police stations. Recruits, too, are a favorite target. Suicide bombers killed scores of young men lined up for security jobs at training centers in Baghdad and the northern city of Tikrit in recent years. The public outcry that followed from lawmakers and residents after those attacks spurred the government to bolster training and recruiting centers with better protection. But, as Sunday s attacks showed, extremists are easily able to sidestep security measures. At Baghdad s police academy, recruits generally are escorted out of the compound to ensure their safety. But once they get to the street outside, they are on their own. It was at that point that the bomber struck on Sunday. The group of recruits had left the compound s barrier gates and were crossing the road to hail a taxi or bus ride home after finishing a two-week training course.

McCain warns against weakness in Taliban talks

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Top US Senator John McCain warned the United States on Sunday against negotiating with the Taliban from a position of weakness due to the looming troop pullout in Afghanistan. The White House confirmed on Thursday that the United States was taking part in an Afghan-led reconciliation process, after President Hamid Karzai said secret three-way talks were taking place with the Taliban. "It s important to have talks wherever you can, but I also think it s important to remember that we have to have an outcome on the battlefield that would motivate a successful conclusion to those talks," McCain said in an interview with ABC News from the Afghan capital Kabul. "There s also the perception here that we are leaving, which then, of course, is a disincentive to successful conclusion of the talks," added McCain, a former presidential nominee and senior Republican figure on foreign affairs. "It s very important that we have a strategic agreement with Afghanistan for a long-term US presence here," said McCain, a long-time critic of President Barack Obama s announced timeline for the withdrawal of US troops. "I think that s the best way to bring about a peaceful solution, is to make sure that we are here to stay, to support the Afghan government and people, and we will supply that assistance for as long as is necessary." Tentative contacts with the Taliban come as the United States and its foreign allies prepare to draw down their combat troop presence and hand full control of Afghanistan s security to local forces by the end of 2014. Washington has said it is open to a dialogue with the Taliban subject to certain conditions, namely that the insurgents who want to take part lay down their arms, renounce Al-Qaeda and pledge allegiance to the Afghan constitution. The Taliban said last month that they planned to set up a political office in Qatar ahead of possible formal talks with the United States.

Top US commander says attacking Iran would be premature

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The top US military commander said he believed it would be "premature" to take military action against Iran in response to its nuclear program in an interview to be aired Sunday. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also told CNN s "Fareed Zakaria GPS" program that economic sanctions have to be given a chance to work, and the United States and its allies should be better prepared for a military option. "I think it would be premature to exclusively decide that the time for a military option was upon us," Dempsey said, according to excerpts of the interview released by CNN. "I think that the economic sanctions and the international cooperation that we ve been able to gather around sanctions is beginning to have an effect," he added. In recent weeks, there has been feverish speculation that Israel was getting closer to mounting a preemptive strike on Iran s nuclear facilities, but Israel has denied reaching such a decision. Tensions between Iran and Israel have also been simmering with Iranian warships entering the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal in a show of "might", a move Israel said it would closely monitor. The United States, other Western powers and Israel believe that Iran is seeking to build a nuclear bomb, but Tehran denies the charge, insisting its atomic program is for purely peaceful purposes. Iran said last week it was ready to resume stalled talks on its nuclear drive, prompting a cautious welcome from the United States and the European Union. Dempsey said he believed that "diplomacy is having an effect" and suggested that even if the West opted for a military solution, it had to be better prepared for such a step. "I mean, fundamentally, we have to be prepared," he said. "And that includes, for the most part, at this point, being prepared defensively." Asked if Iranian leader were acting rationally, the US military commander said: "We are of the opinion that the Iranian regime is a rational actor. And it s for that reason, I think, that we think the current path we re on is the most prudent path at this point."

Ecuador bus accident kills 26: officials

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A bus plunged down a ravine in northern Ecuador on Sunday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 29 others, a senior fire service official said. "We have 26 fatalities, of which 14 are men, 10 are women and two are children," Colonel Marco Antonio Hadathy, fire chief in the city of Ibarra, told AFP by telephone. The bus was traveling between Ibarra, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Quito, and San Lorenzo when the accident occurred. The dead were moved from the scene of the crash to a morgue in Ibarra and the injured are being treated in three local hospitals, the fire chief said.

At least 40 dead in Mexico prison riot

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Nuevo Leon state public security spokesman Jorge Domene Zambrano said the riot broke out at about 2 a.m. in a high-security section of a prison in the city of Apodaca outside of the northern industrial city of Monterrey. A group of inmates in one cell block started to riot and took one of the guards hostage, Domene said. The riot then spread to a second cell block, and at least 40 people died before authorities regained control of the prison a couple of hours later. Families of the prisoners gathered outside the prison Sunday morning, pushing at the fences and shouting at police to demand word of the victims. Deadly fights happen periodically in Mexican prisons as gangs and drug cartels stage jail breaks and battle for control of penitentiaries, often with the involvement of officials. Some 31 prisoners died in January in a prison riot in the Gulf coast city of Altamira in Tamaulipas state, which borders Texas. Another fight in a prison in the Tamaulipas border city of Matamoros in October killed 20 inmates and injured 12. In July, a riot at a prison in the border city of Juarez killed 17 inmates. Mexican authorities detained the director and four guards over that clash. Surveillance video showed two inmates opening doors to let armed prisoners into a room where the slain victims were reportedly holding a party. Twenty-three people were killed in a prison riot in Durango city in 2010, and a 2009 riot in Gomez Palacio, another city in the northern Mexican state of Durango, killed 19 people.

Federer beats Del Potro to clinch ABN Amro title

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Roger Federer dismissed third-seeded Juan Martin del Potro 6-1, 6-4 Sunday to win the ABN Amro World Tennis for his first title of the year. The top-seeded Federer jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first set as Del Potro made an uncharacteristically error-prone start. The Argentine, who beat Federer in the 2009 U.S. Open final, took a 2-1 lead in the second set before the Swiss star won five of the next seven games to close out the match. "For me it all began in 1999 when I reached the quarterfinals here," Federer said. "Even now, the expectations were high throughout the tournament. I am happy I was able to fulfill the expectations." Federer, who made his first appearance in Rotterdam since winning the 2005 title, saved all seven break points he faced in the match, while breaking Del Potro three times. Del Potro, who played in the tournament for the first time, won just seven points on his serve in the first set. While his game improved in the second, he couldn t find a way to beat Federer on the key points. The former top-ranked Swiss took a 4-2 lead before serving out the match to claim his 71st career title. "I have managed to restore my rhythm," said Federer. "The match against Davydenko was a good warmup for the match against Del Potro."

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