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Panetta: Military won't be intimidated by attacks
Storms wreck homes across US, kill 8 people
Kasur: 15 kite flyers arrested
Karachi: 3 die in road accident
4 more shot dead in Karachi
Bashar al-Assad's days are numbered: Obama
Ban demand unconditional humanitarian access to Syria
FIFA complains about Brazil's 2014 WCup delays
Formula One: Grosjean fastest again in Barcelona
Tom Gillis takes lead at Honda Classic
38 killed in Syria violence, including 10 in Homs: NGO
CNG stations to remain shut for 24 hours in Sindh
Wyness upbeat on T20 plans for US
Oil below $107 after Saudi explosion report denied
Dollar rises vs euro as Spain warns on deficit

Panetta: Military won't be intimidated by attacks

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the military will not be intimidated by the attacks on US soldiers in the wake of the Quran burnings during a visit to Fort Campbell, Ky., where hundreds of soldiers will deploy this year as a part of a new Afghanistan advisory mission. Panetta told troops at the installation on the Tennessee state line that the attacks on coalition forces by Afghan security forces or insurgents wearing Afghan uniforms were "isolated incidents." He said insurgents are using the attacks to undermine American forces because the Taliban is not effective at combat operations. Six U.S. troops were killed by Afghan security forces or militants disguised in their uniforms during several days of demonstrations over the burning of the holy books by U.S. soldiers last month.

Storms wreck homes across US, kill 8 people

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Powerful storms stretching from the US Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns and killed at least eight people Friday as the system tore roofs off schools and homes and damaged a maximum security prison. It was the second deadly tornado outbreak this week. Authorities reported the eight deaths in the state of Indiana, where Marysville was leveled and nearby Henryville also suffered extreme damage. Each is home to about 2,000 people. "Marysville is completely gone," said Clark County Sheriff s Department Maj. Chuck Adams. Aerial footage from a TV news helicopter flying over Henryville showed numerous wrecked houses, some with their roofs torn off and many surrounded by debris. The video shot by WLKY in Louisville, Kentucky, also shows a mangled school bus protruding from the side of a one-story building and dozens of overturned semi-trailers strewn around the smashed remains of a truck stop. An Associated Press reporter in Henryville said the high school was destroyed and the second floor had been ripped off the middle school next door. Classroom chairs were scattered on the ground outside, trees were uprooted and cars had huge dents from baseball-sized hail. Authorities said school was in session when the tornado hit, but there were only minor injuries there. Afterward, volunteers pushed shopping carts full of water and food up the street and handed it out to people. The rural town about is the home of Indiana s oldest state forest and the birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Col. Harland Sanders.

Kasur: 15 kite flyers arrested

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According to details, police arrested 15 children, aged between 12 to 14 years, on charges of kite flying and locked them up in the police station without registering any case. Police also barred media from coverage of the arrested children and also refused to give details about arrest to media. Meanwhile, the arrested children were released from police station at night on orders of IG police.

Karachi: 3 die in road accident

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According to details, an over-speeding trailer ran over a motorcycle near Chamra Chowrandi locality of Korangi in Karachi, killing two motorcycle riders on the spot while the third succumbed to his injuries after reaching hospital. The residents of the area captured the driver of the trailer after the accident and subjected him to severe tortured before handing him to police. They also torched the trailer.

4 more shot dead in Karachi

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According to police, two security guards of a private company were shot dead in Block IV of Gulshan Iqbal. Police said both the deceased, Salim Nawaz and Imran, were relatives. Police have sealed the office of the company and started investigation. Meanwhile, some unidentified persons shot dead a man in Baldia Town. In yet another incident of violence, an unidentified man was shot dead near Tora Bangash check post in Orangi Town.

Bashar al-Assad's days are numbered: Obama

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He stated that Washington is working to accelerate the transition to democracy in Syria. Barck Obama, in an interview with an American TV, said “it is our estimation that (Assad’s) days are numbered. It’s a matter not of if but when.” He stated that US is working with the world community to try to accelerate the transition of democracy in Syria. He acknowledged that Syria is bigger, more sophisticated and more complicated than Libya and countries like Russia are blocking UN action. Obama also pointed to the US efforts through the “Friends of Syria” group to promote humanitarian relief to cities under attack from Syrian forces. “The group can also accelerate the transition to a peaceful and stable Syrian government but if that happens, it will be a profound loss for Iran,” he said.

Ban demand unconditional humanitarian access to Syria

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UN leader Ban Ki-moon Friday demanded that Syria unconditionally let in humanitarian aid and said the government was "afraid" to grant the UN emergency aid chief access to the country. "The Syrian authorities must open without any preconditions to humanitarian communities," Ban said. Speaking as reports emerged of Red Cross convoys being kept out of the protest city of Homs, Ban said the images coming out of Syria were "atrocious." "It is totally unacceptable, intolerable. How as a human being can you bear... this situation," Ban told a press briefing at the UN headquarters. Syria has refused to let UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos into the country, but Ban said the United Nations still hoped to persuade President Bashar al-Assad to allow her entry to make an aid assessment. "Why are they afraid of receiving the head of UN humanitarian department? We are ready to mobilize on this, we do not have access. So that is priority number one at this time," he said. "We are pushing hard to have Valerie Amos visit Syria as soon as possible" and Syrian statements had indicated a visit could still be arranged, Ban said. He said it was "more urgent" to make a humanitarian breakthrough and that Amos should get into Damascus before Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League special envoy on Syria. Ban said Annan will have a broad "flexibility" in dealing with Assad in a bid to obtain a halt to the violence which has dragged on for almost a year now as rebels seek to oust the Syrian president. The Arab League s plan for Syria calls on Assad to hand over powers to a deputy to organize new elections. But the UN leader indicated that Annan would not just press the Arab League plan. "To have political dialogue with Syrian authorities, he should be given broader flexibility, a broader framework. This is what we have agreed, rather than sticking to any specific point" in the Arab League plan, Ban said. Annan has already met the Syrian and Iranian ambassadors to the United Nations, other Arab envoys and the representatives of the five permanent UN Security Council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. He will travel to Cairo on Wednesday for talks with the head of the Arab League, Nabil el-Arabi. "From there he will try to visit Damascus as soon as possible," Ban said.

FIFA complains about Brazil's 2014 WCup delays

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FIFA s secretary general expressed serious concerns about Brazil s lack of progress in World Cup preparations, criticizing the country for prioritizing winning the tournament rather than making it ready for fans. Jerome Valcke said on Friday he will visit Brazil next week to push the organizing committee to take immediate action to ensure there is not transport and accommodation chaos for supporters. "The big issue we have in Brazil is that not a lot is moving," Valcke said. "I don t understand why things are not moving. The stadiums are not any more on schedule and why are a lot of things late? "In 2014 we will have a World Cup. The concern is nothing is made or prepared to receive so many people because the world wants to go to Brazil. I am sorry to say but things are not working in Brazil." Valcke s message to Brazil is: "You have to push yourself, kick your (backside) and just deliver this World Cup." Brazil greats Romario and Pele have already warned their homeland was risking embarrassment. The World Cup will be played in 12 far-flung venues, including a 44,000-seat stadium being built in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus.

Formula One: Grosjean fastest again in Barcelona

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Lotus driver Romain Grosjean set the fastest time in Formula One testing for the second successive day on Friday, clocking a best lap of 1min 22.614sec. Grosjean s French compatriot Jean-Eric Vergne, who had topped the time charts with 1min 23.614 in the Toro Rosso in the morning session, finished the day as second overall fatest. World champion Sebastian Vettel, in the Red Bull, was third, ahead of Ferrari s Fernando Alonso. Vettel said that some new parts will be added to the Red Bull for the final two days of testing. "We have some new bits for the next two days and then we ll know a little bit more," he told www.autosport.com. "Everyone is a bit in the same situation. Usually the last couple of days of testing are quite important because you bring some new bits and the car is closer to what you will race at the first race, so we will see if that comes true. "Hopefully we can make another small step forward and then we should be okay." Testing continues until Sunday ahead of the first race of the 2012 Formula One season in Melbourne, Australia, on March 18. Another former world champion Lewis Hamilton was down in ninth in his McLaren, but was adamant that the team had collected crucial information. "Today was all about testing set-up. It was a good day: we learned quite a lot and improved a few things. We didn t get a lot of mileage, as we had a lot of downtime in between changes," said Hamilton.

Tom Gillis takes lead at Honda Classic

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Tom Gillis walked off PGA National with a 6-under 64, giving him a two-shot lead among the early starters of the second round at the Honda Classic on Friday. Gillis, who has competed in 26 countries during a journeyman s career, was at 8-under 132 to be on top of a leaderboard for the first time. Brian Harman broke the course record by three shots with a 61. He needed an eagle on the par-5 18th for a 59, but hit into a bunker with his second shot and failed to get up-and-down. Harman and Vaughn Taylor (66) were two shots behind. Tiger Woods shot 68 and was seven back. Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III, who opened with 64, and Rory McIlroy played in the afternoon.

38 killed in Syria violence, including 10 in Homs: NGO

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Thirty-eight Syrians were killed on Friday, including 10 shot dead in Baba Amr after regime forces overran the rebel district of the central city of Homs, a watchdog said. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP that 10 Syrians were "shot dead" in Baba Amr, but added: "The circumstances of their deaths are not clear." The Britain-based watchdog said regime forces had turned a Baba Amr shopping centre into a detention area, and called on the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has a relief convoy poised to enter the neighbourhood, to inspect it. The Observatory warned of summary executions in Baba Amr after regime troops seized it on Thursday following what rebel fighters called a tactical withdrawal. Elsewhere in Homs province, 12 people were killed, including five children, when a rocket struck a demonstration as the mostly rebel-held Rastan city was subjected to shelling and heavy gunfire by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. In Idlib province in the northwest, meanwhile, security forces shot dead a young man at a checkpoint near Maaret al-Numan, the Observatory said. A couple and their driver were also killed when regime forces fired on their car at a bridge in the Idlib town of Saraqeb, it added. Six civilians were shot dead by security forces in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, the watchdog added, while three more were killed in Aleppo as security forces opened fire in the Sukari and Masakin Hanano districts. Two civilians succumbed to their wounds after being shot by members of the security forces in Douma, outside Damascus, and another was shot dead by a sniper in Hama, the watchdog said. The Observatory said 21 people were killed in Homs on Thursday, among them 17 civilians caught up in the battle for Baba Amr.

CNG stations to remain shut for 24 hours in Sindh

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According to Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), the gas supply to all CNG stations in Sindh will remain suspended from 9:00am today till 9:00am on Sunday under gas load management programme. Long queues of vehicles were seen at the CNG stations in Karachi before the closure. The surveillance teams of the Sui Southern Gas Company would examine implementation on the decision made by the company. According to rules and regulation, the CNG stations committing violation to the regulation would have to remain deprive of gas for 48 hours.

Wyness upbeat on T20 plans for US

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Former Everton and Aberdeen football executive Keith Wyness, tasked with converting the United States to Twenty20 cricket, was upbeat Friday on plans for a league to start in 2013. A week after he was named chief executive of Cricket Holdings America LLC, Wyness said the joint venture between New Zealand Cricket and the USA Cricket Association was already consulting the International Cricket Council as it maps out plans for the league. "We have got it right in terms of the right pyramid of cricket authorities and that makes a fundamental difference to everything that has gone before," Wyness said. As chief executive Wyness will be responsible for the delivery of a business plan which will include the sale of Twenty20 franchises for a professional league to begin next year. "At present we are looking at a target date of starting games in the summer of 2013," he said, adding that there would be lead-up events this year "to introduce the game and give people more understanding of what we are trying to achieve." "Without a doubt Twenty20 is the format that is going to achieve most visibility and penetration in the USA -- that is what we expect to happen. "However, we will also be supporting other forms of the game if there is a need and desire as we move forward," he added. Wyness played down suggestions that divided opinion among the game s administrators in the United States could hamper the Twenty20 project. "There are always going to be debates and different points of view, and I do not see anything unusual in that," he said.

Oil below $107 after Saudi explosion report denied

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Oil prices fell below $107 a barrel Friday after Saudi Arabia denied an Iranian media report of a Saudi pipeline explosion. A stronger dollar and some profit-taking after the previous day s rally were contributing factors. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery, which is used to price much of the oil produced in the U.S. Midwest, fell by $2.80, or 2.6 percent, to $106.04 per barrel in afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, imported by many U.S. refineries that make gasoline, fell by $2.65 to $123.55 a barrel in London. Crude jumped to $110.55 late Thursday after an unconfirmed Iranian media report of a pipeline explosion in Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials denied the report. Oil prices have risen from $96 last month amid fears that conflict over Iran s nuclear program could trigger a disruption in global crude supplies. Signs of an improving U.S. economy have also bolstered investor optimism and crude prices. Iran, the world s third-largest oil exporter, faces a European embargo and other international sanctions as the West tries to force its nuclear facilities to open to inspectors. Some experts say Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon, though the country denies it. The recent jump in oil began to stall late this week. With prices near last year s highs, traders say they re increasingly worried about the consumer s ability to pay higher prices. "These prices are beginning to bite," independent oil trader Jim Ritterbusch said. "We re at the point where people are getting concerned of further economic recovery, not just in the U.S. but much of the globe." On Friday, renewed concerns over Europe s economy lingered and U.S. stock indexes were slightly down in afternoon trading. The dollar rose sharply against the euro after Spain warned that its budget deficit would be worse than previously expected. In other energy trading, heating oil 7 cents to $3.20 per gallon and gasoline futures fell 8 cents to $3.27 per gallon. Natural gas futures rose 2 cents to $2.48 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Dollar rises vs euro as Spain warns on deficit

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The dollar is rising sharply against the euro after Spain warned that its budget deficit would be worse than previously expected. The dollar is also rising against the Japanese yen, hitting a nine-month high early Friday. The yen has been weakening against the dollar since the Bank of Japan announced a surprise increase of its economic stimulus program in February. The euro fell to $1.3192 in midday trading from $1.3316 late Thursday. The dollar rose to 81.725 Japanese yen, its highest point since May 31. It was worth 81.08 yen late Thursday. In other trading, the British pound fell to $1.5851 to $1.5953. The dollar rose to 0.9142 Swiss franc from 0.9059 Swiss franc.

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