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Euro rises against dollar after Greek bond swap
Soldier could get death for Afghan shootings: Panetta
Israel, Palestinians agree Gaza truce
Lahore: UET wall collapse kills student
Poland puts condition to defence pact with Pakistan
Teixeira steps down as head of Brazilian football
Obama uses Clinton to play bin Laden card
ICC rejects British papers claim on Indian bookmakers
Rana Sanas relative arrested in press club attack case
Istanbuls mayor visits historical places of Lahore
Misbah, guys fined for slow over rate
Online system will not be delayed: HED Punjab
Students hit back at vandalising transporters in Gwala
Doctors protest against police in Jacobabad
45 Afghans killed in another avalanche

Euro rises against dollar after Greek bond swap

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Greece exchanged most of its privately-held bonds with new ones worth less than half their original value. The European Union is expected to approve Greece s second bailout, worth about $172 billion, this week. The cash will help the country avoid bankruptcy. The euro rose to $1.3150 late Monday from $1.3116 late Friday. With no major U.S. economic data due out Monday, traders are looking ahead to a Federal Reserve policy meeting Tuesday.  Analysts don t expect the Fed to make any changes to its interest rate policy but traders are waiting to see if the Fed believes the economy is improving. Recent reports suggest that the U.S. economy is improving. Employers added 227,000 jobs in February, more than analysts were expecting. In other trading, the dollar British pound fell to $1.5637 from $1.5673. The dollar rose to 99.34 Canadian cents from 98.99 Canadian cents. The dollar fell to 82.26 Japanese yen from 82.52 yen and to 0.9169 Swiss franc from 0.9194 Swiss franc.

Soldier could get death for Afghan shootings: Panetta

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The US soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage could face the death penalty if convicted, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday. The Pentagon chief told reporters aboard his plane en route to Kyrgyzstan that the suspect in the Afghan shooting spree would be brought to justice under the US military legal code, which allows for the death penalty in some cases. Asked if the suspect could be sentenced to death, Panetta said: "My understanding is in these instances that could be a consideration." Panetta condemned the incident as a "terrible loss of life" and said it remained unclear what may have led the gunman to murder civilians. After walking off his base, the suspect entered Afghan homes and fired on civilian families, "then at some point after that came back to the forward operating base and basically turned himself in. Told individuals what happened," Panetta said. When asked if that amounted to a confession, Panetta said: "I suspect that was the case." "We re not sure, what the reasons were. But he is in custody. I have assured President (Hamid) Karzai that he will be brought to justice and held accountable," the US defense chief said. Panetta repeated the US administration s stance that the shooting, the latest in a spate of damaging incidents that have strained US-Afghan relations, would not derail the war effort or force a change to the current strategy, which calls for a gradual drawdown of US and NATO troops through 2014. "We cannot allow these events to undermine our strategy or the mission that we re involved in," Panetta said. "It s important that we push on," he said. The US soldier walked off his base in southern Kandahar province and broke into three village homes before dawn Sunday, killing 16 people including women and children -- an event described by Karzai as "unforgivable."

Israel, Palestinians agree Gaza truce

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Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza have agreed a "comprehensive and mutual" ceasefire after four days of bloodshed, a senior Egyptian official told AFP on Tuesday. "An agreement ending the current operations between the two sides, including a halt to assassinations, entered into force at 1:00 am," the official said, after days of Egyptian mediation to end the latest flare-up in violence.

Lahore: UET wall collapse kills student

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According to details, a dilapidated wall of University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore collapsed due to rain on Monday night, killing a student. The UET students staged a protest on the death of their fellow and blocked the Grand Trunk Road for four hours, resulting in piling up of traffic on the road.  The students called off their protest after assurance from PML-N leader Zaeem Qadree and vice chancellor Gen (retd) Akran Khan that investigation into the incident will be completed within 24 hours. Meanwhile, the teachers and students of the UET will boycott classes today in protest against the incident.

Poland puts condition to defence pact with Pakistan

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The Polish government has asked Pakistan to sign a legal agreement consist of 22 provisions under which Pakistan and Poland will jointly launch a search operation to find killers of a Polish engineer Piotr Stanezk. Dunya News has acquired the documents regarding the agreement. It is learnt that draft of this secrete legal agreement will be presented before the cabinet today (Wednesday) under Poland’s government pressure. Poland had threatened that in case of disagreement, it will favour India for trade in European markets instead of Pakistan. A Polish engineer, who came to Pakistan for assistance in drilling for oil and gas, was abducted by Taliban leader Qari Hussain on September 28, 2008. The then Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud also tried to get the abducted Polish citizen for the release of his arrested accomplices. However, Qari Hussain did not agree with Baitullah Mehsud and killed the Polish engineer in February 2009.

Teixeira steps down as head of Brazilian football

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The 2014 World Cup organizing committee on Monday ended a contentious 23-year stint in charge of Brazilian football. Teixeira took a leave of absence for medical reasons last week, but the Brazilian federation announced he has left permanently to look after his health. The announcement came in a letter of resignation read by new federation and organizing committee president, former Sao Paulo Governor Jose Maria Marin. "I leave the presidency of the CBF (national federation) permanently with the sense of mission accomplished," Teixeira wrote in the letter. "It s not easy to preside passion. Football in our country is associated with two things: talent and disorganization. When we win, talent is praised. When we lose, it s about disorganization. I did what was within my reach, sacrificing my health. I was criticized in the losses and undervalued in the victories." Teixeira s term had been expected to end in 2015. The medical reasons were not officially disclosed, but last year he took leave after being hospitalized becaue of diverticulitis, an inflammation of the inner lining of the intestine. Teixeira has led the CBF since 1989 and revamped the organization after it struggled financially. Under his command, Brazil won the 1994 and 2002 World Cups and the federation became one of the richest in the world. But the success was followed by a lot of controversy, and there had been calls for his resignation amid allegations of irregularities in Brazil and abroad. He has always denied any wrongdoing. The 79-year-old Marin said nothing would immediately change at the federation or World Cup organizing committee with him in command. Earlier this year, television cameras caught Marin putting a winner s medal in his pocket while presenting them to players in an under-18 tournament in Sao Paulo. He later said the medal was given to him. He was not accused of any wrongdoing by organizers. Some local federations were against having Marin as president and wanted to be able to pick a successor for Teixeira through elections or by changing the national federation s statutes. It remained unclear if Teixeira will also leave the FIFA executive committee, which is a position elected through CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation. Teixeira has been an executive member of football s governing body since 1994.

Obama uses Clinton to play bin Laden card

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The movie lionizes Obama for tough decisions on economic and national security issues during his three-year presidency, and represents the latest attempt to secure a political dividend for killing the Al-Qaeda leader. "He took the harder, and the more honorable path," Clinton said in the latest excerpt from the film "The Road We ve Traveled" released by the president s campaign. "When I saw what had happened, I thought to myself,  I hope that s the call I would ve made. " Obama ordered the high risk Navy SEALS raid deep into Pakistan last year which ended the huge manhunt for bin Laden, and closed a chapter on the traumatic period of US history following the September 11 attacks in 2001. He was given a number of options for taking out bin Laden, including a missile strike, but chose the risker special forces raid on the Al-Qaeda kingpin s hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The movie, to be released on Thursday is narrated by Tom Hanks and made by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim, and seeks to place the daily struggles and bitter partisan fights of his presidency in a larger context.

ICC rejects British papers claim on Indian bookmakers

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The chief executive of the sport s world governing body, Haroon Lorgat, described a report in Britain s Sunday Times that it was probing last year s World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan as "baseless and misleading". "The ICC has no reason or evidence to require an investigation into this match," he said in an emailed statement to media. "It is indeed sad for spurious claims to be made which only serve to cause doubt on the semi-final of one of the most successful ICC Cricket World Cups ever." The weekly claimed on Sunday that it had uncovered evidence that tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) was on offer to players to throw part or all of international matches, including the crunch semi-final between the bitter South Asian rivals. India won the match and went on to beat Sri Lanka in the final. One New Delhi-based bookmaker was quoted as saying that English county cricket was a "good new market" because matches were low-profile. Money was on offer to batsmen to score slowly and bowlers to concede runs in a set pattern, the report said. The allegations came just weeks after former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield became the first English cricketer to be jailed for corruption, after admitting accepting money to fix a match against Durham in September 2009.

Rana Sanas relative arrested in press club attack case

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Police arrested Rana Tauseef after Dunya News aired the CCTV footage of armed attack on Faisalabad Press Club. The footage pin-pointed the provincial law minister’s relative as supplying arms to a group of men who were then seen attacking the press club. Initially police were reluctant to arrest the relative of Punjab’s influential minister until Dunya News aired the footage to show gross violation of the law of the land.

Istanbuls mayor visits historical places of Lahore

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The mayor, accompanied by a delegation, visited Allama Iqbal’s mausoleum. He earlier inaugurated campus of a girl’s school.  The mayor praised Pakistan’s national poet Allama Iqbal and said that he was an important personality of the Islamic world.  When the Turkish mayor reached the mausoleum, Commissioner Lahore Jawad Rafiq, Special assistant to Chief Minister Salman Rafique and Commandant Sutlej Brigadier Zahid Ahmad received him. Guard of honour was paid to the guests.  Government College University bestowed upon him an honourary PhD degree for his services to strengthen Pak-Turk friendship. Dr Tobpas, who is on a two-day official visit to Lahore, was awarded the honorary degree at an impressive ceremony at Bokhari Auditorium of GCU. Members of the Turkish delegation, Education Minister Mian Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, vice chancellors of King Edward Medical University (KEMU) and University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, academia, and members of provincial cabinet were also present at the ceremony. On the second day of his two-day visit, the mayor of Istanbul also paid a visit to Shahi Qila while the campus of girl’s school was inaugurated at Raiwind Road.  He later inaugurated interchange named after him on Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road.  The mayor also paid a visit to the Blue Mosque being built on Multan Road on the pattern of Sultan Shah mosque, an epitome of Turkish architecture.

Misbah, guys fined for slow over rate

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Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 21 runs in the opening match of the Asia Cup tournament. Match referee David Boon imposed the fine after Misbah-ul-Haq s side was ruled to be two overs short of its target when time allowances were taken into consideration. In accordance with the ICC Code of Conduct regulations governing minor over rate offences, players are fined 10 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount. As such, Misbah was fined 40 per cent of his match fee while his players received 20 percent fines. If Misbah is found guilty of one more minor over rate offence in ODIs over the next 12 months, he will receive a one-match suspension as per the provisions of the ICC Code of Conduct.

Online system will not be delayed: HED Punjab

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According to spokesman of Higher Education Department Punjab, online system will be retained in all education boards of Punjab including Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) and Intermediate examination would be given under this system. The spokesman said that all errors in the online system have been removed and this system will be presented in a better way this year. To a question, he said not written application from chairman of any education board is received till now.

Students hit back at vandalising transporters in Gwala

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Students of Government College Gujranwala had a clash with transporters a day before. On Monday, hundreds of transporters equipped with batons stormed into the college and started vandalising motorcycles of professors and students parked in the parking stand. Students got furious over this and blocked Chichar Wali road in protest. Enraged students shouted slogans and broke windowpanes of various passenger vehicles. Afterward, protesting students reached Lahore-Sialkot road in the form of rally and blocked it. However, the students dispersed over the assurance of action against transporters by the police.

Doctors protest against police in Jacobabad

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Police, allegedly, arrested and tortured leader of Doctors’ Forum Anwar Waggan in Jacobabad. On this, Doctors Forum protested against police and marched toward national highway from Civil Hospital. Afterward, protesting doctors blocked the highway by burning tyres. Police resorted to baton charge the doctors to disperse them. Several doctors were injured with the baton charge while police detained six doctors into police station. DSP City clarified that protesting doctors pelted stones on police vans due to which one cop got injured and, over this, police respond with baton charge.

45 Afghans killed in another avalanche

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At least 45 people were killed as they became latest victims in the country s worst winter in 30 years. Heavy snow blanketed 13 houses and blocked roads leading into a district of Nuristan province, near the border with Pakistan, preventing help from reaching avalanche victims, deputy provincial governor Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi said. An entire village in northern Badakhshan province was covered by an avalanche almost a week ago, killing at least 50 people. Though avalanches are common in the mountainous north and east, the latest deaths are particularly painful during a winter that has killed dozens in the capital Kabul and created further food shortages in one of the world s poorest countries.

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