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Pasroor: Flooding in Nullah Faik inundates two villages
US releases $ 280 aid for Pakistan
Prices of life saving drugs to be reduced
Phelps wins 100 fly in final individual race
Olympics: Deadly Dibaba retains 10,000m title with win
US 15-year-old Katie Ledecky wins 800 free
Murray sinks Djokovic to earn Federer rematch
South Korea wins Olympic saber team event
Japan beats Brazil 2-0 in Olympic women's soccer
Windies with work to do despite Samuels ton
Canada knocks Britain out of women's football
Majewski wins shot put gold, defends Olympic title
Olympics: US gold rush sinks China
Seven killed in Yemen blasts
Syrian regime pleads with Russia for economic aid

Pasroor: Flooding in Nullah Faik inundates two villages

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The flooding was caused as India released water in Nullah Daik which inundated Jaboke and Nawade villages near Pasroor. The flood water destroyed standing crops on hundereds of acres of land in the area. The flood water also casued breaches at several point on the roads leading to the villages due to which land contact of the area has been cut off with other parts of the country.

US releases $ 280 aid for Pakistan

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The US Congress has released $ 280 million aid for Pakistan that is amid at assisting Pakistan in energy sector, said a statement issued by the US Embassy on Friday. The aid was issued for Tarbela expansion, Karam Tangi and other power projects. Relations between both the countries seems to be improving after resumption of Nato supplies and a couple of meeting in Rawalpindi and Washington.

Prices of life saving drugs to be reduced

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The government has decided in principle to reduce prices of cancer, sugar, blood pressure and other anti biotic medicines. The prices of foreign and local drugs will be reduced with the ratio of their manufacturing cost and inflation. A meeting of Central Pricing Board will be held in this regard in Islamabad during next week. The government had already reduced prices of 92 medicines on the suggestion of Federal Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan.

Phelps wins 100 fly in final individual race

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Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly at the London Games on Friday for the record 17th gold and 21st medal overall in his Olympic career. In the final individual race of his career, Phelps was next to last at the turn but then produced his usual furious finish to clock 51.21 seconds. Chad le Clos of South Africa and Evgeny Korotyshkin of Russia touched in 51.44 to share the silver medal. Phelps will end his career with the 4x100 medley relay Saturday.

Olympics: Deadly Dibaba retains 10,000m title with win

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Ethiopia s Tirunesh Dibaba produced her devastating trademark kick 600m from the line to successfully defend her Olympic women s 10,000m title with ease here on Friday. Dibaba, a seven-time world champion and also Olympic champion and world record holder in the 5000m, clocked 30min 20.75sec to finish ahead of Kenyans Sally Kipyego (30:26.37) and Vivian Cheruiyot (30:30.44), the reigning world champion. Dibaba s achievement meant she matched her cousin Derartu Tulu in becoming the second woman to win two Olympic gold medals in the women s 10,000m. It also meant that Kenya have still never won the event. It was a welcome return to form for the 26-year-old Dibaba, who missed the world cross-country champs in Jordan and the world championships in Berlin in 2009 because of nagging injuries. The Japanese trio of runners took their customary lead through the first 10 circuits of the 25-lap race before the Kenyans took over the pace making. Joyce Chepkirui, the Kenyan cross-country champion, and reigning world silver medallist Kipyego upped the tempo as the field began to string out as they hit 5000m in 15:32.06. Ethiopian Worknesh Kidane, a record 21-time medallist at the world cross-country championships including gold medallist in 2003, took the lead through the tenth lap and was the perfect foil for Dibaba. In ideal running conditions, with a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius (64 Fahrenheit) and a slight breeze, the lead chopped and changed between Kidane and Chepkirui, the Ethiopian kicking with eight laps to go. Dibaba was pulled along on Kidane s coattails with Cheruiyot and Kipyego as Chepkirui fell off the pace. The quartet kicked free of the chasers to set up a battle royale in the last three laps. Kipyego led with 800 metres to go as Dibaba eased past her fading teammate Kidane and produced a deadly spurt of acceleration at 600m to build up a convincing 40-metre lead over a Kenyan duo left powerless to respond. Dibaba hit the back straight clear, her eyes flicking to the big screen in front of her before she crossed the line with arms raised. Kipyego kicked enough to claim silver ahead of the flagging Cheruiyot, who will now look to make her mark in this Olympics in the 5000m.

US 15-year-old Katie Ledecky wins 800 free

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Katie Ledecky of the United States led all the way to win the gold medal in the women s swimming 800m freestyle Friday, winning in the second fastest time in history. The 15-year-old touched home in 8min 14.63sec ahead of Mireia Belmonte Garcia (8:18.76) of Spain in silver and Rebecca Adlington (8:20.32) of Great Britain with bronze. Ledecky s time was the second-fastest of all-time behind Adlington s world record (8:14.10), set when she won the Olympic title in Beijing four years ago. "I just wanted to see how I could do to represent the US and it s amazing," said first-time Olympian Ledecky. Ledecky said she received a good luck wish from superstar teammate Michael Phelps before the race. "Michael is the first Olympian I ever met before I started swimming at the US Nationals in 2002 or 2003 in Maryland, so to get a good luck before the race really calmed me down and I was ready to swim my race," she said. "I figured I was going pretty fast, I figured if I get close to this world record, I don t really care, I just want to get my hand on the wall and see what the time is. "It is amazing to be here with so many great swimmers from the US, it has really inspired all of us. "I have just been setting a lot of short and long-term goals and swimming my butt off."

Murray sinks Djokovic to earn Federer rematch

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Britain s Andy Murray set up an Olympic revenge mission against Roger Federer as the world number four booked his place in the final with a 7-5, 7-5 semi-final victory over Novak Djokovic on Friday. Murray produced a masterful display to beat world number two Djokovic in two hours on Centre Court and the Scot is now guaranteed at least a silver medal as he heads into his first Olympic final on Sunday. It promises to be an emotional occasion for the 25-year-old, who won the British public s hearts after crying on court following his loss to Federer in the Wimbledon final less than a month ago. Murray was tearful again following his win over Djokovic, but this time the waterworks were prompted by joy rather than sorrow as he celebrated the latest fine result of an impressive week at the All England Club. Earlier, Roger Federer clinched the first singles medal of his career Friday, rallying past Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 3-6, 7-6 (5), 19-17. At 4 hours, 26 minutes, it was the longest three-set men s match of the Open era. "I definitely got a sense that it was something special," Federer said. "The deeper we went into the match, the more I thought,  Wow, this is so cool to be part of a match like this. " Federer converted only two of 13 break-point chances, the second coming in the next-to-last game, and had several nervous moments. But he held serve 12 times in the final set to stay in the match.

South Korea wins Olympic saber team event

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Fencer Gu Bon-gil led South Korea to a 45-26 victory over Romania in the men s team saber final at the London Olympics Friday, earning the Asians their first gold medal at a fencing team event. The third-ranked Gu and teammates Kim Jung-hwan, Won Woo-young and Oh Eun-seok won all but one of the nine bouts in the final. Italy took bronze after defeating world champion Russia 45-40.

Japan beats Brazil 2-0 in Olympic women's soccer

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Yuki Ogimi scored a goal and then set up another to give world champion Japan a 2-0 victory over Brazil on Friday and a place in the semifinals of the women s Olympic soccer competition. Japan will play France, which beat Sweden 2-1 earlier Friday in another quarterfinal, on Monday. Ogimi s goal came at 27 minutes after she ran onto a quickly taken free kick by Homare Sawa. In the second half, she beat a player, then made a long pass to Shinobu Ohno, who chipped the ball over the Brazilian keeper. Brazil, which has yet to win an Olympic gold medal, settled quicker, its height and power causing problems for the Japanese. Captain Marta hit five corners in the first 10 minutes, the final one punched away one-handed by keeper Miho Fukumoto. Its best chance fell to Renata Costa, who fired over the bar from close range after a good cross by Rosana. Japan got back into the game after the 20-minute mark as Brazil s defense failed to break down its quick-passing play, and made a few errors of its own. The goal came on 27 minutes after Fabiana fouled Nahomi Kawasumi just inside the Brazilian half. Brazil came closest to an equalizer on the hour mark: Christiane rose up between two defenders to a get a free header on goal, but her effort went over. As the South Americans pressed for a goal, the team left gaps in its half that Japan exploited for its second on 72 minutes. Ogimi picked up a ball kicked from defense on the halfway line, beat a Brazilian player before playing a long, looping pass to Ohno, who was in space in front of the penalty area. Ohno appeared at first to have taken one too many touches with the ball, but cut back inside to chip Andreia, the ball bouncing into the net off the underside of the bar. Brazil has finished second in the last two Olympics, losing to the U.S. both times in the gold-medal match.

Windies with work to do despite Samuels ton

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West Indies, looking to win their series 2-0, posted a first innings deficit after the second day of their second Test against New Zealand on Friday, bowled out for 209 and hugely indebted to a century from Marlon Samuels. By the close, the Black Caps were 59 for 2 for a lead of 110 with Martin Guptill - missing a fourth straight half century - and Bradley-John Watling the men out, both falling lbw to Narsingh Deonarine inside three overs late in the final session. Guptill, 97 in the first innings of the first Test at North Sound, made 42 and Watling 11. Earlier, the tourists had served notice of their intent to level the series in netting three top order wickets, including the prized scalp of Chris Gayle, in the opening session and their aggressivity in the field continued thereafter. Before lunch, Gayle - who top-scored with 150 in the first Test which the West Indies won by nine wickets went for just eight from 58 balls as the hosts made a hesitant start. Gayle, recalled after 18 months out of the Test loop due to a standoff between himself and the West Indies officials over comments he made after a sponsorship row, fell to the bowling of Neil Wagner, who drew a top edge towards point that Watling caught with aplomb. Gayle s paltry return came despite spending an hour and three quarters at the crease. It could have been worse - he was dropped by Ross Tayor off Tim Southee before Wagner finished him off. Also heading back to the pavilion were Kieran Powell, caught by Dean Brownlie at third slip for just ten off the bowling of Trent Boult and Assad Fudadin, whom Boult trapped lbw for five. Marlon Samuels showed some resistance in the afternoon and went on to make 123 after the hosts were at one stage faltering at 83 for five before he holed out to deep point, caught by Wagner off the bowling of Doug Bracewell. Shivnarine Chanderpaul fell, edging Southee to Taylor at slip for nine, while Narsingh Deonarine was caught behind for a duck off Boult. Samuels drove Boult to the boundary for his 50 off 93 balls and for a while he had support from Denesh Ramdin, who made 15 before Wagner induced an edge to Kane Williamson at gully. Skipper Darren Sammy made 32 in building a stand of 49 with Samuels as the West Indies laboured toward the Black Caps  opening of 260 - only to fall lbw to Southee and Samuels  demise ended their tilt before the hosts resumed in the field.

Canada knocks Britain out of women's football

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Canada scored twice in the first half to beat Britain 2-0 Friday and set up a clash with the United States in the semifinals of the women s Olympic football tournament. The British had not conceded a goal in three group stage games coming into the quarterfinals, but were undone by defensive mistakes at the City of Coventry Stadium. Jonelle Filigno scored Canada s opener after 16 minutes when she curled a half volley into the top corner after being left unmarked at a corner. Captain Christine Sinclair doubled the Canadian lead in the 27th with a well struck free kick. Hopes had been high for the British after they beat Brazil in their final group stage game on Wednesday. But Friday s result ended their chances of a medal in the women s football.

Majewski wins shot put gold, defends Olympic title

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Tomasz Majewski of Poland successfully defended his Olympic shot put title, winning the first gold medal of the track and field program at the London Games with a throw of 21.89 meters on Friday. The 30-year-old Majewski, who upset the odds to take gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, took the lead by 1 centimeter from world champion David Storl with his third attempt. He improved his margin to 3 centimeters with his last attempt. The 22-year-old Storl earned the silver medal with a toss of 21.86 and Reese Hoffa won the bronze at 21.23 for the United States, which has not won an Olympic men s shot put title since Randy Barnes in 1996.

Olympics: US gold rush sinks China

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China slipped to second place in the London Olympics medals count Friday as wins in badminton and trampolining were outdone by an American gold rush in the pool. The six-day leaders, who also ruled the roost at Beijing 2008, were just one gold behind the United States -- 20 to 21 -- but with athletics, a rich mine for American medals, only just under way. World champions Japan humbled Brazil 2-0 to reach the women s football semi-finals, easing the delegation s disquiet at being knocked off top spot in the judo competition for the first time since Seoul 1988. China will look to their divers, badminton players and table tennis stars to maintain their flow of medals. On Friday, world champions Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei, who are romantically involved, won the badminton mixed doubles 21-11, 21-17 against team-mates Xu Chen and Ma Jin. It began what China hope will be a sweep of all five badminton titles -- a bid which was rocked when top seeds Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli were among eight players kicked out of the women s doubles for playing to lose. Men s champion Lin Dan set up a dream final with great rival Lee Chong Wei, who is recovering fast from a serious ankle injury, in what will help organisers move on from the  throwing  scandal. Malaysia s Lee downed fourth seed Chen Long 21-13, 21-14, and Lin beat South Korea s Lee Hyun-Il 21-12, 21-10 to set up a rematch of the 2008 final -- and last year s gripping world title match, won by Lin at Wembley Arena. "I was not the favourite to win this match," said top seed Lee, who has battled back to fitness with intense rehab and stem-cell treatment. "This is not Lee Chong Wei at his best. But I was determined to prove a lot of people wrong." China stayed on course for the unprecedented feat of winning all eight diving titles when Wu Minxia, seeking a record-equalling sixth Olympic medal, led the preliminary round of the women s 3m springboard. Dong Dong won the men s trampoline, usurping the title of Chinese team-mate Lu Chunlong, who is also world champion in the discipline and took bronze. South Korea claimed the Olympic Games men s team sabre fencing gold, beating Romania 45-26 in the final, while Oh Jin-Hyek extended their dominance in the archery events by winning the men s individual competition. South Korea, who set a modest target of 10 titles for the Games, already have nine which puts them third on the medals table, ahead of hosts Great Britain. But Japan were left to contemplate a medal-less showing for their male judokas which means that, for the first time in 24 years, they cannot finish as the competition s most successful nation. Japan have just one judo gold so far, through women s under-57kg world champion Kaori Matsumoto. Japan are currently 13th on the medals table, with North Korea eighth. "It is my responsibility. Technically we were good but mentally and in terms of power we were weak," said men s coach Shinichi Shinohara. "I don t think the rest of the world has got better but mentally athletes from the other countries are stronger." On Saturday, the last evening of pool action, China can bet the house on a gold medal for world champion and world record-holder Sun Yang in the 1500m. Sun, with the 400m title in the bag, topped qualifying with 14min 43.25sec. It will help counter a flood of US titles in the pool including wins for Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin, and 15-year-old Katie Ledecky on Friday.

Seven killed in Yemen blasts

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A man lobbed a grenade in a busy market on Friday in Yemen s second city Taez, killing at least six people, officials said, while a blast in the capital Sanaa claimed one more life. Ten others were injured in the attack in Taez, staged when the market re-opened in the evening after the daily fast for the Muslim month of Ramadan, an official in the Taez governor s office said. "A man on a motorbike threw a grenade, killing six people and injuring 10 others," he said, adding that the motive behind the attack was not yet clear. Another person was killed and one more was injured in a blast in a southern neighbourhood of Sanaa when an explosive device placed near an Internet cafe went off, locals and a doctor said. The defence ministry said the explosion occurred near a khat market. Khat is a plant chewed for its stimulant qualities and is banned from import to the United States and many European countries, though it is still legal in Britain. Taez was a protest hotbed last year during months of unrest against the rule of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who stepped down in February after 33 years in power.

Syrian regime pleads with Russia for economic aid

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While the Syrian delegation was holding talks in Moscow, a squadron of Russian warships was approaching Syria s port of Tartus, the only naval base Russia has outside the former Soviet Union. The Russian Defense Ministry said that some of the ships may call on the port to replenish their supplies. Syria s Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil, who led a delegation of several Cabinet ministers on a trip to Moscow, told reporters Friday that they have asked for a Russian loan to replenish Syria s hard currency reserves, which have been depleted by international embargoes on Syrian exports. Jamil and Syrian Finance Minister Mohammad al-Julaylati refused to disclose the sum of the loan Syria is seeking. "We have asked Russia for a hard currency loan to allow us overcome the current problems, and they promised to consider our request," al-Julaylati said at a news conference. "We need some additional resources. Countries in such situations usually ask for foreign loans." Jamil said Syria may get the loan within weeks. Russian authorities did not issue any comments about the requests. Syria is believed to be burning quickly through the $17 billion in foreign reserves that the government was believed to have at the start of Assad s crackdown on a popular uprising that erupted in March 2011. The conflict has turned into a civil war, and rights activists estimate more than 19,000 people have been killed over the past 17 months. Jamil also said Damascus wants to get diesel oil and other oil products from Russia in exchange for crude supplies. He said Syria currently produces 200,000 barrels of crude. "The most important thing is to break the blockade of Syria and continue the supplies of oil and imports of oil products," Jamil said. Syria blames U.S. and European Union sanctions for shortages that have left Syrians standing in long lines to pay inflated prices for cooking gas, sugar and other staples. Syrian Oil Minister Said Maza Hanidi said the EU embargo led to fuel shortages affecting 20 million Syrians and that a deal with Russia should fix the problem. In May, the U.S. ambassador to Damascus denied that the international sanctions were to blame for the shortages. "Our sanctions purposefully do not target oil and diesel imports, because we know that the Syrian people need both for their day-to-day lives," Ambassador Robert Ford wrote on the embassy s Facebook page. Ford said the government is using fuel imports for its tanks. He was forced to leave Syria in February citing security concerns. Russia has protected Syria from U.N. sanctions and continued to supply it with weapons throughout the conflict. The Kremlin, backed by fellow veto-wielding U.N. Security Council member China, has blocked any plans that would call on Assad to step down. Russian news agencies reported Friday that two of the three amphibious assault ships which are part of the squadron heading to Syrian waters will call at Tartus while the third will cast anchor just outside the port.

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