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Chairman Senate meets Iranian Speaker in Tehran
Two rockets strike parts of Quetta
Power breakdown plunges Karachi into darkness
Olympics: Fraser-Pryce retains women's 100m title
Farah wins 10,000 on golden night for Britain
Rutherford wins Olympic long jump gold
Serena Williams beats Sharapova for Olympic gold
Perkovic wins Olympic women's discus title
Phelps ends career with gold in medley relay
China's Sun smashes record with 1500m free gold
Spirig wins women's triathlon gold in photo finish
Brazil dream still alive after Honduras hiccup
Windies see victory in sight
US and China neck-and-neck in Olympic medals race
Spectacular Pietersen lifs England hopes

Chairman Senate meets Iranian Speaker in Tehran

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Senate Chairman Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari has hailed Iran s role in safeguarding regional peace and called for the further enhancement of Tehran-Islamabad energy ties.  “Pakistan is grappling today with terrorism and faces myriads of problems in this respect; meanwhile, the Islamic Republic can play a key role in the establishment of peace in the region,” said Bokhari during his meeting with Iranian Speaker Dr Ali Larijani on Saturday in Tehran.  Bokhari, who is on a four-day tour to Iran, touched upon Islamabad’s energy requirements, saying, “Today, Pakistan is in dire need of energy and fuel and, if possible, we are willing to meet a portion of this need from the Islamic Republic of Iran.” The senior Pakistani legislator also reaffirmed Islamabad’s resolve to receive the Islamic Republic’s natural gas through the Iran-Pakistan (IP) pipeline.

Two rockets strike parts of Quetta

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According to details, first rocket fell on a hotel’s rooftop located opposite Quetta Press Club which partially damaged the building. The second rocket struck a vacant plot near Benazir Flyover on Ispani Road while the third rocket struck a ground STN Colony on Sabzal Road. Police so far could not ascertain the location from where the rockets were fired and also who or what was the target of this attack. Police have cordoned off the area and launched investigation.

Power breakdown plunges Karachi into darkness

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According to details most parts of the city experienced blackout on Saturday when a high voltage transmission line tripped, suspending power supply to 23 of 64 grid stations. According to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) spokesman KESC’s two Extra High Tension (EHT) circuits of 220 KV and three lines of 132 KV, carrying electricity from Bin Qasim power plant tripped at around 9:20 pm. As a result, he said, power supply to 23 of 64 grid stations and Dhabeji pumping station had been suspended, leaving almost all the city into darkness. Grid stations of Qayum Abad, Jacob Line, Garden East, Korangi East, Malir, Shah Faisal and Civil Aviation tripped due to a major technical fault in Bin Qasim power plant circuit, the spokesman said, adding that teams had been dispatched for a repair work.

Olympics: Fraser-Pryce retains women's 100m title

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica outleaned world champion Carmelita Jeter of the United States and finished in 10.75 seconds Saturday night to win her second consecutive 100-metre Olympic gold medal. The last woman to win the dash twice in a row was Gail Devers of the U.S. in 1992 and 1996. Running with a gold chain dangling around her neck, Fraser-Pryce delivered the second-fastest Olympic 100 in history to edge Jeter, whose time was 10.78. Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica, the 200 champion at the past two Summer Games, earned the bronze Saturday in 10.81. The 5-foot-3 Fraser-Pryce has served a six-month doping suspension after taking a banned painkiller following a dental procedure. She was the 2009 world champion in the 100.

Farah wins 10,000 on golden night for Britain

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Mo Farah has won the 10,000 metres at the London Olympics to give Britain three gold medals in track and field in about one hour on Saturday night. The Somali-born Farah kicked away from a big pack coming into the final straight and won in 27 minutes, 30.42 seconds, holding off training partner Galen Rupp of the United States, who took silver in 27:30.90. Tariku Bekele finished in 27:31.43 to pick up bronze for Ethiopia. Earlier Saturday, Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon and Greg Rutherford won the long jump for Britain.

Rutherford wins Olympic long jump gold

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Greg Rutherford rode the atmosphere of a vocal, capacity crowd to win the long jump Saturday and deliver Britain its second Olympic track and field gold medal in a matter of minutes. Rutherford collected his first medal in a major international meet with a best leap of 8.31 metres. Mitchell Watt of Australia took silver in 8.16 and Will Claye of the United States secured bronze with a mark of 8.12. Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon for Britain about 20 minutes before the men s long jump finished.

Serena Williams beats Sharapova for Olympic gold

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Serena Williams became only the second woman to complete a career Golden Slam, winning the most lopsided women s final in Olympic history Saturday by beating Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1. The victory completed a remarkable run of domination by the No. 4-seeded Williams, who lost only 17 games in six matches en route to her first singles gold medal. She went 13-0 this summer at the All England Club, where she won her fifth Wimbledon title a month ago. "I was so focused here," she said. "I remember I was serving and I was thinking:  Serena, this is your best chance to win a gold medal. You re at Wimbledon, you re on grass, you play great on grass, pull it together, just win this.  And that s what I thought about." The career Golden Slam was first achieved by Steffi Graf, who did it when she won at the Olympics in 1988 after sweeping all four major titles. Williams can add the gold medal to her 14 Grand Slam singles championships, the most of any active woman. And she s not done in London. Williams and her sister Venus, pursuing their third gold in doubles, beat Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova of Russia 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals. Their opponents Sunday will be Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic.

Perkovic wins Olympic women's discus title

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Sandra Perkovic of Croatia has won the women s discus throw at the London Olympics with a national record of 69.11 metres. The 22-year-old Perkovic, who tested positive for methylhexanamine last year and served a six-month ban, took the lead in the second round Saturday with a mark of 68.11 and then improved it by one metre in the third round. Darya Pishchalnikova of Russia took the silver at 67.56. She won the silver at the 2007 world championships but had the medal stripped in a sample tampering scandal and was banned until April of 2011. World champion Li Yanfeng of China only had two successful attempts, but her first at 67.22 was good enough for bronze.

Phelps ends career with gold in medley relay

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Michael Phelps ended his career with another gold as the United States won the medley relay at the London Olympics on Saturday. Phelps leaves the sport with a record 18 golds and 22 medals overall. At these games he won four golds and two silvers. In the final swimming event of the eight-day meet, the Americans clocked 3 minutes, 29.35 seconds. Matt Grevers led off in the backstroke leg, Brendan Hansen swam the breaststroke, Phelps did his usual butterfly leg and Nathan Adrian was the anchor in freestyle. The Americans trailed when Phelps dove in, but he pushed them in front. Japan touched in 3:31.26 to take the silver medal and Australia finished in 3:31.58 to take bronze.

China's Sun smashes record with 1500m free gold

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Sun Yang of China smashed his own world record in racing away to win the men s 1500-metres freestyle gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday. Sun was under world record pace all the way to hit the wall in 14min 31.02secs, bettering his own mark of 14:34.14, set at last year s world championships in Shanghai. Ryan Cochrane of Canada took the silver medal in 14:39.63, with defending champion Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia taking bronze in 14:40.31. There was controversy before the start of the final when Sun hit the water before the start but he wasn t charged with a false start and ejected from the final.

Spirig wins women's triathlon gold in photo finish

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It was the type of side-by-side finish more often associated with a 100-metre sprint. This time, it came after a grueling two-hour endurance test of swimming, cycling and running but showed once again how any Olympic gold medal can be decided by the thinnest of margins. Not even the clock could tell Nicola Spirig and Lisa Norden apart in the women s triathlon as they lunged forward to break the tape held up over the finish line for almost simultaneously. In the end, Spirig of Switzerland won the Olympic title in a photo finish after her Swedish rival s desperate late sprint following a lung-bursting, long-distance effort came up millimetres short. For Norden, it was agonizingly close. "I m always a little bit too late, hey?" Norden joked after arriving at the press conference a few minutes after the other two medalists. In one of the closest triathlon finishes ever, she probably would have won had the finish line just been one metre further away. "At least I can say I pushed it all the way to the finish line and I m pretty happy with that," she said, pointing out she wasn t normally very good in sprint finishes. "I hope I made my coach proud today." Track runners and swimmers are used to missing out by hundredths of a second sometimes ask Michael Phelps after he was beaten by Chad le Clos by .05 seconds in the 200-metre butterfly. But that race lasted less than two minutes. At Hyde Park, the Spirig and Norden were clocked with the same time at the end of a 1,500-metre swim, a 43-kilometre (26.7-mile) bike ride and a 10-kilometre run that went for nearly 120 minutes. After all that, the two athletes burst through the tape together in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 48 seconds. They then both fell to the ground, exhausted, alongside bronze medalist Erin Densham who was only two seconds back. Both athletes celebrated, but only after they d recovered. Who won? Nobody knew at first. In the end, the photo showed a desperate Spirig had held off the late charge by a surging Norden. The Swiss thrust out her hips and upper body to win, denying her challenger a come-from-behind victory at the very end.

Brazil dream still alive after Honduras hiccup

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Brazil stayed on course for a first Olympic football gold medal but only after a nervy 3-2 win over a Honduras side reduced to nine men saw them into the semi-finals. Leandro Damiao equalised for Brazil after Mario Martinez put Honduras ahead. Roger Espinoza then restored the Central Americans  lead. However, Neymar brought Brazil level again from the penalty spot before Internacional striker Damiao scored his second at Newcastle s St James  Park. Honduras gave Brazil, five-times world champions but never Olympic gold medallists, a huge scare despite having midfielder Wilmer Cristiano sent off with just 32 minutes gone for a second bookable offence, with Espinoza collecting his second yellow card just before the final whistle. Brazil s Marcelo admitted: "Honduras made us work really hard. In the end, we showed our quality and we prevailed." Honduras s Jose Mendoza refused to hold German referee Felix Brych responsible for the end of his side s Olympic dream, saying: "I don t think we can blame the referee for our defeat. "I think we played a great game and I also think the referee didn t have his best day, but we can t blame him for the result."

Windies see victory in sight

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West Indies had victory tantalisingly in sight at the close Saturday on the third day of the second Test as they stood 71 runs short of victory with six wickets remaining against New Zealand. With bowler Narsingh Deonarine on a hot streak, the hosts bowled out the Black Caps for just 154 - leaving the West Indies requiring only 206 and by the close in Kingston they had made 134 for four as they looked to seal a 2-0 series win. Despite cheaply losing the wickets of Kieran Powell - trapped lbw by Tim Southee for six - and Chris Gayle - lbw to Trent Boult for just eight - they were well on their way as Assad Fudadin and first innings centurion Martin Samuels took them to 56 for 2 before Neil Wagner bowled Fudadin for 27 with the score on 94. Doug Bracewell then forced an edge from Samuels, who departed for 52 having been spilled by BJ Watling when on 20. Overnight, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Kemar Roach were still there on 20 and 10 respectively as the winning target began to swim into view. But it was an onslaught of spin in the morning session which left the Kiwis reeling after they had set up a 51-run lead after the first innings. Deonarine posted figures of four for 37 as he and Tino Best conspired to rip the Kiwi middle order after the tourists had been 110 ahead overnight at 59 for 2. By lunch that had become 109 for 7, as part time offspinner Deonarine - posting pre-lunch innings figures of 4/24 - and Best went to town. After Deonarine had seen off openers Martin Guptill and BJ Watling Best had Neil Wagner caught for six in the 32nd over and two balls later had skipper Ross Taylor removed in similar vein as wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin took the catch. Deonarine was at it again as he had Brendon McCullum offer a bat-pad catch to forward short leg on 19 before also claiming Williamson s scalp as he drove to Darren Sammy. Sunil Narine then bagged the wicket of Kruger Van Wyk, who holed out to deep square leg after making five, before ending what resistence there had been since Guptill s departure in the person of Dean Brownlie, who made a battling 35 before Narine had him caught by Deonarine to finish up with figures of three for 19. Although Gayle and Powell then failed to blaze a batting trail those who came to the crease in their stead, most notably Samuels, looked to have done enough to set up a platform for victory.

US and China neck-and-neck in Olympic medals race

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The red, white and blue is painting the Olympics gold, silver and bronze. Midway through the London Games, the United States is locked in a tight battle with China in the ultimate Olympic competition the race for No. 1 in the medals. While many had predicted China would top both categories, the Americans go into the second week with realistic chances of finishing with the most gold and most total medals. After Saturday night s competition, the U.S. led by one medal in each list 26-25 in golds and 54-53 overall. Behind the two powerhouses, the battle for the next few spots has thrown up some surprises, with South Korea surging into the top four and Russia and Australia lagging behind expectations. Britain picked up six golds on Saturday including three in track and field by Jessica Ennis (heptathlon), Mo Farah (10,000 meters) and Greg Rutherford (long jump) to bring its total to 14 gold and 29 overall, third in both categories. The U.S. has won the overall medal count at the last four Summer Games, but China has gained ground. China grabbed the most golds at its home Olympics four years ago in Beijing with 51, while the United States was a distant second with 36. The Americans won the overall count with 110 medals, 10 more than the Chinese. Going into Saturday night s events, the United States was leading China 24-23 in gold medals, while the Chinese were ahead 50-48 in the overall. While the USOC is reluctant to project medal counts, the aim is always the same. The final week of the games will be dominated by medal events in track and field, where the United States is much stronger than China. USA Track & Field is targeting 30 medals overall. U.S. hopes took a hit Sunday when LaShawn Merritt pulled up in his heat with a hamstring injury, ruling him out of defending his 400-meter title. Former Italian Olympic official Luciano Barra predicts medals based on performances at the most recent world championships. Coming into London, he projected that China would top both medals charts but now believes the tables have been turned. Sebastian Coe, the former two-time 1,500-meter champion who runs the London organizing committee, raised eyebrows in the U.S. when he told The Associated Press in April that he thought China would beat the United States in the medals race. He tempered that Saturday in another AP interview, saying: "It is going to be a China-USA fight for No. 1." The Russians, who finished third in Beijing with 23 gold and 73 total medals, have been a bust so far with only three gold. But the Russians have 28 overall and still have strong contenders in track and field, wrestling, rhythmic gymnastics and boxing. They should still finish third by the end of the games. Russian officials had projected between 23 and 30 gold medals. Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko reflected the feeling of disappointment to date. Alexander Zhukov, head of Russia s Olympic Committee, said the nation s hopes should be kept in check. Spots four through seven look to be a fight among Britain, Germany, South Korea and France. Host Britain, which finished fourth in Beijing with 19 gold and 47 total, has been targeting the No. 4 spot again this time. Team GB hopes to pick up more medals in sailing, equestrian, boxing, taekwondo and track. South Korea has been a surprise with 17 total and nine gold, including three in archery and others in judo, shooting and fencing. France (8-22), Germany (5-21) and Italy (5-13) are also doing well. North Korea has been another surprise with four gold medals, including three in weightlifting. No one has been more disappointed than the Australians. Before coming to London, the Australian Olympic Committee said it wanted to finish in the top five of both medals tables but is way off that projection. Australia had only one gold and was well outside the top 10 in both categories. Worse yet, South Pacific neighbor and traditional rival New Zealand had three golds. The last time Australia finished behind New Zealand in gold medals was in 1984.

Spectacular Pietersen lifs England hopes

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Kevin Pietersen hit a spectacular century to break a stranglehold by the South African bowlers and raise England s hopes on the third day of the second Test at Headingley on Saturday. Pietersen launched a savage assault after tea, hitting 149 not out as England reached 351 for five at the close, 68 behind South Africa’s first innings total of 419. South Africa suffered a further blow shortly before the close when captain Graeme Smith had to be helped from the field after injuring his left knee in chasing a ball to the boundary. Until Pietersen cut loose, South Africa had been ahead in a battle of attrition as England struggled to 173 for four at less than three runs an over. Alastair Cook (24), Andrew Strauss (37) and Jonathan Trott (35) all fell to disciplined bowling after lengthy but not particularly productive stays at the crease. South Africa struck what seemed a crucial blow shortly before the tea interval when Ian Bell was caught at first slip off Jacques Kallis for 11, leaving Pietersen to rebuild the innings together with new cap James Taylor, who scored his first runs in Test cricket when he drove leg-spinner Imran Tahir past mid-off for four in the final over before tea. The match changed dramatically after the break. South Africa brought back fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel to put pressure on the diminutive Taylor but it was Pietersen who took charge, slamming 26 runs off 11 balls in a thrilling passage of play. In a continuation of the duel between the two players in the first Test at the Oval, Morkel sent down a series of bouncers, bowling from around the wicket and challenging Pietersen to take on two fielders on the legside boundary. Pietersen was dropped at short leg by Hashim Amla off Morkel on 52 but then thrashed the next two balls to the midwicket boundary. With Pietersen in such dominant mood, Taylor was able to feel his way into Test cricket in a supporting role and batted soundly as he made 34 in a fifth wicket partnership of 147 before being bowled by Morkel. Pietersen reached a relatively conventional fifty off 90 balls with nine fours -- although it was already by far the most aggressive innings played by an England batsman -- then raced to his century off another 52 deliveries with eight more boundaries. When he was on 85 he became the eighth English batsman to score 7000 Test runs. His 21st Test century -- his third against South Africa -- came in the first over with the second new ball. After a brief period of consolidation he launched another burst of scoring, hitting 22 off 11 balls, including a straight drive which nearly decapitated Steyn and a dismissive swat to midwicket in Steyn s next over followed by a straight six off the next ball. Strauss and Cook had to combat some hostile bowling in a morning s play curtailed by rain, which stopped play for an hour and a half. Philander made the breakthrough when Cook played around a straight delivery and was given out leg before wicket by umpire Steve Davis. Cook unsuccessfully sought a review which showed the ball was hitting his middle stump. Strauss was caught behind off Steyn after a two-and-half hour stay when he pushed at a ball from the fast bowler to edge a straightforward catch. Trott batted for two hours before losing patience and flashing at Steyn to be caught at first slip.

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