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• War on terror goes on after 11 years of 9/11
• 64th death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam today
• Peshawar: Cache of arms, ammunition seized
• Met Office predicts break in monsoon rains
• Ninth prisoner dies at Guantanamo
• US, Afghans locked in dispute over detainees
• Bomb strikes Baghdad eatery, killing 8
• 16 bodies found in van on Mexico highway
• Indian police fire at nuclear protesters, killing 1
• Oil prices rise on US stimulus hopes
• Dollar trades in tight ranges ahead of Fed meeting
• Early test suggests dengue vaccine possible
• Study hints at brain chemistry of cocaine withdrawal pain
• Studies: Wind potentially could power the world
• London stages parade to mark end of 2012 Games

War on terror goes on after 11 years of 9/11 Posted: The US-led war against terrorism continues after 11 years of terrorists’ attacks in New York. The war claimed so far thousands of lives, and trillions of dollars wasted since 9/11 but it still goes on even though Osama Bin Laden, the architect of the attacks, is dead.In ways he could never have foreseen, the Al Qaeda leader has changed the world for the worse. As Pakistan struggle to contain the tide of extremism threatening our very existence, the West has become a very different place, too. Security concerns have now reached such paranoid levels that everyday freedoms, once taken for granted, are at risk.Pakistan has suffered incalculable destruction of an unprecedented magnitude. Unlike the Western countries, the people and armed forces of Pakistan are continuously facing such terrorist attacks virtually every day in Pakistan, resulting in loss of precious lives of over 70,000 innocent civilians and sacrifices of over 8,000 lives of soldiers.Despite these unparallel sacrifices made by our citizens and Arm Forces, Pakistan is still being defamed as a terrorist State and the West is continuing to demand from Pakistan “To do more”.Despite internal threats and problems Pakistan, remains a key player in the Afghan endgame. 2014 is not far away, Pakistan has to maintain the balance of power in the region besides playing an effective role in dealing with both challenges and opportunities.

64th death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam today Posted: According to Media Reports, special prayers will be offered in mosques for the departed soul of Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.Quran and Fateha Khawani will be held at the mausoleum of the Quaid in Karachi.Radio Pakistan will air special programmes to pay homage to the great leader. At 4.05 pm‚ a feature program titled Quaid Azam in the eyes of foreigners will be broadcast to highlight the vision and leadership qualities of the great leader. It will be followed by a special discourse titled Sagacity of Quaid-e-Azam and Pakistan of Today.Excerpts from the speeches of Quaid-e-Azam will also be broadcast during the special transmission.

Peshawar: Cache of arms, ammunition seized Posted: According to details, police conducted a raid on the godown of New Bajaur Goods Transport Company near Haji Camp Stand and recovered 1,600 dynamites, 13,500 detonators, 6 pitols and 32,000 bullets.Five persons were also arrested from the spot. Police have registered a case and started investigation.

Met Office predicts break in monsoon rains Posted: The Met Office has predicted decrease in intensity of low monsoon currents present over Sindh which will cause a break in rains in most parts of the country.Jacobabad received 441mm of rain during the past 36 hours, the heaviest rain in last 100 years.Director MET Muhammad Hanif said on Monday that average rain in Jacobabad is usually about 11mm in the month of September every year adding all the upper areas of Sindh have received more than 100mm rains so far.He added that this spell of rain still persists in Sindh and all adjacent areas including Karachi will receive heavy rain till Tuesday morning.Eastern Sindh and Balochistan are likely to receive thundershowers during next 48 hours.Heavy rain would cause urban/flash floods in Sukkar, Larkana, Mirpur Khas, Hyderabad, Quetta, Kallat, Zhob, Sibbi, Nasirabad, D.G. Khan and Bhawalpur divisions.

Ninth prisoner dies at Guantanamo Posted: A prisoner has died at the US Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the US military said Monday, two days after the man was apparently found unconscious in his cell at the isolated, high-security prison.The prisoner, whose name and nationality were not released, was found by guards on Saturday and taken to a base hospital, where he was declared dead after extensive lifesaving measures had been performed, the US militarys Southern Command said in a brief statement.He was the ninth prisoner to die at the facility since it was opened in January 2002 to hold men suspected of terrorism or links to al-Qaida and the Taliban. The military has said two of those deaths were by natural causes and six were declared suicides.The death occurred in Camp 5, a section of the prison used mostly to hold prisoners who have broken detention center rules, said Navy Capt. Robert Durand, a spokesman for the prison.This prisoner had recently splashed a guard with what military officials call a cocktail, typically a mixture of food and bodily fluids, which is why he was on discplinary status, Durand said.He had been on a hunger strike in the past but had gone off of it on June 1 and was at 95 percent of his ideal body weight and 14 pounds heavier than when he came to Guantanamo, the spokesman said.The US still holds nearly 170 prisoners at Guantanamo and they range from men the officials have cleared for release but cant find a stable country to accept them to a handful who have been charged with war crimes. Durand said the man who died Saturday had not been charged and had not been designated for prosecution.A medical examiner has been brought to the base to determine the exact cause of death and an investigation will be conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which is standard in the death of detainees at Guantanamo.Durand said the US government was working to notify the mans family and his country before releasing further information.Certainly we dont want the family finding out in the media before they have been notified, he said.A mortuary team will wash and place the body in a shroud in accordance with Islamic burial rites before it is shipped back to the prisoners homeland, he said.The most recent death was in April 2011, when a 37-year-old Afghan prison died in an apparent suicide. His lawyer toldThe Associated Press at the time that the man had a long-term mental illness and had tried to kill himself at least once before. Two Saudis and a Yemeni prisoner were found hanging in their cells in June 2006 in what the military determined was a coordinated suicide.

US, Afghans locked in dispute over detainees Posted: President Hamid Karzai welcomed Mondays handover of the main American-run prison to Afghan forces as a victory for Afghan sovereignty, though he and US officials remain locked in a dispute over the fate of hundreds of Taliban and terror suspects behind bars.The United States is withholding the transfer of scores of inmates, reportedly out of concern that Afghan authorities may simply let some detainees go and no longer hold dangerous prisoners without charge.American irritation was apparent at the ceremony at the prison, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Kabul. No higher ranking American officers attended, although the Afghan government sent its defense minister, army chief of staff and other officials.Karzai also did not attend, though he released a statement calling the handover a very big step regarding the sovereignty of Afghanistan.Now, the Bagram prison is converted to one of Afghanistans regular prisons where the innocents will be freed and the rest of the prisoners will be sentenced according to the laws of Afghanistan, the statement said.The more than 2,000 Afghan military policemen now at the prison said the inmates were pleased to be guarded by Afghans.We are Afghan and they are Afghan. They are Muslim. We are Muslim, said Ashna Gul, a military policeman from Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. We can see each other through the steel windows. Sometimes we are laughing and joking with the prisoners and they are happy with our guys.Firoz Khan, another military policeman from Nangarhar, said some of the inmates ask him to get them more soap and shampoo.We sympathize with them because they are prisoners and they are away from their families, Khan said.Hours after the handover ceremony, a suicide attack killed 15 people and wounded 25 others in the northern city of Kunduz. The bombing was a stark reminder that insurgents continue their fight against Afghan and US-led coalition troops and that many detainees at the prison are suspected of organizing such attacks.The US began detention operations at Bagram Air Field in early 2002. For several years, prisoners were kept at a former Soviet aircraft machine plant converted into a lockup. In 2009, the US opened a new detention facility next door. The number of detainees incarcerated at the prison, now called the Parwan Detention Facility, has swelled from about 1,100 in September 2010 to 3,110 in the spring of this year.The prison has been the focus of controversy in the past but never had the notoriety of the prisons at the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or Abu Ghraib in Iraq. Had al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden been captured instead of killed, CIA Director Leon Panetta said he would have been taken to Bagram first, then probably to Guantanamo Bay.Earlier this year, the prison gained unwanted attention when hundreds of Qurans and other religious materials were taken from its library and sent to a burn pit at the military base. The event triggered scores of deadly anti-American protests across Afghanistan. More than 30 Afghans and six US soldiers were killed during the violent demonstrations. Karzai said Qurans would never have been burned if Afghans had been in control of the prison then.Karzai and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding about the future of the detention facility on March 9, following tense negotiations that frequently stalled.Since then, the US has transferred 3,082 detainees to Afghan control, according to Afghan Army Gen. Ghulam Farouk, who now heads the prison. He said Monday that the US was in the process of transferring the remaining 30 inmates picked up before the memorandum was signed plus another 600 captured after the signing.But a few weeks ago, the US stopped all transfers.Some 99 percent of the detainees captured before 9 March have already been transferred to Afghan authority, but we have paused the transfer of the remaining detainees until our concerns are met, said Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for the US-led military coalition.Graybeal would not describe the concerns, but a report released last week by the New York-based Open Society Foundations said the rift was over whether the Afghans will have a so-called internment system that allows some detainees to be held without charge or trial. The US has been holding detainees in internment at Bagram for years.

Bomb strikes Baghdad eatery, killing 8 Posted: Iraqi police say a car bomb has killed eight people and wounded 32 outside a restaurant in the southwestern Baghdad.The Monday evening blast could be heard across the Tigris River, several kilometers away.Authorities said the explosion happened in the mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhood of Baiyaa. It came hours after the Iraqi wing of Al Qaida claimed responsibility for countrywide attacks on Sunday that killed 92 and left more than 350 injured.The militant group warned in a statement of black days ahead. It was issued as the Sunni vice president rejected a death sentence against him for masterminding the murder of his rivals.Medics at Yarmouk Hospital confirmed Mondays casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release the information.

16 bodies found in van on Mexico highway Posted: The bullet-riddled bodies of 16 men were found inside an abandoned van in western Mexico on Monday, an official said, in the latest gruesome discovery in the crime-plagued country.The bodies were discovered on a highway outside the town of Coyuca de Catalan in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, said Fernando Monreal, a deputy state prosecutor.All the bodies had wounds from bullets of various calibers. They are all males and at the moment their identities are unknown, Monreal said.Soldiers and federal police were sent to the area, a region known as Tierra Caliente that has been the scene of murders attributed to a turf war between two drug cartels, the Michoacan Family and the Knights Templar.Eleven bodies were discovered last month scattered along a stretch of road in the same area, which borders the states of Michoacan and Mexico.The bodies found on August 26 bore signs of torture and had bullet wounds in their heads. Letters allegedly signed by the Knights Templar threatening rival gangs were found near the bodies.Some 60,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed the military to combat cartels, according to estimates from non-governmental organizations.

Indian police fire at nuclear protesters, killing 1 Posted: State officials say Indian police have fired at protesters near a nuclear power plant being constructed in southern India, killing one person.The Tamil Nadu state government says police fired Monday to disperse about 2,000 people who were demonstrating against the loading of nuclear fuel in the Russian-built reactor. It says the protesters threw stones and sticks at police near the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project, and five officers were injured.Construction of the plant has been delayed by protests in the past year by residents and anti-nuclear groups concerned about safety following the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan last year.The government says the plant, about 700 kilometers (440 miles) south of Chennai, the state capital, will meet safety standards.

Oil prices rise on US stimulus hopes Posted: Oil prices rose Monday on hopes of more US financial stimulus aimed at boosting the worlds biggest economy, a prospect that was helping to offset disappointing Chinese data, analysts said.Brent North Sea crude for delivery in October gained 64 cents to $114.89 a barrel in London afternoon trade.New Yorks main contract, light sweet crude for October, edged up just a cent to $96.43 a barrel.Fridays unexpectedly poor US labour market data are giving a boost to commodity prices... for this makes it appear almost certain that the US Federal Reserve will announce a further round of quantitative easing (stimulus) at its meeting later this week, said Commerzbank analysts in a note to clients.Official data released Friday showed the United States, which is the worlds largest oil consumer, added just 96,000 jobs last month, convincing many that the Fed would agree at its policy meeting Thursday to another round of bond purchases, or quantitative easing, to pump the economy with more fresh cash.Hopes of fresh stimulus offset data showing Chinese industrial production increasing 8.9 percent year-on-year last month -- the lowest figure since May 2009.Chinas economy has seen a marked easing over the past year, expanding 7.6 percent in the second quarter of 2012, the worst performance in three years and the sixth straight quarter of slowing. China is the worlds biggest consumer of energy.Elsewhere, Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi said on Monday that rising oil prices were not justified by market fundamentals, stressing that supply and demand are balanced.Saudi Arabia is concerned about rising oil prices in the international oil market. The current high price of oil is simply not supported by market fundamentals, he said in a statement.The market is well balanced, forward cover remains within an acceptable range and inventories are more than adequate, he added.Saudi Arabia is the biggest oil producer within the 12-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The Vienna-based cartel accounts for about 40 percent of global crude supplies.

Dollar trades in tight ranges ahead of Fed meeting Posted: The dollar is trading in tight ranges against most other major currencies ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting later this week.Traders are waiting to see if the central bank will announce additional steps to help the U.S. economy at the end of its two-day meeting on Thursday.Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a speech in late August that the bank can do more to help the U.S. economy rebound.The euro fell to $1.2769 late Monday from $1.2795 late Friday. The British pound fell to $1.5998 from $1.6004.The dollar rose to 0.9464 Swiss franc from 0.9457 Swiss franc.The dollar slipped to 78.28 Japanese yen from 78.29 yen and to 97.76 Canadian cents from 97.82 Canadian cents.

Early test suggests dengue vaccine possible Posted: Results from an early test of a dengue vaccine suggest it isnt ideal, but scientists say the study is still encouraging news in the global fight against the disease known as break-bone fever.There is currently no treatment or vaccine for dengue, which causes symptoms including fever, severe joint pain, headache and bleeding. The mosquito-borne disease infects up to 100 million people worldwide every year, mostly in Asia, Africa and Latin America.The research provides the first evidence we could actually develop an effective vaccine against dengue, said OrinLevine, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was not connected to the study, published online Tuesday by the journal Lancet.This is a milestone, but were not there yet, he said.Larger studies in about 30,000 people are now under way and should provide more information about the effectiveness of the vaccine made by Sanofi Aventis SA. Other dengue vaccines are being developed but Sanofis is the furthest along.The Sanofi vaccine was tested in more than 3,600 Thai children ages 4 to 11. More than 2,400 got three injections of the vaccine six months apart while about 1,200 got a rabies vaccine or a dummy shot. The study was paid for by Sanofi.During about two years of follow-up, there were 134 dengue cases, including five severe cases. In the vaccine group, about 3 percent got dengue, compared to about 4 percent in the group that didnt get the shot. The difference wasnt big enough to suggest any benefit from getting the vaccine.Scientists said the vaccine seemed partly effective against three of the four viruses that cause dengue and no unusual side effects were reported. The study took place during an outbreak of mostly type 2 dengue, which causes the most serious disease, but the vaccine didnt work against that kind.Its not exactly a slam dunk, said Scott Halstead, a senior scientific adviser for the Dengue Vaccine Initiative, who wrote an accompanying commentary. He said Sanofi might need to consider reformulating the vaccine or creating separate shots for each type of dengue.Joachim Hombach, a dengue expert at the World Health Organization, said it was encouraging that the vaccine appeared safe. But the public health value of this vaccine remains to be demonstrated, he said.

Study hints at brain chemistry of cocaine withdrawal pain Posted: US researchers have uncovered part of whats happening, on a cellular level, to make cocaine addicts going cold turkey feel so bloody awful, according to a study published Monday.The results provide a better understanding of whats creating that crashing low of withdrawal -- and may offer a clue for researchers looking to mitigate the symptoms and keep the user from relapsing.Studying genetically-engineered mice, the researchers focused on a molecule -- called cannabinoid receptor 1, or CB1 -- that slows communication between nerve cells.The molecule is particularly important in what is called the nucleus accumbens region of the brain, which governs emotion and motivation.It was already well-known that cocaine produces strong effects on that part of the brain. But this is the first study of cocaines impact on CR1 production, and what that means for the nucleus accumbens during and after a cocaine high.When a person is high on cocaine, it speeds everything up, pushing you to a highly rewarding emotional state, said lead author, Bradley Winters.The cocaine caused the mice to produce an excess of CB1, effectively slamming the brakes on the brains hyper-activity in the nucleus accumbens.It is kind of like going down a steep hill so you have to start riding that brake really hard, Winters explained in a statement.The problem is that the brain doesnt seem to know to let up on the brakes, after the cocaine high wears off.Youre still riding that brake just as hard. Now youre going down a regular, low-grade hill but youre going two miles per hour because your foot is still jammed on the brake, he said.The state is like, I feel terrible and I dont want to do anything, he continued, adding thats what brings you back to the drug because you want to feel better and the drug is the only thing you feel motivation for.The study was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Studies: Wind potentially could power the world Posted: But the research looks only at physics, not finances. Other experts note it would be too costly to put up all those wind turbines and transmit energy to all consumers.The studies are by two different U.S. science teams and were published in separate journals Sunday and Monday. They calculate existing wind turbine technology could produce hundreds of trillions of watts of power. That is more than 10 times what the world now consumes.Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution for Science is a co-author of one of the studies. He says the research shows that harnessing winds potential is more about economics than wind availability.

London stages parade to mark end of 2012 Games Posted: Royal Air Force jets streaked through the sky above Buckingham Palace, leaving a red, white and blue trail of smoke as gold, silver and bronze medals gleamed below.For the final extravaganza in an extraordinary summer in London, an estimated 1 million flag-waving Britons toasted the sporting heroes who have reawakened a recession-hit nation.A party a decade in the making was coming to an end. And the athletes could hardly believe it as the parade of floats that had weaved through the cheering streets pulled up in front of Queen Elizabeth IIs residence.Every street you passed, you could see the masses disappearing into the horizon phenomenal, said six-time Olympic champion cyclist Chris Hoy. Eventually it has to come to an end and thats the hard part. There is a tinge of sadness ... I will never be able to top this.Hoys two London golds vaulted Britain to third in the Olympics standings with its biggest haul in 104 years: 29 golds, 17 silvers and 19 bronzes.You did rack up more medals than France, didnt you? roared Londons maverick Mayor Boris Johnson from the stage in front of Buckingham Palace.Yeah responded the flag-waving crowd on The Mall.And more medals than Germany and more medals than Australia, Johnson added to cheers. More medals, my friends per head than virtually any country on earth.In a typically eccentric speech, Johnson said the parade that started near St. Pauls Cathedral had brought the summers celebrations to a final tear sodden juddering climax.The poster girl of the home team, heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, was at the front of the parade of 21 floats.Sports lovers were excited by the Olympics, but I think there are a few people that werent sure as to how it would pan out, Ennis said. But its just brought everyone together, and its been a whole buzz throughout the country.Britains summer in the international spotlight began in June with the Queens Diamond Jubilee, and her granddaughter, Zara Phillips, won a silver medal in equestrian at the Olympics.Unbelievable, to think that everyones come out for all of us, Phillips said on board a float weaving its way through the streets. This is like the whole games though ... the crowd were unbelievable and we are so grateful to them.The two trouble-free games defied initial anxiety about security and inclement weather, projecting a new image of the country to the world.You showed us all that we can be all welcoming, tolerant, vibrant, with a future every bit as exciting and thrilling as our past, Prime Minister David Cameron said on the stage with the British athletes. We are a country that may be small geographically, but we can do great things.You showed that we can take on the world and, yes, we can win. So let the spirit that delivered these games, that celebrated Britains success, that brought this country together, let that spirit live on for generations to come.There was little talk Monday as Britain grappled with the post-games comedown about the future use of the venues or the bill of more than $15 billion to stage the festival of sport.Everyone was savoring one final chance to revel in a summer of good news away from the gloom instilled by the sharp austerity measures being implemented.It wasnt the finest summer of sport we have ever known: it was much better than that, journalist Simon Barnes wrote on the front page of The Times of London on Monday. It was the finest celebration of humanity in a quarter-of-a-million years of our existence. It was the best party in the history of the human race.A rousing concert featuring Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-Z signaled the end of the Paralympics on Sunday night in the Olympic Stadium at the heart of the former east London industrial wasteland that was turned into a 226-hectare (560-acre) urban park.The Olympics have been so fantastic so were really sad its all over, Lucy Alderman, who danced at the Olympics opening ceremony, said outside St. Pauls Cathedral. This feels like the end now.

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