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• Grossman calls on Hina Rabbani
• CNG stations in Sindh to remain closed for 48 hours
• 13 killed in Karachi killing spree
• PA passes resolution against anti-Islam film
• 2 Marines killed in attack in southern Afghanistan
• Obama vows to 'stand fast' as anti-US violence spreads
• Violence explodes as Muslims protest anti-Islam film
• Peace envoy Brahimi to see Assad today: UN
• Death Valley recognized as world's hottest spot
• Judge weds couple then sentences groom to prison
• Aging Mars rover discovers geological mystery
• Artificial bat cave built to combat killer disease
• Spain sweep US in singles for 2-0 Davis Cup lead
• Del Potro wins as Argentina draw 1-1 with Czechs
• Federer, Wawrinka give Swiss winning start

Grossman calls on Hina Rabbani Posted: Grossman was accompanied by Special Assistant to the US President on Pakistan and Afghanistan, Douglas Lute, Principal Deputy Secretary of Defense, Dr. Peter Lavoy, Ambassador Richard Hoagland and other senior officials.The two sides exchanged views on the current status of the bilateral relations including development in the region particularly with respect to political and reconciliation process in Afghanistan.Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar expressed hope that her upcoming visit to Washington would provide an opportunity to discuss vital issues based on mutual respect and mutual interest to move forward.

CNG stations in Sindh to remain closed for 48 hours Posted: According to the Sui Southern Gas Company’s gas load management programme, the CNG stations throughout Sindh, including Karachi, will remain closed for 48 hours from 9:00am on Saturday to 9:00am on Monday.According to a spokesman of the Sui Southern Gas Company, the supply to CNG station will remain shut for 48 hours due to decrease in gas supply from gas field.Meanwhile, president All Pakistan, CNG Association, Ghiyas Piracha has termed 48 hours shutdown of CNG stations as unjustified.

13 killed in Karachi killing spree Posted: According to details, sone unidentified gunmen shot dead Rizwan in Soldier Bazaar while two people were killed in Saudabad and Model Colony.A man was shot dead in Baghdadi area. The deceased was identified as Rajaish.An unidentified man was killed in firing incident in Khada Market in Lyari while a man named Imran was gunned down in Liaquatabad No 4 area.In yet another incident of violence, some unidentified miscreants shot dead a man was in Liaquatabad No 2. The deceased was identified as Latif.A man named Muhammad Ali was gunned down in Landhi while a woman was killed in Ranchore Line area.At least three people were injured in firing incident in Ramswami. The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital where an injured, Huzaifa, died of his wounds. In yet another incident, some unidentified persons shot dead a man named Afzal and injured another in Lyari area.

PA passes resolution against anti-Islam film Posted: Punjab Assembly passed a resolution against an anti-Islam movie made in the US and asked the United Nations to immediately initiate steps to prevent such blasphemous actions by anti-Islam forces.The resolution was tabled by PML-Q Parliamentary Leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin and was unanimously approved by the parliamentarians from all political factions.The assembly also expressed grief and sorrow over loss of around 300 lives in tragic fire incidents in Lahore and Karachi. The House also adopted a resolution in the regard.The resolution, tabled by Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, said the House expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of human lives and declared September 9 accidents “great human loss and national tragedy”.Soon after the two resolutions were tabled, treasury member Ali Asghar Manda pointed out quorum. Acting Speaker Rana Mashhood ordered ringing of bells to complete the quorum, which could not be completed. The speaker then adjourned the House sine die.

2 Marines killed in attack in southern Afghanistan Posted: A US official says an insurgent attack on a British air base in southern Afghanistan has killed two American Marines and wounded several troops.The official says the attack at Camp Bastion in Afghanistans Helmand province involved a range of insurgent weaponry, possibly including mortars, rockets or rocket-propelled grenades, as well as small arms fire.The official spoke on condition of anonymity because US military authorities in Afghanistan had not yet announced the battle.Camp Bastion is a British air base and is adjacent to Camp Leatherneck, the main base for US Marines in Helmand.A number of aircraft at the base also were hit by insurgent fire, the official said.

Obama vows to 'stand fast' as anti-US violence spreads Posted: President Barack Obama vowed Friday to stand fast against spreading anti-US violence raging in the Arab world, as he mourned four Americans slain in Libya after their remains were flown home.Four transfer caskets draped in American flags were slowly borne from the belly of a giant C-17 transport plane by slow-walking Marines in dress uniforms, and set down in a hangar for a heart-rending homecoming.US ambassador Chris Stevens and the three other Americans died on Tuesday when a mob furious over an anti-Muslim film made on US soil torched the American consulate in Benghazi, part of a region-wide eruption of violence.Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends, Obama said, quoting the Bible as he honored four American patriots who he said embodied national qualities of courage, hope and idealism.Their sacrifice will never be forgotten, we will bring to justice those who took them from us. We will stand fast against the violence on our diplomatic missions, Obama said at Andrews Air Force base outside Washington.A furious wave of anti-American violence ripped across the Middle East and North Africa Friday with a crowd invading the US embassy compound in Tunis, and guards at the US embassy in Khartoum firing warning shots at protestors.Fresh violence erupted in Yemen and Cairo and protests took place in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Kashmir, Pakistan, Iraq, Israel and the Gaza Strip, Morocco, Syria, Kuwait, Nigeria and Kenya.Five people were killed and dozens injured in Fridays violence alone.Obama said that the awful loss and terrible images may cause some to question the dangerous work of US diplomats abroad, but argued that America must not abandon its global mission to spread dignity and freedom.Even as voices of suspicion and mistrust seek to divide countries and cultures from one another, the United States of America will never retreat from the world, he vowed.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told grieving relatives of Stevens, information officer Sean Smith and former navy seals Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty that the killings dishonored the spirit of the Arab Spring.The people of Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tyranny of a mob, she said.US military and intelligence agencies have already launched a manhunt in Libya for the militants who staged the assault on the consulate in Benghazi.Theres an intense focus on finding the attackers, a US defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.The State Department was meanwhile working with nations in the Middle East and North Africa to boost security at its missions.In Yemen and Libya, teams of US Marines flew into to boost security.The violence erupted in response to excerpts of a movie, Innocence of Muslims which mocks the Islamic faith, which went viral on YouTube.National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told AFP the White House reached out to YouTube to call the video to their attention and ask them to review whether it violates their terms of use.

Violence explodes as Muslims protest anti-Islam film Posted: Anti-US protests by crowds whipped into fury by a film that mocks Islam erupted across the Muslim world, as violence exploded in Sudan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Yemen leaving five dead on Friday and dozens injured.The protests broke out when Muslims emerged from mosques following the main weekly prayers to voice their anger at the anti-Islam film made in the United States.President Barack Obama vowed Friday to stand fast against anti-US violence in the Arab world, as he witnessed the return to US soil of the remains of four Americans killed in Libya.Their sacrifice will never be forgotten, we will bring to justice those who took them from us. We will stand fast against the violence on our diplomatic missions, Obama said at Andrews Air Force base outside Washington.In Khartoum, guards on the roof of the US embassy fired warning shots as a security perimeter was breached by dozens of Islamic flag-waving protesters, part of a crowd of thousands who had earlier stormed the British embassy and set fire to the German mission, an AFP reporter said.A police vehicle near the US embassy was also torched as hundreds of demonstrators broke through an outer security cordon after one protester was hit by a police vehicle and killed, a medic and the reporter said.The body of another protester was later found outside the embassy compound, but the circumstances of his death were not immediately clear.Police had earlier fired volleys of tear gas in a bid to prevent the 10,000-strong crowd marching on the US embassy after they had swarmed over the German mission, tearing down the flag to replace it with a black Islamist one before torching the building.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso condemned the embassy attacks as against the rules of the civilised world.Nothing justifies these kinds of attacks, he said.In Tunis, police firing live rounds and tear gas drove angry protesters from the US embassy, some of whom had stormed the compound, with clashes there killing at least two people, an AFP journalist said.The demonstrators had managed to clamber over a wall after setting several vehicles alight. Protesters also ransacked and torched an American school in Tunis, the TAP news agency reported.Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki in a television address called the attack an unacceptable act against a friendly country.Violence also erupted in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where a crowd of 300 Islamists attacked and set fire to a KFC restaurant, sparking clashes with police in which one person died and 25 were injured, security sources said.The attack came as Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon for a three-day visit, calling for Christian-Muslim coexistence and attacking religious extremism.And with tempers boiling across the Muslim world over the movie since the US ambassador to Libya was killed in an attack on an American consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday, the Pentagon said it has sent a team of Marines to Yemen.The announcement came as tension spiraled again in Yemens capital Sanaa, with security forces firing warning shots and water cannon to disperse crowds trying to reach the American embassy.Security forces blocked all roads to the mission, after similar confrontations left four people dead on Thursday, an AFP reporter said.With much of the anger directed at the United States, where the film was made reportedly by a Coptic Christian and promoted by a rightwing pastor, Washington had earlier ordered heightened security at its embassies worldwide.

Peace envoy Brahimi to see Assad today: UN Posted: International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday in Damascus, a United Nations spokeswoman said Friday.He will meet the Syrian president in the morning on Saturday, Vannina Maestracci said, adding that Brahimi would also see a group of Arab ambassadors, a European Union delegation and opposition figures.She did not provide further details about Brahimis schedule during his first official trip aimed at ending nearly 18 months of ruthless violence, and said she was not sure when he would return to New York.Maestracci confirmed that Brahimi, who is representing the United Nations and the Arab League, met Friday with opposition figures in the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change, as well as with Russias ambassador and the Chinese charge daffaires.Brahimi, who is on his first Damascus visit since his appointment to replace Kofi Annan, has also met with UN personnel and a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross.Following his arrival in Damascus on Thursday, Brahimi met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, as well as Irans ambassador to Syria, the spokeswoman said.

Death Valley recognized as world's hottest spot Posted: Californias Death Valley has racked up another extreme accolade its now deemed the worlds hottest place.Long known as the lowest, driest and hottest spot in the United States, Death Valley this week was named as the hottest place on the globe by the World Meteorological Organization.An international team of weather experts said the title comes after it investigated a long-held record from El Azizia, Libya, and found that an inexperienced weather observer recorded the temperature incorrectly.The Libyan record was logged as 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit (58 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922 90 years ago Thursday. It was set after the observer broke a more reliable instrument and used a complicated and less reliable type of thermometer, experts said. They believe the temperature was off by about 5 degrees.The new official highest recorded surface temperature is 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on July 10, 1913, in Death Valley. The average daily high temperature in Death Valley last month was 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 Celsius). The hottest day this year was July 11, with 128 degrees (53.3 Celsius).The committee included experts from Libya, the United States, Egypt and other countries.

Judge weds couple then sentences groom to prison Posted: A judge sentenced an Oklahoma man to four years in federal prison on a firearm charge then minutes later performed a marriage ceremony to wed the new inmate and his longtime girlfriend.Thursday was a busy day for Larry Austin and Dustie Trojack. First they obtained their marriage license, then Austin pleaded guilty to the firearm charge and was sentenced by Oklahoma County Judge Jerry Bass. Shortly afterward, Bass married the happy couple, who kissed before federal authorities whisked Austin away.Austins attorney, Scott M. Anderson, tells The Oklahoman that Austin had helped to raise Trojacks two sons and he didnt want to lose contact with them while he was serving time.

Aging Mars rover discovers geological mystery Posted: NASAs Opportunity rover, older brother to the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars last month, has made a new discovery that geologists find both puzzling and exciting, the US space agency said Friday.Opportunity, which has been on the Red Planet since 2004, has come across an outcrop of tiny spheres -- up to around an eighth of an inch (three millimeters) in diameter -- the likes of which scientists have never seen before.This is one of the most extraordinary pictures from the whole mission, said Opportunitys principal investigator, Steve Squyres of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. We never have seen such a dense accumulation of spherules in a rock outcrop on Mars, he added, in a statement.At first glance, the researchers thought the objects resembled iron-rich spheres, nicknamed blueberries, discovered near the Opportunity landing site.The so-called Martian blueberries are formed when minerals separate from water and become hard masses inside sedimentary blocks -- theyre part of the evidence Mars used to be wet.But closer investigation revealed the new discoveries are different in concentration. They are different in structure. They are different in composition. They are different in distribution, Squyres said.Its going to take a while to work this out, so the thing to do now is keep an open mind and let the rocks do the talking.Opportunity found the spheres at an outcrop called Kirkwood, in the Cape York segment of Endeavour Craters western rim.Although Opportunitys prime mission was completed more than eight years ago, the rover has continued on bonus missions since then.Fellow Mars rover Spirit, also launched in the summer of 2003, continued working until March 2010.The most recent Mars lander, Curiosity, is on a two-year quest to explore Mars geology. The $2.5 billion robot is currently in the Gale crater, trundling towards Mount Sharp.

Artificial bat cave built to combat killer disease Posted: Conservationists have built an artificial bat cave deep in the Tennessee woods to see if it can be a blueprint for saving bats who are dying by the millions from a fungus spreading across North America.The $300,000 project by The Nature Conservancy is believed to be the first manmade hibernating structure for bats in the wild. Unlike natural caves, it will be cleaned annually to keep the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome from reaching lethal levels.We talked with other people, waiting for one of them to call us crazy and no one did, said Gina Hancock, director of the Tennessee chapter of the conservancy.The cave is assembled from prefabricated concrete sections. At 78 feet (23.7 meters) long and 16 feet (4.8 meters) wide, it is about the size of a single-wide mobile home. It has an 11-foot-(3.3-meter) tall ceiling that is textured so bats can cling to it.Most of the cave was then covered with at least 4 feet (1.2 meters) of soil. All that can be seen from the surface is an air intake that serves as the bat entrance. It looks like a concrete septic tank set on its end with the bottom cut out.The artificial cave is placed near a natural cave with an established hibernation population of gray bats. The plan is to coax some of them to the new digs by emitting ultra-sonic bat calls on loudspeakers.White-nose syndrome, named for the sugary smudges found on affected bats snouts, prompts bats to wake from hibernation and die when they fly into the winter landscape in a futile search for food. First detected in upstate New York in 2006, the fungal infection has killed more than 5.7 million bats as it spread from the Northeast.The genius of the artificial cave is that it can be cleaned annually to keep the fungus from reaching lethal levels.Cory Holliday, Tennessee program director of caves and karst for the conservancy, said it would be impossible to keep the fungus out of the new cave.The fungus will do what the fungus will do, Holliday said.Holliday said in natural caves, fungus levels in new roosting areas are relatively low. The prevalence increases in the second year and spikes in the third year.Each spring, after the bats have dispersed from hibernation, workers will open a door set into the wall of the artificial cave, remove the guano and pressure wash-the ceiling and walls with a solution of water and Formula 409.If all goes as planned, the clean cave would resemble the first-year environment of a new roosting area in a natural cave.The fake cave could hold perhaps 250,000 bats. Holliday said he would be delighted if 1,000 show up this winter. He said the winter of 2013-2014 will provide the first solid test of the concept.The cave is designed to be easily replicated with precast culvert sections that slide together and are then sealed. The earth uphill from the cave is graded so rainwater will flow through a pipe into a basin in the cave floor, overflowing it to help keep humidity at around 85 percent. The basin also gives the bats a water source.The project was built on land the conservancy bought and then deeded to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. It is near the Tennessee-Kentucky border, just south of the Fort Campbell U.S. Army post.

Spain sweep US in singles for 2-0 Davis Cup lead Posted: David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro maintained their near-perfect clay court records in the Davis Cup to give Spain a commanding 2-0 lead Friday over the United States in their semifinal.Ferrer overcame a sluggish start to put the hosts ahead in the best-of-five series with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over Sam Querrey before Almagro overcame John Isners constant fight backs in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory.Almagro overcame 25 aces from Isner, who saved three match points before hitting a forehand long to leave the defending champions one point away from their fourth final in five years.The U.S. has only rallied back to win from a 0-2 deficit once in 38 ties in 1934 against Australia. Since the start of World Group play, Spain is 37-0 after winning both the opening singles.The U.S. has to win Saturdays doubles to stay alive, and will feel confident about their chance with American brothers Mike and Bob Bryan facing Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez. The Bryan twins are 4-0 when the U.S. is facing a 2-0 deficit, and are 5-0 against Spain.

Del Potro wins as Argentina draw 1-1 with Czechs Posted: Argentina was tied 1-1 with the Czech Republic in their Davis Cup semifinal on Friday after an injured and emotional Juan Martin del Potro beat Radek Stepanek in front of the home fans, and Juan Monaco lost to Tomas Berdych.Del Potro, who was told by doctors not to play with the inflamed left wrist, defeated Stepanek 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in the opening match of the series and then broke down crying afterward as he addressed cheering fans at the outdoor clay-court venue.Stepanek suggested afterward that Del Potro may have exaggerated the injury a bit of gamesmanship to gain Argentina an advantage.Berdych later rallied to defeat Monaco 6-1, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, leveling the contest before Saturdays doubles and Sundays reverse singles.

Federer, Wawrinka give Swiss winning start Posted: World number one Roger Federer and his 2008 Olympic gold medal partner Stanislas Wawrinka put Switzerland 2-0 up in their Davis Cup World Group play-off against the Netherlands in damp conditions on Friday.Federer eased past Dutch number two Thiemo de Bakker 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 before Wawrinka, the world number 17, defeated 50th-ranked Robin Haase 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).It was important to get off to a good start and I played solidly in rainy and windy conditions, said Federer.He had some chances but couldnt take them. I was happy to come through the match unharmed and I was able to win the first rubber.On Saturday, Federer and Wawrinka, who won gold in the mens doubles at the Beijing Olympics, face Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer.Victory in that rubber will guarantee Switzerland a place in the elite World Group in 2013.

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