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• Five of a family killed in Peshawar roof collapse
• PML-N to hold formal meetings with PPP, MQM today
• PPP, MQM reach consensus on new LG system
• Federer into US Open last eight as Fish pulls out
• Ruthless Serena storms into US Open quarter-final
• Bryan brothers advance at US Open
• Paralympics: Fifth gold of Games for Australia's Freney
• Australia beat Pakistan in third ODI, win series 2-1
• Pakistan series good prep for World T20: Watson
• Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels
• Russia slams Syria rebel threats to target civil aviation
• Strong earthquake hits central Indonesia
• Oil and gas production ramping up after Isaac
• Study questions how much better organic food is
• Pakistan scores 244 for 7 against Australia in 3rd ODI

Five of a family killed in Peshawar roof collapse Posted: According to details, a house in Sathiyan locality in Peshawar collapsed due to heavy rain as a result Miraj Gul, his wife and six children were buried under the debris.Rescue 1122 team reached the sight and started rescue operation with the help of local residents. The rescues teams recovered dead bodies of Miraj, his wife, two sons and a daughter from the debris while three children were rescued alive and sent to the hospital for treatment.

PML-N to hold formal meetings with PPP, MQM today Posted: According to sources, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) delegation will meet leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) at the Punjab House in Islamabad today at 1:00pm.The sources said that both the parties will hold consultations on care taker set-up and dialogue on new provinces.Later at 5:00pm, a delegation of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will hold discussions with PML-N Senior Leader Ishaq Dar and Sardar Mehtab Abbasi at the Punjab House.Minister for Defence Naveed Qamar and Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Khursheed Shah will lead the PPP delegation during the meeting.The meeting will also focus on methodical consultations on care taker set-up, dialogue on provinces issue and new Accountability Bill.

PPP, MQM reach consensus on new LG system Posted: The meeting between Pakistan People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement at the Governor’s House lasted for hours after which the coalition partners reached on new Local Government system in Sindh.According to sources, political administrators will be appointed in the local government departments. Consultations on the names of administrators are still going on.

Federer into US Open last eight as Fish pulls out Posted: World number one Roger Federer received a walkover into the US Open quarter-finals Monday when Americas Mardy Fish withdrew from their last-16 match because of health worries.Five-time champion Federer will face either Czech sixth seed Tomad Berdych or Spanish 11th seed Nicolas Almagro for a place in the semi-finals.It will be the top seeds 38th Grand Slam quarter-final.I regret that I have to withdraw from the US Open for precautionary measures, Fish said. I was reluctant to do so, but am following medical advisement.I had a good summer and look forward to resuming my tournament schedule in the fall.Fish, 30, missed two months of the season earlier this year because of a heart problem.He was hospitalised after the Miami Masters in March when his heart rate increased to three times its normal resting rate.The American then underwent a procedure called a cardiac catheter ablation in Los Angeles on May 23 to correct faulty wiring in his heart.

Ruthless Serena storms into US Open quarter-final Posted: Three-time champion Serena Williams stormed to a double bagel 6-0, 6-0 rout of Czech Andrea Hlavackova to reach her 10th US Open quarter-final on Monday in a ruthless display of her title credentials.The 30-year-old American allowed the world number 82 just eight points on her serve and finished the last-16 clash with 31 winners against just seven unforced errors, backing up her 57-minute win with eight aces.Williams, a 14-time Grand Slam title winner and the reigning Wimbledon and Olympic champion, has dropped just 12 games in four matches at the Open this year.She hasnt lost a game in her last three sets played while Mondays mauling was the fifth time she had handed out a double bagel.Andrea played really well, Williams told the Arthur Ashe Stadium of her outclassed opponent, who departed the singles tournament $120,000 richer for making the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time.She never gave up. Shes such a great fighter. But I played really well today, I tried to stay relaxed and do what I do. I knew she would be a dangerous opponent.Williams has now reached a 34th quarter-final at a major and next faces 12th seed Ana Ivanovic.The Serb reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final in four years -- and first ever at the US Open -- when she defeated Bulgarias Tsvetana Pironkova 6-0, 6-4.Ivanovic has never taken a set off Williams in her three defeats against the American. Two of those lossess came at the US Open in 2006 and 2011.The 24-year-old Ivanovic, whose last major quarter-final came on the way to her one and only Grand Slam triumph at the 2008 French Open, swept through the first set in just 23 minutes on Monday.Pironkova, the world number 55 who became the first Bulgarian to make a Grand Slam semi-final when she charged into the last four at Wimbledon in 2010, was the first woman from her country to make the last 16 in New York since 1994.But her challenge was restricted by a neck injury and she twice needed treatment, including a medical time-out at the end of the first set.She battled gamely in the second set, breaking Ivanovic twice, including the ninth game when the former world number one was serving for the match.But the Serb hit back immediately for victory in the 10th game with the matchs 10th break of serve in the 16 games played.I hardly made any mistakes in the first set but she is a tough opponent and I knew she would come back in the second set, said Ivanovic after her 71-minute win, where she finished with 28 winners and 21 unforced errors.Its amazing to be in my first quarter-final at the US Open.German sixth seed Angelique Kerber, a semi-finalist in 2011, faces Italian 10th seed Sara Errani, the French Open runner-up.Errani defeated Kerber, who has a season-leading 56 wins in 2012, in the quarter-finals in Paris on her way to the final in June.The winner of that tie will face either Polish second seed Agnieszka Radwanska, who has equalled her best performance in New York of runs to the last-16 in 2007 and 2008, or Italian 19th seed Roberta Vinci.Radwanska has won all of her four previous meetings with the 29-year-old Vinci, who had made the last-16 for the first time.

Bryan brothers advance at US Open Posted: Bob Bryan saved a key point in a second-set tiebreaker by hitting a shot through his legs, then he and brother Mike went on for a 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory Monday over Scott Lipsky and Santiago Gonzalez in the third round of the U.S. Open.The Bryan brothers are in search of their 12th Grand Slam doubles title and fourth at Flushing Meadows.Tied at 5 in the second-set tiebreaker, Bob Bryan was facing the net when a shot came directly toward his midsection. He stuck the racket behind him and between his legs to knock it back, then followed with an acutely angled forehand winner.Mike Bryan hit a topspin lob winner on the next point to close the set and the Bryans got an early break in the third and served out the win.

Paralympics: Fifth gold of Games for Australia's Freney Posted: Australias Jacqueline Freney won her fifth gold of the London Paralympics on Monday, capping off a day of triumph by shattering a world record in the relay.The 20-year-old, along with teammates Ellie Cole, Maddison Elliott and Katherine Downie, finished the 4x100m freestyle 34 point relay in a record 4min 20.39sec, with the United States claiming silver and Britain taking the bronze.It was a double victory for Australia after their mens team won the same event on Sunday.Freney, who has cerebral palsy, seized the S7 100m freestyle title earlier on Monday. She set a new world record in the SM7 200m individual relay on Sunday and won the S7 50m butterfly and S7 100m backstroke last week.The Australian adds the five golds to the three bronze medals she won at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008.

Australia beat Pakistan in third ODI, win series 2-1 Posted: Michael Hussey and Glenn Maxwell hit fighting half-centuries to help Australia beat Pakistan by three wickets in the third and final one-day international, taking the three-match series 2-1 here on Monday.Hussey scored 65 for his 39th fifty and Maxwell hit a 38-ball 56 not out to round off a challenging chase of a target of 245 in 47 overs spoiling Pakistans chances of beating Australia for the first time since 2002.Opener Mohammad Hafeez topscored with 78 in Pakistans fighting total of 244-7 after they were put into bat.Hussey added an invaluable 51 for the fifth wicket with Matthew Wade (22) after Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal (3-37) had threatened to wreck their rivals batting as Australia were struggling at 108-4.Australia won the first match by four wickets here last week before Pakistan levelled the series with a seven wicket win in the second match in Abu Dhabi on Friday.But the 37-year-old Hussey, regarded as one of the best finishers in limited overs cricket, kept his cool during a 72-ball knock. He hit seven fours and a six.Even when Wade was bowled by Abdur Rehman, Hussey fought hard, adding 67 with Maxwell. When Hussey was bowled by Khan, Australia still needed 19 but Maxwell ensured the chase was successful, hitting four fours and three sixes.Australia got off to a rapid start with David Hussey putting on 44 by the ninth over with David Warner (21), both taking the attack to the Pakistanis from the outset. David Hussey hit three sixes during his 45-ball knock of 43.But once Ajmal came on the Australian innings faltered as the off-spinner dismissed David (Hussey), Michael Clarke (32) and George Bailey in his first five-over spell but Hussey then foiled Ajmal in his second spell.Pakistan were also sloppy in the field as they dropped four catches and their wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal spurned one stumping.Earlier Hafeezs 97-ball knock -- his first fifty against Australia in eight matches -- helped Pakistan post a challenging total.Hafeez put on 129 for the opening wicket with Nasir Jamshed (48) and it looked as if Pakistan would post a big total but they were once again derailed by some sustained pace bowling by Mitchell Starc who finished with 4-51.Jamshed, who hit 97 at Abu Dhabi, was again at his fluent best as he hit six boundaries during his 75-ball knock.Once Hafeez fell, trapped leg-before by Clarke in the 33rd over Pakistan were hard pressed for runs. Hafeez hit four boundaries and two sixes.Starc, who took a career best 5-42 in the first match, then came into his own. The lanky left-arm paceman had Asad Shafiq (27) and Umar Akmal (nought) in the same over before ending skipper Misbah-ul Haqs short 25 runs innings in the 47th over.Azhar Ali made 27 not out to give fillip to Pakistans total.Surprisingly, Australia -- considered weak against spin on the Asian pitches -- have lost only one bilateral limited overs series in the sub-continent and Middle East in 20 years. They lost to India in a three-match series in 2010.Pakistan and Australia now play three Twenty20 internationals -- all in Dubai -- on September 5, 7 and 10.

Pakistan series good prep for World T20: Watson Posted: Fit-again all rounder Shane Watson hoped a three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan will give a good preparation to his side for next months World Twenty20.The 31-year-old joined the Twenty20 squad here after missing the three-match one-day series due to a calf injury sustained on the teams tour of England in July this year.Pakistan and Australia play the Twenty20 matches in Dubai on September 5, 7 and 11.Watson believed playing a dangerous Twenty20 side like Pakistan will give good preparations to Australia, who are ranked ninth in the shortest form of the game.These matches are very important and will give us a good lead to the World Twenty20, said Watson of the event starting in Sri Lanka next month. We havent really had a long time together as a Twenty20 team so it will be good playing Pakistan.Australia were the losing semi-finalist of the first World Twenty20 in 2007 before they were thrown out of the second edition in the first round in England two years later.They lost to England in the 2010 event final held in the West Indies.We have played well in Twenty20 and were unlucky on missing out on the final the last time. This team has got good balance of young and experience and on our day we can beat the best teams in the world, said Watson.Australia earlier this year appointed George Bailey as their Twenty20 captain. They are placed in Group B of the 12-team World Twenty20, alongside the West Indies and Ireland.Watson hoped all players will get to know their roles in the team.These three matches (against Pakistan) will be challenging and its going to be a great period for us to continue to know what exactly are our roles in Twenty20, said Watson who has so far scored 643 runs in 27 Twenty20 matches.He also has 21 wickets as a medium pacer.Watson admitted Pakistani spinners and oppressive heat in United Arab Emirates will be a big challenge.The heat is always there, you play throughout the year so heat is part and parcel for both the sides, said Watson.Pakistan have got high class spinners with (Saeed) Ajmal and (Shahid) Afridi and they can certainly change the game.In Twenty20 cricket you dont have much chance to be able to work the ball, when the ball is turning a score of 130 140 is good. There is no doubt they are good spinners but we will work hard, said Watson.It (UAE) is a great place to play cricket and I am excited and at times these are similar conditions we get in Sri Lanka ao it gives us a good chance to combine as a team and understand our roles, said Watson.

Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels Posted: The Syrian regime said Monday there will be no dialogue with the opposition before the army crushes the rebels, the latest sign that President Bashar Assad is determined to solve the crisis on the battlefield even if many more of his people have to pay with their lives.The statement comes a day after activists reported that August was the bloodiest month since the uprising began in March 2011.There will be no dialogue with the opposition prior to the Syrian armys imposition of security and stability in all parts of the country, Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi told reporters at a news conference in Damascus.The opposition has long rejected any talks with the regime until Assad is removed from power.Muhieddine Lathkani, an opposition figure based in Britain, responded to the ministers comments by saying the key to any dialogue will be the departure of Assad and dismantling of the regimes security agencies that committed all these crimes.Lathkani told The Associated Press by telephone that after that happens, there could be a dialogue.Earlier in the day, the new UN envoy to Syria acknowledged that brokering an end to the civil war will be a very, very difficult task.Activists on Sunday said some 5,000 people were killed in August, the highest toll in the 17-month-old uprising and more than three times the monthly average. At the same time, the UN childrens fund, UNICEF, said 1,600 were killed last week alone, also the highest figure for the entire revolt.The two major activists groups raised their total death toll for the entire revolt to at least 23,000 and as high as 26,000.The civil war witnessed a major turning point in August when Assads forces began widely using air power for the first time to try to put down the revolt. The fighting also reached Syrias largest city, Aleppo, which had been relatively quiet for most of the uprising.Last week, Assad said in an interview that his armed forces will need time to defeat the rebels, an acknowledgement that his regime is struggling to defeat the tenacious rebels and another indication that the civil war will be even more drawn out and bloody.In the latest violence on Monday, activists said more than 100 people were killed many of them in two air raids that knocked out large parts of buildings in the northern province of Aleppo. Government warplanes bombed the town of Al-Bab killing at least 19 people and the Aleppo neighborhood of Myasar where 10 people, including four children, were killed.The two main activist groups, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees, said the airstrikes targeted a residential area in the northern town of al-Bab, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Turkish border. The Observatory said 19 people were killed in the air raid; the LCC put the death toll at 25.An amateur video posted online showed men frantically searching for bodies in the rubble of a white building smashed into a pile of debris. The authenticity of the video could not be independently verified.An amateur video from Myasar showed men digging through the rubble and cutting metal to pick up the dead buried under the debris. A dead girl and a man were seen being removed in the video.Hisham Jaber, a retired Lebanese army general who heads a Beirut-based think tank, said the government is using MiG warplanes to bomb targets on the ground with missiles ranging between 50 kilograms (110 pounds) and 200 kilograms (440 pounds).Those bombs fall in a shape that looks like a barrel, then explode when they hit the ground, he said.Syrian officials said a bomb attached to a taxi blew up in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, killing five people and wounding 23. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.Activists, meanwhile, reported scattered violence in regions across the country, including the Damascus suburbs, the region of Deir el-Zour in the east, Daraa in the south and Idlib and Aleppo in the north.The Observatory said 100 people were killed Monday while the LCC put the number at 205, many of them in Aleppo province.

Russia slams Syria rebel threats to target civil aviation Posted: Russia issued a strongly worded statement expressing its deep concern at a warning that Syrian rebels plan to target civilian airports in Damascus and Aleppo from Tuesday.In Moscow we have seen with deep concern the statements distributed in the media by representatives of the so-called Free Syria Army that international civilian airports of Damascus and Aleppo are from now on seen as military targets, the Russian foreign ministry on Monday said in a statement.State-owned RIA Novosti news agency on Friday reported on a rebel statement cited by London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper saying Damascus and Aleppo airports and commercial flights would be targeted from Tuesday because they were being used for military aviation.We consider such threats absolutely unacceptable, the Russian foreign ministry said.From a moral and legal point of view this means the oppositions critical proximity to a red line, beyond which are acts that are no different from the crimes of Al-Qaeda.The most recent statement by the Free Syria Army essentially confirms that terrorism is turning into one of its main methods of activity, the ministry added.Russia called for taking action on the leaders of the Free Syria Army in the most decisive manner to excluse such threats, not to mention their being carried out, and reiterated calls for Russians to avoid travel to Syria.Rebel forces have increasingly targeted the Syrian regimes military air power and claimed to have shot down a MiG fighter jet and destroyed a dozen aircraft on the ground last week.Russia continues to lobby for a short-lived agreement struck by world powers in Geneva on June 30 calling for a rapid ceasefire and supports a move towards a transition government that would decide President Bashar al-Assads future.

Strong earthquake hits central Indonesia Posted: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has hit parts of Java island and the tourist resort of Bali, but there are no immediate reports of damages or casualties.Indonesias Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said the eartquake that struck at 1:23 a.m. Tuesday (1823 GMT Monday) was centered beneath the Indian Ocean, but has no potential to trigger tsunami.It was centered about 300 kilometer (180 miles) southwest of Banyuangi town on the eastern end of Java, with a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).Setio Aji, an agencys official said the earthquake was strongly felt in Bali, while residents in some East Java cities told El Shinta radio they were awakened by the tremor.

Oil and gas production ramping up after Isaac Posted: The government said Monday that 800,000 barrels per day of oil production remained offline, 58 percent of Gulf of Mexico production. At the height of the storm 1.3 million barrels per day of oil production was suspended.Nine refineries in the path of Isaac are restarting or operating at reduced rates. One refinery has returned to full operation and one, the Belle Chasse, Louisiana, refinery operated by Phillips 66, is still shut down because it is still without power.The national average price of gasoline rose 11 cents last week. By Friday the price had leveled off and Monday they declined slightly to $2.827 per gallon.

Study questions how much better organic food is Posted: Patient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me?Unsure, Stanford University doctors dug through reams of research to find out and concluded theres little evidence that going organic is much healthier, citing only a few differences involving pesticides and antibiotics.Eating organic fruits and vegetables can lower exposure to pesticides, including for children but the amount measured from conventionally grown produce was within safety limits, the researchers reported Monday.Nor did the organic foods prove more nutritious.I was absolutely surprised, said Dr. Dena Bravata, a senior research affiliate at Stanford and long-time internist who began the analysis because so many of her patients asked if they should switch.There are many reasons why someone might choose organic foods over conventional foods, from environmental concerns to taste preferences, Bravata stressed. But when it comes to individual health, there isnt much difference.Her team did find a notable difference with antibiotic-resistant germs, a public health concern because they are harder to treat if they cause food poisoning.Specialists long have said that organic or not, the chances of bacterial contamination of food are the same, and Mondays analysis agreed. But when bacteria did lurk in chicken or pork, germs in the non-organic meats had a 33 percent higher risk of being resistant to multiple antibiotics, the researchers reported Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.That finding comes amid debate over feeding animals antibiotics, not because theyre sick but to fatten them up. Farmers say its necessary to meet demand for cheap meat. Public health advocates say its one contributor to the nations growing problem with increasingly hard-to-treat germs. Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, counted 24 outbreaks linked to multidrug-resistant germs in food between 2000 and 2010.The government has begun steps to curb the nonmedical use of antibiotics on the farm.Organic foods account for 4.2 percent of retail food sales, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It certifies products as organic if they meet certain requirements including being produced without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, or routine use of antibiotics or growth hormones.Consumers can pay a lot more for some organic products but demand is rising: Organic foods accounted for $31.4 billion sales last year, according to a recent Obama administration report. Thats up from $3.6 billion in 1997.The Stanford team combed through thousands of studies to analyze the 237 that most rigorously compared organic and conventional foods. Bravata was dismayed that just 17 compared how people fared eating either diet while the rest investigated properties of the foods themselves.Organic produce had a 30 percent lower risk of containing detectable pesticide levels. In two studies of children, urine testing showed lower pesticide levels in those on organic diets. But Bravata cautioned that both groups harbored very small amounts and said one study suggested insecticide use in their homes may be more to blame than their food.Still, some studies have suggested that even small pesticide exposures might be risky for some children, and the Organic Trade Association said the Stanford work confirms that organics can help consumers lower their exposure.CSPIs DeWaal noted that difference, but added that the issue is more complicated. Some fruits and vegetables can harbor more pesticide residue than others she listed peaches from Chile as topping a recent testing list. Overall levels have dropped in North American produce over the last decade as farms implemented some new standards addressing child concerns, she said.Parents with young children should consider where their produce is coming from, DeWaal said, calling types grown in the U.S. or Canada a safer bet for lower pesticide levels.As for antibiotics, some farms that arent certified organic have begun selling antibiotic-free meat or hormone-free milk, to address specific consumer demands, noted Bravata. Her own preference is to buy from local farmers in hopes of getting the ripest produce with the least handling.That kind of mixed approach was evident in a market in the nations capital Thursday, where Liz Pardue of Washington said she buys organic partially for environmental reasons. Pardue said she doesnt go out of her way to shop organic, but if she does, its to buy mostly things that are hard to wash like berries and lettuce.Michelle Dent of Oxon Hill, Md., said she buys most of her groceries from regular chain stores but gets her fruit from organic markets: Its fresh; you can really taste it.Anna Hamadyk of Washington said she buys only organic milk because she has a young son.I would love to buy everything organic, but its just too much money, said Hamadyk, who also shops at local farmers markets.

Pakistan scores 244 for 7 against Australia in 3rd ODI Posted: Opener Mohammad Hafeez hit a brilliant half-century to propel Pakistan to 244-7 in the third and final one-day against Australia at Sharjah Stadium here on Monday.The 31-year-old right-hander hit 78 off 97-balls for his 13th one-day fifty -- his first against Australia in eight matches -- to help Pakistan post a challenging total after they were put in by Australia on a grass-less pitch.Hafeez gave Pakistan a solid 129-run start with fellow opener Nasir Jamshed (48) as they carried on the momentum they gave their team during their seven-wicket win in the second match in Abu Dhabi on Friday.Australia had won the first match by four wickets here last week.It looked Pakistan would post a big total but they were once again derailed by some sustained pace bowling by Mitchell Starc who finished with 4-51, taking his four wickets in the second spell.Jamshed, who hit 97 at Abu Dhabi, was again at his fluent best as he hit six boundaries during his 75-ball knock.Mitchell Johnson (2-33) provided Australia with the breakthrough when he had Jamshed caught behind and then had the promoted Shahid Afridi caught at deep mid-wicket for seven.Once Hafeez fell, trapped leg-before by Michael Clarke in the 33rd over Pakistan were hard pressed for runs. Hafeez hit four boundaries and two sixes.Starc, who took a career best 5-42 in the first match, then came into his own. The lanky left-arm paceman had Asad Shafiq (27) and Umar Akmal (nought) in the same over before ending skipper Misbah-ul Haqs short 25 runs innings in the 47th over.Azhar Ali made 27 not out.Pakistan brought in Afridi in place of Sohail Tanveer after the allrounder missed the second game due to a back injury. Australia remained unchanged for the second match in a row.

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