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• Zardari hosts dinner for PM, federal ministers
• Next 36 hours critical for Malala
• Govt not considering military operation in NWA: Malik
• Crisis-torn EU wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize
• 106 soldiers killed as Syrian rebels go on attack: watchdog
• UN Secretary-General writes letter to Malala's parents
• US sees 'silver lining' in public reaction on Malala attack
• Al Qaeda leadership in AfPak region being defeated: White House
• Pakistan arrests 24 Indian fishermen
• Mom gets 99 years in prison for gluing toddler's hands
• 2 European satellites launched from French Guiana
• Oil falls slightly on unrest in the Middle East
• Euro gains as Spain bailout expectations rise
• Spain, Germany, England find scoring form
• Top-ranked Azarenka reaches semis at WTA Linz

Zardari hosts dinner for PM, federal ministers Posted: Those who were present included Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf, former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar, Syed Naveed Qamar, Makhdoom Amin Fahim and other PPP leaders.Senator Jahangir Badar, spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar, Senator Sardar Ali Khan, MNA Ms Rukhsana Bangash and Ms Fouzia Habib were also present. Current political and security situation in the country also came under discussion during the dinner.

Next 36 hours critical for Malala Posted: Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa has said the condition of Malala Yousafzai is satisfactory‚ however‚ the next thirty-six to forty-eight hours are important.Talking to media Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa said decision to send her abroad has not yet been taken. The army spokesman further said that Malala was still on a ventilator and that the 14-year-old had been shifted to Rawalpindi upon doctors’ instructions.The DG ISPR added that a medical team had been constituted, headed by a Major General, and that the decision to send Malala abroad would be taken by a medical board.Currently, all the doctors on the panel treating Malala were Pakistanis but two foreign doctors were also being consulted on the treatment.“Her blood pressure is normal. Heartbeat is normal, and thanks to God, her condition is satisfactory,” Bajwa said.Bajwa said the bullet entered her head and went into her neck toward her spine, but it was too soon to say whether she had any significant head injury.Malala’s parents have been given a well-maintained residence but details about their whereabouts cannot be revealed due to security concerns, he added.Meanwhile, police have arrested four more people, including a woman, in connection with attack on Malala Yousufzai.

Govt not considering military operation in NWA: Malik Posted: According to an Interior Ministry statement issued on Friday, the Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the government is not considering any proposal of a military operation in the North Waziristan Agency.He further said that decision in this regard will be taken by government and military leadership.

Crisis-torn EU wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Posted: The Nobel Peace Prize was Friday awarded to the European Union, an institution wracked by the euro crisis but credited with bringing more than half a century of peace to a continent ripped apart by two world wars.The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe, Nobel Committee president Thorbjoern Jagland said in Oslo.Shortly after the prize announcement, European Union President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso described the award as a tremendous honour.This prize is the strongest possible recognition of the deep political motives behind our Union: the unique effort by ever more European states to overcome war and divisions and to jointly shape a continent of peace and prosperity, they said in a joint statement.The prize, they said, was not just for the project and the institutions embodying a common interest, but for the 500 million citizens living in our union.However, online the Nobel Committees decision to hand the prize to a union of states beleaguered by a severe financial crisis, sparked strong reactions from some on Twitter.Anti-austerity protests in Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy & France, Nationalism, Fascism, unemployment and poverty. Yeah EU deserves it @AnonOpGreece said on Twitter.British eurosceptics also reacted with dismay, and Polands Lech Walesa, who won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize for leading the countrys anti-communist movement, said he was unpleasantly surprised by the choice.The prize for the EU came as a surprise at a time when European solidarity is facing its most daunting challenge in decades amid deep rifts between a south drowning in debt and a wealthier north, led by Germany, only reluctantly coming to the rescue.Whether or not that begrudging assistance will keep the European project afloat remains to be seen, but the deep crisis has broadened the gulf already felt between citizens in the different member states and a Brussels long seen as too distant and bureaucratic.The EU is currently undergoing grave economic difficulties and considerable social unrest, Jagland acknowledged on Friday, stressing that the Nobel jury had wanted to focus on what it sees as the EUs most important result: the successful struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy and human rights.The creation of the union is credited with helping to bring peace and stability to the war-torn continent by bringing together former arch-enemies France and Germany and herding them down the same path.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who faces harsh criticism from debt-laden southern Europe for fronting the push for punishing austerity measures, on Friday hailed the EUs win and insisted efforts to save the euro were also aimed at ensuring peace on the continent.The euro is more than a currency because at the end of the day it is about the original idea of a union of peace and of values, she told reporters.Britains Foreign Office meanwhile urged the EU to make further progress.It noted that the prize honoured the EU for its peace and reconciliation efforts, particularly through its enlargement to central and eastern Europe, and said the EU must always strive to preserve and strengthen those achievements for the future.

106 soldiers killed as Syrian rebels go on attack: watchdog Posted: Syrian rebels killed 14 soldiers in an attack on an army post in Daraa province on Friday, a watchdog said, a day after the army suffered 92 losses, its highest daily total in the conflict.Six rebels were also killed in the attack on the army checkpoint at Khirba in the southern province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that fighting also raged in the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo.The Britain-based watchdog said Thursday had marked one of the deadliest days since an anti-regime revolt erupted in March last year, with at least 240 people killed across Syria, including the 92 soldiers, 67 rebels and 81 civilians.With an average of 20 deaths per day, the army has lost about 10,000 soldiers and had at least an equal number wounded in the conflict, a military hospital official told AFP. In August, the same source reported more than 8,000 deaths.Of the soldiers killed on Thursday, 36 died in fighting in Idlib province, where many of the fiercest clashes have taken place over the past three months.Regime warplanes on Friday attacked two buildings in the Idlib town of Maaret al-Numan, where intense fighting has raged since rebels overran it on Tuesday after a fierce 48-hour gunbattle, the Observatory said.Fighting was ongoing on the periphery of Maaret al-Numan, where troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are still holding two key bases in Wadi Daif and Hamdiyeh, which they use to bombard the town.An AFP reporter said that the rebels, by gaining control of a stretch of highway near Maaret al-Numan, were on Thursday able to cut off the route linking Damascus to Aleppo, choking the flow of troops to battlefields in the north.According to the Observatory, the rebels intercepted a radio distress call on Friday from the Wadi Daif base commander, who said: If our planes do not clean out the areas around the base, I will surrender by the end of the day.The radio communication came as warplanes were bombarding areas around Wadi Daif and Maaret al-Numan.Despite ongoing violence on Friday, anti-regime demonstrations were held in provinces across Syria after the weekly Muslim prayers.In the embattled city of Aleppo, where regime forces opened fire on protesters in the district of Halab al-Jadida, wounding a number of demonstrators, according to the Observatory.Similar demonstrations were also reported in Derbassiyeh, a town on the border with Turkey, and in Daraya, a town southwest of Damascus where 500 people were massacred in August.In Aleppo province, rebels took partial control of an air defence battalion of some 50 soldiers on the highway connecting Aleppo to Raqa province, further to the east and near the Kweris military airport, the Observatory said.Military airports have been a key target for the rebels as the army has increasingly deployed warplanes and helicopter gunships to launch devastating strikes.In Aleppo city, regime forces pounded the districts of Haidariyeh in the northeast and Sukari and Fardoss in the southwest at dawn, as fierce fighting broke out in Sakhur, Suleiman al-Halabi and Sheikh Khodr in the northeast.More than 32,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, according to the Observatory, which compiles its data from a network of activists, medics and lawyers on the ground.During the first 13 months of the revolt, an average of 24 people were killed per day, but in the past six months, with the total militarisation of the rebellion, the daily average has risen to 142.This figure does not include hundreds of unidentified bodies which have been found across the country or the pro-regime militiamen known as shabiha.

UN Secretary-General writes letter to Malala's parents Posted: The Secretary-General handed over the letter, addressed to Malalas parents, to Pakistans new permanent representative to the UN, Masood Khan during a meeting Friday. Secretary-General Ban, on the occasion, said that he had already issued a strong statement condemning the cowardly act perpetrated against a young 14-year old girl.Malala was shot and critically injured in an attack, for which Taliban have claimed responsibility, in Swat earlier this week. The incident has sparked widespread condemnation within Pakistan and across the world. Malala, at present, is fighting for her life in a military hospital in Rawalpindi after a successful surgery that removed a bullet from her head.“Malala is a role model not only for your country, but for our world,” the Secretary-General said adding that education was a fundamental right for everybody. He further maintained that the UN was partnering with the people of Pakistan in their struggle to promote education.Ambassador Masood Khan said that the Pakistani leadership and the entire nation had condemned the abominable act of violence against Malala. The whole nation is united against this kind of obscurantism. Malala has been an icon for education for girls and an inspiration for the international community, Ambassador Khan observed.The Pakistani envoy informed the Secretary-General that the Pakistan government and all segments of civil society were committed to the promotion and protection of all human rights, including the right to education.It may be mentioned here that the Pakistans Mission to the United Nations in New York has sent the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s letter to the parents of Malala through the Foreign Office.Earlier, Pakistans new Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Masood Khan presented his credentials to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, in his office at UN Headquarters in New York. He also thanked Secretary General for his strong and consistent support to Pakistan. People of Pakistan would never forget the Secretary-General leadership for mobilizing the humanitarian support following massive and devastating floods in Pakistan, he said.Welcoming the new Permanent Representative of Pakistan, Secretary General Ban appreciated Pakistans active role in the UN, its contribution to the UN peacekeeping, and support to the organizations efforts to promote regional and international peace and security. He said Ambassador Khan has assumed his position at an important moment as Pakistan was a member of the UN Security Council.Before joining this position, Ambassador Masood Khan was Pakistans Ambassador to China.- Contributed by Awais Saleem, Dunya News correspondent in Washington, DC

US sees 'silver lining' in public reaction on Malala attack Posted: The spokesperson of the US State Department, Victoria Nuland was asked during the briefing Friday whether the condemnation across cross-sections of the Pakistani society against Taliban and militancy after the attack on Malala in swat could be termed as a turning point in the fight against extremism in the country. She said this was indeed the silver lining in the tragic incident.She said this would help the Pakistani government in going after the extremists with popular support. Obviously, the degree to which the Pakistani people turn against them helps their government to go after them, that would be perhaps a silver lining for this horrible tragedy, she maintained.We have seen in the past in Pakistan that when the Taliban commit truly heinous and outrageous acts like this, it galvanises popular opinion against them not only in cities, but also in those towns and neighborhoods where they plot and hide, she recalled while referring to other terrorist activities in Pakistan during the last few years.Ms. Nuland said that they were yet to hear from the Pakistani government about the US offer of treatment facilities for Malala Yusufzai. We are obviously in contact with the government of Pakistan about what might be needed but I dont have anything to announce at this stage, she pointed out.The spokesperson of the State Department refused to answer a question about Imran Khans drive against drone attacks in Pakistan and his announcement to take it to the next level in the US. We respect the right of peaceful protests, but I am not going to comment at all on intelligence matters, she remarked.- Contributed by Awais Saleem, Dunya News correspondent in Washington, DC

Al Qaeda leadership in AfPak region being defeated: White House Posted: White House has said that Al Qaeda, operating from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, were being defeated.“When it comes to matters like Afghanistan, it is our policy that after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, has delivered severe blows to the senior leadership in Al Qaeda, and has created the time and space to build up Afghan security forces,” White House spokesman, Jay Carney said during a briefing Friday.“After the president inherited a policy in 2008 that was wildly adrift and unfocused and under-resourced in Afghanistan, he made clear what our priorities there should be and executed on a mission that has effectively gone after Al Qaeda central in the AfPak region,” he recalled.“The President is very committed in 2008 that he would refocus attention on what was a neglected war in Afghanistan, refocus our mission on Al Qaeda, and decimating Al Qaeda’s leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” he recalled.However, the President had made clear that this was not a war without end, Carney said adding that President Obama was committed to the drawdown of forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, in order to make the transition of security responsibility to the Afghan government and Afghan forces.“It is time to bring American forces home, and to turn over, increasingly, responsibility for Afghan security to the Afghans.He made it clear that the Afghan forces increasingly needed to take on that responsibility for security in the future, and not the American men and women. “That is why we are drawing down those forces there,” he opined.He said the purpose of setting a deadline for drawdown was to make it clear to the government in Kabul, as it was made clear to the government in Baghdad, in Iraq, that they need to begin to take increasing responsibility for their own security so that when it comes to fighting and sometimes dying for the sake of Afghanistan and the Afghan people.- Contributed by Awais Saleem, Dunya News correspondent in Washington, DC

Pakistan arrests 24 Indian fishermen Posted: Pakistan on Friday arrested another 24 Indian fishermen and seized four boats, the maritime security agency said, despite last month announcing the release of all jailed Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture.Some four Indian fishing boats along with 24 crew members were apprehended for poaching well inside Pakistani waters, it said.Pakistan and India frequently arrest and accuse each others fishermen of violating their respective zones in the Arabian Sea.Fridays arrests bring to 57 the number of Indian fishermen arrested so far in October, after Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar announced the release of all Indian fishermen when her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna visited in September.India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence in 1947, two of them over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which is divided by a heavily militarised Line of Control and which both countries claim in full.

Mom gets 99 years in prison for gluing toddler's hands Posted: A woman who beat her 2-year-old daughter and glued the toddlers hands to a wall was sentenced Friday to 99 years in prison by a judge who described his decision as a necessary punishment for a brutal, shocking attack.Elizabeth Escalona did not immediately react as Judge Larry Mitchell pronounced the sentence at the end of a five-day hearing. Prosecutor Eren Price, who originally offered Escalona a plea deal for 45 years, had argued that she now thought the 23-year-old mother deserved life.Mitchell said his decision came down to one thing.On Sept. 7, 2011, you savagely beat your child to the edge of death, Mitchell said. For this you must be punished.The beating left Jocelyn Cedillo in a coma for a couple of days.Escalonas other children told authorities their mother attacked Jocelyn due to potty training problems. Police say she kicked her daughter in the stomach, beat her with a milk jug, then stuck her hands to an apartment wall with an adhesive commonly known as Super Glue.Jocelyn suffered bleeding in her brain, a fractured rib, multiple bruises and bite marks, a doctor testified. Some skin had been torn off her hands, where doctors also found glue residue and white paint chips from the apartment wall.Jocelyn has since recovered and is now being cared for by her grandmother, Ofelia Escalona, who is taking care of her daughters four other children, including a baby born this year.Escalona pleaded guilty in July to one count of felony injury to a child.Price said Escalona would be eligible to apply for parole in 30 years.The prosecutor repeatedly sought to portray Escalona as a liar, a monster and an unfit mother. She forced Escalona Thursday to look at enlarged photos of the bruises her attack left on Jocelyn.Price argued Friday that if a stranger had beaten Jocelyn the same way, no one would hesitate to give that person life in prison. Escalona had mishandled a beautiful gift of a daughter and failed to recognize what she had done, Price argued.The 45-year recommendation was for somebody who was going to take ownership of what she did, appreciate what she caused, Price said.Sending her to prison for decades would protect her childrens future, Price argued.

2 European satellites launched from French Guiana Posted: A second pair of satellites that will help supply Europe with its own navigation system have been launched from French Guiana.The satellites launched Friday join two others launched a year ago as part of the European Unions nascent Galileo navigation system. A minimum of four satellites are needed so officials can perform an in-orbit validation of the system.A total of 30 satellites ultimately will be launched. By 2014, the system is expected to operate as a free consumer navigation service, and by 2020 it will be fully operational and provide more specialized services.The taxpayer-funded program is expected to rival the American GPS network, with EU officials touting it as more precise and reliable.

Oil falls slightly on unrest in the Middle East Posted: The price of oil fell Friday on concerns that growth in global crude demand will slow even as more petroleum becomes available.Benchmark oil fell 21 cents Friday to $91.86 per barrel in New York.On Friday, the International Energy Agency issued a new report predicting slower growth in demand for oil over the next five years. It cited the sluggish global economy and growing energy efficiency. The agency also forecast that supplies will increase, in part because U.S. production from shale formations is exceeding expectations.The IEA is an organization of 28 oil-importing countries that collects and analyzes data about global petroleum supply and demand.Fridays decline in the price of oil eroded some of the gains from earlier this week, when tensions between Syria and Turkey raised worries about supplies. Still, the price of U.S. benchmark crude climbed 2.2 percent over the past week.AAA said gasoline prices at the pump fell less than a penny from Thursday to $3.81 for a gallon of regular. Thats about 41 cents higher than a year ago but down 5 cents from a month ago.Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, dropped $1.07 to $113.61 per barrel in London.

Euro gains as Spain bailout expectations rise Posted: The euro pushed higher Friday amid more expectations that Spain will give in and request a bailout that would bring some fresh calm to the nervous eurozone.The yen meanwhile fell further as traders gained more appetite for risk.At 2100 GMT, the euro was trading at $1.2958, up from $1.2926 late Thursday.The greenback pushed higher to 78.39 yen from 78.33, while the euro pushed to 101.60 yen from 101.25.The euro continues to appreciate while short-term Spanish paper rises in value, despite the fact that S&P downgraded Spain to one notch above junk on Friday. Why? said Christopher Vecchio, currency analyst at DailyFX.This is a clear indication that money is being positioned for the inevitable Spanish bailout and the ensuing involvement of the ECB in bond markets.The Australian dollar was lower, to US $1.0283, amid warnings it faces more weakness as Chinese growth slows.With stocks closing out their worst weekly loss in over four months, attention now turns to the worlds second largest economy with a slew of economic data out of China due next week, said DailyFXs David Song.Moreover, growth and inflation are expected to slow further as the region continues to face a threat for a hard landing, and a batch of dismal figures may have the largest impact on the Australian dollar, he said.The US dollar fell to 0.9326 Swiss francs from 0.9346 francs, while the British pound rose to $1.6069 from $1.6043.

Spain, Germany, England find scoring form Posted: Spain, Germany and England earned victories on Friday as Europes top teams found their scoring form in World Cup qualifying.Pedro Rodriguez scored a hat trick in Spains 4-0 win at Belarus, and Marco Reus and Toni Kroos had two apiece as Germany routed Ireland 6-1, also away from home.Englands 5-0 win over a San Marino team that is at the bottom of the FIFA rankings was routine, with Wayne Rooney scoring twice in his first competitive international game as captain.Italy won 3-1 at Armenia and the Netherlands was a comfortable 3-0 winner over Andorra.However, Euro 2012 semifinalist Portugal, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, couldnt make the most of its dominance against Russia and lost 1-0 in a match between the top two teams in Group F.

Top-ranked Azarenka reaches semis at WTA Linz Posted: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka reached her 10th semifinal of the season Friday by defeating Petra Martic of Croatia 6-2, 6-2 at the Generali Ladies.Azarenka won the first 10 points to help build a 4-0 lead before Martic clawed her way back into the match.The Croat had a break in the second set to level at 2-2 but did not win another game.Azarenka will next play either Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States or Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania.Julia Goerges also reached the semifinals after beating Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-1, 6-4.From 1-1 in the opening set, the fifth-seeded German won seven straight games. Arvidsson broke back to level at 4-4 in the second but then dropped her serve for the fourth time in the match.

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