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• Moody's holds Spains low rating unchanged
• Brazil court upholds US pilots conviction
• Dempsey's 2 goals help US beat Guatemala 3-1
• Obama comes out swimming in second debate
• Karachi: 13 including education director killed
• Marc Grossman to visit Pakistan to discuss key issues
• Karachi violence claims 13 more lives
• Islamabad: Football ground turns into ruins
• Govt fails to bring resolution on Malala attack
• Asghar Khan Case: SC summons Brig retd Hamid Saeed
• Seven masterpieces stolen from Dutch museum
• SHO, other officials booked in murder case
• ECP restores membership Malik, 33 MPs
• Find political solution to militancy, Imran urges govt
• Karachi: MQM retains NA-245 seat

Moody's holds Spains low rating unchanged Posted: Moodys gave Madrid critical breathing room Tuesday in its efforts to sort out its economic problems, holding the countrys debt rating unchanged at Baa3, one step above junk grade.But the US agency assigned Madrid a negative outlook, maintaining a threat to downgrade the country if conditions deteriorate.Moodys cited the European Central Banks willingness to buy Spanish government bonds to stabilize its borrowing rate as well as the governments commitment to implementing fiscal and structural reforms necessary to improve its finances.Moodys also credited the ongoing efforts to restructure the Spanish banking sector and strengthen the banks.In summary, Moodys believes that the combination of euro area and ECB support and the Spanish governments own efforts should allow the government to maintain capital market access at reasonable rates, providing it with the time it needs to stabilize public debt over the next few years.The maintenance of market access is critical because the risk that some form of burden-sharing will be imposed on bondholders is material for those countries that rely entirely or to a very large extent on official-sector funding for an extended period of time.But Moodys warned that the risks to the countrys situation remain skewed to the downside, and that the rating could go lower without progress on setting the countrys finances on a sustainable footing.Shocks at the euro area level could also have negative repercussions on Spains rating, for example in the absence of concrete progress in reforming the euro areas fiscal, economic and regulatory institutions.The possibility of Greece exiting the euro area continues to constitute a major event risk for all the weaker euro area member states.The move came a week after Moodys rival Standard & Poors dealt Spain a two-step downgrade to BBB-, S&Ps lowest grade before junk level.Cutting Madrids grade to junk status could send a large class of bond investors fleeing the countrys debt paper, and effectively forcing the cost of Spains borrowing shooting higher.

Brazil court upholds US pilots conviction Posted: A Brazilian court has upheld the conviction of two US pilots for their role in a mid-air collision that killed 154 people, but ruled that they did not have to serve jail time.The federal court in Brasilia reduced from 52 months to 37 months the sentence on Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino over the 2006 crash. They returned to the United States in December 2006 after being held for a few weeks in Brazil.A court spokesman said the two, retried in their absence, would serve their sentence in an open regime, meaning they would not have to set foot in jail but would need to check in with authorities.The two pilots of an Embraer Legacy jet collided with a Gol Boeing 737 at about 37,000 feet (12,300 meters) over central Brazil on September 29, 2006.After five years of investigation and legal wrangling, a lower court in the central western state of Matto Grosso had sentenced the two pilots of the business jet to 52 months in jail last year. However, this was later commuted to community service in the United States.But relatives of the victims pressed for a new trial, insisting the two Americans were negligent and thus responsible for the tragedy. The pilots rejected the charge and insisted they were cleared by air traffic controllers to fly at that level.The two Americans were able to bring their jet and five passengers safely to the ground even though part of the aircrafts tail was sheared off.After the September 29, 2006 accident the two were accused by Brazilian authorities of illegally exposing their aircraft to danger.We hope that they will be permanently barred from flying again so that they do not endanger other lives and so that they serve their sentence in jail, said Rosane Gutjahr, who lost her husband in the accident.

Dempsey's 2 goals help US beat Guatemala 3-1 Posted: Clint Dempsey scored twice as the United States rallied to beat Guatemala 3-1 Tuesday night and reach the last round of continental World Cup qualifying.The Americans needed only a draw to advance to the six-team finals in North and Central America and the Caribbean qualifier.After Carlos Ruiz put Guatemala ahead in the fifth minute, Dempsey set up Carlos Bocanegras goal in the 10th, then scored in the 18th and 36th minutes. With 30 international goals, Dempsey equaled Brian McBride for third-most in U.S. history.The U.S., seeking its seventh straight World Cup appearance, topped its semifinal group with 13 points.Guatemala was eliminated from qualifying when Dane Richards scored two goals late in the second half in Jamaicas 4-1 win over Antigua and Barbuda.

Obama comes out swimming in second debate Posted: An intense Barack Obama bounced off the ropes and accused Mitt Romney of untruths Tuesday in a furious opening to his bid to blunt his foes momentum surge in their second presidential debate.Minutes into the debate, Republican Romney and Democrat Obama stood toe-to-toe a few feet apart, angrily accusing one another of distorting each others policies and future plans on oil production and energy.Governor Romney says he has a five-point plan. He doesnt have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan, and that is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules, Obama blasted.In a high energy start to the face-off in Long Island, New York, Obama displayed more energy and passion than he showed in the whole of his limp 90 minute performance two weeks ago, which sent his poll numbers tumbling.Romney, a 65-year-old former governor of Massachusetts, took the first question of the town-hall style debate, about the jobs crisis, and bemoaned the plight of ordinary Americans who he said had been crushed over the last four years.I know what it takes to create good jobs and to make sure you have the opportunity you deserve, Romney said.Obama, 51, was quick off his stool in response, looking 20-year-old questioner Jeremy Epstein straight in the eye, fixing him with an intense stare as he promised to quicken the US economic recovery.He rapped Romney for opposing the auto industry bailout which he engineered and which he said had saved a million jobs, and brushed off his Republican rivals denials.What Governor Romney said just isnt true. He wanted to make them into bankruptcy without providing them any way to stay open, Obama said.Obamas team had promised a strong and passionate performance by the president after his lifeless showing in the first debate in Denver, revived Romneys campaign, which many Republicans thought was doomed to defeat.Democrats were severely rattled by Obamas no show, so his first mission Tuesday was to reboot enthusiasm among his core supporters, with early voting already under way in a clutch of states ahead of election day on November 6.The town hall setting, which had each candidate seated at a stool on a red carpet, and free to roam around, tested the body language of the two candidates, and capacity to empathize with the anxieties of everyday Americans.Democrats had nervously awaited the debate, fearing another limp display from Obama could provoke a slide to defeat, just four years after the rampant hope and euphoria inspired by his historic election victory.Senator John Kerry, who has been playing Romney in Obamas debate prep, predicted the debate would be fun, saying the president was excited about talking about his vision for the next four years.Kerry hinted Obama could dissect Romneys record as governor of Massachusetts, which he branded one of the great charades of all time. Before the debate, Obama dined with his wife Michelle on steak and potatoes, while Romney ate a dinner of rotisserie chicken, with sides of spinach and baked potato, with his wife Ann and five sons.Team Romney has had Obama on the ropes, and his campaign signaled confidence by predicting that the Republican would triumph in the key state of Ohio and nationwide.Our campaign clearly has the momentum heading into these last few weeks, as evidenced by steady movement in the polls toward governor Romney, and increased enthusiasm on the ground at our events, senior aide Rich Beeson said.Recent polls in the crucial Midwestern battleground state, which no Republican has lost and gone on to win the White House, show Romney steadily eroding the presidents narrow lead there. But Obama got a boost on Tuesday when the US Supreme Court ruled that Ohio cannot limit early voting, as the states Republican-led legislature did last year. That move had been seen as a blow against Obamas African-American voting base.Obamas campaign manager Jim Messina told reporters here that Obama retained multiple routes to get to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency and dismissed the Romney campaigns confidence in Ohio.Supporters of both men were gathering at debate watching parties and another huge television audience was expected, though perhaps not so big as the 70 million that tuned into the first clash.In one festive scene at The Apollo, the legendary Harlem theater that helped launch the Jackson Five, Billie Holliday and James Brown, was packed with an excited crowd hoping to see the biggest political talent show on earth.President Obama has his own swagger. He needs to look in the mirror and rediscover his mojo, said Esther Armah, a radio host.Many national polls show Romney and Obama locked in a tie, but the challenger can claim undeniable momentum in the battleground states that will decide who will live in the White House come January.A USA Today/Gallup poll Tuesday showed a startling erosion of support for Obama among women, who now back Obama just 49-48 percent, in 12 swing states.The poll shows Romneys overall lead at 50-46 percent among likely voters in the swing states, compared with a 49-47 Obama lead among registered voters.The Obama campaign blasted the methodology of the poll.

Karachi: 13 including education director killed Posted: As per details, some miscreants entered into the office of Director Education Shamim Akhtar Khan in Jamshed Qauarters and opened firing. ShamimAkhtar Khan was critically injured and was shifted to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.In another incident, manager of a private bank Amir Naqvi was killed and Muhammad Ali Abbas was severely injured in firing on their car near Mochi Mor in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.A local office bearer of Pakistan Peoples Party Sajjad Balti was killed in firing on a shop in the limits of Shahrah-e-Noor Police Station. The PPP workers reached Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and shouted slogans against the occurrence of the incident.A police official Shafi was shot dead near Five Star Chorangi. The deceased was serving as an ASI at Liaquatabad Police Station.Mutilated dead body of a youth was found from Machar Colony and two other bodies were found near Crown Cinema at Maripur Road while dead body of 67-year-old Javed Iqbal Qureshi was found from Bihar Colony in Lyari.An owner of a construction company Ahmad Memon was killed when some unknown persons opened firing on his car in the limits of New Town near National Stadium.Moreover, police issued pictures of two security guards who stole Rs 10 million from the van of a private money exchange.

Marc Grossman to visit Pakistan to discuss key issues Posted: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Marc Grossman is landing in Pakistan later this week. He is expected to follow-up on the discussion between Pakistani and US leadership on key bilateral issues during several high-profile meetings in Washington, DC and New York last month.The spokesperson of the US State Department, in a statement issued about the visit of the Special Representativen, said that Ambassador Grossman will continue our work with the Pakistani government to identify our shared interests and focus on actions we can take together.His trip builds on recent engagements, including Secretary Clinton’s meetings with Foreign Minister Khar in Washington and President Zardari in New York, as well as the recent U.S.-Pakistan Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism Working Group convened in Washington, DC on October 5, the statement noted.Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar had visited the US Capital, Washington, DC, in the first half of September and met US legislators and government officials - including Secretary Clinton and Senator John Kerry - to set the ball rolling for revival of the Pak-US relationship after a period of acrimony during the last 18 months or so.After the DC visit, the FM had joined President Zardari in New York for UN General Assembly. Secretary Clinton had called on President Zardari while both countries - with Afghanistan - had also taken part in a trilateral meeting to discuss reconciliation efforts with Taliban and the end of ongoing war.Later, Interior Minister Rehman Malik had also visited Washington, DC for a Pak-US working group meeting on Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism. The officials from both sides had hinted at continuing the engagement on both sides to streamline areas of cooperation and troubleshoot points of difference.Ambassador Marc Grossman will first travel to Turkish capital, Ankara - departing October 16 - before reaching Islamabad for the said talks. In Ankara, Ambassador Grossman will attend a meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) for Afghanistan, the spokesman disclosed.This meeting of the ICG will focus on the status of Afghan and international commitments on security and development following the Chicago NATO summit and the Tokyo Conference. The ICG member countries also plan to discuss international support for transition planning and an Afghan-led political process, the stateement added.- By Awais Saleem, Dunya News correspondent in Washington, DC

Karachi violence claims 13 more lives Posted: Some miscreants entered into the office of Director Education Shamim Akhtar Khan in Jamshed Qauarters and opened firing.ShamimAkhtar Khan was critically injured and was shifted to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.In another incident, manager of a private bank Amir Naqvi was killed and Muhammad Ali Abbas was severely injured in firing on their car near Mochi Mor in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.A local office bearer of Pakistan Peoples Party Sajjad Balti was killed in firing on a shop in the limits of Shahrah-e-Noor Police Station. The PPP workers reached Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and shouted slogans against the occurrence of the incident.A police official Shafi was shot dead near Five Star Chorangi. The deceased was serving as an ASI at Liaquatabad Police Station.Mutilated dead body of a youth was found from Machar Colony and two other bodies were found near Crown Cinema at Maripur Road while dead body of 67-year-old Javed Iqbal Qureshi was found from Bihar Colony in Lyari.An owner of a construction company Ahmad Memon was killed when some unknown persons opened firing on his car in the limits of New Town near National Stadium.Moreover, police issued pictures of two security guards who stole Rs 10 million from the van of a private money exchange.

Islamabad: Football ground turns into ruins Posted: This is the oldest football ground in the federal capital, which is named Akbar football ground. It was inaugurated in 1977 to attract the youths towards healthy activities.During the tenure of former chairman CDA Kamran Lashari, a handsome grant was allocated towards repair, renovation and decoration of the ground. Fences were erected, floodlights were fitted and other facilities were provided to give a new look to the ground.Due to lack of attention by the incumbent administration of CDA, ground is wearing the look of Mohenjo Daro ruins.Flood lights have been stolen and fences are facing wear and tear and most of them have been broken.This ground produced national level players who represented Islamabad in national sports but presently the fund is spent on some selective grounds to please the favorites, said an officer bearer of football club.The citizens particularly the youths demanded renovation work of the ground should be carried out on fast track basis.

Govt fails to bring resolution on Malala attack Posted: The resolution against attack on Malala Yousafzai and in favour of operation in North Waziristan Agency could not be tabled in the National Assembly due to opposition from PML-N.Leader of Opposition Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has said that government has made the parliament graveyard of the joint resolutions and even not a single of them was implemented.He said that PML-N did not impede the government despite it faced the taunting of being friendly opposition.Government should stop the disrespect of the parliament. He said that Interior Minister is befooling the nation by telling lies continuously.“If the attackers of Malala are in Afghanistan, then why the government has plans to launch military operation in North Waziristan Agency” , he added.He said that the tradition of calling political opponents traitors should be stopped now.Ahsan Iqbal from PML-N said that his party would provide jobs to youth of Sindh by eradicating robbers’ rule there. PPP government has ruined the peace of Sindh province.Khurshid Shah of PPP said that the leaders of Peoples Party also remained in exile. Now PML-N is trying to make alliance with the anti-federation nationalists elements.Another PPP MNA from PPP Nasir Ali Shah said that the target killing is not going to stop in the country. He said that it is strange that PPP workers have been killed during party’s government.Saad Rafiq from PML-N said that Pakistan has become more unsafe in the government of PPP than Musharraf’s regime. The nation has been divided into more segments. Now the matters of making provinces on the ethnic basis are being raised.He said that government has now agreed to write the letter to Swiss authorities after sending one Prime Minister home. He said that Gen. Shuja Pasha has indicated towards federal government in the issue of release of Raymond Davis.He said when Akhtar Mangal came to Islamabad, no representative of the government met him.

Asghar Khan Case: SC summons Brig retd Hamid Saeed Posted: A 3-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the proceedings of the Asghar Khan case on Tuesday.The Chief Justice remarked that IJI will not be formulated now and national interest lies with the democratic process.“The offices of the President, Army Chief and ISI Chief are very important and the President is most important office bearer and he/she has to take care, but unluckily President was involved in some activities and we are waiting for Aiwan-e-Saddar reply in this regard. If the reply was in negative then we may summon Ijlal Haider Zaidi”, the Chief Justice remarked.During the proceedings, Roidad Khan while recording his statement said that General Shujat used to oversee the political cell according to Rafi Raza report.He said that Rafi Raza report could be placed in the ‘Aiwan-e-Saddar’ or the Prime Minister Secretariat.Dr. Fareed Paracha, by submitting affidavit stated that Jamaat-e-Islami is taking part in the proceedings voluntarily with the permission of the court.He said that 5 million rupees were given in the general elections of 1990 as aid by being part of the IJI and former ISI Chief Lt. General (R) Asad Durrani blamed Jamaat-e-Islami in an unclear manner.By rejecting the allegations, Jamaat-e-Islami said that these allegations are baseless and no member had received money from any military or administrative institution.Counsel of Asghar Khan, Salman Akram Raja in his arguments said that Asad Durrani has accepted in his affidavit that he has distributed 70 million rupees out of 140 million rupees and rest of the money in the account was controlled by the ISI.The Chief Justice told Raja that ISI could be defamed in lights of his arguments.Raja said that the DG ISI had intervened in the process of elections.

Seven masterpieces stolen from Dutch museum Posted: Alerted by an alarm but arriving at the museum in Rotterdam after the thief or thieves had fled, police said they had launched a major investigation that includes interviewing possible witnesses and examining closed-circuit television.On Tuesday morning seven artworks were stolen from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, police said in a statement, adding the burglary took place at around 3:00 a.m.(0100 GMT).The art theft is the biggest in the Netherlands in more than 20 years.Museum director Emily Ansenk, who flew back to Rotterdam after hearing of the theft during a visit to Turkey, told a press conference that what had happened was a nightmare for any museum.The stolen paintings were unique works that are known around the world, she said.They are Pablo Picassos Tete dArlequin, Henri Matisses La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune, Claude Monets Waterloo Bridge, London and Charing Cross Bridge, London, Paul Gauguins Femme Devant une Fenetre Ouverte, dite La Fiancee, Meyer de Haans Autoportrait and Lucian Freuds Woman with Eyes Closed.After having initially declined to name the stolen paintings, the police said that after consulting with the owners, they can now release photographs of the works.The chairman of the museums board, Willem van Hassel, told journalists that technical security had been chosen deliberately which meant that nobody was at the museum but there was video.He declined to discuss the value of the stolen works, but an expert at the Cornette de Saint-Cyr auction house in Paris who requested anonymity said the paintings were worth between 150 and 200 million euros.A major investigation is under way and forensics are at the scene, Rotterdam police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels told AFP. Were investigating how they got access, what time it happened and who did it.Dutch state television showed a police forensic team dusting one of the Kunsthals outer doors for fingerprints.The NOS broadcaster said the haul was worth millions and millions of euros (dollars), but the paintings are so famous that it will be difficult to get anything like their real value on the black market.It is the biggest art theft in The Netherlands since 20 paintings were stolen from Amsterdams Van Gogh museum in 1991.Were a bit shocked that something like this happens here and at the same time we have some respect for thieves who got away with something likes this, said student Ibo Bose, disappointed not to be able to visit the museum.Police are interviewing possible witnesses and examining closed-circuit video footage, the police statement said. An initial investigation suggests that the robbery was well prepared.The police spokeswoman said that police were alerted during the night when an alarm went off but the thief or thieves had made off by the time police arrived at the scene.Museum director Ansenk said police arrived at the scene just five minutes after the alarm went off in Rotterdams museum park where few people go at night.The works were among the 150-strong Triton Foundations collection, which was being shown in its entirety to the public for the first time to mark the museums 20th anniversary, the Kunsthals website said.The collection has developed into one with an international reputation and which comprises representative works by the most important and influential artists of the late 19th century to the present day, it said.The exhibition comprises works from almost every significant art movement, it added.The Kunsthal, which means art hall, has no permanent collection of its own. It will reopen on Wednesday, the museum said.

SHO, other officials booked in murder case Posted: On the order of District and Session Judge Mardan local police has registered FIR against a Station House Officer and other officials in a murder case while court ordered Director General health Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to conduct departmental inquiry against Executive District Officer (EDO) Health and other five doctors.Few days ago, a boy named Akhtar Ali who died in illegal custody of Sher Ghar police and he was shifted for post mortem to Mardan Medical Complex (MMC) where Dr. Kamran ud Din conducted his post mortem but their relatives rejected that post mortem report and later on they took out protest rallies.Later on district and session judge Mardan Shahid Khan ordered judicial inquiry of the incident and Mr Ejaz-ul-Haq Awan, Judicial Magistrate conducted re-inquiry of the incident and in this connection he recorded statement of 18 witnesses and also conducted re-post mortem of the deceased through Dr. Hakim Khan Afridi, Dr Mohammad Yousaf Khan, Assistant Professor of Department of forensic medicine and Toxicology Khyber Medical University Peshawar.It was stated in the mentioned post mortem report that the deceased Akhtar Ali was subjected to serve physical torture during his illegal custody, injury on the scalp, the skull fracture and presence of heamitma in the brain are suggestive of the injury of the brain due to blunt trauma caused his death.In the views of judicial inquiry report district and session judge Mardan Shahid Khan ordered local police to register case under the relevant section of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against Station House Officer (SHO) Sher Ghar Fazl-e-Akbar Khan, Afsar Ali Mudad Muharar, Mohammad Arif Muharir, Zubier F.C and Said Khan SI, Investigation Officer in views of the evidence so recorded has skipped to highlight the blackening under the left eye and injury on head or face of the deceased and also arrested them.

ECP restores membership Malik, 33 MPs Posted: The membership of nine Senators, 12 National Assembly, 12 Punjab Assembly and each from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly members was restored after they submitted details of their assets.These included Rehman Malik, MNA Shakil Awan, Kashmala Tariq and others.It may be noted here that ECP had suspended membership of 154 MPs after they failed to submit details of their assets.Earlier on Monday, the ECP suspended the membership of 39 parliamentarians and 115 members of the four provincial assemblies for failing to submit details of their assets with the commission.According to the ECP sources, the parliamentarians include 31 members of the National Assembly and eight senators. Similarly, the membership of 82 MPAs from Punjab, 16 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three from Balochistan and 14 from Sindh have been suspended.

Find political solution to militancy, Imran urges govt Posted: Talking to media, Imran Khan said that the present government has failed to resolve the issue of terrorism and extremism.He said that a political solution should be found to all the problems and talks should be held with those militants who believed in the Constitution of Pakistan. Khan added that action could be taken against those who didn’t accept the Constitution.“Prime Minister and President should tell solution to war against terrorism,” he said.Imran Khan said that The Tehreek-e-Taliban accepted responsibility for an attack on Malala Yousafzai and the PTI condemned it.Reiterating his stance on finding a political solution to the rising terrorism in the country, he said that he had stood against the ongoing military operations in tribal areas as well as the US drone strikes.He maintained that these tactics only help in producing more terrorists rather than eliminating them. “Real success would have been achieved if the areas returned to normalcy immediately after the operations ended”, he added.The PTI chief stressed that the military operations being carried out for the past eight years have failed, but maintained that a military option should be retained as part of a bigger political process.

Karachi: MQM retains NA-245 seat Posted: Alternate candidates Jamal Shaukat and Javed Jamal withdrew their candidatures and no other candidate of any party submitted candidature papers.NA-245 has been vacant after the disqualification of Farhat Hussain of MQM in dual nationality case.

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