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• Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet
• Dell rejects request for info leading to buyout
• US regulators want clear fine print in mobile ads
• Australia defends media reforms amid Stalinism claims
• Asian markets mostly fall
• No let up in Karachi violence, three more killed
• CNG stations in Sindh closed for 24 hours
• 54 accused of Badami Bagh tragedy held: CCPO
• Terrorism can't end in presence of corrupt govt: Dr Qadri
• South Korea jobless rate hits one year high
• Access to clean water improves in Asia: ADB
• Last survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90
• 4 overseas players back for Socceroos vs Oman
• Gonzalez back to Falcons; Fitzpatrick cut by Bills
• Messi's Barcelona dispels Barca doubts

Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet Posted: VATICAN CITY (AP) - Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church.Surrounded by Michelangelo's imposing frescoes imagining the beginning and the end of the world, cardinals locked themselves into the chapel following a final appeal for unity to heal the divisions that have been exposed by Pope Benedict XVI's shocking resignation and revelations of corruption and mismanagement in the Vatican bureaucracy.Led by prelates holding a crucifix and candles, the 115 scarlet-robed prelates chanted the Litany of Saints, the hypnotic Gregorian chant imploring the intercession of the saints to guide their voting, before the master of liturgical ceremonies intoned Extra omnes or all out and closed the heavy wooden doors.Outside, thousands of people braved cold night rain and packed St. Peter's Square, eyes fixed on the narrow chimney poking out of the Sistine Chapel roof. They were rewarded some three hours after the conclave began when thick black smoke billowed out of the chimney, signaling that no pope had been elected.The cardinals now return to the Vatican hotel for the night and resume voting Wednesday morning.Benedict XVI's surprise resignation has thrown the church into turmoil and exposed deep divisions among cardinals grappling with whether they need a manager to clean up the Vatican's dysfunctional bureaucracy or a pastor who can inspire Catholics at a time of waning faith and growing secularism.The leading contenders for pope have fallen into one of the two camps, with Cardinal Angelo Scola, seen as favored by those hoping to shake up the powerful Vatican bureaucracy, and Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Scherer, favored by Vatican-based insiders who have defended the status quo. Other names included Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who heads the Vatican's powerful office for bishops, and U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the exuberant archbishop of New York.Before Tuesday's conclave a Mass was held at St. Peter's Basilica for the general public and the cardinals. In an appeal, the dean of the College of Cardinals, retired Cardinal Angelo Sodano, called for unity within the church, asking the cardinal electors to put their differences aside for the good of the church and the future pope.Each of us is therefore called to cooperate with the Successor of Peter, the visible foundation of such an ecclesial unity, Sodano said. He said the job of pope is to be merciful, charitable and tirelessly promote justice and peace.He was interrupted by applause from the pews not so much from the cardinals when he referred to the beloved and venerated Benedict XVI and his brilliant pontificate.Sitting in the front row was Benedict's longtime aide, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, who reported that Benedict was watching the proceedings from the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, according to a Vatican spokesman the Rev. Thomas Rosica.For over a week, the cardinals have met privately to try to figure out who among them has the stuff to be pope and what his priorities should be. But they ended the debate on Monday with questions still unanswered, and many cardinals predicting a drawn-out election that will further expose the church's divisions. The conclave proceeds in silence, with no formal debate, behind closed doors.During the discussions, Vatican-based cardinals defended their administration against complaints that they have been indifferent to the needs of cardinals in the field, according to leaks from the proceedings in the Italian media. At one point on Monday, the Brazilian head of one Vatican office reportedly drew applause for challenging the Vatican No. 2, who has been blamed for most of the bureaucracy's administrative failings.Let us pray for the cardinals who are to elect the Roman pontiff, read one of the prayers during the Mass. May the Lord fill them with his Holy Spirit with understanding and good counsel, wisdom and discernment.In his final radio address before being sequestered, Dolan on Tuesday said a certain calm had taken hold over him, as if this gentle Roman rain is a sign of the grace of the Holy Spirit coming upon us.He said he at least felt more settled about the task at hand. And there's a sense of resignation and conformity with God's plan. It's magnificent, he said during his regular radio show on SiriusXM's Catholic Channel.One of the pilgrims in the crowds Tuesday alluded to the challenges facing the church. It's a moment of crisis for the church, so we have to show support of the new pope, said Veronica Herrera, a real estate agent from Mexico who traveled to Rome for the conclave with her husband and daughter.Yet the mood was not entirely somber. A group of women who say they are priests launched pink smoke from a balcony overlooking the square to demand female ordination a play on the famous smoke signals that will tell the world whether a pope has been elected. Two topless activists from Femen were dragged away from the edge of St. Peter's Square by police. Femen activists have previously protested the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage.And in a bizarre twist, basketball star Dennis Rodman promised to be in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday in a makeshift popemobile as he campaigns for Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana to become the church's first black pope.None of the cardinals will see it, since they will be sequestered inside the Vatican walls. They are allowed to travel only from the Vatican hotel through the gardens to the Sistine Chapel and back until they have elected a pope. No telephones, no newspapers, no television, no tweeting.The focus of the ritual is on the Sistine Chapel, the Michelangelo masterwork painted over the course of nearly 30 years starting in 1508, so astonishing Pope John Paul II that he called it the sanctuary of the theology of the body.The most famous frescoes are Creation is a series of nine frescos running the length of the ceiling, the most well-known of which is the Creation of Adam, showing God and Adam, their fingers reaching out to one another. The Last Judgment fresco behind the altar depicts a muscular Jesus surrounded by naked masses ascending to heaven and falling to hell.Benedict, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, once wrote that the images of the beginning and the end of creation weighed on him when he was an elector in the 1978 conclave that brought John Paul to the papacy.I know well how we were exposed to those images in the hour of the important decisions, how they challenged us and how they instilled in our souls the greatness of our responsibility, Ratzinger said in 2003, at the presentation of a book of poetry by John Paul about the Sistine frescoes.While few people expected a pontiff to be elected on the first ballot, the Vatican was ready: In the Room of Tears off the Sistine Chapel, three sizes of white cassocks hung from a clothes rack. Underneath, seven white shoe boxes were piled, presumably containing the various sizes of the red leather shoes that popes traditionally wear. The room gets its name from the weight of the job thrust upon the new pontiff.The papal tailor Gammarelli delivered the clothes on Monday to ensure that the newly elected pope could change immediately into papal white as soon as he accepts the election. With the words Habemus Papam or We have a pope, the pontiff then appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to greet the crowd.But with so much uncertainty and upheaval going into the conclave, even the American cardinals couldn't agree on whether to expect a short or long conclave.Cardinal Dolan this week publicly expressed optimism that the election would be wrapped up quickly. And on the eve of the conclave, he wrote a letter to New York priests, saying: My guess is that we'd have a new Successor of St. Peter by Thursday evening, according to Dolan's spokesman, Joseph Zwilling.That bullish stance stood in stark contrast with the view of Chicago Cardinal Francis George: His spokeswoman, Colleen Dolan, told The Associated Press that the cardinal suggested it could be a long affair. George raised the possibility that the cardinals may still be meeting by Saturday, when conclave rules require the cardinals to take a break and spend some time in prayer before resuming voting.The faithful in St. Peter's square were also weighing in on the papal stakes. I don't think it's going to be a European pope, said Michael Flueckiger, a 38-year-old caretaker of a church in Flamatt, Switzerland. In Europe sometimes I think we have given away the gift of faith. Many people have lost the faith. They have lost their expectation in God.

Dell rejects request for info leading to buyout Posted: ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Dell has rejected a request from a shareholder rights group seeking to review the internal information that led to a proposed $24.4 billion sale of the struggling personal computer maker.In a letter Tuesday, a Dell lawyer told the Shareholder Forum that it hadn't met the legal standard needed to gain access to confidential assessments that swayed the decision-making process of the company's board.The Shareholder Forum, acting on behalf of an unidentified Dell shareholder, is trying to determine if the Round Rock, Texas, company is worth more than the $13.65 per share being offered by its CEO Michael Dell and a group of investors led by Silver Lake.Gary Lutin, a former investment banker who runs the Shareholder Forum, said he plans to send another letter Wednesday to Dell Inc. in an attempt to clear up any confusion over the legal issues governing the effort to shine more light on the sale negotiations.In a statement, Dell said extensive details about the deliberations leading up to the sales agreement will be included in regulatory documents that will be filed by the end of this month.Dell has staunchly defended the proposed sale to Michael Dell and Silver Lake as the best deal for the company after evaluating a wide range of other alternatives during a rigorous review undertaken by a special committee of four directors that were designated last August after its CEO broached the possibility of a buyout. The company also is seeking other suitors willing to submit a higher bid.Investors have been betting that the stakes will be raised. Dell's stock has been trading above the proposed sale price for most of the time since the deal was announced in early February. The shares dipped by a nickel to close Tuesday at $14.32.The mounting opposition to the proposed deal gained more momentum last week when activist investor Carl Icahn notified Dell that he had acquired a stake in the company in an attempt to come up with a better alternative. Icahn, who hasn't yet disclosed the size of his Dell stake, is pushing the company's board to scrap the sale and pay a special dividend of $9 per share instead. Pursuing Icahn's path would require a show of faith in Dell's plan to boost its recently sagging revenue by expanding into more profitable technology niches beyond the slumping PC market.Even though the company's financial performance has been weakening as PC sales droop, some shareholders are convinced Dell is worth substantially more than what Michael Dell and Silver Lake are offering.Southeastern Asset Management, an investment firm that owns the second largest stake after Michael Dell, contends the company is worth nearly $24 a share.In a separate move Tuesday, Dell granted Southeastern Asset's request for a list of shareholders and other records. That information will make it easier for Southeastern Asset to coordinate a rebellion against Dell's proposed sale, if the board continues to back it at the current price.The deadline for competing bids to be submitted is March 22.

US regulators want clear fine print in mobile ads Posted: SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The US Federal Trade Commission called Tuesday for potentially bedeviling fine print to be clear and conspicuous as ads follow people onto smartphone screens or online social networks.The FTC updated its Dot Com Disclosures guidance advising advertisers how to avoid charges that digital ads are deceptive because information about conditions, risks, or costs gets short shrift for the sake of screen space.Advertisers should ensure that the disclosure is clear and conspicuous on all devices and platforms that consumers may use to view the ad, the FTC said in a release announcing the updated guidance.Advertisers using space-constrained ads, such as on some social media platforms, must still provide disclosures necessary to prevent an ad from being deceptive.The FTC advised marketers to avoid making people click on hyperlinks to reach disclosures or relegating the information to automated pop-up boxes, which are often blocked by Web browsing software.The original Dot Com Disclosure guidelines were released in 2000, prior to the booming popularity of smartphones and tablet computers.

Australia defends media reforms amid Stalinism claims Posted: SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia defended proposed media reforms arising from Britains phone-hacking scandal Wednesday after a heated backlash from Rupert Murdochs local operations, which labelled them dictatorial.Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was condemned after unveiling the changes, which will include a new public interest test for major mergers and stronger self-regulation requirements for the print media.News Limited, Murdochs Australian arm, was particularly strident in its commentary, likening Conroy on the front page of its Sydney Daily Telegraph tabloid to leaders including Kim Jong-Un and Robert Mugabe.The newspaper lampooned Conroy as Stalin in a doctored image imposing his face on the former Soviet dictators body.This government will go down in history as the first Australian government outside of wartime to attack freedom of speech by seeking to introduce a regime which effectively institutes government-sanctioned journalism, said News Limited chief Kim Williams.News Limited is the dominant player in Australias print media scene, owning 70 percent of newspapers as well as extensive online assets.Conroy hit back at the criticisms, joking that he had said before that people shouldnt buy The Daily Telegraph for its political commentary, they should buy it for the sports pages.And I think The Daily Telegraph proves again why that remains a truism, he told ABC radio.A central feature of the governments proposed reforms is a new statutory authority called the Public Interest Media Advocate which will assess whether mergers of national significance are in the public interest. It will also oversee self-regulatory authorities such as the Press Council to ensure they are transparent and independent of both the government and major proprietors, and apply greater enforcement of existing press standards.Conroy said there was no government intervention in media content and there were no new rules being introduced.What the advocate does is it ensures that the rules of self-regulation actually do apply, he said, describing the current model as a lap-dog to media companies.Theres no governance model that suggests that the proprietors should control the regulatory watchdog and thats what weve got at the moment, he added.Australians want the press to be as accountable as they want politicians, sports people and business people.

Asian markets mostly fall Posted: HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian markets mostly fell on Wednesday, with few catalysts to drive buying after recent gains, while Wall Street provided a limp lead.The yen edged up slightly as investors weighed reports that Japan's main opposition party will vote against one of the government's nominations for deputy governor of the country's central bank.Tokyo fell 0.15 percent, Hong Kong lost 0.47 percent, Shanghai was off 0.33 percent and Sydney slipped 0.29 percent but Seoul gained 0.20 percent.Investors took a breather as they await fresh buying impetus, with the Dow extending its record-breaking run to six sessions but only by squeezing out a marginal gain of 0.02 percent.However, the broad-market S&P 500 fell 0.24 percent, snapping a seven-session winning streak that had taken it to within a whisker of its all-time high. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.32 percent.In Tokyo the Nikkei rolled back slightly as the dollar struggled to advance any further against the yen, having shot up by about 20 percent since November.The greenback saw some selling pressure on Tuesday in New York after reports that Japan's largest opposition party said it would not back the nomination of Kikuo Iwata to serve as the Bank of Japan's deputy governor.Iwata, along with the nominee for governor Haruhiko Kuroda, is a strong supporter of giving more control of the BoJ to the government and an advocate of further aggressive monetary easing.His failure to win approval could raise questions about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's clout, analysts said.The Democratic Party of Japan, however, did say it would support the nominations of Kuroda and Hiroshi Nakaso, in line for the second available post as deputy governor.But Sean Callow, senior currency strategist at Westpac in Sydney, told Dow Jones Newswires: The local press is confident that all three nominees will eventually be accepted.On currency markets the dollar slipped to 95.08 yen in morning trade from 96.05 yen in New York late Tuesday. It had been at 96.40 yen earlier Tuesday in Asia.The euro bought 125.09 yen and $1.3037, compared with 125.19 yen and $1.3035. And the pound bought 1.4907 from $1.4903 late Tuesday, with the British unit coming under fresh pressure after weak industrial production numbers fuelled fears the economy could slip into recession again.Oil prices rose, with New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, gaining 23 cents to $92.77 a barrel and Brent North Sea crude for April delivery increasing four cents to $109.69.Gold was at $1,592.40 an ounce at 0200 GMT compared with $1,582.70 late Monday.

No let up in Karachi violence, three more killed Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) – At least three more people including a minor were shot dead in different areas of the city since last night.Nazmaabad police found a sack-packed body from Chawla Market, while a tortured body of a minor was also found from Cemari.On Tuesday, Some unknown motorcyclists opened firing on a police van near Anu Bhai Park killing two policemen and injuring four other persons. The victims were identified as ASI Abid and Gulzar. Meanwhile, two policemen were reportedly killed in another incident of firing.Some armed men attacked a car near Fazal Mill in Federal B Area and gunned down a trader namely Samiullah while an attacker was killed in police encounter and his two accomplices succeeded to flee from the scene. After the incident, the enraged people set motorcycle of the attackers on fire.Earlier, a man was shot dead by unknown assailants near Shafique Mor and another man was gunned down in Nazimabad. A man namely Muhammad Asghar was killed in firing near Sharafi Goth.Two dead bodies were found from Malir Memon Goth canal while the victims could not be identified.

CNG stations in Sindh closed for 24 hours Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) - The CNG stations across Sindh, including Karachi, closed at 8:00am Wednesday till 8:00am Thursday.According to a spokesman of Sui Southern Gas Company, the decision has been taken due to shortage of supply of gas from different gas fields and low gas pressure.Special vigilance teams will monitor the situation to ensure implementation of the decision and any gas filling station which violated the schedule would be closed for further 24 hours.

54 accused of Badami Bagh tragedy held: CCPO Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) - Police have apprehended 54 accused allegedly involved in Badami Bagh Lahore tragedy.Talking to the media, CCPO Lahore Amjad Javed Saleemi said that 54 alleged extremists have been held while action was being taken to apprehend five other perpetrators.Lahore police said that the accused are being identified with the help of video footage and informants.Thousands of angry protesters on Saturday set ablaze more than 178 houses/shops belonging to Christians over a blasphemy row in Joseph Colony Lahore.

Terrorism can't end in presence of corrupt govt: Dr Qadri Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) - Dr Tahirul Qadri said the terrorism is unlikely to end in the country until there are corrupt rulers.Talking to the media at Allama Iqbal International Airport, Qadri said Pakistan needs urgently a massive surgery for the change in system prevalent in the countrym, adding that thieves will have to be kicked out of the elections.A large number of workers of Minhajul Quran were present at the airport to receive their leader. Flying home from Canada, Dr. Tahirul Qadri said the country may fall apart if the general elections are held under the old system.

South Korea jobless rate hits one year high Posted: SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's jobless rate rose to a one-year high in February, state data showed Wednesday, as more university graduates flooded onto the market.The seasonally adjusted jobless rate of 3.4 percent was the highest since the 3.7 percent posted in February 2012, and up from 3.2 percent in January.Unadjusted, the unemployment rate was 4.0 percent in February compared with 3.4 percent the previous month. Among those aged 25 to 29, the rate was a relatively high 8.0 percent compared with 6.4 percent in January as most graduates start their job searches in February. The seasonally adjusted number of employed people was 24.77 million in February, compared with 24.78 million the previous month.The numbers came a day before central bank policymakers hold their monthly monetary meeting, which has seen the key interest rate remain unchanged at 2.75 percent for the past four months.Many analysts expect the Bank of Korea to cut the rate later this year to boost growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy, which has suffered from sagging export demand.

Access to clean water improves in Asia: ADB Posted: MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Ninety-one percent of Asians now have improved access to clean water. But the economic and regional divide means the richer you are, the better water supply you will likely get, and the more prepared your government is for natural disasters.The study published Wednesday by the Asian Development Bank says countries could be disproportionally affected by the potential impact of climate change such as storms and floods if they did not rethink how they manage water. That includes Asias rivers, nearly 80 percent of which are in poor health. Urban populations are growing and so is pollution.Australia, Singapore and New Zealand top the list of nations best prepared to cope with floods, droughts and hurricanes. Nepal, Laos and Cambodia are the least prepared. No country is considered water secure.

Last survivor of plot to kill Hitler dies at 90 Posted: BERLIN (AP) — As a 22-year-old German army lieutenant, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist volunteered to wear a suicide vest to a meeting with Adolf Hitler and to blow himself up along with the Nazi dictator.The assassination didnt come to pass, but von Kleist went on to play a key role in the most famous attempt on Hitler later that same year, and was the last surviving member of the group of German officers who tried and failed to kill the Fuehrer on July 20, 1944.Von Kleist died Friday at age 90 at his home in Munich, his wife Gundula von Kleist told The Associated Press. Von Kleist was born July 10, 1922, on his family estate Schmenzin in Pommerania in an area of northeastern Germany that is today Poland.The von Kleist family was a long line of Prussian landowners, who had served the state for centuries in high-ranking military and administrative positions.Von Kleists father, Ewald von Kleist, was an early opponent of Hitler even before he came to power, and was arrested many times after the Nazi dictator took control in 1933. The elder von Kleist famously traveled to England in 1938, the year before World War II broke out, to try and determine whether other Western nations would support a coup attempt against Hitler, but failed to get the British government to change its policy of appeasement.Despite his familys opposition to the Nazis, younger von Kleist joined the German army in 1940, and was wounded in 1943 in fighting on the Eastern Front.During his convalescence, he was approached in January 1944 by Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, another officer from an aristocratic family, and presented with a plan to kill Hitler. Von Kleist had been chosen as the officer to model a new uniform for Hitler, and von Stauffenberg proposed that he wear a suicide vest underneath, and detonate it when he stood next to the dictator.Years later von Kleist remembered explaining the suicide plot to his father, who paused only briefly before telling his 22-year-old son: Yes, you have to do this.Fathers love their sons and mine certainly did, and I had been quite sure he would say no, von Kleist recalled. But, as always, I had underestimated him.The suicide attack plan never came to fruition. Months later, however, von Kleist was approached again by von Stauffenberg to take part in what would become known as the July 20 plot — for the day in 1944 that the assassination was attempted — which was brought to the big screen in 2008 in Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise as von Stauffenberg.Von Kleist was supposed to play a key role as the person who was to carry a briefcase packed with explosives to a meeting with Hitler. In a change of plans, however, von Stauffenberg decided to plant the bomb himself.Von Stauffenberg placed the bomb in a conference room where Hitler was meeting with his aides and military advisers at his East Prussian headquarters. Hitler escaped the full force of the blast when someone moved the briefcase next to a table leg, deflecting much of the explosive force.Von Kleist remained in Berlin, charged with overseeing the arrest of officers and officials loyal to Hitler in the city. But when news spread that Hitler had survived, the plot crumbled and von Stauffenberg, von Kleists father, and scores of others were arrested and executed in an orgy of revenge killings. Some were hanged by the neck with piano wire. Von Stauffenberg was shot by firing squad.Von Kleist himself was arrested, questioned at length by the Gestapo, and sent to a concentration camp, but then inexplicably let go and returned to combat duty.Following the war, von Kleist founded the Ewald von Kleist publishing house, and became involved in public education on security issues and trans-Atlantic relations. In 1952 he founded the independent defense affairs association known as the Society for Military Studies, and the European Military Studies magazine in 1954.In 1963 he founded what would become the annual Munich Security Conference — a forum that still today brings together the worlds top diplomats and defense officials, in an informal setting for talks on global security policy, and has long been considered the preeminent conference on NATO issues.Von Kleist served as the conferences moderator until 1998, before handing it over to Chancellor Helmut Kohls longtime foreign policy adviser Horst Teltschik, who has also since stepped down.For his efforts leading the Munich Security Conference, von Kleist was awarded the U.S. Department of Defenses Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 1991, its highest award for a civilian.His other decorations include Germanys Federal Order of Merit and Frances Officier de la Legion dHonneur. His wife said funeral services would be private.My husband didnt want anything big, she said.

4 overseas players back for Socceroos vs Oman Posted: SYDNEY (AP) - New York City-based Tim Cahill and Crystal Palaces Mile Jedinak are among four overseas-based players returning to the Australia squad for its 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Oman in Sydney on March 26.Socceroos head coach Holger Osieck named a 23-player squad Wednesday, also including Tommy Oar (FC Utrecht) and Tom Rogic (Celtic). All four missed last months friendly against Romania.Australia will be without captain Lucas Neill and Carl Valeri, who are serving one-match suspensions for the accumulation of yellow cards from previous matches.The Socceroos are second in Group B in the final round of Asian qualifying for Brazil in 2014, eight points behind Japan and only edging Iraq and Oman on goal difference.

Gonzalez back to Falcons; Fitzpatrick cut by Bills Posted: BARRY WILNER (AP) - The NFL champions lost two key components of their defense, linebackers Paul Kruger and Dannell Ellerbe, as free agency began Tuesday. On Monday, they traded star receiver Anquan Boldin, a key to their title run, to San Francisco the team the Ravens beat 34-31 to win the championship.Kruger went north to division rival Cleveland for a five-year, $40 million deal, while Ellerbe headed south to Miami for $35 million over five years. Steelers receiver Mike Wallace joined Ellerbe in choosing the Dolphins. The 49ers didnt go untouched, either. After giving up a sixth-round draft pick for Boldin, they saw tight end Delanie Walker leave for Tennessee.San Francisco also confirmed the trade of backup quarterback Alex Smith to Kansas City, a deal that was known for weeks. The 49ers will receive the Chiefs second-round pick, 34th overall, in this years draft and a conditional pick in next years draft. The 32-year-old Boldin expressed surprise that he was traded.I thought this was the last stop of my career but regardless of the circumstances I came here to win a Championship ... and in February we came home Champions, he said on Twitter.Ellerbe also tweeted as he moved on to the Dolphins.Just wanna take time to THANK GOD for being in this position Im in Before I make da BIGGEST DECISION in my life I just wanna thank him Ellerbe said.Kruger led the Ravens with nine sacks and added 2½ in the playoffs and two in the Super Bowl. But he was too expensive for Baltimore to keep.Wallace will give Miami the speedy receiver it has sought after getting just three touchdown catches from its wideouts last season.Denver ensured that Peyton Manning will be the Broncos quarterback through at least 2014. The four-time MVPs contract called for a guaranteed salary of $20 million in 2013 and 2014 if he was on the Denver roster Tuesday. The final two years of his contract are worth $19 million each, but are not guaranteed.Coming off multiple neck operations, Manning threw for 4,659 yards and 37 touchdowns last season and was the NFL Comeback Player of the Year. He turns 37 on March 24.Kansas City was busy finding support for Smith on both sides of the ball. The Chiefs agreed to a four-year, $16 million deal with tight end Anthony Fasano, a three-year, $12.6 million contract with defensive tackle Mike DeVito, and a three-year deal with Saints backup quarterback Chase Daniel.Teams also made cuts Tuesday. The biggest were Ryan Fitzpatrick in Buffalo and Nnamdi Asomugha in Philadelphia. The Bills starting quarterback was released 1½ years after getting a six-year, $59 million contract extension. Fitzpatrick struggled after signing the new deal, and the Bills went 6-10 in 2011 and in 2012.Buffalo has not made the playoffs since 1999, the longest active streak in the NFL. For now, the Bills No. 1 quarterback is Tarvaris Jackson. Bills general manager Buddy Nix said: Difficult decisions often have to be made and so we are moving forward. Our focus remains on adding another quarterback to our roster and we will continue to explore every option available to us.

Messi's Barcelona dispels Barca doubts Posted: MADRID (AFP) - Two goals from Lionel Messi led a stunning Barcelona fightback as they overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit against AC Milan with a 4-0 demolition of the Italians at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night.Indeed it was a night so perfect for the Blaugrana, it was almost as if they had planned it all along.After defeat in the San Siro three weeks ago, Xavi Hernandez pointed out that the only thing this generation of Barca players were lacking after three leagues, two Champions Leagues and two Copa del Rey titles over the past four seasons was a historic European comeback.A comeback that in the end was achieved by almost single-handedly picking off the doubts that had lingered over an unconvincing past couple of weeks.The murmurings over Messis record against Italian sides, the lack of support for the Argentine when it comes to goal-scoring and their inability to keep a clean sheet were all answered in emphatic style on a night that will live long in the memory of those who savoured it at the Camp Nou.Messi, as is customary, got the party started with a sumptuous curling shot into the top corner after just five minutes to break his duck from open play against Italian sides at the 10th time of asking.The crucial period of the match then truly began as Barca swarmed forward towards Christian Abbiatis goal sensing their prize was there for the taking. The Italian keeper halted their momentum with two outstanding saves from Andres Iniesta drives, but despite the possession stats that weighed heavily in the hosts favour all night, it wasnt all one-way traffic.Barcas insistence to play on the front foot consistently left gaps to be exploited in behind their marauding full-backs Dani Alves and Jordi Alba.Stephan El Shaarawy, Kevin-Prince Boateng and MBaye Niang, however, werent as deadly on the counter-attack as they had been in the first-leg and the tie was swung decisively in Barcas favour by a two-minute passage of play just before half-time.At one end Niang sprinted clear through on goal, set himself ahead of the on-rushing Victor Valdes and rolled the ball past the keeper only to see it agonisingly bounce to safety off the foot of the post.Moments later Messi weaved another opening onto his deadly left-foot and uncorked a rasping low drive that left Abbiati helpless to equal the score on aggregate.Thereafter there seemed only one winner, especially once a trademark Xavi pass had cut the Milan defence wide open 10 minutes after the break and David Villa provided the clinical finish that has been lacking from any Barca player bar Messi all season.With their rustiness in front of goal well and truly mended it was left to a defence that, before Saturdays 2-0 win over Deportivo de la Coruna, had conceded in 13 straight games to hold firm for the next 35 minutes, which they did valiantly despite the odd scare.And, in true Barca style, they sealed it with a touch of carefree elegance as, with the clock just having ticked into stoppage time and just needing to hold out to qualify, their left-back Jordi Alba galloped the full length of the pitch to clip home Alexis Sanchezs cross.Within 90 minutes the Catalans had gone from the supposed end of an era back to Champions League favourites. And, having been resuscitated, it would take a brave punter to bet against them returning to Wembley to win the competition in the British capital for a third time come May.

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