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• 3 injured as fire gutted factory in Lahore
• Peshawar: Blast outside ex-senator house, no casualty
• SC to hear treason case against Musharraf today
• Quetta: Taftan Passenger Train escapes disaster
• NA-48: Musharraf's nomination papers rejected
• Peshawar: Cop injured in twin blasts
• 15 killed in shelling near Damascus: NGO
• Abbas to Kerry: Release of prisoners key to resuming talks
• Merkel asks Putin to give NGOs in Russia a chance
• Morsi denounces cathedral violence, orders probe
• Djokovic's win puts Serbia in Davis Cup semis
• Serena rallies to claim 49th WTA title
• Chelsea go 3rd in Premier League
• Motorcycling: Lorenzo wins season-opening Qatar MotoGP
• Cycling: Cancellara claims third Paris-Roubaix

3 injured as fire gutted factory in Lahore Posted: LAHORE (Dunya News) – According to details, fire erupted at a paint manufacturing factory in Sham Nagar area of Lahore in the early hours of Monday which engulfed the entire building due to presence of chemicals in the factory.At least three persons received burn injuries in the incident who were shifted to nearby hospital. The rescue teams rescued two other persons trapped in the fire safely.The fire destroyed the boundary wall of the factory while some nearby buildings were partially damaged.

Peshawar: Blast outside ex-senator house, no casualty Posted: PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – According to details, a bomb blast occurred in Phase 1 Sector I-One in Hayatabad outside the house of Nasir Afridi, an ex-senator from Khyber Agency, in the early hours of Monday.The blast damaged the gate of the house while windows of some nearby homes were broken. However, no casualty was reported. Police and bomb disposal squad reached the spot and started investigation.

SC to hear treason case against Musharraf today Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Supreme Court on Sunday changed the three-member bench for hearing cases against former president General Pervez Musharraf, as Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry dissociated himself from the bench.According to details, now the two-member SC bench headed by Justice Jawad S. Khawaja will initiate proceedings against the former military ruler under High Treason (Punishment) Act 1973 today (Monday). Justice Khilji Arif Hussain is the second member of the bench.Several petitions have been filed in the apex court requesting the court to direct the federal government to prosecute Musharraf under the High Treason Act 1973 for suspending the Constitution and imposing emergency rule in 2007.

Quetta: Taftan Passenger Train escapes disaster Posted: QUETTA (Dunya News) – According to details, some unidentified miscreants used a time device, planted at the railway track near Dalbandin, to blow Taftan Passenger Train when it was on its way to Quetta from Iran on Monday Morning. Luckily the explosion occurred when 22 bogeys of Taftan Passenger Train, coming to Quetta from Iran, crossed the spot of the blast.The explosion was so severe that it damaged a 3-foot railway track. The local administration and security officials reached the spot and cordoned off the area.

NA-48: Musharraf's nomination papers rejected Posted: ISLAMABAD (Online) - Pervez Musharrafs nomination papers for a parliamentary constituency in federal capital Islamabad’s NA-48 were rejected on Sunday, hours after his candidature was disallowed in another seat from NA-250 Karachi.The former president however can now contest election from Chitral.In their objection, petitioners stated that Musharraf was ineligible to contest elections since he is facing several cases.The Returning Officer, rejecting the papers, said that Musharraf did not fulfil the criteria established in the Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution.The Returning Officer for a constituency at Kasur in Punjab had rejected Musharrafs nomination papers on Friday on the ground that the signature did not match the one on his national identity card.Earler, former president’s nomination papers for NA-250 Karachi were rejected but were accepted for NA-32 Chitral on Sunday.The returning officer of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rejected his papers for NA-250 on the basis of article 62 and 63 of the constitution.

Peshawar: Cop injured in twin blasts Posted: PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – According to police, a bomb planted outside a private hospital on Charsadda Road in Faqirabad area of Peshawar went off on Sunday.Police and media teams reached the sight of the blast at the same time another bomb went off, injuring a police man. The blasts were so severe that windowpanes of nearby buildings were broken. Rescue teams have shifted the injured cop to hospital.

15 killed in shelling near Damascus: NGO Posted: BEIRUT (AFP) - At least 15 civilians, including a child and three women, died on Sunday in shelling of towns east of Damascus, a monitoring group said, while tanks pounded rebel enclaves on the Syrian capitals edges.The army said it had laid siege to rebels east of Damascus, although the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said battles and shelling raged on in the area.Elsewhere, loyalist troops made a rare advance in the north and took control of a strategic village near the city of Aleppo, said the monitoring group.Fifteen people, among them a child and three women, were killed in shelling of the towns of Jisreen, Kafr Batna and nearby areas, said the Observatory, which relies on a network of activists, doctors and lawyers for its reports.Another six rebel fighters were killed in fighting in Nashabiyeh, also east of Damascus, said the Britain-based group.Some of Syrias fiercest and best organised rebel groups hold enclaves east of Damascus -- known as the Eastern Ghouta area -- and the army has for the past several months fought to halt the insurgents in their tracks.In a statement carried by state news agency SANA, the military said on Sunday it has laid siege to rebels in Eastern Ghouta.Units from our army in the Eastern Ghouta carried out a special operation yesterday, in collaboration with honest citizens from the region, that resulted in the tightening of a siege on the whole of the area, it said.But Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that many villages and towns were still under rebel control.On the edges of Damascus, meanwhile, army tanks pounded rebel enclaves in Qadam and Jobar, said the Observatory.In the north, the army took control of the flashpoint village of Aziza, following several days of fierce bombardment, it said.Rebel prime minister Ghassan Hitto, meanwhile, travelled to the Idlib region of northwest Syria on Sunday to pursue his consultations on forming an interim government, his opposition National Coalition announced on its Facebook page.Sundays violence came a day after at least 116 people were killed across Syria, said the Observatory.The UN says more than 70,000 people have been killed in Syria since March 2011, when the army unleashed a brutal crackdown against dissent, morphing a peaceful revolt against the regime into an insurgency.

Abbas to Kerry: Release of prisoners key to resuming talks Posted: RAMALLAH (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday told visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry that the release of prisoners held by Israel was a top priority for resuming peace talks.President Abbas stressed that the release of the prisoners is a priority that creates an appropriate climate for the possibility of moving the peace process forward, his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina told AFP after the two held nearly 90 minutes of talks at the presidential compound in Ramallah.Abbas told Kerry that releasing the 4,500 or so prisoners held in Israeli jails, a deeply sensitive issue on the Palestinian street, was a top priority for creating the right atmosphere for the resumption of negotiations.Abu Rudeina said the discussions with Kerry were geared towards finding the best way of creating an appropriate climate for resuming talks with Israel.He said it was Abbass fourth meeting with Kerry in just over a month.Abbas also said talks can only happen in tandem with an Israeli freeze on settlement construction in east Jerusalem and the West Bank which he said was unacceptable and a red line particularly in the highly sensitive E1 area just outside Jerusalem.The Palestinian side is willing to return to the negotiating table, but only if Israel stops settlement activity in Palestinian territories and releases prisoners, especially those arrested before signing of the (1993) Oslo Accords, he quoted Abbas as saying.The issue of Palestinians jailed by Israel is highly sensitive and frequently sparks mass demonstrations across the territories that tend to develop into violent clashes with the military.One of the main points of concern is prisoners on hunger strike who are held without charge, but over the last week, there have been major disturbances over the death of a long-term prisoner with cancer, with the Palestinians accusing Israel of medical negligence.

Merkel asks Putin to give NGOs in Russia a chance Posted: HANOVER (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to give a chance to non-governmental organisations which she described as a motor of innovation.The two leaders were opening the Hanover industrial trade fair in north Germany. Russia is the fairs partner country this year.Her statement, made in her much applauded opening speech, was a direct reference to Russian probes into a number of international NGOs including German think tanks, moves criticised by Moscows partners.In an interview with German public television station ARD, broadcast on Sunday, Putin defended the Russian crackdown on NGOs, arguing that Russians had a right to know which organisations that set up shop in the country were receiving foreign funds and for what.In her speech Merkel insisted on the importance of an active civil society in Russia.Russia wants to diversify... and we want to help it, she said adding that a key element of the diversification of the economy was innovation.We are convinced that this is particularly successful when there is an active civil society, she said.

Morsi denounces cathedral violence, orders probe Posted: CAIRO (AFP) - Egypts Islamist President Mohamed Morsi condemned deadly clashes on Sunday at the Cairo headquarters of the Coptic Christian pope as an attack against myself, ordering a quick probe into the violence, a statement said.I consider any attack on the cathedral an attack againt myself, he said in a statement published by the official MENA news agency. Morsi ordered an immediate investigation into the clashes after a funeral for Copts slain in sectarian violence.

Djokovic's win puts Serbia in Davis Cup semis Posted: BOISE (AFP) - World No. 1 and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovics victory over Sam Querrey of the United States on Sunday advanced Serbia into the semi-finals of the Davis Cup.Djokovic, who had to battle through an ankle injury he suffered in the opening set, earned a 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6-0 win to give the Serbians an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five tie against the Americans.It is the second win for Serbia in four years over the 32-time titlist USA. In their only other previous Davis Cup encounter Serbia defeated the Americans in Belgrade in 2010.I am happy I managed to play the whole match, Djokovic said. I played really well in the third and fourth set.I am sorry for team USA but it was a thrilling weekend for all of us.Djokovic had to play through the pain of a bad ankle which he sprained in the third game of the opening set.I took some anti-inflammatories and they kicked in at the end of the second set. The anti-inflammatories were very strong, he said.Djokovic said he probably wouldnt have finished the match if it wasnt a Davis Cup competition.I hope I didnt make it worse, he said. If I wasnt playing for Serbia and didnt have my team watching me I dont know if I would have continued.The 25-year-old Djokovic clinched the victory over world number 20 Querrey with a backhand winner, ending the two hour, 35 minute match.Djokovic blasted 12 aces, hammered 41 winners and won 75 percent of his first serve points.Querrey had seven aces, eight double faults and made 58 unforced errors, compared to 47 for Djokovic.Serbia will now meet either Canada or Italy in the semi-finals in September.

Serena rallies to claim 49th WTA title Posted: CHARLESTON (AFP) - Serena Williams earned her 49th career singles title and third of the year by rallying to beat former world number one Jelena Jankovic in the final of the Family Circle Cup on Sunday.The world No.1 Williams and former Charleston winner Jankovic got into a testy verbal exchange early in the second set after Williams accused Jankovic of trying to rush her on the service return.After the exchange, Williams won 12 of the final 14 games.I am definitely happy to have another win under my belt. Excited to hold my title, said Williams, of her 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory on the green clay surface.Williams successfully defended her title by claiming her third overall Charleston crown one day after routing her sister Venus in the semi-finals.She has won 22 consecutive clay court matches at WTA Tour events and Fed Cup and 15 straight matches in Charleston. That includes titles last year and 2008.Bad blood between the two surfaced early in the second set with Jankovic serving after having just won the first set.Jankovic was in mid-swing on a serve when Williams stopped and held up her racquet indicating she wasnt ready to play the point. The two then verbally sparred with Williams telling Jankovic to wait until I am ready.Honestly, you have a problem, Williams shouted across the net at Jankovic.Jankovic then protested during the change over to the chair umpire telling him that Williams shouldnt get special treatment.After the match, Williams insisted she, and Venus, are the most courteous players on the WTA Tour.I wasnt ready, said Williams. I am the most respectful player, other than Venus. I am so respectful to my colleagues.Unfortunately that respect doesnt always extend to line judges. At the 2009 US Open Williams once told a line judge she was going to shove a tennis ball down her throat.Serbian Jankovic, who won this event five years ago, was aiming for her 14th career title. The ninth-seeded Jankovic had won 14 of her previous 16 matches.Jankovic dropped to 4-6 all-time in matchups against Williams.Williams clinched the title on her third championship point with a backhand winner to the open court that Jankovic couldnt get to.Williams double faulted on the first championship point and then hammered a backhand into the net on the second one for a rare unforced error in the match.

Chelsea go 3rd in Premier League Posted: LONDON (AP) - Chelsea seized on Tottenhams slip-up in the Premier League to reclaim third place with a 2-1 victory over Sunderland that handed Paolo Di Canio a losing start as manager.Chelsea was playing its fourth game in nine days but still had enough energy to come from behind, with Branislav Ivanovic netting the winner after both sides scored an own goal.Chelsea is now back ahead of Tottenham on goal difference after its London rival drew 2-2 with Everton and dropped to fourth.A superior goal difference is also keeping Sunderland out of the relegation zone ahead of Wigan, which drew 1-1 at Queens Park Rangers.QPR led through Loic Remys 85th-minute goal but Shaun Maloney equalized with a free kick in stoppage time to leave the London club a point above bottom-place Reading but still seven adrift of Wigan and Sunderland.

Motorcycling: Lorenzo wins season-opening Qatar MotoGP Posted: LOSAIL (AFP) - Yamahas Spanish world champion Jorge Lorenzo won the season-opening Qatar MotoGP staged under floodlights at the Losail circuit here on Sunday.Pole-sitter Lorenzo was followed across the line by nine-time former champion Valentino Rossi on his first race for Yamaha since returning to his old team from Ducati.Last years Moto2 champion Marc Marquez, on his MotoGP debut, took third for Honda ahead of his teammate and last seasons runner-up Dani Pedrosa.I knew it was going to complicated. Im happy that Valentino came back in second place, its good for Yamaha, Lorenzo told BBC television.Marquez was thrilled at his performance.I was racing my hero (Rossi) - it was a great battle with Valentino. For my first MotoGP that wasnt too badRossi was also pleased with his showing asfter two frustrating years with Ducati.That was great fun, I think second is best for me today as Jorge was perfect.I made a mistake at the start with Pedrosa.I wanted this podium, this was my target since last November. The bike was fantastic, I had a great battle with Marc.

Cycling: Cancellara claims third Paris-Roubaix Posted: ROUBAIX (AFP) - Switzerlands Fabian Cancellara of RadioShack won the prestigious Paris-Roubaix Spring Classic in a record time on Sunday.The winner from 2006 and 2010 took the gruelling 254km Queen of the Classics race in a sprint climax ahead of Belgian Sep Vanmarcke, in the process setting a new record average pace of 44.190 kilometres an hour.At the end it was like roulette, reflected Cancellara on the dash for the line which he claimed by the length of a bike.The 32-year-old justified his status among the favourites for this 111th edition.The top two surged clear from Belgian Stijn Vandenbergh and Czech rider Zdanek Stybar, hampered by spectators, in the Carrefour de lArbre section of the race.In third, half a minute behind, came Dutch champion Niki Terpstra, who edged in clear of Belgian Greg Van Avermaet and Frances Damien Gaudin.Cancellara was following up his win in last Sundays Tour of Flanders.The 2008 Olympic time trial champion moved up to within one win of the Roubaix win record held jointly by Belgian duo Roger De Vlaeminck and Tom Boonen, the latter missing from Sundays renewal after his fall last weekend.After taking time to get his breath back Cancellara added: Ive never known a race as hard as this one today.A couple of times I thought it was over then I said to myself Roubaix is never finished, the battle never ends.Everything was against us, against our team.I dont know how I managed to do it. I gave everything I could, now Ive only got one thing on my mind - a holidayRunner-up Vanmarcke said he scented victory as the line approached.The closer we got to the Veldorome, the more I believed in victory. I knew I could manage a good finish but Fabian was the stronger. The aim was to enter the velodrome with him, but I couldnt shake him off.Ive got to be proud of what Ive done, especially after these last few weeks as I should have had surgery after Tirreno-Adriatico.But Im disappointed, extremely disappointed, I got so closeCancellara became the 12th rider to achieve the Flanders/Robaix double.

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