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• Syrian rebels reject Russian claims on chemicals
• Afghan peace talks won't bear fruit until 2015: EU envoy
• Tribal king says Mandela 'conscious'
• 16 dead as bus plunges into ravine in Peru
• Police: Quebec train crash death toll now at 20
• Uruguay beat Iraq to meet France in U20 final
• Tony Martin wins stage 11 of Tour de France
• Top-seeded Errani through to Palermo quarterfinals
• Ramos ousts 2-time champ Robredo in Swedish Open
• Isner reaches quarterfinals in Newport
• Oil rises 3 percent on signs of rising US demand
• Solar system has a tail, just like comets
• England fight back on thrilling 1st day of Ashes
• Man falls asleep while robbing home in Florida
• Turkish man locks head in cage in bid to quit smoking

Syrian rebels reject Russian claims on chemicals Posted: BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's main Western-backed opposition group on Wednesday rejected Russian accusations that rebels made sarin nerve gas and used it in a deadly chemical attack outside Aleppo in March.The Syrian National Coalition called the charges desperate and fabricated. Russia is a key ally of President Bashar Assad's regime.Use of chemical weapons is an explosive issue, potentially guiding whether the West increases its aid to rebel forces. President Barack Obama called chemical weapons use by the Assad government a red line, while such accusations against the rebels could reinforce Western misgivings about arming them.Russia's U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, blamed opposition fighters for the March 19 attack in the government-controlled Aleppo suburb of Khan al-Assal, which he said killed 26 people, including 16 government troops, and injured 86 others.The rebels have blamed the government for the attack. The U.S., Britain and France have said they have seen no evidence that the opposition has acquired or used chemical weapons.Evidence provided by parties that support Assad's tyrannical regime with money, weapons, and ammunition is false and clearly fabricated, said the statement by the SNC, a group made up mostly of exiled dissidents.The recent Russian analysis on the use of chemical weapons in Khan al-Assal is a desperate attempt by Russia to deceive the world and justify Assad's crimes, it added. The Syrian people consider Russia (to be) Assad's partner in the murder of innocent Syrian civilians.The Coalition invited a U.N. fact-finding mission to enter areas under rebel control in Syria to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime.On Monday, the Syrian government also invited Ake Sellstrom, head of the U.N. fact-finding mission on allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria, and U.N. disarmament chief Angela Kane to visit Damascus for foreign minister level talks on conducting an inquiry into the Khan al-Assal attack alone. The U.N. has sought wider access.Up to now the government and U.N. have not been able to agree on the scope of an inquiry, and there has been no independent investigation.Churkin delivered an 80-page report to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday. He said Syria asked its ally Russia to investigate the attack because of the impasse with the U.N.The samples taken from the impact site were analyzed at a Russian laboratory, Churkin said, and there is every reason to believe that it was the armed opposition fighters who used the chemical weapons in Khan al-Assal.In Washington, White House spokesman Jay Carney replied, We have yet to see any evidence that backs up the assertion that anybody besides the Syrian government has had the ability to use chemical weapons or has used chemical weapons.The U.S. says it has high confidence that Assad's forces have killed up to 150 people with sarin gas.In violence Wednesday, woman and her four children were killed as they fled shelling near Damascus, the Observatory said.Residents of two northern Syrian towns demonstrated against al-Qaida-linked rebels, an activist said Wednesday, suggesting growing discontent in opposition areas toward hard-line Islamists fighting against the Syrian regime.There have been similar protests over the past month in rebel-held areas, said Rami Abdul-Rahman of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The organization receives its information through a wide network of activists on the ground.There's clear dissatisfaction against them, Abdul-Rahman said. He said most residents' anger was directed against one specific group, The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an al-Qaida-linked coalition announced by the head of Iraq's al-Qaida arm, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in April.The Syrian al-Qaida element, the Al-Nusra Front, rejected the merger. Last month Al-Qaida's global leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was said to be trying to end the squabbling, ordering that the merger be dissolved.Hard-line Sunni fighters, some from other countries, form the most organized part of the chaotic brigades battling Assad's rule. The war in Syria is now in its third year, and different groups of rebels control northern and southern parts of the country.Abdul-Rahman said it seemed residents were angry because fighters had been arresting youths on flimsy pretexts.They are trying to show their muscle, he said.Similar demonstrations took place in Aleppo province.

Afghan peace talks won't bear fruit until 2015: EU envoy Posted: GENEVA (AFP) - Hoped-for peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents will not bear fruit until 2015 at best, a year after US-led troops leave the country, the EU's Afghanistan envoy warned Wednesday.The European Union supports an Afghan-led dialogue on reconciliation. Whatever channels they choose is up to them, Vygaudas Usackas told an open session of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, a Swiss think-tank.But being realistic, I don't expect any breakthrough until 2015, said Usackas, who bows out in September after more than three years as the EU's top diplomat in Afghanistan.Efforts to get talks off the ground hit a hurdle Tuesday when the Taliban temporarily closed their newly opened office in Qatar, blaming broken promises by the Afghan government and United States.The office was opened in the Qatari capital Doha on June 18, marking a first step towards a potential peace deal after 12 years of fighting.But Afghan President Hamid Karzai was enraged when the Taliban styled it as an unofficial embassy for a government-in-exile.He reacted by breaking off security talks with Washington and threatening to boycott any peace process altogether.International pressure is mounting to get talks going in an effort to end the Islamist Taliban's insurgency before 100,000 US-led troops leave Afghanistan next year.We're watching the situation around the Doha office... We know that peace and reconciliation requires patience and consistency, said Usackas.The international community is also pushing the Afghan government to fight engrained corruption, and to ensure a free and fair presidential election in April, when Karzai is due to leave office.I hope the Afghan government is getting the message. Business as usual is no longer the norm, said Usackas.As clean a vote as possible is seen as a key stepping stone to peace, in the wake of past ballots which earned international criticism.We should not expect miracles or quick fixes in the remaining months of President Karzai's administration. Afghanistan faces a complex situation. The reality is that Afghanistan will continue to be a conflict-affected and fragile state after the transition in 2014, said Usackas.The war may end for the international community in 2014. But the real causes of the conflict -- extremism, radicalism, illiteracy and poverty -- will persist, he underlined.

Tribal king says Mandela 'conscious' Posted: JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Nelson Mandela is conscious and recognises visitors, the king of his Thembu tribe told AFP Wednesday, after visiting the global icon in hospital.He is well, King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo said, giving an upbeat, but cautious account of the 94-year-old's condition.He could not talk, but he recognised me and made a few gestures of acknowledgement, like moving his eyes, said Dalindyebo, who is also a nephew of the former South African president.He said his uncle was assisted in many ways, and was attached to lots of tubes.He is under a lot of support. I'm sure it's the kind of support that he needs.Dalindyebo had travelled from his village in the Eastern Cape to see Mandela, who has been receiving treatment for a lung condition for more than a month.He arrived to Mandela's Pretoria hospital with a delegation of traditional chiefs to pay their respects to the great leader.On Tuesday, an official government update described Mandela's condition as critical but stable, as members of his family gave positive accounts of his health.Doctors are said to have ruled out turning off his life support machines unless there is serious organ failure.Dalindyebo is among Mandela's family members who have become embroiled in a spat over the final resting place of the Nobel peace laureate.He has accused Mandela's grandson Mandla -- who was forced by a court to return the remains of three of Mandela's children -- of disgracing the family name.Dalindyebo had threatened to strip Mandla of his chieftaincy of Mvezo village, Mandela's birthplace.

16 dead as bus plunges into ravine in Peru Posted: LIMA (AFP) - At least 16 people were killed and another 15 were injured Wednesday when an intercity bus plunged into a ravine in southern Peru, police said.We have recovered 16 bodies and another 15 people were injured, police officer Jose Paredes told AFP from Huancavelica, the region in Peru's Andean south.The cause of the latest deadly crash was under investigation, Paredes said.On July 1, a bus fell into a ravine outside the capital Lima, killing 19 and injuring 15. Highway fatalities occur regularly in the Andes, where crowded buses travel along narrow, twisting and ill-paved roads.

Police: Quebec train crash death toll now at 20 Posted: LAC-MEGANTIC (AP) - Canadian officials told distraught families Wednesday that 30 people still missing after the fiery crash of a runaway oil train are all presumed dead.Along with 20 bodies found, that would put the death toll from Saturday's derailment and explosions in this lakeside town at 50.Hours before that somber meeting, the head of the U.S. railway company whose train crashed made his first visit to Lac-Megantic since the disaster, amid jeers from residents and criticism from politicians, including the Quebec premier.The rail chief blamed the engineer for failing to set the brakes properly before the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway train hurtled down a seven-mile (11-kilometer) incline, derailed and ignited. All but one of the 73 cars was carrying oil, and at least five exploded.Edward Burkhardt, president and CEO of parent company Rail World Inc., said the engineer had been suspended without pay and was under police control.Parts of the devastated town had remained too hot and dangerous to enter and find bodies days after the disaster. Some 60 people had been presumed missing earlier.Now we are standing here with a number of 50 persons that we are considering most probably dead in this tragedy, said Quebec police inspector Michel Forget, who came to an afternoon news briefing from a meeting with families of the dead and missing.We informed them of the potential loss of their loved ones, Forget said. You have to understand that it's a very emotional moment, and our thoughts are with these families.Only one of the bodies found so far has been formally identified, said Genevieve Guilbault of the coroner's office. She did not release the name but said next of kin had been notified.She described efforts to identify the other remains as very long and arduous work a consequence of the fire's intensity.Another police official, Sgt. Benoit Richard, said investigators had spoken with Burkhardt during his visit. He did not elaborate.Until Wednesday, the railway company had defended its employees' actions, but that changed abruptly as Burkhardt singled out the engineer as culpable.We think he applied some hand brakes, but the question is, did he apply enough of them? Burkhardt said. He said he applied 11 hand brakes. We think that's not true. Initially we believed him, but now we don't.Burkhardt did not name the engineer, though the company had previously identified the employee as Tom Harding of Quebec. Harding has not spoken publicly since the crash.He's not in jail, but police have talked about prosecuting him, Burkhardt said. I understand exactly why the police are considering criminal charges ... If that's the case, let the chips fall where they may.Quebec police have said they were pursuing a wide-ranging criminal investigation, extending to the possibilities of criminal negligence and some sort of tampering with the train before the crash. The heart of the town's central business district is being treated as a crime scene and remained cordoned off by police tape Wednesday.At a news conference shortly before Burkhardt's arrival, Quebec Premier Pauline Marois faulted his company's response.We have realized there are serious gaps from the railway company from not having been there and not communicating with the public, Marois said. She depicted Burkhardt's attitude as deplorable and unacceptable.Burkhardt, who arrived in town with a police escort, said he had delayed his visit in order to deal with the crisis from his office in Chicago, saying he was better able to communicate from there with insurers and officials in different places.I understand the extreme anger, he said. We owe an abject apology to the people in this town.In an exchange with reporters, Burkhardt defended the practice of leaving trains unmanned, as was the case when the train rolled away. Canadian transportation department officials have said there are no regulations against it.For the future we, and I think probably the rest of the industry, aren't going to be leaving these trains unmanned, Burkhardt said. We'll take the lead with that. I think the rest of the industry is going to follow.Among the residents looking on as Burkhardt spoke was Raymond Lafontaine, who is believed to have lost a son, two daughters-in-law and an employee in the disaster.That man, I feel pity for him, Lafontaine said. Maybe some who know him properly may think he's the greatest guy in the world, but with his actions, the wait that took place, it doesn't look good.The disaster forced about 2,000 of the town's 6,000 residents from their homes, but most have been allowed to return.

Uruguay beat Iraq to meet France in U20 final Posted: ISTANBUL (AP) - Uruguay scored the equalizer in the 87th minute to draw with Iraq 1-1 and won the penalty shootout 7-6 to reach the final of the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday.Runner-up in 1997, Uruguay will play first-time finalist France on Saturday. The Europeans beat Ghana 2-1 in the first semifinal.Iraq midfielder Saif Salman sent the decisive spot-kick over the crossbar after both teams missed one penalty. Gianni Rodriguez had Uruguay's first attempt saved by Iraq goalkeeper Mohammed Hameed and Ali Faez also missed the first for Iraq as he hit the post.Uruguay substitute Gonzalo Bueno leveled the score with a volley in the closing minutes of regulation after Iraq took the lead in the first half on a free kick by Ali Adnan.Iraq missed the chance to reach the final of a FIFA tournament for the first time.Iraq's successful run to the semifinal has been warmly welcomed at home. Streets and cafes in Baghdad and other cities were the scene of jubilant celebrations after the wins over Paraguay and South Korea, but the streets remained calm on Wednesday.Iraq also drew a lot of Turkish fans, who switched allegiance after the host team lost in the first knockout round.Striker Florian Thauvin scored both goals for France against Ghana. Two minutes before halftime, Thauvin was set up by Jean Christophe Bahebeck, dribbled past Ghana goalkeeper Eric Antwi and netted into the empty goal.Ebenezer Assifuah equalized for Ghana in the 47th with his fifth goal of the tournament as he collected the ball with his back to the goal, and held off three defenders before directing a 20-meter strike past goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.Thauvin found the net again coming in from the right and beat Antwi with a low shot at the near post in the 74th.France defender Samuel Umtiti was sent off for receiving a second booking in the 80th and will miss the final.France, improving on its best result of fourth two years ago, can become the first European winner since Spain in 1999, which has been the sole European victory in the competition for the past 20 years.

Tony Martin wins stage 11 of Tour de France Posted: MONT-SAINT-MICHEL (AP) - German rider Tony Martin won the the 11th stage of the Tour de France and second-placed Chris Froome finished way ahead of his main rivals to significantly strengthen his overall lead on Wednesday.As the two-time defending world time trial champion, Martin did not disappoint over the 33-kilometer (20.5-mile) route in Normandy from Avranches to the medieval walled city of Mont-Saint-Michel.Froome was quicker over the first two time splits but slowed down in the last section and rolled in 12 seconds slower than Martin.While Martin is not a Tour challenger, others who are supposed to be slipped further behind.Alejandro Valverde and two-time former champion Alberto Contador were more than two minutes slower than Froome, while 2010 champ Andy Schleck and 2011 champ Cadel Evans all lost massive time.

Top-seeded Errani through to Palermo quarterfinals Posted: PALERMO (AP) - Top-seeded Sara Errani beat Barbora Zahlavova Strycova at the Italiacom Open again, this time to reach the quarterfinals on Wednesday.Errani won 6-3, 6-2, a year after beating Zahlavova Strycova in the final for her second Palermo title.Errani will next face seventh-seeded Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain, who progressed after Croatian opponent Mirjana Lucic-Baroni retired while trailing 6-2, 1-0.Five-time winner Anabel Medina Garrigues was knocked out 6-1, 6-1 by Dinah Pfizenmaier of Germany.Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic also won her second-round match against local wild card Corinna Dentoni 7-5, 6-1.In the only first-round match, third-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France rescued six set points on her way to a 6-1, 7-6 (5) victory over Portuguese qualifier Maria Joao Koehler.

Ramos ousts 2-time champ Robredo in Swedish Open Posted: STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two-time former champion Tommy Robredo was ousted from the Swedish Open by Spanish compatriot Albert Ramos in straight sets on Wednesday.Fourth-seeded Robredo couldn't even reach a break point against Ramos, who won 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals.Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov rallied to beat Italy's Filippo Volandri 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Dimitrov also recovered from a set down in his first-round win against Sweden's Elias Ymer.Argentines Juan Monaco and Carlos Berlocq earned slots in the quarterfinals after beating Henri Laaksonen and Blaz Kavcic, respectively.Top seeds Tomas Berdych and Nicolas Almagro enter the tournament on Thursday.

Isner reaches quarterfinals in Newport Posted: NEWPORT (AP) - Two-time defending champion John Isner advanced to the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships quarterfinals by beating Adrian Mannarino of France 6-0, 7-6 (7) on Wednesday.Isner served 13 aces in his 12th consecutive win on Newport's grass courts.It was a Wimbledon rematch for the pair. Isner retired in the third game of the previous match last month after injuring his left knee.

Oil rises 3 percent on signs of rising US demand Posted: NEW YORK (AP) - The price of oil has shot up $11 a barrel in two weeks on rising demand in the U.S. and political upheaval in the Middle East. Gas prices are about to follow.There's another factor: Bottlenecks that had trapped increasing amounts of domestically produced oil in the middle of the U.S. are loosening. As that oil reaches the coasts, it can command prices more in line with costlier imported crudes.An improving U.S. economy, highlighted by last week's encouraging data on hiring, is also supporting higher oil prices.On Wednesday, oil rose 3 percent and topped $106 a barrel for the first time since March 27, 2012. A government report showing a sharp decline in crude oil supplies and rising gasoline demand was the catalyst for this latest surge.Any spike in gas prices could be short-lived. Analysts do not expect oil to rise much further and many expect the price to soon reverse course.The Energy Department said Wednesday that crude supplies fell by 9.9 million barrels in the week ended July 5. Gasoline supplies fell by 2.6 million barrels.In the past two weeks, oil supplies have dropped 20.2 million barrels slightly more than one day's consumption for the U.S. while gasoline supplies have fallen 4.3 million barrels.Over the same time, demand in the U.S., the world's largest consumer of gasoline, rose sharply after months of remarkable weakness. Demand rose 4 percent compared with the same period last year, to 9.3 million barrels per day.The price of U.S. oil has suddenly caught up with crude priced internationally. While U.S. oil rose $2.99 to $106.52 Wednesday, Brent crude, an international benchmark used to price oil used by many U.S. refineries, rose just 70 cents, to $108.51.The difference between U.S. and international oil is now $1.99 per barrel. On April 1, it was $13.93.Part of the gap in price was a result of increased U.S. oil production. The difference has collapsed because that oil can now get to more customers.U.S. oil production has been rising as a result of improved drilling techniques such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.Domestic production to its highest level since 1992, according to Wednesday's Energy Department report. But until recently, much of that oil was trapped in the middle of the country, unable to make it to refiners on the coasts. That created a mini-glut that kept U.S. oil prices as much as $20 per barrel less than international oil over the last three years.A series of new pipelines, pipelines that have reversed direction, and more rail cars designed to ship oil have suddenly helped relieve the glut and sent U.S. oil prices sharply higher.Transportation bottlenecks have been blasted apart in the last two months, says Judith Dwarkin, chief energy economist at ITG Investment Research.Oil prices around the world began rising during the first few days of July, when political turmoil erupted in Egypt and worries arose that violence could spread and threaten the flow of oil through the Suez Canal, a major conduit for Middle Eastern oil.While most analysts say it is extremely unlikely that oil supplies will be disrupted, oil traders are concerned enough that they have become more reluctant to sell. When there are fewer willing sellers, prices rise quickly.Still, analysts see signs that the high prices might not last. While U.S. supplies of crude and gasoline have fallen recently, they are still higher than their five-year averages for this time of year.We would not give too much weight to the larger-than-expected drawdown in US crude stocks in the recent data, wrote Julian Jessop, a commodities analyst at Capital Economics, in a report Wednesday. Inventories are still unusually high.Jessop wrote that ample supplies and still-sluggish global economic activity should drag oil prices lower again by the end of the year.Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at GasBuddy.com, thinks the surge in gasoline demand over the past two weeks may be temporary, brought on by a July 4 holiday that followed terrible spring weather in much of the country.It was such poor weather for four months that people had cabin fever, Kloza said.He expects demand to moderate in the coming weeks. He also notes that U.S. refiners are making more gasoline than they have since 1997, so supplies should remain high.Eric Lee, an oil analyst at Citigroup, had expected oil prices to rise this summer as refiners around the world drew down oil supplies so they could ramp up production, but he also expects the price of crude to weaken in the coming months.We would expect it to stay here in the short term and then ease off in the next month or two, he said.

Solar system has a tail, just like comets Posted: CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Our solar system has a tail, just like comets. Now the U.S. space agency can prove it.Scientists revealed images Wednesday showing the tail emanating from the bullet-shaped region of space under the grip of the sun, including the solar system and beyond. The region is known as the heliosphere, and the tail is called the heliotail.The findings are based on data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX.Scientists always presumed the heliosphere had a tail, but this provides the first real data on its shape.Chief IBEX investigator David McComas says it's difficult to calculate the length of the heliotail. But the evaporating end of the tail could stretch 100 billion miles.

England fight back on thrilling 1st day of Ashes Posted: NOTTINGHAM (AP) - A breathless opening day to the first Ashes test at Trent Bridge saw Australia reach 75-4 at stumps on Wednesday, trailing England by 140 runs.In an electrifying evening session, the hosts were dismissed for 215, with Peter Siddle claiming 5-50, only for England to roar back into the contest as James Anderson (2-25) and Steven Finn (2-37) ran through the tourists top order.Steve Smith, Australias top-scorer with 38 not out, survived to the close with Phillip Hughes, who was unbeaten on 7.I think its pretty even, Finn said. We may have our noses ahead but its a very, very tight battle at the moment. To be bowled out for 215 after winning the toss was something we hadnt hoped would happen, but to have them four down was a good result for us.Earlier, paceman Siddle tormented Englands top order before James Pattinson took 3-69 and Mitchell Starc 2-54 to mop up the tail.Jonathan Trott was Englands top-scorer with 48, from 80 balls with nine fours, while Jonny Bairstow made 37 from 51 balls. Australia took Englands last four wickets for just two runs in the space of 14 balls.To bowl them out for 215 was outstanding, Australia coach Darren Lehmann said. But then they bowled really well tonight so were going to have to bat well tomorrow. Its pretty even stevens.Australias selectors sprang a surprise before the toss by giving a debut to 19-year-old Ashton Agar a left-arm finger spinner who has played only 10 first-class matches, but it was Siddle who stole the show.England, which preferred Finn to Tim Bresnan and Graham Onions, won the toss and opted to bat on a slow track with a rapid outfield, a decision that looks to have backfired.Pattinson made a jittery start, bowling the first ball of the series so high it was called for a wide, but he atoned in the ninth over.With the ball swinging around in the overcast conditions, Alastair Cook (13) was living dangerously until Pattinson tempted him to drive away from his body and nick the ball to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.Trott, however, belied his reputation for caution with an aggressive innings and stroked Agars first ball in test cricket a full toss through the covers for four.Siddle was innocuous and expensive in his first four overs, but his first delivery from the Radcliffe Road End brilliantly yorked Joe Root for 30 to lift Australias spirits.Kevin Pietersen edged Pattinson down the leg side in the 23rd over, but although Haddins diving attempt at a catch failed, the batsman perished in the second over after lunch when he edged Siddle to Clarke at second slip for 14.The prize wicket of Trott came when he chased a wide delivery from Siddle in the 36th over and dragged the ball onto his stumps.A livid Trott made a move to smash the stumps with his bat and stopped himself.England made a partial recovery as Bairstow and Bell put on 54 before Bell was out for 25 when he edged Siddle to Shane Watson at third slip.Siddle claimed his fifth wicket when Matt Prior tried to drive another wide delivery through point and was caught by Phillip Hughes.Stuart Broad began the evening session with a counterattacking 24 from 30 balls before he holed out to Pattinson and was caught and bowled.With the first ball of the next over, the 58th, Bairstows off stump was sent cartwheeling by Mitchell Starc, who had Finn caught behind off his next ball.Anderson survived the hat-trick ball and a referral for lbw on the final ball of the over, but the innings was wrapped up when Graeme Swann wafted Pattinson to Hughes at cover.Australia made a bright start with Shane Watson racing to 13, but in the fourth over he edged Finn to Root at third slip and the contest was turned on its head.Finn was bowling only because Broad was off the field receiving treatment for a shoulder injury which will be assessed overnight, but his next ball removed Ed Cowan for a golden duck, caught at second slip by Swann and the hat-trick ball missed Michael Clarkes bat by millimeters.Clarke survived only to the seventh over, when he was bowled by a superb delivery from Anderson without scoring.Chris Rogers (16) was lbw to Anderson in the 15th over after an unsuccessful referral.The tourists were teetering but Smith carried the fight to England, hitting Swann over his head for six, leaving the test fascinatingly poised at stumps.

Man falls asleep while robbing home in Florida Posted: FLORIDA (Web Desk) - Domonique Pinkard, 21, was allegedly asleep on the couch of a residence on Winners Circle when the homeowner walked into the living room, the Orlando Sentinel reported.The homeowner called the cops, who determined that Pinkard and his accomplice, 20-year-old Julian Evangelist, kicked in the back door around 7:30am.Pinkard then conked out on the sofa while Evangelist allegedly made off with a TV. Evangelist, it seems, failed to wake up his his partner in crime.Investigators say Pinkard told them hed been working hard all day and he just needed to sit down for a moment, and evidently, he fell asleep, according to WESH.Police also say they found an estimated $500 worth of the victims jewelry in Pinkards pockets, according to NBC Miami. Other items, including clothing and electronics, were allegedly found at Evangelists home.Both men were jailed on charges of burglary and grand theft.

Turkish man locks head in cage in bid to quit smoking Posted: KUTAHYA (Web Desk) - Turkish man Ibrahim Yucel wanted to keep his promise so badly that he crafted a medieval-style cage to wear on his head so he couldnt smoke. Every morning, he locks his head in the cage and gives the key to his wife so he wont give in to his addiction at work.The 42-year-old from Kutahya says on a YouTube video posted July 2 that hes been trying to quit since his father died of lung cancer. Hes been smoking two packs a day for more than 20 years.But he failed time and time again in his attempts to kick the habit, according to the International Business Times. He came up with the idea to cage his head after he saw a motorcycle helmet, and used more than 130 feet of copper wire to fashion the contraption.In the video (above) Yucel swears an oath to his family, Allah and the Quran to quit smoking. His wife says she was initially embarrassed by the idea, but now supports him because hes serious about the project.Yucel can breathe and see, but he cant get his hands anywhere near his head, the New York Daily News reports. He is also able to eat crackers and sip water through the wires.

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