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• Tauqeer Sadiq to be brought back to Pakistan today
• Egypt army, protesters clashes kill at least 54
• Syria again asks for UN chemical weapon probe
• 40 still missing in deadly Canada oil train crash
• Rowhani to become Iran president on August 3
• Ship seized by Somali pirates sinks
• Daly withdraws from British Open with elbow injury
• Maradona to remain in Dubai as ambassador for city
• Oil dips, market awaits OPEC, US supply reports
• Study: Air pollution cut northern China lifespans
• NASA Mars rover Curiosity begins delayed road trip
• Sri Lanka top West Indies by 39 runs on DL Method
• Karachi violence claims 16 more lives
• Iraq attacks kill at least 21 as violence surges
• Prince Andrew becomes first UK royal on Twitter

Tauqeer Sadiq to be brought back to Pakistan today Posted: ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Former chairman of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), Tauqeer Sadiq, was produced in the Federal Court of Dubai on Thursday after which authorities in Dubai has handed over him to Interpol.The Interpol handed over Tauqeer Sadiq to a two-member National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team on Monday night.According to the sources, the NAB officials along with Tauqeer Sadiq will reach Islamabad at 6:50am on a private airlines. Tight security arrangements have been made at the Benazir International Airport.Soon after his return, former OGRA chief will be arrested and will be shifted to a house in Islamabad posh area which has been declared an investigation cell.

Egypt army, protesters clashes kill at least 54 Posted: CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with Islamists protesting the military's ouster of the president in bloodshed that left at least 51 protesters and three members of the security forces dead, officials and witnesses said, and plunged the divided country deeper into crisis with calls by the Muslim Brotherhood's political party for all-out rebellion against the army.The carnage outside the Republican Guard building in Cairo where toppled President Mohammed Morsi was first held last week marked the single biggest death toll since massive protests forced Morsi's government from power and brought in an interim civilian administration.Even before all the bodies were counted, there were conflicting accounts on how the violence began. The pro-Morsi protesters said the troops attacked their encampment without provocation just after they had performed dawn prayers. The military said it came under a heavy assault first by gunmen who killed an army officer and two policemen, though its account of the events left many questions unanswered.Witnesses from outside the protest camp said troops appeared to be moving to clear the days-old sit-in and were firing tear gas when gunfire erupted. One said she believed the fire came from the protesters' side, though others could not tell.Whatever the spark, clashes went on for three hours, with protesters hurling stones and molotov cocktails from rooftops and gunshots ringing out. Nearby clinics run by Brotherhood supporters were swamped by wounded protesters, some with gaping, bleeding wounds. More than 400 were wounded in the mayhem, officials said.The violence is almost certain to draw sharper battle lines between Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, who say the military has carried out a coup against democracy, and their opponents, who claim Morsi squandered his 2012 election victory and was wrecking democracy by bolstering his and the Brotherhood's grip on the state.In a move that is likely to further inflame the situation, the Freedom and Justice party, the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, called on Egyptians to rise up against the army. Morsi has been a longtime leader of the Brotherhood.The party also called on the international community to stop what it called the massacres in Egypt and accused the military of pushing Egypt toward civil war, warning the country was in danger of becoming a new Syria.The only thing the military understands is force and they are trying to force people into submission, said Marwan Mosaad, speaking at a field hospital run by Morsi's supporters. It is a struggle of wills and no one can predict anything.The bloodshed opened cracks in the grouping of movements that backed the military's removal of Morsi.Egypt's top Muslim cleric warned of civil war and said he was going into seclusion until the violence ends a rare and dramatic show of protest directed at both sides. He demanded a process immediately be set up for reconciliation, including the release of Brotherhood detainees.Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, head of Al-Azhar Mosque, said he had no choice but to seclude himself at home until everyone shoulders his responsibility to stop the bloodshed instead of dragging the country into civil war.The ultraconservative Al-Nour Party, the sole Islamist party that had joined talks on a new government and a post-Morsi political process, announced it was suspending its support for the transition plan in response to the massacre.The party was struggling whether to fully bolt from the new leadership in the face of a possible revolt by its own members angry over what they see as a a massacre against fellow Islamists. One lawmaker from the party said it's unclear how long party leaders can keep their control, with some members breaking ranks to join the Brotherhood. The lawmaker spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the group's internal situation.In a statement, Al-Nour and the Dawa Salafiya, its parent group of hard-line clerics, issued a statement saying the military's response in the violence was exaggerated. It denounced what it called incitement against fellow Islamists and appeared to be trying to find a compromise stance short of outright breaking ranks with the post-Morsi leadership.Speaking to Al-Jazeera TV, the party's chief Younes Makhyoun raised the possibility of calling a referendum on Morsi.Pro-reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei, a top secular and liberal figure who backed the military's removal of Morsi, condemned the violence and called for an investigation, writing on Twitter that peaceful transition (is) the only way.The escalating chaos will also further complicate Egypt's relations with Washington and other Western allies, which had supported Morsi as the country's first freely elected leader and now are reassessing policies toward the military-backed group that forced him out. Still, the White House said Monday that cutting off the more than $1 billion in annual aid to Egypt was not in the U.S.'s best interests, though it was reviewing whether the military's moves constitute a coup which would force such a measure under U.S. law.The morning's violence left at least 51 protesters dead and 435 wounded, most from live ammunition and birdshot, emergency services chief Mohammed Sultan, according to the state news agency. Two policemen and one soldier were also killed, according to the military.The Morsi supporters had been camped out for days at the site in tents around a mosque near the Republican Guard complex, where Morsi was initially held but was later moved to an undisclosed Defense Ministry facility.Spokesmen for the military and police gave a nationally televised press conference to give their version of the morning's bloodshed.Army Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said police and troops guarding the Republican Guard complex came under heavy gunfire at around 4 a.m. and attackers on rooftops opened fire with guns and molotov cocktails. Along with the soldier and two policemen, 42 in the security forces were wounded, eight critically, he said.He underlined that the troops had the right to defend the installation and that the protest was no longer peaceful. He pointed out that suspected Islamists have carried out coordinated armed attacks on several military facilities in recent days in the Sinai Peninsula.One witness, university student Mirna el-Helbawi, watched from her apartment overlooking the scene, prompted when she heard protesters banging on metal barricades, a common battle cry. El-Helbawi, 21, said she saw troops and police approaching the protesters, who were lined up on the street behind a make-shift wall. The troops fired tear gas, the protesters responded with rocks, she told The Associated Press.Soon after she heard the first gunshots and saw the troops initially retreat backward which she said led her to believe the shots came from the protester side. She saw Morsi supporters firing from rooftops, while the troops also opened fire.Supporters of Morsi, however, said the security forces fired on hundreds of protesters, including women and children, at the sit-in encampment as they performed early morning prayers.They opened fire with live ammunition and lobbed tear gas, said Al-Shaimaa Younes, who was at the sit-in. There was panic and people started running. I saw people fall.A Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, Mourad Ali, denied any Morsi supporters fired first and said the military had warned protesters it will break up the sit-in.Abu Ubaida Mahmoud, a religion student from Al-Azhar University, said he had been praying when the sit-in's security teams began banging on metal barricades in warning. He then saw troops coming out of the Guard complex.The number of troops that came from inside was stunning, said Mahmoud, who was wounded in the hand. The troops opened fire and I saw injuries in the chest, the neck, the head and the arm, he said.

Syria again asks for UN chemical weapon probe Posted: UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Syria's U.N. ambassador invited top international disarmament and weapons inspectors to Damascus for talks with the country's Foreign Ministry on investigating chemical weapons, but insisted Monday on limiting inspections to one regime accusation of an attack by the rebels.Syrian Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari's government had previously asked for an investigation of the alleged chemical weapons attack on March 19 in Khan al-Assal, which it blamed on the rebels.But Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has refused to allow a U.N. investigation team led by Swedish chemical weapons expert Ake Sellstrom and top U.N. disarmament official Angela Kane in to conduct a broader investigation of other allegations raised by Britain, France and the United States.When asked Monday if Syria was now considering allowing investigations of Western claims of other attacks, Ja'afari promptly answered, No, you wouldn't jump to this conclusion.U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remains seriously concerned about all allegations on the use of chemical weapons in Syria.What is most urgent at this time is that the Syrian government allows access to the U.N. investigation mission without further delay and without any conditions. In this regard, the stated intent of the Syrian government to invite Dr. Sellstrom and Ms. Angela Kane is a move in the right direction, Nesirky said.We need to analyze the elements in the announcement by the Syrian permanent representative today. In the meantime, let me repeat the importance of having comprehensive access to the sites of allegations, Nesirky said.U.S. Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo said Monday that it was crucial that the U.N. team be allowed to enter Syria and to investigate any and all credible allegations of possible use of chemical weapons.The United States last month sent Ban a letter saying that Syria's government used the nerve agent sarin on two occasions in the embattled city of Aleppo in a March 19 attack on the suburb of Khan al-Assal and in an April 13 attack on the neighborhood of Shaykh Maqsud.The letter from then-U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice also said unspecified chemicals, possibly including chemical warfare agents, were used May 14 in an attack on Qasr Abu Samrah and in a May 23 attack on Adra.In March, Britain and France told the secretary-general they have reliable evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons near Aleppo, in Homs and possibly in Damascus.The British and French ambassadors told Ban Ki-moon in a letter on March 25 that soil samples and interviews with witnesses and opposition figures backed their belief that the government used chemical shells that had caused injuries and deaths, diplomats and officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the letter has not been made public.On March 23, Britain and France asked the U.N. chief to investigate allegations of chemical weapons use in two locations in Khan al-Assal and the village of Ataybah in the vicinity of Damascus, all on March 19, as well as in Homs on Dec. 23.

40 still missing in deadly Canada oil train crash Posted: LAC-MEGANTIC (AP) - Hazardous conditions slowed firefighters' attempts Monday afternoon to search for some 40 people still missing after a runaway oil tanker train exploded over the weekend in a Quebec town, killing at least five people and incinerating at least 30 buildings, officials said.Richard Gagne, a spokesman for Quebec provincial police, said it was still too risky to begin searching for the missing while firefighters made sure all flames were out and the unexploded oil tankers were kept cool.The crash raised questions about the safety of Canada's growing transportation of oil by train.All but one of the train's 73 tanker cars were carrying oil when they somehow came loose early Saturday, sped downhill nearly seven miles (11 kilometers) into the town of Lac-Megantic, near the Maine border, and derailed, with at least five of the cars exploding.The train's owners said they believed brake failure was to blame. Somehow those brakes were released, and that's what is going to be investigated, Joe McGonigle, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic's vice president of marketing, said Sunday.Meanwhile, crews were working to contain 100,000 litres (27,000 gallons) of light crude that spilled from the tankers and made its way into nearby waterways. There were fears it could flow into the St. Lawrence River all the way to Quebec City.Quebec's Environment Ministry Spokesman Eric Cardinal said officials remained hopeful they could contain more than 85 per cent of the spill.The heart of the town of about 6,000 was leveled including a popular bar where several dozen revelers were believed to have been at the time of the explosions. About a third of the community was forced out of their homes.Sophie L'Heureux, a manager at the bar, was woken up at home by the explosion. She said she believed there were about 50 people in the bar, including many close friends.I'm in survival mode right now. My priority is to try sleep if I can, eat if I can, she said. For the rest, it's one minute, one day at a time.Raymond Lafontaine, who lost four members of his family, including his son, said he was angry with what appeared to be lack of safety regulations. We always wait until there's a big accident to change things, he said. Well, today we've have a big accident, it's one of the biggest ever in Canada.Lafontaine said the government needs to take a hard look at the risks of transporting oil by train especially through communities. It's not hard to understand, he said. It's dangerous. It's like an atomic bomb.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper toured the town Sunday and compared it to a war zone. Queen Elizabeth II expressed deep sadness over the disaster, saying in a message through the federal government that the loss of life has shocked us all.The growing number of trains transporting crude oil in Canada and the United States had raised concerns of a major disaster, and this derailment was sure to bolster arguments that a proposed oil pipeline running from Canada across the U.S. one that Canadian officials badly want would be safer.The train's oil was being transported from North Dakota's Bakken oil region to a refinery in New Brunswick. Because of limited pipeline capacity in the Bakken region and in Canada, oil producers are increasingly using railroads to transport oil to refineries.The Canadian Railway Association recently estimated that as many as 140,000 carloads of crude oil will be shipped on Canada's tracks this year up from 500 carloads in 2009. The Quebec disaster is the fourth freight train accident in Canada under investigation involving crude oil shipments since the beginning of the year.Harper has called railroad transit far more environmentally challenging while trying to persuade the Obama administration to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast.Wayde Schafer, a North Dakota spokesman for the Sierra Club, has predicted such a catastrophe ever since crude began leaving the North Dakota by rail in 2008.I think anybody could have foreseen this, said Schafer. It seemed like a disaster waiting to happen and it happened.

Rowhani to become Iran president on August 3 Posted: TEHRAN (AFP) - Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani will assume Iran's highest elected office on August 3, ending Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial eight-year presidency, a deputy speaker of parliament said on Monday.Rowhani will become president once supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the ultimate decision-maker in the Islamic republic, formally endorses his surprise June election.That ceremony, attended by top officials, will take place on August 3, deputy speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar said in remarks reported by the state broadcaster's website.A day later, on August 4, Rowhani will take the oath of office before parliament and will then have two weeks to form his proposed cabinet, Bahonar said.Lawmakers will then validate his ministers over a 10-day period.Rowhani won more than 18.5 million votes, or 50.7 percent of total ballots cast i last month's election, overwhelmingly sweeping aside his conservative rivals.His win was seen as a rejection of Ahmadinejad's controversial policies.The 64-year-old mid-ranking Shiite cleric has vowed to form a government that bridges the divide, using skilled experts from the conservatives as well as currently marginalised reformists.Rowhani says he aims to ease international tensions over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and to resolve domestic woes, including economic hardships exacerbated by Western sanctions targeting the country's vital oil income.

Ship seized by Somali pirates sinks Posted: MOGADISHU (AP) - A hijacked Malaysian-flagged ship that pirates have held off the coast of Somalia since November 2010 sank in rough seas, the European Union Naval Force said Monday, and a pirate commander said the ship had faced mechanical problems.The European Union Naval Force said in a statement that the whereabouts of 15 crew members aboard the MV Albedo had not been confirmed. However, Hassan Abdi a pirate commander in Hobyo, a pirate stronghold along central Somalia's Indian Ocean coastline told The Associated Press late Monday that at least six pirates and two crew members had been killed.He said two crew members also were rescued. It was not clear what had happened to the rest of the crew or what their nationalities were.We have rescued two foreign crews in the morning but our six comrades have unfortunately lost their lives, he said.He said the ship had faced mechanical problems for months.The EU naval force said that its maritime patrol aircraft have closed the sea area to search for any survivors.Piracy was a growing problem off the Somali coast, fuelled by poverty and what some local people said was the need to stop international vessels from plundering fish stocks off Somalia. But armed guards aboard cargo ships and an international naval armada complete with aircraft that carry out onshore raids have put a huge dent in Somali piracy.Somali pirates hijacked 46 ships in 2009 and 47 in 2010, according to the EU Naval Force. In 2011, pirates launched a record number of attacks 176 but commandeered only 25 ships, an indication that new on-board defenses were working.

Daly withdraws from British Open with elbow injury Posted: John Daly withdrew from the British Open on Monday because he will have surgery on his right elbow this week that will end his PGA Tour season.Daly said he first noticed something wrong with his right elbow at the Byron Nelson Championship in May, and tests revealed a torn tendon. He said doctors told him he could try to play as long as he didn't hit a rock or a tree root.And that's what happened on the 12th hole Friday at Greenbrier, Daly said. I was just trying to chip out and there was a root under the ball. It wasn't more than 50-yard chip shot. But that's the pain I've been dealing with.He was replaced in the British Open by Stephen Gallacher of Scotland. The Open is July 18-21 at Muirfield.Daly says he is scheduled for surgery Thursday morning. He said doctors told him he could start rehabilitation in early September, and if everything went well, he could return to golf in the late fall.This will be the first time Daly, 47, has missed the British Open since 1999 at Carnoustie.The surgery means he will not play in the only two majors for which Daly is eligible the British Open and the PGA Championship as a past champion of both. Daly won the 1991 PGA at Crooked Stick as the ninth alternate, and he won the Open in 1995 at St. Andrews in a playoff over Costantino Rocca.I hate missing the British Open, especially at Muirfield. It's one of the best on the planet, Daly said.Daly has not had a full PGA Tour card since 2006. A year ago, he put together three finishes in the top 20 including a tie for fifth in the Reno-Tahoe Open during a stretch of seven straight tournaments. He had a chance of earning his card until an 86-77 on the weekend at Las Vegas and missed cuts in his last two events. He finished 146th on the money list, his highest position since 2005.What really (stinks) about this is that I was getting ready to play seven in a row, and that's when I played my best golf last year, Daly said. My goal was to get into those four qualifying tournaments at the end of the year.

Maradona to remain in Dubai as ambassador for city Posted: DUBAI (AP) - Diego Maradona is set to extend his role as an ambassador to raise the sporting profile of Dubai.The Argentine great, who was fired as coach of the Dubai-based club Al Wasl after only one season, has spent the past year traveling the globe as an ambassador for the Dubai Sports Council. The council announced Monday that it would extend his contract and plans to announce further details on Tuesday.Maradona has talked of returning to coaching and he has been linked to clubs in China and the national side in Iraq during the past year. But with no offers forthcoming, the star of the 1986 World Cup-winning team will continue his low-key ambassadorial job for at least another year.

Oil dips, market awaits OPEC, US supply reports Posted: NEW YORK (AP) - The price of oil finished with a small loss Monday as traders waited for potentially market-moving news at midweek.U.S. benchmark crude for August delivery slipped 8 cents to $103.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Brent crude dropped 29 cents to $107.43 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.Oil was pushed higher last week by worries turmoil in Egypt could disrupt shipments through the Suez Canal and a report showing robust job growth in the U.S. in June.Later this week, the Energy Department releases its weekly report on supplies of crude oil and petroleum products, the U.S. Federal Reserve releases minutes of its recent policy meeting and OPEC issues its monthly update on the oil market.A large decline in U.S. supplies, or signs that OPEC decreased output last month could boost prices, analysts say. Additional insight into the Fed's thinking on monetary policy should also influence trading.

Study: Air pollution cut northern China lifespans Posted: BEIJING (AP) - A new study links heavy air pollution from coal burning to shorter lives in northern China. Researchers estimate that the half-billion people alive there in the 1990s will live an average of 5½ years less than their southern counterparts because they breathed dirtier air.China itself made the comparison possible: for decades, a now-discontinued government policy provided free coal for heating, but only in the colder north. Researchers found significant differences in both particle pollution of the air and life expectancy in the two regions, and said the results could be used to extrapolate the effects of such pollution on lifespans elsewhere in the world.The study by researchers from China, Israel and the United States was published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.While previous studies have found that pollution affects human health, the deeper and ultimately more important question is the impact on life expectancy, said one of the authors, Michael Greenstone, a professor of environmental economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.This study provides a unique setting to answer the life expectancy question because the (heating) policy dramatically alters pollution concentrations for people who appear to be of otherwise identical health, Greenstone said in an email. Further, due to the low rates of migration in China in this period, we can know people's exposure over long time periods, he said.The policy gave free coal for fuel boilers to heat homes and offices to cities north of the Huai River, which divides China into north and south. It was in effect for much of the 1950-1980 period of central planning, and, though discontinued after 1980, it has left a legacy in the north of heavy coal burning, which releases particulate pollutants into the air that can harm human health. Researchers found no other government policies that treated China's north differently from the south.The researchers collected data for 90 cities, from 1981 to 2000, on the annual daily average concentration of total suspended particulates. In China, those are considered to be particles that are 100 micrometers or less in diameter, emitted from sources including power stations, construction sites and vehicles.The researchers estimated the impact on life expectancies using mortality data from 1991-2000. They found that in the north, the concentration of particulates was 184 micrograms per cubic meter or 55 percent higher than in the south, and life expectancies were 5.5 years lower on average across all age ranges.The researchers said the difference in life expectancies was almost entirely due to an increased incidence of deaths classified as cardiorespiratory those from causes that have previously been linked to air quality, including heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and respiratory illnesses.Total suspended particulates include fine particulate matter called PM2.5 particles with diameters of no more than 2.5 micrometers. PM2.5 is of especially great health concern because it can penetrate deep into the lungs, but the researchers lacked the data to analyze those tiny particles separately.The authors said their research can be used to estimate the effect of total suspended particulates on other countries and time periods. Their analysis suggests that every additional 100 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter in the atmosphere lowers life expectancy at birth by about three years.The study also noted that there was a large difference in particulate matter between the north and south, but not in other forms of air pollution such as sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide.Francesca Dominici, a professor of biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health who has researched the health effects of fine particulate matter in the U.S., said the study was fascinating.China's different treatment of north and south allowed researchers to get pollution data that would be impossible in a scientific setting.Dominici said the quasi-experimental approach was a good approximation of a randomized experiment, especially in this situation where a randomized experiment is not possible.She said she wasn't surprised by the findings, given China's high levels of pollution.In the U.S. I think it's pretty much been accepted that even small changes in PM2.5, much, much, much smaller than what they are observing in China, are affecting life expectancy, said Dominici, who was not involved in the study.

NASA Mars rover Curiosity begins delayed road trip Posted: LOS ANGELES (AP) - It took longer than expected, but NASA's Curiosity rover is finally heading toward a Martian mountain.The nuclear-powered, six-wheel rover drove a total of 190 feet (58 meters) since July Fourth, leaving the spot where it spent the past seven months examining rocks and dirt.Curiosity landed last August in Gale Crater near Mars' equator and has already found an environment that scientists say contains all the right ingredients for microbes to survive.The delay in heading to Mount Sharp was mostly due to unexpected discoveries. As pleased as scientists are with the progress so far, they're itching to study the layers of rock at the base of the mountain.The trek is expected to last nine months to a year with several stops along the way.

Sri Lanka top West Indies by 39 runs on DL Method Posted: PORT-OF-SPAIN (AP) - Kumar Sangakkara struck an unbeaten 90 and captain Angelo Mathews starred with bat and ball Monday as Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 39 runs in the rain-affected fifth one-day international of the Celkon Mobile Cup.Sangakkara lashed six fours and a six in 95 balls as the visitors reached 219-8 off 41 overs during a rainy morning session at Queen's Park Oval after resuming on 60-3 off 19 overs from overnight.Mathews, in his 100th match, contributed a vital 30 off 26 balls with two fours and two sixes.Fast bowler Kemar Roach, who had undermined Sri Lanka on Sunday before the rain, ended with 4-27 while fellow Barbadian Jason Holder grabbed 2-50.West Indies, set a revised target of 230 off 41 overs, fell short at 190-9.Mathews returned to grab 4-29. Shaminda Eranga took 3-45, and Lasith Malinga claimed 2-42 to keep the hosts in check.Darren Bravo top-scored with 70 off 84 balls and shared a restorative fifth partnership of 123 with Lendl Simmons, who scored 67 off 79 deliveries on his return to the team.West Indies' pursuit had been rattled by Mathews and Eranga, who shared four early wickets as the hosts slumped to 31-4 inside the first nine overs.Mathews took the important wicket of Chris Gayle for 14. The dangerous left-hander skewed to backward point off the outside edge.Eranga struck twice in the next over to further derail West Indies. He pouched a fine, low return catch to remove Johnson Charles for 14 and then induced Marlon Samuels to edge to Mahela Jayawardene at first slip.When Mathews trapped Devon Smith plumb leg before wicket, West Indies were in ruins.But the two Trinidadians, Bravo and Simmons, in front of an enthusiastic home crowd, gradually brought the hosts back into the contest.Simmons, after taking 16 balls to get off the mark, eventually started to find his touch and the boundaries with more regularity. He brought up his half-century with his fourth six, off 70 balls, and was soon followed by Bravo, who took 63 deliveries to reach the mark.The crowd was starting to believe again when Eranga and Malinga doused the hopes with two wickets at the same score.Simmons holed out to deep cover to provide Eranga with his third scalp, while Malinga grabbed his first when captain Kieron Pollard nibbled outside the off stump and edged to wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara. Pollard fell for his third duck of the series.Malinga also removed the power-hitter Darren Sammy to give Sri Lanka the upper hand again. Sammy skied to the leg side and Malinga held a well-judged running catch.Bravo, after hitting four fours and a six, holed out in the deep off Mathews.When Mathews removed Jason Holder first ball, the West Indies were 177-9 and needed seven more runs to stop Sri Lanka from gaining a bonus point which would have assured their place in Thursday's final.Last pair Kemar Roach and Tino Best ensured that in an unbroken stand of 12.But West Indies' hopes of qualifying now rest with Sri Lanka and India, who meet at the same venue on Wednesday in the final group match.Sri Lanka leads the table with nine points and a positive run rate while West Indies also has nine points but an inferior run rate. India has five points and must win on Wednesday to have any chance of advancing.Earlier, Sri Lanka's innings was built around Sangakkara's master class, which started on Sunday's first day.The left-hander stretched his fourth wicket stand with Lahiru Thirimanne to 64 once play got under way nearly two hours late on the reserve day.Thirimanne scored a valuable 23 off 73 balls.Sangakkara and Mathews added a further 46 for the fifth wicket either side of another rain interval.Roach returned to claim Mathews and Jeevan Mendis and Sri Lanka was at the crossroads at 147-6 with six overs left.But Sangakkara dominated and the visitors added 72 off the final 36 deliveries to give them the momentum going into the break.

Karachi violence claims 16 more lives Posted: KARACHI (Dunya News) - Police and Rangers failed to restore peace as target killing and other violent incidents continued to take lives in the city on Monday.Two people were shot dead in Korangi Ibrahim Haidri while two persons namely Yaseen and Majid were killed by unknown people near Bachat Bazar in Orangi Town and Mansoor was gunned down in Sarjani Town.A man was killed in firing in Raees Goth area of Baldia Town while another was shot dead in Lyari Agra Taj.In another incident, an ASI of police namely Ijaz and another man Sarwar were shot dead near APWA School in Bilal Colony New Karachi while Ghulam Rasool fell victim to firing in near Mayo Shah Graveyard while Zahid was murdered in Yusuf Goth area of New Karachi.Meanwhile, two children were injured when a tennis ball bomb exploded near Garden Shoe Market. Police cordoned off the area after the incident and recovered two tennis ball bombs and defused them.On the other hand, a dead body was found from Ghanchi Para near Napier police station while two dead bodies were found from Purani Sabzi Mandi and Kachra Kandi areas while two persons were shot dead by unknown in Rifah-e Aam area.

Iraq attacks kill at least 21 as violence surges Posted: BAGHDAD (AP) - Attacks around Iraq have killed at least 21 people, the latest in a spike of insurgent violence aimed at destabilizing the country and undermining the government, officials said Monday.The deadliest strike hit the town of Madain, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Baghdad, where a bomb exploded near a youth center, killing six civilians and wounding three, police said.In the northern city of Mosul, a car bomb exploded in a commercial area, killing one civilian and wounding five others, a police officer said. Another parked car bomb explosion killed five civilians and wounded seven.Also in Mosul, three militant groups shot and killed a police officer, a provincial spokesman and a civilian in separate attacks.Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, has been the scene of some of the deadliest unrest outside the capital in recent weeks.The attacks are part of a spike in violence in recent months that is raising worries Iraq is heading back toward widespread sectarian bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007.Late Sunday, gunmen stopped a family of a policeman while they were driving home from a wedding party in a remote area near the town of Musayyib, killing the policeman, his parents, wife and two young children, mayor Abdul-Karim Abdul-Jabar said. A police officer confirmed that the attack took place.Abdul-Jabar said an 8-year child was wounded.Members of security forces and government officials and their families are the main targets for insurgent groups seeking to undermine government efforts to maintain security. Musayyib is about 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of Baghdad.Three health officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information to reporters.

Prince Andrew becomes first UK royal on Twitter Posted: LONDON (AP) Twitter is now a bit more royal.Britain's Prince Andrew has joined the micro-blogging service as @DukeOfYork.Within hours of opening the account Monday, Andrew had more than 10,000 followers but also had received several abusive comments.The son of Queen Elizabeth II has served as a navy helicopter pilot and a British business ambassador, and is following charities, arts organizations and the Hunstanton Golf Club on Twitter.So far he is was not following his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, who tweets as @SarahTheDuchess.The British monarchy has two official Twitter accounts, but Andrew is the first family member to tweet in a personal capacity, signing messages he has written AY.Asked about abusive tweets Andrew had received, a palace spokesman said the duke is a champion of free speech.

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