Saturday 24 January 2015

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Blast at transmission line resulted in black out: Abid Sher Ali

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali on Saturday has said that the electricity supply was cut off in the country due to blast at the transmission line in Naseerabad. He said that the power supply would be resumed by 5am to 6am in the morning.According to the details, the electricity supply to numerous cities of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan was cut off on Saturday night. However, the electricity supply to Hyderabad, Jamshoro and Dudu has been resumed. Earlier, supply to Lahore was also resumed but was again cut off shortly.Separately, Karachi Electric spokesperson has said that the electricity supply to at least 60 percent of the city has been resumed. He said that within an hour, power supply would be resumed to the entire city.

Soccer: Ivorians draw 1-1 with Mali

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MALABO (AFP) - The Ivory Coast again needed a late Max-Alain Gradel goal just to earn a draw at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, while Cameroon were held by Guinea in the tightest group in the competition.The Ivorians drew 1-1 with Mali before Cameroon and Guinea drew by the same scoreline in Malabo in Group D, which has now seen four matches all end one apiece and will go right down to the wire.With star forward Gervinho missing due to suspension after being sent off in the opening stalemate with Guinea, Herve Renards Elephants fell behind at the Estadio de Malabo in the seventh minute of an eventful west African derby through one of the goals of the tournament so far.Sambou Yatabare hung a cross from the right flank to the back post, where Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Bakary Sako connected with a sweet half-volley that flew into the net.With captain Yaya Toure toiling in a deep-lying midfield role, the Ivorians were struggling, although Kolo Toure did have a header turned against the bar just after the half-hour mark.In an effort to turn the game around, Renard sent on Gradel for his Saint-Etienne colleague Ismael Diomande before the interval, and it was the little winger who eventually rescued his side.Only four minutes remained when Salomon Kalou and Serge Aurier combined to set up Gradel, who slotted low past Malis substitute goalkeeper Germain Berthe, on for the injured Soumaila Diakite.There were lots more good things today than in the first match but unfortunately we went behind early on, lamented Renard.Mali had lost every previous meeting with the Ivory Coast at the Cup of Nations, including in the 2012 semi-finals, but the Eagles still saw the draw as a missed opportunity.We are very disappointed that, for the second time in a row, we have conceded a goal at the end of the match, said the Eagles Polish coach Henryk Kasperczak, who took the Ivorians to third place at the 1994 Cup of Nations.Cameroon came from behind to draw with Mali in their opening game, but against Guinea on Saturday it was the Indomitable Lions who struck first.Benjamin Moukandjos corner went straight into the net to open the scoring on 13 minutes, but a marvellous finish by Ibrahima Traore, arrowed low into the far corner of the net, brought Guinea level just before the break.Afterwards, Borussia Moenchengladbach winger Traore, who has now won two man of the match awards in as many games, revealed his confidence that previously unfancied Guinea will qualify for the last eight.Im pretty sure that we will qualify because we have the quality and we fear nobody. So now its time to win this game against Mali and do something good for the country, he said.With a decisive game against the Ivory Coast to come, Cameroon forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting warned: Now its the last match that counts. We came here to win of course, but we are building a new team.Remarkably, with all 16 teams having played two group games, nobody has yet managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of what is proving to be one of the tightest Nations Cups in memory.Algeria are the only team to have scored more than twice in a game, doing so in their opening 3-1 win over South Africa in Group C.And there have been a total of 10 draws in 16 matches so far, unheard of since the competition expanded to include 16 nations for the first time in 1996.If the final two Group D games were also to end 1-1, then the drawing of lots would be required to decide who progresses to the last eight.Meanwhile, ahead of the final round of matches on Sunday, Group A is not quite so tight.Congo Brazzaville and Gabon are out in front, and both need only draw their games in order to progress.Claude Le Roys Congo take on 2013 runners-up Burkina Faso in Ebebiyin while Gabon face Equatorial Guinea in Bata, with the hosts having to win to go through.

Moroccan security forces seize hashish in large amount

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RABAT (AFP) - Moroccan security forces seized nearly 24 tonnes of hashish from a number of boats and arrested 11 people after an overnight chase off the northern coast, the MAP news agency reported Saturday.The operation came hours after Spanish police said they had seized 11 tonnes of hashish and detained 55 people across the country as part of an operation targeting a Moroccan drug trafficking ring.Spains proximity to north Africa, a major source of hashish, and its close ties with its former colonies in Latin America, a key cocaine-producing region, have made it the main gateway into Europe for narcotics.The Spanish raids were carried out throughout the country, including Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, as well as the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Moroccos Mediterranean coast.Spanish police also seized two million euros ($2.2 million) in cash as well as several weapons, including assault rifles, as part of the operation that followed a two-year investigation.The Moroccan agency did not provide any further details on the extent to which the two operations may have been linked.But police source in Spain said the gang would smuggle the drugs into Spain on speedboats or hidden inside the fuel tanks of trucks.Morocco is one of the worlds principal producers of hashish, and the interior ministry estimates that more than 700,000 people make a living from cultivating cannabis, from which the resin is produced.

Prosecutor found dead shortly before entering court room

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BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - An Argentine prosecutor found dead shortly before he was about to make explosive allegations about President Cristina Kirchner took a bullet point-blank to his forehead, justice officials said Saturday.Authorities said Diego Lagomarsino, a computer expert and colleague who said he had brought prosecutor Alberto Nisman a handgun Saturday night at his request, has been barred from leaving Argentina.Nisman was found dead with a bullet to the head in his Buenos Aires home on Sunday, just before he was set to go before a congressional hearing to accuse Kirchner and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman of shielding Iranian officials implicated in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people.It was Argentinas worst terror attack in modern history. It has never gone to trial fully. Several pretrials were cancelled amid serious irregularities involving judges and Argentine intelligence staff.Investigators, who initially said Nisman appeared to have committed suicide, have not ruled out homicide or induced suicide.Kirchner, meanwhile, has said she believes the 51-year-old was murdered in a plot to implicate her government in a coverup.Prosecutor Viviana Fein, who is leading the investigation, said investigators were waiting for ballistics analysis, including a DNA comparison, and to see whether the bullet taken from the body matches the .22-caliber weapon found at the scene.Fein later told local television that the shot was fired from a distance no greater than a centimeter while reiterating her contention that there was no evidence third parties took part in the actual shooting itself.We are still awaiting the toxicological and tissue testing, which can take a bit longer, she added.Before his demise, Nisman had filed a 280-page complaint charging that Kirchner had issued an express directive to shield a group of Iranian suspects in the 1994 bombing.Nisman contended that the government had agreed to swap grain for oil with Tehran in exchange for withdrawing red notices to Interpol seeking the arrests of the former and current Iranian officials accused in the unsolved case.Since 2006, Argentine courts have demanded the extradition of eight Iranians, including former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former defense minister Ahmad Vahidi and Irans former cultural attache in Buenos Aires, Mohsen Rabbani, for the bombing.But in 2013, Kirchner signed a memorandum of understanding with Tehran agreeing to set up a truth commission to investigate the bombing and allowing Argentine prosecutors to question the suspects in Iran.The rapprochement was vehemently opposed at the time by Jewish community leaders, who charged it was unconstitutional.Argentinas Jewish community is Latin Americas largest.

Dunedin: NZ elects to bat first in 6th ODI against SL

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DUNEDIN (AFP) - New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first in the sixth one-day international against Sri Lanka in Dunedin on Sunday.A win to New Zealand will give them an unbeatable 4-1 lead in the series with a match to play.However, the only game they lost was the only other time captain Brendon McCullum has won the toss.We think the wickets pretty good and theres little in it after the first 10-15 overs, McCullum said of his decision to bat and after batting first on the same wicket in the fifth ODI on Friday when New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 108 runs.New Zealand have made two changes to that side with Daniel Vettori coming in for Nathan McCullum and Kyle Mills, returning from injury for his first match in the series, replacing Tim Southee.Vettoris selection sees him start his 280th ODI, overtaking former captain Stephen Fleming as New Zealands most capped player.Sri Lanka have also made two changes with Dhammika Prasad in for Nuwan Kulasakera and Rangana Herath replacing Sachithra Senanayake.New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (capt), Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghanSri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dimuth Karunaratne, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne (capt), Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Rangana Herath, Dhammika Prasad, Suranga Lakmal.

Obama leaves for India

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – United States (US) president Barack Obama on Saturday has left for India for his three-day visit. The purpose of the visit is to better relations between he two countries.According to the details, Obama will reach Delhi at around 9:30am. Obama will cut short his three-day visit to go to Saudi Arabia to offer his condolences to Shah Salman bin Abdulaziz in wake of late Shah Abdullahs demise on Janaury 24.

Obama leaves for India

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LAHORE (Dunya News) –United States (US) president Barack Obama on Saturday has left for India for his three-day visit. The purpose of the visit is to better relations betweent he two countries.According to the details, Obama will reach Delhi at around 9:30am. Obama will cut short his three-day visit to go to Saudi Arabia to offer his condolences to Shah Salman bin Abdulaziz in wake of late Shah Abdullahs demise on Janaury 24.

Riyadh: French president reaches to offer condolences over demise of Shah Abdullah

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RIYADH (Reuters) –French President Francois Hollande arrives to offer condolences to Saudi King Salman following the death of Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh January 24, 2015. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king of the worlds top oil exporter.

Washington: F-16s escort commercial aircrafts following bomb threats

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A pair of F-16 fighter jets escorted two US commercial airliners to their landing in Atlanta on Saturday following a bomb threat online, an aviation spokesman said.A threat posted to Twitter prompted the jets to be scrambled for the planes arriving from Portland and Milwaukee, said Preston Schlachter from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).A Twitter user made threats earlier in the afternoon regarding smuggling bombs aboard the aircrafts.Schlachter described the escort as a precautionary measure, and said the planes landed safely.

Tweeps trend blackout following National Grid's technical issue

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – The National Grid on Saturday night encountered a technical issue that resulted in a complete black out in numerous cities of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pkahtunkhwa (KP). The tweeple proved that the electricity supply is inversely proportional to the number of tweets by each user.The Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has taken notice of the issue and directed the authorities concerned to fix the problem and resume the power supply on emergency basis.On the other hand, Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali has said that the transmission line in Naseerabad was blasted with a bomb. He said that this is the third criminal activity in Naseerabad in the last two weeks.The water supply in Karachi has been reported to remain cut off through the night following the power break-down.Nation demands Military Grid Stations for Electricity :p blackout KyaYehTumharaRoshanPakistanHai pic.twitter.com/PU1D5Sf45A— Rasikh Abbasi (@rasikh87) January 24, 2015 Media is responsible for this blackout. Sincerely, the PML-N.— Ali Salman Alvi (@alisalmanalvi) January 24, 2015 Find something positive in everything. This blackout is an opportunity to sit with your family and get to know them. Light a bonfire maybe?— Artrepreneur (@zain_qasmani) January 24, 2015 Brace yourself A new Committee is on its way. PMLN Blackout— HASSAN (@Moazaz_Saarif) January 24, 2015 If the light cant unite us, let the dark do that. Blackout OnlyInPakistan— Red Dupatta (@RedDupatta) January 24, 2015

Madrid: Police arrest 4 suspected militants

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MADRID (AFP) - Spanish police on Saturday arrested four suspected Islamist extremists who were prepared to launch attacks in Spain, the government said.Officers detained two pairs of brothers, Spaniards of Moroccan origin, in the Spanish territory of Ceuta bordering Morocco, the interior ministry said in a statement.It said they had a very similar profile to the killers in this months Islamist attacks in France, but made no material link between the two cases.Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz compared the suspects to the two brothers -- Cherif and Said Kouachi-- who killed 12 people in an attack on the Paris offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.The Ceuta suspects resembled the Paris attackers in their physical and psychological preparation and their skill in using weapons, he told reporters.The Spanish suspects also had a firm determination... to commit an attack and if necessary sacrifice themselves and die in the attempt, he said.The Ceuta four were inspired by online messages from the armed Islamic State (IS) group, which controls parts of Iraq and Syria.They formed part of a jihadist cell fully prepared and willing to launch an attack in Spain, the ministry statement said.It did not say whether the four had made any concrete plans for an attack but said they acquired a high level of radicalisation.Police seized a nine-millimetre automatic pistol and machetes among other items during dawn raids on two properties.The four suspects were to be flown by helicopter to Madrid where they will go before a judge, reports said.They were the latest in a string of arrests in Ceuta and Spains other north African territory, Melilla, where authorities have been monitoring suspected extremist cells.In recent weeks the Paris attacks have put Spanish police on heightened alert for extremists on their soil.They are helping investigate suspects linked to the attacks in Paris and other plots that were foiled later in Belgium, who are said to have earlier travelled to Spain.Spanish counterterrorism sources said a third gunman behind the Paris attacks, Amedy Coulibaly, drove five people to Madrid in early January, before the attacks, to catch a plane to Turkey.Belgian authorities have meanwhile issued arrest warrants to police in Spain and France for two men on the run after a jihadist cell was broken up in Belgium.Spanish police have arrested about 50 suspected jihadists over the past year, the ministry said this month. Many of them are suspected of planning to join IS.Some were caught after returning from zones controlled by the jihadist group and a handful have died there, according to Spanish authorities.That has raised concerns over homegrown and lone wolf extremists -- a familiar trend in Britain, France and Germany where hundreds of radicalised natives have been identified, but a relatively new phenomenon in Spain.The Spanish government has been cracking down on radical recruitment online, monitoring extremist web forums to identify suspects such as those arrested in Ceuta.Spain suffered one of Europes worst ever peacetime attacks on March 11, 2004, when Al-Qaeda-inspired bombings killed 191 people in an attack on Madrid commuter trains.

National Grid's technical problem blacks out numerous cities of Punjab, KP, Sindh, Balochistan

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – Major cities of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan and Sindh including Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad on Saturday night have witnessed black out due to a technical fault in the National Grid.According to the details, several districts of Punjab including Gujranwala, Lahore and Rawalpindi have blacked out after the electricity supply was cut off due to a technical fault. The electricity supply of different districts of Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has also been cut off.Moreover, the police and the Rangers in Karachi have been high alerted after the power break-down. Karachi Electric spokesperson Usama Qureshi has said that only the National Grid could identify the problem. He said that the National Grid could also brief regarding the time required to resume the supply. Qureshi also said that entire Sindh is facing a crackdown.Furthermore, the electricity line of at least 220kv from Guddu to Quetta has been tripped.Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has taken notice of the countrywide electricity break down. He has directed the authorities to fix the technical problem and resume the power supply on emergency basis. However, the electricity supply of Hyderabad, Jamshoro and Dadu has been resumed.

Colleague of slain prosecutor barred from leaving Argentina

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BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - A colleague who says he gave a gun to an Argentine prosecutor found fatally shot earlier this week has been barred from leaving the country, justice officials in Buenos Aires said.Authorities said Diego Lagomarsino, a computer expert and colleague who said he brought prosecutor Alberto Nisman a handgun Saturday night at his request, has been barred from leaving Argentina.Nisman was found dead with a a bullet to the head in his Buenos Aires home Sunday, just before he was to go before a congressional hearing to accuse President Cristina Kirchner of shielding Iranian officials implicated in a bomb attack on a Jewish community center in 1994 that left 85 dead.Investigators, who initially said he appeared to have committed suicide, have not ruled out homicide or induced suicide, while Kirchner has said she believes Nisman was murdered in a plot to implicate her government in a cover-up.Prosecutor Viviana Fein, who is leading the investigation, said Saturday in a statement that investigators are waiting for completion of ballistics analysis, including a DNA comparison and to see whether the bullet taken from the body corresponds to the .22-caliber weapon found at the scene.Before his demise, Nisman had filed a 280-page complaint charging that Kirchner had issued an express directive to shield a group of Iranian suspects in the 1994 bombing.Nisman contended that the government had agreed to swap grain for oil with Tehran in exchange for withdrawing red notices to Interpol seeking the arrests of the former and current Iranian officials accused in the unsolved case.

Christiano Ronaldo in Pakistan's World Cup squad

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LAHORE (Web Desk) – World will get the glimpse of Christiano Ronaldo in the Cricket World Cup 2015 as Pakistani middle order aggressive batsman Umar Akmal copied Portuguese skipper’s hairstyle.Umar Akmal, who has played 102 matches for his national side, had been out of form since a long time so he decided to bring change and opted to copy Ronaldo’s hairstyle.Umar Akmal also believes in superstitious who has recently changed his shirt number for the World Cup after getting advice from his ‘Pir’ following his bad form.Umar Akmal will be wearing the jersey number 3 in the World Cup instead of number 96. Haris Sohail also changed his shirt number and has opted 89 instead of 80.Recently, Umar has become the father of a baby girl but he has to leave his newly born child as he is in the Pakistan’s World Cup squad.Umar expressed his sadness in one of his tweets.Baby baba gona miss u alot I spend only 5 days with my daughter n hav 2 leave 4 the World Cup.@NooramnaQ miss u 2 pic.twitter.com/NgT9jFCGcy— Umar Akmal (@Umar96Akmal) January 20, 2015 People enjoyed and felt amused at the new hairstyle..Umar akmals new hairstyle? *Phonks Astagfar three times*— Innocent. (@TheRealNida_) January 22, 2015 Umar Akmal new hairstyle.. PreperationForWorldCup loll LastRT— zunaira arshad (@zuni155) January 20, 2015 @Farzana92 True. @Umar96Akmal needs a makeover mentor. This hairstyle & that grapes ad. I mean, who is advising you on your media image.— Rizvi Sahab (@mraza67) January 22, 2015 @Umar96Akmal jitni mehnat hairstyle pe ki hai itni batting par b kar leee— Arsalan (@BestuThe) January 20, 2015 @umar96akmal masha Allah v.cute baby and nice name nice choice and brother superb hairstyle...wish you good luck:*— syeda rubab (@syedarubab14) January 20, 2015 @Umar96Akmal: pic.twitter.com/7zrxEuYohC Umar bhai yai apkai Ghajini walai hairstyle ke mai fan ho gaye hun.— Ramish (@rawrmish) June 13, 2014 UMAR AKMAL KA HAIRSTYLE... HE LOOKS LIKE BRUNO MARSS— Noor. (@justnoorr) July 19, 2013 Hate Ronaldo now for copying Umar Akmals Hairstyle......... pic.twitter.com/MOr8IiMEBg— Omar Abid (@omarabid21) January 24, 2015

Senate elections, People's Party forms 5 member parliamentary board.

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya news) – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Saturday formed a 5 member parliamentary board for the upcoming Senate elections. The board will include Makhdum Amin Fahim, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Faryal Talpur, Raza Rabbani and Qaim Ali Shah.According to the details, the board will conduct interviews of the candidates who wish to take part in the elections. The party will form applications regarding the candidates.An official notification has been issued for the formation of the parliamentary board
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