Sunday 9 October 2016

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Lahore: Car, motorcycle collision claims one life

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – According to details, a motorcycle collided with a car in Johar Town area of Lahore on Sunday, killing the motorcycle rider on the spot, Dunya News reported.Rescue 1122 reams reached the spot and shifted the dead body to Jinnah Hospital. Rescue sources said that the identity of the man, aged 40, died in the accident is not yet known.On the other hand, driver of the car managed to escape from the scene after the deadly accident.

Rajanpur: Arms hidden in cotton crop fields recovered

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RAJANPUR (Dunya News) – According to details, police and security agencies launched a joint operation on intelligence reports in Head Hamid and Basti Ghambra areas near Rajanpur on Sunday and recovered arms and explosive material buried in cotton crop fields, Dunya News reported.The law enforcement agencies recovered arms explosive material and ball bearings from the fields during operation. The law enforcement agencies also recovered 250 grams of marijuana, 100 grams of heroin during operation.

Rawalpindi: 6 wounded as hi-roof hits pillar

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RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – According to details, a hi-roof hit a metro bus track pillar in Saddar area in Rawalpindi on Sunday, injuring six people including women and children, Dunya News reported.The rescue teams reached the spot but faced difficulties in shifting the injured to hospital as Murree Road was blocked due to Muharram-ul-Harram procession.

World should take notice of atrocities on Kashmiris: Mishal Malik

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The wife of freedom fighter Yaseen Malik, Mishal Malik said on Sunday that world should take notice of atrocities on Kashmiris, reported Dunya News.Mishal said that her husband Yaseen Malik is on hunger strike in the torture cell of Indian Army and his health is not well. She said that world should not only take notice of atrocities on his husband, but whole Kashmir.Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) did a press conference with Mishal and said that it was sad that Imran Khan boycotted parliaments joint session on Kashmir issue.

Family hopes for positives as Hughes inquest opens

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SYDNEY (AFP) - An inquest into the death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes opened Monday with his family and sport chiefs hopeful some good can come out of the tragedy.Hughes, who played 26 Tests, died from bleeding on the brain in November 2014 after being hit on the base of the skull by a rising ball while batting in a domestic match in Sydney.His death -- a freak accident -- stunned Australia and the world cricket community, sparking an outpouring of grief.A spokesman for the Hughes family, his former manager James Henderson, said in a brief statement it would be a very, very, very difficult week.They havent been looking forward to this week, as you would imagine, he said.Theyre hoping that perhaps there will be a positive come-out of Phillips death as we go through this next five days inside the coroners court.New South Wales state coroner Michael Barnes will examine the manner and cause of his death and also has jurisdiction to make recommendations, particularly in the interest of public health and safety.He is expected to look at how the fatal injury occurred and whether or not a protective helmet would have minimised the risk.It will also examine emergency planning and response times, a spokesman for the NSW Coroners Court said. The findings may come on Friday, but could take weeks.An independent review into Hughes death, ordered by Cricket Australia, has already been carried out and recommended earlier this year that helmets be compulsory for batsmen and fielders near the wicket.It also suggested substitutes be considered for concussed players, while ruling the medical treatment he received was appropriate and timely.At the time, Hughes was wearing a helmet that was not compliant with more recent, and stringent, British standards, which extend the grille protecting the face further to the rear of the helmet.Lawyer David Curtain, who conducted the review, said even if Hughes had been wearing the newer model, it would not have saved him.Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said the inquest would be an emotionally challenging time for everyone involved, including Australian cricketers called as witnesses.This week is going to provide, I guess, a confronting reminder of the sad reality that Phillip Hughes is no longer with us, he said outside the court.We do hope that something good comes from this process.

PTI and allies visit London, Tahirul Qadri and Sheikh Rasheed in contact

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LONDON (Dunya News) - Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed, Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Jahangir Tareen and Chaudhry Sarwar on Sunday reached London but all of them denied any political motive behind the visit.Pakistan Awami Tahreen (PTI) chief Tahirul Qadri is also in London and according to sources, Sheikh Rasheed and Qadri talked on phone. Sheikh Rasheed said that meeting Dr Qadri was not part of his agenda.On the other hand it is expected that Chaudhry Sarwar would meet Dr Qadri. but Jahangir Tareen said that he had not come to London to appease anyone. Chaudhry Sarwar also said that he did not come to London to meet any Pakistani politician.

Syria regime keeps up Aleppo assault after UN fails on truce

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BEIRUT (AFP) - Syrian government forces Sunday kept up their blistering assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo after a divided UN Security Council failed to agree on a truce to save the war-battered city.Regime forces and their allies were advancing street by street in the eastern sector which has been out of government hands since 2012.Clashes on the ground as well as fierce air strikes went on all night and are continuing Sunday, especially in the Sheikh Said district of eastern Aleppo, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.The monitor said regime forces took control of the Jandul crossroads in the northeast of Aleppo.The latest advances aim to clear the way for a crucial and decisive land offensive, said Syrias Al-Watan newspaper which is close to the government.The army launched its assault on the besieged sector of Aleppo more than two weeks ago with the backing of Russian air strikes, aiming to reunite the city which was Syrias economic hub before its conflict erupted in 2011.Air strikes and artillery fire by the regime and its Russian ally killed 290 people, mostly civilians and including 57 children, since the September 22 launch of operations in Aleppo, the Observatory said.The Britain-based monitor, which compiles its information from sources on the ground, said 50 civilians, including nine children, have also died in rebel bombardment of regime-controlled western districts.Syrias official SANA news agency said Sunday that rebel shelling killed a baby and wounded two people in the Hamdaniyeh neighbourhood. On Saturday at the United Nations, Russia vetoed a French-drafted resolution demanding an end to the bombing of Aleppo, but its own rival measure on a truce was rejected.The failure of the two resolutions deepened divisions at the UN Security Council between Moscow and the Western powers backing rebel forces in Syrias five-year war which has killed more than 300,000 people.Frances draft called for an end to all military flights over Aleppo and to air strikes on the rebel-held east that has 250,000 inhabitants.What is at stake today is first and foremost the fate of Aleppo and its people, Frances Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told the council, urging it to take immediate action in order to save the city.It was the fifth time that Russia used its veto to block UN action on the war in Syria.Shortly after Russias veto, the Security Council rejected a rival draft presented by Moscow that called for a ceasefire but did not mention a halt in air strikes.Britains ambassador to the United Nations, Matthew Rycroft, described Saturdays failure in New York as a bad day for Russia, but an even worse day for the people of Aleppo.Following the meeting, his Russian counterpart Vitaly Churkin insisted that diplomatic efforts on Syria were not dead.The assault on Aleppo was launched just days after the collapse of a ceasefire in Syria that was brokered jointly by Russia and the United States.Russia says its air strikes target extremist militias such as the Islamic State group but critics say it is more occupied with keeping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power than killing jihadists. An analysis published Sunday by the US-based IHS Conflict Monitor said that in the first quarter of 2016, just 26 percent of Russian strikes in Syria targeted IS. That dipped to 22 percent in the second quarter, and 17 percent in the third quarter, the report said. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned that the mounting tensions between Washington and Moscow over the Syrian conflict had created a situation more dangerous than the Cold War.On Sunday, two of Syrias most powerful jihadist groups joined forces, as Fateh al-Sham Front -- a former Al-Qaeda affiliate -- announced it had taken Jund al-Aqsa under its wing. Jund al-Aqsa is designated as a terrorist organisation by Washington and has been accused of ties to IS.

Car bomb attack kills 18 at Turkish military checkpoint

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ANKARA (AFP) - Eighteen people were killed Sunday when a van packed with five tonnes of explosives blew up in Turkeys restive southeast, the prime minister said, in an attack blamed on Kurdish militants.The bombing, which killed 10 soldiers and eight civilians, was one of the deadliest attacks on Turkish security forces since the attempted coup of July 15 when a rogue military faction tried to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.The attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber who detonated a van (packed) with five tonnes of explosives, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told a news conference in Istanbul. The attack targeted a security post in Hakkari province as security forces were searching vehicles in Semdinli district, the official news agency Anadolu said.In a statement, the Hakkari governor said a vehicle refused to stop as it approached a checkpoint, resulting in soldiers responding with gunfire. Militants then also started shooting, the governors office said, quoted by Dogan news agency.Another 27 people were injured in the blast caused by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Erdogan said in a written statement. Anadolu reported at least 16 of those were civilians.Soon after the attack, which Anadolu said left a seven-metre (22-foot) deep hole in the road, the military confirmed it had begun a large-scale air operation which the governors office said was launched to neutralise PKK militants.The governor said commando units on the ground were continuing to search for PKK fighters.Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus described Sundays incident as an atrocious and heinous terrorist attack, vowing on Twitter that Turkey would never surrender to militant groups. The White House said it condemned in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attack today against a military checkpoint in southeastern Turkey that left many dead, including civilians, and scores more wounded.We remain steadfast in our support for our NATO ally, Turkey, and reaffirm our commitment to continue working together to defeat all forms of terrorism, Ned Price, the White House National Security Council spokesman said.Over the past two months, the military says it has killed a total of 387 PKK militants in Hakkari province, CNN-Turk reported.The PKK has waged a 32-year insurgency against the Turkish state, which has left nearly 40,000 dead since 1984. The group is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.Since the collapse of a two-and-a-half-year ceasefire in July 2015, more than 600 security forces and 7,000 PKK militants have been killed, according to Anadolu.Over the past 15 months, attacks on the Turkish security forces have continued on an almost daily basis as the government has pressed military operations against the PKK to rid urban areas of fighters.Hakkari is a flashpoint in the renewed conflict. On Saturday the Turkish armed forces said it neutralised eight PKK militants in Cukurcu district after clashes with the group, Anadolu reported.Yildirim vowed that Turkey would continue with determination its fight against the separatist terrorist organisation (PKK)... and all kinds of terrorist organisations including jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) group.Meanwhile, Erdogan promised: The state with all its institutions, hand in hand with the people, is determined to stop the actions of the separatist terrorist organisation (PKK).The bombing comes a day after two suspects believed to have been preparing a car bomb attack blew themselves up on the outskirts of Ankara when police ordered them to surrender.Turkish officials said they believed the pair were linked to the PKK.The attack also took place a day before the year anniversary of the bloodiest attack in Turkeys modern history when 103 people were killed and more than 500 wounded in twin suicide bombings targeting a pro-Kurdish peace rally in the capital, Ankara. That attack was blamed on IS.

Thousands flee pitched battles in northern Afghan city

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KABUL (AFP) - The number of war-displaced civilians in Kunduz has more than doubled to 24,000, the UN said Sunday, as street battles persisted a week after the Taliban stormed into the northern Afghan city.Terrified residents facing a growing humanitarian crisis have been fleeing explosions and gunfights to neighbouring provinces of Balkh, Takhar, Baghlan and the capital Kabul.Initial reports indicate that around 24,000 internally displaced persons have fled Kunduz, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement. As assessments are ongoing and families are still on the move, this figure will almost certainly change.The UN had earlier said up to 10,000 people had fled the city, which briefly fell last year to the Taliban in a similar assault. Kunduz residents have faced crippling shortages of food and medicine after the Taliban launched an all-out assault last Monday, capturing parts of the city.Afghan forces have struggled to flush them out of residential neighbourhoods, with the government saying the clearance operation was being carefully conducted to prevent civilian casualties.At least three civilians have been killed and more than 290 wounded, according to the Kunduz general hospital, but local residents say the actual toll is much higher.Key parts of the city have been cleared, with 52 insurgents killed in the last 24 hours, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The Taliban attack on Afghanistans fifth largest city a year after it was overrun by insurgents has raised serious concerns about the capacity of NATO-trained government forces to protect large urban centres.Kunduz is a tragedy caused by the governments failure to stop the Taliban from entering the city, Kunduz MP Fatima Aziz told local TOLO TV. If the senior officials of Kunduz had been held accountable last time we wouldnt be facing this renewed crisis.US forces are supporting Afghan troops in clearance operations inside Kunduz, with at least six air strikes against Taliban positions since Thursday.Military reinforcements have reached Kunduz, and the enemy will be defeated and punished, President Ashraf Ghani said in a televised speech on Sunday. After their assault on Kunduz, the Taliban have also attempted to overrun other provincial capitals, from Baghlan in the north to Farah in the west, but Afghan forces have managed to repel the attacks.Afghanistan on Friday marked 15 years since the US invasion of the country which toppled the Taliban from power.The country has become Washingtons longest military intervention since Vietnam -- and the most costly, now crossing $100 billion.

Nine Myanmar police killed in attack on Bangladesh border

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YANGON (AFP) - Nine police officers were killed during coordinated ambushes in Myanmars strife-torn Rakhine state on Sunday with authorities saying the attackers hailed from the Muslim Rohingya community, a persecuted minority.The night time raids hit three posts on the border with Bangladesh and have sent tensions soaring in a region battered by sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas.Rakhine has been effectively split on religious grounds since bouts of communal violence tore through the state in 2012, killing scores and forcing tens of thousands to flee.The Muslim Rohingya are largely confined to camps and face restrictions which rights groups have likened to apartheid.Despite their plight, the Rohingya do not have a known militant faction fighting for them and have eschewed political violence.But at a press conference in the capital Naypyidaw on Sunday evening, authorities said the attackers were Rohingya. According to our force members who are working on this case, those who attacked and raided were shouting that they were Rohinghyas, police general Zaw Win told reporters. He did not elaborate on the attackers motivations or whether they were from a specific group.Nine police were killed alongside eight attackers, with two assailants captured alive, he added.Although the attack was coordinated with lethal effect, the weapons used were rudimentary.Police said the attackers were mainly armed with knives and ginkali, a type of homemade slingshot that fires iron bolts. But they made off with more than 50 guns and more than 10,000 bullets from the border posts.Tin Maung Swe, a senior official within Rakhines state government, told AFP that those behind the ambushes were RSO insurgents, a reference to a group known as the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation. The RSO was a small Rohingya militant group active in the 1980s and 1990s but has not been heard from in nearly two decades.International Crisis Group described RSO as essentially defunct as an armed organisation.Analysts and local leaders have previously warned that the communitys continued persecution might persuade some members to take up arms. Several complex ethnic conflicts have been rumbling across Myanmars borderlands for decades.But compared to the countrys civil war-ravaged eastern and northern border states, Rakhine has not boasted a significant rebel militia presence. In the last few years the Arakan Army, a small Buddhist militia which wants an independent homeland in the state, has fought sporadic battles with the military.In a statement they denied being involved in the border ambushes.In May assailants stormed a security post at a camp for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, just across the border from Sundays assaults.A Bangladeshi camp commander was shot dead and the attackers made off with weapons.Police at the time said the Rohingya themselves could be suspects. Bangladeshi police have also alleged that Rohingya refugees are involved in criminal activities including human trafficking.Any rise in violence in Rakhine will be a major concern for the new civilian-led government of Aung San Suu Kyi.She has asked former UN chief Kofi Annan to head a commission tasked with trying to heal sectarian divisions in the state.The move was largely welcomed by Rohingya community leaders but angered Buddhist nationalists. Anti-Muslim sentiment has been fanned by hardline Buddhist nationalists who revile the Rohingya and are viscerally opposed to any move to grant them citizenship.They insist the roughly one-million strong group are intruders from Bangladesh, even though many can trace their ancestry in Myanmar back generations.

Syrian refugee paintings snapped up in Greek auction

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ATHENS (AFP) - The so-called painter of Idomeni, a Syrian refugee and graduate of Damascus School of Fine Arts who fled war-torn Palmyra, on Sunday saw two of his paintings auctioned off in Greece.Hassan Khatib decided to sell some of his artwork to help provide for his family as they wait in Athens for their relocation request to Finland to be approved.The sale of the two paintings raised 270 euros and more are in the pipeline.Many people are asking for more and we are planning on auctioning five more of Mr Khatibs paintings, said Stavros Myronidis of Myro Antiques House in the northern city of Thessaloniki, adding: We want to help this man. Khatib turned to his art while camped out at Idomeni on the border of Greece and Macedonia with his wife and four children earlier this year.The normally sleepy Greek railway post became a sprawling tent city after Macedonia closed its border to thousands of migrants preventing them from continuing their journey north to other European countries.While there Khatib decided to paint trying to fight the sombre atmosphere with colours, he told Athens News Agency.We left Syria to flee war and carnage and we found ourselves trapped on the border, he added. A couple from a nearby village took Khatib and his family in and the family has now moved to Athens pending their hoped for relocation.Myronidis said Khatib visited his store three weeks ago accompanied by some Greek people who had befriended him.He doesnt speak English and his little daughter was trying to interpret but we understood his request and decided to sell his art work without any commission.We are looking forward to organising an exhibition with more of his artwork in the future, he said.

Football: Immobile rescues Italy as Spain cruise

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PARIS (AFP) - Lazio striker Ciro Immobile grabbed an injury-time winner as four-time champions Italy snatched a 3-2 comeback win at Macedonia on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a World Cup qualifying embarrassment.Italy, who had needed a late penalty to salvage a point against Group G rivals Spain on Thursday, were staring at a shock defeat in Skopje against a Macedonia side ranked a lowly 146 in the world.Torino striker Andrea Belotti had given Italy a 24th-minute lead just four minutes after Palermo marksman Ilija Nestorokvski had crashed a drive off the crossbar for the hosts.But Nestorokvski levelled just before the hour mark when he robbed Marco Verratti before tucking the ball past veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.Two minutes later, Macedonia were ahead when midfielder Ferhan Hasani finished a smart move involving Goran Pandev and Nestorovski.However Immobile put Italy back on equal terms at 2-2 with 15 minutes left after good approach work from Verratti and Antonio Candreva.On 90 minutes, Italys Lazio midfielder Marco Parolo had a header ruled out for offside before club teammate Immobile saved his team with the winner two minutes into injury time, finishing off a Candreva cross.Italy are second in Group G with seven points but Spain lead the way on goal difference after a deserved 2-0 win over Albania in Shkoder.Chelsea star Diego Costa tucked away the first on 55 minutes past goalkeeper Etrit Berisha who had pulled off a series of fine saves in the first half.Nolito hit the second of the night just three minutes after coming on as a substitute for Vitolo.This was a very difficult match even if it appeared easy, said Nolito.Albania are a good side who know how to play.The only downside for Spain was seeing key defender and skipper Sergio Ramos suffer a left knee injury.In Group D, Southamptons Dusan Tadic scored the winner as Serbia beat Austria 3-2 in Belgrade.Newcastles Alexsandar Mitrovic had scored Serbias first two goals in the opening half as his side went top on seven points.They lead the way on goal difference from the Republic of Ireland who beat Moldova 3-1 in Chisinau.Wes Hoolahan fed Shane Long to score after just two minutes for Ireland but Moldova, beaten 3-0 by Serbia at home on Thursday, levelled in injury-time when Igor Bugaiov scored his first goal in five years.West Broms James McClean was on target twice after the break to give Ireland the three points.Euro 2016 semi-finalists Wales were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw by Georgia in Cardiff as their push to reach a first World Cup since 1958 hit a roadblock.The draw followed a 2-2 stalemate against Austria four days ago as Chris Colemans side were left to regret not making the most of a host of chances in the first half.Real Madrid star Gareth Bale headed Wales into a 10th-minute lead but Georgia hit back after the break, equalising through Tornike Okriashvilis 57th-minute header.Georgia nearly won the game late on when Valeri Kazaishvili struck the crossbar.People will look at it as two points dropped but it might be a point gained at the end of the day, in the second half, said Coleman whose team went from top of the group to third place.In Group I, Croatia won 1-0 in Finland at Tampere with Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic scoring the only goal after 18 minutes when Finland goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky allowed a cross from Andrej Kramaric to slip from his grasp.Croatia have seven points and lead on goal difference from Iceland who followed up their come-from-behind 3-2 win over Finland with an impressive a 2-0 victory over Turkey in Reykjavik.Turkey defender Omer Toprak put through his own goal in the 42nd minute before Alfred Finnbogason added a second just before the break.Ukraine are third, two points back, after a 3-0 win over Kosovo in a game played at Krakow in Poland.

Football: Messi deserves to retire as world champion - Bauza

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MADRID (AFP) - Argentina coach Edgardo Bauza believes Lionel Messi deserves to retire from international football in style as a World Cup winner.Messi flirted with the notion of quitting playing for his country after three successive final heartbreaks, to Germany in the 2014 World Cup and to Chile in the Copa America in 2015 and earlier this year.But the Barcelona star had a change of heart after talks with Bauza in August.For Bauza, Messis initial decision was borne out of frustration rather than any real desire to turn his back on Argentina.When we were chatting it occurred to me he was very interested in selection and what worried him more than anything was how to improve.According to Bauza: I didnt meet Messi to persuade him, I was convinced that during our chat a chance would open up.Joining five time World Player of the Year Messi at the meeting with the new boss of the Albiceleste in Barcelona was his club teammate Javier Mascherano.After our talks all I had to say was ok boys, youll be picked for the next game, Bauza recalled in an interview in Sundays Catalan newspaper Sport.I reckon he still has a lot to give to the team. He deserves to take his retirement in another way, he deserves to end his international career as a champion.Bauza is hoping Messi will have recovered from a groin injury in time to play a part in Argentinas next 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Colombia on November 10 and 15.

Athletics: Kenyans Kirui, Kiplagat notch Chicago Marathon wins

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CHICAGO (AFP) - Two-time world champion Abel Kirui filled a gap on his resume, denying Dickson Chumba a second straight Chicago Marathon title and winning his first World Major Marathon race.Kirui, who has battled a litany of injuries since winning silver at the 2012 London Olympics, clocked 2hrs 11min 23sec with Chumba second in 2:11:26 and Gideon Kipketer third in 2:12:20.I was putting in my prayers and efforts in winning today, said 34-year-old Kirui. I had a very strong mind, this time I knew it was a matter of life and death. The course favored me and I was lucky that the weather was not so humid.While Chumba was unable to repeat his 2015 triumph, Kenyas Florence Kiplagat won her second straight Chicago crown, powering to a dominant victory in 2:21:32, almost two minutes ahead of runner-up Edna Kiplagats 2:23:28.Valentine Kipketer, sister of Gideon, completed the Kenyan womens sweep, finishing third in 2:23:41.In a mens race that in the absence of a pace-setter featured erratic surges in speed, a trio of Kenyans, Chumba, Kipketer and Kirui, broke away late from a group of 13.With two kilometers remaining Chumba and Kirui had separated themselves and were jockeying for the lead before Kirui, running in Chicago for the first time, made a decisive move.Its wonderful, amazing, said Kirui, who was embraced by training partner Kiplagat after the womens winner crossed the finish line.Her dominant display ensured there was no finish-line drama in the womens race, in which a tight-knit leading group set a more methodical pace through the first two-thirds of the race than the top men managed.The half-marathon world record-holder powered home all alone, giving a quick victory dance after crossing the line.When I was coming here I was determined to win because I just wanted to win twice, said the Kiplagat, who didnt approach her personal best of 2:19:44 set in Berlin in 2011 but who bettered the 2:23:33 she ran in Chicago last year.Kirui, world champion in 2009 and 2011, said he now wants to tackle the London marathon, and take on top marathoners Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele and Wilson Kipsang.Bekele missed the world record by six seconds in winning in Berlin last month, ahead of Kipsang.I was praying so hard that I get something here so that I request my manager to give me the three guys: Eliud, Bekele and Wilson Kipsang, Kirui said.Paul Lonyangata and Stephen Sambu completed an all-Kenyan top five in the mens race, Sambu making his marathon debut after establishing himself in shorter-distance road races since graduating from the University of Arizona in 2012.

India businessman pays $9 mln for Dubai number plate

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DUBAI (AFP) - An Indian businessman has paid $9 million at auction to grab a single-digit car registration plate in Dubai, feeding a passion for unique number plates.Balwinder Sahani, who owns a Dubai-based property management company, spent AED 33 million on the D5 number plate, in an auction organised by the road authority, Gulf News daily reported Sunday.I have collected 10 number plates so far and I am looking forward to having more. Its a passion. This number will go to one of my Rolls-Royces, he said.The daily said more than 300 bidders participated Saturday in the auction which is organised every two months. Eighty special numbers were on offer.Auctions for unique car plates have become a fashion in the glitzy United Arab Emirates with auction organisers frequently netting millions of dollars.
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