Sunday 5 February 2017

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Lahore: Olampia win Rafi Polo Cup title

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – Olampia team won the Rafi Polo Cup crown by beating Ahsan Co team 1-0 in the final played at the Race Course Ground on Sunday, Dunya News reported.A large number of polo fans, including film stars Resham, Noor and Ahsan Khan, witnessed the final. Olampia team gained the solitary goal lead in the first chucker and maintained it till the end.Punjab Food Minister, Bilal Yaseen was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed prizes among the players.

Islamabad police shooting case: Both policemen surrender

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ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Samiullah and Tariq, both policemen surrendered, who had killed a young man Taimoor Riaz for not stopping at a check post, reported Dunya News.Two days back, near the police station of Sabzi Mandi, both policemen had fired at Taimoors car, which resulted in his death. Both policemen had fled from the scene.The case was filed by Taimoors brother against Samiullah and Tariq, who would be presented in court today.

Shujabad: 3 policemen held hostage for trying to arrest accused

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SHUJABAD (Dunya News) - 3 policemen were held hostage when they went to arrest an accused in Shujabad on Sunday night, reported Dunya News.According to detail, 3 policemen Tariq Shah, Ashfaq and Zahid had gone to arrest the accused with representive of court bailiff when 60-70 people held them hostage.Police had to send more people to get their men recovered and arrested the accused Liaquat. According to police, court had ordered police to arrest Liaquat as his former wife had filed a case for not paying expenses.On the other hand, cases were filed against 60 people for interfering in polices matter.

Karachi: Four accused nabbed in police operation

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KARACHI (Dunya News) – Crackdown against criminal elements under National Action Plan (NAP) continues in Karachi as police apprehended four more accused during operation in different parts of the city on Sunday, Dunya News reported.According to details, police conducted an operation in North Nazimabad area and arrested an accused in injured condition after an encounter. Police sources said that arms and stolen goods were also recovered from his possession.Police also conducted an operation in Muwachgoth area and apprehended a accused who was involved in murder of six people. Police sources said that the accused, identified as Farooq alias Farhan, was member of a gang war group of Karachi.On the other hand, Shah Latif Investigation Police arrested an alleged kidnapper and recovered an abducted minor child. According to SSP Investigation, Malik Altaf, the accused is the next door neighbour of the abducted child.Police have also apprehended an accused involved in burning alive during operation in Landhi.

Jaffarabad: Four killed in car, truck collision

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JAFFARABAD (Dunya News) – At least four persons of Hundu community were killed when their car collided with a Mazda truck at the Allah Yar Bypass near Jaffarabad on Sunday, Dunya News reported.According to details, four persons of Hundu community, residents of Austa Muhammad were going to Jacobabad on their car after attending a marriage ceremony in Jaffarabad. When they reached at the Allah Yar Bypass, their car collided with a Mazda truck coming from opposite direction, killing them on the spot.The deceased were identified as Haresh Kumar, Dalip Kumar, Sameet Kumar and Ginwar. Police reached the spot and shifted the dead bodied to Civil Hospital Dera Allah Yar from where they were handed to their heirs.The truck driver managed to escape from the scene after the accident.

Kasur: Two dacoits killed in police encounter

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KASUR (Dunya News) – According to DPO Kasur, a police party asked three motorcycle riders to stop at a check post at the Dipalpur Road on Sunday but they fled away from the spot.A police party followed them and surrounded them near Jallo More, where the motorcyclists opened fire at the police party. Police retaliated as a result two dacoits were killed while four other managed to escape.The dead dacoits were identified as Ashiq and Fiaz. Police have recovered two pistols and a motorcycle from them. Police sources said that the dead dacoits were involved in more than 44 cases of robbery in Pakpattan and Kasur.

Dollar subdued after US wage growth disappoints

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TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar started the week on the back foot on Monday, after U.S. data showed a smaller-than-expected rise in wages in January that reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will refrain from raising interest rates next month.The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major rivals, drooped 0.1 percent to 99.725 .The dollar was flat against the yen from Fridays late North American levels, at 112.56 yen , holding above last weeks low of 112.05, which was its lowest since late November.While the headline figure of Fridays nonfarm payrolls report for January showed a greater-than-expected rise in job growth, the unemployment rate edged up and wage growth was disappointing. That implied inflation would not attain a pace that would prompt the U.S. central bank to raise interest rates.Fed fund futures priced in a less than 10 percent chance of a rate hike in March after the jobs data on Friday, according to the CME Groups FedWatch. The chance of a June increase was seen at more than 60 percent.The Fed, which raised rates in December, has forecast three rate increases this year. Whether it sticks to that pace depends on labor market strength as well as if President Donald Trumps stimulus steps succeed in boosting growth and inflation.Still, San Francisco Fed President John Williams said on Friday that the Fed can prepare to raise interest rates this year without knowing details of any new U.S. fiscal policies because inflation is firming and the labor market looks good.While Trumps immigration curbs and renewed sanctions on Iran grabbed most attention, he also on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis. Financial markets took this as a signal that looser banking regulation is ahead.Trumps comments sometimes make us puzzled, and we always have to wait for the details to see what he means, said Kaneo Ogino, director at foreign exchange research firm Global-info Co in TokyoThe dollars upside is a bit heavy, but there are still people buying on dips, so range trading is likely to continue this week, he said.Speculators trimmed their bullish dollar bets for a fourth straight week through Jan. 31, with net long positions falling to their lowest since late October, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday and calculations by Reuters.The smaller-than-expected rise in U.S. wage growth further dampened the dollars outlook, as well as concerns that Trumps protectionist trade policies and statements about other countries currency manipulation would offset any lift from his stimulus policies and deregulation.The verbal intervention by the new U.S. administration and the unexpected weakness in wage growth may be factors extending the correction, Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York, said in a note. Nevertheless, we continue to view the dollars pullback as corrective in nature and not the end of the bull run, and still see the macroeconomic considerations falling into place for a resumption of the underlying bull market, Chandler said.The euro was steady on the day at US$1.0781 , holding well above Fridays session low of US$1.0711.

Turkey detains some 400 IS suspects in nationwide raids

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ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkish police on Sunday detained hundreds of suspected members of the Islamic State extremist group in nationwide raids, just over a month after an attack on an Istanbul nightclub claimed by the extremists.Among around 400 detained in the biggest operation so far against IS after the New Year attack were foreigners and those suspected of planning attacks in Turkey, the Dogan and Anadolu news agencies reported.The operation around the country saw 150 suspects detained in Sanliurfa in the southeast and 47 in the nearby city of Gaziantep close to the Syrian border which has a known jihadist presence, Dogan said.Sixty suspects, mostly foreigners, were detained in four districts in the capital Ankara.Dozens more arrests were made in provinces ranging from Bursa in the west to Bingol in the east.In the usually peaceful Aegean city of Izmir, nine people suspected of travelling to and from Syria and planning attacks in the city were detained, Anadolu said.Eighteen people were detained in Istanbul and the neighbouring province of Kocaeli on suspicion of planning attacks. Another 14 foreigners were due to be deported, including 10 children.Thirty-nine people were killed, mainly foreigners, on New Years night when a gunman went on the rampage inside a plush Istanbul night club.IS claimed the massacre, its first clear claim for a major attack in Turkey although it had been blamed for several bombings in 2016.Police detained the suspected attacker, Abdulgadir Masharipov, an Uzbek national, on Jan 16 after over two weeks on the run and authorities say he has confessed to the massacre.The Hurriyet daily reported after the attack that IS also planned a simultaneous New Years strike in Ankara but dropped the plot after arrests by the Turkish authorities.Turkey was in 2016 shaken by a string of attacks blamed on IS and Kurdish militants that left hundreds dead.It is also engaged in a battle with IS to take the Syrian town of Al-Bab, in the fiercest fighting yet of the Turkish militarys campaign inside Syria that started in August.

With Trump travel ban still blocked, travellers head to US

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PALM BEACH (AFP) - A US appeals court has rejected a government request to reinstate President Donald Trumps controversial immigration ban, prompting travellers from seven mainly Muslim nations to hurry to enter the country before the next legal twist.The early-morning ruling from a federal appeals court was the latest chapter in a saga which began on Jan 27, when Trump issued a blanket ban on all refugees, and travellers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.Trump had not commented on the appeals ruling by mid-afternoon and was uncharacteristically silent on Twitter but Vice President Mike Pence, who made the rounds on Sundays political talk shows, called the decision frustrating.We will move very quickly, Pence told Fox News. We are going to win the arguments because we will take the steps necessary to protect the country, which the president of the United States has the authority to do.On Saturday, the Manhattan property mogul had unleashed a string of fiery tweets defending his policy and attacking federal judge James Robart, who on Friday blocked the ban nationwide pending a wider legal review.The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned Trump wrote on Twitter, in rare criticism of a judge by a sitting president.Asked by multiple networks whether Trumps comment about Robart was out of line, Pence defended his boss, saying he was not questioning the judges legitimacy but simply expressing his disagreement with the ruling.Every president has a right to be critical of the other branches of the federal government, Pence told CBS News.Trumps executive order slapped a blanket ban on entry for nationals of the seven countries for 90 days and barred all refugees for 120 days. Refugees from Syria were blocked indefinitely.In an appeal filed late Saturday, the Justice Department said that suspending the ban was causing irreparable harm to the American public.It said Robarts ruling had run afoul of constitutional separation of powers, and second-guesses the presidents national security judgment.But in the early hours of Sunday morning, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request calling for the travel ban to be immediately reinstated, without offering a reason.The court asked the states of Washington and Minnesota, which had filed the original suit over the ban, to provide additional documents by 0759 GMT Monday. And the Justice Department was given until 2300 GMT on Monday to complete its legal dossier.Meanwhile, in line with Robarts ruling, travellers from the targeted countries with valid visas began arriving on American soil, while others prepared to set off for the United States.In New York, 33-year-old Sudanese doctor Kamal Fadlalla rejoiced - after a week blocked in his home country, he was back in the Big Apple with friends and colleagues. It feels great, Fadlalla told AFP on Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It was a tough week actually.In Syria, a 25-year-old law graduate who asked not to be named said he was driving to Beirut on Sunday to catch a flight to Amman and then a connecting flight to New York. I jumped up and havent been able to sleep since. Im ecstatic, the man told AFP.In Iran, a 30-year-old woman told AFP she had rebooked her tickets to the United States and was ready to travel late Sunday to see her brother.Until yesterday, I was completely disappointed. We have some new hope after this news, but its 50-50. I am willing to take this risk, said the woman from the city of Shiraz, who did not want to give her name.The State Department has said visa holders from the seven countries are allowed to travel to the US as long as their documents have not been physically cancelled.The department had earlier said up to 60,000 people had their visas revoked as a result of Trumps order.The restrictions have fueled numerous protests at home and abroad - from London to Washington and Palm Beach, where Trump was spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago retreat - now dubbed the Winter White House.Hundreds of expatriate workers rallied on Sunday in Hong Kong - many of them women from the Philippines or mainly Muslim Indonesia.Also on Sunday, dozens of Trump supporters rallied in front of Trump Tower in New York, urging Americans to give him a chance - but they ended up in a face-off with a dozen counter-protesters.Hes been in office less than three weeks - hes entitled to have a fair shot and to run the government the way he wants to, said Cindy Grosz, one of the co-organisers.

Tennis: India beat New Zealand 4-1 in Davis Cup tie

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PUNE (AFP) - Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri scored back-to-back wins over New Zealand Sunday to give India a 4-1 victory on the final day of the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie in Pune.New Zealands Finn Tearney and Jose Statham both lost their reverse singles matches, with Ramanathan beating Tearney in the fourth match 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 followed by Bhambris 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win over Statham in the dead rubber.Ramanathan, ranked 276, faced tough moments in the opening set that clocked in at nearly 51-minutes but prevailed over his opponent to win 7-5 at Punes Balewadi Sports Complex before taking the next two sets in a 6-1, 6-0 rout.India lost the doubles rubber on Saturday after New Zealand’s Artem Sitak and Michael Venus overpowered Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan to settle the score at 2-1.But the Indian singles players rose to the occasion on the final day of the tournament after beating the visitors in the opening matches on Friday 2-0.In the fifth match Bhambri, ranked 368, won four-straight games against Statham in the first set to clinch the round 7-5.But the Kiwi, ranked 417, made a stirring comeback in the second to level the score.In the decider the 24-year-old Indian proved too strong, winning the final set 6-3.India have not lost to New Zealand in the Davis Cup since 1978 when the visitors beat them 4-1 in Delhi.The victory sets up a showdown with Uzbekistan in April after the Uzbeks eased past South Korea 3-1 in their first round tie played in Gimcheon, Korea Sunday.

Russia's Lavrov backs renewal of UN-led Syria talks

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MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia said on Sunday that it supports the continuation of Syria peace talks under United Nations auspices, long-running negotiations which had been thrown into doubt by separate, Moscow-backed peace talks launched last month.The latest round of U.N. talks had been planned to begin in Geneva on Feb. 8 but Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last week that they had been postponed.They have now been rescheduled for February 20, diplomats have told Reuters. The UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said he had decided to delay them to take advantage of negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition in Astana, Kazakhstan, hosted by Moscow, Ankara and Tehran.The Astana talks last month ended with Russia, Turkey and Iran agreeing to monitor Syrian government and opposition compliance with a Dec. 30 truce brokered by Moscow and Ankara.Lavrov said on Sunday the Astana talks between representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and opposition groups were a breakthrough step in efforts to resolve the crisis but were not instead of the U.N.-led talks.“We are not planning to replace Geneva with the Astana format,” he said in an interview published on the ministrys web site on Sunday.The Astana talks were a diplomatic coup that underlined the growing Middle East clout of Russia, Iran and Turkey and Washingtons diminished influence at a time when Donald Trump is settling into the presidency.But the talks spotlighted sharp differences between Moscow and Tehran over the possible future participation of the United States and also excluded Gulf states, despite their major role in the proxy war in Syria that has drawn in the entire region.Iran, whose relations with Washington have nosedived since Trump became president, opposes any U.S. involvement.Lavrov reiterated on Sunday that the United States and Moscow were in a position to solve bilateral issues, improve ties and coordinate efforts to fight international terrorism, but said it had to be on the basis of mutual respect.The secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, also praised the Astana talks in a meeting with Russias special envoy on Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, in Tehran on Sunday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).But he said peace was not achievable while Islamic State, which he labelled Daesh, as well as the al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front, which has renamed itself Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and other unnamed groups he said were linked to them were present.“As long as Daesh and al-Nusra and groups linked to them are present in Syria - and they are being protected and supported by some countries in the region - a political solution and peace for Syria and the region will not be achievable.”The Syrian opposition have objected to Irans role in the Astana talks, blaming Shiite militias backed by Tehran for violations of the fragile ceasefire agreement by launching military assaults in rebel-held suburbs of the capital.De Mistura said the United Nations would be attending a follow up technical meeting in Astana on Feb. 6 of the talks on the implementation and monitoring of the Syria ceasefire.

US coalition jets bomb IS-held town near Euphrates Dam

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AMMAN (Reuters) - US-led coalition planes bombed an Islamic State-controlled town near the Euphrates Dam in northern Syria a day after the launch of a new phase of a campaign to capture the militants defacto capital of Raqqa, activists and the militants said on Sunday.Activists confirmed reports released by the militants news agency Amaq which said four raids in the last twenty four hours hit the town of Tabqa west of Raqqa, located near Syrias largest dam, at the southern end of Lake Assad on the Euphrates.A video released by Amaq showed extensive damage to a commercial centre in the town but did mention any casualties.Islamic State fighters are battling hard to keep the swathes of territory they have captured in Syria, mostly in the centre and east, as they lose ground in Iraq.On Friday, air strikes in Raqqa hit at least four bridges over the Euphrates River, part of a weeks-long campaign of air strikes in the province and near the dam, activists said.The Euphrates Dam is one of the major sources of electricity in the country and crucial for irrigation of farms in the fertile region around Raqqa.On the ground, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of U.S.-backed militias, started a new phase of its campaign against Raqqa on Saturday, aiming to surround it and sever the road to militant strongholds in Deir al-Zor province.The SDF, which includes the powerful Kurdish YPG militia, launched the campaign to capture Raqqa in November.The alliance of militias quickly gained territory to the north of the city at the beginning of the campaign and has been targeting areas to the west of it. It is the main U.S. partner in the fight against Islamic State in Syria.

Thousands protest in US, Europe over Trump travel ban

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NEW YORK (AFP) - From London and Paris to New York and Washington, thousands of people took to the streets to protest US President Donald Trumps travel ban amid a fierce legal battle over the order.The biggest demonstration by far on Saturday (Feb 4) took place in the British capital, where an estimated 10,000 people turned out, chanting Theresa May: Shame on You to denounce the British prime ministers support for the new US leader.Brandishing placards declaring No to scapegoating Muslims and Socialism not Trumpism, the protesters marched from the US embassy toward Mays Downing Street office.In an executive order issued on Jan 27, Trump slapped a blanket ban on nationals of seven mainly Muslim countries - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - barring their entry to the United States for 90 days.Refugees were also barred from entry for 120 days, except those from Syria, who were blocked indefinitely.On Friday, a US federal judge temporarily suspended the ban, a move which the Republican president vowed to fight.Late Saturday, the Justice Department appealed the block on the travel ban but a federal appeals court rejected any immediate move to reinstate it.Well win. For the safety of the country, well win, Trump told reporters ahead of the appeals court decision.About 3,000 people demonstrated in Trumps hometown of New York where protests against the property magnate-turned-world leader take place almost daily.Activists and supporters gathered outside the Stonewall Inn, a landmark of the gay rights movement in Greenwich Village, to show support for Muslims and others affected by Trumps immigration order.Democratic Senate minority leader Charles Schumer led the crowd - which carried rainbow flags and Americans flags - in cheers of Dump Trump.In Washington, hundreds marched from the White House to Capitol Hill.Donald, Donald cant you see, we dont want you in DC, chanted the demonstrators in the largely Democratic-leaning US capital.I was born and raised here and for the first time in my life, I dont feel safe, said Abu Bakkar, 26, whose parents are originally from Pakistan.The Department of Defense consultant said the new president has revealed hate thats been underground for so long. He has divided one of the greatest countries in the world.At least 2,000 people marched near Trumps Florida golf club as the president and First Lady Melania Trump attended a Red Cross gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate.You know, my father fought World War II, protestor Rob Resaid said. For years and years, so many people fought for freedom in this country and now its being taken away.We have to stand now before all of our rights are taken away, before we become the pariah of the world.In Britain, more than 1.8 million people have signed a petition saying Trump should not be afforded a formal state visit because it would embarrass Queen Elizabeth II.Were going to bring this capital to a halt on the day he comes over. We are going to make it impossible for him to have a state visit, Chris Nineham, vice-chair of the Stop the War Coalition, told AFP.The Guardian newspaper said around 10,000 people attended the London protest, while organizers claimed 40,000.Elsewhere in Europe, about 1,000 people turned out in both Paris and Berlin, while smaller gatherings of several hundred people took place in provincial British cities including Manchester and Birmingham.We are here to say we dont accept hate, said 20-year-old American Michael Jacobs, co-organizer of the Paris rally, surrounded by signs saying Refugees are welcomeIn Berlin, protesters rallied in front of the Brandenburg Gate.I hope they will change something, but I am really disappointed, said Mahsa Zamani, a 26-year-old Iranian medical student who had been due to head to a Florida hospital for an internship.It is still discrimination, and I dont know if I really feel like going even if they are changing (the rules).In Hong Kong, hundreds of expatriate workers marched through the city center on Sunday to protest the tyrannical and fascist ban, in the Asian hubs first major protest against Trump.Many were women from the Philippines and Indonesia employed in Hong Kong as domestic workers. Protesters chanted, US imperialist, number one terroristWe are very worried that what Donald Trump is doing will also be adopted by other states who believe that their nation is the greatest nation without the migrants, activist and domestic worker Eni Lestari said outside the US Consulate General.

Romania scraps decree decriminalising graft as mass protests persist

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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanias Social Democrat government on Sunday anulled a decree that would decriminalise some graft offences, an embarrassing u-turn for the countrys new prime minister in the face of week-long mass protests and international rebuke.The government also declassified the transcript of debates during Tuesdays cabinet meeting when the decree that would have shielded dozens of politicians from prosecution was approved.It said the decree was a bid to relieve pressure on the prison system but Romanians were furious, holding the biggest mass protests in the country since 1989, when the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted in a bloody revolution.A day after Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said he did not want to divide Romania, his cabinet held an emergency meeting to scrap the decree as tens of thousands of demonstrators outside chanted Thieves, thieves and Re-sig-na-tion, Re-sig-na-tion.Among the 220,000 protesters in the central Piata Victoriei square, one dressed as 15th century Romanian ruler Vlad Tepes - notorious for impaling Turks and thieves on wooden stakes and whose life inspired the fictional character Dracula - held a banner reading: Did you miss me?A giant laser plastered the words Do Not Give Up and Resignation, on the facade of the building housing the headquarters of government - the prime ministers office.The decree had been seen by critics as the biggest retreat on reforms since Romania joined the European Union in 2007. It would have exempted abuse-of-power offences involving sums below 200,000 lei (US$48,000) from prosecution - shielding hundreds of officials from justice.Liviu Dragnea, leader of the ruling Social Democrat party, said the prime minister would hold talks with his justice minister and decide whether or not to sack him.The decree could have put an end to the trial of Dragnea, who is barred from political office because of an electoral fraud conviction and viewed by many as the real power behind Grindeanus government.Among the decrees chief critics was President Klaus Iohannis, who joined one anti-corruption rally two weeks ago and repeatedly urged the government to scrap the measure.On Sunday a small group of pro-government protesters in front of his Cotroceni presidential palace denounced him as a traitor.Germany and the United States were among nine western powers which had expressed concern that the decree could undermine Romanias partnerships in the EU and NATO.In neighbouring Bulgaria, dozens of people gathered outside the Romanian embassy in Sofia to voice support for the mass protests. Banners read Unite against corruption, and Romania, Bulgaria supports you.

Spain set up clash against Serbia in Davis Cup last 8

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Paris (AFP) - Spains Pablo Carreno Busta swept past Croatian journeyman Nikola Mektic in straight sets to clinch a 3-2 victory on Sunday and set up a mouthwatering Davis Cup quarter-final clash with Novak Djokovics Serbia.Carreno Busta defeated world number 319 Mektic 7-6 (7/4), 6-1, 6-4 in the deciding rubber in Osijek as five-time champions Spain rallied from a 2-1 overnight deficit to knock out last years finalists.Roberto Bautista Agut had earlier fought off a spirited challenge from Franko Skugor, winning 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) in the first reverse singles to level the contest.Im very happy. Roberto was exceptional to get two points, said 26th-ranked Carreno Busta, who atoned for Fridays shock loss to world number 223 Skugor in the opening singles rubber.I have had some beautiful experiences this weekend and hope for more of the same in the future.Rafael Nadal sat out this weekends tie after reaching the final of last months Australian Open, but the 14-time Grand Slam champion could well return for a showdown with former world number one Djokovic in April.Serbia swept to a 4-1 victory over Russia in Nis as Dusan Lajovic beat Konstantin Kravchuk 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in a truncated fourth rubber before the hosts conceded the final match.Vasek Pospisil forced a decider between Canada and 2015 champions Great Britain in Ottawa after downing Dan Evans 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5).Britains Kyle Edmund, beaten by Pospisil on Friday, will take on 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov with a place in the last eight against France awaiting the winner.Heavy rain in Buenos Aires interrupted Sundays clash between Argentinas Carlos Berlocq and Paolo Lorenzo of Italy for a second time, with the former leading 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 1-4 in the fourth set.Holders Argentina were trailing 2-1 overnight and are without Juan Martin del Potro and Federico Delbonis, the men who won the reverse singles to beat Croatia in last years final.- Darcis leads Belgium -In Frankfurt, Steve Darcis knocked off German teenager Alexander Zverev in four sets to send Belgium into the quarter-finals and a potential showdown with the reigning champions.Darcis, who famously dumped Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon in 2013, dropped the first set to 19-year-old Zverev before rallying for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) win to hand Belgium an unassailable 3-1 lead.The Belgians, who were playing without world number 11 David Goffin, then completed the job with Rubel Bemelmans brushing aside Mischa Zverev 7-5, 6-1.The United States, the 32-time champions, recorded a whitewash over Switzerland in Birmingham, Alabama, as Sam Querrey saw off Adrien Bossel 6-3 7-5 before Steve Johnson eased past Antoine Bellier 6-4, 6-3.Australia, the 28-time champions, rounded out a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic after Jordan Thompson earned his second point of the weekend with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 victory over Jan Satral.Jiri Vesely had earlier prevented the Australians from completing a clean sweep after defeating Sam Groth 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Melbourne.France wrapped up a 4-1 first-round victory over Japan in Tokyo.The nine-time winners entered the final day with an insurmountable 3-0 advantage.Doubles specialist Nicolas Mahut took the first set off Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1 on Sunday before a wrist injury ended the Japanese players hopes of a comeback.However, Yasutaka Uchiyama earned the hosts a consolation point with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Pierre-Hugues Herbert, the other half of the worlds top-ranked doubles pair.
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