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Kabaddi World Cup: Canada beat Pakistan in semis
Panetta aware of secrete memo: Pentagon
Rawalpindi: 127 shops gutted in Imperial Market blaze
16 killed as Syria OKs observers in principle
Clinton says 'there could be a civil war' in Syria
Student protest in Chile ends in clashes
Muslims to NYPD: 'Respect us, we will respect you'
Seven rescued from collapsed China mine
West says Iran deceives world on nukes
Del Potro to lead Argentina's Davis Cup charge
Federer targets another record in London
Messi, Neymar, Rooney on FIFA best goal shortlist
Choi clings to one-shot LPGA Titleholders lead
Zakar Ashraf set for India trip
Steyn hits back as Australia 296 all out

Kabaddi World Cup: Canada beat Pakistan in semis

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In the second semi-final of the Kabaddi World Cup, Canada edged out Pakistan 43-39 after a close encounter. Both the teams exhibited superb techniques during the match but the Canadian team edged ahead in the second half.  Earlier, in the other semi-final, India defeated Italy to qualify for the final. The final will be played on Sunday.

Panetta aware of secrete memo: Pentagon

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Briefing the media in Washington, the Pentagon spokesman George Little said that he would not discuss the contents of the letter. He said that Mike Mullen spokesman John Kirby has already issued a statement in this regard. However he said that that United State did not find the memo at all credible and took no note of it then or later.

Rawalpindi: 127 shops gutted in Imperial Market blaze

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According to details, fire broke out on the first floor of Imperial Market in Raja Bazar on night between Friday and Saturday which spread rapidly and engulfed 127 shops. The fire brigade and Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the site and started rescues operation and prevented the spread of the fire to other floors of the market. The firefighters brought the fire under control after and hectic effort. The fire caused millions of rupees loss to shopkeepers.

16 killed as Syria OKs observers in principle

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Syria agreed in principle Friday to allow dozens of Arab observers into the country to oversee a peace plan, a significant concession from a hardline regime that loathes any sort of outside interference. But critics said the regime is only stalling, trying to defuse international pressure while continuing its bloody crackdown on an 8-month-old uprising which the UN estimates has killed more than 3,500 people. The acceptance came after surprisingly heavy pressure from the Arab League, which brokered the peace plan and this week suspended Syria from the 22-member organization for failing to abide by it. On Wednesday, the league gave Damascus three days to accept an observer mission or face economic sanctions. Violence has escalated in Syria the past week, as army dissidents who sided with the protests have grown more bold, fighting back against regime forces and even assaulting military bases. Activist groups said security forces on Friday killed at least 16 anti-government protesters in what has become a weekly ritual on Fridays, the main day for protests in Syria as thousands of people stream out of mosques following afternoon prayers. The Arab League observer mission aims to prevent violence and monitor a cease-fire that Damascus agreed to last week in the league peace plan but has been unwilling or unable to implement.

Clinton says 'there could be a civil war' in Syria

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There could be a civil war with a very determined and well-armed and eventually well-financed opposition that is, if not directed by, certainly influenced by defectors from the army, Clinton said. "We re already seeing that, something that we hate to see because we are in favor of a peaceful... protest and non-violent opposition," the chief US diplomat said. In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that an attack like the one on a Syrian intelligence base by army defectors -- who have formed the Free Syria Army -- could lead the country into a civil war. But Clinton s deputy spokesman Mark Toner had disagreed, saying Thursday: "We think that s an incorrect assessment." He added: "If it (Russia) characterizes it as a civil war, we view that it is very much the Assad regime carrying out a campaign of violence, intimidation and repression against innocent protesters."  Toner has said that violent acts by the opposition play into the hands of the Syrian regime which claims a largely peaceful movement is led by thugs and "terrorists." Clinton also squarely put the blame for the violence on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. "The way the Assad regime has responded has provoked people into taking up arms against them," she said.

Student protest in Chile ends in clashes

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Police said at least 4,000 people took part in the march from the University of Santiago through the city s center, in the latest demonstration of a student protest movement that began April 28. There was no immediate word from the authorities on arrests in the incidents at the end of the march, when masked protesters armed with sticks and hurling rocks attacked police, who responded by firing tear gas and jets of water from water cannons. The march followed a day of protests in Valparaiso, the seat of the parliament 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of Santiago, in which nine people were arrested following similar clashes. The students, with the backing of professors and labor unions, are demanding that the conservative government of President Sebastian Pinera overhaul the education system to guarantee free, quality university-level education for all Chileans. Protesters also want more funds for education in the 2012 budget currently under  discussion, and a law transferring responsibility for public schools from towns to the central government to guarantee equal funding. The measure, known as "demunicipalization," is scheduled to be discussed in Congress by the end of the month. The protests have been the biggest, and most sustained, since the end of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet more than two decades ago. Under Pinochet, state funding for public education was slashed, privatization encouraged and responsibility for public schools passed to municipalities.

Muslims to NYPD: 'Respect us, we will respect you'

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Hundreds of Muslims prayed in lower Manhattan and planned a march on New York Police headquarters Friday to protest a decade of NYPD spying inside Muslim neighbourhoods. The traditional Friday call to prayer echoed off the cold stone of government buildings as people, bundled in winter clothes, knelt in prayer on a blue tarp. "We are unapologetically Muslim and uncompromisingly American," imam Talib Abdur-Rashid told the crowd of about 500 gathered in Foley Square, not far from City Hall and local courthouses. To Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, he added, "We want for you to respect us and we will respect you." An Associated Press investigation revealed widespread NYPD spying programmes that documented every aspect of Muslim life in New York. Police infiltrated mosques and student groups. Plainclothes officers catalogued Middle Eastern restaurants. Analysts built databases on Arab cab drivers and monitored Muslims who changed their names. "Had this been happening to any other religious group, all of America would be outraged," said Daoud Ibraheem, 73, a retired graphic artist from Brooklyn. Many of these programmes were built with the help of the CIA as part of an unusually close collaboration that is now the subject of an internal CIA investigation. "There s a wrong that we have all been made aware of," said Abdur-Rashid, of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood. He said it was no secret that police have been watching mosques. But the news that the NYPD was monitoring everything from Islamic schools to restaurants was unacceptable. "We re peaceful people," said Dalia Nazzal, 18, a freshman at the City University of New York, the target of police infiltration. "We don t deserve to be under surveillance." Mohamed Mahmoud, 40, the owner of a Brooklyn printing shop, said he knew several people who had been approached by NYPD officers trying to recruit them as informants. Documents obtained by the AP also show that police monitored even those Muslims who decried terrorism and partnered with the government to prevent violence.

Seven rescued from collapsed China mine

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The mine in the coal-rich Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region collapsed early in the morning trapping 12 miners, regional mining authorities told Xinhua, the latest accident in an industry plagued by corruption and safety hazards. Coal mine accidents are common in China, where work safety is often neglected by bosses seeking a quick profit. Last week, at least 34 workers were killed after a blast at a mine in China s southwestern province of Yunnan, Xinhua reported on November 13, three days after that accident. China s rapid economic growth has brought rising demand for power. It relies on coal for 70 percent of its energy needs, making it the world s largest consumer of the fossil fuel. Last year, 2,433 people died in coal mining accidents in the country, according to official statistics -- a rate of more than six workers per day. Labour rights groups, however, say the actual death toll is likely to be much higher, partly due to under-reporting of accidents as mine bosses seek to limit their economic losses and avoid punishment.

West says Iran deceives world on nukes

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The US and its Western allies bluntly accused Iran on Friday of deceiving the world on nuclear arms, as the UN atomic agency passed a new resolution criticizing Tehran s nuclear defiance. Iran shot back that the West s allegations were based on fabricated American, Israeli, British and French intelligence fed to the International Atomic Energy Agency to try and discredit the Islamic Republic. The unusually tough exchanges were bound to raise international tensions over Iran s nuclear program even though the Western statements emphasized that the preferred solution was through diplomacy. Statements delivered to the IAEA s 35-nation board by the US, and on behalf of Germany, Britain and France, contained no mention of military action an option that has not been discounted by either Israel or the US if Tehran refuses to stop activities that can be used for nuclear weapons. Still, they pulled no punches, drawing heavily on a recent IAEA report based on intelligence from more than 10 nations that concluded that some alleged clandestine activities by Iran could not be used for any other purpose than making nuclear arms. "It is no longer within the bounds of credulity to claim that Iran s nuclear activities are solely peaceful," said Glyn Davies, the chief US delegate to the IAEA, adding: "There is little doubt that Iran ... at the very least, wants to position itself for a nuclear weapons capability." For the three European nations, German chief delegate Ruediger Luedeking said Iranian actions, ..."deepened disbelief in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program." With the Nov. 8 report adding substantial weight to previous alleged evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons research and development, dismissing such suspicions "as false and fabricated as Iran has done in the past is neither plausible nor believable," Luedeking added.

Del Potro to lead Argentina's Davis Cup charge

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World number 11 Juan Martin del Potro will lead Argentina s charge as they attempt to land a first ever Davis Cup win at the expense of favourites Spain in next month s final in Seville, skipper Modesto Vazquez said Friday. Vazquez said Del Potro was the first name on his teamsheet ahead of 26th-ranked Juan Monaco Juan Ignacio Chela, David Nalbandian, Eduardo Schwank and young left-hander Facundo Bagnis, who is set to feature as a warm-up hitting partner as the South Americans try to make it fifth time lucky in the trophy match. Del Potro, Nalbandian and Monaco are guaranteed starts fitness permitting, with French Open quarter-finalist Chela and doubles specialist Schwank set to complete the playing quartet. The squad will head for Spain on Thursday. "They are the favourites," Vazquez admitted of the Spanish, who feature world number two Rafael Nadal, "the best claycourter of all time." Nadal missed the Spaniards  win in Mar del Plata in 2008.

Federer targets another record in London

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A year dominated by Novak Djokovic could yet end with another record racked up by the enduring Roger Federer. Victory at the ATP World Tour Finals beginning Sunday will give Federer a sixth title at the season-ending event one clear of Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras. Federer says the record is a "motivation" and that "it s nice to be part of such an elite group" as he prepares for his first group match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Sunday. While Djokovic nurses a shoulder injury, defending champion Federer comes into the London tournament fit and in prime form after winning back-to-back titles in Basel and Paris.

Messi, Neymar, Rooney on FIFA best goal shortlist

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Superstar forwards Lionel Messi, Neymar and Wayne Rooney featured on the 10-goal shortlist published by FIFA on Friday competing to be chosen the best scored in 2011. Messi was nominated for a strike featuring delicate skill for Barcelona against Arsenal in the Champions League; Neymar for a solo goal for Santos against Flamengo; and Wayne Rooney for his overhead kick in a Premier League Manchester derby match. Inter Milan s Dejan Stankovic was nominated for volleying in from 50 meters (yards) against Schalke in the Champions League. United States forward Heather O Reilly was selected for a long-range strike against Colombia in the Women s World Cup. Mexico s Giovani Dos Santos was nominated for his floated chip shot over the United States defense in the Gold Cup final. Zlatan Ibrahimovic made the list for his goal for AC Milan against Lecce in a Serie A match, and Benjamin De Ceulaer was chosen for scoring in a Belgian League match for Lokeren against Bruges. Two more overhead kicks featured: by Julio Gomez for Mexico against Germany at the Under-17 World Cup, and defender Lisandro Lopez in an Argentine league match for Arsenal against Olimpo. Users of FIFA.com and francefootball.fr websites can vote until Dec. 5, when a final shortlist of three goals will be announced. The winner of the award, named for Hungarian great Ferenc Puskas, is announced Jan. 9 at FIFA s annual Golden Ball gala.

Choi clings to one-shot LPGA Titleholders lead

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South Korea s Na Yeon Choi fired a one-under par 71 on Friday to keep a one-stroke lead after the second round of the season-ending $1.5 million LPGA Titleholders tournament. Choi, winner of the LPGA Malaysia last month, opened with a 66 on Thursday and stood on seven-under 137 after 36 holes at Grand Cypress Resort, one stroke in front of Germany s Sandra Gal, who fired her second consecutive 69. South Korean Hee Young Park and American Paula Creamer shared third on 140 with American Wendy Ward next on 141 and World No. 2 Suzann Pettersen of Norway in sixth on 142. Choi opened with a double bogey but regained a stroke with a birdie at the par-3 fourth hole. She answered a bogey at the par-5 sixth with a birdie on the next hole and then added back-to-back birdies to close the front nine and start the back nine. For the second day in a row, Choi closed with a birdie at the par-3 17th and a bogey at the par-4 18th. World number one Yani Tseng, whose 11 global titles this season include seven LPGA crowns, fired a 75 to share 21st on 146. Among those level with her was US teen star Lexi Thompson. American Morgan Pressel, who opened with a 67, stumbled to a 78 in search of her first LPGA victory since Kapalua in 2008. She suffered three double bogeys, one of them on the final hole.

Zakar Ashraf set for India trip

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Pakistan cricket chief Zakar Ashraf said Friday he hoped to visit India next month to further efforts to revive bilateral ties stalled since terrorist attacks on Mumbai three years ago. "I have high hopes of reviving ties with India," Ashraf told AFP on the sidelines of the third day-night match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka here on Friday. "I have received a positive reply from India today and hope to tour next month." Ashraf s comments came on the day when blind teams from both the countries started a low profile series in Pakistan, the first visit by any cricket team to Pakistan in three years. India stalled all bilateral ties with their South Asian neighbours in the wake of terrorist attacks on their commercial hub Mumbai in November 2008, which New Delhi blamed on militants based in Pakistan. But there has been a recent thaw, with Pakistan declaring India "the most favoured nation" and both prime ministers vowing to improve ties during their meeting at the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) conference earlier this month. Ashraf expressed hope he would meet with Narayan Srinivasan, his counterpart in India s Board of Control for Cricket in India. "I have high hopes of a positive meeting and when we can have sporting events like kabbadi and blind cricket with India, why not top level cricket which is already regarded as the most sought after series in the game," said Ashraf, who took over last month. Ashraf said the International Cricket Council (ICC) has already termed India-Pakistan matches as an "iconic series" and everyone is waiting for both the nations to play. As per the ICC Future Tours Programme, Pakistan and India are slated to play in March next year but India s hectic schedule is a big hurdle in the series. But Ashraf hoped a slot will be found. "When there is a will, there is a way and we hope the bilateral ties to resume sooner than later," said Ashraf. Indian ambassador to United Arab Emirates (UAE) Kapanaiah Lokesh, who met Ashraf here Friday, said he will convey the sentiments of people in UAE to New Delhi. "India playing Pakistan is the highlight of international cricket and in the recent positive atmosphere between the two countries it is conducive to play cricket and I will convey this to New Delhi," said Lokesh. "Cricket is in the blood of people in both the countries and it can be used as soft diplomacy as in the past and relationship has improved in the past as well through cricket," said the Indian ambassador. Pakistan s ambassador to UAE Jameel Khan welcomed the prospect of bi-lateral series revival. "People from both India and Pakistan want to see both the teams play and if the venue is UAE we are more than keen to host the matches," said Khan. "It is the most followed series in the world and people should not be deprived of it." Pakistan last toured India in 2007.

Steyn hits back as Australia 296 all out

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Australia was bowled for 296 under an onslaught from South Africa speedster Dale Steyn to throw away a 174-run opening partnership and a dominant position on day two of the second Test on Friday. Australia added just 122 more runs after the opening stand between Shane Watson (88) and Phillip Hughes (88) was broken to hold a first-innings lead of 30 when it looked set for a much bigger advantage at Wanderers. Steyn took 4-64 and Pakistan-born legspinner Imran Tahir 3-55 for his first Test wickets to drag Australia back after Watson and Hughes had hammered South Africa s famed pace attack to all parts in Johannesburg in the morning session. South Africa had to face an uncomfortable few minutes before stumps was called, with Graeme Smith blocking out four balls from Mitchell Johnson before bad light ended another topsy-turvy day in a rollercoaster series. Only Johnson showed prolonged resistance for Australia after Watson and Hughes exited, hitting six fours in his unbeaten 38 from No. 8 to ensure Australia pushed ahead but only just. The tourists have to win at Wanderers to save the two-match series and maintain a proud record in South Africa, where they have won their last four series and haven t lost a Test contest since 1970. Much like the dramatic and rapid opening test at Cape Town which ended inside three days wickets have tumbled in sudden bursts in the second match and it has swung one way and then the other. Australia lost 10 wickets for 127 runs after lunch on Friday after ending the first session in an overwhelmingly dominant position at 169-0.

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