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Karachi: Five members of defunct outfit nabbed
Mullen confirms receiving memo from Mansoor Ijaz
Owner of the vehicle used on Karachi blast arrested
Govt totally oblivious to masses problems: Nisar
Eviction notices posted on Occupy London tents
Oil hits $100, first time since July
Euro falls to 5-week low against dollar
Stocks fall as Europe's debt crisis rages on
Formula One: US Grand Prix to be called off: Ecclestone
Ethiopia reaches 2nd round of WCup qualifying
England manager quits after woeful Rugby WCup
Uncapped Boult named in NZ cricket team
India eye Test series win against Windies
Arabs give Syria three days to halt 'bloody repression'
Thousands in Tripoli form human chain, calling for peace

Karachi: Five members of defunct outfit nabbed

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Karachi police and intelligence agencies conducted a joint raid near Ayesa Manzil and arrested five militants of a banned organisation. The security agencies also recovered large quantity of arms including kalashnikovs, hand grenades and pistols from the arrested militants. According to sources, the arrested militants, Abid, Ali Raza, Hassan, Qamber and Ali Abidi, belonged to a banned outfit and were involved in sectarian killings in Karachi. The sources further said that the accused were planning acts of terrorism in Karachi. Police have started investigation.

Mullen confirms receiving memo from Mansoor Ijaz

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Former US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen initially said that he did not know the man who claimed to have delivered him a message from President Asif Ali Zardari nor did he recall receiving any correspondence from him. However, when asked about the memo referred to in the Financial Times column, Captain John Kirby, who was Mullen s spokesman until the admiral stepped down earlier this year, said Mullen initially had no recollection of such a memo but was later able to track it down. "Neither the contents of the memo nor the proof of its existence altered or affected in any way the manner in which Adm. Mullen conducted himself in his relationship with Gen. Kayani and the Pakistani government," Kirby said. "He did not find it at all credible and took no note of it."

Owner of the vehicle used on Karachi blast arrested

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The vehicle was registered in the name of Maqbool Khokhar, resident of Khokhar Muhallah, Hyderabad. The law enforcement agencies have arrested Maqbool, his son Bilal and three others in this regard. According to neighbours, Haji Bilal is a car dealer and he bought the said vehicle 12 years ago which was sold to someone later. The law enforcement agencies have shifted the arrested persons to some undisclosed location.

Govt totally oblivious to masses problems: Nisar

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Opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has strongly berated government for being deaf and dumb (oblivious) to masses’ problems. Addressing the house over a point of order, he accused incumbents of being solely concerned over their own interests, and strongly criticized them for not taking parliament into confidence over granting the status of MFN (Most Favoured Nation) to India. The opposition leader resolved not to let the sanctity of the parliament go waste and said that the prime minister was misusing the Assembly by creating a new precedence of running N.A as his personal bureau office. He also berated the fact that despite severe paucity of electricity, electricity tariffs were being raised to astronomical heights, and was also chagrined over the fact that it was two months since all leaders of Pakistan had signed the resolution regarding APC and also submitted nominations for the implementation committee, while PPPP still lagged The opposition leader also announced that a consensus had been reached between him and the PM regarding appointment of four members for Election Commission, after three days of intensive deliberations. Strongly berating incumbents’ lethargic and disinterested attitude on matters of National importance, he was critical of the fact that all joint resolutions passed in parliament had been rubbished. “The government is incurable, and should not expect opposition’s cooperation like before,” he warned.  “We do not want to listen to sweet-nothings (tall claims) of government, and parliamentarians are not mere herd of sheep and goat,” he chastened.  He outlined the need for a PM who should ensure his constant presence in Assembly, rather than just the one who recorded attendance records and left at whim. Nisar also cited Quranic oaths and declarations of former home minister of Sindh, Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza regarding the sovereignty and security of Pakistan, while the same attitude was totally missing from government quarters.

Eviction notices posted on Occupy London tents

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The notices posted by the City of London Corporation said the encampment was "an unlawful obstruction" of a sidewalk, and asked protesters to take down "all tents and other structures" by 6 p.m. (1800 GMT, 1 p.m. EST) Thursday. Cathedral and city officials had suspended legal action to remove the camp two weeks ago, and offered the protesters a deal to allow them to stay until the new year if they then agreed to leave. But the corporation said Tuesday that talks had failed and it was resuming legal action. If the tents are not removed, the corporation says it will go to court seeking an eviction notice a process that could take weeks or months. More than 200 tents have been pitched outside the famous domed church since Oct. 15 in a protest against capitalist excess inspired by New York s Occupy Wall Street, and the protesters said they would resist attempts to move them. "We will contest it," spokeswoman Naomi Colvin said. "We will be speaking to our legal team and we will be fighting it." The governing Chapter of St. Paul s Cathedral said in a statement that it recognized "the local authority s statutory right to proceed with the action it has today," but would continue to meet with protesters in a bid to find a peaceful solution. Police in the U.S. have been moving in to clear away similar protests, breaking up camps in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, Oakland, California, on Monday and on Tuesday in New York, where about 200 people were arrested. No immediate police action is likely in London as the case moves into the courts.

Oil hits $100, first time since July

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Prices have soared 26 percent since the end of September as the US economy improves and tensions rise in countries that hold some of the world s major sources of crude. The price of US benchmark crude crossed the $100 mark early Wednesday, rising $2.85 to $102.22 per barrel in New York. They jumped by another 2.6 percent after a Canadian pipeline company announced it would ship crude away from a key delivery point in the Midwest. The delivery point in Cushing, Oklahoma, has been historically oversupplied with little access to international oil markets. That appeared to change Wednesday when Enbridge Products Partners L.P. announced it bought a 50 percent stake in the Seaway pipeline from ConocoPhillips for $1.15 billion. The company plans to use it to transport oil from Cushing to refineries along the Gulf Coast, where much of it will be shipped overseas because of rising demand from Latin America. Enbridge expects to bring 150,000 barrels per day to the Gulf s refineries by the second quarter of 2012. It s expected to be expanded to 400,000 barrels per day by early 2013. Fears of another US recession had knocked oil prices from their 2011 peak at $113.93, set on April 29. But a variety of factors have pushed prices back up.

Euro falls to 5-week low against dollar

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The euro fell to a five-week low against the dollar Wednesday on worries that Europe s debt crisis is spreading. The dollar was mixed against other currencies as traders kept their focus on Europe despite some positive economic data in the U.S. Borrowing costs in Italy, Spain and France have risen this week. Higher borrowing costs are a sign that investors are worried that those countries may have trouble paying their debts. On Wednesday, the yield on Italy s 10-year bond was just below 7 percent.  Greece had to seek a bailout from its lenders after its borrowing costs rose that high. Borrowing rates for Spain and France are above 6 percent and 3 percent, respectively. The euro fell to $1.3536 in afternoon trading Wednesday from $1.3543 late Tuesday. It fell to $1.3427 earlier, the euro s lowest point since Oct. 10. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve reported that industrial production rose in October at the fastest rate in three months, a sign that the manufacturing sector is slowly improving. Consumer prices fell in October for the first time since June, and the  National Association of Home Builders said its builder sentiment index rose. Builders were less pessimistic about the housing market in November, but the market remains weak. In other trading, the British pound fell to $1.5789 from $1.5834 late Tuesday. The dollar fell to 0.9145 Swiss franc from 0.9149 Swiss franc and to 1.0178 Canadian dollar from 1.0200 Canadian dollar. The dollar fell to 77.02 Japanese yen from 77.04 Japanese yen.

Stocks fall as Europe's debt crisis rages on

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Investors ratcheted up the pressure on Europe on Wednesday, driving up the interest rates countries pay to borrow money and dumping stocks amid continuing unease over the continent s debt crisis. Tuesday saw a run on both European stocks and bonds as investors questioned the viability of Italian Prime Minister-in-waiting Mario Monti. The respected economist was put in place to right Italy s economy and hopefully stop the spread of the crisis, which is already threatening Spain and even nipping at France. A modest rally in the debt markets initially took hold Wednesday with some speculating that the European Central Bank was buying up bonds to ease pressure after the previous day s carnage. After a couple of rough days, Europe was mostly down again Wednesday. Germany s DAX closed 0.3 percent lower at 5,913.36, while the FTSE index of leading British shares lost 0.2 percent at 5,509.02. France s CAC-40 edged up 0.5 percent to 3,064.90. After huge losses the day before, the euro fluctuated and was down 0.3 percent to $1.3500 by later afternoon. Even a second straight day of positive data from the U.S. wasn t able to take investors  eyes off Europe s crisis. Despite recent reports that showed consumers spending more and manufacturing activity growing, shares on Wall Street opened lower the Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.4 percent at 12,047.50 while the broader Standard & Poor s 500 index fell the same rate to 1,252.68. Only energy prices seemed to be taking note that the world s biggest economy was slowly staging a comeback. Benchmark oil shot up $2.45 to $101.82 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier in the day, Asian markets were also pessimistic about Europe s prospects. Japan s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.9 percent to close at 8,463.16, a six-week closing low. Hong Kong s Hang Seng dropped 2 percent to 18,960.90 and South Korea s Kospi shed 1.6 percent to 1,856.07. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan, and Australia also fell. Mainland China s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 2.5 percent to 2,466.96, its lowest closing this month. The smaller Shenzhen Composite Index dropped 2.6 percent to 1,059.24.

Formula One: US Grand Prix to be called off: Ecclestone

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The Formula One United States Grand Prix is set to be called off even before it has had its first edition the sport s supremo Bernie Ecclestone told the Press Association on Wednesday. Ecclestone said there was no doubt that at the next meeting of the sport s governing body The FIA on December 7 the race due to be raced in Austin, Texas, in November next year would be pulled from the calendar. "Yes, it will be, for sure," said Ecclestone, when asked whether the race would be called off. Ecclestone s remarks came after it was announced on Tuesday that work on the purpose-built circuit - which would have hosted the first Grand Prix in the US since 2007 - has been halted in a dispute among developers, Formula One and promoters. As the Circuit of the Americas issued a statement on Tuesday confirming construction had been halted, the project was dealt another blow when Texas state comptroller Susan Combs said in a statement that $25 million in state money for the event won t be paid in advance. A statement issued by the circuit said construction would be halted "until a contract assuring the Formula One United States Grand Prix will be held at Circuit of The Americas in 2012 is complete. Ecclestone said no contract had been issued because he had yet to receive a guarantee or letter of credit that he would be paid.

Ethiopia reaches 2nd round of WCup qualifying

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Ethiopia became the final team to reach the second round of African qualifying for the 2014 World Cup after beating Somalia 5-0 in the second leg of their first-round match. The win gave Ethiopia a 5-0 aggregate win after a 0-0 draw in the first leg. Striker Omod Okwury opened the scoring in the fifth minute Wednesday, although Ethiopia didn t score again until the 62nd when Shimeles Bekele netted twice in three minutes. Getaneh Kebede also had a brace in the 87th and 90th minutes to eventually take the host through comfortably. Ethiopia joins 11 more of Africa s lowest-ranked countries in the second round of qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where they will now compete with the continent s top 28 teams in a main group stage. Five teams will qualify from Africa for football s showpiece.

England manager quits after woeful Rugby WCup

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Martin Johnson resigned as England manager on Wednesday, unwilling to recommit to the team in the wake of a shambolic Rugby World Cup campaign overshadowed by indiscretions on and off the pitch. "I think it s in the best interests of myself and the England team that I don t carry on into next year," Johnson said at a news conference at Twickenham. He didn t want to renew his three-and-a-half-year contract which will expire in December. A series of lurid headlines followed England around New Zealand before a limp quarterfinal exit against France in October. "I ve tried to take emotion out of a lot of (the decision) and the disappointment," Johnson said. "The off-the-field things during the World Cup didn t help. They portray the team in a bad light, and not an accurate light, but you can t get away from that. "This is my call, and if I hadn t made it someone might have made it for me." Johnson was referring to two reviews by the Rugby Football Union into the World Cup campaign, which included his debrief last week with his assistants. The first findings are to be revealed on Thursday, and they aren t expected to be kind to Johnson. He didn t act decisively on the indiscretions in New Zealand even though he said he would before the tournament. But on Wednesday he said he didn t feel let down by the off-the-field acts of some players in New Zealand because they were a team, there was no "tipping point" in his decision and, contrary to popular belief, he said he had no interference from the RFU throughout his tenure and at the World Cup and did everything on his terms. He said he d considered his options before the World Cup, so this was "not a knee-jerk decision, but a considerate, thoughtful decision."

Uncapped Boult named in NZ cricket team

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The 22-year-old left-armer joins a 13-man squad which also features the return from injury of swing bowler Tim Southee and top-order batsman Jesse Ryder. The remaining 10 members of the squad were involved in New Zealand s 34-run test win over Zimbabwe in Bulawayo last week. New Zealand will play Australia A in a four-day warmup match at Allan Border Field, Brisbane from Nov. 24 before tests at Brisbane s Gabba ground from Dec. 1 and Hobart from Dec. 9. Boult joins a New Zealand pace attack that includes Chris Martin, who took his 200th test wicket in the test against Zimbabwe, and Doug Bracewell, who made his debut in that series. Former captain Daniel Vettori is the squad s only specialist spinner. "We were keen to show consistency in selection for the tour of Australia and retain the nucleus of the side that performed well against Zimbabwe," selection manager Kim Littlejohn said. "In choosing our squad we decided to go with 13 players and will consider adding another seamer before the first test. That will largely depend on how the players pull up after the warm-up match." Boult, of Northern Districcts, was a member of New Zealand Cricket s fast bowling winter camp before being offered a central contract for the 2011-2012 season. New Zealand squad: Ross Taylor (captain), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Dean Brownlie, Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Daniel Vettori, B.J. Watling, Kane Williamson, Reece Young.

India eye Test series win against Windies

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India strengthened their chances of winning the second Test and the series despite the West Indies  improved batting show after a first-innings collapse on the third day on Wednesday. The West Indies, dismissed for 153 in their first innings in reply to India s mammoth 631-7 declared, did better in their second innings to reach 195-3 at stumps at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The tourists, who lost the opening Test of the three-match series by five wickets in New Delhi, face a stiff task to save the match as they still trail by 283 runs with seven wickets in hand. Darren Bravo was unbeaten on 38 with the help of three sixes and Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 21 not out. Opener Adrian Barath (62) and Kirk Edwards (60) defied the Indian attack with a 93-run stand for the second wicket after the early dismissal of Kraigg Brathwaite (nine), who was caught behind off paceman Umesh Yadav. Barath and Edwards played some attractive shots before fast bowler Ishant Sharma broke the stand immediately after the tea-break when he had Barath caught by Venkatsai Laxman, who held a low catch to his left at first slip. Barath hit 10 fours in his third Test half-century. Sharma struck again when he removed Edwards, trapped leg-before after hitting one six and six fours in his second Test half-century. India gained the big advantage through their bowlers in the morning session as the West Indies could add just 119 runs in 36 overs after resuming at 34-2, with left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha finishing with 4-64. Yadav, who took one wicket on Tuesday, struck twice in the morning to finish with 3-23 in only his second Test match, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bagged 2-49. The West Indies  batsmen failed to apply themselves in the first innings on a pitch offering turn and bounce to spinners, with Bravo top-scoring with 30. Ashwin and Ojha did the early damage when they took one wicket each before Yadav jolted the West Indies by removing Bravo and Marlon Samuels (25) in successive overs.

Arabs give Syria three days to halt 'bloody repression'

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The Arab world called Wednesday for urgent action to protect Syrian civilians from an eight-month protest crackdown, giving President Bashar al-Assad three days to halt the "bloody repression." That came as a raid by army defectors on a military base highlighted the scale of the challenge to Assad at home, prompting the United States to warn that violence by the opposition is playing into his regime s hands. Despite Syrian promises to the contrary, the embassies of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates in Damascus were attacked by pro-Assad crowds on Wednesday. With the foreign ministers in Rabat saying their patience had run out, the Arab League gave the Assad regime three days to halt violence or face economic sanctions, Qatar s prime minister said. The 22-member League is "giving the Syrian government three days to stop the bloody repression" of its civilian population, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani told a news conference after a meeting of member states in Rabat. "But if Damascus does not agree to cooperate with the League, sanctions will be adopted against Syria," he said, adding that the Arab states had "almost reached the end of the line" with Damascus. "I don t want to speak about last chances so (the regime) doesn t think it is being given an ultimatum but we are almost at the end of the line," he said. "The Syrian government must agree to Arab League decisions and stop the blood bath in Syria," he said. "We do not interfere in Syria s internal affairs... but the blood bath must be stopped." Syria was suspended by the League at the weekend, and refused to turn up at the meeting, which was also attended by Turkey, its northern neighbour. In a statement after what was labelled the Turkish-Arab cooperation forum, ministers declared they were "against all foreign intervention" but said it was time for urgent measures.

Thousands in Tripoli form human chain, calling for peace

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Thousands of Libyans in central Tripoli form a human chain, calling for peace and unity after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Those linking hands in the 8 kilometres (5 miles) chain from Tripoli s Mitiga airport to Martyrs  Square in the centre of the city, included policemen, doctors, nurses and representatives from Libya s different tribal groups. "This event is for the international day of forgiveness and we are calling for an end to violence and disagreements," said Ali Mohammed Irgebbi, one of the organisers of the event. Tripoli resident, Miloufa al-Badri, said she took part to show that Libya was united after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. "We are here to participate in the national day of peace and unity and this is a message for all Libyans all over the world that we are all united and we do all stand together," she said. Wednesday s show of unity comes just days after violent clashes near Tripoli between rival armed groups killed several people. Although Gaddafi is dead, many of the rebel militias that fought to topple him are still armed and will not hand in their weapons until a national army is formed.

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