Westminster Dog Show Welcomes

NEW YORK, - The Quiet Pekingese slowly ran to victory on Tuesday at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club show, winning Dalmatian, German Shepherd, Dachshund, and three other dogs to become the first of his breed to win the prestigious annual event since 1990.

Malachi, the four-year-old dog is officially known as Ch. Palacegarden Malachi, a charmed packed Madison Square Garden Arena crowd, who roared their approval when his victory was announced.

Judge Cindy Vogels, who had been sequestered from the two-day competition, has not yet stepped into the ring for the best in the finale of his show, as described in 11-pound Malachi as "super-dog, which was a huge night."

"He was impressive," she said with a dog, which was number one in the toy group during the last two years and has won 115 best in show titles.

"It corresponds to (rock), the standard way ... great tonight, he was perfect," she said.

Pekingese, which attracted a lot of gentle laughter of the crowd with his shock of high-whipped hair, won it with soulful gaze up at the handler, David Fitzpatrick, as he walked around the ring in a deliberate pace that contrasts with the other dogs' trotting gate.

"These gates should be slow and dignified," Fitzpatrick said the toy breed. Earlier in the day, he said, the dog was "very calm and quiet," although he noted that "it is an extrovert in the ring."

Other dogs participating in a best of show round included the Irish Setter, Kerry Blue Terrier, and Doberman pinscher. There is an Irish Setter, Dalmatian or Dachshund has never won best in show at Westminster, the country's second oldest sporting event in the race only for the Kentucky Derby thoroughbred horses.

Fitzpatrick said Malachy, owned by Iris Love and Sandra Middlebrooks as well as himself, would now retire to the life of a house pet. "He won't be doing commercials, he's been working hard enough for the past two years," Fitzpatrick said.

But first, the nation's newest top dog will embark upon a string of television appearances on news and talk shows befitting other celebrities with one name, such as Madonna and Cher.

The handler promised the dog would soon be back to "running around the house and chasing squirrels outside -- all the normal things."

Describing Malachy's nature, Fitzpatrick said "he's dignified, devoted, and a wonderful companion. He's charming."

National Wear Red Day

MILWAUKEE -- American Heart Association National Wear Red marks per day, and thousands of people across Wisconsin will join.

In 1963 he was appointed in February, an American Heart Month. The fight against stroke and heart disease has progressed since then, but there is still work to do.

Since 2004, Red Go for the women's movement focuses on educating women about heart disease, and getting women to understand that heart disease is their major threat to health. In fact, cardiovascular disease, including stroke, are the leading cause of death in Wisconsin. To determine the risk of heart disease and stroke

February, month of the signing of Go Red, and wear red day is just one event is used to disseminate knowledge to women across Wisconsin.

Many local companies are involved in national dress red day, this year includes ProHealth Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, MillerCoors, Northwestern Mutual (February 14) $ Quarles Brady LLP, Robert W. Baird, U.S. Bank - 24 Hour Banking, Wisconsin Athletic Club, and much more.

Many companies use the national dress red day as an opportunity for employees to raise money for the American Heart Association.

Susan G. Komen Pulls Planned Parenthood Funding

Susan G. Komen Pulls Planned Parenthood Funding: (New York)-family planning Wednesday said that he had received more than $ 400,000 from 6000 donors for 12:0 am after news that broke its affiliates will loss grants for breast screenings from Susan G. Komen for the cure, Breast Cancer Foundation.

G. Komen, meanwhile, suffered heated criticism from some members of Congress, many liberal advocacy groups and some newspaper editorial writers. But it was applauded by many conservative religious and anti-abortion groups who hate family planning for its role as a leading provider of abortions in the United States.

Family planning funding, says circumcision was the result of G. Komen succumbing to pressure from anti-abortion activists. G. Komen, in a statement released Wednesday evening, denies that politics played a role and confirmed that his decision was based on new criteria for grant.

Criteria bar grants for any organization, which under local, State or federal investigation. Family planning is under investigation for alleged financial impropriety at Congressman-Republican, acting with the encouragement of anti-abortion groups.

"We regret that these new policies have affected some long-standing grants, such as family planning, but you want to be absolutely clear that our policy decision not to grant," statement by G. Komen said.

He promised to ensure that women, who are in need of breast health services may still have access to them.

Dr. Eric Weiner, a breast cancer specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston who is Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board G. Komen, expressed confidence that the breast screening there would not be jeopardized.

"The last thing in the world that someone at G. Komen wants to make ... is to reduce the resources that are available to women, "he said.

However, some members of the national network of G. Komen were unresolved.

G. Komen Affiliate in Connecticut posted a notice on his website stating that it is "a great partnership with planned parenthood of southern New England, and noting that the financing decision was taken at the national headquarters in G. Komen.

"We understand and share in the disappointment around this situation," said the notice. "We hope that any investigation prohibiting family planning grant from getting resolved promptly G. Komen".

Grant G. Komen said family planning was about $ 680 thousand last year and $ 580 thousand last year, going up to 19 of its affiliates to breast screening for breast cancer and other medical services. According to family composition, its health centres are more than 4 million survey mammary glands during the past five years, including almost 170 thousand as a result of G. Komen grants.

Andrea Hagelgans planned family spokesman, said that the Organization was grateful for the outpouring of support on the evening of Tuesday, when the agency Associated Press first reported in G. Komen.

"People respond more strongly when they see a policy of intervention in the health of women," she said."These donations will continue to contribute to the expansion of the family was important medical care throughout the country, especially the impact of the reduction in G. Komen Affiliates.

Several members of Congress who support abortion rights, expressed alarm at the circumcision of a grant.

"I was puzzled and concerned to see Susan G. Komen g. decision for Treatment to stop funding for life-saving screenings for breast cancer through family planning because of a political witch-hunt House Republicans," said Senator Barbara Boxer, D-California. "I sincerely hope that they will reconsider this decision and place the needs of women in the first place."

Progressive group MoveOn.org has launched an online petition calling for G. Komen to support their grant for family planning. He said 60.000 people were signed in a matter of hours.

G. Komen won against abortion activists, such as Michel Yoest, President of Americans United for life.

"The work of G. Komen has a potential and should not be linked with industry, dealing with death," said Yoest, breast cancer survivors.

She said that have stopped running in the race G. Komen for the cure because of his ties to family planning, but "in the future, I will be participating in races with them to support this courageous decision".

G. Komen, based in Dallas, Texas, and founded in 1982, has invested more than $ 1.9 billion. Since then, scientific research, health care and promotion, becoming the largest breast cancer charity in the country.The race for the Cure events raising funds has become a global phenomenon.

Editorials about the decision by several newspapers were published by G. Komen.

"It's hard to see who the winners are in this mess," it wrote. "As so often happens when their bodies become a political battleground, women ultimately lose."

Egypt In National Mourning After Football Violence Kills 74

Egypt In National Mourning After Football Violence Kills 74:  Egypt began three days of mourning Thursday after 74 people died in an outbreak of violence at a football match, which caused anger against the new military rulers for failing to ensure security.

Egypt's ruling military council has announced three days of national mourning following the deaths of at least 74 people in clashes between rival football fans in the city of Port Said. 

The February 1 violence is being described as the worst case of soccer violence ever in Egypt, and the deadliest worldwide since 1996.

The Government has moved quickly to dismiss port-said head of security while Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzuri summoned his Cabinet for an emergency session later Thursday.

The clashes began as soon as the referee blew the final whistle in the match, which saw the hosts Al-Masri beat Cairo Al-ahly 3-1.

Al-Masri fans flooded the field threw stones, bottles and Fireworks at Al-Ahli backers, causing chaos and panic, as players and fans ran in all directions, trying to escape, witnesses said.

Photos of bleeding players circulated on the Internet.

Shooting was also reported on the main road leading to Port Said from Cairo, and troops have been deployed to prevent further clashes.

State television ran footage of RIOT POLICE tightly stand number as pandemonium erupted around them.

Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said that most of the deaths were caused by doctors, but crush said that some people are slaughtered.

The Ministry of Health said 74 people were killed, including a policeman. Hundreds of people were also reported injured. Police said 47 people were arrested.

The ruling military announced three days of national mourning and Ibrahim dismissed Chief of security of Essam Samak due to violence.

Shares in Cairo fell by 4.6 per cent at the end of morning trade, with the EGX-30 index of leading shares dropped with the opening points 4.688 4.471 item.

Collision, blaming Muslim brothers on supporters of the fallen President Hosni Mubarak came as the country struggles with a wave of incidents related to the low level of security.

Policy, fans and players walked out on social media to express their fury over the clashes Cap a year of political turmoil and unrest after the uprising, dropped Mubarak.

"There are dead people lying on the ground! There are dead people in the locker room, "Al-Ahli striker Emad Meteab told the satellite channel command.

"I will not anymore to play football until these people to justice," furious Meteab said.

Hated the Egyptian police force that recently came under fire for his heavy-handed tactics have been instructed to carefully deal with demonstrators to sources.

State television said military ruler field marshal Hussein Tantawi of Egypt, who came to power when He ousted 11 February last year sent two military planes to fly the players and injuries from port said on Wednesday evening.

He stressed that the security of the country "okay" when he waited at Cairo airport to greet the players and fans.

In Geneva, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he was shocked by the incident.

"This is a black day for football. Such a disastrous situation it is impossible to conceive of and should not happen, "he said.

Policy in Cairo expressed anger at the loss, with the newly elected Liberal Deputy Amr Hamzawy calling for the dismissal of the Minister of the Interior and the Governor of Port Said.

Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest political force, Mubarak accused of inciting supporters to soccer violence.

Events in port said planned and message of old regime, "said MP Essam Al-Erian said in a statement on freedom of Islamist groups and site of Justice Party.

"This tragedy is the result of negligence and lack of army and police, and the responsibility to govern the country," added Erian.

"There are those who consciously want to sow chaos in the country and place obstacles to the peaceful transfer of power."

Since the resignation of Mubarak, Egypt has seen sporadic and sometimes deadly unrest, combined with soaring crimes related to lack of unpopular police that were heavily criticized for their crackdown on protesters during the uprising.

In September, Egyptian soccer fans clashed with police in Cairo Stadium, injuring about 80 people as they chanted slogans against Mubarak and his Interior Minister and now is under investigation for the murder of protesters during the uprising.

Lahore Board Intermediate 1st year result 2011

Lahore Board Intermediate 1st year result 2011: BISE Lahore is expected to announce Inter part 1 result of 2011 on 17 October 2011. The result preparation is in its last and final steps and soon the result gazattes and online result will be provided to the students on 17 October. The result of inter part 1 is always announced after the announcement of inter part 2 result. The result will be available online on BISE Lahore's own website at www.biselahore.com

Any students who fail in inter part 1 result will allowed to continue their studies in inter part 2 and take both inter part 1 and part 2 exams at the same time. However, the students can opt for only part 1 exams if they want. Currently the students who took inter part 1 exams are studying in their part 2 classes as regular or private students. Please keep visiting this page to get all the latest updates on inter part 1 results from BISE Lahore Board. To check the result online, you may like to visit our Inter Part 1 Result Lahore page. Thank you very much and best of luck to all students.

Introduction of BISE Lahore

1. ESTABLISHMENT

Since the emergence of Pakistan on the map of the world, the examinations pertaining to the Matriculation and Intermediate level were conducted under the aegis of University of the Punjab. However, through the promulgation of the Punjab University Act (Amendment) Ordinance 1954, the Board of Secondary Education, Punjab was established in the province which took from the said University control of examinations of Secondary, Intermediate and Pakistani & Classical Languages. The first-ever examination for these stages was conducted in the year 1955.

2. JURISDICTION

(i) At the time of its inception in 1954, the Board inherited vast territorial jurisdictions for conducting examinations in the provinces of Punjab, Baluchistan, Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas. To accommodate overseas candidates, the Board also constituted examination centres at Kuwait and Nairobi (Kenya).

(ii) Current jurisdiction of the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Lahore has been confined to the districts of Lahore, Kasur, Okara, Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib.

3. NEW BOARDS

Owing to tremendous increase in the candidature, two more Boards were established at Multan and Sargodha under West Pakistan Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Multan & Sargodha) Ordinance No.XVII of 1968. As a result of further bifurcation, Boards were also established at Rawalpindi and Gujranwala. The re-construction of the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Lahore has been done through the Punjab Boards of Intermediate & Secondary Education Act 1976 (lately amended by Punjab Ordinance No.XLVII), and presently in the administrative setup of the province, eight Boards are functioning at division level.

4. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE BOARD

The Chairman exercises control over the office of the Board as its principal executive and academic officer and also presides over the meetings of the Board. He is also assisted by two officers of the Board, namely the Secretary and the Controller of Examinations, in administrative matters as well as those related to examinations.

5. VISION STATEMENT

To promote the cause of education through conducting examinations in an extremely fair, unbiased, transparent & judicious environment so that our educated nationals may be able to contribute meaningfully in the competitive world.

6. CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD

According to Clause 5 of the Act, the Governing Body controlling the whole affairs of the office is called the 'Board' which consists of the following members:

(i) The Chairman

(ii) The Vice-Chancellor of the University, or a University Professor nominated by him;

(iii) All Executive District Officers (Education) related to the area within the jurisdiction of the Board;

(iv) The Director of Technical Education, Punjab, Lahore or his nominee;

(v) One representative each of the Finance and Education Departments not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary;

(vi) One Principal of a Degree College situated within the jurisdiction of the Board to be nominated by the Controlling Authority;

(vii) One Principal of an Intermediate College situated within the jurisdiction of the Board to be nominated by the Controlling Authority;

(viii) Two Headmasters and one Headmistress of Schools situated within the jurisdiction of the Board to be nominated by the Controlling Authority; and

(ix) Two persons nominated by the Controlling Authority from amongst scholars and retired educationists.

See more information about Results of different Boards click bellow links

BISE Lahore Board 1st year Result 2011

BISE Gujranwala Board 1st year Result 2011

BISE Rawalpindi Board 1st year Result 2011

BISE Multan Board 1st year Result 2011

BISE Bahawalpur Board 1st year Result 2011

BISE Dera Ghazi Khan Board 1st year Result 2011

BISE Faisalabad Board 1st year Result 2011

BISE Sargodha Board 1st year Result 2011

National Coffee Day: Celebrate with a Free Cup of Joe

Today, they say all those smug, drink tea, to walk, because it is the international day of coffee.

Caribou Coffee, 7-11, Thornton, and Krispy Kreme are making it easier to feed the addiction by giving away free cups of Joe at the national field. (Note the fine print: 7 / 11 "with a free end at 11 am, and caribou, its buy one, one to another for free.)

Although rumored to be involved, Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks said that they will not give away free coffee, prompting one fan to write: "I still love the coffee, and I would still pay for it with a national holiday, coffee, and other people moan and complain and go to 7.11 for the [expletive] free cup of coffee. "

In addition to getting a cup of Java, we invite you to celebrate, remembering where the coffee comes from - the group jumped up and goats.

According to the National Coffee Association, Ethiopian shepherds goats named Kaldi was the first to realize the wonders of coffee: "It is said that he discovered coffee, noticing that his goats, after eating berries from a tree, have become so energetic that they do not want to sleep at night. "

Today, these berries are then harvested and processed; the beans are dried, crushed, export, coffee flavor, roasted, ground and brewed - all to get to the ferry mug in front of you.

Deaths From Cantaloupe Listeria Rise

Deaths From Cantaloupe Listeria Rise: At least 13 people in eight states have died after eating contaminated melons listeria, a deadly outbreak of foodborne illness in the United States more than a decade, health officials said Tuesday.

Many of the deaths involved elderly people who are especially susceptible to aggressive pathogen.

Melons were grown Colorado Company, Jensen Farms, which issued the recall earlier this month. Melons, such as Rocky Ford sold melons, named after the region in Colorado, have been sold across the country.

Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that from the beginning started in late July, at least 72 people ill in 18 states.

The agency said that four people were killed in New Mexico, two in Colorado, two in Texas and one each in Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Death toll may rise as state officials await the results of health tests on other deaths suspected of being part of an outbreak.

Officials said most victims were aged over 60 years. At least two were in their 90s.

Listeria is a common but dangerous bacterium that can cause severe illness, especially among the elderly, very young and people with weakened immune systems. The causative agent can also cause pregnant women to abortion.

Federal officials still do not provide any information about the number of miscarriages or stillbirths associated with the outbreak. Pregnant women are 20 times more likely than other healthy adults to come down with severe infections, according to the CDC

John N. Sofos, professor of food safety at Colorado State University, said that many people who have been infected may have only mild symptoms such as diarrhea. But in other countries, especially the most vulnerable, the bacteria may aggressively out of the gastrointestinal tract and attack the tissues of the muscles or the spinal cord, which leads to much more serious diseases such as meningitis.

For this reason, death in Listeria outbreaks are often much higher than for other forms of foodborne bacteria.

William Marler, a lawyer in Seattle, who represents victims of foodborne illness, said the outbreak could be especially deadly simply because the melon is eaten food of many older people.

"Sometimes in outbreaks, this population is in many foods, which leads to the rooms," Mr. Marler said. "In this case, you have a lot of people 60 and older who consume a melon."

The outbreak was the third worst in the United States attributed to some form of foodborne illness, in terms of number of deaths since the CDC started tracking such outbreaks regularly in the early 1970s.

Deadly outbreaks in the United States since occurred in 1985, when the wave of the disease listeriosis associated with Mexican-style fresh cheese, swept through California. Federal database says 52 deaths have been linked to an outbreak, but the news at the time their number reaches 84.

The second outbreak was the deadliest in 1998 and 1999 when there were at least 14 people and four miscarriages or stillbirths in the Listeria outbreak associated with hot dogs and sausages. Some sources put the deaths in this outbreak reaches 21.

With the updated died on Tuesday, Rocky Ford cantaloupe outbreak exceeded 2008 deaths related to salmonella-tainted peanut and peanut butter manufactured by Georgia Peanut Corporation of America. That outbreak, which has attracted a lot of news, killed nine people and more than 700 people became ill.

A huge outbreak this year in Europe, a rare form of E.coli bacteria to include fenugreek seeds, killing at least 50 people.

Listeria is a common bacteria found in soil, water, decaying plants and manure. The voltage of the body, called Listeria monocytogenes, the first found to cause diseases related to diet in the early 1980s. Since then, only a few Listeria outbreaks have been associated with fresh fruits and vegetables. Most of them were caused by tainted meat or dairy products.

It may take more than two months for person exposed to the bacteria get sick, which means that it is often difficult to identify food that is made of the pathogen.

Unlike some other bacteria, listeria and grows well at low temperatures, which means it can be difficult to remove from the refrigerated rooms used for processing or storage of food.

Food and Drug Administration said that a strain of bacteria found on melons and equipment for packing houses in the Colorado farm. It also found the bacteria on melon in Denver area store. Investigators said they believe that the contamination occurred.

F.D.A. encourages consumers to wash all raw materials, including melon under running water. The company produces, as well as melons, should be removed from produce with a brush. Wash your produce should be dried with a clean cloth or paper towel unused, the agency said.

Web address boom could be search engine boon

Web address boom could be search engine boon:Global Coordinator Internet on Monday approved the creation of the site addresses ending in almost any word, causing one of the biggest ever shocks in how to operate the network.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) overwhelmingly voted for the proposal at a meeting in Singapore, despite fears of a shift will lead to some confusion and favor large companies.
Changes should not be hard to scour the Internet to do because people are looking for, according to Internet search giant Google and its rival Bing.
"Google has extensive experience in rating and return Web pages, regardless of top-level domain (TLD)," Google told AFP, referring to the code after the second point in a web address such as.COM,. Governments and. Org.
"If the best result in non-traditional areas, we still intend to return to this page of our users," the California company said.
Microsoft Online Services division's senior director Adam Sohn said the exemption limit for terminations Web addresses will be "not much" of influence on Bing search engine company.
"When you look at how the search is done, the domains do not have much influence ... On the consumer side, people search using key words or names, not domains," he said.
At the rear, or side indexing, search engines examine the contents, links and many other "signals" to rank pages in search results.
New domain names could drive more traffic to search engines, the more people use them to navigate an amalgam of domain names.
"We believe that the decision to allow anyone to start their own top-level domain has the potential for user common misconception," Google said.
"In order to sort out this confusion, the TLD might actually cause users to access search engines more often." Price $ 185,000 for companies and organizations to apply for general top-level domains can choose to reduce the explosion of web addresses.
Nevertheless, the company will be under pressure to buy domain names just to make sure they are in control of web addresses related to their brand or image.
ICANN chairman Peter Drozd told reporters, naming the new system will be "huge opportunity for people to take control of this aspect of their branding and develop it differently." Observers say global giants such as Apple, Toyota and BMW may be in the forefront of launching a web site with their own domain names ending in ". Apple", ". Toyota" and ". BMW". Cities and trademark owners can do the same.
"Bottom line - the new name almost certainly means nothing special in the search engines," Danny Sullivan of Search news blog Land said in an online message. "They will not have any super powers rating."
ICANN conducted years of tireless leadership for approval of an application for any proposed top-level domains.
Process have arisen after the United States have expressed interest in obtaining the right of veto to prevent the creation of top-level domains such as.Gay men who may be blocked in some countries.
"It was a proposal by a government that has never been picked up by others," he told AFP. "She never went out of phase gossip." One problem was that the country blocking entire domains can lead to the Balkanization of the Internet.
But Drozd dismissed worry, suggesting that adult content on the Internet regardless of the letters come at the end of Web sites.
"The question is the content, which is exactly the same thing," said Drozd. "It does not change when the website becomes. Gay."

12 militants killed in Yemen by shelling

A senior military official said the shelling was meant to clear way for the armed forces to retake the city. The Islamic militants used to counterattack in night raids but have not hit back for three days, the official said. - AP (File Photo)

SANAA, Yemen: Government forces in southern Yemen killed 12 al Qaeda-linked militants and wounded three others in shelling attacks Sunday, officials said.
They said the shelling was concentrated on the Dufas area in Zinjibar, capital of Abyan province. Eight soldiers were wounded in the fighting, according to the military hospital.
Militants are taking advantage of internal strife in Yemen to overrun parts of the country.
A senior military official said the shelling was meant to clear way for the armed forces to retake the city. The Islamic militants used to counterattack in night raids but have not hit back for three days, the official said.
The official said that the Islamic militants planted land mines on the front lines to prevent the army from advancing.
All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.
Local authorities closed the highway that links Aden to Abyan to prevent civilian causalities.
Several days ago, warplanes attacked militant hideouts, killing several fighters. The government also shelled the areas.
In response, the Ansar al-Sharia group listed in a statement the names and ranks of 12 air force and army officers it said it intended to kill for taking part in the attack.
Hundreds of residents of the city of Zinjibar have fled their homes, searching for safe villages in the countryside.
Ali Dahmas, a resident, said that until now the army has not taken decisive measures against the militants. He said, ”Until the political instability in Yemen comes to an end, we will suffer from those Islamic extremists.”
Opponents of President Ali Abdullah Saleh charge that he has allowed the Islamic militants to take over southern cities to show that al Qaeda related militants will gain if he is forced from power.
”The authorities have to prove that they are not collaborating with these groups,” Dahmas said.
Saleh is being treated in Saudi Arabia for serious injuries suffered in a June 3 attack on his palace. In his absence, Yemen’s opposition parties have sought to persuade the ruling party to join them in a transitional leadership that would effectively shut out Saleh, who has resisted pressure at home and abroad to step down.
Yemen’s political turmoil began with anti-government protests in February. The country is the poorest in the Arab world, suffers numerous internal conflicts and is a potential source of instability for neighboring Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich parts of the Arabian peninsula.
For the US and Europe, the main concern is the al Qaeda offshoot that has found refuge in Yemen’s mountainous hinterlands and has been behind several nearly successful strikes on US targets.

One killed in Quetta car bomb blast

Police officer Hamid Shakil said the bomb appeared to have been detonated Monday by a timing device. — File photo

QUETTA: A car bomb exploded near a women’s college Quetta, killing one person and wounding 12 others.
Four of the wounded were in a critical condition. Moreover, four shops were destroyed as a result of the blast.
Police officer Hamid Shakil said the bomb appeared to have been detonated Monday by a timing device. The car was parked near a women’s college in the capital of Balochistan province.
Shakil did not say who was suspected of carrying out the attack nor did he indicate the target.
Balochistan has experienced frequent attacks by nationalists who demand a greater share of the province’s natural resource wealth but car bomb attacks are rare.
The province, which borders Afghanistan, is also widely believed to be home for many Afghan Taliban militants, including the group’s leader, Mullah Omar.

Seven Iraqis hurt as blast hits French embassy car

A witness said the bomb appeared to have been placed under a parked vehicle.

BAGHDAD: Seven Iraqis were wounded as an improvised bomb struck a French embassy car in southern Baghdad on Monday, interior ministry and hospital sources said.
The embassy told AFP the bomb exploded as a single armoured car with four French guards on board was passing by and that no one inside was hurt.
“The bomb targeted a passing French diplomatic convoy. Four Iraqi guards protecting the convoy were hurt, and three people passing by were also wounded,” an interior ministry official told AFP earlier.
A medical source at Ibn Nafis hospital said it had received seven wounded Iraqis, among them four guards.
The bomb struck near the French ambassador’s residence in the Mesbah district of southern Baghdad, and an embassy vehicle damaged by the explosion was left at the site, an AFP journalist said.
“A single armoured vehicle carrying four French embassy guards was damaged by a roadside bomb at 8:17 a.m.,” said Denis Gauer, the French ambassador who recently arrived in Baghdad to take up his post.
“No one in the car was hurt and there is no indication the bomb was especially targetting this vehicle,” he told AFP.
Roadside bombs are common in Iraq, with similar attacks every day.
A witness said the bomb appeared to have been placed under a parked vehicle.
“A bomb under a parked car exploded as soon as a blue 4×4 vehicle from the embassy arrived. The embassy car was hurled forward a few feet,” said Abu Hassan, who witnessed the explosion.
Violence has plummeted in Iraq since its peak in 2006 and 2007, when tens of thousands were killed in clashes between Sunni and Shia Arabs and insurgent attacks. But bombings and kidnappings remain common.
Private security firm AKE Group said last week that attacks have been on the rise since the start of the year, with violent incidents averaging more than 10 a day in May, up from four to five a day in January.
Official figures put the death toll from attacks in May at 177, most of them killed by roadside bombs or with silencer-fitted handguns.
The rise in violence comes with only months to go before US troops, in Iraq since the invasion of 2003, are due to complete a pullout under the terms of a bilateral security pact.
American officials have been pressing their counterparts in Baghdad to decide quickly whether or not to extend the military presence beyond year-end.
The issue is complicated by bickering within Iraq’s national unity government, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki having yet to appoint ministers of defence and interior, 16 months ago after a parliamentary election.

Trial of deposed Tunisian president begins

Ben Ali — accompanied by his wife and two of his children — fled Tunisia for Saudi Arabia in January where he has remained ever since. 

TUNIS: Tunisia’s deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader toppled in a wave of Arab uprisings, went on trial in his absence on Monday, accused of plundering the country among other charges.
The former strongman who denies any wrongdoing faces charges related to theft, drugs and weapons offenses and is to be tried in connection with some 93 cases against him and his entourage.
He could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of the charges.
As a packed court room waited for the trial to begin, a man was evacuated after screaming angry outbursts, an AFP reporter observed.
About 50 people assembled outside the court room building, some in support of the trial others deploring the absence of the former president.
“What are they putting on trial? Air? This makes no sense,” said Mohamed Salah Zaalouni, a waiter who works opposite the criminal court.
Several newspapers dubbed the trial as historic on Monday.
“For the first time in our long history, a president-come bloody and predatory dictator will be judged,” said Tunis-Hebdo.
Monday’s trial is only the beginning of a long legal process that may see top members of Ben Ali’s regime in the dock over allegations including murder, torture, money laundering and trafficking of archaeological artefacts.
Specifically, Ben Ali and his wife Leila Trabelsi are accused of stealing public funds, accusations based on the highly publicised discovery of money and expensive jewellery in their palace in the outskirts of Tunis.
Ben Ali “strongly denies all charges they are trying to press as he never possessed the sums of money they claimed to have found in his office,” his Beirut-based lawyer Akram Azoury said on Sunday.
Of the 93 charges Ben Ali and his inner circle face, 35 will be referred to the military court, justice ministry spokesman Kadhem Zine El Abidine has said.
A murder or torture conviction by the military court carries the death penalty.
Military justice system chief, Colonel Major Marwane Bouguerra, said former interior minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem may find himself named in cases linked to 300 civilian deaths in protests between December 17-January 14.
Ben Ali — accompanied by his wife and two of his children — fled Tunisia for Saudi Arabia in January where he has remained ever since.
The self-immolation in December of Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old street vendor who was complaining of unemployment, unleashed already-simmering popular anger against Ben Ali, his family and his entourage which led to the ouster of the president.
A source close to Ben Ali told AFP that the 74-year-old is currently in the Red Sea city of Jeddah with his wife, his daughter Halima, 18, and his son Mohammed Zine El Abidine, 6.
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal has said the kingdom gave refuge to Ben Ali on condition that he would not use it as a base to conduct political activities.
In a statement released by Ben Ali Sunday said he “hopes with all his heart that Tunisia will overcome its current chaos and darkness and continue its path to progress.”

Russia will not support use of force on Syria: Medvedev

“What I am not ready to support is a resolution (similar to the one) on Libya because it is my deep conviction that a good resolution has been turned into a piece of paper that is being used to provide cover for a meaningless military operation,” Dmitry Medvedev said. File Photo)

MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday Russia will not support the use of force against Syria at the United Nations, speaking about President Bashar al-Assad in sympathetic terms.
“What I am not ready to support is a resolution (similar to the one) on Libya because it is my deep conviction that a good resolution has been turned into a piece of paper that is being used to provide cover for a meaningless military operation,” he said.
Speaking in an interview with the Financial Times whose full transcript was released by the Kremlin early Monday, Medvedev referred to a March vote at the UN Security Council which paved the way for a military operation in the North African country.
“Russia will use its Security Council permanent member rights,” he said, referring to any proposed resolution on the use of force against Syria.
Medvedev said any other statements on Syria including in the UN Security Council were possible but added that he was not sure the time was right for any of them.
“Right now I am not sure that any resolution is needed because a resolution may say one thing but actions would be quite different. The resolution may say: ‘We condemn the use of force in Syria’ and after that planes will take off into the air. “We will be told: ‘Well, it says there that we condemn so we condemned, (and) dispatched a certain amount of bombers there.’ I don’t want it. In any case, I don’t want to have it on my conscience,” Medvedev said.
The Kremlin chief spoke in sympathetic terms about Assad, whose rule has been rocked by protests demanding greater freedoms and democracy since March.
“Syria faces a very tough choice,” he said. “As a person, I feel sorry for President Assad who is in a very difficult situation. As I see it, he wants political changes for his country, he wants reforms.
“But at the same time he is somewhat late with them, hence casualties which could have been avoided and which of course will largely be on the conscience of the authorities. At the same time I understand that if the opposition uses force and shoots at police, any state would take some sort of defensive measures.”

Nato ‘regrets’ first civilian casualties in Libya

“Nato regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives,” said Libyan mission commander Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard



BRUSSELS: Nato on Sunday said it regretted its first civilian casualties in Libya and its second misfire in 24 hours, as strains emerged within the alliance and rebel forces failed to make progress on the ground.
In a statement, the alliance acknowledged responsibility for civilian deaths in a Tripoli bombing raid that left nine dead, including two toddlers.
“Nato regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives,” said Libyan mission commander Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard.
“Although we are still determining the specifics of this event, indications are that a weapons system failure may have caused this incident,” he added.
These first established civilian deaths come as an embarrassment for the alliance whose bombing campaign under a UN mandate is to protect civilians.
The incident also comes a day after Nato said its aircraft mistakenly hit a Libyan rebel column in the area of Brega on June 16, one of several misfires against opposition forces.
After investigating claims of civilian deaths early Sunday by the Qadhafi regime, Nato said it appeared a weapon had failed to strike its intended target.
Journalists had been taken to the Al-Arada district of Tripoli in the dead of night, before 1:00 am (2300 GMT Saturday), to see rescue teams and bystanders desperately searching for survivors among the wreckage of a two-storey block of flats.
An AFP correspondent saw two bodies pulled from the rubble.
Press were then taken to a Tripoli hospital and shown the bodies of a woman and two toddlers who officials said were members of the same family and had died in the raid.
Government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said four passers-by were also killed, bringing the death toll to nine, with 18 people were wounded.
Accusing the alliance of “deliberately targeting civilians,” Ibrahim insisted there were no military targets anywhere near the residential neighbourhood of the capital that was hit.
“Every mission is planned and executed with tremendous care to avoid civilian casualties,” said Nato, which has conducted 11,500 sorties since it took command of the campaign three months ago.
On Saturday, Nato said that after looking into reports that an airstrike hit opposition forces in the Brega region on Thursday, “Nato can now confirm that the vehicles hit were part of an opposition patrol”.
“This incident occurred in an area of conflict between (Moamer) Qadhafi forces and opposition forces,” a statement added.
“We regret any possible loss of life or injuries caused by this unfortunate incident,” Nato said.
The statement said a column of military vehicles including tanks was observed in an area where Libyan strongman Qadhafi’s forces had recently been operating.
Four months after the start of the Libyan uprising, Qadhafi has not loosened his grip on power despite his diplomatic isolation and the Nato campaign.
Insurgents in the eastern desert have not advanced an inch for weeks while the Western alliance is beginning to show signs of strain, with Norway already announcing an end to its participation and criticism mounting in the United States

Bomb threat delays flights in Washington

he control tower in Washington. 

WASHINGTON: A bomb threat made by a woman at the Dayton, Ohio airport caused authorities to search a flight that landed at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC on Sunday, officials said.
The US Airways flight, which was already en route from Dayton International to Washington when the threat was made, landed safely at a far end of Reagan National’s airfield and FBI, the Transportation Security Administration said.
TSA and local law enforcement are now investigating.
According to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Spokeswoman Courtney Mickalonis, all 44 passengers were taken off the plane at 1:00 pm (1700 GMT) and were being questioned by law enforcement officials.
A TSA official said the plane was screened by a bomb squad and turned up negative.
Mickalonis said flights in and out of Reagan National continued after a brief delay, though US Airways spokeswoman Tina Swail said US Airways express flights were experiencing delays.


Govt asks CJ to name head of May 2 inquiry

Federal Law and Justice Secretary Masood Chishti wrote a letter to this effect to Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
It was delivered at the residence of SC Registrar Dr Faqir Husssain on Sunday, reliable sources told Dawn.
On May 31, the government had announced a five-member inquiry commission headed by Justice Javed Iqbal on the Abbottabad raid, but it could not become functional because the SC judge linked his acceptance to approval by the Chief Justice.
When asked if the government would review the names of other four members, a senior government official said the controversy concerned only about the head of the commission and, therefore, it was unlikely “we will change them”.
Other members of the commission are Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, Lt-Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmed, former inspector general of police Abbas Khan and former ambassador Jehangir Ashraf Qazi. Secretary of the Cabinet Division Nargis Sethi has been named as the commission’s secretary.
Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim has expressed his inability to be in the commission. Although a secretariat for the commission was separately announced on June 19, it has not held any meeting so far.
Reacting to the development, PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal told Dawn that with the government now formally asking the Chief Justice to nominate a sitting judge of the Supreme Court to head the commission, “we hope it will also consult the
opposition for a change in the rest of the commission’s complexion”.
The joint parliamentary resolution requires that the Leader of Opposition be consulted before selecting members of the commission and setting terms of references. Therefore, he said, the PML-N would accept the commission only if it was
constituted in true spirit of the May 14 resolution.
Mr Iqbal said the PML-N had rejected the Abbottabad commission since it had been constituted by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani without the ‘mandatory consultation’ with the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
The government came up with its own commission despite the fact that Chaudhry Nisar had written a letter to the prime minister suggesting some names for the commission, the PML-N spokesman said.
The government also came under severe criticism on June 16 when it announced a similar commission to investigate the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad, again without consulting the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) which was demanding an independent inquiry into the brutal killing of Mr Shahzad, moved the Supreme Court, seeking its intervention to determine facts which led to the journalist’s murder.
The PML-N has also expressed reservations about powers of the May 2 commission, saying the terms of reference suggested by the Leader of Opposition in his letter have not been considered. It said it believed the commission would be powerless because the terms of reference set by the government did not empower it to summon any government official or get access to official and sensitive documents.
Chaudhry Nisar had proposed that the commission be constituted under the Commission of Inquiry Act of 1956 and it must submit its report to parliament within 30 days. But, the government’s May 31 notification does not give any timeframe.
According to the notification, the commission’s task is “to ascertain the full facts regarding the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan; investigate circumstances and facts regarding US operation in Abbottabad; determine the nature, background and causes of lapses of the concerned authorities, if any; and to make consequential recommendations”.

Squalor in middle of tourist attraction

SHROUDED in mist and drizzle, Cai Shiqun, 85, stood watching as workers laid granite stones - costing 16 yuan (US$2.47) each, they boasted - on historic Duolun Road. 

Hundreds of visitors swarmed along the popular cultural street in Hongkou District yesterday as six months of renovation work came to an end.

Tourists were eagerly photographing the old Shanghai shikumen-style houses, an architectural style that combines Western and Chinese elements, and sipping coffee beside newly erected bronze statues of famous celebrities who it is said lived in the street.

Passing by "old" shikumen buildings, where the ochre red color is not from brickwork but paint on a concrete exterior, Cai headed down a dark, narrow alley, leading into the "true" Duolun Road.

Away from the tourist-friendly buildings lies a rundown complex, where genuine shikumen homes stand next to more modern buildings, where long cracks running down the walls let rain in, where garbage heaps pile up against walls and residents hang their clothes outside the windows to dry.

This is home to more than 300 households, who struggle during the plum rain season to collect water that pours into their dilapidated apartments, while most tourists are busy photographing the other side of the street.

Song Yuehong, a 55-year-old householder, pointed to a piece of graffiti painted by a resident on a wall, a huge red eye accompanied by a Chinese character for "danger."

Next to the graffiti, a long crack extends from the ground to the top of the wall, damage which Song and many other residents believe has been caused by almost constant renovation projects.

In the past three years, developers have carried out four renovation programs along the 550-meter long street, in a bid to establish it as one of the city's top tourist attractions.

Problems with materials and efforts to improve authenticity have meant the work has been repeated, and householders insist the frequent drilling and digging next to their homes have damaged the buildings. 

The developer, a Fujian Province-based company, has told the residents that it cannot afford to relocate them. 

The problem is complicated by the fact that protected historic homes dating back to 1924 are scattered among more modern residences. 

"The future for Duolun Road is unclear," said Yu Chunjun, an official with the street's management office, which oversees major renovation projects to the street.

"There are too many historic buildings along the street under the protection of the government. The developer cannot remove them to make space for future development." 

In a previous plan, residents were to be relocated so the land could be used to build new batches of apartments and stores, available to buyers, said Yu.

But even with a budget of 2.5 billion yuan, the developer still could not afford to relocate the 300-plus households because many demanded expensive apartments, beyond the scope of proposed compensation packages, claimed Yu.

In the face of this stalemate, the developer called a halt to the project, and opened up the road to antique and jade vendors.

Residents, meanwhile, are left looking for more cash to be put into the area. "We can only hope that more developers with abundant funds will join and bring major changes to the street," said Yu.

Duolun Road is said to epitomize historic architecture of the last century in Shanghai. 

In the early 20th century, many famous Chinese writers, including Lu Xun and Mao Dun, lived there. 

Neighbor stabs male model

A MALE model was stabbed in the face and neck by a neighbor over a household dispute yesterday morning but was out of danger in hospital, Yangpu District police said. 

The 25-year-old was quarreling with a female neighbor over garbage about 9am when her son appeared with a knife. He has been detained.

Dogs destroyed after 14 attacked

A woman shows the scars on her left arm after she was bitten by one of two unlicensed dogs which attacked 14 people in suburban Jinshan District. The two dogs have been destroyed. None of the injured, aged between 10 and 80, is in a life-threatening condition, local officials said. Many of the injured were walking in the street or waiting for buses when the two dogs appeared about 10am, bit people on the legs and arms and ran away. Urban management officials later tracked down the dogs in nearby streets. All the injured received rabies shots in hospital.

Gov't shutdown could hit federal workers in wallet

Gov't shutdown could hit federal workers in wallet: WASHINGTON - The last time there was a shutdown of government workers to take a license from the federal government were able to recover your lost wages. Can not be as lucky this time.

Congress must decide whether the 800,000 public sector employees may recover wages if they are forced to stay out of work. When workers have been sidelined in the recent partial interruption in 1995 and 1996, Congress quickly voted to do together.

But it was during flush economic conditions, and before tea conservative GOP balanced influence lawmakers who seek less government and greater reductions.

"It was a very different time and economy, so very different from the Congress," said Colleen Kelley, president of the National Union of Employees of the Treasury. "I think there is such hostility voiced by many members of Congress today against the federal government and federal agencies."

This view was shared by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., Who predicted that it was "highly unlikely" for government employees to replace the Congress at this time.

"There will be disruptions in our economy throughout the line," said Moran, whose district includes suburbs of Washington, thousands of government employees.

At least one House Republicans dismissed those concerns. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla. He said he is not interested in punishment and vote for federal employees to pay for lost wages.

"In my opinion, the federal government workers, their children and families who do not (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid and Barack Obama think that the closure of a good policy," said Ross, who considers himself like a tea party Republican.

Spokesperson for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, did not respond to requests for comment.

different effects on arrest, depending on where the government is working, have drawn criticism. Under the law, Obama and the legislature will continue to draw salaries, even if the government shuts down.

Sen. Joe Manchin, DW.Va. said the legislature should not be paid if the impasse between the Congress and the arrest of Obama forces. He promised to donate salary to charity or return it to the SU Treasury. And Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, that he did not accept his salary off the Federal Government.

According to the Federal Office for professional management, almost all public employees be placed on the permit decision, except for some workers who provide emergency services or for other work considered essential. Employees who are working under an exception could obtain compensation for hours worked after Congress passed - and signed by the president - the new legislation to fund the government.

But Congress should take a separate decision on whether workers may not need to pay back. When the arrests in 1995 and 1996 ended, Congress passed the pay back so quickly that federal employees never missed a paycheck.

Closing in November 1995, lasted six days and about 800,000 employees placed on leave public. The next partial closure lasted three weeks, from mid-December 1995 and early January 1996, and set off some 240,000 workers.

Thousands of employees of state government have been placed on leave without pay during the last year to relieve the state budget problems. In California, for example, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered state employees to take two days off without pay each month in 2009 and later extended leaves of three days per month.

Why not government employees to take a shot like that? Kelley, chairman of the Trade Union Confederation of Workers' says federal employees are simply spectators caught in the middle of a political dispute, not be able to calculate a plan to save money.

"This is not a budget that tries to cut costs on vacation," she said. "This is a situation where the parties can not agree on a budget. Rather than stepping up and making their work, they just choose to do something and stop the fall of the government. "