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- US looks forward to working with new Pakistan PM
- June 24 public meeting of Pakhtuns would be successful: Altaf
- Germany beat Greece 4-2 to reach semifinals
- Human Tower group makes its New York debut
- Oil prices rebounds agter tumbles
- Euro rises vs dollar as ECB eases bank lending
- US experts predict higher sea level rise: study
- Djokovic, Federer drawn to meet in Wimbledon semis
- Kim Clijsters withdraws from Unicef Open
- Syria shot down Turkish fighter jet, says Ankara
- Rafiq becomes first Asian to lead Yorkshire
- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf takes oath of Office
- Raja Ashraf's election as PM a shame: Imran
- Japan wants power cut in industrial sector
- Sony to inject $623 million into troubled Olympus
| US looks forward to working with new Pakistan PM Posted: <p> </p><p>The United States on Friday said it looks forward to working with the new Pakistan Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, who was elected to the office by the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>“We are pleased that the leadership issue appears to have been settled. We obviously look forward to working with the new prime minister,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said, hours after Ashraf’s election as head of the government in a parliamentary vote.</p><p> </p><p>The spokesperson hoped that this (election) will “open space to continue to roll up our sleeves and get back on track with all of the things” that the US wants to work with Pakistan on.<br /> </p>
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| June 24 public meeting of Pakhtuns would be successful: Altaf Posted: <p> </p><p>Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that the public meeting of the Pakhtun people being held on June 24 in Jinnah Ground Azizabad would prove to be a landmark for the people of the country, particularly for the Pakhtun people.</p><p> </p><p>The public meeting would give a message of brotherhood and love to all the nationalities including the Pashtuns, he said in a statement issued by MQM here on Friday.</p><p> </p><p>He commended the workers and office-bearers of Provincial Organizing Committee working actively for making the public meeting successful.</p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile, the MQM coordination committee members visited Jinnah Ground to review the arrangements for the public gathering.<br /> </p>
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| Germany beat Greece 4-2 to reach semifinals Posted: <p> </p><p>A trio of second-half goals put Germany into the European Championship semifinals for a record seventh time Friday after a 4-2 win over Greece.</p><p> </p><p>Philipp Lahm gave Germany the lead in the 39th minute before Georgios Samaras equalized for Greece in the 55th. But Sami Khedira, Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus all scored to pull Germany clear. Greece scored a consolation penalty in the 89th through Dimitris Salpigidis.</p><p> </p><p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel made the trip for the match and stood to cheer every time her team scored.</p><p> </p><p>The match was played amid a political background between the countries. Germany has been a major contributor to economic bailouts for Greece and was instrumental in demanding unpopular spending cuts.<br /> </p>
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| Human Tower group makes its New York debut Posted: <p> </p><p>New York s skyscrapers were challenged with the rise of a 150-member human tower. Known as castells in Spain, the group called Castellers de Vilafranca has been performing around New York City for a week. While in Manhattan the team broke a world record by building the first eight-level castell ever.</p><p> </p><p>Each tower is an example of concentration, strength and balance and takes roughly 5-7 minutes to build and collapse. The tower is formed by a succession of wedding cake like tiers, which get smaller as the tower gets higher. The layers form as members literally climb over their teammates bodies, and then is topped by a nine year old child.</p><p> </p><p>Accompanying each build is inspirational Catalonian music played by a quartet.</p><p> </p><p>The Castellers de Vilafranca is said to be one of Spain s best and has released a documentary film on their history called "The Human Tower."<br /> </p>
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| Oil prices rebounds agter tumbles Posted: <p> </p><p>Oil prices regained some ground Friday after two days of sharp losses, but the mix of strong production in North America and expectations of dampened global demand kept a lid on prices.</p><p> </p><p>In New York West Texas Intermediate crude for August delivery ended $1.56 higher at $79.76 a barrel.</p><p> </p><p>London s benchmark Brent crude for August delivery added 90 cents to $90.98 a barrel, after hitting an 18 month low of $88.49 a barrel in early deals.</p><p> </p><p>The prices were still well below those of a week ago, when WTI was at $84 and Brent nearly $98.</p><p> </p><p>"Oil market sentiment has worsened significantly over the past week," in part "by a hardening of attitudes over the likely duration and scale of euro area problems," said Barclays Capital analyst Amrita Sen.</p><p> </p><p>Demand expectations lost ground this week after data signalled more weak economic growth in the United States, China and Europe, and US Energy Department figures showed an unexpected expansion of stockpiles as Canadian and US production mounts.<br /> </p>
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| Euro rises vs dollar as ECB eases bank lending Posted: <p> </p><p>The euro is rising against the dollar as the European Central Bank said it would make it easier for banks to take out loans by allowing more kinds of securities to be used as collateral.</p><p> </p><p>The euro rose to $1.2566 in afternoon trading from 1.2558 late Thursday.</p><p> </p><p>The European Central Bank is trying to make it easier for banks in the region to lend to people and businesses. It s a way to try and help boost Europe s economy.</p><p> </p><p>The dollar is mixed against other currencies. The British pound fell to 1.5585 from 1.5594. The dollar rose to 80.40 Japanese yen from 80.29 yen.</p><p> </p><p>The dollar fell 0.9560 Swiss franc from 0.9566 Swiss franc and to 1.0264 Canadian dollar from 1.0280 Canadian dollar.<br /> </p>
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| US experts predict higher sea level rise: study Posted: <p> </p><p>Global sea levels could rise two to three times higher over the next century than previously estimated, according to a study released Friday by the US National Research Council.</p><p> </p><p>A committee of experts evaluated that latest UN estimates and updated them with new data on polar ice-cap melting that is believed to be speeding up sea level rise around the world.</p><p> </p><p>By 2100, the NRC estimates that global sea levels will rise between 20-55 inches (50 and 140 centimeters).</p><p> </p><p>The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change s projection in 2007 had predicted a fraction of that, at seven to 23 inches (18-59 centimeters) worldwide.</p><p> </p><p>Researchers said the wide range within each estimate is due to increasing uncertainty about sea level projections as they attempt to assess what may happen further and further into the future.</p><p> </p><p>In the near term, the NRC predicted a global sea level rise of three to nine inches (eight to 23 centimeters) by 2030 (over the 2000 level) and seven to 19 inches (18 to 48 centimeters) by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The committee was convened by an executive order from the state of California to assess sea level rise in order to inform preparations for coastal impact, and to make the first detailed predictions for the US West Coast.</p><p> </p><p>The NRC found that the sea level was projected to rise faster than global estimates in much of southern California due to land erosion and subsiding coastline.</p><p> </p><p>But the northern part of the state as well as the coasts of Oregon and Washington could see less of an impact than the rest of the world because of shifts in the Earth that are causing the coasts there to rise, it said.</p><p> </p><p>"The lower sea levels projected for northern California, Washington and Oregon coasts are because the land is rising largely due to plate tectonics," said the report.</p><p> </p><p>"In this region, the ocean plate is descending below the continental plate at the Cascadia Subduction Zone, pushing up the coast."</p><p> </p><p>More severe weather events are expected to accompany higher sea levels, and a major earthquake in northern California could cause a sudden sea level rise of one meter (yard) or more, the report said.</p><p> </p><p>Robert Dalrymple, committee chair and professor of civil engineering at Johns Hopkins University, noted that "as the average sea level rises, the number and duration of extreme storm surges and high waves are expected to escalate, and this increases the risk of flooding, coastal erosion and wetland loss."</p><p> </p><p>The NRC study was jointly sponsored by the states of California, Washington and Oregon, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Geological Survey.<br /> </p>
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| Djokovic, Federer drawn to meet in Wimbledon semis Posted: <p> </p><p>Random as Grand Slam tournament draws are meant to be, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer keep bumping into each other in major semifinals, and it could happen again at Wimbledon.</p><p> </p><p>The No. 1-seeded Djokovic, the defending champion, and No. 3 Federer a six-time winner at the All England Club were placed in the same half of this year s field Friday. They ve played in the semifinals at five of the past seven Grand Slam tournaments, with Djokovic holding a 4-1 edge, including a victory two weeks ago at the French Open.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray are making a habit of major semifinal meetings: Wimbledon could make the fifth time in nine majors they ve played at that stage. Nadal is 4-0 against Murray in that stretch, including at the All England Club in 2010 and 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The potential men s quarterfinals at Wimbledon, where play begins Monday, include Djokovic vs. No. 6 Tomas Berdych, the 2010 runner-up; Federer vs. No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic or No. 11 John Isner, the big-serving, 6-foot-9 American best known for beating Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set of the longest match in tennis history; two-time champion Nadal vs. No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; and Murray vs. No. 7 David Ferrer or No. 9 Juan Martin del Potro.</p><p> </p><p>Isner, it so happens, could wind up with a second-round match against Mahut an annual occurrence at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. After their 11-plus-hour marathon in the first round in 2010, they met again in the first round last year.</p><p> </p><p>The women s quarterfinals set up by Friday s draw are No. 1 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 8 Angelique Kerber; No. 6 Serena Williams, a four-time champion, vs. Petra Kvitova, the defending champion; No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska or Venus Williams vs. No. 5 Sam Stosur; and No. 2 Victoria Azarenka vs. No. 7 Caroline Wozniacki.</p><p> </p><p>Sharapova and four-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams could meet only in the final which would be a rematch of 2004, when Sharapova won her first major title.</p><p> </p><p>Coming off a French Open championship that completed a career Grand Slam, Sharapova managed to avoid plenty of top players who wound up on the other half of the bracket, including Kvitova, Wozniacki, Julia Goerges, Ana Ivanovic and Marion Bartoli.</p><p> </p><p>Sharapova s toughest early test might come in the second round against 40th-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria, who upset Venus Williams en route to the semifinals at Wimbledon in 2010, then got to the quarterfinals last year.</p><p> </p><p>Venus Williams, unseeded at Wimbledon for the first time since she made her tournament debut at age 17 in 1997, could face Radwanska in the second round a rematch of their second-round meeting at the French Open, won by Radwanska.</p><p> </p><p>Kim Clijsters, also unseeded this year after missing three months with injuries, was drawn to face another former No. 1, Jelena Jankovic, in the first round. <br /> </p>
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| Kim Clijsters withdraws from Unicef Open Posted: <p> </p><p>Kim Clijsters withdrew from the Unicef Open before the semifinals on Friday because of a stomach muscle strain, saying she did not want to jeopardize playing in her last Wimbledon before retirement.</p><p> </p><p>Clijsters physiotherapist, Sam Versleghers, said the 29-year-old Belgian felt the injury on Thursday during her tough two-set quarterfinal against Francesca Schiavone.</p><p> </p><p>The announcement came just hours before Clijsters was due to play Urszula Radwanska, who subsequently advanced to the final.</p><p> </p><p>"This is a decision taken with my head, not my heart," Clijsters said in a statement. "But preventatively withdrawing from this tournament is the right decision. I am definitely going to play at Wimbledon."</p><p> </p><p>The four-time Grand Slam winner is unseeded at Wimbledon for the first time since 2000 and has a tough first-round draw against 18th-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.</p><p> </p><p>Clijsters said earlier this year she intends to retire after the US Open, which she won in 2005, 2009 and 2010. She also won the Australian Open in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>On court Friday, Philipp Petzschner of Germany beat Xavier Malisse of Belgium 7-5, 7-5 to become the first finalist.</p><p> </p><p>He will meet top-seeded David Ferrer in Saturday s final after the Spaniard beat Benoit Paire of France 7-6, 3-6, 6-1.</p><p> </p><p>Kirsten Flipkens kept Belgian hopes alive by beating Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a quarterfinal halted by rain on Thursday night, but she later lost 6-4, 6-2 to Nadia Petrova of Russia.<br /> </p>
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| Syria shot down Turkish fighter jet, says Ankara Posted: <p> </p><p>Turkey said its air force jet that disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea on Friday was shot down by Syria, in an action likely to worsen already strained relations between the neighboring countries.</p><p> </p><p>A statement following a two-hour security meeting led by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the warplane that went missing near Syria was downed by Syrian forces and that the two Turkish pilots remain missing. It said Turkey "will determinedly take necessary steps" in response, without saying what they would be.</p><p> </p><p>Turkey has joined nations such as the U.S. in saying that Syrian President Bashar Assad should step down because of the uprising in his country. </p><p> </p><p>Turkey also has set up refugee camps on its border for more than 32,000 Syrians who have fled the fighting.</p><p> </p><p>"Following the evaluation of data provided by our related institutions and the findings of the joint search and rescue efforts with Syria, it is understood that our plane was downed by Syria," the statement said, without providing other details.</p><p> </p><p>It was not clear what action Turkey might take, but after a cross-border shooting by Syrian forces earlier this year Turkey said it would not tolerate any action that it deemed violating its security.</p><p> </p><p>The downing of the F4 plane was likely to further escalate tensions. Turkey s military provided no details on the plane s mission, but some Turkish TV reports said it was on a reconnaissance flight.<br /> </p>
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| Rafiq becomes first Asian to lead Yorkshire Posted: <p> </p><p>Azeem Rafiq became the first cricketer of Asian origin, and the youngest player in the county s history, to captain Yorkshire when he led them in a Twenty20 match away to Durham at Chester-le-Street on Friday.</p><p> </p><p>The 21-year-old Karachi born off-spinner was deputising for Andrew Gale after Yorkshire s regular captain was ruled out with a hip-muscle injury.</p><p> </p><p>Rafiq, who came to Britain as a boy, has captained throughout his time in cricket having led England s Under-15 and Under-19 sides, the latter at the World Cup in 2010. </p><p> </p><p>He has also captained Yorkshire s second team this season and led first teams in pre-season friendlies, both at home and abroad. </p><p> </p><p>However, his career has also been beset by controversy.</p><p> </p><p>Two years ago he was banned from all matches for a month after verbally abusing England Under-19 coach John Abrahams on Twitter when he was dropped from the side to play Sri Lanka after breaking a curfew.</p><p> </p><p>Rafiq made his Yorkshire first-team debut in a Twenty20 match against Nottinghamshire in 2008 but it subsequently emerged he was not properly registered and, at the time, did not have a British passport.</p><p> </p><p>That meant that under England and Wales Cricket Board regulations, he was ineligible to play for the county and Yorkshire were expelled from that season s Twenty20 competition. </p><p> </p><p>But Rafiq went on to score a first-class century for the county in only his second match.</p><p> </p><p>Yorkshire used to insist only players born in the county could represent the club, a policy only abandoned in 1992 when India great Sachin Tendulkar became their first overseas signing.</p><p> </p><p>The county boasts a large Asian population but the cricket club has been accused of not doing enough to promote players from Asian backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>However in recent years the likes of leg-spinner Adil Rashid, recently ousted from the first team by Rafiq, and paceman Ajmal Shahzad, who this season has joined arch-rivals Lancashire on loan, have played for Yorkshire.<br /> </p>
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| Raja Pervaiz Ashraf takes oath of Office Posted: <p> </p><p>Newly elected Prime Minister took oath at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday.</p><p> </p><p>Twenty-seven Ministers and eleven Ministers of State also took oath. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to them.</p><p><br />The Ministers who took oath include Rana Farooq Saeed‚ Sardar Al-Haj Muhammad Umar Gorgage‚ Firdous Ashiq Awan‚ Hina Rabbani Khar‚ Samina Khalid Ghurki‚ Makhdoom Shahabuddin‚ Syed Naveed Qamar‚ Farzana Raja‚ Engineer Shaukatullah‚ Syed Khursheed Shah‚ Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani‚ Babar Khan Ghauri‚ Israrullah Zehri‚ Arbab Alamgir‚ Ghulam Ahmad Bilour‚ Qamar Zaman Kaira‚ Farooq H Naek‚ Ch. Pervaiz Elahi‚ Makhdoom Amin Faheem‚ Abdul Hafeez Shaikh‚ Ch. Ahmad Mukhtar‚ Mian Manzoor Watto‚ Nazar Muhammad Gondal‚ Dr. Farooq Sattar‚ Haji Khuda Bakhsh Rajar‚ Maula Bakhsh Chandio and Changez Jamali.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministers of State who took oath are Tasneem Ahmad Qureshi‚ Chaudhary Imtiaz Safdar Warraich‚ Abbas Khan Afridi‚ Dost Muhammad Mazari‚ Saleem Haider Khan‚ Nawabzada Malik Ammad Khan‚ Moazzam Ali Jatoi‚ Malik Azmat Khan‚ Syed Samsam Ali Bukhari‚ Dr. Nadeem Ahsan and Raheela Baloch.</p><p> </p><p><br />The ceremony was attended by Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza‚ Chairman Senate Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari‚ Parliamentarians and high ranking officials.<br /> </p>
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| Raja Ashraf's election as PM a shame: Imran Posted: <p><br />Now the doubt has been shunned away that the rulers are exploiting the country for their vested interests.</p><p><br />While addressing a public rally in Hyderabad, he said that now the people would have to take the decision that either they want rulers or country.</p><p><br />He said the people who casted their vote to Raja Riaz, they are actually staunch opponent of the country. The wealth of the ruling class is on rise while the people’s standard of living is going down and down, he said.</p><p><br />“I have come to Hyderabad in order to defeat this cruel system which has made the lives of people full of sufferings and agonies”, he said. </p><p> </p><p>Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said that Raja Pervaiz devoured four billion rupees out of rental power projects. Despite taking legal action against him, President Zardari has made him the prime minister of the country.</p><p><br />He said that Imran Khan is a ray of hope in the country which has been mercilessly looted by its rulers. The PTI has brought message of love, fraternity, peace and prosperity for their brothers. We don’t believe in caste and colour system; rather establishment of pure democratic system based on equality and justice is out goal, he emphasised.</p><p><br />Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the entire nation is waiting for diet, dress and dwelling, adding that Asif Ali Zardari has buried the philosophy of ZA Bhutto.</p>
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| Japan wants power cut in industrial sector Posted: <p> </p><p>This step is being taken as the country grapples with a power shortage in the aftermath of last year s Fukushima atomic crisis.</p><p> </p><p>A week after ordering the restart of two nuclear reactors, ending a brief period without any atomic power generation, the government said the expected shortfall would not be quite as bad as earlier thought.</p><p> </p><p>Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and other senior ministers had previously said they wanted a 15 percent cut in peak electricity usage in and around the industrial hub of Osaka in western Japan from July to September.</p><p> </p><p>But the bringing back online of two idled reactors at Oi has eased the expected crunch. The reactors are due to begin generating power in late July.</p><p> </p><p>A power-saving order was issued last year as nuclear plants began to be shuttered in response to public disquiet over the technology in the months following the tsunami-sparked meltdowns at Fukushima.</p><p> </p><p>But the cuts sparked complaints from businesses and fears manufacturers would move production overseas.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the quake-tsunami sparked Fukushima crisis, nuclear power supplied a third of Japan s electricity needs. In the months since, power companies have been increasingly dependent on imported -- and expensive -- fossil fuels.</p><p> </p><p>Policymakers fear Japan s electricity demand could outstrip supply as summer temperatures soar and air-conditioners get cranked up, a worry for companies already battling uncertain economic times both at home and abroad.<br /> </p>
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| Sony to inject $623 million into troubled Olympus Posted: <p> </p><p>Japan s Sony will inject about $623 million into troubled Olympus as the camera and medical equipment maker rebuilds its finances after a massive cover-up scandal, reports said Friday.</p><p> </p><p>The 50-billion-yen deal would make Sony the single biggest Olympus shareholder with more than 10 percent of its stock, according to the Nikkei business daily, public broadcaster NHK and other Japanese media.</p><p> </p><p>The Nikkei said the firms are planning to reach a final deal by next month, but the two firms declined to comment on the story.</p><p> </p><p>The latest reports come after earlier stories pegged Sony, rival Panasonic and Fujifilm among the likely candidates to invest in the scandal-hit firm.</p><p> </p><p>Olympus has announced a major overhaul that includes cutting about seven percent of its workforce, while its new chief has publicly said he is seeking a capital injection to shore up its finances.</p><p> </p><p>Olympus s reputation, and Japan s corporate governance image, were badly damaged after its British former chief executive blew the whistle last year over $1.7 billion worth of losses that the company had moved off its balance sheet.</p><p> </p><p>The firm initially denied allegations it had used past acquisitions and outsized consultant fees to hide the huge losses dating back to the 1990s, but eventually admitted wrongdoing.</p><p> </p><p>In March, the company and three former senior executives -- including ex-president Tsuyoshi Kikukawa -- were charged over their role in the scandal.</p><p> </p><p>The reports on Friday said Sony, which itself is struggling after posting a record loss in its latest fiscal year, may want to team up with Olympus on camera technology and its medical equipment business.</p><p> </p><p>Best known as a camera maker, Olympus is also a leader in the health care field -- including a near two-thirds share of the global endoscope market -- which Sony has said it would expand as part of its own overhaul.</p><p> </p><p>Olympus has been searching for a potential investor as its balance sheet deteriorated since the accounting scandal, reporting a net loss of 48.99 billion yen in the fiscal year to March.</p><p> </p><p>The company s shares rose 1.7 percent on Friday to 1,190 yen in Tokyo trade.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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