Policeman among nine held in Karachi

[BATKHELA-MOVIES] KARACHI: Police have arrested nine accused including a police official involved in street crime, dacoity and possessing arms and drugs from different parts of the metropolis, Geo News reported. 

SSP Central Asif Qaimkhani told that people held an accused looting the citizens red-handed from North Nazimabad Block-L and handed him over to police.

According to DSP Altaf Hussain, an accused was arrested from Sir Syed town area. Police also seized a pistol from his custody.

In another incident an accused was held in Baldia Town. Drugs were recovered from his custody.

Police apprehended an accused wanted to Mehmoodabad police in several cases from Mochhko.

Three others including a policeman involved in street crime were held from F.B. Area Block-11. Three TT pistols, 15 snatched mobiles and motorcycle were seized from their possession.

Similarly, two accused involved in street crime were attested from Awami colony. Police recovered two TT pistols and 12 snatched cell phones from their custody.

Police have registered separate cases and started further investigation.

China launches unmanned spacecraft

[batkhela-movies]BEIJING: China said it successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday, taking its next step towards the goal of building its first space station by 2020.

The Shenzhou VIII blasted off from the Gobi desert in China's northwest, the state Xinhua news agency said, separating from its carrier rocket, a modified Long March-2F, about 200 kilometres above the earth.

It is due to join with the Tiangong-1 or "Heavenly Palace", possibly within days, in what would be the country's first space docking with a module that is already orbiting the earth.

The experimental docking is part of China's preparation for building its first space station by 2020, where astronauts can live for several months, as they do on NASA's International Space Station or the former Russian Mir.

If it is a success, China will launch another two space craft next year to conduct more docking experiments.

At least one will be manned, and two female astronauts are among those being trained for the mission, according to Xinhua. If they are chosen, they will be the first women China has sent into space.

China began its manned spaceflight programme in 1990 after buying Russian technology and in 2003 became the third country to send humans into space, after the former Soviet Union and the United States.

China sees its ambitious space programme as a symbol of its burgeoning global stature.

Bravo ton puts Windies in control against BD

 [batkhela-movies]DHAKA: Darren Bravo cracked his maiden Test century to put the West Indies in command on the third day of the series-deciding second and final Test against Bangladesh on Monday.

The left-hander was unbeaten on 100 after Kirk Edwards hit a solid 86 as the West Indies reached 207-3 in their second innings at stumps for an overall lead of 331 runs.

Bravo completed his century off the last ball of the day when he cut debutant left-arm spinner Suhrawadi Shuvo for two runs. He has so far hit two sixes and seven fours in his 165-ball knock.

The tourists, leading by 124 runs on the first innings, consolidated their position as Bravo and Edwards put on 151 for the third wicket after openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Keiran Powell had fallen cheaply.

The opening Test of the two-match series ended in a draw in Chittagong.

Edwards, who scored 121 in the first innings, looked set to score his second hundred of the Test when he fell in the closing overs of the day, bowled by Shuvo after hitting one six and seven fours in his 204-ball knock.

Bravo, dropped on 45 by Imrul Kayes in the slips off left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan, made the most of the chance as he bolstered the innings with a big stand with Edwards.

Both the batsmen played attractive shots, with Bravo once smashing off-spinner Nasir Hossain for two fours and a six in an over and then Edwards hoisting paceman Shahadat Hossain for a six.

Brathwaite, who made a half-century in the first innings, was run out for no score in the opening over after Naeem Islam hit the stumps at the non-striker's end with a direct throw.

The hosts struggled for success on an easy-paced pitch for more than two sessions, with Shakib and Shuvo being the lone wicket-takers.

Bangladesh were earlier bowled out for 231 in their first innings in reply to the West Indies' 355.

The hosts added 27 runs to their overnight total of 204-7 before losing their remaining three wickets in 17 overs, with leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo taking two wickets and off-spinner Marlon Samuels one.

Bishoo was the first to strike when he had Shuvo (15) caught by Brathwaite at short-leg and then Samuels removed Nasir, caught at deep mid-wicket by Edwards while going for a big shot. Nasir added eight runs to his overnight score of 34.

Bishoo ended the innings when he bowled Shahadat for four runs to finish with 3-62.

Saif crowned as 'nawab'

[batkhela-movies] MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was made the new Nawab (Muslim prince) of Pataudi on Monday in a private ceremony at his ancestral home in northern India.

Khan became the 10th nawab of the former princely state after the death of his 70-year-old father, Mansur Ali Khan, in September.

The elder Khan, nicknamed "Tiger Pataudi" for his brilliant fielding, captained India at cricket while his father, Ifthikar Ali Khan, played for both India and England.

Saif Ali Khan, 41, is one of Hindi-language cinema's biggest stars and was recently seen in the thriller "Aarakshan" (Reservation) alongside Amitabh Bachchan.

Monday's ceremony was held at the family seat of Pataudi Palace in Haryana state and attended by relatives and local villagers, said Rohini Iyer, Khan's spokeswoman in Mumbai.

Village chiefs tied a turban around his head at a ceremony watched by his mother, former actress Sharmila Tagore and his two sisters, television footage showed.

Pataudi was a princely state in pre-independence India while the nawabs, who can trace their lineage back centuries, were its aristocratic rulers.

Like the heads of other erstwhile Indian princely states that were taken over after the British left in 1947, the title is now ceremonial with no formal powers. 

Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers

[batkhela-movies] NEW YORK: People who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a new study.

"It's another argument for why the regulatory levels (for air pollutants) be as low as possible," said Francine Laden, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, who was not involved in the research.

Though smoking is the number one cause of lung cancer, about one in 10 people who develop lung cancer have never smoked.

"Lung cancer in 'never smokers' is an important cancer. It's the sixth leading cause of cancer in United States," said Michelle Turner, the lead author of the study and a graduate student at the University of Ottawa.

Previous estimates of how many non-smokers get lung cancer range from 14 to 21 out of every 100,000 women and five to 14 out of every 100,000 men.

The fine particles in air pollution, which can irritate the lungs and cause inflammation, are thought to be a risk factor for lung cancer, but researchers had not clearly teased apart their impact from that of smoking.

In this study, Turner and her colleagues followed more than 180,000 non-smokers for 26 years. Throughout the study period, 1,100 people died from lung cancer.

The participants lived in all 50 states and in Puerto Rico, and based on their zip codes, the researchers estimated how much air pollution they were exposed to -- measured in units of micrograms of particles per cubic meter of air.

Pollution levels in different locations ranged from a low of about six units to a high of 38. The levels dropped over time, however, from an average of 21 units in 1979 - 1983, to 14 units in 1999 - 2000, producing an overall average pollution level of 17 units across the study period.

After the team took into account other cancer risk factors, such as second-hand smoke and radon exposure, they found that for every 10 extra units of air pollution exposure, a person's risk of lung cancer rose by 15 to 27 percent.

The increased risk for lung cancer associated with pollution is small in comparison to the 20-fold increased risk from smoking.

And the study team didn't prove that the pollution caused the cancer cases, but "there's lots of evidence that exposure to fine particles increases cardiopulmonary mortality," Turner told Reuters Health.

Fine particles in air pollution can injure the lungs through inflammation and damage to DNA, Turner's team writes in its report, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Previous research has suggested similar conclusions. A study of people in China, for example, found an increased risk of lung cancer attributed to indoor air pollution from burning coal and wood to heat homes (see Reuters story of December 7, 2009). And several European studies have linked levels of soot and vehicle exhaust to lung cancer in non-smokers.

Laden noted that the pollution levels associated with the increased risk of cancer in the current study are not uncommon in the U.S.

"These levels are within the (regulatory) standards," Laden told Reuters Health. "We're not talking about people who live in a really polluted place with no pollution control.

Cheers and fears as world population hits 7bn

 [batkhela-movies]MANILA: Asia welcomed the world's first symbolic "seven billionth" baby on Monday, but celebrations were tempered by worries over the strain that humanity's population explosion is putting on a fragile planet.

The United Nations says that by its best estimates the seven billionth baby will be born somewhere on October 31, and countries around the world have planned events surrounding the demographic milestone.

Zambia is throwing a seven billion song contest; Vietnam is staging a "7B: Counting On Each Other" concert; Russian authorities are showering gifts on selected newborns and the Ivory Coast is putting on a comedy show.

The Philippines was the first country to declare a seven billionth baby, in the form of a little girl called Danica May Camacho.

Weighing 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds), Danica was delivered just before midnight Sunday under an explosion of media camera flashes at Manila's Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.

"She looks so lovely," the mother, Camille Dalura, whispered as she cradled her baby girl.

"I can't believe she is the world's seven billionth."

Danica is the second child for Dalura and her partner, Florante Camacho, who stood quietly in a corner wearing a white hospital gown as television crews and photographers crowded to get a shot of his daughter.

UN officials presented the child with a cake. Other gifts came from local benefactors including a scholarship grant, and a financial package to help the parents open a general store. 

Zardari's civilian democracy is dictatorship, Khawaja Saad Rafique

 [BATKHELA-MOVIES]  Lahore ... PML-N MNA Khawaja sadrfyq theSindh Muslim League-N offices in different citiesto burn tuly Zardari's political terrorism, but inSindh Muslim League-N will protect workers,Khawaja Saad Rafiq while talking to Lahore inresponse said that Zardari's democraticdictatorship and civil tuly of the People's party is being held hostage, shooting and abuse of thePML-N politics to fight for democracy can not be stopped, attacks on the offices of the MuslimLeague-N President tuly bhanda so-calledpolitics of reconciliation has been split.

Israeli bombing of Gaza, the number of Palestinians killed were 9

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Jerusalem ... Gaza, Israeli air force bombingkilled the Palestinians, the number 9 was a foreign news agency that the Israeli Air Force in Gaza in various bombing, Israeli air strikes killedPalestinians, the number 9 has, medical sources said. people were killed and the PalestinianIslamic jihad organization has alqdus Brigade.

Malik N summons inquiry report incidents of burning knife

  [BATKHELA-MOVIES]  Islamabad ... Interior Minister Rehman Malik of Sindh Muslim League office took notice of events in light of the judicial inquiry ordered.Federal Interior Ministry, Rehman Malik, the courtordered a three-day preliminary investigationreport has summoned . they spoiled the peacesituation in Oman is the third power of the hand.whatever is found involved in these events will be processed against it. Interior Minister alsodirected the Sindh Home Secretary's PML reportincidents of burning of the knife should beintroduced immediately.

PML-N offices in Sindh judicial probe of light

 [BATKHELA-MOVIES]Karachi ... Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasanto burn the offices of the Sindh Muslim Leaguecalled on the police report, the judicial inquiryordered events. Talking to Geo News said thatPPP was a democratic institution approvedWasan which is not involved in any incident. maybe involved in the incidents which some elements are trying to discredit the PPP name.But such measures to counter democratic partyknows. He said the G and D jeez i burn theoffices of the cases reported have beensummoned, and shoulder coat has suspendedSHO. nobody will be allowed to take up law. theelements involved in these events were foundaction will be taken against them. ProvincialInterior Minister said that PML-N has also beenordered to tighten security offices and policehave been alerted.

Hyderabad, Jacobabad in aurksmur N dfatrnzrats

 [BATKHELA-MOVIES]Hyderabad cities of Sindh,Jacobabad aurksmur unknown gunmen set fire to the offices of the Muslim League. The city ofKhairpur in Sindh Muslim League-N chief MianNawaz Sharif was burn images. Police in the firstKashmore occurred in the shoulder coat. whereunidentified persons set fire to the office of theMuslim League, the local people near the police station after being shot at by gunmen also beena long time, another incident occurred in Mohallalhry of Jacobabad . where N hangman's office by unidentified gunmen. Jacobabad district MuslimLeague-N President Mir Israr jkhrany accused byactivists of the party's action. unknown gunmen inHyderabad district I reached the office of the Council Muslim League, and heavy aircraft fire,was later set fire to the office. in the meantimethe district Council of armed guards tortured.Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim AliShah's home court in Khairpur city Road a similar incident occurred. where Mian Nawaz Sharif Picture jladyn unidentified.

FOOT BALL IN FUNNY DOG

    Karachi ... [BATKHELA-MOVIES] ... Defence Minister Leon Penta Osama bin Laden's death the party bet wins 141 year old champagne cocktails will celebrate. 1870 set in the French wine cost ten thousand dollars a year, nine of I'll drink one night event. British newspaper "Telegraph" Night of the Year last year in his native California mutyry Leon Penta my forty-year-old man was involved in Hydrated balstry party, party host, the party balstry Two dozen guests looked old bottle of wine. However, he refused to open the bottle, saying that "If Osama bin Laden Take Levin, we'll open this bottle," the CIA's Leon Penta He told his friends that led her to hang on. Four months after the al Qaeda leader in Abbottabad was killed by U.S. Navy Seal, his condition quickly remind his friend Leon. suit Osama bin Laden's mother's death by announcing a few moments ago, Leon telephoned his wife to Salva. quinta Mrs. Harold Levin told the Monitor that Leon said on Sunday evening 7.15 to CNN Come on, Obama is going to announce as well as important phone Hydrated balstry btauٴ be ready to open that bottle of wine "Hydrated restaurant owner who owns a bottle of wine for 30 years, he said that his condition Nokia continues to function well and it will open. newspapers from the liquor company was listed on the site that will kunus Leon panetta liquor which is very unusual. New Year's night, three people Leon at the Penta will drink cocktails of wine. paper, U.S. government officials, but there are strict rules about gifts to the Pentagon denied that the French wine in this category do not. spokesperson said that any In case this is not a gift.

Anti-Car Lifting Cell Vehicles ringleader of the gang steals the Inspector found

..[BATKHELA-MOVIES] Karachi in vehicles stolen aurchynnygroups kasrgnh Anti Car Lifting Cell straight, inspectors found. Karachi in cars to stealaurchynny more than 50 incidents percy IDsecretly processed the Anti-Car Lifting CellInspector Ashok maid Balochistan karlftrz ties with Ashok Kumar's cell and found the telephonetuanksaf also recorded that were stolen from Karachi and Inspector Ashok Kumar, policeuniforms, seized vehicles starting with thevarious check posts in Balochistan, Karachi and Balochistan police deployed officials said. baddyIG CID report by CIA Iftikhar Tarar kufuryanspktrasuk turprmatl charge sheet issued by thedesignated officers appointed IG Balochistanagainst kucyk posts sent to the process nameare.

Turkey: Earthquake kills 575 has been hunyualun

  ANKARA:[BATKHELA-MOVIES] Turkey number of those killed in thequake was 575, 25 hundred people injured,according to foreign news agencies and adjacent areas in Van province, Turkeyearthquake death toll from the quake was 575, while 25 hundred people injured, officialsrescued 187 people in the last 6 have been removed. officials say 50 thousand people have been affected by the earthquake.'ve beenorganizing camps for survivors. while includingGermany and Britain from several countries to provide relief to earthquake victims continues

Prpabndy party procession in Karachi was lifted for two days

Karachi: [BATKHELA-MOVIES]Government of Sindh at Karachi, partyprocessions and rallies banned two days offtaken. Department of Interior issued by the nutyfkysn according to the restrictions apply from 31 October to happen. Earlier in Karachi, partyprocessions and rallies ban was extended forthirty days from the last ruzmthdh NationalMovement obscene words against the Presidenton Sunday to rally against PML-N had beenannounced. Sindh Home Department under theban of religious duties , funeral gatherings and the Department of Interior for permission to be exempted from the ban. city on September 28last month by the Interior Department hadimposed the ban.

At least 14 dead in Kabul suicide attack

[BATKHELA-MOVIES] KABUL: At least 14 people, including foreign forces, were killed when a Taliban car bomber struck a US-run NATO convoy travelling through the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday.

The attacker detonated his Toyota Sedan car at 11:20 am (0650 GMT) in the southwest of the city, and the area was now blocked by Afghan and international forces, said police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai.

At least ten foreign forces, three civilians and a policeman were among the casualties.

"The attack targeted an American NATO bus," said a Western military official on condition of anonymity. "There are 10 or 11 people, mostly Americans," he said, giving the death toll.

Spokesman for the interior ministry Siddiq Siddiqui said that three civilians and a policeman had also been killed but he had no information on foreign forces.

"It was a huge explosion, I saw at least ten bodies of foreign forces taken out of their capsized bus and evacuated by two helicopters," one witness told AFP at the scene.

Thick black smoke could be seen rising from an inferno still burning at the scene, while fire hoses were putting out another nearby, footage on private television channel Tolo showed.

NATO's coalition forces were seen tending to at least once casualty on the ground, while fire trucks and ambulances, sirens blaring, were on their way to the scene where one charred vehicle could be seen lying on its side.

A spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the force could not give further details until further information had been gathered.

The Taliban, fighting Afghan and Western forces to regain control of Afghanistan after ten years of bloody insurgency, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Teacher subjects students to inhumane punishment

 GUJRANWALA: A teacher at a private school here painted the face of seven female students black after they failed to complete their assignment, Geo News reported. 

When the Geo News team arrived to speak to the school administration, the team was threatened and assaulted.

Protesting parents outside the school located at Street No.3, Chirangh Nagar Noshera Road are asking why their daughters were subjected to this inhumane punishment.

According to students of the school, the teacher punched the girls of class seven over not completing their assignment. Later she painted the face of female students with ink and asked them to leave the school.

Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Shairf took notice of the incident and the registration for the school was cancelled by the commissioner.

Polish transsexual makes history as lawmaker

 WARSAW: Anna Grodzka sits with poise in her leafy suburban home, flicks her hair and gently shoos away her cat.

The 57-year-old is still coming to terms with being elected Poland's first-ever transsexual lawmaker for an anti-clerical party that is locking horns with conservatives in overwhelmingly Catholic Poland.

"I'm not a single-issue politician," said left-winger Grodzka, who only recently completed what she calls her identity correction.

"Going into politics isn't just about representing transsexuals, but about social issues," the long-time left-winger told.

Grodzka will take up her parliamentary seat on November 8, along with Poland's 459 other newly elected deputies.

In the October 9 polls, the declared atheist was voted in with almost 20,000 votes in the southern city of Krakow, which has a conservative reputation but is also home to a large student and artist community.

Grodzka will be the world's only openly transgender lawmaker -- a broader term than transsexual including those who have not had a sex-change but plan to, or simply opt to live under a different gender.

The first recorded transsexual politician was New Zealander Georgina Beyer, elected as a mayor in 1995 before sitting in parliament from 1999-2007.

Transgender Italian Vladimir Luxuria -- still legally male but living wholeheartedly as a woman -- followed in 2006-2008.

"I could not be more proud of and pleased for Anna's success," Beyer told.

Grodzka ran for parliament for the new opposition Palikot Movement, led by flamboyant tycoon-turned-politician Janusz Palikot. (AFP)

SBP to demonetize Rs5 banknote by Dec 31

 KARACHI: With the matter of Rs500-denomination banknote’s demonetization yet unsettled, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has notified that banknote of Rs5-denomination shall cease to be a legal tender with effect from January 1, 2012, Geo News reported.

The banknote of the lowest denomination in circulation will not be accepted anymore, said an SBP statement.

State Bank has urged the holders of this banknote to have it changed no later that Dec 31, 2011 to save themselves from any inconvenience.

Baghdad, a busy trade center bombing in 2, 5 and 30 security personnel killed, 100 injured

Baghdad   [ batkhela-movies] (North-easternBaghdad, a busy commercial center in the twinbomb blasts in 5 security personnel, including 30killed and 100 wounded. Explosion sdrsty in the field. The United States from Iraq on December 31 the army withdraw Ever since the Iraq securityfragile is becoming. hospital sources and Interior Ministry sources said the explosion 31 people were killed and 71 wounded. Iraq in recent days,several times, the security forces has been targeted. government spokesman said while the two bomb blasts one after another. the first blastoccurred in the north west of Baghdad. rescue teams arrived on the second explosion came.the two explosions killed at least 30 people andinjured 100.

Havens of terrorists in Pakistan are a threat to NATO, Pentagon

   Washington ... U.S. Department of Defense The Pentagon has said that terrorist safe havens in Pakistan NATO forces in Afghanistan are the biggest threat to U.S. Defense Department told Congress jumped the report is bound to attack forces in Afghanistan in total than last year 5 fysdkm are, according to Pentagon figures compared to last year and increased attacks on militants are still powerful. The war against terrorism has been charged in half-hearted participation of Pakistan, limited operations and safe havens for militants to give peace efforts in Afghanistan has been damaged...

Peace in Afghanistan aim to fully support the U.S., Husain Haqqani

    Chicago .{.batkhela-movies}. Pakistan's Ambassador inWashington Hussain Haqqani said that Pakistansupports negotiations for peace in Afghanistan ifU.S. base known as Mullah Omar is in Pakistanto the negotiating table by the letter, that he theChicago Council on gubl afyyrz speaking,Hussain Haqqani, said Clinton's statement ontalks with Afghan militants are welcome, he saidPakistan supports negotiations with the militants,a handful of U.S. like to impose their views ongun. Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's khnathakh alsowants to negotiate peace in Afghanistan, MullahOmar, the U.S. base to know if we wrote to themto join the talks, U.S. the Ambassador said that the problem is that you can not half-heartedparticipant in these negotiations. and what arethe pro-Taliban Afghanistan in the futureksyraljmaaty. they say that these Talibanelements in Pakistan to the negotiating tableyonder every effort will be the access. HusainHaqqani said there would be no war betweenPakistan and U.S. thakh.

C’ wealth heads of government meeting begins

 PERTH: Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani is representing Pakistan in the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (CHOGM) that kicked off Friday here in Western Australia.

The meeting scheduled October 28 to 30 2011 is being attended by the heads of governments of the Commonwealth member countries, while the PM Gilani heading a delegation representing Pakistan in the meeting.

Addressing inaugural meeting Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard stressed on bolstering cooperation among the member countries. She said that the common interests of all the countries should be respected.

The theme of the meeting is 'Building National Resilience, Building Global Resilience'.

Every two years, Commonwealth leaders meet at CHOGM to discuss global and Commonwealth issues, and to agree on collective policies and initiatives. CHOGMs are organised by the host nation in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Issues discussed include international peace and security, democracy, good governance, sustainable development, debt management, education, environment, gender equality, health, human rights, information and communication technology, law, multilateral trade issues, small states and youth affairs.

Pakistan rejects US claims on border fire

 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday rejected US accusations that Pakistani armed forces allow insurgents to fire on American troops across the border in Afghanistan.

"I completely reject this, this is wrong and baseless," military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said.

US officials have reported a sharp rise in cross-border attacks against its forces in eastern Afghanistan as relations deteriorated after US forces raided Pakistan to kill the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, in May.

Lieutenant General Curtis Scaparrotti, the deputy US commander in Afghanistan, said that rocket and mortar fire against his forces appears to come from within sight of Pakistani military posts.

"In some locations from time to time you will see what just appears to us to be a collaboration... or at a minimum a looking the other way," he said.

He said that the border forces come from Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps, who are locally recruited and not as highly trained as army units.

Asked about Scaparrotti's comments, Abbas said: "I told you, it is not true, all this is wrong." (AFP)