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In 45 Years, We've Lost Nearly Half The Ocean's Animals

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund shows overexploitation and climate change pose a greater risk to the world's oceans than ever before. 

Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee was pregnant. A few pictures of the actress surfaced on the internet, revealing her big baby bump.

So it is official; Rani Mukherjee is indeed pregnant! The Bollywood actress, who married Yash Raj Films’ head honcho Aditya Chopra last year, has finally a child on the way. And we have pictures (non-vivid of course) to prove the claim.

The actress was clicked, from a safe distance by a paparazzi whilst she was about to climb onto a vehicle. From the distance, a man dressed in gray sipping from a water bottle, can be made out to be her husband Aditya Chopra (though, not confirmed). Before Rani could get into the vehicle, her large baby bump can be seen.

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Norwegian international was MoS

The Maltese international Kevin Sammut turned off for ten years after the UEFA (European football) found him guilty of gambling fraud in the European Championship qualifying match between Malta and Norway 2007th Two other players were acquitted. Norway won the match 4-0, after making three goals the final 18 minutes. Sammut was changed in the break.
But was still obliged:
- A player can participate in a fixed game without actually being on the pitch. He can do it without being in the squad, said the Malta Football Association chairman, Norman Darmanin Demajo.
According to the Malta base was also more players involved.
- I personally do not think you can cheat with the result with only one player, said Demajo.
A representative of a notorious Croat gambling syndicates, Marijo Cvrtak, during a trial in Germany Bochum told him a meeting with three Maltese players in a hotel in Oslo for the European Championship qualifying match in June 2007.
- I would have liked to have had 5-0, but the players had already agreed, saying Cvrtak in court.
Ironically surpassed Malta itself in qualifying for Euro 2008. The Nation gathered up five points behind 2-1 victory at home against Hungary and a draw in Moldova and at home against Turkey (2-2).
Malta Football Association announced on Monday that "the necessary investigative steps had been taken".

60 dead in the FALL of the Congo

At least 60 miners were killed when the trench they were working in collapsed in a mine in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said a UN-backed radio station.The workers were 100 meters underground when the accident occurred.
The area is rich in tin and gold, and hundreds of thousands of people living from working in mines where safety regulations basically do not exist and accidents are common.

US hails OIC for suspending Syria

WASHINGTON: The United States commended Muslim states for suspending Syria’s membership in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, saying it sent a “strong message” to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
“Today’s action underscores the Assad regime’s increasing international isolation and the widespread support for the Syrian people and their struggle for a democratic state that represents their aspirations and respects their human rights,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
A statement issued at the end of an OIC summit meeting in the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia said participants had agreed on “the need to end immediately the acts of violence in Syria.”The final statement also expressed “deep concern at the massacres and inhuman acts suffered by the Syrian people.”The OIC “sent a strong message to the Assad regime by suspending Syria’s membership in the OIC,” Nuland said.
“The United States commends the OIC for its action and commitment to a peaceful resolution in Syria.”On the sidelines of the summit, US special envoy Rashad Hussain met with OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, Senegalese President Macky Sall, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Vice President Namadi Sambo of Nigeria and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
They discussed Syria, as well as others in the Arab Spring series of popular uprisings against autocratic rulers in the Middle East and North Africa, and US engagement with Muslim communities, according to a State Department note.
Hussain’s attendance of the meeting “demonstrates the United States’ commitment to working with our partners in the international community to support the aspirations of the Syrian people and bring additional pressure to
bear on the Assad regime,” it added.
The move by the OIC, which represents 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, is aimed at further isolating Assad’s embattled regime, but its effect is seen as being largely symbolic.
Syria was suspended from the Arab League last year over its clampdown on the uprising that Assad characterized as a plot by Western and rival powers to overthrow his regime.
Saudi King Abdullah has presided over the meeting, attended by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose country has openly criticized the push to suspend Syria.

Kamra airbase attack Seven militants killed in PAF officials

PAF officials confirmed that all seven attackers have been killed. One Pakistani soldier also lost his life in the attack, confirmed officials.
It was not immediately clear how the attackers managed to enter the sprawling base this time.
Although the attack took place at about 2 am, it is likely many of the soldiers on the base were awake for prayers or breakfast during the fasting month of Ramadan.
Faheemullah Khan, a civilian who lives near the base, said he was at a mosque praying when he heard gunfire and explosions which he thought were military exercises.
“Then we came to a restaurant, which is next to the main entrance to the base, and heard a louder explosion,” he said.
“We saw six police vans rush in, and realised something was wrong.”
Several squadrons of fighters and surveillance planes are believed to be housed there.
“One body of a suicide bomber strapped with explosives has been found close to the impact area,” said an air force statement.
Base commander, Air Commodore Muhammad Azam, who led the operation against the attackers, was wounded, but is in stable condition, said the spokesman.
“Security personnel are now in the process of scanning the entire area to check for the presence of any other miscreant,” said the spokesman.
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt has ordered investigations of the incident.
Air Chief Marshal summoned a meeting today at Air headquarter Islamabad to analyse the situation after the attack and to mull over the initial intelligence reports. The meeting would be attended by top leadership of Pakistan Air Force.
Chief of Kamra aeronautical complex and Base Commander will brief the meeting.
Officials also said that one of aircraft at the base was damaged in the attack, which appeared to have been targeted at the PAF’s fighter jets parked at the Minhas base. Air Force officials confirmed that over 30 planes parked, including state-of-the-art JF-17 Thunder fighter jets.
Three to four of the militants wore military uniforms, officials said, adding that the attackers were between 19 to 33 years of age. It was also reported earlier that some of the militants wore suicide vests.
A joint search operation of security forces and police inside and outside the base was launched. PAC Hospital Kamra was also put on high alert following the attack.
The militants were reported to have attacked the base from Pind Salman Makhan village at around 2:30 am, sources said. When security officials at the check-post attempted to halt them, the militants opened fire. An intense gun battle lasting hours followed. Commandos of the Army and PAF were engaged in the operation against the attackers.
Tehrik-iTaliban (TTP)  spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan declined to comment on the incident whereas no other group has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet.
Kamra is located about 70 kms from the Pakistani capital Islamabad. The Minhas airbase is a heavily guarded compound with the Pakistan Air Force’s Kamra Aeronautical Complex in its vicinity, where Pakistan assembles and overhauls JF-17 Thunder fighter jets in collaboration with China. According to reports, at least 11 Chinese engineers were working at the Kamra Aeronautical Complex.
All Chinese and others foreign engineers and technicians involved in co-production of Chinese and Pakistan JF-17 Thunder aircraft project were shifted to a high profile secure location, sources told Dawn.com, adding that the engineers were not present near the attack area. Sources confirmed that at least 30 aircraft were on the base.
The government and military’s top leadership, including President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaque Pervez Kayani and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf were notified of the attack, and the operation was being closely monitored by the army chief.
In recent weeks, military intelligence had warned of the possibility of such an attack on military installations. However, there was no specific information about an attack being targeted at the Kamra base.
This is not the first time that Kamra has been the target of a militant attack.  On Oct 23, 2009, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra. Two security officers and six other people were killed in the attack.
Last year, six Taliban gunmen attacked a naval base in Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden. At least 10 military personnel were killed and 20 wounded in the 16-hour assault.
—Zahir Shah Sherazi and Mubashir Zaidi contributed to this report.

Super Flight crashed during test flight

Test flight of the new supersonic craft Waverider was not as planned. The unmanned plane crashed into the sea.  The flight was supposed to reach a speed of 6900 km / h.
Shortly after the rocket engine had been started to bring up the plane's speed so we had a breakdown with the helm, reports Reuters. Another 15 seconds later dropped the air traffic control over the planet.
A spokesman for the U.S. Air Base 88th Air Base Wing, Ohio, announces that the plane disintegrated immediately and plunged into the sea northwest of Los Angeles.
The test flight was supposed to last for five minutes, but ended abruptly after about 30 seconds.
There are no official data on what planet has cost.
Wave Rider, which is one of several ongoing projects aimed at creating a supersonic plane, reaching the speed Mach 5 in June last year. Had the test flight today and had managed to craft reached the speed of Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound. With that speed, a trip between New York and London take about an hour.
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Britterna hotar storma ambassad

The British are threatening to storm the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and pick up Assange. On Thursday, the answer to Assange's application for political asylum.According to Ecuador's Foreign Minister, the decision is Asylum decision will be announced at 14 Swedish time, according to Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino. But the British government has threatened to make a raid on Ecuador's embassy in London unless Assange surrendered

- Today we received a threat from the UK, a clear written threat that they may storm our embassy in London on Ecuador refuses to hand over Assange said Patino told reporters in Quito.
- Let's make it perfectly clear. We are not a British colony. The colonial period is over, said Patino.
- If the British are doing seriousness of the threat, it will be seen as a hostile and unacceptable action and an attack on our sovereignty.
A spokesman for the British Foreign Office confirmed that the UK retains the right to storm the Ecuadorian embassy to pick up Assange.
- According to British law, we can one-week notice to get into the premises. The Embassy will no longer have diplomatic protection, he said.
- No such decision has yet been taken. We will not do so overnight. We stress that we want to reach a diplomatic solution
If Assange was granted political asylum in Ecuador, the question remains how he intends to escape from the embassy and the airport.
According to the Swedish Foreign Ministry, he could escape in a ambassadbil, but analysts are skeptical.
- Ecuador has no right to take him out of the country, and I can not see any practical possibility of how to achieve it if they fail to deceive both the British police and the authorities at the airport, says Pål Wrange, Associate Professor of Law at Stockholm University.
- It is clearly an illegal act under UK law to bring a suspected criminal. Diplomats can not be prosecuted or detained, but they can be stopped if they commit a crime, says Wrange.
Assange has been at the embassy since the British Supreme Court ruled that he be extradited to Sweden where he is interrogated in connection with allegations of rape and sexual assault.
Assange fear that Sweden should leave him to the United States.already made in Quito.

Usain Bolt attracted to Australian cricket league

Hope to Bolt to play cricket
The supreme sprinter Usain Bolt managed in London to defend their three Olympic gold medals from Beijing four years ago. Soon, he can begin a new career - in the Australian cricket league. The former cricketer Shane Warne confirms that he has had contact with Usain Bolt and hope that the world's fastest man wants to come to Australia and play for the Melbourne Star in Big Bash League this winter.
Sprint star Bolt played cricket at junior level in his native Jamaica before he started his athletics career and is a great cricket enthusiast.
- If I get the chance, I would definitely try to take it because it would be great fun. I do not know how good I am. I will probably have a lot of training, said Bolt of the Australian television station Channel Nine.The former cricketer Shane Warne confirms that he has had contact with Usain Bolt and hope that the world's fastest man wants to come to Australia and play for the Melbourne Star in Big Bash League this winter.
Sprint star Bolt played cricket at junior level in his native Jamaica before he started his athletics career and is a great cricket enthusiast.
- If I get the chance, I would definitely try to take it because it would be great fun. I do not know how good I am. I will probably have a lot of training, said Bolt of the Australian television station Channel Nine.

Afghan policeman fires on Nato allies, wounds two: officials.

JALALABAD: An Afghan policeman wounded at least two foreign soldiers when he opened fire on troops from the US-led Nato mission on Monday, officials said, adding to a spike in such attacks.

The shooting took place in Achin, a remote district in the eastern province of Nangarhar, local police chief Abdullah Azim Stanikzai told AFP. Nato confirmed the incident but gave no details.

The majority of Nato troops in Nangarhar are American.

The shooter escaped unhurt but an Afghan intelligence officer was wounded when coalition soldiers returned fire, Stanikzai added.

Seven soldiers of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) lost their lives over four days last week when Afghan forces turned weapons on their Nato allies.

According to Nato, 37 of its soldiers have died in 27 such attacks so far this year, up from 21 incidents and 35 deaths in all of 2011.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack and said the gunman was with the militia. “He’s a brave Afghan. He’s with us,” Mujahid told AFP by telephone.

Stanikzai said the policeman had just returned from leave.

“He was on vacation but had just returned to duty. He grabbed a weapon from a colleague and opened fire,” he added. He said a hunt to arrest him was under way.

An Isaf spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Hagen Messer, said “a man wearing civilian clothes fired at ISAF-ANSF troops”, using the acronym for Afghan security forces.

“The shooter was a member of the Afghan uniform police,” Messer said, confirming the injuries.

Although the Taliban often claim credit, Afghan and Western officials say most attacks are motivated by cultural differences between troops fighting the Taliban side by side.

Known as “green on blue”, there has been a dramatic spike in such attacks in recent months.

On Friday, two such incidents killed six Americans in the southern province of Helmand. One of the shooters was a man in police uniform and the other a civilian staff member on a joint Afghan-Nato base.

Wife of kidnapped US aid worker Weinstein urges return.

WASHINGTON: The wife of a US aid worker abducted in Pakistan is pleading for his safe return on the one-year anniversary of his kidnapping, saying her husband is in poor health and is missed by grandchildren who ask for him every day.
Warren Weinstein, a 71-year-old aid worker from Rockville, Maryland, was kidnapped last August after gunmen tricked his guards and broke into his home in Lahore.
Al Qaeda released a video in May in which Weinstein said he would be killed unless President Barack Obama agreed to the group’s demands. It was not clear when the video was recorded.
The White House has called for Weinstein’s immediate release but has said it won’t negotiate with Al Qaeda.
His wife, Elaine, observed the anniversary of his disappearance Monday with a statement urging his release. She said he suffers from a heart condition, severe asthma and high blood pressure and fears that his health ”will deteriorate if he is not allowed to see the doctors and specialists that have helped keep him alive in recent years.”
Our grandchildren are growing and changing so fast. They miss their grandfather and ask for him every day. It is so difficult to explain why he can’t be with them,” the statement says.
”It is impossible to describe the pain and sadness my daughters and I feel. We are simply heart sick. I always imagined growing old with Warren and enjoying our family together.”
Weinstein was the country director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates, a US-based development contractor that advises different Pakistani business and government sectors.
The company has said Weinstein worked with a wide range of Pakistani government agencies, and that his work helped create hundreds of well-paying jobs and raise the standard of living in communities where the businesses are located.
He had told his staff he expected to wrap up his latest project and move out of Pakistan within days.
”Warren loves Pakistan and lived there for eight years so he could dedicate his time and energy to working with the people. I don’t understand why he was taken,” Elaine Weinstein said in her statement.
In the video released in May by Al Qaeda’s media arm and posted on militant websites, Weinstein sits in front of a white background, near books and what appears to be a plate of food, and makes a direct appeal to the president.

Military Helicopters missing over Kenya

Four Ugandan military helicopter took off on Sunday with Somalia in sight, but only one reached a scheduled stop. The other three disappeared down the road and bad weather makes it more difficult.The three helicopters lost in the area around Mount Kenya and a pilot should have been able to send out a call for help. Difficult circumstances sprain, however, the search, Kenyan authorities announced on Monday.
- Right now we do not know that it has crashed ... the terrain and the weather is aggravating, says the Kenyan military spokesman Bogita Ongeri.A rescue team has taken possession of the crew from one of the three helicopters that disappeared at the Mount Kenya area. The helicopter forced to land in the mountains and the five crew members are now in security, announced a spokesman for the Ugandan army.
The search for the other two helicopters are still ongoing.
The helicopters had left Entebbe in Uganda to strengthen the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia. In Wajir in Kenya, they would refuel for the onward journey to Somalia where they are needed in the fight against Islamist rebel group al-Shabaab.
Ugandan soldiers are the backbone of the AU force in Somalia Amilon. The force includes troops from Kenya and Burundi.
Kenya has suffered several grenade attacks and kidnappings since the country went into Somalia in October 2011, and allegations made against al-Shabaab.
In July 2010, took al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Uganda and argued that it was due to its involvement in Amilon.

Mother arrested for murder of baby

A woman was arrested today by Halmstad District Court on suspicion of murdering her five-month old baby. She will also undergo a psychiatric evaluation.In late July found the baby dead in a home in Halmstad. After the forensic examination and interrogation of the suspected woman asked prosecutor Ann-Christin Claesson her arrested Friday on suspicion of murder.
The woman denies the crime, says her defense lawyer George Ruthenberg.
- She admits the facts but denies responsibility for the crimes. She has been in a state that she had no control over her own body, but other forces have controlled his actions, he says.

Pietersen axed by England after texting controversy

LONDON: Kevin Pietersen has been dropped from England’s squad for the third Test against South Africa after the controversial batsman was caught up in a text message row.
England’s selectors made their decision to axe Pietersen following reports he sent text messages to several South Africa players during the second Test at Headingley that were believed to contain derogatory comments about English captain Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower.
Jonny Bairstow has been selected in place of Pietersen, whose involvement in the final Test at Lord’s, which England must win to draw the series and retain their place on top of the world rankings, had been in doubt throughout a dramatic week.
South Africa-born Pietersen suggested after the second Test that he might walk away from the sport at the end of the current series because he had grown disillusioned with what he perceived as problems in the England squad.
But on Saturday night he appeared to have a change of heart when he posted a video on YouTube in which he agreed to make himself available again for his adopted country in all formats after recently opting out of one-day action.
That wasn’t enough to convince the selectors though, who remained furious about the texting controversy, and Pietersen’s international career now looks in tatters.
Hugh Morris, the Managing Director of England Cricket, said: “During the past week we have held several discussions with Kevin Pietersen and his advisors.
“Following a constructive meeting it was agreed that a number of actions needed to be completed to re-engage Kevin within the England dressing room.
“A fundamental item was to confirm publicly that no derogatory texts had been sent by Kevin to the South African team.
“This has not been forthcoming despite clear timelines being set to allow the selectors to pick the squad for the third Test Match.
“We provided an additional six hours this morning (Sunday) to provide every opportunity for agreement to be reached but regrettably this has not been possible.
“The success of the England team has been built on a unity of purpose and trust. Whilst we have made every attempt to find a solution to enable Kevin to be selected we have sadly had to conclude that, in the best interest of the team, he will miss the Lord’s Test.”
England’s selectors delayed naming their 13-man squad by an extra five hours on Sunday to allow Pietersen extra time to publicly declare he did not send critical texts to the South African team.
But it seems he refused to bow to the request and that has cost the 32-year-old his place despite his dashing century in the second Test.
Pietersen has proved a divisive presence in the England dressing room this year following his much-debated decision to quit limited overs cricket and team-mate Jimmy Anderson used his newspaper column on Sunday to suggest the controversy had played a key role in the team’s poor performances against South Africa.
Geoff Miller, a member of the England selection panel, underlined that feeling when he said: “We need a squad fully focussed on this Test match to be able to play the sort of cricket we know is necessary if we are to win this week and level the series.

Manchester City beat Chelsea to claim Community Shield

BIRMINGHAM: Manchester City may not have yet secured the big-name signing manager Roberto Mancini craves, but they sent a message to their Premier League rivals after a 3-2 win over 10-man Chelsea in the Community Shield on Sunday.
With Wembley busy with Olympic duties, Birmingham’s Villa Park hosted the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season, which pitted league champions City against FA Cup and Champions League winners Chelsea, a week out from the start of the Premier League.
Chelsea have spent more than 60 million pounds ($94.15 million) over the close season while City’s only major activity has been the likely purchase of Everton’s Jack Rodwell, which came to light hours before kickoff.
However goals from Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri within the space of 12 second-half minutes proved they have more than enough firepower already.
They were helped by the first-half dismissal of Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic for a challenge on Aleksandar Kolarov.
City, employing a new 3-4-3 formation, started the brightest and it was somewhat against the run of play when Chelsea opened the scoring five minutes before halftime when Fernando Torres scored with the outside of his foot after a jinking run by Ramires.
It did not take City long to take advantage of their numerical superiority after Ivanovic’s red with Toure, Tevez and Nasri putting their side two goals up with some clinical finishing.
Ryan Bertrand, a replacement for lively new signing Eden Hazard, pulled a goal back for the European champions on 80 minutes, reacting fastest when City keeper Costel Pantilimon failed to hold a shot from Daniel Sturridge, but it was too little too late for the Londoners.

Egypt forces fight Sinai militants, up to six dead

AL-ARISH: Egyptian troops killed as many as six militants after storming their hideout near the isolated border with Israel on Sunday, security sources and eyewitnesses said.
The troops found the militants in the settlement of al-Goura, about 15 km (10 miles) from the frontier, as they searched for jihadists who killed 16 Egyptian border guards a week ago.
The latest clash is part of a security sweep that began on Wednesday and is the biggest military operation in the region since Egypt’s 1973 war with Israel. No one has claimed responsibility for killing the border guards.
It is an early test for right wing President Mohamed Mursi, elected in June, to prove he can rein in militants whose campaign on the border worries Israel.
“People in the area supplied information that there was a group of unidentified people staying in a makeshift hut.
The area was immediately raided. The group opened fire and the police returned fire,” one police source said.
A senior police officer said six people had died in the fighting at al-Goura – three from bullet wounds and three more whose scorched bodies were found in the hut which was burned.
Another security source said the death toll was five.
In addition to those killed, a seventh militant was seriously injured and taken to hospital in al-Arish in north Sinai, said the senior policeman, who like other security sources did not give his name because he was not authorised to speak to the press.
A Reuters reporter obtained video footage of the scene showing three bodies smouldering in the burned remains of a building in the desert and armoured vehicles in a line nearby.
One of the police officers said the soldiers found guns, rocket launchers, a truck and a motorcycle at the scene.
A resident of al-Goura told Reuters he had seen the lifeless bodies of two men who were not from the area, and said two other militants were arrested. “They resisted very strongly,” he said by telephone.
“They fired rocket-propelled grenades at the troops.”

Rescuers stop searches after Iran quakes kill 250

TEHRAN: Rescuers ended the search on Sunday for survivors of twin earthquakes in northwestern Iran that killed at least 250 people and injured more than 2,600 a day earlier, state television reported.    
At least 20 villages were totally leveled, state television reported. Ahmad Reza Shajiei, a senior government official in charge of rescue operations, said more than 5,000 tents have been set up to shelter more than 16,000 homeless.
Thousands spent the night outdoors after their villages were leveled and homes damaged in the powerful quakes, which were followed by some 36 aftershocks.
The semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted a local official as saying the death toll was 277. State TV said 44,000 food packages and thousands of blankets have been distribute in the stricken area.
Television video showed people being evacuated on stretchers, while others were treated for broken limbs and concussions. Dozens of families were sleeping on blankets laid out on the ground in parks. Some were crying, and others shivered from the cold in the mountainous region hit by the quake, near the border with Azerbaijan.
More than 1,100 rescuers worked through the night to pull out those trapped under rubble and to reach some of the more remote villages affected. Some 15 dogs were brought in to search for survivors.
By afternoon, state television reported that search operations had ceased. The government’s attention shifted to providing shelter to the homeless and removing debris from the buildings destroyed.
Officials said the search was ended relatively quickly because the remote area is sparsely populated.