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Deadly blast near Syrian capital as envoy pushes peace

DAMASCUS: A suicide car bombing outside a pro-regime suburb of Damascus and fighting that followed killed 16 Syrian soldiers Saturday, as the UN-Arab League envoy began a regional push for peace talks. Meanwhile, the United States said children were starving to death in besieged residential areas of the capital and demanded that the regime allow aid convoys in. State media blamed the early-morning blast at the entrance to the mixed Christian-Druze suburb of Jaramana on “terrorists,” the regime term for rebels. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a suicide bomber from the al Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front detonated an explosives-packed car at the checkpoint between Jaramana and the rebel-held area of Mleha. Heavy fighting followed, with rebel mortar fire hitting Jaramana, said the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on activists and medics on the ground. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said the southeastern suburb is a key pro-regime area and will be exposed if the rebels overrun the checkpoint. He said they had almost seized it in the fighting, but that government aircraft had launched four strikes to try to force them back. One resident said the intensity of fighting was “unprecedented” since the conflict erupted in March 2011. “It is very violent; we can hear automatic weapons fire, mortar rounds, bombardments,” he told AFP by telephone. The war, which erupted after President Bashar al-Assad launched a bloody crackdown on democracy protests inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings, is believed to have killed more than 115,000 people. Millions more have been forced to flee the country and hundreds of thousands are trapped by the fighting. Washington condemned the regime’s relentless siege of rebel-held Eastern Ghouta and Moadamiyet al-Sham on the capital’s outskirts. There were “unprecedented reports of children dying of malnutrition-related causes in areas that are only a few miles from Bashar al-Assad’s palace in Damascus,” said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki. “The regime’s deliberate prevention of the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian supplies to thousands of civilians is unconscionable.” “We call on the Syrian regime to immediately approve relief convoys into these areas,” the spokeswoman said. The call came as UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was to arrive in Cairo at the start of a regional tour aimed at paving the way for peace talks. World powers hope to convene a peace conference in Geneva next month but prospects for it remain unclear, with Syria’s opposition divided and due to vote next week on whether to take part. Assad’s government says his departure from office cannot be on the table, while the opposition insists he cannot remain in power. In Geneva, spokeswoman Khawla Mattar said Brahimi would meet Egypt’s foreign minister as well as the head of the Arab League. Brahimi is also expected in Syria and in Damascus ally Iran. Separately, US Secretary of State John Kerry will head to Europe next week for talks on Syria. He and other envoys from the “Friends of Syria” group will meet the Syrian opposition in Britain Tuesday to review progress towards convening the conference. The National Coalition, Syria’s main opposition bloc, has said it would hold internal discussions next week to decide whether to do so. The Syrian National Council, a key member of the Coalition, has already said it opposes the talks and threatened to quit if the umbrella group takes part. For months, world powers have been pressing for a negotiated solution, and the renewed push for talks comes after a September deal under which Syria agreed to turn over its chemical arsenal for destruction. Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Friday they have visited 14 out of more than 20 sites in Syria. In other developments, nine Lebanese kidnapped by rebels in Syria last year were freed, a move that could lead to the release of two Turkish Airlines pilots whose abduction was linked to their capture. Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that Qatar, which along with Turkey supports Syria’s opposition, played a role in securing the release of the nine Shiites. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said “this matter has been largely settled,” and that the pair could be freed “within hours or days”.

Afghan jirga to decide on fate of US troops in November

KABUL: The future of US troops in Afghanistan after 2014 will be decided by an assembly of tribal elders in late November, its organisers said, setting a date for the verdict on a long-delayed bilateral deal held up by disputes over key provisions. A draft pact known as the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) was hammered out in Kabul last weekend by US Secretary of State John Kerry. But he left without a final deal as Afghan President Hamid Karzai said only the assembly, the Loya Jirga, had the authority to decide contentious issues. These include a US demand to retain legal jurisdiction over its troops in Afghanistan, which would give them immunity from Afghan law. The request appeared to have been resolved this summer, but emerged as the main sticking point after Kerry’s visit. “The BSA is very important, it has many details and has several chapters over 32 pages,” Sadeq Mudaber, one of the organisers, told a meeting with journalists and dignitaries. “Now it is time to present it to the people of Afghanistan with all its details and get their consultation on it.” The United States says it cannot agree to a deal unless it is granted the right to try in the United States its citizens who break the law in Afghanistan. The tentative date set for the Loya Jirga, November 19-21, will further test US patience. Officials previously said they wanted the BSA in place by the end of October to give the US-led NATO coalition of troops time to implement plans for 2015. If approved by the assembly, the draft will be submitted to parliament. If it passes both as expected, the deal will pave the way for a decision on how many US and other troops remain in Afghanistan after next year. If approval is not forthcoming, the United States has said it will pull out all of its troops by the end of next year, an outcome known as the “zero option”. US officials have in recent months raised the possibility, with an implicit warning that Afghan security forces are not ready to fight the Taliban-led insurgency without their help. Doubts are beginning to appear that sticking points have finally been laid to rest. Few details have emerged from either side on the agreement reached on an Afghan request for protection from foreign aggression – an allusion to attacks along its border with Pakistan. This silence on the issue has prompted some Western diplomats to suggest that the deal may meet resistance on the Pakistani border issue rather than other matters. The hand-picked assembly is, however, expected to align itself with the government and has previously indicated it favoured a deal with the United States. “Security was a part of the previous Jirga and has been already been decided on,” Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, a prominent figure in the Jirga, told the gathering. “I told him (Karzai) that he can sign it and if there is any problem he can solve it with Americans by negotiating.” Some members have, however, already made it plain they will oppose the US request for immunity from Afghan prosecution. “If this pact is signed, it means giving a licence to infidels to kill Muslims,” said Qazi Nazir Anafi, a lawmaker and senior member of the top religious panel, the Ulema Council. The collapse of similar talks between the United States and Iraq in 2011 – partly over the issue of immunity – led to the United States completely ending its forces’ mission there.

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Nine Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria freed

BEIRUT: Nine Lebanese Shia pilgrims kidnapped by rebels in Syria last year have been released, with signs that two Turkish pilots whose abduction was linked to their capture may also be freed. “The nine Lebanese held in Syria are on their way to Turkey,” Lebanon’s Interior Minister Marwan Charbel told AFP on Friday. The country’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati added in a statement that the former hostages were “in a secure place and are ready to enter Lebanon”. Mikati extended congratulations to the free Lebanese, their families and the whole country on turning “a sad page for Lebanon. We thank all those who contributed to achieving their freedom, brothers and friendly nations.” He also revealed that Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah, who is in Turkey, will accompany the pilgrims back to Lebanon. Attiyah told Al-Jazeera television that Qatari mediation led to their release. The release also came after a senior Lebanese security official travelled to Damascus to discuss a prisoner exchange deal to free the group, who were abducted in Syria’s northern Aleppo province in May 2012 as their families said they were returning from a pilgrimage to Iran. Turkey said the detention of two Turkish Airlines pilots kidnapped in Beirut in August was close to ending. The pilots were abducted by a previously unknown group, which said it had seized the pair to secure the release of the nine Lebanese citizens held captive in Syria. “Very favourable developments are under way concerning the two Turkish pilots. This matter has been largely settled,” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on local television, adding that the men could be freed “within hours or days”. The relatives of the nine Lebanese pilgrims have denied responsibility for kidnapping the pilots, though they said they were happy to see additional pressure placed on Ankara. They had accused Turkey of not doing enough to win the release of their loved ones from Syrian rebels. On August 9, gunmen ambushed a bus carrying a Turkish Airlines crew from Beirut’s international airport to a hotel in the city, and snatched the pilot and co-pilot. A group calling itself Zuwwar Imam al-Rida claimed the abduction, and demanded that Turkey use its influence with Syrian rebels it backs to secure the release of the nine Lebanese Shias. “We announce that captain Murat Akpinar and his co-pilot Murat Agca are our guests until the release of our brothers, who were kidnapped in Aazaz (in Syria) after visiting holy sites,” the group said in a statement in August carried by Lebanese media. “Turkey is directly responsible for the freedom” of the Lebanese hostages, the statement added. The pilots were seized just outside the airport, in an area controlled by the powerful Shia Lebanese movement Hezbollah. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has denied any involvement in the kidnapping. The pre-dawn abduction prompted Turkey to urge its citizens to leave the country, and raised new fears about the impact of Syria’s conflict on neighbouring Lebanon. About a week after the kidnapping, Lebanese authorities arrested three suspects, whose identities were not revealed, a judicial source told AFP at the time.

Malala reunited with attack schoolfriends

LONDON: A year after they found themselves covered in each other’s blood after being shot by a lone gunman in the back of a school van in Swat, education activist Malala Yousafzai was reunited on Saturday with her two fellow schoolmates in London. Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan met Malala during an event at Edinburgh University in Scotland, the first time they have seen her since the attack. A Taliban gunman boarded the girls’ school bus in Swat in October 2012 and opened fire at Malala to punish her for championing girls’ rights to education. Malala, now 16, was shot in the head while Kainat and Shazia were both wounded in the attack. All three girls are now living and studying in Britain, where Malala received medical treatment for her injuries at a hospital in Birmingham. They were the guests of honour at the launch on Saturday of the Global Citizenship Commission, a body of leaders representing politics, religious institutions, law and philanthropy. “After I was shot the terrorists thought that I would not continue the struggle for education, but not only did I not stop my campaign but now Kainat and Shazia are with me and they are also supporting me,” Malala told the event. “They are not afraid, we are not afraid and now people are supporting us and that is the greatest courage, and that is the weapon that we have got, the unity and togetherness.” Malala was also presented with an honorary masters degree from the university by former British prime minister Gordon Brown, who has backed her campaign. The event is the latest in a series to fete Malala’s work. She went to Buckingham Palace on Friday to meet Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, while last week she met US President Barack Obama. Malala was among the favourites to win the Nobel Peace Prize this month, but she lost out to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Prominent British Muslims warned over 'Shebab' video

LONDON: Several prominent British Muslims said Friday that police have warned they may be in danger, after they were named as enemies of Islam in a video purportedly made by extremists linked to Somalia’s Shebab militants. London’s Metropolitan Police said it was investigating the hour-long film, which was posted on YouTube on Wednesday but has since been removed. “We’re aware of the video reportedly released by al-Shebab,” a Scotland Yard spokesman told AFP. “We are currently assessing its content. A number of individuals have been spoken to following the release of the video.” At least four Muslim commentators – all of whom have spoken out against extremism – said they had been visited by police after being named in the film. The US-based monitor SITE Intelligence Group had identified the video as having been produced by the Shebab, the Somali group that claimed responsibility for a bloody attack at a Nairobi shopping mall last month. Reportedly narrated by a man with a British accent, it singled out the commentators as having “mutilated the teachings of Islam”, according to the Guardian newspaper. Ajmal Masroor, a London-based imam and journalist, wrote on his Facebook page that police had told him “to be more vigilant”. “The basic message… was that my life was in imminent danger from the terrorists,” he wrote. He added: “I shall speak out loud and clearly against extremism and terrorism no matter how many threats I receive.” Mohammed Ansar, a filmmaker and journalist, said police were now regularly patrolling outside his home. “In between locksmiths, security people and interviews,” he wrote on his Twitter page. “It is quite a thing to have your faith and values truly put to the test. To have your life and those you love, at risk. Quite a thing.” Commentator Mohammed Shafiq and Usama Hasan, a senior researcher for the anti-extremist think-tank Quilliam, also said they had received visits from the police. The video was titled “The Woolwich Attack: It’s an Eye for an Eye” in reference to the British soldier who was hacked to death in Woolwich, southeast London, on May 22. Two Muslim converts are due to stand trial for the murder next month. The video encouraged Muslims to carry out attacks on British soil, according to reports, as well as identifying 11 Britons who it said had died fighting for the Shebab.

US set to release $1.6 billion to Pakistan: Report

WASHINGTON: As prime minister Nawaz Sharif heads to Washington, US has decided to release more than $1.6 billion to Pakistan in military and economic aid, suspended since relations between the two countries went downhill in 2011, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. Relations between Pakistan and US had soured after the latter unilaterally conducted a raid in Abbottabad to kill Osama bin Laden and then a attack on the Salala border checkpost following which Pakistan blocked US Nato supplies through its territory. However, after a brief freeze, relations have thawed. On Friday, the State Bank of Pakistan confirmed it had received a $322 million payment from US under the Coalition Support Fund. According to the Associated Press, US officials and congressional aides stated ties have improved enough to allow the money to flow again. The thaw in relations has seen US and Pakistan restart of their “strategic dialogue” after a long pause. Congress has cleared most of the money, and it should start moving early next year, officials and congressional aides said. According to the report, State Department and the US Agency for International Development had informed US Congress over three weeks in July and August about plans to restart assistance to Pakistan. Most of the funds will be dedicated to helping Pakistan fight terrorism. Other funds focus on a range of items, including help for law enforcement and a multibillion-dollar dam in disputed territory. The State Department told Congress that the US hadn’t conducted any significant military financing for Pakistan since the “challenging and rapidly changing period of U.S.-Pakistan relations” in 2011 and 2012. The department stressed the importance now of enhancing Pakistan’s anti-terrorism capabilities through better communications, night vision capabilities, maritime security and precision striking with F-16 fighter jets. The department told Congress on July 25 that it would spend $295 million to help Pakistan’s military. Twelve days later it announced $386 million more. A pair of notifications arriving on August 13 worth $705 million centered on helping Pakistani troops and air forces operating in the militant hotbeds of western Pakistan, and other counterinsurgency efforts. The administration had until the end of September to provide Congress with “reprogramming” plans at the risk of forfeiting some of the money, which spans federal budgets from 2009-2013. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorised to talk about it publicly, said the money would start reaching Pakistan in 2014 but take several years to disburse fully. The House Foreign Affairs Committee has cleared all of the notifications. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is reviewing a $280 million chunk of military financing, Senate aides said. Aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorised to talk publicly on the matter, either. “The committee held up the projects to get more information and express concerns,” said the office of Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the House panel’s chairman. “Though they went forward, the committee continues its close oversight.” Among the economic aid programs included in the US package, support for the Diamer-Basha dam near Pakistan’s unresolved border with India has the potential for controversy and tremendous benefit. Pakistan’s government has been unable to secure money for the project from the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank is waiting to hear from the United States and India before providing financing to help construction. The dam faces massive funding shortfalls. In its July 24 notification to Congress, USAID said the project could cost up to $15 billion and take a decade to complete. The agency promised only to provide “financial and technical assistance” for studies, including on environmental and social aspects, while expressing hope the dam could be transformative for a country with chronic power shortages. State Department officials put the bill for the studies at $20 million. If the dam were ultimately built, USAID wrote, it could provide electricity for 60 million people and 1 million acres of crop land, and provide a ready supply of water for millions more. It noted that Pakistani officials have sought American support at the “highest levels.” Despite amounting to just a small portion of the overall US aid package, congressional aides said Pakistan’s government has lobbied particularly hard for the dam money to be unlocked. Pakistan’s embassy in Washington refused to comment on the aid or say if Sharif would bring up any specific programs in talks at the White House.

Nadia Gabol quits MQM to join PPP

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and former Sindh Assembly lawmaker Nadia Gabol announced on Saturday that she will be joining the rival Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Express News reported on Saturday. Gabol announced her resignation from the MQM in a press conference held in Karachi. She was accompanied by Sindh Minister for Local Government Owais Muzzafar.

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Nawaz wants new force to eliminate terrorists, extortionists

LAHORE: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday said the state had the right to take pre-emptive steps for the protection of its citizens and a special counterterrorism force (SCTF) would be formed soon in the Punjab to eliminate extortionists and target killers. Nawaz said this while chairing a meeting here on Friday in which he was given a presentation on the SCTF in the Punjab.Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khan Baig and officials of various law enforcement agencies also attended the meeting. The prime minister directed that the new force should be raised immediately with a new command structure and be professionally sound, competent and adequately paid. He said anti-terrorism force structure would be separate from that of police. The prime minister said a new force was needed to deliver in the right direction and he expected that this (new force) will help in eliminating extortionists and target killers.He said:”Law enforcement agencies need to show zero tolerance for heinous crimes. We have promulgated laws which would deal with the enemies of the state within the frameworkof our Constitution and based on principles laid down by our founding fathers.” Terrorists, target killers and extortionists would be dealt with an iron hand and they would be brought to justice, he added. The prime minister emphasised that the writ of the state had to be ensured at all costs. “Target killers and extortionists must understand that the rules of engagement for such a war are different and strict,” he added. Meanwhile, addressing PML-N parliamentarians, party workers and people from various walks of life after offering Eidul Azha prayers here at Jati Umra, Raiwind on Wednesday, Nawaz expressed his firm resolve to overcome the prevailing challenges of terrorism, extremism and energy crises with the support of people. He said the PML-N took the charge of government when the country was facing a number of critical challenges.“By the grace of Allah Almighty, we are determined to make a bright future of Pakistan through hard work to come to the expectations and aspirations of the people” he said. He said the government had taken all political parties on board for preparing the common agenda to eradicate the menace of terrorism from the country. He said the government adopted the dialogue process to restore peace in country and expressed the hope that the efforts of talks would be successful. Talking about the Karachi operation, Nawaz Sharif said the government was going to introduce new laws to counter crimes and terrorism which would ensure punishment to every criminal who killed innocent people. He said the criminals would be treated according to their crimes and misdeeds irrespective of their party affiliation. “We are going to take bold decisions for the sake of restoring peace and maintaining law and order in Karachi and everywhere in the country,” he added.He was of the opinion that eradication of terrorism and other crimes were key to restore peace in Karachi and other parts of the country in order to improve the investment and end the economic dependency on others. The prime minister appreciated the performance of law enforcement agencies in Karachi which decreased crimes to some extent like kidnappings for ransom, target killings and extortion. Nawaz said the energy crises had become a major challenge which badly affected the economy of the country adding that the government was fully committed to overcoming it during its five years constitutional term. Referring to the recent increase in power prices, the PM said he approved it with a heavy heart as there was no other way out. He said the prices of electricity would be reduced after starting production from new power projects. He added that the government had launched an operation against power theft to overcome the shortage of electricity. He said the government inherited a number of challenges from the previous regimes as the previous rulers did not bother to address these; however, he added, the PML-N had sincere intention to bring the country out of crises like menace of terrorism, lawlessness, energy crises and poor economy. He deplored that no ruler during last 13 years had evolved a national strategy to overcome terrorism, energy crises, lawlessness, poverty and unemployment which pushed the country into a critical state.“We have a national agenda to eliminate terrorism from every area and restore peace to bring stability and prosperity in the country,” the PM maintained. He urged the nation to come forward to strengthen the government’s hands in its efforts to bring peace, stability and prosperity in country. Former President Justice (R) Rafiq Tarar, ex-DG ISI Lt. Gen. (R) Javed Nasir, PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz Sharif and ex IGP Rana Maqbool Ahmad were also present on the occasion.

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Maldives vote postponed after police intervene

MALE: Presidential elections in the Maldives due to take place Saturday were postponed at the last minute after police said the vote in the Indian Ocean nation was illegal. "We continued with preparations for voting, but the Maldives Police Service have said no documents connected to the election can leave the commission's offices," the independent Elections Commission said in a statement. "A new date for elections will be informed later."

Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen arrested in al-Qaeda plot: FBI

SANTA ANA: A man charged with attempting to join al-Qaida and lying on a U.S. passport application to aid international terrorism was planning to travel to Pakistan before he was arrested, a court document showed on Thursday. A federal court order to detain Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen, 24, of Garden Grove states that arresting agents said he was due to travel to Mexico City by bus and then board a flight to Pakistan. The order, which was made available online Thursday, also states Nguyen was holding a fake passport and had recently traveled to Lebanon and Syria to help the Free Syrian Army. Nguyen, who is a U.S. citizen, was arrested last week in Santa Ana while waiting to board a bus to Mexico. He has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court Monday. A message seeking comment from his attorney, Yasmin Cader, was not immediately returned. Nguyen, who is also known as Hasan Abu Omar Ghannoum, attempted to work under the direction of al-Qaida, according to an indictment returned last week. The four-page document provides no details about the alleged terrorism act. Nguyen's family has said he recently converted to Islam. He had a license to work as a security guard, though it was set to expire last month.

Reactions on Bilawal’s speech

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of political parties have reacted to PPP Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s speech on the sixth anniversary of the Karsaz tragedy. PML-N leader and the country’s Information Minister, Pervaiz Rashid said Bilawal had made a political speech and it was common to level allegations against others in such speeches. “The 2018 elections are far away, we will deal with them when the time comes.” MQM leader Wasay Jalil in a tweet said Bilawal’s speech was from the 2013 elections and asked how the kite (MQM) could be defeated by those who could not accomplish this in 88. PTI spokesperson, Shireen Mazari called Bilawal a child who had never interacted with the people. “Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari have never left their drawing rooms.” She added that the tsunami was saving people from the corruption of the PPP. In his speech, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was critical of the country’s mainstream political parties. He said that along with his father they would hunt for the lion, save the people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the tsunami and called Karachi a colony of London.

Malala Yousafzai meets Queen Elizabeth

LONDON: Malala Yousafzai met with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace here on Friday. The 16-year-old Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban last year in her hometown of Swat was accompanied by her father. Malala presented Queen Elizabeth a copy of her recently published autobiography ‘I Am Malala’ telling her that it was a great honour for her to be there. After accepting the gift the Queen replied, “That’s very kind of you.” During the meeting, Malala discussed the importance of education for every child. Malala Yousafzai now resides in Birmingham after receiving treatment for her bullet wound. She has received worldwide recognition following the attack, addressing the United Nations and was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Russia slams Saudi for rejecting Security Council seat

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday sharply criticised Saudi Arabia for rejecting membership of the UN Security Council, slamming the kingdom's "strange" argument that the body had failed over the Syrian conflict. Moscow's traditionally testy relationship with Riyadh has become even more strained in recent years, with the two countries at loggerheads over Saudi support for the rebels battling the pro-Kremlin regime in Syria. "We are surprised by Saudi Arabia's unprecedented decision" to reject the seat, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. "In this way, Saudi Arabia has excluded itself from collective work within the Security Council to support international peace and security." It added: "The kingdom's arguments arouse bewilderment and the criticism of the UN Security Council in the context of the Syrian conflict is particularly strange." Saudi Arabia earlier Friday rejected temporary membership of the Security Council -- where Russia holds a permanent, veto-wielding seat -- and accused the body of "double-standards" in resolving conflicts like Syria. The Russian foreign ministry noted that in late September the Security Council had adopted a resolution on clearing Syria of its chemical weapons arsenal. However previously, Moscow had blocked all moves to punish the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The most significant high-level contact between Russia and Saudi Arabia in recent months was a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's influential intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan in Moscow on July 31. Diplomats in the Middle East have said that Putin rejected a proposal from Prince Bandar for Moscow to abandon its support for Assad in exchange for a huge arms order from Riyadh worth $15 billion. Putin rejected the proposals, according to the same sources. However the Kremlin later denied that the two men had discussed military cooperation or any deals. Widely regarded as among the most influential powerbrokers in the entire Middle East, Prince Bandar is the son of the late crown prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, who died in 2011.

UN expert urges US to reveal civilian drone deaths

ISLAMABAD: A U.N. expert on Friday called on the United States to reveal the number of civilians it believes have been killed by American drone strikes targeting militants. U.N. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson said that preliminary information gathered for a new report indicated more than 450 civilians may have been killed by drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, but more work needs to be done to confirm the figures. The U.S. provides very little public information about its drone program, especially in Pakistan and Yemen, where the CIA is involved in the attacks. ``The single greatest obstacle to an evaluation of the civilian impact of drone strikes is lack of transparency, which makes it extremely difficult to assess claims of precision targeting objectively,'' said the report, which was released Friday. The lack of transparency ``creates an accountability vacuum and affects the ability of victims to seek redress.'' The U.S. and other countries that use drones, such as Israel and the United Kingdom, have an obligation to investigate reported civilian casualties and clarify their legal justifications for the attacks, the report said. The involvement of the CIA in the U.S. drone programs in Pakistan and Yemen ``has created an almost insurmountable obstacle to transparency,'' the report said. Emmerson said he did not believe the U.S. could use national security considerations to justify withholding civilian casualty data. The Pakistani government told the U.N. that at least 400 civilians have been killed by U.S. drone strikes in the country _ a figure that Emmerson first revealed during a visit to Islamabad in March. The report said that the U.N. has confirmed more than 30 civilians were killed in drone attacks in Afghanistan in 2012 and 2013. Media reports indicate that at least 21 civilians have been killed in strikes in Yemen since 2011. In total, Emmerson identified 33 drone attacks that appear to have resulted in civilian casualties, but he is still trying to confirm his findings with the states involved. He will present his final report to the U.N. Human Rights Council once he is finished. Emmerson said in the report that drone strikes in Pakistan violate the country's sovereignty because the government has publicly objected to the attacks _ a stance he first announced during his visit to Islamabad in March. Others believed the situation with Pakistan is murkier since senior government and military officials have supported at least some of the strikes in the past, and U.S. officials say privately that some still do. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to travel to Washington next week to meet with President Barack Obama. Drone strikes are expected to be on the agenda.

Dozens killed in Syria's Aleppo amid push for talks

DAMASCUS: Dozens of people were killed in fighting in Syria's Aleppo province Friday as an international envoy prepared a Middle East tour ahead of proposed peace talks next month. UN-Arab League representative Lakhdar Brahimi's visit, which begins Saturday, comes as the international community ramps up efforts to convene a peace conference in Geneva. But the prospects for the talks, dubbed Geneva 2, remain unclear, with the Syrian opposition divided and due to vote next week on whether to take part. On the ground, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported dozens of deaths in the northern province of Aleppo, including 12 Kurds killed by regime shelling in the town of Tal-Aran, where nine people were died the same way on Thursday. The town lies on a strategic route between Aleppo city and Sfeirah, a town under rebel control near a military base where the regime is believed to store some of its chemical arsenal. Elsewhere in the province, the Observatory said at least 20 regime troops and seven rebels were killed after opposition forces attacked an air defence base southwest of Aleppo city. In eastern Syria, the Observatory reported ongoing fighting in the city of Deir Ezzor, with regime warplanes carrying out raids. Rebels had earlier made advances in the Rashdiya neighbourhood of the city, where a top intelligence officer, Major General Jamaa Jamaa, was killed on Thursday. State television said Jamaa was "martyred while carrying out his national duties to defend Syria and its people and pursuing terrorists in Deir Ezzor." The Observatory said Jamaa, who was in charge of military intelligence in Deir Ezzor province, was hit by sniper fire during clashes in Rashdiya between troops and jihadist fighters. It also reported that fighters of the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front executed 10 soldiers after capturing them during the clashes.

Armed man holds woman hostage in Paris bank

PARIS: An armed man was holding a woman hostage in a bank in Paris on Friday after releasing three other people he had seized, police said. The man entered the branch of CIC bank in Paris's southern 13th district around 1450 GMT with a handgun and was demanding social housing for himself and his son, police said. He took three women and a man hostage but quickly released two of the women and, an hour-and-a-half later, released the man. One of the bank's employees managed to trigger an alarm shortly after the man entered the bank. Six helmeted police officers, including one carrying a shield, could be seen standing outside the entrance to the bank branch. The area was closed off to traffic and police set up a perimeter of about 100 metres (yards) around the bank. Two snipers were deployed on nearby rooftops and two more on the sidewalk. A command post was set up in a restaurant facing the bank. Reached by AFP, representatives of CIC declined to make any immediate comment.

PIA to bring back 67,000 pilgrims in its post-Haj operation starting today

LAHORE: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)will start its Haj operation from Saudi Arabia today (Saturday). According to a PIA spokesperson, during the month long operation, the national flag carrier would bring back 67,000 Haj pilgrims, who were airlifted to Saudi Arabia via 149 flights. The operation would conclude on November19, he added.

Obama nominates Pentagon's top lawyer as Homeland Security chief

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama Friday nominated Jeh Johnson, formerly the Pentagon's top lawyer, to lead the Department of Homeland Security, an official said. Johnson, who will succeed Janet Napolitano who left earlier this year, was in his previous job responsible for a prior legal review of every military operation ordered by the president or the secretary of defense. "The President is selecting Johnson because he is one the most highly qualified and respected national security leaders, having served as the senior lawyer for the largest government agency in the world," a US official said. Johnson was also part of a review team behind the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" prohibition on gays serving openly in the military, earlier in the Obama administration. Johnson was also involved in legal decisions surrounding the US drone program that has targeted terror suspects, and other key military operations. The Homeland Security Department was set up after the September 11 attacks in 2001, and is responsible for counter-terror operations and protection on US soil. It also oversees border enforcement, agencies including the Secret Service and works to combat natural disasters such as hurricanes. Johnson served as the Defense Department's general counsel during Obama's first term. His nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. (AFP)

Pakistan needs $76.19 billion to pay off debts: IMF

WASHINGTON: Pakistan requires $76.19 billion (Rs8 trillion) or 30 percent of its per annum GDP in order to pay off its maturing debt, estimates the IMF’s Fiscal Monitor Report. This places Pakistan firmly at the top of the list of indebted emerging countries.The size of Pakistan’s economy stands at Rs26 trillion, while Rs8 trillion is required for the repayment, instead of the rolling over, of matured debts in the current fiscal 2013-14, according to the IMF’s assessment. Among 27 countries, Pakistan is on the top where of debt will require 29.9 percent of GDP in fiscal 2013-14 against 25 percent of GDP in last financial 2012-13. The report by the IMF said gross financing needs in advanced economies, though still large, have stabilised at about 22 per cent of GDP. They are set to rise in emerging market economies in 2013-14 relative to previous projections, mainly driven by higher levels of maturing debt. They are particularly large (exceeding 20 percent of GDP) in Egypt, Jordan, Hungary, and Pakistan, reflecting short maturities and high deficits.

John Kerry to meet Nawaz Sharif on Sunday

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif here on Sunday at the start of the highest level official Pakistani visit to the United States in several years. The two men would meet before Kerry heads on a visit to Europe, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday. Sharif is also due to meet President Barack Obama on Wednesday, October 23, for the highest level White House talks between the two countries since the start of the US administration in 2009, another US official said. "It's an opportunity to broaden and deepen the relationship that we've both been working very hard towards in the last few years," the senior State Department official said. Topping the agenda are likely to be counter-terrorism efforts, as well as Pakistan's concerns over its economy and energy supply. Sharif was elected in May, and Washington has praised his efforts to reduce tensions in South Asia. Relations with the United States have also improved since they plunged to one of their lowest points in 2011 amid the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a US commando raid in Pakistan, as well as the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a US airstrike. "There have been significant irritants which I think have reduced quite a bit over the course of the last year," the US official said. Washington needs Pakistan's cooperation as it prepares to withdraw thousands of pieces of heavy equipment from Afghanistan ahead of the end of NATO combat operations at the end of 2014. It is also looking to Pakistan to try to help with reconciliation efforts between the Taliban and Afghan leaders. The United States also wants the Pakistani government to do more to crack down on militant havens. Pakistan, meanwhile, is chafing at continued US drone strikes against militants on its territory. Drones are "part of a very comprehensive conversation we have on security across the board," the US official said. "As we talk about all these security issues that will be a key theme, not drones necessarily, but the security situation writ large." AFP)

At least 400 civilians killed by drone strikes in Pakistan, UN told

UNITED NATIONS: The government of Pakistan has confirmed that of some 2,200 people killed by drone strikes in the past decade, at least 400 were civilians and an additional 200 victims were deemed "probable non-combatants," a U.N. human rights investigator said on Friday. Ben Emmerson, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, also urged the United States to release its own data on the number of civilian casualties caused by its drone strikes. Emmerson says that preliminary information gathered for a report released Friday indicated that more than 450 civilians may have been killed in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen. It says more work needs to be done to confirm these figures. Emmerson said Pakistan's Foreign Ministry told him it had recorded at least 330 drone strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan's largely lawless region bordering Afghanistan, since 2004. Clearing out militant border sanctuaries is seen by Washington as crucial to bringing stability to Afghanistan, particularly as the U.S.-led combat mission ends in 2014. Most, but not all, attacks with unmanned aerial vehicles have been by the United States. Britain and Israel have also used them. In an interim report to U.N. General Assembly released on Friday, Emmerson said Pakistani government records showed that drone strikes had killed at least 2,200 people and seriously wounded at least 600 since 2004. He said Pakistan had confirmed that "at least 400 civilians had been killed as a result of remotely piloted aircraft strikes and a further 200 individuals were regarded as probable non-combatants." "Officials indicated that, owing to underreporting and obstacles to effective investigation, those figures were likely to be an underestimate" of civilian deaths, Emmerson said. Emmerson, who visited Pakistan in March, noted that principal media monitoring organizations had recorded a "marked drop" in reported civilians casualties from drone strikes in the tribal areas during 2012 and the first half of 2013. The tribal areas have never been fully integrated into Pakistan's administrative, economic or judicial system. They are dominated by ethnic Pashtun tribes, some of which have sheltered and supported militants over decades of conflict in Afghanistan. "The involvement of CIA in lethal counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan and Yemen has created an almost insurmountable obstacle to transparency," Emmerson said. "One consequence is that the United States has to date failed to reveal its own data on the level of civilian casualties inflicted through the use of remotely piloted aircraft in classified operations conducted in Pakistan and elsewhere." (Agencies)

KP govt urges centre to get US drone strikes stopped

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has asked the federal government to play its role in stopping US drone strikes. The provincial government has also appealed to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to stop suicide attacks and bomb blasts on humanitarian grounds. The KP government demanded of the centre to take it into confidence regarding talks with the militants. It said that a demand to allow Taliban to open their office was made to make the talk process result oriented. The KP government urged the government to formally launch the talks with the Taliban.

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October 18 anniversary: Accused yet at large even after six years

KARACHI: Six years have passed since October 18, 2007 when former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s caravan was attacked on Karsaz and 177 people were killed and over 600 injured. As the families of victims still try to cope with their loss, the investigation into the incident is yet to be made public and the accused brought to book. The bombing on 18 October, 2007 was an attack on the motorcade carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The streets of Karachi had come to a grinding halt to welcome Benazir Bhutto, after an eight-year self-imposed exile during which she lived in Dubai and London. Two explosions occurred in front of the rallying bullet-proof truck from which she greeted her fans and party members at approximately 00:52 PST, on the route about halfway from the airport to the tomb of Muhammad Ali Jinnah for a scheduled rally, just after Bhutto's truck had crossed a bridge near Karsaz. Police vehicles bore the brunt of the blasts, which completely destroyed three police vans and killed at least 20 policemen in the vehicles. Conflicting reports indicate that Bhutto, who was not injured in the attack, was either sitting on top of the truck or had just climbed into the compartment of the truck at the time of the explosion. Bhutto was escorted to her residence, Bilawal House. The victims were rushed to Jinnah Hospital, Liaquat National Hospital, Civil Hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. In a press conference on 19 October 2007, Bhutto claimed that her security team was unable to prevent the attack because of the street lights being turned off, and called for an inquiry into why this happened. Although PPP government during its last five-year tenure could not arrest those involved in the terrorism, however, financial assistance, government jobs and free of cost residential flats were given to the bereaved families of those who had lost their lives in the tragic incident.

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Zardari will be Jiyala’s bow, me arrow in next elections: Bilawal

Will participate in 2018 Elections: Bilawal-18... by GeoNews KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Asif Ali Zardari would turn out to be a Jiyala's "bow" and he himself an "arrow" in next elections. Addressing the party workers on 6th anniversary of Karsaz incident, Bilawal said that the whole nation was celebrating Benazir Bhutto's return, however, the bomb explosion occurred and the party workers rendered their sacrifices for their leader. He said that the party workers sacrificed their lives for the restoration of democracy in the country. "PPP is not a political party but passion". Bilawal further said that Dr Tahir ul Qadri had made whole Islamabad hostage and in the current government one more armed person did the same. He claimed that the political parties who took shelter from the terrorists are now celebrating. Bilawal further said that Karachi is still a colony of London and pledged that his party would “rescue the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the Tsunami”.

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Australian couple's Everest survival bid ends in tragedy

SYDNEY: An Australian couple survived for six hours buried under ice and snow following an avalanche in Tibet only for the husband to die after descending the mountain, reports said Thursday. Wendy Higgins and her company director husband Dean, from Adelaide, were camping on the slopes of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, with another two Australians when disaster struck on Tuesday. While details remain sketchy, the pair were reportedly buried by snow with the 60-year-old husband managing to dig them out after six hours. They then spent eight hours battling to reach safety, at which point Dean Higgins died, reportedly "as a result of altitude sickness, poor health and age". Julie Mahony, a family friend, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation she had spoken to Wendy Higgins about her ordeal. "They were under the snow for about six hours and Dean dug them out of the snow," she said. "They had to get down the mountain to safety and that took approximately eight hours. "We're not exactly sure what happened, but he was alive until they got down the bottom." Chinese state media said three local porters died in the avalanche with sources within the Dingri local government saying the group "entered a restricted area on the mountain without permission". Mount Everest is known in China as Qomolangma -- mother goddess of the snows in Tibetan. More than 300 people have died on Everest since it was first conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. (AFP)

US federal employees called back to work: White House

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama ordered all federal employees to return to work on Thursday after Congress passed a bill extending the nation's borrowing authority and ending a two-week government shutdown. "Now that the bill has passed the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, the president plans to sign it tonight and employees should expect to return to work in the morning," said Office of Management and Budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell.(AFP)

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Shutdown encouraged US foes, depressed friends: Obama

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama warned Thursday that America's political dysfunction had encouraged its enemies and depressed its friends, and said the crisis had left "no winners" in Washington. In trying to heal the wounds of the last two weeks of political drama, Obama hoped to avoid a new round of brinkmanship within months after a temporary truce between Republicans and Democrats. "There's been a lot of discussion lately of the politics of this shutdown," Obama told an audience of returning executive branch workers in the State Dining Room of the White House. "Let's be clear. There are no winners here." The president called on warring politicians to come together to pass a long-term budget and to give up the "brinkmanship" that threatens the economy and squandered the trust of the American people. He spoke less than 11 hours after signing legislation that ended a 16-day government shutdown and a showdown over raising his government's borrowing authority. The bill brought a temporary end to a stand-off that had threatened to pitch the US economy into a historic default. Obama urged Congress, specifically Republicans in the House of Representatives, to now come together to pass stalled legislation on agriculture and on reforming America's immigration system. "These last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy," Obama said. "Probably nothing has done more damage to America's credibility in the world, our standing with other countries, than the spectacle that we've seen these past several weeks," he added. "It's encouraged our enemies, it's emboldened our competitors and depressed our friends who look to us for steady leadership." The president's message was a warning to conservative "Tea Party" Republicans to stop using their most potent weapons -- threatening to halt US debt payments and withholding government funding -- for narrow political ends. He said that sharp ideological disagreements should not stop leaders from cooperating. "There's no good reason why we can't govern responsibly, despite our differences, without lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis," he said. "If you don't like a particular policy or a particular president, then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Don't break what our predecessors spent over two centuries building." Obama appeared to have more than one eye on the next possible political crisis -- set up in the language of the bill that ended the shutdown and the threat of default before an October 17 deadline. The compromise plan hashed in the Senate and passed by the House only funds government until January 15 and extends US borrowing authority until February 7. It remains unclear if Republicans, politically wounded by their tactics this time around, will seek to use the levers of shutdown and default again. Thousands of federal workers trooped back to work on Thursday. Trains into Washington DC were again packed and the city's downtown hummed with activity after being eerily empty in recent weeks. Vice President Joe Biden was at the Environmental Protection Agency handing out muffins to returning workers. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough meanwhile met executive branch employees at the gates of the White House, and handed out high fives. The "Panda Cam" at the National Zoo in Washington was up and running again for fans starved for two weeks of a glimpse of the Smithsonian Institution's cutest new addition -- a cub. The deal calls for negotiators from the Democratic-led Senate and Republican-led House to craft a framework for a long-term government budget by December 13, a herculean task given the vast differences between the two chambers' budget plans. In a sign of their intent to conduct good faith haggling, Senate Budget chair Patty Murray and House Budget chief Paul Ryan broke bread Thursday and pledged to seek "common ground" in reducing the deficit and reining in excess spending. "Our job over the next eight weeks is to find out what we can agree on, and we have agreed that we are going to look at everything in front of us," Murray told reporters. Despite the ferocity of the shutdown drama, sparked by Republicans who wanted to defund or delay Obama's signature health care law -- the parties did not engage on one of the most fundamental differences between them. They will now clash on what to do about the "sequester" -- a round of arbitrary across-the-board spending cuts which came into force in March and will take another swipe at the federal budget in January. Stocks slipped slightly Thursday, after a roller coaster ride over the last few weeks during the shutdown drama. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.35 percent to 15320.46 in mid-morning trade.

KP govt announces three-day mourning over Israrullh killing

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced three-day mourning in the province over killing of Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur, Geo News reported. During the three-day mourning, the flag will fly at half-mast at the government offices. At least 10 people including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur were killed and over 30 others injured when a suicide bomber struck a gathering on Wednesday.

Pakistan record historic win against South Africa

ABU DHABI: Pakistan defeated South Africa by seven wickets on the fourth day of the first five-day Test here at the Sheikh Zayad Stadium on Thursday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series. Chasing a mere 40 to win, Pakistan made a poor start losing three wickets for just seven runs on the board but later experienced batsmen Younis Khan (nine) and Misbah-ul-Haq (28) managed to take the team to victory with Pakistan captain deservedly hitting the winning six. This is Pakistan's fourth win over South Africa in 22 Tests and also broke South Africa's unbeaten 15-Test run since losing to Sri Lanka at Durban in December 2011. Earlier, South Africa were bowled out for 232 in their second innings after conceding a big 193-run lead in the first. It was AB de Villiers who hit a fighting 90 to help South Africa avoid an innings defeat while Robin Peterson scored a valiant 47 not out but it only delayed Pakistan's win. De Villiers added an invaluable 57 for the eighth wicket with Petersen to carry the match into the final session. Peterson added an invaluable 42 for the ninth wicket with Vernon Philander (ten), much to the frustration of the Pakistani bowlers. De Villiers hit seven boundaries and a six off 157-ball in a resistance filled innings before he miscued a drive off paceman Junaid Khan with just three to avoid an innings defeat. Pakistan's bowlers had grabbed two wickets in the morning session to boost their chances on a pitch offering good turn after South Africa resumed at 72-4, trailing by a big 121 runs. Wily spinner Saeed Ajmal took four wickets for 74 and he was superbly supported by left-arm paceman Junaid Khan (3-57) and fellow spinner Zulfiqar Babar (2-51). The second and final Test starts in Dubai from October 23.

Nawaz’s positive steps to be supported: Zardari

LARKANA: Former president Asif Ali Zardari, Thursday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s all the steps for the progress of the country will be accorded full support, Geo News reported. Addressing the party workers in Naudero house, Zardari said: “If Nawaz Sharif took positive steps, Pakistan People’s Party will extend complete backing to them in the Senate.” However, he added that some other course of action will be looked at in case the incumbent government failed to address the challenges. He said power houses will be established at district level in Sindh. “People’s Party wants such progress in the country where youth, Bilawal and his children can make progress,” he added.

Slain KP minister Israrullah Gandapur laid to rest

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Slain Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur has been laid to rest in the native graveyard here on Thursday, Geo News reported. Israrullah Gandapur was buried in the compound near the grave of his father, former chief minister Inayatullah Gandapur. Earlier, the funeral prayers of Israrullah Gandapur was held in Degree College Kulachi. KP Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak, provincial cabinet members, Aftab Ahmed Sherpao and other politicians attended the funeral. The KP government announced three-day mourning in the province over the killing of Gandapur. During the three-day mourning, the flags will fly at half-mast at the government offices. On Wednesday, at least 10 people including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Israrullah Gandapur were killed and over 30 others injured as the suicide bomber entered the residence of Gandapur in the Kulachi area and detonated his explosive-rigged vest. The people had gathered at his residence to greet the minister on Eid-ul-Azha.

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East Bay residents rally to help toddler with brain tumor

LIVERMORE, Calif. (KGO) -- A young Livermore girl is battling a brain tumor. She and her family are getting incredible support. Not just from friends, but also from strangers. "Loved going outside, picking flowers, looking at butterflies," Merlin Newton said. He's talking about his daughter Delaney. She was a lively two and a half year old until last month. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor and is now undergoing chemotherapy. Fortunately the family is not coping alone. "Delaney didn't have the choice to get her head shaven," Livermore-Pleasanton firefighter Craig Berchtold said. "You know what, I have a choice to help support her and her family." This is one of the things Delaney's family says is helping to lift their spirits. One-by-one, the firefighters at the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department are losing their locks. Delaney's father has been part of the crew there at Engine 1 for eight years. "It's to show that little bit extra of how we care about Merlin and his family," firefighter Bobby Hernandez said. But it's not just co-workers. It seems everyone in Livermore knows about the family. The family sometimes dropped in for dinner at Sauced BBQ & Spirits downtown. Now co-owner Barrett Gomes will throw a big fundraiser next month. "That night Nov. 13 is going to be about Delaney," Gomes said. "And I think the family will see how many people really care about what's going on in their lives." Many people have purchased t-shirts and sweatshirts like this that say Team Delaney. Dad Merlin says the community support has been overwhelming. "It's not the fundraisers or donations it's just, hey, were here to show it's not just family but your community behind you," he said. Newton says he and his wife Janice are keeping a diary and his brother has started a blog so that one day little Delaney will know how the community put its arms around her.

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President Obama signs measure averting default on debt

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has signed a measure averting default on the national debt and ending a partial government shutdown. The White House budget office says federal workers should plan to return to work Thursday morning. Passage of the bill late Wednesday in the House and Senate ended a Washington-created crisis that closed much of government for 16 days. It came on the eve of the date the Treasury Department warned it would no longer be able to borrow to pay the government's bills. The legislation was carried to passage in the House by strong support from Democrats and 87 yes votes from majority Republicans who had originally sought to use the measure to derail Obama's three-year-old health care law. The legislation will reopen the government through Jan. 15 and permit Treasury to borrow normally through Feb. 7

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No House vote on US debt ceiling bill Tuesday: officials

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives will not vote Tuesday on a bill to raise the debt ceiling, taking the crisis within hours of a crucial deadline, Republican party officials said. House leaders shelved plans for a bill that also sought to rein in President Barack Obama's health care law after apparently failing to win sufficient support from Tea Party conservatives. (AFP)