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HORSING MATTERS!

The oldest and most fruitful man-animal relationship is arguably the man-horse one.

One fascinating aspect of this relationship is horse racing. As Royal Ascot, one of UK’s leading racecourses, prepares to honour its master, trainer Sir Henry Cecil, who saddled 75 winners, we take a close look at some of the best horse races the world over.

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HYDERABAD’S FIRST COMPACT AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER

CENTRE’S JUMBO CABINET

DOES AP GAIN?

The State Opposition spectrum makes jibes at the Congress for inducting more from the State in the Central Cabinet. They ask what the State Congress leaders have brought to 8.4 crore people all these years, and want them to learn from Lalu Yadav and Mamata Banerjee, who take a chunk off the Central projects for their states.

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WORMING INTO FACEBOOK

There are close to 20 worms across Facebook and other sites that cause thefts of passwords, contacts, photos and much more.

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BIGG BOSS

ARTISTE ATTACKED Kashif Qureshi, who participated as the 'common man' in Bigg Boss 6, and became a known face recently, was attacked late last night.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013

city events

SUMMER FILMMAKING WORKSHOP

Summer filmmaking workshop for engineering students is on.

Where: International School for Film + Media, Banjara Hills When: Till June 21, 9.30 am to 1.30 pm Contact: 4914-1234

Weather for Hyderabad

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A mix of cloudy and clear skies.

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New Delhi Mumbai Max 32 Max 28 Min 24 Min 25 Cloudy with chances of rain

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AROUND THE CITY: YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES SHOWS

Masala workout Masala bhangra workout will be held.

Where: Ozone 3- Fitness N Spa, Banjara Hills When: June 22 and June 23, 10 am to 6 pm Contact: 001-212-213-8208

World music day World music day 2013 will be held.

Where: Taj Deccan , Banjara Hills When: June 21, 6 pm Contact: 2335-0443 Play time Girish Karnad's Nagamandala: Play With A Cobra will be staged.

Where: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills When: June 18, 7 pm

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Despite repeated warnings, motorists still carry more than two people on their bikes. This family of five weaves precariously through the traffic at Khairatabad.

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Art attack An ode to a Tree, semi abstract paintings by B Bhaskar Rao will be held.

Where: Iconart Gallery, Banjara Hills When: Till June 20 Contact: 98499-68797

to 5 pm Contact: 82971-17515

Reel abilities Between the Lines, English play by Nandita Das will be staged.

Where: The Westin Hyderabad Mindspace, Hitech City When: June 22, 7.30 pm Contact: 6767-6767

Film appreciation Reflect and unwind about thrillers from world cinema.

Where: Yavanika Films, Begumpet When: July 22 and 23, July 29 and July 30, 11 am to 7 pm

WORKSHOPS

Money matter A thrillionare workshop by Nik Halik will be held.

Where: Taj Deccan , Banjara Hills When: June 20, 5.30 pm to 9 pm Contact: 6666-3939

Interview workshop Workshop on success in interview will be held.

Where: Swamy Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Lower Tankbund When: June 22, 10 am to 1 pm Contact: 2762-7961 Mime workshop Auditions for Natvarya, a workshop

by Indian Mime Academy will be

Commissioner & Spl Officer

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POLICE CONTROL ROOM Hyderabad 27852435 Traffic Control Room 27852482 DCP Traffic 23234065, 23243499F Pollution Control Board 23887500 ELECTRICITY General Complaints Breakdown Section

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Golden threads Silk and cotton exhibition cum sale will be held.

Where: Kamma Sangham Community Hall, Ameerpet.

When: Till June 18, 11 am to 9 pm

held.

Where: Sutradhar School of Acting, Himayathnagar When: June 22 and June 23, 11 am

WATER SUPPLY Complaint Cell Sewerage Complaint Hyd. Water Supply HOSPITAL General Hospital, Sec-bad Niloufer Hospital, Red Hills NIMS, Director, Punjagutta Osmania General Hospital Railway Hospital, Lalaguda Apollo, Jubilee Hills Care Hospital, Banjara Hills Care Hospital, Nampally Care Hospital, Musheerabad Care Hospital, Sec-bad Kamineni Hospital, LB Nagar

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BLOOD BANKS Blood Bank,Narayanguda Chiranjeevi Blood Bank Blood Bank Mediton Goal Red Cross, Vidyanagar ADRM Blood Bank Mythri Charitable Trust NTR Memorial Trust Care Banjara Hills

Parental workshop Tips for pregnant women by Dr Rekha Sudarshan will be held.

Where: Fortune Select Manohar, Begumpet When: June 22, 2 pm to 6 pm

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AMBULANCES Apollo 23548888, 23607777 Kamineni 24022222 Medwin 23202902, 23204616 Smile Line Dental Hospital 23747979 Red Cross 27627973 Niloufer Hospital 23314095 Gandhi 23320332 AIRLINES

Freezing a moment Workshop on professional photography.

Where: Zing Academy, Banjara Hills When: June 22, 10 am Contact: 99598-88188

Airport Director 27903785, 27906001 For Air India Flight Information Toll free (from any network) for IC Flights 18001801407 And for All Flights: 1800227722 Air India has revised its flight timings.

For more information call (Toll free) 18001801407, 1800227722 from BSNL/MTNL 04023430334 from other lines and mobile Website; www.airindia.in TOURISM OFFICES AP Tourism, Hyd 23262152/53/54 Sec-bad 27893100 Dept of Tourism 23453110 India Tourism 23261360 AP Tourism information Centre (24x7) 23450444, 23455999 UK VISA OFFICE VFS India Pvt Ltd Building, 8-2-542/A, Sunil Chamber, Road No. 7

Beside Meridian School, Banjara Hills34. Working hours are from 8 AM to 1 PM And 2 PM to 3PM. MUSEUMS Salar Jung Museum AP State Museum Nizams Museum

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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013

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YESTERDAY’S QUESTION

IS DIGVIJAY SINGH SUITED FOR AP POLITICS? 45% 55%

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TODAY’S QUESTION

WILL INDUCTION OF STATE LEADERS IN UNION CABINET HELP CONGRESS PROSPECTS? A)

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MONSOON ASSEMBLY

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the collective clamour of the Opposition parties for adjournment.

Today, the main Opposition TDP gave adjournment motion on hiked electricity charges and power cuts, the YSRC gave one on burden of fuel surcharge adjustment charges. CPI gave the motion on construction sector workers, the CPM gave it on disabled pensions.

SEVEN IMPORTANT BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

Today’s session will also witness

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introduction of seven important Bills as per the schedule released by the Assembly authorities.

These Bills included Constitution of Separate ST commission, Public Safety Bill, Value Added Tax (VAT) Amendment Bill, JNTU Amendment Bill, Professional Tax, Swims and Education Amendment Bills. The historic AP Bangaru Talli girl child Promotion and Empowerment Bill-2013 is also likely to be introduced in today’s session. The way for this Bill was cleared at the special Cabinet meeting held yesterday.

The House will also undertake debate on budgetary allocations made to various departments.

POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: With yesterday’s Union Cabinet expansion, the Centre has signalled its ‘care’ for the State, claims Congress, but the Opposition blasted a hole in the boast saying that the State Congress ministers had achieved nothing for the State.

AP’s share of Central Cabinet has gone up to 12. If Jairam Ramesh, who hails from Karnataka but was elected to Rajya Sabha from AP, is added, the number would go up to 13. Among these ministers, five are holding Cabinet rank while one, Chiranjeevi, holds the post of minister of state with independent charge.

LARGER NUMBER DOES NOT MEAN WELFARE BJP MLAs with their hands tied with chains protest the arrest of Telengana students and the government trying to stop the Telangana agitation at the Assembly.

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AP Congress ministers achieved nothing for the State. They should learn from Lalu Yadav and Mamata Banerjee how to take care of their states, says TDP leader.

On the seventh day of meeting, the Speaker finally begins a Q&A session without much interruption.

HYDERABAD: The suspension of TRS and BJP MLAs from the House for two days brought much needed relief in the Assembly on the seventh day of its meeting.

Though the House began amid the TDP’s demand to allow its adjournment motion on shortage of power and related problems, it did not last as the Speaker began the Question and Answer (Q&A) session without much ado.

This is the first Q&A segment during the ongoing budget session of the AP Assembly. This sitting had been marred all the six days by

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However, Opposition parties said that larger number of Cabinet ministers from the State did not mean any-

thing special for the 8.4 crore people of the State.

Speaking to Postnoon on the issue, TDP senior leader Motkupally Narasimhulu said that the Congress leaders had grossly failed to achieve anything concrete from the Centre for the people of the State since 2004. “It is a fact that the State played a crucial role in formation of two consecutive UPA governments at the Centre since 2004. Despite this, our leaders did nothing for the development.

They neither brought any development projects nor did they fight for allocation of funds,” he said.

Another leader of TDP and Telangana TDP Forum chairman E Dayakar Rao (in pic) said that the Congress leaders should feel ashamed of their failures in achieving anything concrete for the State. “We have classic examples of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mamata Benarjee before us. The two leaders have strived hard for the development of their states during their tenures as Union ministers. Both Bihar and WB have got huge amounts of funds because of these leaders,” he recalled.

CPI floor leader Gunda Mallesh said the Congress ministers were simply larger in number but they did little for the people of the State.

CITY BRIEFS GHMEU calls off strike after talks

HYDERABAD: The GHMEU called off its strike, after talks with the municipal administration and urban development minister M Maheedhar Reddy. The latter said all their demands but regularisation of contracted employees would be considered. The principal secretary Adhar Sinha and other high-ranking officials were present.

ACB traps official red-handed

HYDERABAD: K Ravichander Rao, who worked as Mandal Revenue Inspector at Tahasildar Ganapavaram, West Godavari was caught red-handed by the ACB officials in his office chambers when he demanded and accepted `8,000 as bribe from K Satyanarayana for doing an official favour of processing a file.

Hookah centre raided, 16 men arrested

HYDERABAD: The Pahadishareef police raided a hookah centre at Sadath Nagar on Monday night and arrested 16 young men along with three workers of the hooka centre. Owner of the centre, one Ahmed managed to escape from the scene. The raid happened after people living in the area started complaining about the place.

BJP postpones ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’

HYDERABAD: In view of heavy floods in Uttarakhand that left a trail of death and devastation in the hill state killing 37 people the BJP on Monday postponed its ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ in the state from June 23.

The party leadership has asked to work for relief of those affected and a fresh date for the agitation will be announced later.

YSRC’s Vijayamma to tour T districts

HYDERABAD: To shore up support for the forthcoming panchayat elections, the YSR Congress Party honorary president YS Vijayamma would be touring Telangana districts from June 25, said its political affairs committee. The party leader Bajireddy Govardhan said Vijayamma would begin at Medak and cover all districts by July 3.

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ast year we had reported how the Sunday bazaar at Abids was a boon for all book lovers. Like one vendor said, they have all books from KG to PG, and so much more. It’s the ideal way to spend your Sunday mornings, haggling over the latest books, searching for some rare ones, and carting home an immense pile of cheap, wonderful books.

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NUMEROLOGY

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of women want to appear confident rather than looking feminine, intelligent, glamorous or youthful, shows a new UK poll. English singer Jessie J was their pick for the look of confidence she wore.

There are close to 20 worms that are all across the Facebook and various browsers which causes various trouble for account handlers.

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THINGS WE 5LEARNT TODAY The column that teaches everyone something new about the way the world functions.

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Divine roadblocks prove troublesome for GHMC. Unless judiciary breathes down its neck, the GHMC does not want to do the unpleasant task of removing religious structures occupying public places and roads, for fear of offending sentiments.

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Little change for the poor in Philippines.

Little has been done to change a huge rich-poor divide that sees roughly a quarter of Manila’s 12 million people surviving on a dollar a day or less.

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New hope for cure for cancer.

A new breakthrough in cancer research — a mechanism that cells use to group together and move round the body — has sparked home for a cure.

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Trust no one, not even your friends?

A woman has filed a complaint stating that her friend hasn’t returned her jewellery.

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22 years of Parikrama, India’s beloved rock band.

Catch them tonight at Hard Rock Cafe, Banjara Hills.

ECO-FRIENDLY

Signals go solar-powered Touted as the first of its kind, the key features of the new signalling system is that vehicular movement is controlled by the virtual loop cameras that control the duration of red and green lights at the junction.

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HYDERABAD: Though Phase-1 of installations of “intelligent” signals has been completed at all the major junctions in the City, completion of Phase-2 of the Hyderabad Traffic Integrated Management System (HTRIMS) will still take another year, say officials.

The highly ambitious project was proposed in 2011, however, so far only half the plan has taken shape. But some major junctions have been upgraded with intelligent signals powered by solar panels. Others will follow suit soon, police pointed out.

Manpower shortage in the City traffic police had prompted the traffic police chiefs to take more technical help. The GHMC and the City’s traffic police had come up with the novel idea of installing H-TRIMS project to monitor traffic movements. The State government had sanctioned `66.3 crore for the project.

As of now all the major junctions in the City have been upgraded with the intelligent signals and are powered by solar panels. Very soon, all the 180 already existing junctions and the 40 newly recognised signal junctions will be fitted with the intelligent signalling systems, say officials in the traffic department and at the GHMC. Though these signals work on solar power, to ensure that there is uninterrupted power service to the signalling systems, other sources of power supply like the commercial power supply and a battery backup are provided at all the junctions.

Touted as the first of its kind, the key fea-

“There are some bugs in the programming and that is the reason such issues are coming up. These bugs are being rectified and the problems will be solved soon,” says traffic DCP-2 Shyam Sunder.

Adding that some more time will be taken for the completion of the ambitious project, he said, “Once all the traffic signal junctions are updated with the new technology, the signal systems would be connected to the traffic command centre at the police commissioner’s office in Basheerbagh in due course of time. This would help the AROUND THE

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To ensure there is uninterrupted power service to the signalling systems, other sources of power supply are also provided at the junctions. tures of the new signalling system is that the vehicular movement is controlled by the virtual loop cameras that control the duration of the red and green lights at the traffic junction. Each junction has a pre-programmed signal timing table, depending upon the density of traffic in various directions at different times of the day, signal timing tables will be configured into the controller.

However, there have been complaints of the traffic signal turning red after a very short while of the green signal, causing inconvenience and confusion to motorists.

police constantly monitor the functioning of these signals.”

Motorists seem happy with the new and improved signalling systems. One of the problems of the old signals is that they are not properly visible. However, the new system has lights with high-intensity LEDs and the brightness can be adjusted automatically.

“The new solar operated traffic signals seem to be more efficient. Though one problem is that the signal has been turning red very soon, otherwise the system works efficiently,” says Rajita Prasad, a motorist.

MILITARY AVIATION

A400M sets out to conquer

Airbus Military hopes to sell 400 of the aircraft over the next 30 years, on top of the 174 already ordered in Europe and in Malaysia.

PATRICK RAHIR Agence France Presse PARIS: The A400M, a longawaited new military transport plane, will take to the skies at the upcoming Paris Air Show before finally setting out to conquer markets worldwide after a fouryear delay. Built by Airbus Military, the giant plane can carry helicopters, people or armoured vehicles weighing up to 37 tonnes over 3,300 kilometres and is able to land directly in combat areas on rough terrain, even on sand.

“It allows operators to deliver strategic sized loads (such as armoured vehicles) directly to the point of need on remote and austere landing strips," says Gareth

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Jennings of defence and security analysis firm IHS Jane’s.

The plane is also equipped to provide in-flight refuelling for two planes or helicopters.

The main two other transport aircraft on offer today are built by US firms. Lockheed Martin’s C130 Hercules has a smaller payload and Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster can only land in big airports.

France’s defence ministry will be the first to take delivery “in the next few weeks” of the plane, which is assembled in Spain.

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FLIGHT OF FANTASY

Flying bike closer to reality?

LONDON: Scientists have developed the prototype of a 95kg remotely-controlled bike that can hover a few metres above ground for a full five minutes. Carrying a dummy rider, the electric prototype successfully took off, flew around and landed inside an exhibition hall in Prague in the Czech Republic.

The bike is powered by two battery-run propellers on the front, two on the back and one on each side.

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However, the machine is not quite ready to hit the road. he batteries only allow for a few minutes of flight before needing to be re-charged, BBC News reported.

"Because the capacity of batteries doubles about every 10 years, we can expect that in the

future the capacity would be enough for the bike to used for sports, tourism or similar things," said the technical director of Duratec Bicycles, Milan Duchek. To create the bike, Duratec worked together with two other Czech firms, Technodat and Evektor.

In August 2009, an IT teacher John Carver from Oxfordshire constructed what he called the "Flyke" — a flying tricycle — and flew it across the

UK for charity.

Registered with the Civil Aviation Authority, Carver's machine is powered by a two-stroke twin propeller motor with a paraglider canopy and is equipped with a parachute, always open when the bike is in the air.

The bike has to be refuelled about every two hours, is able to carry up to 25.4kg of luggage, and can reach a flying speed of about 32kmph.

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GHMC dreads divine blocks Unless the judiciary breathes down its neck, GHMC does not want to do the unpleasant task of removing religious structures occupying public places.

POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: Unless the judiciary breathes down its neck, the GHMC does not want to do the unpleasant task of removing religious structures occupying public places and roads.

The GHMC mindset came through at a Prajavani programme when a senior citizen raised this issue. “As it is a sensitive issue, we do not want to touch that,” replied commissioner MT Krishna Babu. The citizen then wondered who would do it.

It has been more than four years since the GHMC surveyed the City’s religious structures occupying public spaces and roads. This too was under the proddings of the High Court, not on its own. It was precisely in September 2009 when it came out with the detailed list of religious encroachments of public spaces.

As per the 2009 survey, religious structures like temples or mosques or churches blocking public spaces totalled 533 and chillas and graveyards were 114.

In all, 357 roads have suffered encroachments by religious structures.

In all, 357 roads had suffered encroachments of this sort.

Under pressure from the High Court, 26 structures were relocated. Then came the full force of religious pressures and the GHMC withdrew like one confronting a hooded cobra.

ENCROACHMENT INTENSITY Circle 5 (Charminar), where Assembly constituencies of Bahadurpura, Charminar and Gos-

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hamahal fall, has the most number of religious structures —71.

Circle 9, with Assembly constituencies of Amberpet and Musheerabad, had the secondmost at 63. Circle 4, that included constituencies of Malakpet, Yakutpura and Chandrayangutta stood at third position,

with 60 structures. Circles of 4 and 5, mostly areas of Charminar, had chillas and graveyards that numbered 37 and 30 respectively.

The statement showed religious structures existing on footpaths and road margins, and proposed to removed some of the structures which occupied up to 300 sq yards on the roads. For instance, in Circle 10, religious structure on Road No 3, Banjara Hills, is listed as having 300 sq yards encroachment.

Others with 250 sq yards encroachment include a religious structure at Tolichowki junction and one on Yousufguda main road. Another religious structure at the turning off Road No 1 and 12 of Banjara Hills sits on 200 sq yards. One in Ameerpet crossroads has 150 sq yards extra.

Chief city planner GV Raghu admitted that the corporation did not conduct any survey in this direction in the recent years.

“As there was a court order, we had to list the structures then.

We removed some and relocated some, but the process did not proceed,” he said.

GUANTANAMO BAY

Pentagon lists ‘indefinite detainees’ WASHINGTON: The Pentagon released Monday the names of Guantanamo Bay’s 46 “indefinite detainees”, terror suspects considered too dangerous to transfer from the prison and who cannot be tried in court.

The 15-page list, unveiling details about the prisoners for the first time, was released to The New York Times and The Miami Herald in response to freedom of information requests.

It also included the names of all 166 detainees who remain at the US military jail in Cuba.

The men designated for indefinite detention include 26 Yemenis, 12 Afghans, three Saudis, two Kuwaitis, two Libyans, a Kenyan, a Moroccan and a Somali.

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Two of those men, both Afghans, have died. One committed suicide and the other died of a heart attack.

The captives’ status is one of the most controversial aspects of the notorious prison camp.

US official say that because the men were subjected to harsh interrogation techniques, such as the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding, denounced as torture, they cannot be prosecuted because the evidence against them is tainted cannot be admitted in court.

Rights groups welcomed the move but made fresh calls for the Obama administration to transfer the 86 detainees who have already been cleared to leave. AFP

NATION BRIEFS Cricket match triggers communal clash in Agra

LDF stalls proceedings in Kerala Assembly

5-year-old mowed down; ex-corporator's son held

Delhi head constable killed in car accident

'Suraj Pancholi coping well with jail'

AGRA: Dozens of people were injured in a communal clash that broke out here Monday following a cricket match. Peace was restored by Tuesday, said police. Two groups clashed at Ram Lila ground after one of the teams lost a match, and soon shop owners in the Bijlighar, Chipi tola and Shivaji Market area downed shutters in haste.

Continuing to target CM Oommen Chandy over the solar scam, the LDF opposition today kept up their protest in the state assembly, forcing suspension of question hour.

The LDF members, wielding placards calling for his resignation, rushed into the well of the house after the day's proceedings began.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:

MUMBAI: A five-year-old girl was mowed down by a speeding car allegedly driven by a kin of senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat. The mishap took place last night in Goregaon. The minor, identified as Lado Gupta, was run over allegedly by the vehicle of Raunak Desai, son of former Congress corporator Sameer Desai.

GHAZIABAD: A Delhi police head constable died in a car accident near Hafizpur area last night, police said today. The deceased, identified as Tujendra Sharma (35), a resident of Gulawathi village in Bulandshahr district, last night was enroute Delhi from the village, where he had gone to visit his family.

MUMBAI: Locked away with hardened criminals, Suraj Pancholi seems to be coping well with his condition, according to his sister who met him at the Arthur Road Jail here. Meanwhile, the view that the six-page letter which Jiah's mother gave out to the police as Jiah's alleged suicide note being not authentic, is gaining credence.

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TECHNOLOGY

Worming into Facebook

There are close to 20 worms across Facebook and other sites that cause thefts of passwords, contacts, photos and much more. never have met. Your details will be accessible to any random person. Your pictures, email address and many other details can be either easily stolen or misused.

Dhira D, a PR professional, said, “A lot of friends have been buzzing me and asking why I have been sending them friend requests. I thought they were joking, but when I checked their account, I was surprised that AROUND THE

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ARUN DANIEL YELLAMATY arunyellamaty@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: If you have been receiving friend requests on Facebook from unknown people, you are not the only one.

There is a big possibility that your account has been sending friend requests to unknown people too and also deleting friends from your account.

Many people on Facebook have been putting up statuses complaining of getting requests from quite a lot of people they already have added in their account. Many even complained that several friends have been taken off their friends’ list.

Facebook’s security is in question and it is also scary for users when your friend request goes out to people you may

they did have my requests, which I never sent. I have no clue now to how many people my request has been sent.”

Adding to that, Arun K, a student, says, “My friends were mad at me for no reason. When I checked, they said that I deleted them from my account, which I did not. When I checked my account, I realised that I was the one at fault. Facebook deleted

STATING THE OBVIOUS

No alternative to Palestine state: Clinton JERUSALEM: Former US president Bill Clinton said during a visit to Israel on Monday that he saw “no alternative” to a Palestinian state.

Speaking at an event in honour of President Shimon Peres’ 90th birthday later this year, Clinton said: “I’m with Shimon on this, I don’t think that in all these years a credible alternative to the creation of a Palestinian state has been presented.”

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minorities can vote,” Clinton said in the speech at the Peres Academic Centre in Rehovot, near Tel Aviv.

“No matter how many settlers you put out there the Palestinians will have more babies,” said Clinton. As the then US president, he presided over the signing of the 1993 Oslo peace accords by Israel’s Yitzak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The 1994 Nobel Peace Prize was then awarded jointly to Peres, Rabin and Arafat.

“You’re a microcosm of the challenges facing the whole world,” Clinton told his listeners, who included several Israeli ministers and lawmakers.

“Your neighbours are still your neighbours... One way or another you’re gonna share the future with them.”

Several voices within the government of PM Benjamin Netanyahu have recently spoken out against a two-state solution, including economy minister Naftali Bennett.

“The idea that a Palestinian state will be founded within the Land of Israel has reached a dead end,” Bennett said, using the biblical term for the Jewish state that includes the West Bank.

Reports appeared in the media that Clinton would receive $500,000 for his speech, causing a furore at a time when the Israeli government is struggling to push through an austerity budget. AFP

people from my account.”

Speaking to Satish, from ethical hacker group Indian Servers, he says, “There are close to 20 worms that are all across Facebook and various sites, which cause trouble for account handlers. There are pictures like a ‘woman with an axe’ and another post which says ‘most views of my account’. All these are spams; many people try to click out of curiosity and land in trouble. These kind of worms and posts will causes thefts of passwords, contacts, photos and much more.”

He adds, “People should not blindly play every other game on Facebook and join every other application. People should be very careful, as their identity is at risk. They should keep changing their passwords, read the security details properly on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.”

Facebook officials were not available for comment.

RESEARCH Japan mulls rule on ‘chimeric embryos’ TOKYO: Japanese experts were Tuesday set to discuss rules for experiments with animal-human embryos, as scientists seek permission for tests that could see human organs produced inside the growing body of an animal.

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implant into an animal's womb.

The hope is that this stem cell will grow into a fully-functioning human organ — a kidney or a liver, for example — as the animal matures. This would mean when the creature is fully grown, the organ could be harvested from the animal and used for transplanting into a person in need.

“Experts will study what possibilities this kind of research will generate,” especially with regard to ethics and human dignity, a government official said.

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CRIME

BFF means ‘best friend for fraud’ Neighbour borrows 15 tolas of gold from a woman, only to later deny doing so.

Padma is a beautician. Rakumini said they used to be friendly and visited each other’s homes. There was, therefore, no reason to suspect Padma when she asked for some jewellery to attend a marriage. Rukmini gave them to her in good faith on the promise that they would be returned soon after the function.

Days passed and Padma mentioned nothing of the jewellery. A worried Rukmini asked back her ornaments and Padma has allegedly made up a few concocted stories with the plea that she will

Mohd SUBHAN mohd.s@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: This incident tells people not to trust even close friends with one’s jewellery. A complaint with the Marredpally police lodged by one T Rukmini, 40, of Sithapathi Colony stated that she and her neighbour Padma had been close friends but now she rued the friendship because Padma had borrowed 15 tolas of gold jewellery from Rukmini for a function and refused to return them.

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return them when she can buy her the new ornaments. But Rukmini did not accept this and asked for the jewellery immediately. Padma, it is said, got flared up and denied having borrowed jewellery. Rukmini and her businessman husband preferred a petition to the court and the court has asked the police to inquire.

CRIME

Man arrested for rape in moving bus Although there were about a dozen passengers in the bus, none was awake when the rape took place. The victim could not raise an alarm as her mouth was gagged by the accused, who later threatened to kill her if she dared to speak about it to anyone, Jena said.

The incident came to light only after the victim got off from the bus at Cuttack and some people spotted her crying and took her to a police station.

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BHUBANESWAR: A man was arrested in Odisha for raping a woman passenger in a moving bus, police said on Tuesday.

Sushanta Hembram, 25, a helper in the bus, allegedly climbed on to the sleeper section of the bus where the

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woman was sleeping and raped her after gagging her, investigating officer Sujata Jena said.

The incident took place in the early hours of Monday. The bus on its way from Mayurbhanj to Cuttack city, about 250km from here.

plaint lodged by the victim. He has confessed to the crime.

Medical examinations on the victim has been conducted," the police officer said.

The victim hails from Mayurbhanj, about 250km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, and works as a maid in Cuttack.

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Bigg Boss artiste attacked at home POSTNOON NEWS feedback@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: A young Hyderabadi, Kashif Qureshi, who participated as the 'common man' in Bigg Boss 6, and became a known face recently, was attacked late last night at his residence in Farhath Nagar, Dabeerpura. He is being treated at Osmania Hospital, Dabeerpura police said.

The 28-year-old lived in flat No 101 of Saberi's Plaza.

A martial arts artist, Kashif has been a participant in the Bigg Boss 6th session. He was reported to have got close to Salman Khan and claimed to have choreographed some fight sequences for his film Wanted. Lately, Kashif had been boasting about his closeness with Salman. He is said to have told some police officers

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that he was a personal friend of Salman Khan.

Police said that Qureshi believes the attack was born of jealousy of someone known to him. Last night when he was having dinner with his wife in his flat, one Amir Saberi, who is known to him, knocked at the door and asked him to come out, stating he wanted to say something urgent. When he came out, he was confronted by Hassan Saberi, his son Safi, and brother Ali Akber who allegedly beat him up without any provocation.

He was saved by his wife’s screams for help, it is said.

Dabeerpura police have registered a case of attacking and threatening against the Saberis.

NEWS BRIEFS 30 wild animals seized from Singapore flat

6 soldiers killed in Mozambique attack

US scientist's family says inquest 'a sham'

Ban to hold talks with Chinese leaders

Punjab govt allocates millions for JuD centre

SINGAPORE: Over 30 wild animals of highly endangered species such as the slow loris, marmoset, Indian star tortoise and ball python, prohibited for being kept as pets, have been seized from a flat in Singapore during a raid, authorities said. The animals were recovered earlier this month by the country's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority.

MAPUTO: Armed men on Monday killed six soldiers in a predawn attack on a military weapons depot in central Mozambique, independent television reported. Socio Television, citing soldiers who witnessed the attack, said it was carried out by the former rebel group Renamo and that the gunmen snatched arms and ammunition.

SINGAPORE: The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore dismissed the findings that he committed suicide as "a sham and a cover-up" for a murder.

"I am not surprised by the state's findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated suicide," Mary Todd, mother of engineer Shane Todd, told AFP.

UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon will launch talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing today, with North Korea and Syria set to top the agenda. Ban is set to meet with President Xi Jinping and other top leaders during a three-day stay in Beijing. The spokesman refused to disclose the topics that Ban would discuss.

LAHORE: The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has allocated millions of rupees in its budget for the largest centre of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, considered a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba. Besides a grant-in-aid of over Rs61 million for the centre, it has also allocated Rs350 million for setting up a ‘Knowledge Park’ at the centre.

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SYRIAN PEACE PLAN AT G8 SUMMIT World leaders were to fight for a consensus on Syria on the final day of the G8 summit Tuesday, after challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to get on board or be left out in the cold.

Ye in, or ye out: that’s the question

GUY JACKSON Agence France-Presse ENNISKILLEN: World leaders were to fight for a consensus on Syria on the final day of the G8 summit Tuesday, after challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to get on board or be left out in the cold. The meeting of world leaders in Northern Ireland was also due to seek a deal on tax evasion but it was the divisions over the civil war in Syria that threatened to

Of course our opinions do not converge, but all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria and stop the growth in the number of victims.

Vladmir Putin, Russian President

Demonstrators from the ‘IF campaign’ wearing masks depicting G8 leaders protest against tax avoidance during the G8 Summit in Enniskillen on Monday.

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overshadow the second day of the gathering.

Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin struggled to hide their sharp differences on the conflict although they agreed they would push the fragile drive for a peace conference in Geneva.

In what appeared to be an attempt to face down Putin, British officials said the other seven G8 nations could go as far as issuing their own end-of-conference statement on Syria without Russia, which backs President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Putin and Obama met for an hour of talks at the Lough

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Erne golf resort and in a grimfaced press conference afterwards said they had agreed to push all the parties in the conflict to attend a Geneva conference.

But the divisions between two nations that are now essentially arming different sides of the conflict were clear. “Of course our opinions do not converge, but all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria and stop the growth in the number of victims," said Putin, who has shown contempt for

plans by the White House to begin arming selected rebel groups in Syria.

He said he and Obama agreed that the vicious civil war must end “peacefully” and through peace talks. The US president also unveiled a new $300 million aid package for refugees inside and outside Syria.

British PM David Cameron was proposing a five-point plan at the dinner on Monday that he hoped would find common ground with Syria, the official said. It included calls for humanitarian access, and the shape that a transitional administration would take.

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Obama wary about no-fly zone W A S H I N G T O N : President Barack Obama expressed skepticism Monday that setting up a no-fly zone in Syria or other major US military action could save lives or tip the balance against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Speaking to PBS television, Obama said critics urging bold intervention failed to understand there was no simple solution and “if you set up a no-fly zone, that you may not be actually solving the problem."

Obama’s deputies last week announced plans to arm the Syrian opposition after the administration concluded the Assad regime had resorted to using chemical weapons.

The US president has been accused by some lawmakers of dithering over Syria, but Obama warned of a litany of dangers associated with direct military action — repeating his determination not to be drawn into another ground war in the Middle East.

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SPY GAMES

Snowden: More NSA details on the way

The 29-year-old former contractor for the National Security Agency dismissed allegations he was a traitor.

DAVE CLARK Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON: Rogue US intelligence tech Edward Snowden issued a defiant rebuke to his critics in Washington on Monday and warned more leaks were on the way, declaring: “Truth is coming and it cannot be stopped."

The 29-year-old former contractor for the NSA dismissed allegations he was a traitor or a Chinese agent, and insisted he had exposed a dangerous US global surveillance network that threatens the privacy of millions.

US President Barack Obama’s administration has

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protested that the programs exposed by Snowden’s leaks were vital to protecting US citizens from terrorism, but the revelations have triggered an embarrassing global debate.

Snowden, who fled last month from his job at an NSA base in Hawaii to Hong Kong carrying with him a cache of secret documents, is unrepentant, and he vowed to expose more details about how US agents spy on private emails.

“More detail on how direct

NSA’s accesses are is coming," he said, in an online interview hosted by The Guardian newspaper, repeating his allegation that US federal agents have access to private users’ Web traffic.

The government has opened a criminal probe into Snowden’s acts and partially confirmed his allegations by defending the programs to access Internet data and phone records, saying that they have thwarted dozens of terror attacks. The degree to which US agencies have direct access to private communications stored on servers operated by private Internet giants has proved to be one of the more controversial aspects of the revelations.

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Snowden poses stress test for HK AARON TAM Agence presse francaise HONG KONG: Former spy Edward Snowden has exposed not only US cyber-espionage but also political fault lines in Hong Kong that are deepening as the territory, a proud bastion of free speech and protest, chafes under Chinese rule.

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lyst is testing its civil liberties and will set a landmark on whether the city can govern itself without interference from Beijing, experts say.

“I’d be concerned if China oversteps its power because every time it does, it opens up more opportunities for it to do so in the future,” said Billy Leung, one of several hundred people who attended a rain-drenched rally in defence of the self-styled whistleblower on Saturday.

Hong Kong’s government is vowing to let the law take its course in its handling of Snowden, who arrived in the city in late May with a trove of documents on US cyberspying that he has leaked to the press.

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US SURVEILLANCE FLAP

Rise of web anonymisers News of a massive surveillance effort led by the secretive NSA has sent web users scrambling to find new ways to avoid tracking.

ROB LEVER Agence presse francaise WASHINGTON: It might have seemed paranoid not long ago when netizens used tools to hide their tracks, “shred” data or send self-destructing messages.

Web anonymizers, encryption programs and similar tools have been available for years, but have been often associated with hackers, criminals and other “dark” elements on the Internet.

“I think the notion of what is an unreasonable level of paranoia has shifted in the past couple of weeks,” said Alex Stamos, an NCC Group security consultant and self-described “white hat” hacker.

Ironically, some tools for eluding detection come from US government-funded programs aimed at helping people living under authoritarian regimes.

“The real problem is that many people don’t know these tools exist and a lot of them are not usable to non-geeks,” said Sascha Meinrath, who heads a New America Foundation program helping users maintain secure and private communications in totalitarian countries.

One of the well-known programs used to hide online traces is Tor, a tool originally developed

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by the US military and now managed by the nonprofit Tor Project.

Tor, which has some 500,000 users worldwide, about 15 per cent of whom are in the United States, can be used online to hide one’s IP address, effectively blocking tracking by governments or commercial entities seeking to deliver targeted advertising. Tor’s development director Karen Reilly said the US government promotes the program in other countries, but noted that it also protects against snooping from US law enforcement.

Graham Cluley, a British-based independent security consultant, said people who use privacy tools should not be viewed as criminals.

“We get inquiries from law enforcement saying criminals are using Tor, and they want to know where the back door is,” she said.

“There is no back door. We are protecting you not only from your (Internet provider) but from

us. We never keep records that can identify our users.”

People in the hacker and security communities say they are not surprised about the National Security Agency’s PRISM program, but that its scope and its ability to scoop up huge amounts of data — if reports are correct — are frightening.

“The problem is we are keeping ‘gold’ in databases and it’s impossible to secure this,” said Nico Sell, a founder of Wickr, a startup that makes an app to allow people to secure and “shred” data sent on mobile devices. “People are now realising that they get more security and are switching over from Skype.”

“All of our messages selfdestruct... everyone has wanted

self-destructing messages since ‘Mission Impossible,’” she said.

Casey Oppenheim, cofounder of an online identitymasking program called disconnect.me, said he has surprisingly not seen a surge in downloads since the revelations, adding that it is not clear if Web users understand the implications of PRISM. Oppenheim said the databases of major firms contain history of Web browsing searching which he called “highly personal.”

In the browsing area, the search engine DuckDuckGo, which does not store IP addresses, said it has seen record growth.

“I think since the story broke, people have been seeking out privacy alternatives,” said DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg.

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GOING STRONG

After 22 long years, they still rock Parikrama has performed in Hyderabad many times, so much so that the band has lost count.

But the excitement remains un-swayed and they are glad to be back.

ARUN DANIEL YELLAMATY arunyellamaty@postnoon.com HYDERABAD: Parikrama, one of India’s oldest and most popular bands, has come a long way.

Twenty-two years. In those two and twenty years, they have performed in Hyderabad many times, so much so that the band has lost count. Twenty-five to 30 times, Subir Malik, manager, founder and keyboardist of the band, says.

But the excitement remains unswayed and they are glad to be back.

“We are very excited to come to Hyderabad,” Subir says. “It’s a city which doesn’t have much concerts like Bangalore and Delhi. We have played close to 25-30 concerts

here but still, Hyderabad is special. The crowd here is very nice.

They know the kind of music we play: people here understand ‘Classic Rock’. Every city in India is special to us in its own way.”

The band known for their music — a classic amalgamation of Indian classical instruments and western guitars and drums — is special in many senses: they open with Iron Maiden whenever

they are doing a show in Asia and they have lakhs of fans all over the world. The band is now touring five cities across India to celebrate their 22nd year. Talking about the tour, Subir says, “It’s our 22nd birthday, in fact today (June 17) we complete 22 years of playing together and it was a great journey. We have had a lot of issues in between while discussing how we can make music better and it was fun. We are a great family together. We have played in more than 3,000 concerts. It’s been really nice.”

And to make their visit to the city special, Subir says they will play four new songs. “Two of them we will play live for the first time ever, so we are going to take off two songs from the gig at

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Hyderabad. Apart from that we will also be playing few tributes.”

They make all their music audio and videos available for free online through their website.

Plans of coming up with an album? Subir, said, “Nowadays everyone is doing what we have started 18 years ago, that is putting up music online and selling it, but we used to give them for free. But, after so many fans requests, might come up with an album, let’s see how it goes. But people can anytime, select their favorite songs and customise their own album.

We are a live band and we like it that way.”

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RAIN HAVOC

58 dead, over 58,000 trapped

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While 40 perished in the torrential downpour in Uttarakhand, 18 people died in Saharanpur district of UP. LUCKNOW/DEHRADUN: Rains lashed Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday, taking up the toll to 58 and leaving over 58,000 people wet and miserable after they got stranded.

Officials continued with the rescue operations in rain-hit areas as the toll in the two states climbed to 58. While 40 perished in the torrential downpour in Uttarakhand, 18 people died in Saharanpur district of UP. Sources say more than 58,000 people are stranded at different places on the route of the Chardham Yatra Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath.

The onward trip to Hemkunt Saheb — the sacred pilgrimage for Sikhs — has also been abandoned for now, officials say.

At many places while the gushing rivers have washed away roads and caused land slides, flood waters has entered

several villages on banks of the Alaknanda river.

The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra has also been stopped for now.

The Ganga is flowing two metres above the danger mark and an alert has been sounded and people have been asked to desist from bathing in the holy river. Army officials say bases have been made for rescue operations in Bareilly and Sarsawa.

Members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are however unable to move further from Dehradun owing to inclement weather.

Fourteen choppers of the Indian Army have also been put on standby for rescue operations.

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ed areas.

The public works department (PWD) of Uttarakhand has confirmed "serious damage" to 450 roads in the state.

Regional Met director of

Uttarakhand Anand Sharma said the situation might slightly improve from Tuesday evening onwards as the rains are likely to subside.

Several trains, including Sriganganagar Express, Hemkund Express and Janshatabdi have been cancelled due to flooding of tracks, a railway official said.

Rains in Nainital has raised the level of the lake by five feet and most tourists were forced to spend their holiday indoors.

In UP, the Malan and Ganga rivers are in spate in western parts of the state and the army has been called in Mandawar and Rawli areas of Bijnore.

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Dehradun

Yamuna flows over danger mark in Delhi

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Himachal CM, dozen tourists airlifted SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was stuck in Kinnaur district for the past three days since the area was cut off due to landslides, was airlifted Tuesday. Over a dozen sick and old tourists were also evacuated, an official said.

When the heavy rainfall

stopped in the morning, the state deployed a government chopper to ferry the tourists stranded across Kinnaur.

At least 15 tourists, most of them sick and old, who were stranded in Sangla, some 275 km from state capital, for the past three days, were airlifted, he said.

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he Yamuna river is flowing over the danger mark in the national capital, an official said Tuesday.

"By 9 am today, the water level in Yamuna had reached 204.98 metres. The danger mark is 204.83 metres. We are keeping a close eye on the level of the river," an official from irrigation and flood department. The official said about 8.06 lakh cusecs of water from Haryana was released Monday at the Hathnikund barrage and an additional 3.38 cusecs of water was released Tuesday morning. In Delhi, on people were being evacuated from low-lying areas along the banks of the Yamuna.

The highest levels recorded were 207.49 metres in 1978 and 207.11 metres in 2010.

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KURDISH CULTURE

DISGRACE

Traditional footwear thrives in Iraqi town

The footwear is believed — according to legend — to have first been worn by Zoroaster, the founder of the eponymous religion.

MOHAMAD ALI HARISSI Agence France-Presse HALABJA: Between pots of glue and scraps of cotton, Bahjat Majeed sits cross-legged in his tiny workshop, putting the final touches on a pair of handmade shoes traditionally crafted in his hometown of Halabja.

The meticulously-crafted “klash”, which trace their roots back several hundred years, remain a key feature of Kurdish culture even as the threeprovince autonomous region in north Iraq has seen breakneck economic development.

The shoes feature soles made of cotton fabrics and cow hide, and upper vamps that are made with knitted wool thread, and are usually worn by men on special occasions such as the Kurdish new year celebrations of Nowruz.

“I have been doing this for 15 years,” Majeed, 34, says proudly. I cannot think of a better job. I make a traditional symbol of Kurdish culture. This is wonderful.”

Klash are made in one of three colours — white, red or blue — or some combination of the three, and do not differentiate between the left and right foot. The shoes are known in particular for their sturdiness.

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Klash are made in one of three colours — white, red or blue — or some combination of the three, and do not differentiate between the left and right foot. The shoes are known in particular for their sturdiness.

They are produced by artisans in the town of Halabja, which lies in a mountainous region near the Iranian border and some 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Baghdad.

The town, however, is sadly more famous as the site of what is thought to have been the worst ever gas attack targeting civilians.

In March 1988, as Iraq’s eight-year war with Iran was coming to an end, Kurdish peshmerga rebels, with Tehran’s backing, took over the farming community of Halabja near the border with the Islamic republic.

Now-executed dictator

Saddam Hussein’s forces bombed the area, forcing the rebels to retreat into the surrounding hills, leaving their families behind. Iraqi jets then swooped over the small town and for five hours sprayed it with nerve agents.

An estimated 5,000 people were killed, mostly women and children.

But historically Halabja and the surrounding area have been known for the klash.

And Majeed is an expert in making these handmade shoes.

He deftly passes cotton threads between his toes before connecting them to small machines that wrap them together, helping form, in this case, what will become the sole of the shoe.

A few metres from Majeed’s studio, Akram Mustafa tries to convince passing customers to pick up a new pair of klash, showcasing various varieties that sell for between 40,000 and 75,000 Iraqi dinars (between $33 and $62).

It was by chance that Mustafa became fascinated with the traditional Kurdish footwear, when he began selling them on the side of the road while unemployed 16 years ago. Since then, his “love” for the shoes has constantly grown.

US naval footballers face rape charges WASHINGTON: Several football players at the US Naval Academy are due to face criminal charges in connection with the alleged rape of a female midshipman, officials said.

A probe by the Naval Criminal Investigation Service “has been completed and reviewed” and the senior officer in charge “has decided to send this case” to a preliminary hearing, known in the military courts as Article 32 proceedings, spokesman Commander John Schofield said in a statement late Monday.

Authorities were expected to release details of the charges soon.

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The case is the latest at the elite military academies that has highlighted a wider problem in the armed forces with sexual assault, with advocates saying victims have been too intimidated to come forward.

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Dempsey, has called the rise in sexual assaults a “crisis” that must be confronted, while lawmakers are weighing legislation designed to help victims and require tougher penalties to those convicted of rape and related crimes.

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BREAKTHROUGH

Cancer clues uncovered LONDON: In a breakthrough, scientists believe they have finally discovered why cancer spreads, a vital clue that may pave way for developing a cure for the deadly disease.

A mechanism that cells use to group together and move round the body — called ‘chase and run’ — has been described for the first time by scientists at University College London (UCL).

The new study focuses on the process that occurs when cancer cells interact with healthy cells in order to migrate around the body during metastasis.

Scientists know that cancer cells recruit healthy cells and use them to travel long distances, but how this process takes place and how it could

be controlled to design new therapies against cancer remains unknown.

Now, using embryonic cells called ‘neural crest cells’, and placode cells which are the precursors for cranial nerves (the equivalent to healthy cells) researchers have started to unravel this process.

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They have found that when neural crest cells are put next to placode cells they undergo a dramatic transformation and start ‘chasing’ the placode cells. At the same time placode cells exhibit ‘escape’ behaviour when contacted by neural crest cells. The

chasing behaviour depends on the production of small chemical molecules by the placode cells that attracts neural crest cells toward them.

Researchers are confident that the process whereby cancer cells attached to healthy cells in order to migrate around the body is comparable.

Healthy cells of the body try to escape from tumour cells, but are followed by malignant cells because the healthy cells produce an attractant for the cancer cells.

“The findings suggest an alternative way in which cancer treatments might work in the future,” Dr Roberto Mayor, lead author of the study, said.

The study was published in the journal Nature Cell Biology.

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PHILIPPINES

A BLACK PRESENT A BLEAK FUTURE A N D

Little has been done to change a huge rich-poor divide that sees roughly a quarter of Manila’s 12 million people surviving on a dollar a day or less.

SARAH TAGUIAM Agence France-Presse MANILA: A sinewy man covered in thick soot stands in a grey cloud of smoke, watching over a slow-burning pile of wood that sustains his life but may also eventually kill him.

Nearby, emaciated children with their bones visible through their skin bet over a game of dice using charcoal instead of money.

More than 1,500 people live in this makeshift charcoal factory in one of the sprawling slums that dominate large chunks of the Philippine capital of Manila.

They mine a neighbouring garbage dump for scraps of wood, which they place into crude furnaces. After a week the charcoal is placed into sacks and hauled off to market.

While the country’s rich enjoy electricity and gas delivered into their homes, charcoal remains a vital source of fuel for the poor masses.

The Philippines, for decades one of the Asia’s economic laggards, has attracted global attention for remarkable growth since President Benigno Aquino came to power in 2010.

A worker standing amongs the toxic grey smoke as he starts to smelt woods into charcoal at an unregulated TED ALJIBE charcoal factory locally known as “Ulingan” in the slums of Manila.

The stock market has hit record highs, credit agencies have upgraded the country’s risk ratings and new skyrises are being built with speed reminiscent of China’s construction boom.

Yet that has done little to change a huge rich-poor divide that sees roughly a quarter of Manila’s 12 million

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people surviving on a dollar a day or less.

Nowhere can the chasm be felt as deeply as Ulingan, the squatter community whose residents make their living

from charcoal.

Among them is 34-year-old Rose Mingote, whose creases in her tired face are filled with black powder after a night of filling sacks.

“I am not sure if I can bring a child into this kind of world," says Mingote, who has been married for four years.

“This is as good as it gets

for me."

On a nearby broken bench that alternates as a sleeping space, a mother and her three children share a single plate of rice.

The youngest of the three stares blankly into the distance, with only a ripped tarpaulin providing shade.

Everyone is forced to inhale the smoke that billows from the charcoal pits, turning the dire landscape into an eerie monochrome.

Those who toil here risk contracting a range of health problems, from respiratory illness to skin disease.

Juan Villa, an outreach worker with local charity group Project Pearls, says asthma, bronchitis and lung cancer are major problems at Ulingan.

Project Pearls has helped some of the slum dwellers relocate, but most are reluctant to go.

Despite the daily torture, making charcoal can return up to 2,000 pesos ($50) a week, providing a better existence than for many others in the slums. “To everyone else, this is dirty, but to poor people like me, it’s our source of life," says mother-of-three Madelyn Rosales, 33.

GLAMOUR IS OUT OF VOGUE

Women want to be confident

Around 65 per cent of women want to look confident rather than appearing feminine or glamorous.

LONDON: Around 65 per cent of women want to look confident rather than appearing feminine, glamorous, intelligent or youthful, a new UK poll has found.

The times that women want to look most confident included job interviews (28 per cent), a night out with friends (26 per cent) and a date (11 per cent) with makeup (37 per cent) being a leading tool to put over a confident appearance.

Most women in UK want to exude an air of self-assurance ahead of appearing feminine (52 per cent), glamorous (33 per cent), sexy (26 per cent), intelligent (12 per cent) or youthful (three per cent), according to the

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The poll also found that English singer and songwriter, Jessie J, best represents the look of confidence that two thirds of Britons desire, the Daily Express reported. poll by shopping channel QVC. Tanned skin (36 per cent) was found to be the ultimate confi-

dence boosting make-up fix, followed by a defined eyebrow (26 per cent), rosy cheeks (17 per cent) and red lips (14 per cent).

The poll also found that English singer and songwriter, Jessie J (right), best represents the look of confidence that two thirds of Britons desire, the ‘Daily Express’ reported. Jessie is recognised for a strong make-up look with bright lips, colourful eyes and a rosy blush. However, 77 per cent admitted they did not have the courage to showcase such a look and instead opted for a natural appearance like Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, whose image 46 per cent of Brits try to replicate. PTI

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Business

DECKS CLEARED FOR CIVIL TERMINAL AT AGRA

Union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh has cleared a civil aviation terminal at the Kheria Air Force Base in Agra, raising hopes of increased tourist traffic, a senior tourism official said. Once it is functional, passengers will not have to pass through the air base to board aircraft.

ANTI-TRUST INVESTIGATION

AVIATION

Airbus leads Boeing in opening battle LE BOURGET: Airbus led rival Boeing Monday in the opening battle for orders at the world’s biggest air show, where Brazil’s Embraer also hit the ground running with new jets and deals.

Airbus had taken the lead with at least $18.3 billion (13.7 billion euros) in orders compared to $6.1 billion for Boeing.

Airbus took centre stage with a mammoth provisional order for 20 A380 double-decker superjumbos. The memorandum of understanding with aircraft financing group Doric is worth about $8.0 billion at catalogue prices.

Airbus had taken the lead with at least $18.3 billion in orders compared to $6.1 billion for Boeing.

The European manufacturer also said US aircraft leasing group ILFC had ordered an extra 50 of its new A320neo airliners at a catalogue price of $5 billion.

Lufthansa, meanwhile, said it had completed an order announced in March for 100 medium-range Airbus A320 aircraft, worth 10 billion euros.

Undeterred, the US firm announced several orders Monday for the 787 Dreamliner, its new 737 MAX and its existing long-haul 777 plane.

Japan’s Skymark Airlines said it had put down firm orders for four 737 MAX aircraft, becoming the first Japanese airline to set its sights on Boeing’s new medium-haul plane, in a deal worth $402 million at catalogue prices.

Leasing firm GECAS, meanwhile, ordered 10 787 Dreamliners worth $2.9 billion at list prices, while Qatar Airways announced orders for nine 777s — two firm, and seven options, worth $2.8 billion.

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Jobs emails hang over Apple trial

Government prosecutors argue that they help establish a pattern of Apple serving as a ‘ringleader’.

NEW YORK: The late Steve Jobs took center stage Monday in the latest twist in the Apple antitrust trial on ebooks.

A federal court attempted to plumb the meaning of a series of unsent emails Jobs addressed to Eddy Cue, an Apple senior vice president assigned with negotiating ebook contracts with major publishers in late 2009 and early 2010 before the launch of the iPad. Even though the emails were never sent, government prosecutors argue that they help establish a pattern of Apple serving as a “ringleader” in a conspiracy with the publishers to force the retail book industry to adopt higher prices of ebooks.

All of the draft emails responded to a message from Cue outlining the emerging price of Apple ebooks, which would be $12.99 or $14.99, up from the $9.99 Amazon had

sold for bestsellers.

In most of the drafts, dated January 14, 2010, Jobs is seen picking over the impact of the emerging deal between Apple and the publishers, according to testimony.

This included the effects of an Apple “most favored nation” (MFN) provision requiring publishers to make available to Apple any ebook

offered on another retailer for the same price.

The bombshell was a draft note to Cue in which Jobs said, “I can live with this as long as they move Amazon to the agent model too for new releases for the first year.”

“If they don’t, I’m not sure we can be competitive.” The Amazon note appears to be the last draft email in the series, said Cue. It is also the only one in the series signed by Jobs.

US Justice Department lawyer Lawrence Buterman depicted Jobs’s draft Amazon email as part of a pattern of Apple demanding publishers to change their terms from a “wholesale” model in which retailers set price to an “agency” model in which publishers set price but guaranteed booksellers a 30 percent commission.

The government contends this shift led to higher ebook prices.

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EU, US discuss FTA ENNISKILLEN: The European Union and the United States on Monday launched long-awaited formal negotiations to create what would be the world’s biggest ever free trade area.

US President Barack Obama said the first round of negotiations on a pact aimed at creating jobs and boosting the fragile global economy would take place in Washington next month.

Speaking just before the

start of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, British Prime Minister David Cameron said: “We are talking about what could be the biggest bilateral deal in history.

The process is expected to take up to two years, an ambitious target for such complex international talks.

If a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) can be reached it would be the world’s largest: trade in

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goods between the United States and the 27-country EU last year was worth some 500 billion euros ($670 billion), with another 280 billion euros in services and trillions in investment flows.

The EU says establishing a Free Trade Agreement would add about 119 billion euros annually to the EU economy, and 95 billion euros for the United States.

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PARIS: The board of French telecom operator Orange on Monday voted to retain Stephane Richard as company boss after he was charged in a corruption probe linked to IMF chief Christine Lagarde when she was French finance minister. The board meeting came just hours after President Francois Hollande said in a television interview that he had instructed the three state members on the board to vote for Richard staying on at the helm of the company.

The French state is a major shareholder in Orange, which was formerly France Telecom. Richard was Lagarde’s chief of staff when, in 2008, she sanctioned a state payout of 400 million euros ($515m) to disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie.

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GREEK TV TO REOPEN ATHENS: A Greek court on Monday suspended the government’s shock decision to shut down state broadcaster ERT and ordered it reopened until a new national media body can be set up. The ruling by the Council of State — Greece’s top administrative court — came six days after the sudden closure that triggered national outrage and destabilised the coalition government. It was announced after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras himself proposed a temporary reopening until a government move to form a new state broadcaster can be approved by parliament.

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Comment Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

TURKISH TURMOIL

CLEMENT SABOURIN Agence France-Presse

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ith its church and main street, Gravelbourg seems like just another Canadian prairie town. But it has a little known claim to fame — as prime producer of the world’s mustard seeds.

And growing beneath its placid exterior is a movement to depose France’s Dijon as the globe’s condiment king.

A two-hour drive through farm country from the Saskatchewan provincial capital Regina, the town of 1,200 established in 1906 by four brothers from Quebec “is now at the heart of mustard production," boasts its mayor, Real Forest.

Canada produces 35 to 40 percent of the world’s mustard seeds, with Gravelbourg at the core of this output.

The mustard seed was only introduced in the Canadian province in the 1940s, five centuries after Dijon in eastern France, which made it famous.

But France’s Burgundy region no longer mass-produces the seeds and the last big mustard manufacturing plant in Dijon was shuttered in 2008 after being taken over by Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever.

So Gravelbourg now has the chance to step up and seize mustard glory.

The problem is “we sell the raw materials which go elsewhere... and the benefits also go elsewhere," laments Forest, who is searching for investors to help locals kick-start their dreams.

— ‘Made in Saskatchewan’ — More and more Canadian resource sectors — such as forestry and diamond mining — are seeking to process raw materials into finished products for export to reap greater economic benefits.

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The man who took a ‘stand’ at Taksim Square THE INSIDE STORY

Winston Churchill Former British PM

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HIGH-FLYING THOUGHTS If people from the voluntary sector can indulge with money donated for the poor, why can’t monks fly in private jets, wear earphones and sunglasses, or carry Louis Vuitton luxury bags? Who is going to decide what austere principles should be, and what is ostentatious display?

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man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved

for hours.

His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest.

He arrived Monday evening as night was falling and took up position in the middle of the square, just a stone’s throw from Gezi Park.

It was a police crackdown on a peaceful protest against plans to redevelop the square that spiralled into nationwide demonstrations.

Five hours on, the man was still there, hands in his pockets, a bag and some bottles of water at his feet.

He was staring at a portrait of the revered founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk that hangs from the top of the old cultural centre.

Ataturk who established Turkey as a secular state.

Word spread quickly online: on Twitter, the hashtags #Duranadam and #standingman ran a steady stream of comments, together with some photos on the event.

Hundreds of people approached the square to see for themselves.

The man behind this ‘happening’ was choreographer Erdem Gunduz: his one-man protest was designed to get around the ban on gatherings in the square.

On Saturday, police used tear gas and water cannon to clear both the square and the park of thousands of demonstrators, depriving them of the symbolic heart of their protest.

It was a May 31 police crackdown on a peaceful protest against plans to redevelop the square that spiralled into nationwide demonstrations against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted government.

Now police officers surround the square, preventing any further gatherings.

For this new protest to work, Gunduz’s friends positioned themselves outside the square in a bid to prevent well-wishers trying to approach him.

“We want to protect him from any provocation," said one of them, Asma, a young Turkish

woman, as she tried to keep the gathering onlookers back.

“He has to be alone in the middle of the square, otherwise the police will use the pretext of a gathering to clear everyone away," she explained.

Gradually, a human chain formed an immense circle around him. Some of the youths there began arguing over whether to join him or stay well clear, as Gunduz’s friends wanted.

The choreographer’s plan was to stay standing still there for a month, breaking every 24 hours for three hours’ rest, while a friend took his place.

It was not long however before others joined in.

A group of youths took up position beside him, following his gaze towards Ataturk — at which point the police moved in.

The Standing Man had time to leave, surrounded by a group of friends: others were not so lucky.

Officers detained around 10 youths in a police bus, as photographers recorded the event.

After they were driven from the square and the park on Saturday, members of the protest movement talked about the need to find new ways of getting their message across.

Erdem Gunduz appears to have done just that.

EDITORIALS Rain, rain, don’t go away Top revenge

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on’t blame the weather for your gloominess. Good rainfall last week and the forecast of further rains due to an active South-West monsoon prompts farmers to sow crops in 50,000 hectares more than last year in Andhra Pradesh. The acreage is expected to increase 25-30 per cent over the normal area of 81.12 lakh hectares, if the current trend continues. The State has received 69 per cent excess rainfall against 73 per cent deficit last year as on June 15. This was the highest surplus over normal since 2003. With the result, the farmers have raised nurseries for paddy or taken up ploughing for commercial crops over 4.06 lakh hectares against the normal of 3.51 lakh hectares. Andhrites can expect two to three lakh hectares more under paddy and one lakh hectares under cotton if the present good rains continued. Unexpectedly, 16 districts have received excess rainfall this year while all the 23 districts faced a deficit till date. Five districts had normal except Nellore, which showed negative level this year. Adilabad, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Warangal and Vizianagaram are beneficiaries of the surplus rain.

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ndhra Pradesh tops in revenge murders over illicit affairs according to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The motive for 445 murders, reported in the State last year, was revenge on cheating partners or their paramours. This amounts to 16 per cent of the murder cases registered here. While the motive for 317 murder cases reported in the State is personal enmity, 219 murder cases have their roots in disputes over property.

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HERE’S THE DOPE

Not just a massage PADMINI C padmini.c@postnoon.com

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By providing good food to employees, companies relieve them of the many headaches of meeting the basic need of food, finds Postnoon.

The food incentive KANCHAN AGARWAL kanchan.a@postnoon.com

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ealth magazines say that no matter how busy you are, take out time to eat. Turns out, companies have taken the advice seriously. Office cafeterias, whether of multinationals or not, offer food that is just like home-cooked, various cuisines, and food that is high on the health quotient. And, employees are happy, and very motivated, too.

Having a live pasta counter and a pain puri vendor at the office cafeteria would have been the wackiest of ideas 10 years ago. Until Google did it.

As part of the Google culture, kith and kin of its employees have grabbed every opportunity to eat here. “Google cafeteria is amazing! I keep insisting that my brother who works there, take me as a guest, and bring back sandwiches, or chocolates.

Times have changed so much that a good cafeteria is essential to make an office desirable.

About six years ago, when my brother described the cafeteria

to us, we were highly impressed. It was very fascinating to us because an office giving away unlimited chocolates for free of cost was absolutely unheard of,” says 21-year-old Uzma Khan, a college student.

Just like restaurants are designed keeping the popular demand in mind, so are these cafeterias. When eating healthy is a trend, you will find a colourful salad bar. They have Indian-Chinese food because who does not like those spicy noodles! They also understand

you are away from home in another city and to an Indian, nothing is better than homecooked food. “Videocon clearly understands that. During festive seasons, even richer dishes of Indian food are served,” says 24-year-old Devashish Rathi, regional manager, Videocon.

Companies are not only pleasing you with delicious food, they are also ensuring that you eat healthy. “The menu in our corporate office in Delhi is designed keeping the vitamins and minerals intake required.

They have looked into what amounts of brown rice, sprouts, fruits, etc must be taken,” says Devashish. Maybe it is a defined strategy or mere common sense but looks like this practice works well for both employees and the company.

“When I was in Delhi, I used to feel light and energetic even after a filling meal. But now, because the menu is dominated by rice, I feel lazy after.”

Efficiency and productivity are keywords here. By providing good food to employees, companies relieve them of the many headaches of meeting the basic need of food.

However, there is the matter of monotony. “They serve a vegetarian buffet in my office everyday. It gets boring,” says Shashank Varma, an employee at Sales Force.

These little issues do not come in the way of a cafeteria's popularity. It is free food, or food at highly subsidised rates, there is food of all kinds and it is in one building. “Free food is a big reason why I go to office more regularly,” concludes Shashank.

hail from Manipur. There were not many career options for us where I come from. Most of us just study till 10th class and then opt for vocational trainings so that it’s easier to get jobs. But we don't have jobs in our State. So we move to big cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai to seek employment.

Since there are a lot of employment opportunities in the hospitality industry for us, we end up training in these fields.

I grew up wanting to be a doctor. But I didn't have the resources to pursue my studies.

So I enrolled in an hotel management institute that promised I'll find a job after the course. So, I joined a five-star hotel afterwards and instead of a doctor, I became a massage therapist. A lot of people wink, make snide remarks, taunt me when I tell what I do for a living. As if it is a euphemism for something more sinister. But they don't know how much hard work and training goes into becoming a masseur. I've taken as many anatomy classes as perhaps any medical student. Few realise that I can easily break a bone or tear a muscle if I go wrong. I had to pass three exams including two practicals before I qualified, and had to train for three years in Ayurveda, Thai, Swedish, Shaitsu techniques before I could start.

Most customers are wellbehaved. Female customers almost always ask for a masseuse of the same gender. It's men who ask for women therapists. But some of them have strange requests that I will not accommodate. Some are so fat that it's hard for me to reach the tissues.

Some are so thin, their bones seem like brittle. But what's common is that all of them are almost always stressed out. Getting a person to relax is not easy. Even when they come to a spa, most customers are still preoccupied with something or the other.

Some talk incessantly. Some of them insist on bringing their cell phones to the massage. I firmly refuse. A surprising number of them fall asleep. I know then that I've done a good job.

I might not be a doctor, but I still give palliative care to people and that makes me happy.

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health

PAINKILLER RECEPTOR VARIANT DEVELOPED Researchers have developed a variant of a major painkiller receptor that enables scientists to perform experiments previously deemed difficult or impossible, says a study. This variant can be grown in large quantities in bacteria and is also water-soluble.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR LUNGS: PART II

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Wheezing Tightening of muscles around airway Coughing Breathlessness Other varying symptoms

Treatment There is no cure for asthma, but it can be effectively managed if treated on time.

It is important to take your doctor’s advice and avoid things that trigger an asthma attack in you.

DISEASES OF THE LUNGS Influenza

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Chills Fever Body pain Headache Muscle pain Sore throat Cough

Medications are prescribed by a healthcare provider.

There are preventive vaccines available. Maintaining hygienic conditions helps avoid flu.

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According to WebMd, symptoms don’t show during the early stages. Smoking is not the only cause, but is one of the risk factors of lung cancer.

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Bloody mucous Coughing Wheezing Fever and fatigue Chest pain Difficulty swallowing

Treatment It depends on how much the cancer has spread. Like other forms of cancer, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and palliative care are given, depending on the stage.

Here are some common lung diseases, their symptoms and treatment.

Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of many respiratory disorders.

Many diseases can be managed or treated if diagnosed early.

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Treatment It can be cured with proper medication, but if left untreated, TB can be fatal.

There are several tests that help determine if you have the disease.

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Treatment Though there is no cure, it can be prevented and managed. You can quit smoking and avoid triggers. There are also medicines to improve air flow.

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Technology BIG BROTHER DIARIES

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S tech giant Apple revealed on Monday it received between 4,000 and 5,000 data requests in six months from US authorities, days after Facebook and Microsoft released similar information.

Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and several other top Internet and technology companies have come under heightened scrutiny since word leaked of a vast, covert Internet surveillance program US authorities insist targets only foreign terror suspects and has helped thwart attacks.

In a statement on its web site, Apple said in the period between December 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013, federal, state and local law enforcement had requested customer information up to 5,000 times, related to between 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or devices.

Most commonly, these requests were related to criminal investigations, searches for missing children or patients with Alzheimer’s disease, or hoping to prevent

a suicide, Apple said.

But the iPhone maker said it works vigorously to protect the privacy of its users and only provides information by court order.

“Regardless of the circumstances, our legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities,” it said, noting that sometimes the requests were denied altogether.

Apple also specified certain types of communications are protected, such as FaceTime and iMessage conversations, which are “protected by end-to-end encryption so no one but the sender and receiver can see or read them.”

“Apple cannot decrypt that data,” the statement said.

“Similarly, we do not store data related to customers’ location, Map searches or Siri requests in any identifiable

form.”

Facebook said Friday it had received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data affecting 18,000 to 19,000 accounts during the second half of last year, while Microsoft said it had received 6,000 to 7,000 requests affecting 31,000 to 32,000 accounts during the same period.

Both firms said they were prohibited by law from listing a separate tally for security-related requests or secret court orders concerning terror probes.

Internet freedom group The Center for Democracy & Technology praised the release as an “important step” but urged the government to allow the companies to release further details.

There has been a public backlash for the tech companies since government contractor Edward Snowden leaked details of PRISM, a vast program that saw nine

Apple releases details on US data requests

companies turn over user data to the US National Security Agency.

Leaked details of the program -- first published by Britain’s Guardian newspaper and The Washington Post -have reignited debate over the trade-offs between privacy and security more than a decade after the September 11 attacks.

The companies have denied claims the NSA could directly access their servers. US authorities have said the program was legal and limited.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told lawmakers last week the program could have prevented 9/11 and said the leaks had caused “significant harm to our nation and to our safety.”

He also confirmed that Snowden was the subject of a criminal investigation.

Snowden, a 29-year-old IT technician, has gone to ground in Hong Kong, where he had surfaced for media interviews after the leaks were published. He has vowed to contest any extradition order in court.

DIGG’S NEW PRODUCT Digg -- yes, that Digg -- has a replacement in the works for Google Reader, and it looks like it'll arrive just ahead of the final days of Google's RSS aggregation service. The service, which uses the same API as Reader, is planning a public beta starting on June 26th; a "friends and family" beta will open this Wednesday, the 19th, with limited access.

During beta, the Digg RSS reader is free. In a survey Digg published last month on its blog, however, the company found that over 40 percent of respondents are "willing to pay for a Google Reader replacement."

HTC TO KAZAM Two former HTC executives are hoping for a fresh start with their own company. Michael Coombes, former head of sales at HTC, and James Atkins, former U.K. marketing head for the company, said on Monday that they are launching smartphone manufacturer Kazam.

The two executives are promising smartphones that are about "stunning design, robust hardware, and intuitive technology, underpinned with improved customer service.

Kazam will focus on the European market. Coombes will serve as CEO, while Atkins will be the chief marketing officer.

THAT’S GOING TO BE FAST Now that Haswell's available in consumer-grade laptops, it's time to look at what's next on Intel's to-do list. A leaked slide-deck is claiming that Haswell-E, the enthusiast version of the chip, is coming in the second half of 2014. The documents also promise that Intel will axe the 4core base model in favor of 6and-8-core editions of the CPU, which can pack up to 20MB of L3 cache. At the same time, the company is likely to release the Wellsburg motherboard chipset, which can support DDR4 RAM with a clock speed of up to 2,133MHz.

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Entertainment CINE BYTES

Tamil remake of Maryada Ramanna on floors soon

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allavanuku Pullum Aayudham remake of Telugu blockbuster Maryada Ramanna was supposed to go on floors a few months back. But the cameras will start rolling for it in July."We were busy finalising few things all these days.

The film is expected to go on floors from July, and we are planning to wrap it up in few schedules," director Srinath said. IANS

Gabbar Singh, Eega winners at CineMAA

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abbar Singh sweeped major awards at CineMAA awards ceremony that was held on Saturday night. Pawan Kalyan won the Best Actor (male).

Rajamouli-directed Eega won four awards in various category including Best actor award (female) for Samantha.

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AAGUDU’S script not ready yet M ahesh Babu's upcoming flick Aagadu's script is getting ready in Ooty. The movie to be directed by Sreenu Vaitla will star Tamanna opposite Mahesh Babu. The writing team is working on the finer details of the script. Last time Mahesh Babu and Sreenu Vaitla got together, they churned out a superhit Dookudu. The new venture Aagudu will supposedly be on the same lines. Production house, 14 Reels Entertainment will be producing the movie.

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He is the best dad in this world and I consider it my poorva janma sukrutham to be born to such a dad.”

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HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC?

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Sushant, Parineeti in Shuddh Desi Romance

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ash Raj Films (YRF) has settled for a quirky title for its project starring actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra. The movie, directed by Maneesh Sharma, is titled Shuddh Desi Romance. The movie will be a “fresh and very real love story about the hair-raising minefield between love, attraction and commitment", read a statement from YRF. IANS

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Born with a silver spoon, the daughter of actor Anil Kapoor and former model Sunita was said to be dating I Hate Luv Storys director Punit Malhotra and was also romantically linked to her Mausam co-star Shahid Kapoor.

But in a candid confession, she said: “My love life has been quite unsuccessful. I am single, but I think human beings have the capacity to love."

The 27-year-old feels love is not a restricted feeling.

“I don’t think you can fall in love only once. You can fall in love over and over again.

We have the capacity and we have the heart to do that," Sonam told IANS. Her real life romance has not been inspiring, but on the screen she has been part of several love stories, including her debut film Saawariya as well as mushy dramas like I Hate Luv Storys and Aisha.

Her forthcoming film Raanjhanaa also belongs to the same genre. In the film, she will be seen romancing southern star Dhanush, who is debuting in Bollywood with the Anand L Rai-directed movie coming out this Friday.

When asked about her chemistry with Dhanush in Raanjhanaa, Sonam said: “Chemistry is not between two people, it’s between two characters. Chemistry gets created by moments. For example, Shahid and Kareena had done

Paoli Dam happy for not being typecast

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“The industry has been very kind to me. Despite I debuted with Hate Story, I didn’t get typecast in Bollywood. I am doing different kind of roles," Paoli said.

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many films together, but people never spoke about their chemistry. But when they did Jab We Met because of the scenes and their roles, people liked it."

She insists that chemistry can be created through “acting, scenes and the way the director projects it. Chemistry is a very overdone, overspoken thing".

Raanjhanaa was shot in Varanasi and the actress admits being nervous while giving her first shot in the holy city.

“It wasn’t difficult, I was nervous doing it. When I was in Varanasi, about 200 people were present when I gave my first shot," she said.

She was in a “school uniform” for the shot and was surrounded by men. They accepted us very well, but I was ner-

vous while shooting".

Dhanush is not familiar with Hindi and he struggled with the dialogues, but Sonam feels that when it comes to emotions, language has never been a barrier.

“He is very quiet and modest... he worked hard on the language. When it comes to emotions, you don’t need a language to express it. He expressed himself beautifully.

He is such a creative person," she said.

Although most of her films bombed at the box office, the actress doesn’t regret anything.

“I don’t regret anything. I did movies like Thank You and Mausam because they satisfied me. I don’t look at films with their box-office success.

Twenty years down the line I want people to remember my films," she explained.

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Sonali’s appearance in Once Upon... for friends!

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onali Bendre stays away from the big screen but she made an exception for Milan Luthria directed Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara (OUATIMD) and says her association with the director goes back a long way and that is why she agreed to do the guest appearance in the underworld drama. Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, the film features her as Mumtaz.

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inger Demi Lovato says she was surprised at how normal and approachable Simon Cowell was when she first met him.

“I expected him to be a lot more intimidating. And I mean that in a humbling way, because when people think of Simon Cowell, they think like, ‘Oh, the big boss, he’s mean to people’ or whatever, but he’s super down-to-earth… ,” contactmusic.com quoted Lovato as saying.

“He’s pretty fancy, but he’s a humble guy.

When he walks in a room, it doesn’t matter if you’re the biggest celebrity or the biggest big shot in the room, he’ll treat you the same as the person who’s coming into the room to bring you tea.

I thought that was pretty cool,” she added. Despite his lavish lifestyle and expensive habits, Lovato joked his wardrobe could use some updating.

She said: “The jeans he wears are torn up at the bottom and you can tell that they’re not brand new.

So there are parts of him that are superfancy and then other parts that are super down-to-earth.”

In spite of their age difference, the duo has build a friendship and often exchange text messages. Lovato revealed she even has a special nickname for Simon.

She laughed: “He calls me Gobby, and I guess that means that I talk a lot or something. I call him Grampa or Grandma.”

IANS

DEMI LOVATO finds Simon Cowell ‘humble’

Beyonce settles $100 million lawsuit

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rammy award winning singer Beyoncé Knowles has settled a $100 million lawsuit with videogame company Gate Five for allegedly backing out of a deal to create her own motioncapture dance game called — Starpower: Beyoncé. The 31-yearold singer has reached an agreement with the videogame company. Lawyers for both sides signed an agreement dismissing “all claims or counterclaims”. IANS

Ashton, Mila want space honeymoon

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shton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, who are planning to get married this summer, reportedly want to have their honeymoon in space.

The couple are keen to have a British wedding once Kutcher’s divorce from exwife Demi Moore is finalised.

For the honeymoon, Kutcher wants to take Kunis on one of Sir Richard Branson’s flights into space, reports femalefirst.co.uk. IANS

Peter Andre glad his children aren’t ‘brats’

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inger-songwriter Peter Andre is glad that his children are not spoiled and said he doesn’t give into their every demand because he wants them to understand value of money.

“The important thing is, they’re not brats. They’re very polite and they know where to draw the line. Yes, they can be cheeky, as all kids are, but they’re good children,” contactmusic.com quoted Andre as saying. IANS

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013

Chai Time

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does – except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

Abigail Van Buren

KAKURO

QUICK CROSSWORD

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SUDOKU How to play kakuro Kakuro is a popular game similar to sudoku in some ways. But is also suitably different. The key question: ‘How do you play kakuro?’, well here are the rules of kakuro. The answer: The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some cells will contain two numbers.

However, in a crossword the numbers reference clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! They denote the total of the digits in the row or column referenced by the number.

Within each collection of cells — called a run — any of the numbers 1 to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may only be used once.

Let’s have an example to explain this concept more clearly: In the image above, which shows a section of a kakuro puzzle, you will see the numbers ‘26’ and ‘14’ in the top row. Look at the 14. This means that the total of the three cells underneath must sum to 14. Therefore 9, 4, 1 could be the answer, or perhaps 7, 4, 3 and so on...

So, how do you work out the actual combination? Well, this is done through elimination and cross-referencing. For instance, as you work out the answers for other kakuro clues, this will naturally limit the valid combinations, and hence the answer for this particular run.

Note the second cell in row two — it contains two numbers, 30 and 11. The 30 refers to the vertical run underneath the number 30 and the 11 refers to the two cells to the right, horizontally, of the number 11.

ACROSS

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

SCRIBBLING PAD

1 ___ costs (by any means) 6 Spinal vertebrae 11 Lively dance in Dublin 14 First name in Olympic gymnastics 15 ‘I’m betting everything,’ to poker players 16 Music experimentalist Yoko 17 Largest rattlesnake 19 Muckraker Tarbell 20 ‘Am ___ blame?’

21 Mu ___ pork 22 Not a whit 23 Rouses oneself 27 Euros replaced them 29 440 yards, to a track runner 30 Roadie load 32 Rogen of ‘The Green Hornet’ 33 ‘Anytown, ___’ 34 Nasal openings 36 Napped leather 39 T-men, eg 41 Able to do the splits, eg 43 Chilled, as tea 44 It has gobs of gobs 46 Consultants 48 Little guy 49 Antlered deer 51 Knitting stitch 52 Controversial mentalist Geller 53 Embodiments 56 ‘Adieu’ 58 Recycling receptacle 59 Place for an orchestra 60 Tire pressure fig 61 ‘Jan 1 through now’ column 62 Combat award 68 ‘Do re mi fa ___ ...’

69 Maternally related 70 Ham and ___ (average Joe) 71 Abilene-to-San Antonio dir

72 Remove cerumen 73 All lathered up

DOWN

1 It often comes between partners?

2 ___ chi (martial art form) 3 Abbr on a toothpaste box 4 Maximum bet 5 Dweller along the Mekong 6 Down in the dumps 7 Vatican vestment 8 Fastening device 9 Assets aplenty 10 Elephant goads 11 Commiserator’s words 12 Land of the Taj Mahal 13 Hockey scores 18 Not irregular 23 Poker stratagem 24 Prop for Rembrandt 25 Shoveler’s grip 26 Parsley unit 28 Holder of combs, perfumes, etc 31 Prepare for a gig 35 ‘Beats me’ gesture 37 Term of affection 38 ‘Dr Dolittle’ star Murphy 40 Rush-hour subway rarity 42 Part of the Old World 45 Hemmed in 47 Almost spills 50 Being three in one 53 Deep chasm 54 Corleone and Antuofermo 55 Backbreaker, in a proverb 57 San ___, Calif 63 HS support group 64 Superman foe Luthor 65 Turkish military title 66 Agent, for short 67 Make an attempt

Chai Time TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 Thiruvaikumar

STAR POWER for 19-6-2013

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As per Hindu panchang thiruvaikumar@yahoo. co. in, 040-27177230 / 9177596118

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

PISCES

Court verdict likely to go in your favour. Your thoughts to do charity will increase. Businessmen feel happy as they collect overdue, which were almost written off. Financial position will be strong. Hurdles in the way of good work disappear.

STRIP TEASE AGNES

Blood relatives extend support.

Tension and misunderstanding at home ends and peaceful situation prevails. You befriend persons of high esteem, which will help you in the future.

Financial help comes from the expected sources.

Friends support and encourage you. Blood relatives will be more affectionate towards you.

You implement new and innovative ideas of friends without neglecting them. Your self-confidence level is so high that you take up even challenging work.

Financial position improves gradually and deficit reduces considerably. Bank balance swells as your proposal of selling an immovable property materialises as expected. Good news on the cards, bringing cheer to you and family members.

You fulfill all commitments. You succeed in achieving your goal with a carefully planning. Good news from relatives abroad on the cards. You won’t allow others to degrade you, and teach them a lesson so that they never attempt such things again.

Success is achieved without fail as you put in hard and sincere efforts. Take important decisions only after consulting close friends, wellwishers and family members. You are given importance at functions you attend making you very happy.

Friends and relatives get cordial with you. Financial position set to improve as debts get under control. Good turning point likely in a court case; verdict goes in your favour. All pending work will resume and end without further hurdles.

Your stock is set to pile up and status is set to increase. Businessmen likely to get good deals and improved profits along with a good name. Marriage of your sister or brother will be performed in a grand manner.

Health problems will be over.

You are respected by friends and relatives, cheering you up.

Setbacks of businessmen vanish and things become smooth and steady. Some likely to undertake pilgrimage with family.

Politicians become happy as opposition is in a disarray.

TAROT READ

Sumaa Tekur

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ARIES:

GEMINI:

King of Wands – Re-check details of monthly spending patterns to cut down on unnecessary expenses. You may be able to save by making minor changes.

LEO:

Four of Wands – The less information you give to people, the less they’ll interfere in your life.

Be guarded who you share details with. Never know its impact on you.

LIBRA:

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

The Sun – You discover new relationships, friendships and love. You also discover how all can co-exist in one person. Marriage begins to take on new meaning.

SAGITTARIUS:

Judgement – Don’t be in a hurry to reveal information. Keep people guessing and let them decide when to ask you about it. Focus on spiritual health.

TAURUS:

The Tower – Finish off all pending financial matters, especially papers that need to be submitted to the tax consultant, etc.

You never know how long it will take.

CANCER:

The Magician – This is a time for change, and you might actually like it. You may have to move jobs, check out new locations and avenues in career.

VIRGO:

Three of Pentacles – Put your heart and soul into your work. Only then will you see the desired results. While working, though, don’t focus on the results.

SCORPIO:

Ace of Wands – Sudden changes and alterations in your lifestyle are making you uncomfortable. These are not in your control. But you wish they were.

CAPRICORN:

Nine of Wands – You want to be alone. But make sure you don’t get lonely. Stop worrying what people think about you. Only you know your struggles.

PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS

PISCES:

Seven of Cups – A five-year-plan will make things crystal clear. You know where you’re headed and what decisions to make in order to get closer to your goals.

NUMBER GAME

Swords – You’re tired of running around. You wish you were a little younger so you had time on your side. You’re doing the best you can.

SCRABBLE

AQUARIUS: Seven of

POOCH CAFE

Yoga and meditation brings you out of depression. Employees advised to handle important responsibilities on their own as entrusting them to others will earn them a bad name.

Hurdles are likely during travel; be alert. Health looks fine.

for 19-6-2013

Six of Cups – Business tours are in the pipeline. You will feel great about the free time you get to spend with yourself. Organise the next few weeks to reduce stress.

NON SEQUITUR

Be cordial with friends and avoid boasting that you alone are responsible for success that was achieved. You earn a good name and fame with your hard work and unrelenting efforts.

Some have a chance to buy movable and immovable property.

SUDUKO

Marriage of your child to take place, bringing cheer to family members. Opportunities to knock at your door due to VIP friends; make good use. You extend all possible help to your colleagues and close friends.

Be cordial with all.

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Emma Watson bags Queen of the Tearling

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or a huge portion of the human race, the only thing worse than the pun I used in title of this article is the fact that Tom Hiddleston will not be returning for The Avengers 2. Joss Whedon confirmed the news during an Empire Movie Podcast to discuss his latest offering, the retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Speaking of the superhero blockbuster sequel’s progress, Whedon commented: “I’ve turned in a first draft, but the story is very set. Everybody’s very much on board with the exact movie I’m trying to make which is what worked the first time.”

But when pressed for a bit more information Whedon said: “Imitating what I did before is the surest way to do it not as well. Second of all, and Loki is not there to say those terrible things.”

So there you have it. Not all that surprising really, considering that Loki has already been the main antagonist in two of Marvel’s films, Thor and The Avengers, and he’ll also be returning for Thor: The Dark World in November this year. Whedon is right that The Avengers 2 simply can’t tread familiar ground, especially when Loki’s anger and identity issues could get old fast. Luckily, it seems as though Loki will be teaming up with his brother Thor in some capacity for Thor: The Dark World. No matter what, whoever takes over villain duties in THE AVENGERS2 has some pretty big shoes to fill.

Thor: The Dark World stars Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Eccleston, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins. It hits cinemas 8th November.

“Imitating what I did before is the surest way to do it not as well. Second of all, and Loki is not there to say those terrible things.”

— Joss Whedon

mma Watson has been roped in to star in fantasy franchise The Queen Of The Tearling.

The actress, who shot to fame as Hermione Granger in the wizard films, will star in the big screen adaptation of Erika Johansen’s book trilogy and also serve as an executive producer on the project.

Watson will reunite with Harry Potter producer David Heyman for the movie. IANS

Brothers keep Henry Cavill grounded

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e may play Superman in Man of Steel, but in real life Henry Cavill can’t afford to forget his roots, thanks to his siblings who keep a check on him.

When asked if he is managing to keep his feet on the ground, he said: “I’ve got four brothers who’ll kick my a** if I get involved in the glitz and glamour, so I think so!” IANS

Melissa: I made out with Ryan Reynolds

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ctress Melissa Joan Hart was so impressed with the expensive wrap gift Ryan Reynolds gave her when they were both teenagers, she made out with him. The two former child stars, who are both now happily married, enjoyed the briefest of romances after filming Sabrina, the Teenage Witch in the mid-1990s, and the actress has revealed she’ll tell all about her feelings for Reynolds in her new book, Melissa Explains it All.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013

JK TYRE-FMSCI NATIONAL ROTAX MAX KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP

Thrilling finish to event

After the qualifiers got cancelled on Saturday and postponed to Sunday, the Round 1 of the 10th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship concluded on a thrilling note.

ARUN YELLAMATY arunyellamaty@postnoon.com

The event saw a great attendance of parents and friends of the participants who kept the mood upbeat with their loud cheers and support.

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fter the qualifiers that got cancelled on Saturday and postponed to Sunday on the same day of the race, the Round 1 of the 10th JK TyreFMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship 2013 held at the Kart Centre at Lahari Resorts came to a thrilling end.

The Winners of the championship will represent India at 2013 Rotax Grand Finals in the United States.

The city’s awesome weather did not spoil on that day as it was sunny and bright and was a perfect day to race. The event saw a great attendance of the parents and friends of the participants kept the mood upbeat with loud cheers, supporting to their favourite driver and the visitors at the resort too got a glimpse of a mini formula one and enjoyed every bit. Rahul Sharma, a friend of the participant said, “I so want to race myself but i cant, but at least i can come and cheer up my friends here. I had to skip few special classes to be here and i am having a great time.”

Talking about the Race, a total of 45 racers participated in

SINGAPORE OPEN

Tourney hit by late pull-outs SINGAPORE: A large-scale withdrawal on the eve of competition has robbed badminton’s Singapore Open of several seeded players after superstars Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei also chose to skip the event.

Eleven players pulled out on Monday, citing fatigue and injury, though many may be keen to avoid exerting themselves in what is the last Super Series event before the world championships in August.

Players who withdraw late from tournaments receive a small fine from the Badminton World Federation, according to reports. Singapore experienced similar problems last year in the run-up to the London Olympics.

AFP

Winners of the Juniors event at the 10th JK Tyre FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship pose on the podium with the trophies.

the opening round at the 650 meter long Kart Centre, fighting many tough battles and displaying a high level of competition in three categories - Micro Max (7 to 12 years), Junior Max (13 to 16 years) and Senior Max (15 and above).

In the thrilling Final race of the Senior Max category, Nayan Chatterjee of Rayo Racing came up from behind to win the exciting race, beating experienced Vishnu Prasad of Meco Racing with Mohite and defending champion and his team mate

Ameya Bafna.

Chittesh Mandody of Meco Racing with Mohite started the race at pole position and was leading in the first few laps.

Chittesh was receiving tough competition from his fierce opponent Ameya, who started at eighth position, and after fourlaps neck-to-neck, dangerously collided with him, forcing him to retire from the race.

Around the same time, Nayan Chatterjee, who started at third position and was constantly chasing the top two karters,

worked on the opportunity and overtook both racers. Then on, Nayan led the race and wrapped up 2.985 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Ameya. Vishu Prasad, started at second, finished at third position after losing a hard battle with Nayan.

Nayan, after winning the Race said, “This was a memorable round for me as I started the day from nowhere. I kept improving my driving and kart in each race, which helped me to keep myself in the top five positions. It’s a very good win to start the championship”.

In the Junior Max category, race leaders Kush Maini of Dark Don Racing dominated the race and outplayed other racers.

Nayan Chatterjee of Rayo Racing finished second but was disqualified due to technical issues reported by Race Officials. Thirdplace finisher Akash Gowda of

WIMBLEDON PREVIEW

Federer staring at history DAVE JAMES Agence France-Presse PARIS: Ten years after Roger Federer (right) made his Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimbledon, the 17-time major winner returns to the All England Club next week as defending champion, but with the clock ticking.

The Swiss put his growing army of critics firmly in their place in 2012 when, after back-toback quarter-final defeats, he captured his seventh Wimbledon title, equalling the record of Pete Sampras.

Federer, meanwhile, ended a 10-month title drought at the weekend when he won the Halle grasscourt tournament for the sixth time — it was his first piece of silverware since Cincinnati on the eve of the 2012 US Open.

That would have spiced up his confidence ahead of Wimbledon, but there are huge doubts over whether or not he can carry

that spring in his elegant step onto the famous lawns of south-west London and be the first man to win Wimbledon eight times. Age is a factor. Federer will be 32 in August while Sampras won the last of his Wimbledon titles as a 28-year-old in 2000.

An eighth victory for Federer next month would make him the

second oldest champion at Wimbledon in the Open era, just behind Arthur Ashe who was six days short of his 32nd birthday when he triumphed in 1975.

Then there will be the allimportant seedings which will be announced on Wednesday where Rafael Nadal is likely to be seeded five.

Meco Racing and fourth-place finisher Mrinal Chatterjee of Rayo Racing were awarded second and third positions respectively. Kush Saini said, “It was amazing weekend. First day rain, second day cloudy and Sunday was a sunny day. We all racers got great opportunity to race in all conditions.” In Micro Max category, defending champion and gifted driver Pradyumn V Danigund of Meco Racing with Mohite dominated the Final, Heat 1, and Qualifying races of Round 1 of the championship.

He started at second position and fought a strong battle with second-place finisher Yash Aradhya of Meco Racing throughout the race. Third-place finisher and Bangalore boy Paul Francis of Meco Racing gave tough competition to two racers and managed to overtake them for a few laps.Speaking at the post- race conference, Pradyumn said, “This is a nice beginning for me in this season. I will try to continue this performance in the next round”.

Overall the race day was fun and Nayan Chatterjee won in Senior Max Category, Pradyumn V Danigund and Kush Maini dominated Micro Max and Junior Max Respectively.

US OPEN Rose win inspires Eng golfers ARDMORE: Justin Rose’s breakthrough win at the US Open could open the door for England’s golden generation of golfers to finally make their collective mark in the record books.

Rose, Luke Donald, Ian Poulter, Paul Casey and Lee Westwood have long starred on the Ryder Cup stage and Donald and Westwood have risen to top the world rankings. But until Merion Golf Club on Sunday, none of them had been able to lift one of the sports’s four major titles — US and British Opens, Masters and PGA Championship.

The pressure on them to finally deliver on the biggest of stages was cranking up with each passing major.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013

Sri Lanka oust Aussies, qualify for semifinals

Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan (C) celebrates with team mates after taking the catch to dismiss Clint McKay, the final wicket as they beat Australia in their AFP/ADRIAN DENNIS ICC Champions Trophy match at the Oval in London on Monday. Sri Lanka won the match by 20 runs.

KULDIP LAL Agence France-Presse LONDON: Sri Lanka reached the Champions Trophy semifinals with a 20-run victory over holders Australia in the last league match at the Oval in London on Monday.

The Sri Lankans, who needed a win to stay in the competition, relied on aggressive half-centuries from Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne to score 253-8 after being sent in to bat.

Seamer Nuwan Kulasekara then picked up three wickets, effected a run-out and took a catch as the Australians were bowled out for 233 in 42.3 overs.

Sri Lanka and England finished level with four points each, but the hosts topped the group due to a superior net run-rate and will meet Group B runnersup South Africa in Wednesday’s semi-final at the Oval.

Sri Lanka will clash with Group B winners India in the second semi-final in Cardiff on Thursday in a a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai which the Indians won.

The final is at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Sunday.

Jayawardene, who became the eighth batsman to complete 11,000 one-day runs when he reached 62, anchored the middleorder with an unbeaten 84 off 81 balls.

“It felt good to get to 11,000 runs, but winning this game was the icing on the cake,” said the 36-year-old former captain, who was named the man of the match.

“We are playing hard and passionate cricket. That has been the mantra of our success in the past and I hope it continues in the future also.

“We look forward to another tough match in the semi-final.”

Australia, who needed to win in 29.1 overs to qualify, made a

brave bid to secure their first victory in the tournament with belligerent batting led by Adam Voges’ top score of 49.

The Aussies were 192-9 when the last-wicket pair of Clint McKay and Xavier Doherty gave Sri Lanka a fright by adding 41 amid mounting tension.

Tillakaratne Dilshan ended the drama with a spectacular return catch to dismiss McKay, who made a career-best 30.

Doherty remained unbeaten on 15.

“It would have been nice to get over the line in the end,” Australian captain George Bailey said. “Our goal was to do it in 29 overs, but we never got going.

But it was good to see the last two fight it out.”

The fightback would have been followed keenly by New Zealand, who would have joined England in the semi-finals if the last pair had scored the remaining runs.

In the end, the Black Caps were stranded on three points,

Sri Lanka’s supporters cheer during the ICC Champions Trophy match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Oval in London on Monday.

AFP/ADRIAN DENNIS

SCORE BOARD Sri Lanka K Perera lbw b Johnson 4 T Dilshan c Watson b Doherty 34 K Sangakkara c Maxwell b McKay 3 L Thirimanne c Watson b Johnson 57 M Jayawardene not out 84 A Mathews b Faulkner 12 D Chandimal c Hughes b Johnson 31 N Kulasekara run out 6 R Herath run out 2 L Malinga not out 2 Extras: (b5, lb7, w4, nb2) 18 Total (for 8 wickets, 50 overs) 253 Bowling: Johnson 10-0-48-3 (nb1), McKay 10-1-51-1 (w3), Faulkner 9-060-1 (nb1, w1), Watson 4-0-14-0, Doherty 10-1-30-1, Marsh 2-0-12-0, Maxwell 5-0-26-0.

Australia S Watson b Kulasekara 5 Hughes c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 13 G Maxwell b Malinga 32 G Bailey run out 4 A Voges c Eranga b Herath 49 M Marsh b Mathews 4 M Wade c Dilshan b Kulasekara 31 J Faulkner c Sangakkara b Herath 17 M Johnson c Kulasekara b Eranga 4 C McKay c and b Dilshan 30 X Doherty not out 15 Extras: (lb11, w17, nb1) 29 Total (all out, 42.3 overs) 233 Bowling: Eranga 8-1-40-1 (w1), Kulasekara 9-0-42-3 (w3), Malinga 90-60-1 (nb1,w5), Herath 10-0-48-2 (w3), Mathews 3-0-21-1, Dilshan 3.3-0-11-1 Sri Lanka won by 20 runs

Champions Trophy points table Group A P W L T NR Pt NRR England Sri Lanka Kiwis Australia

3 3 3 3

2 2 1 0

3 3 3 3

3 1 1 0

1 1 1 2

0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1

4 4 3 1

+0.308 -0.197 +0.777 -0.680

6 3 3 0

+0.938 +0.325 -0.075 -1.035

Group B India S Africa W Indies Pakistan

0 1 1 3

0 1 1 0

0 0 0 0

one behind both England and Sri Lanka. Australia finished with just one point through a rainaffected game.

Glenn Maxwell, a milliondollar signee with Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians, smashed 32 off 20 balls before he was bowled off his IPL team-mate Lasith’s Malinga third delivery.

Kulasekara, who bowled Shane Watson and had Phil Hughes caught behind, ran out Bailey with a direct throw from fine leg to make it 69-4 in the ninth over. Matthew Wade picked up the scoring rate with a 22-ball 31 that contained four boundaries and a six, adding 47 for the sixth wicket with Voges.

Voges was ninth out, caught in the deep off Rangana Herath, before McKay and Doherty put on their defiant stand.

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England eye ‘massive’ success JULIAN GUYER Agence France-Presse CARDIFF: England may be looking ahead to defending the Ashes but off-spinner James Tredwell reckons winning the Champions Trophy would be an “absolutely massive” achievement in itself.

Despite nearly four decades of trying, England have still to win an International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day international event.

Graham Gooch, now the team’s batting coach, appeared as a player in England’s three losing World Cup finals — in 1979, 1987 and 1992 — while the last time the Champions Trophy was held in England in 2004, a side led by Michael Vaughan lost a dramatic final to the West Indies at The Oval Indeed England’s only major title in cricket’s shorter formats is the 2010 World Twenty20 they won in the Caribbean.

But they moved a step closer to ending their trophy drought in the ODI game with a 10-run win

over New Zealand in Cardiff on Sunday that saw them into the semi-finals of the ongoing Champions Trophy tournament in Britain.

Tredwell has become a symbol of England’s growing strength in depth in the 50-over game in that he often only gets

his chance when Graeme Swann, England’s premier off-spinner across all formats, is injured.

However, such has been Tredwell’s admirable consistency it is no longer a surprise to see him performing well at international level, with the 31-year-old Kent bowler filling in admirably

for Swann in three of England’s last four ODIs — all victories compared to the seven-wicket Group A loss to Sri Lanka.

Many England fans viewed the Champions Trophy, a tournament featuring the world’s top eight ODI sides, as a distraction from the rather more important business of a third straight Test campaign win over Australia when they face their arch-rivals in a five-match series starting in Nottingham next month.

But Tredwell is in no doubt that winning the Champions Trophy would be a significant success in its own right.

“We have as a good chance now (of winning this tournament) as any team in the next stage. That’s an absolutely massive thing,” said Tredwell.

“We don’t want to look too far ahead - to lifting that trophy, we hope - but equally, it’s something that’s in the back of your mind.

“The semi-final is going to be tough, but we’re two games away now from winning a major tournament.”

Swann is currently sidelined with calf and back problems but England captain Alastair Cook stressed Sunday there was no need to rush him back such was his confidence in Tredwell.

“I’m in the squad and I’m getting a game here and there,” Tredwell said. “I don’t think I’ve let anyone down in the games I’ve played, so I hope that can continue. For my part it’s fingers crossed, isn’t it? But again Swanny’s been brilliant, hasn’t he, for a period of time. So if he’s fit, I’m sure he’ll come into the reckoning — as they say.”

Tredwell added: “I’ve got a few games under my belt and shown what I can do. When every game comes around now, I’m chomping at the bit to get on the park.”

England are generally reluctant to field two specialist spinners in the same side with Tredwell and Swann appearing together on national service just three times, all in the sub-continent, at the 2011 World Cup and on the 2009/10 Test tour of Bangladesh.

Coach Mike Hesson laments New Zealand’s failure to grab chance CARDIFF: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson (left)was left ruing his side’s failure to take their chances after the Black Caps’ exit from the Champions Trophy was confirmed on Monday.

The Kiwis were already on the brink of bowing out after a 10-run defeat

by England in a rainreduced 24 overs per side clash in Cardiff on Sunday.

And their fate was sealed when Sri Lanka beat defending champions Australia by 20 runs in Monday’s final pool match at The Oval to join tournament hosts England as one of the two semi-finalists out of Group A.

Against England, New Zealand slumped to 61 for five chasing 170 for victory before a stand of 73 between Kane Williamson (67) and one-day international debutant Corey Anderson (30) got them back on course.

However, both batsmen fell in the closing stages, leaving what had looked like a gettable target just beyond New Zealand’s reach.

“I don’t know if it was lacking killer instinct,” Hesson told reporters in a telephone conference call in Cardiff on Monday.

“In the chase we got ourselves a long way behind. We kept on losing wickets to the new ball, the ball seamed a little bit and we sort of struggled to cope. It wasn’t until Corey and Kane got together that we gave ourselves a chance.

“It’s a disappointing way to end. It was a big opportunity for us yesterday (Sunday) and we couldn’t quite grab it.”

Despite that defeat, New Zealand, who beat Sri

Lanka by one wicket in a low scoring thriller in Cardiff and saw their match against Australia end in a no result washout, could still have reached the last four.

They needed defending champions Australia to beat Sri Lanka on Monday but by an insufficiently large margin to overtake New Zealand’s superior net run-rate.

After Sri Lanka made 253 for eight batting first, Australia had to reach their target of 254 in 29.1 overs to qualify for the semifinals.

But having failed in that goal, Australia — who didn’t win a match in the tournament — kept going.

They were 192 for nine when the last-wicket pair of Clint McKay and Xavier Doherty gave New Zealand hope Australia would achieve exactly the kind of narrow victory that would send the Black Caps into the knockout stages by adding 41 for the last wicket.

But the trans-Tasman aid on

offer at The Oval ended when Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan held a superb caught and bowled chance to dismiss McKay. And that meant the end of a run which had seen New Zealand make at least the semifinals of the last four International Cricket Council 50over world events.

“When Australia ended up bowling first, it was always going to be difficult because Australia chasing, obviously they were pretty committed to trying to chase it in 29 overs,” said Hesson.

“I guess you either get there or you blow up.

“Once they ended up batting second, it decreased our chances a lot.”

However, Hesson said McKay and Doherty had given his side a glimmer of hope.

“We realised there was a little sniff there. Those two were batting quite nicely but I guess you can’t rely on others to do you favours.”

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TEHAU DREAMS OF BARÇA AFTER LANDMARK GOAL

Jonathan Tehau struggled to articulate his joy after becoming the first player to score for Tahiti at a high-profile international tournament at the Confederations Cup. Tehau hoped the goal would transform his life and when asked to name his ideal club, he replied, “Why not dream? Barcelona.”

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Nigeria see off Tahiti

The Nigerians always had an extra gear against minnows Tahiti and a hat-trick by Nigeria’s forward Nnamdi Oduamadi spearheaded their victory.

BELO HORIZONTE: African champions Nigeria as expected beat minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their Confederations Cup opening Group B match on Monday in Belo Horizonte, but they were given a run for their money for a while.

However, the Nigerians always had an extra gear and a hat-trick by Nigeria’s forward Nnamdi Oduamadi spearheaded their victory.

Nigeria took less than five minutes to open their account through an unfortunate own goal by Nicolas Villar — possession having originally fallen to the Nigerians with a rebound off the referee — and the Super Eagles doubled their lead in the 10th minute through Oduamadi.

He was to add another later in the half when the Tahitian

Group B points table P W D L GF GA Pts Nigeria Spain Uruguay Tahiti

11 11 10 10

0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1

6 2 1 1

1 1 2 6

3 3 0 0

Nigeria’s forward Nnamdi Oduamadi scores past Tahiti’s goalkeeper Xavier Samin (23) during their FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 Group B fmatch, at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte on Monday.

‘keeper Xavier Samin spilled the ball at his feet.

Tahiti got a deserved reward when John Tehau rose at the back post to head home in the 54th minute and spark the Tahitians’ traditional air paddling a canoe celebrations.

However, Tehau turned villain for his side as he scored an own goal followed by Oduamadi’s third and a final one by Uwa Echiejile wrapped things up.

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Japan look to avoid early exit CHRIS WRIGHT Agence France-Presse RECIFE: The task facing both Asian champions Japan and three-time world champions Italy is clear cut in Recife at the Confederations Cup. An Italian win, on the heels of Sunday’s success over Olympic champions Mexico should propel the Azzurri into the semi-finals, while also ending the Blue Samurais’ interest in this summer’s event.

The pressure is off Japan to a large extent in that, aside from World Cup and Confederations hosts Brazil they are the only side competing here who have already booked their tickets for next summer’s jamboree.

Thousands protest rising costs Youths clashed with police in Rio as people rallied in major cities to protest the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs.

A demonstrator holds a Brazilian national flag during clashes in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Monday, after a protest against higher public transportation fares and the use of public funds to finance international football tournaments.

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RIO DE JANEIRO: Youths clashed with police in central Rio Monday as more than 200,000 people rallied in major Brazilian cities to protest the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs.

The nationwide demonstrations, the biggest in 20 years, were relatively peaceful.

They tapped widespread resentment over the huge costs of hosting the Confederations and next year’s World Cup while this emerging country is

hobbled by deep social inequality between rich poor and a creaking infrastructure.

Acts of vandalism were reported in Rio and Porto Alegre while a 18-year-old youth was reported in stable condition in a Belo Horizonte

hospital after falling from an overpass during the protest.

Police used tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse small groups of masked youths engaging in acts of vandalism near Rio’s state legislative assembly. Some of the rowdy young people broke into the building and television showed a small fire.

Five policemen were reported hurt and a vehicle was set on fire. Elsewhere in Rio, a host city for the Confederations Cup, police said around 100,000 marched, notably down the central Rio Branco avenue.

In Brasilia, more than 200 youths briefly occupied the roof of the National Congress.

But after negotiations with police, the boisterous crowd agreed to leave, chanting and waving placards as security forces ringed the building. Some of the protesters called for the resignation of President Dilma Rousseff. Later, an estimated 5,000 youths formed a human chain around the Congress building.

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In going down 3-0 to the Brazilians in the opening match, Alberto Zaccheroni’s Japanese showed the effects of a long, yet successful, qualifying World Cup campaign they only arrived 72 hours after seeing off Iraq in the Gulf.

They also showed - AS Zaccheroni tacitly admitted that they are at this stage a work in progress with 12 months to plan next year’s assault.

“What we must not do is repeat the mistakes of the Brazil game,” said midfielder Yasuhito Endo.

“But don’t judge us on that game.”

Defender Yuto Nagatomo, who plays for Serie A side Inter Milan, said he and his teammates would have to get to grips with Mario Balotelli, who proved a handful for Mexico and who scored the winner in that game to see the Italians join Brazil on three points.

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