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Operation ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ will continue till elimination of last terrorist

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">ISLAMABAD: The government has reiterated to continue the Zarb-e-Azb operation till the establishment of its complete writ in North Waziristan.</strong></div>
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According to the sources, this has been stated by federal ministers, Pervaiz Rashid and Abdul Qadir Baloch and Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) officials in Islamabad while briefing foreign media about the operation.</div>
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They informed foreign media that North Waziristan is the last safe heaven of terrorists which will be purged at all costs and the international community should recognize sacrifices of Pakistan against war in terror.</div>
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Foreign media was also told that after completion of operation, development process will be started in FATA, particularly in North Waziristan.</div>

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Kenyan plane crashes into building

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According to the media reports, the cargo airplane crashes in a commercial building in the center of the city, shortly after takeoff from the Kenyan capital’s main airport.</div>
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It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties, but police sources said all on the plane were feared dead.</div>
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The plane crashed shortly after dawn Wednesday in an area outside the airport where there are office buildings and factories which would be expected to be largely empty at that hour.</div>
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After the crash the Kenya Airports authorities said in a press conference that:</div>
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“A Fokker 50 cargo plane with four people on-board has this morning crashed at a commercial building.”</div>

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Hilarious watermelon garments

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According to the media reports, the little lad became the coolest boy in town after his dad made him wear watermelon garments. It is reported that Ruifeng Fan, 33, from Taipei in Taiwan fashioned the pants to help five-year-old son Hao beat the summer heat.</div>
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The tot was always complaining about being too hot but the family had no swimming pool for him to cool down in. So, his father came up with an unusual idea of making relief for his son.</div>
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In fact, the youngster loved the underpants so much that his dad later made him a watermelon hat and watermelon boxing gloves. And now the trend has caught on, with other people posting pictures of their own watermelon clothing online.</div>
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Ruifeng said in a statement that:</div>
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“I gave him a watermelon to eat, which is usually the best way to cool down, and after cutting out the inside I suddenly thought that actually the watermelon itself could probably be used to make a really cool pair of underpants.”</div>
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He further added that:</div>
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“So I cut out two holes for his legs and fitted it with a makeshift pair of braces, and he instantly had the coolest underpants in town.”</div>
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His dad even created a watermelon suit of amour complete with a helmet and watermelon sword. The pictures of hilarious lad goes viral over the internet with maximum positive response.</div>

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Woman punishes husband for bad bathroom manners

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<strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">US: Woman arrested for allegedly cutting her husband’s face for bad bathroom manners.</strong></div>
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According to the media reports, the incident took place in the region of Montana. It is reported that the police quickly responded to a call and found victim sitting on the steps of his home and his face was brutally scared.</div>
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He told officers that his wife had cut him. The woman said her husband had been causing problems all day and finally, he urinated on the bathroom floor.</div>
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While being treated at a hospital, the husband said that:</div>
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“My wife had been angry with him all day because he had urinated on the bathroom floor.”</div>
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The woman was immediately arrested for the charges of domestic violence. The news spread all over the region and grabbed international media attention via social media websites.</div>

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Vaccines have low risk of serious side effects

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<em><b>WASHINGTON:
 Some childhood vaccines are linked to serious side effects, but they 
are quite rare and do not include autism, food allergies or cancer, said
 a review of scientific literature Tuesday.</b></em><br />
<em>A host of vaccines
 commonly given to children under age six were the focus of the 
systematic review of rigorously conducted studies, published in the 
peer-reviewed US journal Pediatrics.</em><br />
<em>The report seeks to address a
 rising trend of vaccine hesitancy among parents in the United States 
and Europe, which has led to a resurgence of measles and whooping cough 
in some parts of the world.</em><br />
<em>"We found that serious adverse events 
that are linked to vaccines are really rare, and that when they do occur
 they are often not necessarily severe," said study co-author Courtney 
Gidengil, a pediatrician at Boston Children´s Hospital and professor at 
Harvard Medical School.</em><br />
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<em>"We think this adds to the body of 
evidence that the benefits really do seem to clearly outweigh the low 
risk of serious side effects from vaccines," she told.</em><br />
<em>The study 
expands on a 2011 report by the Institute of Medicine that also pointed 
to some side effects linked to vaccines but found "few health problems 
are caused by or clearly associated with vaccines."</em><br />
<em>The Pediatrics
 report includes several vaccines that were not studied by the IOM, 
including those against hepatitis A, Haemophilus influenzae type b 
(Hib), polio, rotavirus and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.</em><br />
<em><b>Side effects</b></em><br />
<em>Side effects of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and pneumococcal vaccines included the potential for fever and seizures.</em><br />
<em>The MMR and hepatitis A vaccines were also linked to a side effect called purpura, when small blood vessels leak under the skin.</em><br />
<em>There
 was some evidence that immune-deficient children given the varicella 
vaccine against chicken pox could develop infections or have an allergic
 reaction.</em><br />
<em>The rotavirus vaccines, RotaTeq and Rotarix, were 
associated with a risk of intussusception, a condition in which one part
 of the intestine slides into another part.</em><br />
<em>However, the risk of this condition was rare, amounting to between 1-5 in 100,000, the researchers said.</em><br />
<em>"Clinicians
 who immunize children regularly may have encountered these adverse 
events in their practices, particularly seizures associated with fever,"
 said an accompanying editorial by Carrie Byington, vice chair for 
research in the pediatrics department at the University of Utah.</em><br />
<em>"Fortunately,
 the adverse events identified by the authors were rare and in most 
cases would be expected to resolve completely after the acute event."</em><br />

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NASA to launch satellite to track carbon pollution

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<em><b>WASHINGTON:
 The US space agency is to launch on Tuesday a satellite that tracks 
atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that contributes to
 global warming.</b></em><br />
<em>The launch of the Orbiting Carbon 
Observatory-2 is expected at 2:56 am Pacific time (0956 GMT) from 
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.</em><br />
<em>"Now that humans are 
acknowledging the environmental effects of our dependence on fossil 
fuels and other carbon dioxide-emitting activities, our goal is to 
analyze the sources and sinks of this carbon dioxide and to find better 
ways to manage it," said Gregg Marland, a professor in the Geology 
Department of Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.</em><br />
<em>The satellite will take 24 measurements every second, about a million per day, but clouds are a major obstacle.</em><br />
<em>Its field of view is about one square mile (three square kilometers), so even wispy clouds can obscure its measurements.</em><br />
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<em>NASA
 expects about 100,000 of the satellite´s data snapshots from around the
 world daily will be sufficiently cloud-free to be useful.</em><br />
<em>Kevin 
Gurney, an associate professor at Arizona State University, Tempe, said 
the satellite will contribute to a series of NASA-funded efforts to 
measure fossil fuel emissions.</em><br />
<em>"This research and OCO-2 together 
will act like partners in closing the carbon budget, with my data 
products estimating movements from the bottom up and OCO-2 estimating 
sources from the top down," Gurney said.</em><br />
<em>Its launch window on Tuesday is quite short, just 30 seconds.</em><br />
<em>"The
 timing has to be so precise because OCO-2 will join the A-Train, a 
constellation of five other international Earth-observing satellites 
that fly very close together to make nearly simultaneous measurements of
 our planet," the NASA website said.</em><br />
<em>If it misses the launch 
window, there may be another launch attempt Wednesday. However, weather 
conditions were expected to be 100 percent favorable for launch.</em><br />

NASA to launch satellite to track carbon pollution

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Modi steps up India's war hysteria

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<em><b>Eyes on defence deals, Western powers rush to court India´s Modi</b></em><br />
<em>NEW
 DELHI: Western governments are rushing to visit India´s new Prime 
Minister Narendra Modi, drawn by the prospect of multi-billion-dollar 
deals as the government prepares to open the nascent defence industry to
 foreign investment.</em><br />
<em>Senior politicians from France, the United 
States and Britain arrive in quick succession over the next 10 days as 
Modi prepares to accelerate the modernisation of the country´s mostly 
Soviet-era weaponry.</em><br />
<em>Modi intends to build up India´s military 
capabilities and gradually turn the world´s largest arms importer into a
 heavyweight manufacturer - a goal that has eluded every prime minister 
since independence in 1947. On the table is a proposal circulated within
 the new government to raise caps on foreign investment - with one 
option to allow complete foreign ownership of some defence projects. </em><br />
<em>"All
 the countries are trying to make their case, especially as there is the
 sense that the Indian market will undergo a shift," said Harsh Pant, 
professor of international relations at King´s College London. "They get
 a sense from their dealings that something dramatic is going to happen 
and they want first-mover advantage," said Pant, who specialises in 
Indian defence.</em><br />
<em>First to arrive in New Delhi will be French 
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, whose top priority is to close a 
stalled deal to sell India 126 Rafale fighter jets, built by Dassault 
Aviation , for an estimated $15 billion. </em><br />
<a href="http://images.geo.tv/updates_pics/indiaarmsrace-modisarkar-defence_6-29-2014_152269_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Modi steps up India's war hysteria" border="0" class="aligncenter" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_imgNews" src="http://images.geo.tv/updates_pics/indiaarmsrace-modisarkar-defence_6-29-2014_152269_l.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; width: 500px;" title="Modi steps up India's war hysteria" /></a><em>Fabius, who arrives on 
Monday, will meet Modi as well as his most powerful minister, Arun 
Jaitley, who holds the twin portfolios of defence and finance - and can 
therefore decide both whether to sign the deal and when to release the 
money.</em><br />
<em>U.S. Senator John McCain is also due in India next week. 
McCain, whose Arizona constituency includes weapons makers such as 
Boeing and Raytheon, told the Senate on</em><br />
<em>Thursday that Washington should seek to bolster India´s economic and military rise. </em><br />
<em>"This
 is an area where U.S. defence capabilities, technologies, and 
cooperation - especially between our defence industries - can benefit 
India enormously, " McCain said of India´s drive to modernise the armed 
forces.</em><br />
<em>In the second week of July, Britain is likely to send in 
Foreign Secretary William Hague and finance minister George Osborne, a 
British government source said on Friday. Britain has drawn some cheer 
from the slow progress of the negotiations for the Rafale deal. The 
Eurofighter Typhoon was shortlisted along with the Dassault fighter 
before India announced the French jet was the winner. Cost escalations 
and disagreements about building the Rafale in partnership with India´s 
state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited have complicated talks with 
France, and London has never entirely given up hope that it will return 
to the race. </em><br />
<em>However, on Thursday, one source at the Indian 
defence ministry said the deal was likely to be finally closed during 
Fabius´ visit and could be signed this year. A French foreign ministry 
source said talks were ongoing, but refused to provide more detail.</em><br />
<em>Russia,
 for years India´s top weapons supplier, pipped all three countries to 
the post, sending Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to visit the new 
government in Delhi two weeks ago. Washington last year replaced Moscow 
as India´s top defence supplier, according to IHS Jane´s. </em><br />
<em>The 
Western nations will have noted that India´s foreign minister expressed 
displeasure with Russia´s recent offer to sell Mi-35 attack helicopters 
to India´s arch-rival Pakistan. "I don´t think it´s a competition," U.S.
 Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal said after an early 
post-election visit to New Delhi. "India will have strong and positive 
relationships with a variety of countries and that is to be encouraged,"
 said Biswal.</em><br />
<em>"We want to see India taking on a stronger and a leadership role in the region and around the world so we welcome that.</em><br />
<em>India
 spent some $6 billion last year on weapons imports. It makes few of its
 own weapons, beyond ballistic missiles and assembly lines for foreign 
jets. On Thursday, the government signalled it was in the mood for 
liberalisation by allowing manufacturers to build more defence 
components without licences, making it easier for Indian firms to 
partner foreigners. </em><br />
<em>At present foreign companies can only invest 
26 percent in Indian defence projects without committing to technology 
transfer, which has put off many investors. Before the election, sources
 in Modi´s Bharatiya Janata Party said there was a plan to increase the 
cap to 49 percent. "For higher-tech intellectual property we would want 
to go over 50 percent to be in a position to share technology that we 
have significant investments in," said Phil Shaw, chief executive of 
Lockheed Martin India Pvt Ltd." </em><br />
<em>Uplift from 26 to 49 percent 
maintains the status quo and may not be sufficient incentive to make an 
investment here. "Lockheed Martin already has a 26 percent investment in
 an Indian joint venture with Tata Advanced Systems that manufactures 
airframe components for the C-130J Super Hercules cargo lifter.</em><br />
<em>India´s
 Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has circulated a 
discussion document that proposes allowing up to 100 percent foreign 
direct investment, or FDI, in defence production, two government 
officials told Reuters. The note suggested allowing 100 percent FDI in 
manufacturing of state-of-the art equipment, one of the officials said. </em><br />
<em>It
 also recommends a cap of 49 percent for investments which do not 
involve transfer technology and a 74 percent ceiling in such cases where
 the foreign investor is ready to share technology know-how, the 
official added. </em><br />
<em>Last week, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala
 Sitharaman said foreign investment in the sector would help increase 
defence preparedness of the country and reduce import</em><br />
<em>dependence, 
saving billions of dollars in foreign exchange. However, she said the 
government was yet to take a final call on increasing the FDI ceiling 
and the decision would be taken by Jaitley and Modi. </em><br />
<em>The 
proposals face pockets of resistance in Indian industry, Modi´s party 
and the military establishment. A.K. Antony, who was India´s longest 
serving defence minister until his Congress party´s election defeat in 
May, said this week that allowing higher foreign investment in defence 
would be "suicidal".</em><br />

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Taliban hold territory after Afghan offensive

<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>KANDAHAR:
 The Taliban have established a foothold in southern Afghanistan in a 
10-day battle against Afghan forces, locals said Sunday, as the army and
 police struggle to prove they can defeat the insurgents without NATO 
help.</b><br />
A coordinated assault by 800 Taliban fighters on police 
checkpoints and military posts began on June 19, with Afghan forces 
rushed in to recapture parts of Sangin district in Helmand province.<br />
Despite
 government claims that the Taliban have been routed in a series of 
counter-attacks, Hashim Alkozai, a local elder, told AFP that the 
insurgents had successfully defended two key areas of the district.<br />
"The
 government has sent more reinforcements to Sangin, but the Taliban 
still have two parts, Barekzai and Bostanzai, under their control," 
Alkozai said after fleeing to Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of 
Helmand.<br />
"President Hamid Karzai has promised to send us some aid, but that is not enough, our people need food and shelter."<br />
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Sangin,
 a strategically important district at the centre of Afghanistan´s 
lucrative opium trade, has been the scene of fierce fighting for years 
between the Taliban and US-led NATO forces.<br />
With the NATO combat 
mission winding down this year, the Taliban offensive is seen as a test 
of the NATO-trained Afghan government forces now responsible for 
quelling the insurgency.<br />
British troops fought bloody battles in 
Sangin for four years to little effect, before US marines replaced them 
in late 2010 and finally pulled out themselves only last month.<br />
"The
 fighting is still ongoing in some parts of Sangin, more reinforcements 
have been sent in to eliminate the pockets of resistance," Omar Zwak, 
the spokesman for the Helmand governor, told AFP.<br />
This summer´s 
"fighting season" will be the last with US-led combat troops deployed in
 Afghanistan, after a 13-year war that has cost the lives of 3,500 
coalition soldiers and failed to crush the Taliban.<br />
The fighting 
in Helmand has come as politicians in Kabul are locked in a stalemate 
over the presidential election, with one candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, 
saying he rejects the ongoing vote count due to massive fraud.</span></em>

Taliban hold territory after Afghan offensive

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