Adelaide groundstaff pathetic, says Pietersen

SYDNEY: Batsman Kevin Pietersen labelled groundstaff at Australia’s Adelaide Oval “pathetic” after England’s practice session was forced indoors due to rain just two days before the start of the second Ashes test.

The former captain was unhappy that the nets were uncovered for a period during afternoon showers on Wednesday and vented his frustration on his Twitter account (www.twitter.com/kevinpp24).

“What should a groundsman make sure he does two days out from a test match?,” he said to his 94,000 followers in his first tweet. “Cover the nets when it rains maybe?”

He ended with: “PATHETIC!”

Pietersen was fined by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in September for using the social networking Website to announce he had been dropped from the team for the first time in his career.

Earlier on Wednesday, Australia were able

Protests continue against loadshedding

LAHORE: Amid two-day energy conference being held in the federal capital to find a durable solution of the power crisis, violent protests continue in different parts of the country against the electricity loadshedding.

The enraged people staged demonstrations and burned tyres in Mandi Bahauddin and Nawabshah against the prolong power outages.

In urban part of Sindh, about 14 hours of loadshedding is being observed, whereas people of rural areas are compelled to brace 18 hours of power cuts. People hit by simmering heat took to streets in Nawabshah and set tyres on fire to express their frustration.

The protest caused a huge traffic jam, suspending traffic from Nawabshah to Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and other cities.

Apart form Sindh, urban area of Punjab are facing up to 8 hours of loadshedding while rural areas are almost without the electricity.

The traders observed a shutter down strike in Mandi Bahauddin and its adjacent areas against the loadshedding. They protest took out a rallyh from Miran Ji roundabout and burned tyres. Police restored to baton-charge to disperse the protestors and arrested some people.

In addition, the angry mob pelted stones at a train, which was going to Sargodha from Lala Moosa.

Situation is no different in Khyber-Pakhtunkhw and Balochistan.

Raja urges Younis Khan to work on his attitude

Pakistan former Test player Rameez Raja has urged the senior batsman Younis Khan to work on his attitude after the recent incident when former captain messed up with the spectators during a Karachi Champions League.

“Once Younus decided to play he should have been mentally prepared to face all types of situation because it is not uncommon in Pakistan for spectators to try to mob or pester players during matches at the club level,” he told reporters in Dubai.

Cricdb reported that Younis beaten up a fan after an altercation with spectators during a Club’s Champions League match organised by former captain Rashid Latif at Korangi Stadium in Karachi last Thursday night. Raja said such things are expected to happen when you play in a local tournament, so senior players should avoid playing those.

“It was not a pretty sight to see Younus forcibly dragging the young fellow into the dressing room. I don’t know why Younis reacted like this or what happened later in the dressing room but there is no doubt that Younis should have shown restraint and he seriously needs to change his attitude and behavior,” said Raja – who who turned to commentator.

Psychologist Maqbool Babri, who counseled Pakistani cricketers in the recent past, said Younis’ reaction was a result of the frustration and anger he was feeling inside. “The incident shows how frustrated Younis is at the moment with his cricket career and as a person. He is a top class player and a very nice individual I know since I have had counseling sessions with him but the last few months have been tough on him,” he said.

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Raja urges Younis Khan to work on his attitude was first posted on February 23, 2010 at 12:22 am.

Flooding in Mexico: 3 killed, Thousands Flee

Flooding in Mexico: 3 killed, Thousands Flee, Flooding caused by heavy rains along Mexico’s southern Gulf Coast has drenched Tabasco state, killing three people and forcing more than 44,000 people from their homes.
Tabasco Governor Andres Granier said homes in 91 communities have been flooded. The federal government declared a state of emergency in the communities of Cardenas and Huimanguillo and troops were helping to rescue people trapped in their homes. Water in some streets in these communities reached one and a half metres. Residents tried to rescue what they could from their homes, others lost everything. In the affected communities of Cardenas and Huimanguillo, 2,200 bundles of basic food products were distributed as well as 1,000 mattresses. Some 34 temporary shelters in these communities were also set up in the region of La Chontalpa, where more than 10,000 people are staying in refuges. The figure could increase in the next few days.
Local authorities said the heavy rains had damaged health centres, schools, churches, homes and could’ve affected 80,000 hectares of harvesting lands. Conagua, the national water commission, said river levels in the state were stable, only Samaria River was 56 cms (22inches) above its critical scale. Civil Protection authorities said sandbag and clay barriers were being placed around the state capital Villahermosa. Heavy rains have also affected Chiapas and the neighbouring state of Veracruz. Residents have expressed their frustration that government infrastructure projects have not prevented annual flooding in Tabasco. Mexico faced huge floods in 2007 when weeks of heavy rain put the banana-growing state of Tabasco under water in a disaster that cost insurers $700 million, according to an industry group and left some 800,000 people homeless.

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Flooding in Mexico: 3 killed, Thousands Flee was first posted on November 5, 2009 at 3:25 pm.

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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack features 10 ghoulishly delightful songs and score by renowned composer/songwriter Danny Elfman, lead singer of the popular rock group Oingo Boingo. Embracing the traditional musical structure of 10 songs and underscore, Elfman creates a musical landscape in which the story narrative is wholly integrated into each musical number. Allowing the film’s fantastic characters to come convincingly to life, the songs set into “stop-motion” the fanciful tale of Jack Skellington with haunting melodies, vivid imagery, and spectacular wordplay. Supported by an evocative and suspenseful underscore, the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack is a dazzling marriage of music and innovative technique.The film’s production numbers include: “This Is Halloween,” the song that introduces the storyline; “Jack’s Lament,” in which Jack expresses his frustration with his life; “What’s This?,” Jack’s exuberant testimonial to Christmastown; “Town Meeting Song,” which introduces the denizens of Halloweentown; “Jack’s Obsession,” in which Jack realizes his newfound desire for Christmas; “Kidnap the Sandy Claws,” which unveils Lock, Shock, and Barrel’s plan to abduct Santa Claus; “Making Christmas,” Halloweentown’s off-kilter impression of Christmas; “Sally’s Song,” a tender ballad of unrequited love; “Oogie Boogie’s Song,” the evil demon’s gloriously ghoulish tribute to himself; “Poor Jack,” a song of self-awakening, in which Jack discovers he truly belongs in Halloweentown; and the finale reprise performed by Jack, Sally, and the citizens of Halloweentown.

Stop blaming Pakistan FM tells UK

The British Government should stop “passing the buck” by repeatedly blaming Pakistan for home-grown terror plots targeted at the UK, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has warned.

Qureshi In an interview in London to The Independent said Pakistan could offer the West crucial help in ending the war in Afghanistan but stressed that, to achieve a lasting settlement in the region, Britain in particular, had to demonstrate “more sensitivity” to the political difficulties Pakistan faces in maintaining domestic support for its fight against extremism.

Qureshi claimed recent military victories against the Taliban in the Swat Valley were a sign Pakistan was managing to “turn the tide” against the insurgency.

But in a sign of the frustration felt in Islamabad at being lectured to by Britain on the perceived failure to root out extremism, he delivered the blunt message: “We need to change the language.”

The return of civilian government after years of military rule, and the commitment of President Asif Ali Zardari to ending militancy, had brought strong gains in the struggle to defeat jihadist groups, he said. For the first time, there was a “political ownership” of the war on extremism.

“We need to recognise the change that has come about in Pakistan,” he said. “The problems we have are not solely of our creation. The rest of the world helped to create this menace; now we are saying, ‘Help us to eradicate this menace, this evil’. If we are allies and friends we have got to work together. We need each other’s co-operation but I do think we have to be more sensitive.”

“It is easy to pass the buck”, Qureshi told the newspaper, “but [the liquid bomb plotters] were British citizens. They went to school here, they are part of the British system, they live here. If they do something extraordinary is it fair that Pakistan should be blamed?”

He acknowledged that Pakistan’s military was not yet ready to deliver on US demands for a massive ground assault on South Waziristan. But such an operation was “in the pipeline”, he said.

Despite the West’s nuclear stand-off with Tehran, there is also an important role for Iran in the search for reconciliation in Afghanistan, he stressed.

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Stop blaming Pakistan FM tells UK was first posted on September 19, 2009 at 10:22 am.
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