F-16 squadron leaves for US

ISLAMABAD: The squadron of F-16 jets, a part of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) left for America today to take part in multinational armies exercises.

According to spokesman of PAF, PAF squad will participate in ‘Red Flag’ war games of multinational armed forces. The exercises will begin from July 15. Pilots, technicians and senior officers of PAF are taking part in these exercises, he added.

Pakistan to play in SAsian Snooker next month

KARACHI: Pakistan is among the seven countries invited to take part in South Asian Snooker Tournament being staged at Dhaka Club in Bangladesh from July 28 to August 4, Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA) announced on Friday.

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Hazara Gold Cup Hockey from June 27

ABBOTTABAD: the 51st Hazara Gold Hockey tournament will be played here from June 27.

Pakistan Hockey Federation has appointed former international player Mohammad Riasat as secretary of the tournament’s administration committee.

Moahammad Riasat while talking with Geo news said that teams of various departments besides all the four provinces would take part in the tournament.

The tournament will be played at the astroturf stadium in Abbottabad from June 27 to July7.

Aman ki Asha: Pak delegation reaches New Delhi

NEW DELHI (Mahmood Sham): A Pakistani delegation has reached New Delhi on Monday to take part in a business seminar organized by Jang Group and Times of India under “ Aman ki Asha”.

The seminar will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Indian capital. More than 40 prominent businessmen and heads of multi national companies are part of Pakistani delegation. Key Indian industrialists and traders will attend the seminar.

Court dismisses petitions against Dasti’s eligibility

MULTAN: A Multan bench of Lahore High Court has dismissed a petition filed against eligibility of Jamsheed Dasti for contesting elections and allowed him to take part in bye-elections.

Two petitions have been filed challenging the eligibility of Jamsheed Dasti for contesting elections

Afghanistan conference in Kabul on July 20

WASHINGTON: An international conference will take place in Kabul on July 20 to demonstrate support for Afghanistan”s government, US envoy Richard Holbrooke said Monday.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other senior foreign officials will take part in the event, which follows up the London conference on Afghanistan in July, Holbrooke told reporters.

The conference will be an “affirmation of international support for the government,” said Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Medvedev arrives for US nuclear summit

WASHINGTON: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the United States Monday to take part in an unprecedented nuclear security summit of 47 nations, officials told media.

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The classic derby between the two biggest clubs in Spain comes just in time to settle things straight at the top of La Liga, where Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have been going head to head for a while. If you haven’t been around football recently you would think Los Merengues hold a pretty good chance of deciding this season’s rivalry in their favour: they’ve been topping the league for six rounds straight now – albeit by goal difference only – and they’ll have the whole Santiago Bernabeu to cheer for them on Saturday.

But one quick reality check could send shivers down the spine of any Madrid fan before the epic clash – FC Barcelona has been tremendously powerful lately, with Lionel Messi showcasing the Blaugrana magic any time he touches the ball. With three hat-tricks already in 2010 the Argentine star punched four more against Arsenal on Tuesday night to take Barca one step closer to yet another season of supremacy in Europe. Will they still be riding high after El Clasico? Real Madrid may have the final answer.

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Birdie start for Tiger Woods as Mickelson charges
Tiger Woods made an ideal start to the Masters third round on Saturday by rolling in an uphill 20-foot birdie putt at the par-four first hole.
In glorious spring sunshine at Augusta National, the American world number one watched as his putt briefly stopped on the left edge of the cup before dropping in.

Woods punched his right fist in celebration as he moved to seven under overall, one stroke behind overnight pacesetters Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood of Britain, plus American Phil Mickelson.

The 14-times major champion went on to par the 575-yard second to stay at seven under.

Left-hander Mickelson, a double champion at Augusta, birdied the second and also the par-four third to vault into a tie for the lead.

Moments later, though, Westwood rolled in a 12-footer on the first green to snatch the outright lead at nine under.

South Korean KJ Choi, playing with Woods in the penultimate pairing, parred the opening hole to stay at six under, level with American Anthony Kim who offset a bogey at the first with a birdie at the second.

GRIPPING ROUND

The year’s opening major was set for a gripping third round with nine players bunched within five shots of the lead overnight.

Poulter, with a 68, and fellow Englishman Westwood, with a 69, were among only three players who broke 70 on Friday when tricky pin positions, quickening greens and Augusta’s notorious swirling winds posed continual problems for the field.

Most eyes on Saturday, however, were focused on Woods in his bid to become the first player to launch his season with a major victory since fellow American Ben Hogan clinched the 1953 Masters.

Playing his first tournament in nearly five months after his double life was exposed at the end of last year, the American produced remarkable form in the first two rounds at Augusta.

An opening 68, which could have been three or four shots better with a red-hot putter, silenced all the doubts about a rusty start and Woods is now perfectly poised to push on for a 15th major title.

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Recent Tupolev-154 crashes
Recent fatal plane crashes involved the Soviet-built Tupolev-154.

_ April 10, 2010: The Polish presidential plane crashes on approach to Smolensk airport, Russia, killing all on board.

_ July 15, 2009: A Caspian Airlines Tu-154 flying from Iran to Armenia nosedives into a field, killing 168 people.

_ Sept. 1, 2006: A Tu-154 jetliner operated by Iran Airtour skids off the runway and catches fire while landing in the northern city of Mashad, Iran, killing 80 of 147 passengers.

_ Aug. 22, 2006: A Tu-154 of Russia’s Pulkovo Airlines with about 170 people aboard crashes during a thunderstorm in Ukraine en route from a Black Sea resort to St. Petersburg, killing all aboard.

_ Aug. 24, 2004: A Tu-154 operated by Sibir Airlines crashes en route from Moscow to the Black Sea resort of Sochi, killing all 46 people aboard. The crash was later determined to be caused by explosives brought on board by a Chechen suicide bomber.

_ July 1, 2002: A Bashkirian Airlines Tu-154 flying to Barcelona, Spain, from Ufa, Russia, collides with a cargo plane over Germany, killing 71, including 52 children.

_ Feb. 12, 2002: A Tu-154 airliner operated by Iran Airtour carrying 119 people smashed into snow-covered mountains near its destination of Khorramabad, 230 miles southwest of Tehran, killing all aboard.

_ Oct. 4, 2001: A Sibir Airlines Tu-154 flying from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Novosibirsk, Russia, explodes and plunges into the Black Sea, killing 78 people, most of them Israeli citizens. It was later determined the plane was hit by a Ukrainian missile during military training exercises.

_ July 3, 2001: A Tu-154 operated by the Vladivostokavia airline en route from Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains to Vladivostok crashes in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing all 145 on board.

_ Feb. 24, 1999: A China Southwest Airlines Tu-154 flying from Chengdu crashes on approach to Wenzhou, 800 miles southeast of Beijing, killing all 61 people aboard.

_ Aug. 29, 1998: A Cubana Tu-154 flight from Quito to Havana crashes just after takeoff, killing 79 people, including 10 on the ground when the plane plowed into a soccer field.

_ Dec. 15, 1997: A Tajikistan Airlines Tu-154 crashes in the United Arab Emirates, killing 85 passengers and crew.

_ Aug. 29, 1996: A Vnukovo Airlines Tu-154 passenger plane carrying Russian and Ukrainian miners and their families from Moscow to Norway crashes into a mountain, killing all 141 on board.

_ Dec. 7, 1995: A Tu-154 operated by Aeroflot Khabarovsk Airlines with 97 people on board disappeared flying to the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk. The remains were found 11 days later by a helicopter pilot in mountains near the Pacific coast.

_ June 6, 1994: A China Northwest Airlines Tu-154 bound for Guangzhou crashes minutes after takeoff from Xian, a tourist city in northern China, killing all 160 people aboard.

_ Jan. 3, 1994: All 124 people aboard a Moscow-bound Baikal Airlines Tu-154 are killed when it crashes into a snowy field near the town of Irkutsk. A farmer on the ground was also killed.
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