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Awaz Apni Germany: At least 18 people were crushed to death on Saturday when mass panic triggered a stampede inside a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival in the German city of Duisburg, police said. Dead boy found in Spain confirmed missing German five-year-old Exiled Iranian dissidents find refuge in Germany after revolt Another 100 people were lightly injured in the incident. Nine of the dead were women and six were men, police said. Organisers said 1.4 million people had turned out for the day-long open-air festival in Duisburg, a city of 500,000 just north of Düsseldorf, with most of them unaware of the incident, the NTV television network reported. The tunnel led to a disused freight railway yard where the festival was taking place. It was not immediately what sparked the initial panic. Fearing further mass panic, local officials opted against an immediate evacuation of the festival grounds where tens of thousands of revellers were still gathered l...

The only numbers that mattered to Spain and Germany heading into their 2010 FIFA World Cup semi-final were those on the scoreboard at the final whistle. FIFA.com nevertheless reflects on a series of other intriguing statistics from an exciting match at Durban Stadium. 98 matches in the FIFA World Cup is the unprecedented figure Germany reached today. They previously shared the record with Brazil, who have participated in all 19 editions of the competition compared to Die Nationalelf’s 17. Italy (80), Argentina (70) and England (59) are next on the list of most FIFA World Cup games, while Spain (55) have now moved above France into outright sixth place. 32 years after Argentina and the Netherlands competed to lift the Trophy for the first time, Spain’s 1-0 victory over Germany ensured the FIFA World Cup Final will again be contested by two uncrowned teams. 28 years after West Germany became the last reigning European champions to reach the FIFA World Cup Final, Spa...

DURBAN: Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque on Wednesday dropped Liverpool striker Fernando Torres for the World Cup semi-final against Germany at the Durban Stadium. Torres, who has been in poor form during the World Cup after recovering from a knee injury and has yet to find the back of the net, was axed in favour of Barcelona forward Pedro. Germany coach Joachim Loew also made one change. With Bayern Munich's Thomas Mueller suspended, Hamburg's Piotr Trochowski has been drafted in as replacement. The winners will face Holland in Sunday's final in Johannesburg after the Dutch beat Uruguay 3-2 in the other semi-final in Cape Town on Tuesday. Teams Germany: Mauel Neuer; Philipp Lahm (captain), Per Mertesacker, Arne Friedrich, Jerome Boateng; Sami Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger; Piotr Trochowski, Mesut Ozil, Lukas Podolski; Miroslav Klose Coach: Joachim Loew (GER) Spain: Iker Casillas (capt); Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Gerard Pique, Joan Capdevila; Sergio Busquet...

DURBAN: Carles Puyol scored the only goal of the game to send Spain into the World Cup final against Holland following a 1-0 victory against Germany on Wednesday. The Barcelona centre-back powered home a header from 10 yards from Xavi's corner 17 minutes from time to send the reigning European champions into their first ever World Cup final. Holland reached the title game by beating Uruguay 3-2 in Cape Town on Tuesday. It means there will be a new name on the trophy for the first time since France claimed victory on home soil in 1998. Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque had sprung a surprise before kick-off by dropping out-of-form Liverpool forward Fernando Torres and replacing him with Barcelona youngster Pedro. That move allowed tournament top scorer David Villa to play through the middle and the switch almost paid dividends six minutes into the game. Pedro came in off his wing and slipped a delightful ball in behind the Germany defence which Villa ran on to but he had to ...

  G8 sets timeframe for Afghan withdrawal Awaz Apni: The G8 group of major world powers set a five-year timeframe for the government of Afghanistan to take increasing control of its own security. The communiqué, released at the end of the two-day Muskoka summit in Canada, represents the first time the international community has put a clear timescale at the highest level for the conclusion of the foreign intervention in Afghanistan, which began in 2001. And it sets a probable end date for the withdrawal of Britain’s 10,000-strong deployment in the country. It came a day after Prime Minister David Cameron indicated that he envisages the bulk of UK troops coming home from Afghanistan by the time of the next general election due in 2015. The agreed communiqué by G8 members Britain, the US, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan – calls on the Afghan government to set out ...

CNews TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Iran would not retreat in the face of demands by world powers for Tehran to halt sensitive nuclear work. "Taking one step back against arrogant (powers) will lead to them to take one step forward," Khamenei was quoted as saying by state television in a sermon. His comments come ahead of a Saturday deadline for Iran to respond to a package of incentives aimed at persuading it to freeze uranium enrichment, a process that makes nuclear fuel but also the core of an atomic bomb. Iran on July 19 held talks with representatives of major powers including EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and for the first time an official from Tehran's arch-foe the United States, William Burns. Iran was given until Saturday to give its final answer. But Iran has rejected any deadline, saying it was agreed in Geneva that it would during a two-week period examine the proposal put forward by permanent UN Security Counci...

CNews BERLIN: Just minutes after the museum opened, the 41-year-old German man pushed aside two security men guarding the exhibit. The man tore off the head in protest at the exhibit. The police were alerted and arrested the man, who did not resist. He was being investigated for assault and damaging property. One eye-witness said he was completely shocked. "I was the first. And he was standing in front of me, beside me for more than an hour outside. We spoke to each other normally. I didn't think at all that he was planning anything. We chatted about sports and things, about all kinds of things. We also went in together and stood beside Karl Marx. Then he went on because Hitler was the third figure. And then he went behind the table and tore his (Hitler's) head off and shouted "no more war" and then wrecked him," Andreas Fisch said. The waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler in a mock bunker during the last days of his life was criticised as being in bad ...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Over 10,000 Pakistani and foreign observers are monitoring general elections in Pakistan. The election commission has issued 1050 accreditation cards to foreign observers and 4600 cards to the local observers. Foreign observers mostly came from United States, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Britain, Germany and France as well as from Japan, Bosnia, China, Nigeria, Belgium, India, Estonia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Moreover, observers have also arrived in Pakistan from Holland, Scotland, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Hungary. The foreign office has issued visas to 3000 foreign observers that will be lapsed on February 25. The election authorities have also issued observers’ cards to the diplomats of America, Britain, Canada and Japan. Provincial election commissioners of Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar and Lahore and 125 District Returning Officers have also issued accreditation cards to over 4400 observers. Mr. Grant, a representative of International Foundation For Electoral Sys...

KARACHI: ‘Pakistan Idol’ program for the music-lover youths kicked off here from the Geo platform, aims at hunting out the talented youths from all across the world and help them achieve their right place in the society.This was announced here in a Pakistan Idol inaugural function marked by a colorful musical night studded with the renowned trendy vocalists winning the hearts of the audience at the PAF Museum and making Pakistan Idol a milestone in the promotion of music talents here.A British television program Pop Idol telecast on October 5, 2001 touching the height of success transcended to the different countries and the Geo Television Network in collaboration with the Pop Idol’s franchise company Fremantle Media laid the foundation of Pakistan Idol. This unique program aims at exploring talented singers and giving them their rightful place.Prior to Pakistan Idol, this program has successfully proved its worth in over 41 countries including Britain, US, Canada, Germany, United Arab...