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Mourinho says Manchester United still in the market for a winger

Manchester United's transfer business is "75 percent" complete but the club is still looking for a winger, manager Jose Mourinho said ahead of their Premier League opener against West Ham on Sunday. United have added striker Romelu Lukaku, midfielder Nemanja Matic and defender Victor Lindelof to their squad. However, they have been unable to sign a wide player, and a move for Inter Milan's Ivan Perisic, who has been linked in the British media with a transfer to Old Trafford, looks unlikely. "
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Taylor Swift's bodyguard testifies he witnessed groping

An office worker gives a thumbs up after placing a sign in the windows of her building across the street from Denver Federal Court where the Taylor Swift groping trial jury selection resumes. REUTERS/Rick Wilking DENVER: Pop star Taylor Swift's former bodyguard on Friday corroborated her account of being groped by a Colorado disc jockey, testifying that he saw the radio personality slip his hand under her skirt as they posed for a photo. Greg Dent ? a former police officer who said he has prov
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Peru's president urges Venezuela's Maduro to step down

Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski speaks during an interview at the Reuters Latin American Investment Summit in Lima, Peru, August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo  LIMA: Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Friday urged Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro to step down, calling him a "dictator", and rejected the socialist leader's call for the two to meet face-to-face along with other presidents in the region. The centrist leader said in an interview for Reuters Latin American Inve
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Wife of ousted Pakistani PM to seek his parliament seat

Kulsoom Nawaz ? the wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ? speaks during a news conference at her residence in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 9, 2000. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/Files  LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will contest a special election for the parliamentary seat he was forced to vacate after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office, party officials said. Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif will be the candidate of the Pakistan
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World's oldest man, Holocaust survivor, dies aged 113

JERUSALEM: Holocaust survivor Israel Kristal, who last year was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man, died in Israel on Friday, aged 113, local news media reports said. Guinness said Kristal was born in Poland on Sept. 15, 1903, and survived the Auschwitz death camp, where his first wife, two children and other family members were killed by the Nazis. He married again after the war and moved to Israel in 1950. Kristal was awarded a Guinness certificate as the w
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Neymar cleared to make PSG debut

PARIS: World-record signing Neymar looks set to make his debut for Paris St Germain on Sunday after the French football federation confirmed it had received the player's transfer certificate. The Brazilian, whose 222 million euros (£201 mln) signing from Barcelona doubled the world-record transfer fee, was prevented from playing in PSG's first Ligue 1 match of the season against Amiens last week because his registration had gone through too late. PSG travel to En Avant Guingamp on Sunday. "On
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Giroud earns Arsenal madcap opening win

Substitutes Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud scored as Arsenal twice came from behind to beat Leicester City 4-3 on Friday in a dizzily entertaining opening Premier League game. Record signing Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal ahead after only 85 seconds at the Emirates Stadium, before a Shinji Okazaki header and a Jamie Vardy brace saw 2016 champions Leicester go 2-1 and then 3-2 up. But Arsene Wenger's double change turned the game, FA Cup final hero Ramsey drilling in an 83rd-minute equaliser
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Federer punches ticket to Montreal semis

Roger Federer stretched his match win streak to 15 as he outclassed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Montreal Masters on Friday. Federer advances to the semi-finals where he will face Robin Haase of the Netherlands who defeated Diego Schwartzman 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 earlier in the day. Federer hammered five aces, made just two double faults and won 81 percent of his first serve points in the 68-minute centre court match. Bautista Agut struggled mightily on his serve as he
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Wall Street ends up slightly, snapping three days of losses

People walk by New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the financial district in New York, US, August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz  NEW YORK: US stocks ended higher on Friday, snapping three days of losses, as investors bet on a slower US rate hikes, but gains were muted by increasingly aggressive exchanges between the United States and North Korea. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 14.31 points (or 0.07 percent) to 21,858.32, the S&P 500 gained 3.11 p
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Sports should not be dragged into politics: Maria Toorpakai to critics

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e80e25df050debc47c1fe60dd674202b.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8xMS8yMDE3IDc6MjE6NDggUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1sckQ3UlEwYnRJLzg1YWJNaEc0alBRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Pakistan's decorated female squash player, Maria Toorpakai, on Friday responded to the ones vilifying her lately, saying that sports should not be dragged into politics.
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In Pictures: GT Road rally's third day

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif embarked upon a 'homecoming' rally on Wednesday. Setting out from Punjab House in Islamabad, the PML-N chief decided to travel to Lahore via GT Road. Friday was the third day of the rally, and the former premier departed from Jhelum around 11:30am. Nawaz Sharif and other PML-N leaders having breakfast before setting off for Gujrat.  Nawaz Sharif's caravan en route to Gujrat. Nawaz addresses a massive crowd in Gujrat Addressing a massive crowd in Gujrat, Na
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COAS visits family of martyred Major Ali Salman

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday visited the family of martyred Major Ali Salman in Lahore, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).  Major Salman was martyred along with three other personnel during an operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa two days ago. General Bajwa, who was also accompanied by his wife, acknowledged the supreme sacrifice of the martyred officer, added ISPR. "Maj Ali has made us all proud," ISPR quoted the army chief.
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Egypt train crash kills 36, injures more than 100

source: Reuters CAIRO: Two trains collided in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Friday killing 36 people and injuring more than 100 others, a health ministry spokesman said. The crash at 2:15 p.m near the suburban Khorshid station on the route to Cairo, derailed the engine of one train and two cars of the other, the Egyptian Railway Authority said. A railroad switching error was the most likely cause of the collision, a security source said. He gave no further details. State newspaper al-
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Russia´s Lavrov warns risk of N. Korea escalation ´very high´

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday cautioned that the risks of escalation of tensions between the United States and North Korea were "very high" following the recent war of words between Washington and Pyongyang. "I believe the risks are very high, especially considering this rhetoric, when direct threats of using force are voiced," Lavrov said at a youth forum in the Vladimir region east of Moscow. Lavrov did not refer to President Donald Trump´s most recent remark that
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Security forces seize arms, explosives in North Waziristan operations

Photo: FILE RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Friday conducted several operations in North Waziristan and seized huge quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives from there, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. The intelligence-based operations (IBOs) were conducted in Ghulam Khan, Lakki Maidaan, Lippi, Sipalga, Kharesan Rocha areas of North Waziristan, the statement said. The IBOs came as part of a comprehensive military campaign codenamed as Operation Raddul Fasaad,
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Trump says US military 'locked and loaded' on N.Korea

President Donald Trump on Friday turned up the heat on North Korea, warning Pyongyang that the US military is "locked and loaded" in the event of a misstep by the totalitarian state, despite mounting international calls for restraint. Trump launched another salvo at the regime of Kim Jong-Un to keep its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs in check, as the North's official news agency accused the US of driving the situation "to the brink" of war. The latest Twitter threat from the Re
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Qureshi slams Punjab govt for ignoring public issues for PML-N rally

MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday slammed the Punjab government for ignoring public issues for the sake of PML-N rally. Speaking to newsmen here, Qureshi said nine people have died in Faisalabad's Allied Hospital, but the provincial government is entirely focused on ousted premier Nawaz Sharif's rally to Lahore via GT Road. The PTI leader also criticised Mohammad Zubair, saying police personnel were martyred in Karachi, but the governor is busy "play
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India's military steps up operational readiness on China border

India's military has increased operational readiness along the eastern Indian border with China, sources said, as neither side shows any sign of backing off from a face-off in a remote Himalayan region near their disputed frontier. Indian and Chinese troops have been embroiled in the seven-week confrontation on the Doklam plateau, claimed by both China and India's tiny ally, Bhutan. The sources, who were briefed on the deployment, said they did not expect the tensions, involving about 300 sold
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Number of tax payers increased by 50pc in four years: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said the number of taxpayers in the country have increased by almost 50 per cent over the last four years, reported Radio Pakistan.  The finance minister, while addressing the launch ceremony of the national tax directory,  added that over 1.2 million people filed their tax returns in 2016. Dar further said that the country's tax revenue has increased from Rs1,946 in 2013 to Rs3,362 billion. The finance minister stated that the increase in tax r
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Owais Muzaffar summoned by NAB in illegal land allotment case

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Owais Muzaffar for allegedly allotting lands illegally in the Malir River Bed. Muzaffar is the foster brother of former president Asif Ali Zardari and has served as the Sindh Minister for Local Government besides holding the charge of provincial government departments of Housing during the last Pakistan Peoples Party government. Documents obtained by Geo News allege the former minister in connivance with his ?frontman? Aftab Pathan
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GT Road Rally: Child dies after being accidentally run over by Elite Force vehicle

GUJRAT: A child was killed on Friday after being hit by a vehicle of Elite Force near Lalamusa, confirmed police. According to sources, Ahmed Chughtai, who appeared to be around eleven years old, was hit by a vehicle of the Elite Force after receiving a push from a crowd.  Chughtai was standing on the pavement before being pushed moments before the Elite Force convoy passed. The relatives of deceased protested and blocked GT Road by putting Chughtai?s body in the middle of the road. 
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Nawaz Sharif only trying to save himself: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday addressed a press conference in Islamabad and claimed that Nawaz Sharif was only trying to save himself.  He told journalists that there was no threat to democracy at the moment adding that the peoples' party would not accept demands from any other party.  There should be no role of the military or the judiciary in the parliament, Bilawal said before adding that he did not want to see institutions intervening i
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Tahir ul Qadri announces sit-in

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami League chief Dr Tahir ul Qadri announced a sit-in on August 16.  The sit-in will take place on Lahore's Mall road. 
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MQM, PML-F files petition in SHC against new accountability law

Farooq Sattar entering in the Sindh High Court to file petition.  Photo: Geo News KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan and Pakistan Muslim League? Functional have filed petitions in the Sindh High Court, challenging the new law repealing National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999,  The law was twice passed by Sindh Assembly. Separate petitions were filed by PML-F?s Nusrat Sehar Abbasi and MQM leader Farooq Sattar. Speaking to the press, Sattar said that Sindh Assembly and provincial
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PTI forms parliamentary boards for issuance of party tickets

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) issued notifications for formation of parliamentary boards on Thursday.  The boards will be responsible for issuance of party tickets to prospective candidates for the upcoming general elections in 2018.  "The Chairman has directed the formation of province wise parliamentary boards for issuance of party tickets," said the PTI notification.  The boards, formed in all provinces, will have Imran Khan as the chairman and senior leader Shah Mehmood Qu
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