Pakistan blasting device murders six police polio sentries in Charsadda

A blasting device aiming at a polio security team in north-west Pakistan has slain six policemen and a boy, police say.

The blast appeared beside a policeman van in a market in Charsadda locality, hurting at least nine others.

On Tuesday, three wellbeing workers taking part in a polio vaccination propel were slain in the south city of Karachi.

Pakistan is one of three countries where polio continues endemic. Militants oppose the polio designs which they glimpse as a cover for international espionage.

Militants furthermore accuse wellbeing employees of being part of a Western contrive to sterilise Muslims.

Police state Wednesday's blasting device in Sardheri Bazaar, about 30km (20 miles) north of the town of Peshawar, was detonated remotely.

"Seven persons encompassing six policeman staff and a progeny were killed," older policeman authorized Shafiullah notified the AFP report agency.

The police van had been taking agents to guard polio vaccination groups in the north-west.
The attack is the latest in a sequence aiming at polio groups in the country, even though the vaccination scheme won the backing last year of a prominent devout seminary said to wield leverage over Taliban groups.

Poliomyelitis, which determinants spinal and respiratory paralysis, can murder and remains incurable but vaccines have aided in its almost total eradication today.

However, it is on the increase in Pakistan, due in part to militant opposition to mass vaccination crusades.

It furthermore continues endemic in Nigeria and Afghanistan, but WHO agents tension that progress in assaulting the infection is being made in these nations.

Earlier this month India declared itself polio-free, three years after its last described case. It was a breakthrough in the global assault against the disease, and mostly due to a massive and maintained vaccination campaign.

Report: Johnny Depp, Amber perceived engaged

The 2011 film The Rum journals didn't do much for Johnny Depp's vocation but it had a lasting effect on his love life.

persons accounts that it's verified the player, 50, has gotten engaged to his co-star from that video, Amber perceived, 27.

Depp was before in a long-term domestic joint venture with French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis, which made two young kids, Lily-Rose and Jack, before ending in 2012.

He's only been married once, early in his vocation to Lori Anne Allison, but has been engaged to Jennifer Grey, Sherilyn Fenn and Winona Ryder, who inspired him to get a tattoo that read "Winona Forever." When they divide, he had it revised to state "Wino Forever."

perceived, who has publicly identified herself as bisexual, was previously attached to person taking photos Tasya van Ree.

Shashi Tharoor: Minister's wife Sunanda Pushkar 'found dead'

The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor has been found dead, following accounts that he was having an affair, Indian newspapers have said.

Sunanda Pushkar is described to have been discovered at a hotel in Delhi.

The twosome became entangled in controversy over a sequence of Twitter messages on Wednesday that appeared to reveal he was having an activity with a Pakistani journalist.

They subsequent asserted they were joyously married, accusing "unauthorised tweets".

Mr Tharoor wed Ms Pushkar, a previous Dubai-based businesswoman, in 2010.

A public strip between the couple erupted on Wednesday when messages started to emerge on Mr Tharoor's Twitter account suggesting he was having an activity with journalist Mehr Tahrar.

Ms Pushkar admitted publishing the tweets, but subsequent rejected it.

She was discovered dead in a five-star inn in Delhi, according to policeman causes.
Reports said that her married man had acquainted the policeman of her death. It was unclear how she past away.

Ms Tahrar, who denied having an affair with the minister, tweeted after she heard of Ms Pushkar's death: "I'm absolutely alarmed.

"This is too awful for words. So tragic I don't know what to say. Rest in calm, Sunanda."

Mr Tharoor, a previous UN diplomat, was forced to resign from his first ministerial place in 2010 amid argument over his engagement in tendering for a cricket group.

Ms Pushkar had supposedly obtained a free stake in the Indian Premier association franchise he was tendering for.

Vine celebrity Curtis Lepore On test for supposedly Raping Vine celebrity GF

Vine megastar Curtis Lepore was in court Tuesday ... facing allegations of raping Vine celebrity woman companion Jessi grins while she was sleeping, TMZ has wise.

regulation enforcement causes notify us ... Lepore was apprehended in October -- and released on $100,000 bail -- but it took flight under the radar. During Tuesday's hearing he pled not at fault.

Here's the back story. We're told Jessi flew to glimpse Curtis in L.A. last August but things didn't go well and they broke up. Jessi stayed in L.A. and a couple of days subsequent got a concussion while firing a Vine video.

causes close to Jessi notify TMZ ... Curtis then called her and suggested to help her while she was retrieving. The casualty assertions Curtis came over, Jessi dropped slumbering and that's when he supposedly raped her

The day after the occurrence, Jessi tweeted, "Be very cautious of who you believe. habitually be careful for your safety. Be strong and don't let your guard down..."

It's pretty insane. Curtis and Jessi's relationship was a gigantic deal in the Vine world -- they primarily got in feel by the social media stage last summer and subsequently contacted in individual in NYC ... in front of hundreds of their Vine fans.

Curtis' lawyer tells TMZ, "Things are not habitually as they appear and there are two sides to every story."

BTW ... Jessi provided us consent to use her name.

US north-east snow storm causes travel chaos

A winter storm has caused travel chaos in the north-eastern US, bringing up to two feet (60cm) of snow to some places.

Some 2,300 flights were cancelled as the storm approached, with hundreds more to be affected on Friday.
New York's JFK airport closed for snow removal and all the city's public schools are shut. New York and New Jersey have states of emergency.
Wind-chill temperature was set to be as low as -25C (-13F) in New York, with many road conditions treacherous.
Forecasters warned that wind gusts of up to 30mph could cause frostbite in about 30 minutes.
Coastal warnings New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said: "This is nothing to be trifled with. People should seriously consider staying in their homes."
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, who has only just been sworn into office, said: "If you don't need to go out, please don't go out. Stay off the streets, stay out of your cars."

 

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered non-essential state workers to remain at home. Massachusetts and Connecticut followed suit.
Some commuter trains around New York City were on a reduced schedule, while some key roads were shut at least temporarily. City buses are running but with "system-wide delays".

Marci Gonzalez, ABC News, said the sea was freezing in Cohasset harbour

The New York Times said 6in of snow had fallen on Central Park by 07:00 and the temperature was the same as in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Boston too has been badly affected, with schools shut. The New York to Boston Amtrak service is on reduced schedule.
A salt storage worker was killed in Philadelphia when a 100-ft (30-metre) pile of road salt fell and crushed him.
A man was reported to be in critical condition after being pulled from Lake Michigan by firefighters.
A blizzard warning has been issued for some coastal areas, including Cape Cod, areas north and south of Boston, Long Island and parts of Maine.
The storm has stretched from the lower Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast.
Although snowfall is easing in many parts, Friday is forecast to be bitterly cold across much of the region.
Late on Thursday evening, the National Weather Service said unofficial observations had recorded 53cm of snow in Boxford, north of Boston.
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South Sudan ceasefire talks open in Ethiopia

Talks to agree a ceasefire in South Sudan have opened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

Government and rebel negotiators have been speaking to mediators but have not yet met face-to-face.
However, there is no sign of an end to the fighting between supporters of President Salva Kiir and sacked deputy Riek Machar, which has killed at least 1,000 people since 15 December.
The US has announced a further cut of its embassy staff in South Sudan.

More than 180,000 people have been displaced in the conflict, and aid workers say many are living without shelter, clean water and sanitation.

Tensions are increasing around the rebel-held cities of Bor, in Jonglei state, and Bentiu, in the northern state of Unity.
A build up of military personnel around both cities has prompted fears that renewed heavy fighting may be imminent as the government attempts to regain control, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from the capital, Juba.
One rebel spokesman told Reuters its troops were marching towards Juba, while a spokesman for the government said its forces were closing in to recapture Bor.
Evacuation flight Delegates from both sides began arriving in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday but talks were delayed until the full negotiating teams had arrived.
Ethiopia's foreign ministry announced in a statement on Friday that negotiations had started.
The BBC's Emmanuel Igunza in Addis Ababa says the rival teams are in the same hotel but are currently in talks only with mediators.

Grang Demebiar, left, part of the negotiating team backing Riek Machar, arrives for talks in Addis Ababa

A government soldier patrols Malakal in Upper Nile State

Refugees in the town of Awerial

The mediators are preparing the ground for what they hope will be direct talks later on Friday or into Saturday, he adds.
Observers have said the discussions are likely to be complicated, as the two sides will have to agree on a mechanism to monitor a ceasefire.

Toby Lanzer, UN mission in S Sudan: "Situation continues to be very very volatile"

Meanwhile, the US state department said it had ordered a "further drawdown" of its embassy staff in Juba "because of the deteriorating security situation".
It evacuated a large number of non-essential staff soon after the fighting began on 15 December.
But ambassador Susan Page told Reuters: "We are not suspending our operations. We are just minimising our presence."
However the state department also said that, from Saturday, it would no longer be providing consular services to US citizens in South Sudan.
And it repeated its advice to its citizens to leave the country, announcing a further evacuation flight from Juba "to the nearest safe haven country" on Friday.

The United Nations, however, is flying more staff into Juba to help in the aid effort and to protect civilians' human rights. One official said US staff working for the UN had not been asked to leave.

South Sudan is the world's newest state. It was formed in 2011, gaining independence from Sudan after decades of conflict.
The latest trouble has its roots in tensions that go back to the years before independence, when rebels were fighting each other as well as for independence.
But what began as a squabble between former fighters turned politicians has taken on an ethnic dimension.
Politicians' political bases are often ethnic. President Kiir is from the Dinka community while Mr Machar is a Nuer.
Mr Kiir has ruled out any power-sharing arrangement with his rival in the longer term.

Fighting erupted in the South Sudan capital, Juba, in mid-December. It followed a political power struggle between President Salva Kiir and his ex-deputy Riek Machar. The squabble has taken on an ethnic dimension as politicians' political bases are often ethnic.

Schumacher fans hold birthday vigil for injured driver

Fans of Michael Schumacher are converging on a French hospital to mark the injured F1 legend’s 45th birthday.
Ferrari clubs from France and Italy are gathering outside his hospital in the city of Grenoble.
On Thursday Schumacher’s family thanked fans for their “great support” and described the German as a “fighter”.
The most successful Formula 1 driver in history is in a medically induced coma after suffering head injuries while skiing in the French Alps on Sunday.
He remains in a stable but critical condition, his manager has said.

Supporters plan to hold a one-minute silence outside the hospital.

The German champion, who retired in 2012, had been skiing off-piste when he fell and hit his head. His helmet cracked on impact after hitting a rock.
Ferrari – the racing team with which Schumacher had 72 of his 91 F1 wins – said in a statement that it wanted to send him very special wishes for his birthday as he tackled “the most important fight of his life”.
Doctors confirmed on Tuesday that Schumacher had shown signs of improvement, but was still “not out of danger”.
They ruled out giving a prognosis for his condition in the coming days and months.
But it is medically possible for someone to spend several weeks in an induced coma and fully recover from it.


Sign of closeness’
Ferrari said buses had been organised to transport the Italian and French fans to Grenoble for the tribute.
Spokesman Renato Bisignani said people were being encouraged to dress in red and bring flags, as “a sign of closeness to Michael Schumacher, done in a very respectful way”.

But the spokesman insisted that the event was not about promoting the Ferrari brand or its clients.

“We will make sure we remain sensitive at this difficult time,” he said.
Michael Schumacher retired from F1 for a second time in 2012.
He won seven world championships and secured 91 race victories during his 19-year career.
The driver won two titles with Benetton, in 1994 and 1995, before switching to Ferrari in 1996 and going on to win five straight titles from 2000.
He retired in 2006 but managed to recover and made a comeback in F1 with Mercedes in 2010.
After three seasons which yielded just one podium finish, he quit the sport at the end of last year.

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