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LAHORE - The Lahore Session court on Wednesday formally charged Raymond Davis on two counts of murder at a hearing held at Kot Lakhpat Jail, a police official said, in a move that may further strain relations with the United States.
Raymond Davis, 36, shot dead two Pakistanis in the eastern Punjab city on Jan. 27 following what he described as an attempted armed robbery. He said he acted in self-defence and the United States says he has diplomatic immunity and should be

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp will rely more on emerging markets for sales and launch about 10 new hybrid models under a long-term strategy aimed at nearly doubling profits before 2015, its president said on Wednesday. The world's largest car maker, trying to move on from a massive global recall of vehicles a year ago, will cut its board to 11 members by June from the current 27 to speed up decision-making as part of the blueprint.
Outlining his "Global Vision", Toyota President Akio

BEIJING - China plans to more than double the value of its entertainment and other cultural industries to nearly three trillion yuan, or roughly $460 billion, within the next five years in effort to boost domestic consumption and propel Chinese culture overseas. Beijing will expedite bank loans and facilitate public listings for companies involved in film and television production, live entertainment, as well as gaming and publishing, said Sun Zhijun, director general of the Office of

LONDON - Striker Javier Hernandez's double helped move Manchester United four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic on Saturday. Hernandez justified his selection with his eighth and nine league goals of the season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers moved off the foot of the table and out of the bottom three by thrashing 10-man Blackpool 4-0 at Molineux. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake scored twice for Wolves, who made their extra man count after Blackpool's

ISLAMABAD - Urging the government to convey to the United States that the issue of Raymond Davis would be decided in accordance with the law of the state, senators on Tuesday said Pakistan could not afford discriminatory double standards.
"The US should be given the message that Pakistan cannot afford double standards and all people, including foreigners, are equal before law of the state and the issue of the US citizen, who allegedly killed two persons in Lahore, will be decided

LAHORE - After thoroughly examining circumstantial evidences and necessary details, the Lahore Police has reached the conclusion that Raymond Davis did not act in self defence and would therefore be charged with double murder. A senior police official investigating the case said on condition of anonymity that circumstantial evidences, witnesses and autopsy report did not support the statement by Davis, making the investigators believe that Davis had not killed the two youths, Faizan

LAHORE - Although Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif doubled salaries of policemen, burdening the provincial exchequer to a great extent, in order to eliminate corruption from the police department, but the decision made no difference, as policemen leave no opportunity for looting the general public, Pakistan Today has learnt.
A large number of people have to face rude behaviour of policemen on a daily basis. From registration of cases to acquittal, at every step policemen

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday re-opened the case filed against Syed Fiaz Hussain Shah, partner of Syed Sibt-ul-Hassan Saha alias Double Shah, while fixing February 3 as the date of hearing.
Earlier, the case was consigned to record, owing to accused' non-appearance. Yesterday, the court issued show-cause notice to investigation officer of the reference as to why he had not yet filed the list of properties of the accused.
Fiaz Shah was co-accused in a financial

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought reply from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) director general (DG) on a petition filed by Pir Syed Sibtul Hassan Gilani alias Double Shah seeking directions to NAB to decide his application for reduction of surety bonds from Rs 3 billion to 100 million to finalise his plea bargain. A division bench consisting of Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq and Justice Yawar Ali issued the order on a petition filed by Double Shah submitting

LAHORE - Former Pakistan cricket team selector Basit Ali has launched a scathing attack on the Pakistan Cricket Board for mishandling the selection issue of Danish Kaneria and Shoaib Malik.
He has urged the authorities to clear the fog and declare the reasons open. Malik and Kaneria had met the PCB's Integrity Committee prior to the announcement of the 30-member preliminary squad for the World Cup, but neither of them was cleared for selection, leading to both expressing

LONDON - Carlos Tevez scored twice as Manchester City survived a late fightback to beat Wolves 4-3 and move to the top of the English Premier League on Saturday.
Argentinian international Tevez struck his 14th and 15th goals of the season while Ivorian brothers Kolo and Yaya Toure both netted as City took a slender one-point lead over Manchester United. United, who also have three games in hand over City, will return to the top if they avoid defeat to fifth-placed Tottenham in

BLACKPOOL - Goals from Gary Taylor-Fletcher and DJ Campbell helped Blackpool to another sensational 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Bloomfield Road here on Wednesday.
Blackpool came from a goal down after Fernando Torres's early finish to prove their win by the same scoreline at Anfield in October was no fluke as they pulled off one of the most unexpected 'doubles' in the history of the Premier League -- their first over Liverpool for 47 years.
The Tangerines are now ninth in

DOHA - An impressive Australia crushed India 4-0 to get their Asian Cup campaign off to a decisive start Monday with red-hot Everton star Tim Cahill collecting two goals. Played at an Al-Sadd Stadium packed with noisy expatriate Indians, a convincing win was needed by the Socceroos to demonstrate their tournament credentials against a team ranked 142 in the world.
They comfortably delivered with the dangerous Cahill, playing up front as the lone striker, a constant threat. He

MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 18th and 19th league goals of the season as Real Madrid started 2011 with a tense 3-2 win at derby rivals Getafe on Monday to close to within two points of champions Barcelona at the league summit. Portuguese star Ronaldo smashed home an 11th-minute penalty to open the scoring before Angel di Maria set up German international Mesut Ozil for a second on 19 minutes.
Ronaldo grabbed his second on 57 minutes after Getafe had got a foothold in

MADRID - Pedro Rodriguez netted a brace as champions Barcelona started 2011 with a nervy 2-1 home win over Levante on Sunday to move five points clear of Real Madrid at the Spanish first division summit.
Pedro struck on 47 and 59 minutes to clinch an 11th successive league victory for Barca and Real must now defeat derby rivals Getafe on Monday to move back to within two points of their bitter rivals.
Brazilian Dani Alves set up the opener for Pedro, faking to shoot twice

LAHORE - KESC lost to KRL 0-1 in 234th match of the Pakistan Premier Football League at the People's Sports Complex, Karachi on Monday.
Both the teams completed 29 matches and KRL captured 57 points in comparison to KESC's 52. KRL also defeated KESC 3-0 in the first leg at Rawalpindi in October 2010.
The precious goal for KRL was scored by Chaman-born front runner Kalim Ullah in the 21st minute. This was his fourth goal of the event. Kalim is showing fine display for KRL

LONDON - Carlton Cole scored his first ever Premier League double as West Ham eased the pressure on boss Avram Grant with a crucial 3-1 win at Fulham on Sunday.
Grant has been edging closer to the sack in recent weeks as West Ham struggled to climb off the bottom of the Premier League, but the former Chelsea manager earned a stay of execution thanks to Cole's heroics.
The England striker, recalled as one of Grant's five changes for the crunch clash, cancelled out an early