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BRUSSELS - The NATO allies Friday agreed new rules under which they can withdraw their troops from Afghanistan as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates slammed 'too much talk about leaving'. The alliance Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced the deal looking ahead to a 2014 deadline to pass control to the Afghan security forces after Gates warned that early withdrawal would jeopardise the war effort just as the Taliban had lost the upper hand. "Frankly, there is too much talk

SANAA - Yemen's opposition and clerics have offered President Ali Abdullah Saleh a smooth exit from power this year, but protesters staged a new demonstration Thursday to demand his immediate ouster. The proposal calls for a "peaceful transition of power" from Saleh, insists anti-regime demonstrations that broke out over two weeks ago will go on, and demands a probe be launched into a deadly crackdown on the protests.
"We've agreed on a settlement proposal including a roadmap for

ISLAMABAD - The Malaysian exploration and production company, Petronas, has been granted a No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the government to exit Pakistan. An informed source said that the government had finally accepted the request of the Malaysian company and had granted the NOC for its exit.
Petronas had sought NOC from the Ministry of Petroleum, after signing a sale and purchase agreement with the Austrian company OMV, selling its entire oil and gas exploration and

SYDNEY - Jarmila Groth marked her first Fed Cup appearance for Australia with a shock win against French Open champion Francesca Schiavone as holders Italy shared the opening singles in their first round tie in Hobart on Saturday.
Groth, who represented Slovakia before taking Australian citizenship in 2009 by marriage, beat the world number four 6-7 6-3 6-3 to give Australia a great start before Samantha Stosur, runner-up to Schiavone in Paris last year, lost a titanic struggle

ISLAMABAD - The name of Nabeel Gabol, who announced his resignation from the ministerial slot on Wednesday, has been put on the Exit Control List (ECL) on the directives of a top government functionary, a source within the Interior Ministry said.
Gabol tendered his resignation the other day over his self-proclaimed inability to address the problem of people from his constituency, Lyari, because of the federal government's lethargy.
Following his resignation, a police

MELBOURNE - Former world number one Ana Ivanovic Tuesday blamed an injury setback for her shock first-round defeat at the Australian Open. The 2008 Australian finalist and French Open winner made a tame exit when she was beaten by 49th-ranked Russian Ekaterina Makarova 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 in two hours and 47 minutes.
Ivanovic, who only won one match here last year and was a first-round loser at Wimbledon, said she simply lacked match fitness in the marathon third set after being

SYDNEY - Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva crashed out of the Sydney International on Tuesday, leaving them short of vital match practice ahead of next week's Australian Open. Denmark's world number one Wozniacki was knocked out by Slovakia's 32nd-ranked Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-3 in one hour 40 minutes and was followed out of the tournament by Russian Zvonareva on a rain-interrupted day. Second-ranked Zvonareva fell to Italian Flavia Pennetta 7-5 7-5, leaving US Open

ISLAMABAD: The devolution of five federal ministries - Local Government, Zakat and Ushr, Youth Affairs, Population Welfare and Special Initiatives - to the provinces has left the bereaved ministers in utter desperation, as most of them see no imminent chance for a re-induction into the federal cabinet.
Of the five ministers, Firdous Ashiq Awan is lucky to have clinched another important ministry, Women Development, which is not included in the list of the ministries being

ISLAMABAD: The NATO's Afghan exit strategy unveiled in Lisbon is aimed at reviving the peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban that came to a halt recently after the latter refused to continue with the talks in the absence of clear-cut "US plan for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan".
The exit plan endorsed by NATO leaders on Saturday after their summit meeting will see the 150,000-strong NATO-led force in Afghanistan begin transferring parts of the

LISBON: NATO leaders endorsed on Saturday a plan to start handing Afghan forces command of the war next year with the aim of ceding full control by 2014.
"We have launched the process by which the Afghan people will once again become masters in their own house," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a news conference following a summit of Allied leaders.
Afghan forces will start taking the lead in security operations next year starting in some districts and

LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti has endured one of his most troubled weeks as Chelsea manager following the dismissal of assistant manager Ray Wilkins and another injury setback for Frank Lampard.
The sacking of Wilkins - who has a 37-year connection with the club - less than six months after last season's FA Cup and Premier League double has prompted surprise and dismay.
Ancelotti confirmed the decision had been taken by the club's chief executive Ron Gourlay but declared he

KARACHI/DUBAI: Former captain Imran Khan has called for a clean-up of Pakistan cricket and said wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider's sudden exit to Britain to seek asylum was a "shameful' incident.
"Sadly this incident only gives credence to the feeling our players are linked with bookmakers or are controlled by them. The recent spot-fixing allegations have not been helpful at all for Pakistan cricket," the former captain said.
Zulqarnain fled the team's hotel in Dubai on

LAHORE:
Three member committee of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) placed nine people including the former State Minister of Defense Habib Ullah Warraich, his son and former Chairman NICL Ayyaz Khan Nayyazi on the Exit Control List (ECL) on Thursday.
FIA Director Punjab has constituted a three member committee, comprising of FIA Additional Director Anti Corruption Circle Waseem Khan Sial, FIA Deputy Director Corporate Crimes Circle Syed Muhammad Javed Shah and FIA