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LONDON: Hackers stepped up their cyber war in support of WikiLeaks on Thursday as the embattled whistleblowers released memos showing that the United States views China as a "pernicious" competitor in Africa.
The Swedish government's website was forced offline after a group calling itself "Anonymous" vowed to intensify its "war of data" against Mastercard, Visa and other groups which have blocked funding to WikiLeaks.
Organisers of the group said thousands of volunteers had

GUANGZHOU: Pakistan's women cricketers have cruised into the Asian Games semi-finals determined to deflect attention away from lurid tales of corruption which have engulfed their men's team.
Pakistan, Asia's top-ranked side, have reached the last four courtesy of an eight-wicket win over Thailand and nine-wicket rout of hosts China and are set to be one of their country's best hopes of a gold medal.
"We never get this kind of media attention at home. I am just so glad the

LONDON
British security forces are increasing training for an attack similar to the Mumbai bloodshed two years ago, following reports that a similar plot was foiled in Europe last month, the BBC said on Tuesday.
Police marksmen and special forces units are undergoing exercises while police armed response units are being given more powerful weapons to combat any attackers with automatic weapons, the BBC said, without identifying sources.
While there is no indication such

Following the 24-hour ultimatum issued to the government earlier for the recovery of Dr. Intikhab Alam, a announcement of a complete strike at the Lady Reading Hospital and a two hour token strike at all other teaching hospitals was made at a general body meeting held by Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. Professors and assistant professors from all over the province attended the meeting and condemned the carelessness of the government.
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