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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Iraq l 112 thousand civilians killed in attacks

At least 112 thousand civilians were killed in the fighting and attacks that caused bloodshed in Iraq after the invasion of Anglo-British in 2003, according to a new budget released today by the NGO 'Iraq Body Count ', based in the United Kingdom. In the document, the organization reports that between 112,017 and 122,438 civilians were killed during the 31,500 attacks in ten years. Including the deaths of soldiers and rebels, the figure could reach 174mila.

Premier League Review l Everton 2-0 Manchester City; Manchester United 1-0 Reading; Swansea 0-2 Arsenal; Southampton 3-1 Liverpool


Everton 2-0 Manchester City
Manchester CIty's title defence seemingly came to an end on Saturday as a 2-0 defeat against Everton all but handed Manchester United the trophy they won so dramatically last season. The Toffees have been something of a bogey team for the Citizens in recent years and that proved to be the case once more at a rocking Goodison Park as Leon Osman gave the home side the lead with a wonderful strike - although City 'keeper Joe Hart could have done better.Roberto Mancini's side were offered a glimmer of hope in the second half as Steven Pienaar was sent off, but Nikica Jelavic made it 2-0 and consigned the reigning champions to a damaging defeat. 

Manchester United 1-0 Reading


To make matters worse for Mancini and his men, Manchester United took advantage of their stumble with a hard-fought 1-0 win over manager-less Reading to extend their lead at the top of the table to 15 points. Wayne Rooney got the only goal of the game in the first half as Rio Ferdinand strolled forward purposefully before laying the ball off for his England team-mate, whose shot deflected cruelly past the stranded Stuart Taylor.

Swansea 0-2 Arsenal


Just back from the title race and Arsenal kept the pressure up on Tottenham and Chelsea with a vital 2-0 win over Swansea. The Welsh side inflicted a damaging 2-0 win over the Gunners earlier in the season but Arsene Wenger's men extracted revenge thanks to goals from Nacho Monreal and Gervinho. The gap to rivals Tottenham is down to four points, for now.

Southampton 3-1 Liverpool


One side who before today were cautiously optimistic of a late charge for the top four was Liverpool, but a 3-1 defeat against Southampton seemingly put paid to that. A rampant performance from the home side put them 2-0 up before Philippe Coutinho gave his side hope on the stroke of half-time, but Jay Rodriguez put the game to bid with a fine solo effort.
Other End
At the other end of the table QPR's hopes of pulling of the great escape were dealt a huge blow as they went down 3-2 against fellow strugglers Aston Villa. After an enthralling 75 minutes which saw the game finely balanced at 2-2, Villa striker Christian Benteke had the final say to give his side a much-needed win. In Saturday’s final game, Stoke played out a drab 0-0 draw with West Brom, a result which keeps both sides in mid-table.




Pakistan l Government Ashraf full term

A victory for democracy ''Thus, 'the prime minister of Pakistan, Raja Pervez Ashraf, said the completion of the term of 5 years in an elected government, the first time in the country in his farewell speech. '' What an ordinary person like me is today the prime minister of Pakistan and 'a source of pleasure and gives hope for a continuation of democracy. The democratic forces have finally won,'' he said on TV.

China l Xi Jinping has 'new' Beijing

The new president of China Xi Jinping today closed on a note nationalist work of the National Assembly, emphasizing the'' socialism with Chinese characteristics'' and calling on the armed forces to be'' ready to fight victorious.''Speaking immediately after him in the Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square, the new premier Li Keqiang instead wanted to show the modern face of China and peaceful.