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h e n n a i A u g . 1 0:hennai is seeing a spurt

H1N1 cases, with 46eople testing positive ande death of a 4-ear-old boy.owever, it is

arnt that they is unable to

ope with thee m a n d f o rs t ing. Th isf t e r t h escovery that,e only testing

entre in the cityas run out ofwine flu testings.

Chenni ' s K i n g sstitute Lab ranut of testing kitsn S u n d a yugust 9), just a

ay before a 4-ear-old boy from thee l l a c h e r i a r e accumbed to the deadly

influenza. Kings InstituteLab was given twotesting kits costing Rs 1lakh each by the national

i n s t i t u t e o fcommunicable diseases.Each kit contained 200individual testing kits.

Now the lab hasalready placed orderswith a private company,but considering the

current scenario-the Centre canintervene andsend testing kitsa s s o o n a sp o s s i b l e t oensure the testingcentre functions.T N H e a l t hSecretary, VKS u b b a r a jconfirmed to asatellite channelthat there is ashortage of thetesting kits, butthey have placedan order whichwill be coming intoday. He alsoadded, "We are

taking additionalprecautionary measures.We are screening manypassengers in the airport

a n d h a v e s t a r t e dscreening people indifferent public placeslike stations, bus stopsetc. A general directivehas been issued, wherein any person with swine

flu like symptoms betaken immediately to thetesting centre.""However, we haveadequate supply of

tamiflu. We have enoughmedical stock to ensurethat those tested positiveare treated immediately.There is no need to panic.

We are doing our best toensure that the disease iskept under check," addedSubbraj.

H1N1 testing kits shortage inChennai; but no need to panic

hennai, Aug. 10 : Four-e a r - o l d S a n j a yalakrishnan died off l u e n z a A ( H 1 N 1 )fection at a private

ospital here Monday,ecoming the first swine flu

ctim in Tamil Nadu ande sixth in the country.

Balakrishnan diedabout 8.35 a.m. at the

ehta Children's Hospital."The boy was first

mitted to another cityospi tal wi th severearrhoea and rena loblem Thursday. He also

ad fever. We were calledr consultation the sameay and the boy wasansferred to our hospitalat evening," N. Prahlad,a e d i a t r i c i a n a n daediatric nephrologist atehta Children's Hospital,d reporters.

The child was put a ventilator since hiseart beat was very slowd he had respiratoryoblems. He also suffereddney and liver failure andad to be put on dialysis.

A c c o r d i n g t oahlad, swine flu wasspected Saturday. The

boy's nasal and throatswabs were sent to theKings Research Institutehere. The samples testedpositive and within 45minutes the child wasadministered Tamiflu.

On S unday ,Balakr ishnan' bloodpressure fell and hesuffered multiple organfailure.

"The symptomsshown by the child werenot that of swine flu.F a i l u r e o f o r g a n sdepends on the immunityof a person. If theimmune system is weak,the organs will fail," saidShanmugasundaram,another doctor at MehtaChildren's Hospital.

"The cause ofdeath will have to beinvestigated as the boy

was suffer ing f romasthma and several of hisvital organs failed," S.Illango, director of publichealth and preventivemedicine department,told IANS.

He said thebody will soon be handedover to the family for the

last rites.P. Kuganathan,

health officer of thecorporation of Chennai,said: "The deceasedboy's brother is admittedin the Communicable

Diseases Hospital and isfree from complications.Other members of thefami ly have tes tednegative."

He said that 138people in the city weretested for swine flu and45 were positive. Out ofthem, 31 had beentreated and discharged.According to a centralgove rnm en t hea l t hofficial, 42 people havetested swine flu positivein Tamil Nadu but no casehas been reported innearby Puducherry.

"We are taking

all preventive steps likecreating awareness. Allhospitals will be givenT a m i f l u t a b l e t s .Preventive medication isbeing given to the peoplewho came in closecontact with the boy whodied in the morning," hesaid.

Swine flu claims its first vicitim inChennai: 4 year old dies

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hennai, Aug.10 : Tamiladu Chief Minister Marunanidhi today said heould chair the high-leveleeting to be held heremorrow to decide if thenstitution of a monitoringmmittee was imperativetackle the outbreak of

wine flu, which hasaimed life of a four-year-d boy.

A ddress i ng aess conference at theMK party headquartersre, he said all decisions taking any contingencyeasures to control the

wine flu pandemic would

be taken at the meeting.Asked if the

Tamil Nadu governmentwould issue any specialdirections to schools ando t h e r e d u c a t i o n a linstitutions in the wake ofthe death of the boy in aprivate hospital, he said

all issues including theconst i tu t ion o f themonitoring committee, iff o r m e d w o u l d b ediscussed at tomorrow'smeeting.

' ' S e v e r a lmeasures to control theoutbreak may come up atthe meeting tomorrow. If I

express any view now,there would not be anynecessity for tomorrow'smeeting,'' he quipped,answer i ng ano the rquestion.

However, MrKarunanidhi said kickingup a fear psychosis over

the outbreak would onlyaggravate the situation.''The onus is on youreporters and othermedia to remove suchapprehensions, ' ' headded.

Decision on monitoring committee onH1N1 pandemic tomorrow: CM

hennai, Aug.10 : Tamil

adu Chief Minister Marunanidhi today said anmicable solution would beund for the contentiousogenakkal drinking wateroject with neighbouringarnataka, in the wake ofpposition to it by the latter.

A n s w e r i n guestions on the project,e Chief Minister whoturned here last nightom Bangalore afteresiding over the functionunveil the statue of Tamil

aint poet Thirvvallvvare r e , h e s a i d h i s

ar t i c ipat ion in that

nction had nothing to doi t h C a u v e r y o r

Hoganakkal issues.

Asked what wasthe present position onthe Hogenakkal drinkingwater project taken up byhis government, MrKarunanidhi said ''theKarnataka Chief Ministerhas already spokenabout the project. I havealso replied to it statingt h e T a m i l N a d ugovernment's stand.''''Definitely an amicablesolution will be found onthe issue'', he said.

Asked if theTamil Nadu governmentwould also invite the

opposition party leadersfor the function here on

August 13 to unveil the

statue of Kannada saint-poet Sarvajnar, MrKarunanidhi said hewould invite them.

Mr Karunanidhialso ruled out any threatperception to the functionto unveil Sarvajnar statueat the proposed site. ''Thestatue would be installedat the proposed site.However, the functionhad to be shifted to anearby playground whichI examined this morning'',he explained.

He said thechange of function venue

was not due to any threatperception.

Hogenakkal issue would beresolved amicably: Karunanidhi

hennai, Aug.10 : The00-bed Global Hospitalsnd Health City hasmbarked on a majorpansion drive to becomemulti-organ transplant

ospital, besides venturingo other cities for a pandia presence in the nexto years.

T a l k i n g t o

porters here last night,ospital chairman andanaging director Dravindranath said to beginth the hospital hastablished a world class

ansplant centre for livernd pancreas here.

For this purposee hospital has roped inminent liver transplantpert Prof Mohammed

ela, who has performedo r e t h a n 1 , 2 0 0

ansplants in UK duringe last 15 years.

T h e C h e n n a iospital performed the firster transplant when Dr

ela did a nearly five hour-ng surgery on a patientth alcoholic liver diseaseing a cadaver transplant Saturday.

Dr Ravindranathaid, to take health care toore than the super

pec ia l i t y leve l , theosp i ta l , apar t f rom

special i ty div is ions,would be focussing onimportant areas like livera n d p a n c r e a stransplantation surgery,besides other transplantsto make the hospital am u l t i - o r g a ntransplantation centrewith the help of Dr Rela.

T h e n e w

transplant centre wouldbe much bigger than thefacility the hospital had inH y d e r a b a d a n dBangalore.

He said Dr Rela,a n a l u m n i o f t h eGovernment StanleyMedical College here,would be working closely

with the Global Hospitalsa n d g o v e r n m e n tinstitutions during his twoyear stint in India fromSeptember.

A p a r t f r o mtraining the staff of GlobalHospitals on liver andpancreas transplants toenable them achievegood results and set high

standards in health care,Dr Rela, who had a 15year-long stint at thefamous King's CollegeHospital in London wouldalso offer his service andexpertise to other privatea n d g o v e r n m e n thospitals.

Global Hospitals to introduce multiorgan transplant facility

Chennai, Aug.10 : TheMadras High Court todaydirected the registry topost before some otherbench the pending caseagainst police officialsfollowing a clash betweenadvocates and policepersonnel at the court

premises on February 19.W h e n t h epetitions filed by senioradvocates, Madras HighC o u r t A d v o c a t e sAssociation and otherlawyers associationscame up before a divisionb e n c h c o m p r i s i n gJustices S J Mukhopadhaand K Chandru, thesenior advocates andrepresentatives of thepetitioner associationssubmitted that the State

Government ignored theearlier order of the benchto suspend the higherof f ic ials, who wereinstrumental in brutalattack on the advocateson the ''black day''.

' 'No off icialsconcerned appeared

before the court, If so, thebench can issue notice tothem'', Judges observedand said the presentbench is not willing tohear the case further.

The bench alsodirected the registry totake up the matter withChief Justice to post thecase before some otherbench.

On February21, the Division Benchd i rec ted t he S ta te

Government to suspendthe t hen A dd i t i ona lCommissioner of Police AK Viswanathan and JointCommissioner of NorthC h e n n a i R a m aSubramanian and twoo the r o f f i c i a l s , whoallegedly lathicharged the

lawyers in Court premises.Challenging this directionV i s w a n a t h a n a n dRamasubramanian movedthe Supreme Court topraying to set aside theorder.

Last month, theapex court asked offcials toapproach the High Court top l e a d a g a i n s t t h e i rsuspension order. Till datethey have not filed anypetition in the Madras HighCourt.

HC directs registry to post caseagainst police to other bench

Chennai, Aug.10I: WithTamil Nadu reporting thefirst swine flu death of achild, Chief Minister MK a r u n a n i d h i h a sconvened a high-levelmeeting on Tuesday tochalk out measures tocontain further spread ofthe viral disease.

The meet ingwould be attended bymedical professionalsand state government

officials, Karunanidhi toldreporters here.

A m o n gmeasures to check thespread of deadly virus,the meeting would alsodiscuss on setting up atop- level moni tor ingcommittee.

It would alsolook into issues likereported scarcity of testkits at King Institute, theonly authorised centre inTamil Nadu to carry outswab tests.No need for panic

Mr. Karunanidhi

appealed to the peoplenot to panic as the stategovernment would takeall necessary steps tocontain further spread ofthe disease.

A four-year-oldboy, Sanjay B, withsymptoms of swine flu,died at a private hospitalhere th is morn ing,becoming the f i rs tcasualty from the stateand the sixth in the

country.The boy was

hospitalised for highfever and cold a week-ago and had testedpositive for the virusyesterday. He had beenput on ventilator, Dr NPrahalad of the hospitalsaid.

" I t i sunfortunate that the boys u c c u m b e d t o t h edisease due to multipleorgan failure," Dr NPrahalad, pediatriciana n d p e d i a t r i cn e p h r o l o g i s t w h o

attended on Sanjay at theMehta Hospi tal , to ldreporters.

The boy washospitalised on Friday in acritical condition and testedpositive to the virus aftersamples were taken onSaturday, Prahalad said.

The doctor saidthe boy's blood pressureand pulse started todeteriorate "drastically"and he succumbed to the

disease despite all efforts.To a question on the sourceof the disease, Prahaladsaid it was very difficult toascertain from where hehad contracted the virus.Sanjay is the the sixth andyoungest victim of thedreaded disease since itsoutbreak in the country.

Chief Minister MKarunandhi has conveneda meeting of medicalprofessionals and topofficials to discuss steps todeal with the situation andmay consider setting up ofa monitoring committee.

Swine flu: TN CM conveneshigh-level meeting

Chennai, Aug. 10 : A father along with his two childrencommitted suicide by jumping into the Puzhal lake onSunday night. Police said he took the extreme stepafter his wife commited suicide two days ago.Red Hillspolice said the deceased were Velayutham (35) ofLakshmipuram, Kolathur, a daily wage labour and hischildren Suji (6) and Hari (4). Velayutham had takenboth his children to the banks of the Puzhal lake on hismotorcycle. After parking the vehicle he threw his kidsinto water and jumped into it afterwards, police said.

The bodies of the children were found floatingearly Monday. Velayutham's body was found nearbyafter a few hours, police added.

Father throws children into

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o n d o n , A u g . 10 :esident Pratibha Patil willdertake a three-day visit

B r i ta in beg inn ingctober 27, the first statesit by any Indian Head ofe State in nearly twocades.

A c t i ng I nd i an

gh Commissioner to theK Asoke Mukerji said Patill l visit Britain from

ctober 27 to 29 at thev i t a t i on o f Queenzabeth. During her visit,

e President will stay ate Windsor Castle.

"After a long

time, a state visit will takeplace in the last week ofOctober," Mukerji said,while speaking at afunction organised by theBharatiya Vidya Bhavanto celebrate India'sIndependence Day.

Mukerji noted

that this would be thethird State Visit by anIndian President to theUK. Late Presidents SRadhakrishnan and RVenkataraman visited theUK in 1963 and 1990respectively.

The Acting High

Commiss ioner a lsonoted that India hasbecome the secondlargest investor in the UK,next only to the US.

" I n d i a h a sbecome a beacon ofhope in the region," hesaid and praised the

Indian Community in theUK for their contributions.Describing the Indiancommunity in UK asunique, he said it has notonly prospered buthelped the UK-Indiarelations to take deeproot.

President Pratibha Patil tovisit UK in October

ammu, Aug. 10: Aa k i s t a n i n a t i o n a l ,rested for i l legal lyossing into Jammu andashmir along the LoC, ononday escaped fromhour police station in the

district, police said.M o h m m a d

Zahid, who was arrestedlast month, escaped fromthe lockup at Akhnoortehsil in the district, theysaid.

A manhunt hasbeen launched to re-arrest him, they saidadding action would beinitiated against theerring personnel fordereliction of duty.

Pak national escapes frompolice custody in Jammu

ew Delhi, Aug. 10: Asaths due to swine fluntinue to rise, Healthnister Ghulam Nabi Azadonday discussed withabinet Secretary K M

h a n d r a s e k h a r t h euation arising out ofread of the viral disease.

The meeting, alsot e n d e d b y H e a l t h

ecretary Naresh Dayal,me soon after two moreaths due to swine flu

ere reported in theuntry and discussed theeasures to contain therther spread of thesease.

Swine flu has sofar claimed six lives. A 35-year-old ayurvedic doctortoday died of swine flu inPune, while a four-year-old boy lost his life due to

the virus in Chennai.With spread of

viral infection going up,P r i m e M i n i s t e rManmohan Singh hadyesterday asked theHealth Ministry to co-ordinate wi th stategovernments efforts tocontain further spread ofthe disease.

Singh had alsoasked Azad to take steps

to remove misinformationand educate peopleabout the disease.

PMO sourcessaid the Prime Ministertold Azad to set up a

panel of experts anddoctors to spread correctinformation about theH1N1 virus that causesswine flu.

Azad yesterdaya d v i s e d s t a t egovernments to set upseparate OPD sectionsand wards in hospitals toscreen and treat patientssuffering from the deadlyviral disease.

Azad, Cabinet Secy discussswine flu crisis

une/Chennai, Aug. 10:he death to l l f romfluenza A(H1N1) or

wine flu rose to six ononday with the death of a5-year-old ayurvedicoctor and a four-year-oldoy in Pune and Chennai,spectively.

T h e m e d i c ,abasahib Mane, died ine Sassoon Generalospital in Pune thisorning, becoming therd person in the worst-hitaha rash t ra c i t y t occumb to swine flu, a

nior health official said.Mane was ailing

r sometime and bloodad been found in hisputum in the last couple ofays, he said.

In Chennai, aur-year-old boy, who wasdmitted to a private

hospital with kidney andliver-related compli-cations and had testedpositive for swine flu, diedthis morning, healthofficials said. The boyhad also been sufferingfrom asthma. This is thefirst case of flu death inthe city.

"The boy was ina very critical condition.He had been sufferingfrom asthma and he hadbeen taken from onehospital to another forvarious complications.

Ultimately he landed upin this hospital for akidney-related problem...and they found the boytesting positive (for swineflu)," Tamil Nadu HealthSecretary VK Subburajsaid.

The boy, who

was on a ventilator, diedfollowing "multi-organfailure," S Ilango, Directorof Public Health, said.

P u n e h a dreported India's firstswine flu death on August03 with 14-year-oldR e e d a S h e i k hsuccumbing to thedisease.

On Saturday,53-year-old FahmidaPanwala from Mumbaiand 42-year-old teacherSanjay Tukaram Kokrefrom Pune had died of

swine flu. Pravin Patel, a43-year-old NRI, died inAhmedabad yesterday.

A total of 82f r e s h c a s e s w e r ereported from across thecountry yesterday, takingthe total number ofpositive cases to 864.

Swine flu scare spreads astoll mounts to six

Melbourne, Aug.10: Two s tudents f romPunjab and MadhyaPradesh have becomethe latest victims ofattacks on Indians inAustralia when they wereassaulted by a group ofmen separately, even as

Canberra assured NewDelhi of the safety andsecurity of Indians here.

Gaurav Kakkar,a s t u d e n t o f ahairdressing course, wasattacked by a group ofmen when he was talkingto his family in Punjab'sFerozpur from a localtelephone booth.

"I was attackedby a group of men onFriday. I dont even knowhow many were there asthey sprayed capsicumspray into my eyes. Icould not see anything

and few of them grabbedme from behind andstarted hitt ing me,"Kakkar told a newsagency.

"They draggedme to some other placewhere they threw chilliflakes into my mouth and

my eyes and nose," hesaid.

Kakkar said hecalled up the police forhelp after the attackersleft the scene who alsotook his wallet.

K a k k a r w a sthen taken to hospitaland was discharged twodays later.

M o h i t , astudent from Indore, wasattacked from behindwith a beer bottle on hishead and beaten up witha baseball bat on hiswaist and leg by the four

youths on Friday, sourcessaid.

The attacks camehours after Prime MinisterKevin Rudd assuredvisiting External AffairsMinister S M Krishna thatevery Indian student in thec o u n t r y w o u l d b e

protected.W i t h t h e s e

assaults, the number ofIndian students attacked inAustralia rose to 25.Australia is home to around95,000 Indian students.

Vikas Sharma,who is currently taking careof Kakkar, said: "Kakkar isstill unable to see with oneof his eyes and can't walkproperly."

Sharma said hisfriend was now scared tostep out of the house.

Bureau Report

Two Indian studentsattacked in Australia

New Delhi, Aug. 10: Asdeaths due to swine flucontinue to rise, healthminister Ghulam NabiA z a d o n M o n d a ydiscussed with cabinets e c r e t a r y K MChandrasekha r t hesituation arising out ofspread of the v i raldisease.

The meeting,also attended by healthsecretary Naresh Dayal,came soon after twomore deaths due to swineflu were reported in thecountry and discussedthe measures to containthe further spread of the

Chandigarh, Aug. 10 :Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) president Sukhbir

Singh Badal was onMonday sworn-in asdeputy chief minister ofPunjab for the secondtime this year, becomingsecond in command tohis father and chiefminister Parkash SinghBadal.

U n l i k e h i sswearing in function inJanuary, which wasorganised at Amritsarw i th much fanfare ,today's function was kepta low key affair at the RajBhawan here where the4 7 y e a r o l d w a sadministered the oath of

office and secrecy byGovernor S F Rodrigues.He had to resign

last month as he failed toget elected to the stateassembly within sixmonths of his beingsworn in as the deputychief minister.

He cleared the

disease.Swine flu has so

far claimed six lives. A 35-year-old ayurvedic doctortoday died of swine flu inPune, while a four-year-old boy lost his life due tothe virus in Chennai.

With spread ofviral infection going up,P r i m e M i n i s t e r

Manmohan Singh hadyesterday asked theHealth Ministry to co-ordinate wi th stategovernments efforts tocontain further spread ofthe disease.

Singh had alsoasked Azad to take steps

legal hurdle last weekhaving been elected tothe assembly f rom

Ja l a l abad i n a byelection.

Dressed in histraditional kurta-pyjamathe junior Badal took theoath in Punjabi.

Besides Badal,the oath taking ceremonywas attended by the chiefm i n i s t e r ' s c a b i n e tcolleagues and BJPleaders from the stateamong others.

W i t h h i sinduction in his father'sGovernment, Sukhbir'selevation became therare instance in India'spolitical history where a

father-son duo will holdthe top two jobs in a

to remove misinformationand educate people aboutthe disease.

PMO sourcessaid the Prime Minister toldAzad to set up a panel ofexperts and doctors tospread correct informationabout the H1N1 virus thatcauses swine flu.

Azad on Sunday

advised state governmentsto set up separate OPDsections and wards inhospitals to screen andtreat patients sufferingfrom the deadly viraldisease

Government at the sametime.

S u k h b i r h a d

defeated Congress rivalHans Raj Joshan by over arecord margin of 80,000votes in the by-polls to theJa l a l abad assem b l yseat,paving way for his re-appointment.

The portfolio ofSukhbir, who re-claimedthe high profile job ofPunjab's deputy chiefminister, are likely to becrucial departments ofHome, Information andPublic Relations and YouthAffairs, which were withhim during his brief stint atthe post for about sixmonths earlier, sources

said.

Health minister meets govt officialsto tackle swine flu

Sukhbir Badal sworn in as Punjabdeputy CM for second time


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aghdad, Aug.10: Twouck bombs killed 25ople and wounded 75ar the northern Iraqi cityMosul on Monday, an

ficial in the provincialvernor's office said.

In Baghdad, twoar bombs target ing

construction workerskilled 17 people andwounded 82 in thesouthwest of the capital,police said.

Last week, asuicide car bomber killed38 people as they left aShi'ite Muslim mosque

just outside Mosul, 390km (240 miles) north ofBaghdad.

The insurgencyin Iraq has waned in thelast 18 months, but hasremained stubborn inMosul and a few otherareas.

Bombs in Baghdad andnorthern Iraq kill 42

ipei, Aug. 10: At least 12ople were confirmedad and 52 others weressing in Taiwan on

onday after Typhoonorakot caused theand's worst flooding inlf a century, the rescuervices said.

The military wasso trying to rescueousands of people cut offfallen bridges or raging

ers after the typhoon

mped a record 2.5etres of rain on the islandfore it headed for theast of mainland China.

At least 32 peopleere also injured asorakot, which means

merald in Thai, lashed theand with powerful windsd rain, disrupting railway

nd road traff ic andnging down bridges.

In central anduthern Taiwan heavyn caused widespreadods and mudslides,rticularly in the county ofi n g t u n g , w h e r eousands of people were

apped in three coastalwnships.

I n K aohs iungunty, a bridge collapsed,tting off road access to amote village of 1,300

residents.Local television

reported that 200 homesin the village, Hsiaolin,are believed to haveb e e n b u r i e d i n amudslide.

F o o t a g eshowed rescuers using ahelicopter to pick up anelderly woman and herson trapped in the mud.

"It is not clearwhat the residents '

situation is, but we aresu re t ha t Hs i ao l i nelementary school hasbeen fully destroyed,"K a o h s i u n g C o u n t yMagistrate Yang Chiu-hsin told reporters. Tensof thousands of otherp e o p l e w e r e a l s ostranded in the countiesof Tainan and Chiayi.

"This is theworst flooding in Chiayi in5 0 y e a r s , " c o u n t ymagistrate Chen Ming-wen had said.

A typhoon thatstruck Taiwan in August1959 killed 667 people

and left some 1,000missing.

The typhoonhas caused at least USD1 0 6 . 4 3 m i l l i o n i nagricultural damage

while 110,000 houseswere left without powerand 850,000 homeswithout water, accordingto officials.

A m o n g t h emissing were 14 workerswho disappeared whentheir makeshift shelterb e s i d e a r i v e r i nKaohsiung was washedaway by rising floodwaters yesterday.

A bridge linking

Kaohsiung and Pingtungcounties collapsed and alocal television stationcited a motorist whon a r r o w l y e s c a p e dplunging into the river assaying he feared two carshad fallen in.

A r m o u r e dvehicles and marinelanding craft, as well asrubber dinghies, weremobilised in a rescueo p e r a t i o n S u n d a yinvolving at least 1,200troops, Taiwan's defenceministry said.

T e l e v i s i o nfootage showed a hotel in

Taitung, southeasternTaiwan, collapsing into ariver. Staff and guestsh a d a l r e a d y b e e nevacuated, the reportssaid.

Washington, Aug. 10:Both President BarackObama and formerpresident Bill Clintonbrought "just enormousintel l igence" to thenation's top job, says theUS Secretary of StateHillary Clinton comparingt h e w a y t h e t w o

functioned."Well, I think

both of them bring justenormous intelligence tothe job," she told CNN inan interview broadcast onSunday when asked whatw a s t h e p r i n c i p a ldifference between howher husband ran theWhite House and how herone t im e r i va l f o rDemocratic presidentialnomination was doing it.

" I m e a n ,obviously, I know Billmuch better. But I haves e e n i n P r e s i d e n tObama, as well, just an

intelligence that is socompelling, to strugglewith the difficult issuesthat are put before you,"Hillary said though thetimes are "so different".

In the WhiteHouse, Bill Clinton was"constantly seeking outinformation, always tryingto figure out where to endup. And he does it in avery public way," shesa id . " I t h i nk t ha t

President Obama is veryclear about the processthat he wants to lead tohis decision.

" I t h i n k ,obviously, my husbandmade a lot of greatdecisions for our country,and I think that PresidentObama is doing the

same."H e r o w n

relationship with Obama"has really worked outbetter than anybodycould have predicted,"Hillary said.

" I th ink ourpersonal relationshiphas, you know, certainlyd e e p e n e d a n dbroadened over thecourse of the last six anda half months. The timethat we spend together,the difficult problems thatwe wrestle with."

Obama's topforeign policy adviser,

who hit hard at her thenrival's inexperience andlack of toughness on thecampaign trail, said shebel ieved her pol icydifferences with Obamad u r i n g t h e i r r i v a lpresidential nominationcam pa i gns were aquestion of "degree, notkind.

"We have aworld view that saysAmerica should be

leading by example. Youknow, it's not the - I thinkmy husband said i t,actually -i t 's not theexample of our power, butthe power of our examplethat we want to convey."

Hillary said shewas "personally verysurprised" when Obama

asked her to serve assecretary of state, butdescribed the post as "arewarding professionaland personal experience."Hillary said there is notension between the StateDepartment and WhiteHouse, despite Obama'sinterest in foreign policy."We are the implementers,there is no doubt aboutthat. The White Housecannot implement policy.""I'm not exactly a shrinkingviolet," she added. "Andmy opinions are not onlysought, but listened to. AndI appreciate that very

much.Former secretary

of state Henry Kissingerhad told her that he wasvery surprised. "It was thefirst administration hecould remember where, ifhe talked to me and then hetalked to somebody in theWhite House, he got thesame story. And it 'sbecause we really try tohash out problems inprivate."

At least 12 dead, 52 missingin Taiwan flooding

uadalajara, Aug. 10:esident Barack Obamaessed for a new tone ine U n i t e d S t a t e s '

lationship with Mexicout found no immediateogress on Sunday on the

visions between him andexican President Felipealderon over the pace ofS drug-fighting aid and aan on Mexican trucksorth of the border.

Obama kicked offs second trip to Mexico President with a friendly

5-minute meeting withalderon that touched one vast trade relationshipe t w e e n t h e i r t w oo u n t r i e s , t h e i roperation on swine flu

nd the violent Mexicanangs dominating the drugade on both sides of theorder. Their talks came

efore the start of ahtning-quick three-wayummit between thenited States, Mexico andanada.

Often called thehree Amigos summit, theee t i ng o f Obam a,alderon and Canadianime Minister Stephen

Harper began overdinner at a culturalinstitution in this townnear the mountains. Thesummit's formal talks, thef i f t h f o r t he t h reecountries, were taking

p l a c e o n M o n d a y ,fol lowed by a jointappearance be fo rereporters at midday.

D u r i n g t h es e p a r a t e s i t - d o w nbetween Obama andCalderon, the Mexicanl e a d e r r a i s e d h i sconcerns about thespeed of implementationof the United States'three-year, USD 1.4bi l l ion drug-f ight ingpackage known as theMerida Initiative. OneU S D 1 0 0 m i l l i o ninstalment is beingdelayed over rising

concerns among some inCongress about theMexican Army's abuses.

The US lawrequires Congress towithhold some fundingu n l e s s t h e S t a t eDepar tment repor tsMexico is not violatinghuman rights during its

anti-cartel crackdown,which started in 2006.

O b a m a t o l dCalderon that humanrights is a major priorityfor him, but also assuredh im that the S ta te

Department is working toprepare a report thatrecognises all Mexico'sefforts to prevent abuses,s a i d a s e n i o radministration official,who briefed reporters oncondition of anonymity inorder to more freelyd e s c r i b e p r i v a t emeetings.

Drug violencehas killed more than11,000 people sinceMexico launched itscrackdown. Mexicancities are essentiallyunder siege, and thekillings are spilling over

the border into the UnitedStates and as far asCanada.

Calderon alsoquizzed Obama on hisearlier promise to restorea cancelled pilot programthat had allowed Mexicantruckers to travel into theUnited States, the official

Obama, Bill brought 'enormousintelligence' to White House: Hillary

said.T h e N o r t h

American Free TradeAgreement required theUnited States to grantMexican trucks ful laccess to its highways byJanuary 2000 , bu tdomestic opposit ionstalled that plan until a2007 pi lot programallowed some trucks.Facing opposition fromUS labour unions andc o n s u m e r g r o u p s ,O b a m a s i g n e d as p e n d i n g b i l l t h a tincluded a ban ons p e n d i n g f o r t h eprogram.

M e x i c oretaliated by imposingtariffs on dozens of USproducts ranging fromfruit and wine to washing

machines.O b a m a t o l d

Calderon he would work"to try to move forward"but also said Congresshas "legitimate safetyconcerns" about Mexicantrucks, the official said.Outside the sprawlingcolonial-era building

where they met inMexico's second-largestcity, caravans of heavilyarmed federal agentspatrolled the streets.Dozens of police carryingr i o t g e a r m a n n e droadblocks meant tokeep protesters away.

Obama presses for new tone in USties with Mexico

Seoul, Aug. 10: The

head of South Korean'sHyundai group crossedinto North Korea onMonday to discuss therelease of an employeedetained since March bythe communist state.

T h e r e i sg r o w i n g m e d i aspeculation the Northmay free the workersurnamed Yu after it

p a r d o n e d t w o U S

journalists during formerpresident Bill Clinton'ss u r p r i s e v i s i t t oPyongyang last week.

G r o u pchairwoman Hyun Jung-Eun will discuss thedetainee's release, theresumption of touriststrips to the North andways to put inter-Koreanbusiness back on track,said a spokesman forHyundai Asan, a groups u b s i d i a r y w h i c hmanages its businessesin the North.Hyun crossed the landborder through the

Demilitarised Zone enroute to Pyongyang aftertelling reporters shewould "make efforts" forYu's release. She isexpected to return onWednesday.

T h espokesman said thereare no plans at presentfor her to meet leaderKim Jong-Il, as she didduring a Pyongyang visitin 2007.

The North's tieswith the South have beenicy for the past 16months, and regionalt e n s i o n s a r e h i g h

following its rocket launch

in April and nuclear test inMay.But Clinton held

three-and-a-half hours oftalks with Kim during hissurprise visit to secure therelease of the reporterssentenced to a labourcamp after crossing theborder with China.

U S N a t i o n a lSecurity Adviser Jim Jonessaid on Sunday the Northhad signalled during itsmeetings with Clinton thati t w a n t s a b e t t e rrelationship with the UnitedStates.

Koh Yu-Hwan, a

North Korea studiesprofessor at Seoul 'sDongguk University, saidbetter ties with Seoul werea p r e c o n d i t i o n f o rPyongyang to improverelations with Washington.The North has since March30 detained the HyundaiAsan engineer who workedat the Seoul - fundedKaesong estate in theNorth.

It accuses him ofinsulting its system andurging a North Koreanworker to defect, butrefuses to give Seoulofficials access to the man

or say where he is nowbeing held.South Korean politiciansa n d a c t i v i s t s h a v ecomplained that the Northhas treated the engineer --a fellow Korean -- worsethan it did the Americanwomen, who were alloweddiplomatic access andphone calls home.

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ew Delhi, Aug. 10: Theupreme Court on Mondaysmissed the petition ofe Midas Touch Investorssoc i a t i on seek i ngmpensation of nearly Rs000 crore for three lakhtail shareholders in

aud-hit Satyam Computerervices.

A Bench headed

Chief Justice KGalakrishnan dismissede p e t i t i o n o f t h esociation as withdrawn.

K anpur -based

consumer protectionorgan isat ion M idasTouch had earlier moveda c o n s u m e r c o u r tseeking compensationfor retail shareholders.

However, theNat iona l ConsumerDisputes RedressalCommission (NCDRC)had exp ressed i t s

inability to take up theplea.

The plea beforeNCDRC had sought acompensation of Rs

4,987.5 crore for threelakh retail shareholdersof Satyam.

"We are of theview that the issues incomplaint cannot beexamined in summary jurisdiction under theConsumer ProtectionA c t , 1986 by t h i sC o m m i s s i o n .

A c c o r d i n g l y t h ecomplaint is dismissed,"NCDRC had held.

Satyam scam: SC dismisses MTIA's plea

umbai, Aug. 10: LarsenToubro has not taken acision to sell its stake in

utsourcer Mahindraatyam, a senior official atarsen told a TV channel Monday.

"No decision ate board or managementvel has been taken (toll our stake in Mahindra

atyam). It is some kind of enabling situation we

anted to create," Larsen'sief financial officer, YMeosthalee, told theevision channel.

Last week, thempany -- which had lostt in the race for antrolling stake in Satyamsaid it had sought

rmission from marketgulators to sell its stake in

e outsourcer.The 12 percentake, which Larsen hadilt up in Satyam prior to sale, is no longer

rategic after Larsen lost

out on the bid to acquiret h e o u t s o u r c e r ,Deosthalee said.

" I t i s n o wconverted to the level of aportfolio investment," hesaid, adding that it would

exit the company at anopportune time, but wasin no immediate hurry.

Based on theexpanded share capitalafter Satyam's takeover,Larsen's stake in thecompany is at 6.9percent.

"Today it is notso much of a strategicstake because in no waywe are going to claima n y t h i n g i n t h a tcompany," said the CFOof Larsen, which has asmall outsourcing unit --

L&T Infotech.Satyam, onceIndia's fourth-largestsoftware services firm,was put up for sale afterbeing rattled by the

c o u n t r y ' s b i g g e s tcorporate fraud. It waseventually bought bysoftware f i rm TechMahindra.

U n d e r t h econditions of the Satyam

sale, bidders for thecompany are barred fromselling their stakes,acquired prior to the bid,for six months as theywere given access toS a tyam 's f i nanc i a linformation that was notpublic at that time.

" T h eagreement we havesigned... doesn't havemuch importance now,"Larsen's Deosthaleesaid.

S h a r e s i nMahindra Satyam were

trading down 1.7 percentat 100.75 rupees at 12.32p.m. (0702 GMT), whilethe main index was down0.6 percent.

No decision to sell Satyamstake yet: L&T

New Delhi, Aug.10: TheE x p o r t s P r o m o t i o nCouncil for Handicrafts(EPCH)is looking atnewer markets andcapacity development toboost demand amidst theslowdown.

H a n d i c r a f texports saw averagedecline of 27 per cent inthe first four months of2009-10 compared to thesame period last year.

" H a n d i c r a f t sexpor ts have beenseverely affected by lessdemand from its mainmarkets like the US andE U d u e t o g l o b a lrecession. The exports inApril-July 2009-10 stooda t 4 8 5 . 9 4 m i l l i o ncompared to 668.61million in the same periodlast fiscal, registering a

decrease of 27.32 percent," Export PromotionCouncil for Handicrafts(EPCH) Chairman R K

Malhotra said."To achieve and

sustain growth, we aretaking a number ofinit iatives, includingl o o k i n g a t n e w e rmarkets, particularlythose that have remainedunexplored so far like theL a t i n A m e r i c a nCountries, Africa andMiddle East, besidescapacity developmentand marketing," he said.The council is hopeful offinding a siezable marketin these regions if quality,designs and prices aremade competitive.

EPCH has beenfocusing on modernisingthe wooden handicraftsindustry and photoframing technology thathave a huge exportpotential, especially to

the US and EU.Recently, it hasset up a wood seasoningand chemical treatment

plant in Saharanpur in a bidto modernise the woodenhandicraft sector.

W h i l einaugurating the plant,Textiles Secretary RitaMenon said, "The majorobjective of such projectsis to launch integratedtechnological upgradationof wooden handicraftc l u s t e r s s u c h a sSaharanpur.

"And we must beready with the best tocompete in the globalmarket."

The plant, set upat an investment of Rs 5crore by the government,w i l l h a v e t e s t i n glaboratories. The EPCHhas brought in a leadingin ternat iona l tes t ingcompany, TUV Reinland ofGermany, for setting up the

laboratories and impartingtraining.

Exports Promotion Council plansstrategy to boost handicrafts sector

A t a p r e s sonference hosted byavel Agents AssociationIndia (TAAI) recently in

ew Delhi, Carl Vaz,rector India, Dubaiepartment of Tourism &ommerce Market ingTCM) announced that

elegates travelling toubai for TAAIs 58thnual convention, whichi l l b e h e l d f r o meptember 29- October 1,009 at Festival Cityonvention Centre, Dubaiave been exempted fromsa Fee by the Dubaimigration Department.bout 1,800 delegates arepected to benefit from

s initiative. While theeme for the Convention isttest will Forge Ahead,

T A A I sonvention Committee isi l l work ing on the

usiness sessions andeakers. Iqbal Mulla, Co-h a i r m a n , T A A I

onvention and Kulwant

S i n g h , M a n a g i n gDirector, Lama Group ofCompanies were presentat the press conference.

Addressing themedia, Vaz said thatDTCM wil l take al lmeasures to make TAAIConvention memorable.We are hopeful, the TAAIConvention combinedwi th our enhancedmarketing initiatives, willhelp us to cross the sixlakh mark in inboundfrom India by the end of2010, stated Vaz. Inorder to maintain theinterest level for theC o n v e n t i o n , V a zinformed that there will be

many surpr ises fordelegates visiting Dubaifor the three-day TAAIConvention.

Rajinder Rai,P r e s i d e n t , T A A Iexpressed hope that theConvention will provideimpetus to tour ismrelations between the two

countries. He alsoexpected the TAAIConvention to help IndiaTourism kick start their

Wellness and MedicalT ou r i sm p rom ot i oninitiatives in the Gulf.Sunil Kumar, Chairman,T A A I C o n v e n t i o nCommittee said that theconvention will start withthe inaugural dinnerhosted by DTCM onSeptember 29, 2009.

Vaz added thatDubai recorded sevenper cent growth ininbound from India duringQuarter One of this yearand expects the growth totouch double digits by

this year-end.He added thatinitiatives like Kids gofree for families visitingDubai between July 1,2009 and September 20,2009 have been receivedwell by leisure travellers.

DTCM announces free Visa forTAAI Convention delegates

New Delhi, Aug.10: Domestic passenger carsales recorded 30.91 percent increase at 1,15,067units in July from 87,901units in the same monthlast year.

According to thefigures released by theS o c i e t y o f I n d i a n

A u t o m o b i l e M a n u -facturers (SIAM) onMonday, motorcyclesales in the countryduring the month was up

Bangalore, Aug.10 :MetLife India Insurancecompany Ltd (MetLife)today announced itsentry into the Indian

h e a l t h i n s u r a n c esegment with the launchof 'Met Health Care'.

Met Health Careoffers its customers adaily cash benefit in caseof hospitalisation and alump sum benefit in case

At a time whenlayoffs are grabbingheadlines, State Bank ofIndia (SBI) is planning todo the opposite. Thebanking giant will be

recruiting 13,000 peopleduring the current fiscal atvarious levels to meet thegrowing business needs.

According toRupee Times, under therecruitment drive, thebank plans to hire 11,000clerks for enhancing itsfinancial products and

19 .48 pe r cen t a t5,46,245 units from4,57,178 units in thecorresponding month ayear ago.

The total two-wheeler sales in Julysurged by 20.07 per centt o 7 , 1 9 , 6 6 8 u n i t scompared to 5,99,369

units in the same periodlast year.

After almost ayear of cont inuousdownslide, the sale of

of critical il lness ora c c i d e n t a l a n dpermanent disability, thecompany said in astatement.

F u r t h e r ,cus tom ers a re no trequired to undergo anymedical tests to avail thisplan, it said.

M e t L i f eM anag ing D i rec to rRajesh Relan said, "Met

services in Mumbai circleand another 1,000 forDelhi circle.

The bank alsoplans to allocate 900employees to Chennai,

Hyderabad, Kolkata,Chandigarh, Lucknowand Patna. A top officialc o n f i r m e d t h erecruitments by saying,During 2008-09, thebank absorbed 33,703new employees and thisyear we have plans toinduct 13,000 into the

commercial vehicles alsoincreased by 9.61 per centin July to 37,624 units from34,325 units in the year-ago period, SIAM said.

The total sales ofa l l v e h i c l e s a c r o s scategories also rose by20.76 per cent to 9,41,118units in July this year,

against 7,79,354 units inthe same month of lastyear, it added.

Health Care is beingl a u n c h e d w i t hcomprehensive training toal l f inancial advisorsacross the country to

p rov i de need -baseds o l u t i o n s t o o u rcustomers".

The companysaid it grew at 40 per centlast year while the industrywas facing a slowdown.

SBI system.The bank is also

hiring individuals for ruralmarketing and recoveryope ra t i ons , bes i destechnical officers for farm

sector on an employmentcontract basis.T h e t o t a l

headcount under these jobs is expected to reachup to 500. The bank hadalso advertised for hiring5 0 0 m a n a g e m e n texecutives last month.

Car, bike sales up in July

MetLife enters healthinsurance segment

Sbi Recruitment 13000 Jobs


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ashington, Aug.10: th his new twins on towtheir first overseas road

p at age two weeks,oger Federer has all thespiration he needs tomp up his tennis as heurns to the courts for thext week's Montreal

asters.

"Motivation is notproblem, I'm so excited toback," said the world

mber one Sunday as het ready for action fiveeeks a f ter w inn ingmbledon and a fortnightd three days after theth of his daughters.

"I've been trainingally hard (near Zurich) fore past few weeks. That'shy I'm back, otherwise I'd

stuck at home doingmething else besides

aining and answeringestions and playing

atches."

Federer hasenty to prove at the firstrdcourt Masters prior toe Aug 31 start of the USpen, the major he isming to win for a sixth

consecutive edition. InCanada a year ago helost in his opening matchto Frenchman GillesSimon.

"I feel ready togo, fresh and in the moodto travel again, that's animportant part," said theplayer who turned 28

Saturday and celebratedin Montreal withhis new family. "I don'tmind the travelling."

"If you dislikethat part, it all becomesso much harder. I don'thave that problem."Federer, who consulteddoctors along with wifeMirka Vavrinec as to thesuitability of taking thetwins over the Atlantic in aprivate jet at such ayoung age, was happy toget the medical all-clearf o r m o t h e r s a n ddaughters.

"I'm excited tosee how I'm going tohandle the new familysi tuat ion, ' said thenumber one who claimedF r e n c h O p e n a n d

Wimbledon crowns overthe summer. 'Goingforward to the US Openwi l l be an exci t ingstretch."

He said thatfamily responsibilities willlikely lift a weight from hisshoulders.

"The family can

help by taking pressureoff my tennis game. I'vebeen under pressure formany many years. Thiscould help a lot mentally."

He said that hegot a laugh at speculationthe day after the July 23rdbirth of Charlene Rivaand Myla Rose that theywere already beingtipped to one day winWimbledon.

"I wouldn't mindif they wanted to playtennis, but we wouldn'tpush them. It's not ourgoal to make them tennis

machines.""It's about them

being happy and usgiving them as much loveas we can. Then we seewhere it takes us."

Federer keen to get back to tennis

os Angeles, Aug. 10: Itas one of the biggestghts of Flavia Pennettasofessional career as the

alian volleyed her wayto winning the Los

ngeles Championship009. She beat Aussieamantha Stosur in ahtly fought match that

ent in her favour 6-4, 6-3.With the USD

00,000 WTA Los Angeleso m e n ' s T e n n i s

hampionship turning outo a dream come true fore 27 year old, she alsoocketed a neat sum ofSD 107,000 as thenners cheque. Last year,e was heartbroken at

aving been the finalist butsing at a time when she

just managed to cementit.

"This is my firstbig title," said Pennetta,who was seeded 10th atthe hardcourt event at the

Home Depot Centerfacility in south centralLos Angeles.

Pennetta hadfour aces to three forStosur and made goodon 76 percent of her firstserve points in the 81-minute match.

" I am real lyhappy because it wastough for me to beat her,"Pennetta said. "I wasafraid of her serve."This tournament issomething different forme. It is the first time for

me to win a tournamentlike this."It was just her second titleon hardcourts with six ofher eight coming on clay.Sunday was the first

career meeting betweenthe two WTA veterans.The 25-year-old Stosurfell short of winning herfirst WTA title but washappy with her progress."It was a great week and Iwas really pleased tomake it to the final,"Stosur of the Gold Coastsaid. "I really enjoyplaying here."Stosur has been on abrilliant run of successover the past few months,improving her worldranking to 18.

Pennetta cruises to LAChampionship title

ew Delhi, Aug.10: Sportsnister M.S Gill will meetFA president Seppl a t t e r i n Z u r i c hednesday, to chart out a

o a d m a p f o r t h eevelopment of Indianotball.

G i l l w i l l b ecompanied with All India

ootball Federation (AIFF)esident Alberto Colaco.

"Mr. Gill has takene initiative to organise theeeting. Let us hopemething good comes outit," Colaco said Monday.

Gill, who wasit icised by nationalo t b a l l c o a c h B o b

oughton for not providingy facilities for the game,

is keen to work for theupli ftment of Indianfootball.

This is the firsttime that an Indian sportsminister will meet a FIFApresident.

A s p o r t sministry official said thatGill will try to convinceBlatter to give India thehosting rights of one of

the big FIFA tournamentsthat would improve theinfrastructure and otherfacilities in the country.

Gill has taken

special interest in Indianfootball. He has assuredthe AIFF that the sportsministry will bear a part ofthe national team'straining cost for itspreparation for the 2011Asian Cup in Doha.

T h e s p o r t sministry recently paid thenational team's air fare toDubai and Bracelona to

prepare for the NehruCup and has a lsosanc t i oned Rs .100million for 2010 AsianGames preparation.

Sports minister will meet FIFApresident, discuss Indian football

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L o n d o n , A u g . 1 0 : C h e l s e a b e a tManchester United onpenalties to win theCommunity Shield after afeisty 2-2 draw thatoffered few clues as to thedestination of the farbigger prizes to be foughtover during the next ninemonths.

Frank Lampardagain showed his knackof scoring from midfieldwith one of Chelsea'sgoals as they respondedfrom a lethargic first halfto take the lead whileUnited's Wayne Rooneytook his stoppage timeequaliser with trademarkzeal.

U n i t e d ' sPortuguese midfielderNani showed glimpses ofthe flair that could helphim fill the large hole leftby the departure ofCristiano Ronaldo to RealMadrid while Chelsea'sMichael Essien gaveanother powerful midfielddisplay.

However, thet r a d i t i o n a l s e a s o ncurtain-raiser, that wasm a r r e d b y a b a d -tempered clash betweenPatrice Evra and MichaelBallack, raised moreq u e s t i o n s t h a n i tanswered.

Wh i l e Car l oAncelotti won a trophy inhis f irst competit ivematch in charge sincetaking over from GuusHiddink, his preferredmidfield diamond looked

fa r f rom po l i shed ,particularly in a first half inwhich United cut throughChelsea with ease.

United's newsigning Michael Owenwas given just 15 minutes

Karachi, Aug.10: Thedisastrous tour of SriLanka and rumours ofdiscord in the teamn o t w i t h s t a n d i n g ,

Pakistan captain YounisKhan is confident that hismercurial side will eitherwin the ChampionsTrophy next month or the2011 World Cup.

After his teamnotched a consolationwin over Sri Lanka in thefifth and final one-dayinternational in Colomboyesterday, Younis said hehad a pool of 20 players inmind who will win eitherthe Champions Trophythis year or the 2011World Cup.

"The pool ofplayers includes some

talented players and ifth ings go wel l andeveryone including theboard, selectors, teammanagement and playersfulfill their roles properly Iam sure we can win oneo f t h e t w o b i gtournaments coming up,"

and barely got a kickwhile fellow new recruitAntonio Valencia wasalso restricted to asubstitute appearance.

G o a l k e e p e rBen Foster, deputisingfor the injured Edwin vander Sar, could have donebetter with both Chelseastr ikes as Englandmanager Fabio Capellolooked on.

One certaintywhenever United andChelsea meet is a rawedge and Sunday provedno exception.

Uni ted werefurious when Ballack'scrude bodycheck on Evrawent unpunished byreferee Chris Foy andwith the Frenchmansprawled on the turf andU n i t e d ' s p l a y e r sexpecting the ball to bekicked out, Didier Drogbapowered forward andsquared for Lampard toshoot past Foster to putChelsea 2-1 ahead with20 minutes remaining.Red Card

"If the refereesees it properly it's a redcard," United boss AlexFerguson told reporters."He 's e lbowed h imclearly, he was lucky. Thereferee was in line andshould have seen it.

" I ' mdisappointed because hehas stopped the gametwice before that. Oncewhen Ballack went downhe jumped up and wasback on his feet again in

seconds. That decisioncost us the game. We'vesaid it time and again, allwe want is consistency."M inutes la ter Evralaunched a tackle onBallack which earned

he added.T h e s e n i o r

batsman also made itclear that he would loveto enjoy the same

authority and powers thatwere once given to 1992World Cup winningcaptain Imran Khan.

"When Imranwas captain things weredifferent. They were fewpeople running theboard, there were just afew selectors. Now theboard has expanded, theselection committee hasexpanded and thecaptain cannot be theo n l y o n e t a k i n gdecisions," he said.

"So I don`t thinkit is possible to get thesame authority that Imran

had. But if it can happen Iwould love to have thatauthority and call theshots because after thecaptain is responsible foreverything," Younis said.

Y oun i s a l sorubbished reports that hewanted to drop senior

him a yellow card.Ance lo t t i was

d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t hChelsea's display in theopening half an hour butsaid beating United wouldgive his side confidence forthe season.

"They are ourmost important opponentin the Premier League,they have great experienceso it was important," saidthe Italian who brokeChelsea's penalty shoot-out jinx after they had losttheir previous six, includingthe Champions Leaguefinal in 2008 when Unitedprevailed.

The impressiveNani opened the scoringafter 10 minutes, waltzingacross in from the leftbefore arrowing a shotb e y o n d P e t r C e c h .However, the 22-year-old'safternoon ended painfullywhen he dislocated hisshoulder on the hour.

Chelsea lookedfar more comfortable afterthe break with Lampardand Essien much moreinvolved. After 52 minutesLampard linked up withFlorent Malouda whoselooping cross was not dealtwith by Foster and hepawed the ball straight toRicardo Carvalho whoheaded into an empty net.Lampard appeared to havesealed it before substituteRyan Giggs sent Rooneyclear to bury a shot pastCech.

I t w a s atemporary reprieve for

United though as Giggsand Evra both had theirpenal t ies saved andSalomon Kalou struck thewinning blow for Chelsea.

players like MohammadYousuf or Misbah-ul-Haqafter the tour.

" I h a v e n o tthought on those lines

because you don`t dropquality players on basis ofone bad series. But yes Iwant a situation wherethere is competition forplaces and we have youngp l a y e r s c a p a b l e o fstepping in when required.I want to see senior playersdevelop the spirit wherethey are willing to rest ifthey are not performing,"he said.

Y o u n i s a l s ocriticised former players forfuelling speculations aboutdifferences in the team orabout match fixing.

"If we perform

badly I don`t mind beingcriticised but the criticismshould be logical andbased on facts and figuresit should not be personal.That only hurts the team.Some of our former playersneed to realize that,"Younis said.

Chelsea's Shield win offersfew clues to season

We will either win Champions Trophyor 2011 World Cup: Younis


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