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Tuesday, July 14, 2009, MUMBAI: Heavy rains in Mumbai crippled normal life on Tuesday. The heavy downpour accompanied by gusty winds since last evening led to traffic snarls at various places.Suburban trains were also running late due to water logging on the tracks.Several low lying areas including King’’s circle, Sion, Andheri Milan subway, Hind Mata were inundated.Visibility at Mumbai International Airport was described as poor. Airport sources said visibility was restricted to just 800 feet this morning.Water logging was reported at the Wadala truck terminus, Maratha Mandir, Khar, Andheri subways, Govandi and deonar colonies.For past many years monsoon rains have been playing havoc in the state bringing about chaos in the entire region.According to the city’s municipal officers, about a billion rupees are spent each year on bracing the city for the monsoon downpours. Yet rains continue to disrupt normal life.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 MEXICO CITY: The bodies of 12 people found along a road in the Mexican state of Michoacan were federal police undertaking investigative work, said on Tuesday spokesman for Mexico's public security ministry. The bodies of 11 men and one woman were founded stacked together, and bore signs of having been tortured, said police spokesman Monte Alejandro Rubido. Officials have attributed the killings to the powerful "La Familia" drug cartel that operates in the region and is considered one of the most violent criminal gangs in Mexico. Last weekend, "La Familia" launched a series of attacks against police posts in Michoacan that left four people dead, including three members of the security forces and one suspected cartel hit man. The attacks were "desperate and violent reactions" to the government's crackdown against the cartels, President Felipe Calderon said on Monday. Authorities said the cartel attacks came in retaliation fo...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 GROSSOSTHEIM: A family of three evaded what could have been a major, if not fatal, mishap after a sport biplane doing loops flew too low and collided with their car.Police in the town of Grossostheim, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of Frankfurt, said the plane's pilot was performing aerial acrobatic maneuvers when it flew too low and failed to pull up in time, striking the family's car near the small air field.Amateur video obtained by a television news shows the impact of Sunday's collision, which tore the bottom frame off the airplane and left it and the car in the nearby field.Police said Tuesday the married couple and their daughter inside the car escaped with minor injuries, as did the pilot.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 NEW YORK: A skin patch could help migraine sufferers avoid potential side-effects - as well as providing greater pain relief. The patch contains sumatriptan, a drug which is currently used in pill form to treat the problem. Now an American company has developed a patch that is as potent as oral medication but avoids the potential gastro-intestinal side-effects, such as nausea and vomiting. A patch can also provide a constant and steady supply of medicine into the bloodstream, which might offer better relief. Migraine affects an estimated 10 per cent of the UK population - mostly women - and results in around 18 million lost working days every year. Trials of the new patch are ongoing and the migraine patch is likely to be available in the next year or so.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 NEW DELHI: With nuclear cooperation with France set to intensify, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed hope that his visit to France would lead to building up the partnership in atomic energy. Mr Singh in his departure statement was clear that India was looking forward to building a strong civilian nuclear partnership with France, which was the first country India signed an agreement with after casting off the nuclear apartheid status. “We would like to build upon our partnership in the areas of trade and investment, high technology, space, nuclear energy, defence, education, culture, tourism and scientific research and development,’’ said Mr Singh in a departure statement. He left for a five-day tour that will first take him to France and then to Egypt for the 15th Non-Aligned Summit.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 KANDAHAR: A helicopter carrying civilian contractors working for foreign troops in Afghanistan crashed on Tuesday in the south of the country killing at least six people on board, NATO said. It was not immediately clear why the helicopter came down in the Sangin district of Helmand province, where US Marines, British and Afghan forces are pressing assaults against Taliban strongholds in the run-up to key elections. "At around 9:00 am (0430 GMT) this morning, a private helicopter has crashed outside Sangin military base.We have at least six people killed," said a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). "The passengers were all civilians," he added, speaking from the biggest NATO base in southern Afghanistan at Kandahar. Another ISAF spokesman said the aircraft was carrying civilian contractors, but their nationalities were not immediately known and it was not clear how many people were on board.

A match in which fortunes swung wildly finally ended in an emphatic seven-wicket win for Sri Lanka, as they sealed their first home series win against Pakistan with a convincing performance at the P Sara Oval. Pakistan were left to rue another batting collapse of monumental proportions, one in which they lost nine wickets for 35 to go from a commanding 285 for 1 to 320 all out. That left Sri Lanka with a target of just 171, which they knocked off in a mere 32 overs to ensure a three-day result. That had seemed a remote possibility when play started this morning, and seemed even less likely when Fawad Alam and Younis Khan were motoring along during their 200-run second-wicket partnership in the morning. Pakistan had wiped off the 150-run deficit with aplomb, and were building a substantial lead of their own; the pitch was flat, offering little assistance for pace or spin, and the Sri Lankans appeared completely deflated. Sri Lanka got a very small glimmer when Younis gifted his wicket ...

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 NEW DELHI: After her engagement last week, Sania Mirza is back on court. This time she was accompanied by her fiance Sohrab Mirza and her father.While Mirza practiced at the Lal Bahadur tennis stadium, Sohrab watched from the sidelines.Sania admitted that Sohrab isn't too interested in Tennis but did follow her career. The 23-year- old will be back on tour and prepare herself for The US open with a few tournaments before that. She had crashed out of Wimbledon in the second round earlier this month and will be hoping that the luck of her new companion rubs off on her.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 LOS ANGELES: David Beckham returned to training with the L.A. Galaxy Monday and said his conflict with team mate Landon Donovan was water under the bridge.Donovan strongly criticized Beckham in excerpts of a soon to be released book "The Beckham Experiment" saying he was a bad team mate and an unsuitable captain.The former England skipper upset many in L.A. with his decision to extend his loan spell with Italian club AC Milan and miss the first half of the Major League Soccer season.Beckham hit back by calling Donovan "unprofessional" for airing his feelings in the media.But speaking to reporters Monday, Beckham said he had met with Donovan and club coach Bruce Arena to clear up matters."It's over. I'm not going to talk about what was said. That's between me, Landon and the manager. But it's finished. It's over. So we move on," said the midfielder who should return to U.S. action in Thursday's game away to th...

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 KINGSTOWN: Mahmudullah completed a memorable debut Test, when he cruelly exposed West Indies' frailty to spin, and bowled Bangladesh to a historic 95-run victory in the opening Test here on Monday. The 23-year-old off-spinner captured five wickets for 51 runs from 15 overs, as West Indies, chasing 277 for victory, were dismissed for 181 in their second innings about 20 minutes before the scheduled close on the fifth and final day at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex.Shakib Al Hasan formalised Bangladesh's second Test victory ever, when he trapped Tino Best lbw plumb in front for nine with a dipping full toss, and ended with three wickets for 39 runs from 28.1 overs. The result means that Bangladesh lead the two-Test series 1-0 with the final match set to start on Friday at Grenada's Queen's Park Stadium Complex. Bangladesh's victory which came about 4-1/2 years after their solitary Test win against Zimbabwe on home soil in Chittagong was made more...