Maradona accused of lying Grondona and Bilardo to betray

BUENOS AIRES - Diego Maradona acknowledged on Wednesday the director of national team, Carlos Bilardo, of betraying him and the owner of the Argentine Football Association Julio Grondona, of having lied, one day after being fired as coach albiceleste.

"I was called to extinguish a fire, extinguishes it, and when we had more time, this happens: I lied Grondona and Bilardo betrayed me," said Maradona in a message read to the press without allowing questions.

The sports idol was fired Tuesday after a tense meeting with Grondona and then refused to remove requirement of the leader of seven employees.

"Grab whom you hold the selection (who takes over) you know that betrayal is just around the corner. There are characters who do not want either Argentine football and only look after their personal interests and their bank accounts," continued Maradona, who led the team during a year and half, the shortest cycle of the last 35 years.

In his harsh accusations against Bilardo, the best soccer of the 80s further stated that "we were in mourning and working in the shadows to give me."

The 'nosed' coach Bilardo Maradona was in the Argentina-Mexico world champion in 1986 and runner-up in Italy-1990, but their relationship has always been contentious.

He had promised he would go with Maradona if he left office, but was the only Grondona confirmed in a real cleanup that included the private secretary to the leader himself.

Maradona, who looked tense and sad at the news conference, also charged against the influential head of the AFA and FIFA vice president, noting that since Italy 1990, when the albiceleste was runner-up, "Argentina can not exceed the quarter- final. " "Something is going wrong in Argentine football, can not be that the players succeed in their clubs and not in the selection," said 'The Fuzz' in reference to the leaders of the AFA.

After Maradona's offense, defense and came out Grondona said he had not lied to the former coach. "I still regret that he's gone because it is very sad, but I lied to Maradona. I said in Pretoria that he was satisfied and had to follow, but conditions were different, we had to make changes," he explained.

The dismissal of Maradona struck up the Government House where President Cristina Kirchner spoke by telephone with the ex-coach. "The truth is that I'm a little sad today as Diego," said Kirchner and backed former player, saying "always defended the Argentine colors with the heart."

Argentina had a good start in South Africa 2010 with three wins in the first round and a victory somewhat more complicated in the second round against Mexico 3-1 in the quarterfinals but was thrashed 4-0 by Germany.

Under the leadership of Maradona, Argentina's national team played 25 games, including friendlies and officers, which won 18 and lost seven, with 49 goals in favor and 31 against.

Albiceleste selection fails an international title since the Copa America in Ecuador, 1993, while the U-20 and have garnered numerous Olympic laurels in recent years.

The AFA will take time to confirm a replacement for Maradona, but it began to roll names like Alejandro Sabella, Argentine champion and Copa Libertadores 2009 as coach of Estudiantes de La Plata. Miguel Angel Russo also (Racing Club) and Sergio Batista, coach and guide youth champion Argentina in the Beijing Olympics.

'The Checho' Batista, Maradona partner in Mexico, 1986, will assume on an interim basis in the combined greater for the friendly against Ireland in Dublin on August 11 and world champion Spain in Buenos Aires on 7 September.

With new coach, Argentina now committed to cutting the streak of 18 years without a title at the Copa America, which organized next year.

- Written By VIMAL -

The rain delayed rescue plane crash in Pakistan remains

ISLAMABAD - Heavy monsoon rains in Islamabad on Thursday, hampering rescue efforts at the site where a day before Pakistan's plane crashed with 152 people aboard, said a senior police official.

The Airbus 321, the private airline Airblue crashed Wednesday in a steep, wooded hill in Islamabad shortly before landing after a flight from the port city of Karachi in the south of the country.

Believed to thick fog and heavy rain most likely causes of the worst aviation accident on Pakistani soil.

Bin Yameen, deputy inspector general of police in Islamabad, told Reuters that the operation to recover the remains of the victims could not resume due to torrential rain. The difficult access to the area also complicated the efforts of rescuers.

"We are waiting for the rain to stop. In this climate, no helicopters can fly or rescue teams move easily," added the official.

"Can we try but it seems very difficult to carry out an operation in difficult terrain," he said.

The researchers were studying the causes of the accident, said Ayaz Jadoon, the Civil Aviation Administration.

"They will analyze the recordings and documents, although they can not get there by bad weather," she said, adding that the black box device had not been recovered.

LOSS OF EVIDENCE

The airport control tower was sealed, and were examining the radio conversations between aircraft and the tower.

The torrential rain may also have damaged or diluted in the test scene.

"Time is very precious," said research team leader, Khawaja Abdul Majeed, a Dawn News television after arriving in Islamabad on Wednesday evening from Karachi.

"We have to gather evidence as quickly as possible, so do not have much time," he added.

While Wednesday's crash is the worst aviation in Pakistan, the state airline PIA has suffered worst accidents. In 1979 and 1992, PIA aircraft crashed in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and Kathmandu (Nepal), killing 156 and 167 people respectively.

Within Pakistan, the last major plane crash was in 2006 when a PIA plane crashed near the city of Multan, killing 45 people.

Federal Information Minister said late Wednesday that rescuers recover 115 bodies had been all day after the incident.

A hospital official, Tahir Nadeem, said 59 bodies had been identified and removed by their relatives.

- Written By Divya Joy -

Middle East :: 5 dead and 13 wounded in an attack on a restaurant in Sadr City

Five people were killed and 13 wounded by exploding a bomb in a restaurant in Sadr City, a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad, sources said Wednesday the ministries of Interior and Defense.

The explosion occurred at 09H30 (06H30 GMT), at a time when many customers were in the restaurant, according to these sources.

Several attacks that left 28 dead and nearly 100 wounded, hit in recent days the Shia community, which celebrated on the night of Tuesday in Karbala, south of Baghdad, the birth in 869 of Mohammed al-Mahdi, the 12th and the last magnet. The Shiites, who represent the majority of Iraqis believe that reappears on the day of Judgement.

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France: Baby Buried, No indictment for Father

Douai - It 's not been charged the father of the babies killed and buried in the garden at Villers-au-Tertre, France. The sources have revealed the judiciary. Initially the father was charged with dereliction of crime and concealment of corpses. The woman 'was instead accused of "murder of minors' under 15 years," for which crime and' expected life imprisonment, the husband of omission of crime and concealment of corpses. "-

New Oil Spill Threatens Lake Michigan in USA

The United States makes to create a new oil spill that threatens Michigan in the north of the country. Already more than three million gallons flowed into a small river in the U.S. state of Michigan, since there a pipeline burst on Monday, as the authorities announced on Wednesday. Exactly 100 days after the explosion of the drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico should begin on Thursday, the legal processing of the disaster.

How the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that broke the 76 inch wide pipeline in the village of Marshall apart on Monday. This had millions of gallons of oil into the small river branch Talmadge ran. Part of it was in turn flowed into the river Kalamazoo, which flows into Lake Michigan.

Marshes, fields, residential and commercial areas were therefore already affected by the oil spill. EPA staff member Lisa Jackson spoke of a "serious oil spill" that had the potential of damaging an important waterway and endangering the health of local residents. Many workers were captured on the spot to the leaked oil "as quickly and effectively as possible."

The Governor of Michigan, criticized the environmental agency and the operator of the pipeline, the Canadian company Enbridge, hot. Both sides had not responded quickly enough to the disaster. "The situation is very, very seriously," she said. They warned that oil could reach the Lake Michigan should not be undertaken.

Enbridge announced it is taking the incident "very seriously". It had been closed, valves so that no more oil leak from the pipeline. Studies on the cause of the accident are underway.

Some three months after the explosion of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon "in the Gulf of Mexico occupied the catastrophe now the judiciary. On Thursday to begin the legal work-up. Seven federal judge in Boise, Idaho need to clarify whether there are a few of the approximately 200 individual actions combined into a class action and should be negotiated on which a possible process of Court.

A decision is not expected for two weeks. But even in Idaho representatives of all parties will be present to present their arguments. These include the addition of eleven members in the explosion killed and injured workers small business owners, the British oil company BP that the company Transocean as landlord of the platform and Cameron International, the safety valve broke after the accident.

Only after nearly three months it was BP, to stop the outflow of oil in mid-July. The current seal is only an interim solution. The purpose of the final closure of the leaking oil well with the help of mud and cement to start on Monday.

- Written By Johnson -

Sony Surprises With Profit In The First Quarter

His rivals Panasonic and Sharp also reported earnings in April-June period, compared to the losses suffered in the same period a year ago, underscoring a healthy demand for LCD televisions, computers and other electronic items.

Panasonic joined Sony to improve its annual outlook and unveiled plans for a stock offering of 5,700 million dollars to finance the acquisition of two units at a time when it seeks to reduce duplication of operations and expand sales of energy-related products and the environment.

"(Sony) had good results in the quarter with an aggressive marketing (...) but its rate of growth will slow this quarter because the total sales of equipment is falling in line with a weakening global economy," said Park Young-Joo, an analyst at Woori Investment and Securities in Seoul.

Sony recorded an operating profit between April and June of 67,000 billion yen (669 million) versus a consensus of a loss of 13 million yen found in a survey four analysts, and to a loss of 25,700 million yen in during the same period a year ago.

Sony, the world's second-largest maker after Canon cameras, he cited among the reasons for improved growth in sales of Bravia televisions, Vaio computers and Playstation 3 consoles and software.

The firm also said to have benefited from aggressive cost cutting taxes during the last financial year by its chief executive, Howard Stringer.

"Sony's results far exceed market expectations. The main reasons were increased demand for electronic products and stronger demand from emerging markets like China and Latin America." said Anita Huang, director of ING in Japan.

For the year to March 2011, the company raised its operating profit forecast by 12.5 percent to 180,000 million yen, compared with a consensus of 152 600 million yen found in a survey of 22 analysts conducted by Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.

The alliance of mobile phone and Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, had a second consecutive quarterly profit this month, recovering from a dismal 2009 on robust demand for smartphones.

- Written By Rekhilesh -