Blast hits school in northwest Pakistan

A remotely detonated bomb damaged a school in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday morning, police said. No one was hurt.

A senior Pakistani military officer and a soldier were wounded by gunmen in an apparent assassination attempt in Islamabad, police said Friday.

The chairman of Cadbury has urged shareholders to reject a $16.5 billion takeover offer from Kraft and accused the American food company of trying to buy the British confectionary group “on the cheap.”

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The shares have underperformed as takeover speculation has diminished and worries surfaced about the performance of the Direct Line insurance off-shoot. NatWest point out it downgraded for this year from pounds 658m to pounds 618m. But Royal Bank’s premium to the sector, say NatWest, is now “very modest and, given the medium term scope for upside surprises on profits, the shares are looking more attractive”.Matthew Clark, reflecting the Credit Lyonnais Laing support, gained a further 16.5p to 761p and MFI, the furniture stores chain, continued to bask in a Kleinwort Benson recommendation with a further 8p gain to 180p.Micro Focus, the software house, continued to attract support, mainly American, gaining 45p to 898p.Lonrho slipped 5.5p to 207.5p as the closer involvement with Anglo American, the South African mining giant, was judged as reducing the chance of a bid. The Tories will, no doubt, redouble their efforts to keep the economy moving ahead and the key part of any election campaign will be tax cuts, on present form announced in the Budget, delivered in April. In off-the-cuff comments at a Frankfurt dinner Joachim Kroeske, finance director of Deutsche Telekom, let slip the German group had more than a passing interest in Cable.The Germans have been canvassed as a potential buyer of Cable’s Mercury telephone off-shoot but this is the first time they have let it be known that an outright bid is a possibility.The election result also encouraged suggestions of more economic relaxations.

Whether such an alliance would lead to a bid is, however, unclear.Cable & Wireless gained 9p to 535p as the Germans expressed interest. Speculation the proposed bids will be cleared lifted South West Water 18p to 714p.Ladbroke was back in the frame. In brisk trading the shares edged forward 1.5p to 183.5p with a deal with Hilton Hotels Corporation of the US now the market’s favourite option. Against such a background East Midlands jumped 34p to 658p; London 10p to 809p and Yorkshire 15p to 898p. Even debt laden Northern Electric rose 21p to 679p.Waters were also flushed into action. So the need to get deals done and dusted before any election had, following the Staffordshire South result, become even more pressing.The takeover fever was encouraged by what appeared to be a leak of Whitehall’s intention to clear PowerGen’s bid for Midland Electricity and National Power’s offer for Southern Electric.PG surged 13.5p to 562.5p and NP 14p to 492p The targets also responded with Midland up 7p at 405p and Southern 21p at 839p.The remaining electricity companies which still command their own destiny anticipated what is now regarded as inevitable bid action.US power groups are favourite to strike although continental operations lurk. With John Major’s majority down to one and a minority Government looming, the stock market took the view that predators could be rushed into early action.
The attitude of any Labour government to a takeover feast is, at best, untested.

Given that and the rather cloudy outlook for oil prices this year, stocks should not generally be chased higher. Even so, careful selection by investors could still reap rewards.. The Tory by election disaster sent shares charging ahead. Such considerations could attract the attention of predators like Occidental or British Gas, keen to establish a presence there.More speculatively, shares in British Borneo Petroleum have leapt this year, fired by optimism surrounding its deal to develop Shell’s Morpeth field in the Gulf of Mexico.Much of this is “blue sky” potential, however, as the SeaStar tension leg production platform to be used is untried as yet and the field would be marginal using traditional methods.So after the recent rerating, much of the exploration sector has caught up with events.

Their decisions on Greece, Spain and Portugal sparked a market freefall last week and spurred a $145 billion bailout plan. A powerful U.S. congressman characterizes them as the triggermen of the 2008 global financial crisis.

All knotted up at five in the sixth inning of a (surprise!) must-win game for the Twins, Cuddyer hit the first pitch he saw over the right field wall to take a one-run lead that the Twins would never relinquish.Mauer put together a historic season in 2009, but the MVP award is about more than just statistics. I value defense very highly, and while his bat is good, it’s not good enough for him to be a major league left fielder.Brett Marshall, SP: Another 2008 draft pick, sixth rounder Brett Marshall was the prize of the draft class after the Yankees failed to land Gerrit Cole His fastball hit 96 and he had a projectable 88 MPH slider. This was partially offsetby increased revenue from food grade alcohol, with increases attributable toimproved per unit pricing, which more than compensated for reduced volume.Profit margins in the distillery products segment continued to be negativelyimpacted by higher corn prices when compared to a year ago. They had a real chance to take a lead heading into a rough stretch in the schedule, but they dropped three out of four to fall two games behind the Tigers. Kazuo Monma, head of the central bank’s economic researchbureau, made the remark in a speech to media (Reporting by Hideyuki Sano) Global Markets Japan.

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Prior to co-founding Synergis,Stephane was COO for Orthosoft (TSX: OSH.V). Retail and wholesale revenues at Burberry, for example, wereup 53 percent in Asia in the last three months of 2008 comparedwith the previous year — making the region the luxury brand’sstrongest performer, along with the Middle East. Nashville gets five mulligans as it circles the drain of financial failure, while Carolina, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Buffalo, and Columbus struggle weakly to put butts in the seats. The NHL will go the extra mile to protect poorly chosen American franchises and simply say “tough darts” to the Canadian ones then move them to the US (see Winnipeg & Quebec). I believe he is grossly overweight and when he got later into the season he gradually raounded into shape.The Yankees should insist that he pare 30 pounds off his 290-pound frame. (Please note strong language in 10th and last paragraphs) Stocks March 27 (Reuters) – Police are gearing up to deal withprotests in London, as leaders of the world’s largest economiesgather for a G20 summit in the British capital on April 2.[ID:nLJ546449] Here are the major protests that officers say are beingmonitored. We just played hard and had great effort tonight.” Jackson-Wilson, the lone senior on this Colorado squad, had six points, four rebounds, four assists, and two blocks on the night. The one bright spot for the Rams was the play of Dan Vandervieren, who had a season-high 16 points in the loss. The Buffs will look to keep this momentum as they will be out of action until Dec.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood caused a stir Wednesday when he told owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving their cars, took back that wording, and said he meant to tell worried owners to take their cars to the dealer for a fix.

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Just weeks before a major earthquake rocked Haiti, a British disaster committee released a report noting the lessons learned in rebuilding after a massive tsunami killed an estimated 228,000 people five years ago.

Billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson on Monday unveiled the winged rocket his company developed to give paying customers a brief taste of space.

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Under the bright lights of New York, Pete Maravich went crazy on the Knicks scoring 68 points on the defensive wizard himself, Walt Frazier, in what would be one of the most terrific scoring outputs ever seen by the NBA.This was the end of the “Amazing” Pete Maravich era as we knew it. This was largely due to Brad Lester’s ineligibility for the majority of the season, and Lester will return this year to lead a talented young running back position. He will be aided by the talented Ben Tate. (Someone knocks on the door.) Oh, on your way out, can you let them in? Thank you.Mark Henry and MVP come in.Franchise: Henry, MVP, what I’m glad you decided to stop by.MVP: Sure, Mr Douglas. He was eventually sent back to the minors until rejoining the team after September call-ups.Due to his extended time sitting on Milwaukee’s bench, Gamel will spend his offseason in the Venezuelan Winter League to make up for all the at-bats he missed during the season.

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Rockwell’s sales of equipment to oil and gas companies — who have held their capital budgets steady — are forecast to continue to grow. Reading International Announces a Further Partial Reacquisition of Its TrustPreferred SecuritiesLOS ANGELES, Feb. (Adds quotes) Bonds  |  Global Markets By Claire Sibonney TORONTO, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Personal bankruptcy filings inCanada rose more than 50 percent in December from the samemonth of 2007, according to data released on Monday, a trendthat parallels a jump in unemployment and consumer debt as theeconomy slid into recession. — John Kemp is a Reuters columnist.   This article is also featured on The BIG HOUSE Blog.

Shocking scored an upset victory on Tuesday at the Emirates Melbourne Cup, securing victory with a late surge at one of the world’s great horse racing spectacles.

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If you’re suiting up for your first Winter Olympics as a tourist, get ready for a double-barrel blast.