Stadium made of 1 Million Legos

Stadium made of 1 Million Legos

Perseverance and love for LEGO blocks are made a masterpiece of replicas. Ohio State University physiology and professor Paul Jannsen has created a Lego replica of Ohio State’s horseshoe-shaped football stadium, complete with a decorated archway and scoreboard made of the small, interlocking blocks.

For this masterpiece he needed one million LEGOs. If we know that all LEGOs are mostly rectangular, we don`t have to be surprised because he spent 2 years to build and 1,000 hours to finish a 1:100 scale replica. The stadium itself can be divided into 10 pieces, each weighing up to 50 pounds. He only used blocks from his personal collection. Had Janssen bought all new parts, he figures the project would have cost $50,000 to $75,000. Paul hopes to have this unique structure displayed at the University.

Cannes film festival unveils line-up

Cannes film festival unveils line-up

PARIS: The Cannes film festival on Thursday unveils its pick of Hollywood giants and arthouse newcomers to compete at the world's top movie showcase on the French Riviera next month.

Organisers will announce the 50-odd films awarded a slot at the May 16-27 event at a press conference in Paris, half of them in the official race for the Palme d'Or and half in the parallel new talent section, Un Certain Regard.

Cannes' general delegate Thierry Fremaux selected the line-up from among some 1,700 submissions, from the biggest names in film right down to first-time directors from North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America or Africa.

Star-wise, Nicole Kidman is tipped to make a double appearance after Fremaux warned in an interview the Australian actress was "going to surprise us."

Kidman holds lead roles this year in two very different thrillers: "Stoker" by South Korea's Park Chan-wook, and the 1960s-set "The Paperboy" by US director Lee Daniels.

The French press is betting on Marion Cotillard, star of three Cannes-tipped films: "Of Rust and Bone" by Frenchman Jacques Audiard, "Low Life" by US director James Gray about an immigrant woman tricked into a life of burlesque, and Christopher Nolan's new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises".

"On the Road" by the Brazilian Walter Salles is all-but-assured of a slot: based on the Jack Kerouac novel the movie stars Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen.

David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis", starring Robert Pattinson as a billionaire asset manager, is seen as a strong contender, as is Australia's Andrew Dominik with the gangster flick "Killing Them Softly" starring Brad Pitt.

Austrian director Michael Haneke - whose "The White Ribbon" won the 2009 Palme d'Or - is seen as a likely choice with "Amour" (Love), starring Isabelle Huppert as a woman hit by a stroke.

Veteran Frenchman Alain Resnais, who will shortly turn 90, is expected to bring his new film "Vous n'avez encore rien vu" (You Haven't Seen Nothing Yet).

And from Britain, Ken Loach - who has brought 16 films to Cannes in the past - could be in with "The Angel's Share", about an ex-offender on the mend.

\This year's jury is headed up by Italian director Nanni Moretti, who scooped a Palme d'Or for "La stanza del figlio" ("The Son's Room") in 2001 and who told he would be "looking for films that are still able to surprise me."

The jury for Un Certain Regard is to be chaired by the British actor and director Tim Roth.

Berenice Bejo, co-star of the hit French silent movie "The Artist", is to host the festival's opening and closing ceremonies.

Wes Anderson's 1960s teen love story "Moonrise Kingdom" will open the festival, while Claude Miller's "Therese Desqueyroux" will close it, in a tribute to the French filmmaker who had barely finished editing the movie when he died this month aged 70.

Doctors save life of baby with six legs

Doctors save life of baby with six legs

KARACHI: Doctors at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) have successfully operated on a baby boy born with six legs, Geo News reported.

The operation which lasted more than two hours, ended successfully during which the doctors removed the extra limbs and the baby is now said to be in stable condition.

The baby, who was born in Sukkur, was brought to Karachi on Monday for treatment. The infant was born to the wife of an X-ray technician a week ago, Jamal Raza, the director of the NICH in Karachi told reporters.

"It is not one baby actually. They are two, one of them is premature," he said. A doctor at the institute who did not wish to be named said the extra limbs were the result of a genetic disease which would affect only one in a million or more babies.

"The doctors are examining the infant to plan for necessary treatment to save the baby's life and ensure he lives a normal life," said a statement from the provincial health department.

Imran Shaikh, the baby's father who lives in Sukkur, said he was grateful his son was being treated. "We are a poor family. I am thankful to the government for helping us treating my baby," he told the media.

Prominent gynaecologist and President Pakistan Medical Association Dr Samrina Hashmi said the abnormality in the baby could be because of several factors, including improper medicines taken by the pregnant mother and contaminated water.

"In every 10,000 child births one baby is born with an abnormality such as a hole in the heart," she said. "Then there is a possibility that several eggs were fertilised instead of one

US museum welcomes space shuttle Discovery

US museum welcomes space shuttle Discovery

CHANTILLY: Discovery on Thursday becomes the first spaceship of the retired US shuttle fleet to enter its permanent home as a museum artifact, marking a solemn end to the 30-year manned spaceflight program.

A few thousand tourists eager to see the shuttle up close streamed into a branch of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum outside the US capital, where volunteers handed out miniature American flags.

"I feel like a little kid today," said aerospace engineer Kelly Scroggs, 24, passing a pair of young boys dressed as astronauts as she walked toward the shuttle Enterprise which sat outside the museum awaiting the arrival of Discovery.

A team of about 20 veteran astronauts who flew to space aboard Discovery are to surround the celebrated spacecraft and escort it to the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in suburban Virginia.

Famous space travelers, including astronaut John Glenn, who was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 and later returned to space aboard Discovery in 1998, were to speak.

For several hours on Thursday, the shuttle will rest nose-to-nose on the tarmac with the prototype Enterprise, which has been on display at the same museum but will soon move to New York.

Discovery is the first of the three remaining shuttles that flew in space to enter a museum, where it will serve as a tourist attraction. The others, Endeavour and Atlantis, will follow in the coming months.

Two other shuttles, Challenger and Columbia, were destroyed in accidents. Challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff in 1986 and Columbia broke apart on re-entry to Earth in 2003. Both disasters killed everyone on board.

The oldest surviving US shuttle, Discovery flew 39 missions to space beginning in 1984.

It drew cheering crowds and some tears from onlookers earlier this week when it toured the skies over Washington one last time, piggybacking atop a Boeing 747 that NASA keeps specifically for transporting the shuttles.

"It will be pretty humbling to see the space shuttle," said Andrew Manning, 15, who came from Connecticut with his Boy Scout group for the Discovery ceremony.

"To think that it was in space, and to think of all the people who risked their lives to go there."

Discovery ended its last mission to space in March 2011, and the return to Earth of Atlantis in July 2011 marked the end of the US shuttle program, leaving Russia as the only nation capable of sending astronauts to space.

Several private companies are competing to be the first to build a space capsule that would replace the US shuttles operated by NASA for three decades.

While a test cargo mission by SpaceX to the International Space Station is planned for April 30, the prospect of US-driven human space flight remains several years away.

To Loretta McHugh, a 35-year-old engineer, the end of the shuttle program is "disappointing."

"I went into engineering because of the space shuttle program. I grew up with the space shuttle since I was five years old," she said, standing near a group of tables where private companies handed out flyers about their aims for returning Americans to space.

"We need to be able to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists. I know the commercial efforts are taking off literally, but I also think there needs to be a federal program too. Hopefully this is just a short break for us."

A host of dignitaries were on hand to say farewell to Discovery, headlined by John Glenn but also including NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and museum director Jack Dailey.

Other artifacts on display at the museum include the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay," which in 1945 dropped the first atomic weapon used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan.

There is also a supersonic Concorde airliner donated to the museum by France and a single-seat Kugisho MXY7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom) 22 bomber used for attacks on Allied warships, which was captured from Japan in 1945.

Later this year, Endeavour will move from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

The shuttle Atlantis, also still in Florida, will make just a short hop to a new exhibit at the Kennedy Center's visitor complex.

Enterprise, a prototype shuttle that never flew in space, will head to New York City on April 23 to go on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum

US eases Myanmar restrictions for NGOs

US eases Myanmar restrictions for NGOs

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday eased financial restrictions to allow US-based non-governmental groups to operate in Myanmar, putting into place an incentive to encourage democratic reforms.
The Treasury Department said that it would no longer bar financial transactions in the country formerly known as Burma if the money is going toward projects that "meet basic human needs" or promote democracy.
Such projects include assistance to internally displaced people, English-language schools as well as delivery of clothes, food and medicine. The move also lets US missionaries spend money in the heavily Buddhist nation.
The actions were in line with an April 4 announcement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who sought to reward reformers who permitted by-elections swept by the long-repressed opposition.
In a statement Tuesday to celebrate Myanmar's Thingyan new year, Clinton said that the once isolated country "has taken important steps on an historic new path toward democracy and economic development."
"As you build a brighter future filled with new opportunities, the United States will continue to work with you to strengthen mutual understanding and trust between our two countries and peoples," she said.
The April 1 by-elections saw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning democracy activist who had spent most of the past two decades under house arrest, win a seat in the military-dominated parliament.
The order issued by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control made clear that restrictions would remain in place against individuals in Myanmar seen as responsible for repressing democracy or violating human rights.
President Barack Obama's administration has promised to offer step-by-step incentives to Myanmar as President Thein Sein carries out reforms that few would have considered possible a little more than a year ago.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said that the United States was also moving ahead to implement the other steps announced earlier this month by Clinton.
Clinton, who paid a landmark visit to Myanmar in December, promised on April 4 to quickly appoint an ambassador to the country to restore full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than two decades.
Clinton also pledged a wider lifting of financial restrictions on Myanmar that could allow US investment in select areas and potentially bring credit cards into the country, one of the few where MasterCard, Visa and American Express are never accepted.
Aung Din, a former political prisoner who heads the US Campaign for Burma advocacy group, said he supported Tuesday's action on non-governmental groups but was concerned about a larger easing of sanctions.
Easing the ban on financial services "may allow the cronies and the military to be able to use US dollars in their transactions," he said.
Noting that Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy will have only a sliver of seats in parliament, Aung Din said the United States needed to use sanctions carefully to ensure that national elections slated for 2015 are truly free and competitive.
US officials have said that they are refocusing sanctions to target institutions such as the military, seen in Washington as one of the biggest impediments to reform due to participation in abuses and ethnic conflict.
The US action comes one day after Australia said it would lift travel and other restrictions against President Thein Sein and more than 200 other people in Myanmar. The European Union is also expected to ease sanctions this month.
In the United States, the removal of most sanctions would require approval by Congress.

 

Siachen search operation continues; Swiss, German teams leave after completing tasks

Siachen search operation continues; Swiss, German teams leave after completing tasks

RAWALPINDI: After completing their assigned task of assisting search and rescue mission, Swiss and German teams have gone back to their counties.

The report submitted by Swiss and German teams validated earlier indentified sites by Pakistan Army. Meanwhile Norway and US Teams are at Gayari to assist the ongoing rescue operations.

According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, the search and rescue Operation at Gayari continues round the clock at its full pace.

The rise in temperature has increased the chances of slides, however necessary safety precautions are being taken to ward off danger.

The tunnel at site 1 has been widened slightly; however, the work on the tunnel is hampered due to presence of toxic gases in it.

The work on other sites indentified by experts is in progress at full pace using all available resources. 

One fifth of rich want to flee Britain

One fifth of rich want to flee Britain

LONDON: One in five Britons with more than 250,000 pounds in savings are thinking of living abroad because they are tired of crime, poor weather and the high cost of living, said the wealth management arm of Lloyds Banking Group.

Britain, facing the worst economic crisis in nearly a century, is grappling with how to preserve its image as a safe-haven for the international rich while increasing taxes and slashing public spending.

But the research from Lloyds TSB International Wealth showed that 19 percent of wealthy Britons were thinking of moving to euro zone countries like France and Spain or further afield to the United States, Australia, New Zealand or Canada.

"It is clear that a significant and growing minority see opportunity and a better quality of life overseas," Lloyds TSB International Wealth Director Nicholas Boys Smith, who oversaw the report, said in a statement.

"Our research suggests the number of wealthy people leaving the UK is set to increase in the next two years," he said.

"Clearly there's a growing minority that is worried about the outlook; infrastructure, crime, anti-social behaviour, tax, red tape and do believe that there are better options abroad," Boys Smith told Reuters.

"What's interesting is one of the highest proportions of people looking to leave are wealthy people living in London, and the highest proportion of wealthy people looking to leave are aged 25-34.

"It is people who are out there with a career in front of them, looking to go out and make money, do things and make their own impact in the world, not just people retiring to France or Spain for a place in the sun," he added.

About half a million people in Britain have more than 250,000 pounds in savings or investments that exclude property.

More than half of those interviewed cited crime and anti-social behaviour as reasons to leave, while poor weather and the high cost of living were also cited.

"This includes the large number of successful, affluent individuals who play an important role in powering the UK economy," said Boys Smith. "We're talking about real people doing real jobs in the real economy."

So what could stop the rich from fleeing Britain's green and pleasant shores?

More than 60 percent of those interviewed said that investing in better infrastructure would make the UK a more attractive place to live in, while about half said they wanted less red tape for businesses and lower taxes.

With most of Britain's 62 million people facing the pinch of rising prices and muted wage growth, the taxation of the rich has become a headache for the Conservative-Liberal coalition government.

Chancellor George Osborne has expressed shock at the scale of legal tax avoidance by multi-millionaires while the Labour party has accused ministers of pandering to the rich by lowering income tax for those earning more than 150,000 pounds. 

Japan pledges $60b to IMF for Europe

Japan pledged $60 billion in loans to the International Monetary Fund Tuesday in an effort to ensure that the debt crisis in some European economies won t spread.


Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi announced the emergency loan, which will use the nation s foreign exchange reserves, his ministry said.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde welcomed the move and encouraged other fund members to do the same. "This is an important step forward in the ongoing international effort to strengthen the adequacy of the global resources available to prevent and fight crises and to promote global economic stability," Lagarde said in a statement.  
IMF lending is expected to be on the agenda when finance chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies meet in Washington later this week.
Greece, Ireland and Portugal had to seek bailouts after their borrowing costs rocketed and there are concerns Spain might be next.

Spain has the fourth-largest economy among the 17 nations that use the euro and is widely considered too expensive to rescue.

The yield on Spain s benchmark 10-year government bond jumped above 6 percent Monday for the first time since November. Rising yields are a sign that investors are less confident in the country s finances.


"We can never be optimistic about the situation in Europe, even though the area is almost set to exit the crisis, thanks to policy efforts," Azumi was quoted by Kyodo as saying.

 

Argentine leader to nationalize oil company

In a bold move to gain control of Argentina s energy reserves, President Cristina Fernandez pushed forward a bill to renationalize the country s largest oil company on Monday despite fierce criticism from abroad and the risk of a major rift with Spain.

In a national address, Fernandez said the legislation put to congress would give Argentina a majority stake in oil and gas company YPF by taking control of 51 percent of its shares currently held by Spain s Repsol.

Both Repsol and Spain strongly oppose the move and have warned that it could turn Argentina into an international pariah. YPF is vital for Argentina s energy future, especially after its recent find of huge unconventional oil and natural gas reserves. But the company is under pressure from Fernandez s government to raise output while its shares have plunged in recent months on fears of possible state intervention.

Argentina this year expects to import more than $10 billion worth of gas and natural liquid gas to address an energy crisis even though it is an oil-producing nation, according to estimates from the hydrocarbon sector. "We are the only country in Latin America, and I would say in practically the entire world, that doesn t manage its own natural resources," Fernandez said. She said her proposal "is not a model of statism" but "the recovery of sovereignty."

Critics blame the government for an energy shortage and high gasoline prices. But Fernandez said the shortage is the result of Repsol s "emptying" of YPF, and that Argentina had a deficit of $3 billion last year partly due to energy imports.
Argentines gathered in Buenos Aires  main square shouting slogans, waving national flags and carrying banners supporting the government takeover.

One of them read: "Today, with Cristina, we recovered YPF." YPF was privatized in the 1990s. Repsol s subsidiary in Argentina holds 57 percent of YPF s shares. Fernandez said the renationalization was a long-held desire of her late husband and predecessor, former President Nestor Kirchner.

"I hope he s watching over me because he always wanted to recover YPF for the country," she said. But analysts said the planned takeover risks alienating foreign investors and prompting retaliation from Spain s government.

"It is a bad decision," said Emilio Apud, a former Argentine energy secretary who now works as a consultant. "It gives the Argentine government a bad image" and will discourage investment, he said. Apud also called the proposed law "a bad way to treat friendly governments like Spain."

In Madrid, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo called the move arbitrary, and said it broke the climate of cordiality and friendship that had existed with Argentina. He said Spain would respond with "forceful measures" he did not describe.

The European Commission has warned that nationalizing YPF would be bad for the investment climate in Argentina, and has said it backs Spain in the standoff over the subsidiary. Fernandez, however, was unmoved by the risk of a row with Spain, Argentina s largest foreign investor.

"This president is not going to answer any threat, is not going to respond to any sharp remark.," she said to applause from business, union and political leaders. "I am a head of state and not a hoodlum," said Fernandez, who has also renationalized the country s Aerolineas Argentinas airline and nationalized the Anses state private pension funds.

There was no explanation of how, or how much, Repsol and its stockholders would be compensated. Analysts say that the government might have to use Central Bank reserves, or funds from the Anses to pay for the takeover.

"The issue that scares investors is not knowing how far the governmental participation will go, if it s only YPF or if it is going to include other petroleum companies in Argentina," said Joe Amador, Latin America director for Scotia Waterous, the oil and gas arm of Scotiabank, in Houston, Texas.

Even with its share prices depressed, YPF last week was valued at $13.6 billion, and buying half of that would deplete Argentina s treasury of funds it needs to maintain the populist subsidies that have kept the country s economy afloat.
Repsol released a statement promising to protect the interests of its shareholders. It called the move "unlawful and gravely discriminatory."

Spanish officials had earlier protested the plan, saying Argentina risks becoming "an international pariah" if it takes control of Repsol  subsidiary, Repsol YPF SA. Spain s foreign minister last week summoned Argentine Ambassador Carlo Antonio Bettini to convey concern over possible nationalization of YPF, which represents 42 percent of Repsol s total reserves, estimated at 2.1 billion barrels of crude.

Mexico s Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari said in recent days that Spain had requested that Mexico intervene in the row with Argentina over Repsol-YPF SA. But Ferrari said Mexico s role in the dispute is still to be determined. "We will hold talks with Spain over the next days to exactly determine what Mexico can do," he said ahead of the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2012 that will be held in the coastal city of Puerto Vallarta.

At the forum on Monday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized Argentina s move, calling it "not very responsible and not very rational." In contrast, Venezuela s foreign ministry issued a statement voicing support for Fernandez s decision to renationalize YPF. Venezuela s state oil company also supported the Argentine decision and said it is willing to help strengthen Argentina s oil industry,

"Venezuela puts all its technical, operational, legal and political experience of Petroleos de Venezuela at the disposition of the government of Argentina and its people to strenthen the state oil sector," the foreign ministry said. Governors of oil-producing Argentine provinces have withdrawn about 15 oil leases, representing 18 percent of YPF s crude production, alleging the company failed to keep its promises to develop them.

YPF has countered that it has invested millions in those areas and plans to increase production, but Argentine officials have said that still falls short. How Argentina may try to displace Repsol has been the subject of wide speculation since the government s pressure campaign began in February.

The president s proposal would leave Repsol with just a little more than 6 percent of YPF s shares. Fernandez put Federal Planning Minister Julio de Vido and Economics Vice Minister Axel Kicillof in charge of handling the expropriation.
The president s proposal declares that the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons is "of national public interest" and declares that building up the nation s supply is a priority.

 

earthquake

Strong quake struck off the coast of central Chile

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile late Monday but does not appear to have generated a major tsunami, according to US monitors.

The quake sent tremors through the Chilean capital Santiago, sparking concern and causing power outages, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, according to witnesses and local authorities.

The National Emergency Office (Onemi) ordered the precautionary evacuation of coastal areas from the northern town of Coquimbo to the southern region of Maule, but the navy said the earthquake was unlikely to cause a tsunami.

The US Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 11:50 pm (0350 GMT Tuesday) some 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Valparaiso, Chile at a depth of 25.9 kilometers (16.1 miles).

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, based in Hawaii, said there was no threat of a "destructive, widespread tsunami."

"However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within 100 kilometers (60 miles) of the earthquake epicenter," it said in a statement.

A massive earthquake off Chile on February 27, 2010 generated devastating tsunami waves, killing more than 500 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.

 

Four injured in emergency landing at Gatwick

The landing came about after a fire on board Monday, injuring four people and temporarily shutting the airport, the airline said.

The Airbus A330 headed for Orlando in Florida was carrying 13 crew and 299 passengers when it landed back at Gatwick at 12:30 pm (1130 GMT), blocking the single runway at Britain s second busiest airport for nearly two hours.

"Due to a technical problem, the captain decided as a precautionary measure to immediately evacuate the aircraft," the airline said in a statement.

"Virgin Atlantic can confirm that all the passengers and crew have now safely disembarked.

"We can confirm that there have been four minor injuries."

The statement said the airline was offering support to the passengers on board flight VS27.

"Virgin Atlantic is working closely with the authorities to establish the cause of this incident," it added.

A spokeswoman for the airline said they did not have further details of the injuries or how they happened.

Paramedics were not immediately available for comment.

Firefighters said there had been a fire on the plane but did not say where.

"We can confirm that we were in attendance at a small fire on an aircraft which has been extinguished," a spokeswoman for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service told AFP.

Gatwick said all inbound and outbound flights were halted for nearly two hours because the aircraft was still on the runway, before they were restarted just before 1330 GMT.

It said there would be "some knock-on delays."

Gatwick, south of the capital, is Britain s second largest air hub after London Heathrow and the busiest single-runway airport in the world, handling around 33 million passengers a year.

Television footage showed the grey and red aircraft on the runway surrounded by emergency vehicles, with its evacuation chutes extended.

 

IMF working with Egypt for loan

The International Monetary Fund said it was staying in close touch with Egyptian authorities as they work out a budget and round up political support that would make an IMF financing package possible.

"A financial arrangement to support Egypt's economic program will be presented to the IMF Executive Board once this work is completed and external financing from bilateral donors and other international institutions is confirmed," the IMF said in a statement.

An IMF mission was in Cairo from March 25 until Tuesday discussing details of an IMF-backed economic program. Egypt has sought a $3.2 billion financing arrangement from the IMF, following political turmoil that has heightened balance of payments pressures.

Earlier this month, the IMF said there would have to be broad political support from all political parties in the country before loan talks could be concluded, and it reiterated that point on Tuesday.

The IMF statement did indicate progress was being made.

"There was a shared understanding on the need to address short-term challenges facing the economy and to promote reforms that can help achieve higher and more inclusive growth going forward," the IMF said.

Any deal would need the backing of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), which has nearly half the seats in parliament.

World Bank picks Kim as president

The World Bank on Monday chose Korean-born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president, maintaining Washington's grip on the job and leaving developing countries questioning the selection process.

Kim, 52, won the job over Nigeria's widely respected finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, with the support of Washington's allies in Western Europe, Japan, Canada and some emerging market economies, including Russia, Mexico and South Korea.

ISLAMABAD: The family of Osama bin Laden is expected to be deported from Pakistan early on Wednesday morning, their lawyer and an intelligence official said.

The former Al-Qaeda leader's three widows and two of his daughters will complete a short sentence of detention for illegally entering and residing in Pakistan on Tuesday.
"They will go tonight or tomorrow early in the morning. After 12 (o'clock) tonight they can be deported any time," their lawyer Muhammad Aamir told AFP on Tuesday.
A Pakistani intelligence official confirmed the family was expected to be deported around midnight.

BRASILIA: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke to Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar about their shared responsibility to confront militants following Sunday's attacks in Afghanistan, the State Department said in a statement on Monday.
Afghanistan's Taliban attacked Kabul on Sunday with heavy explosions, rockets and gunfire in one of the most serious assaults on the capital in the past decade.
Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar "discussed the cowardly attacks in Afghanistan," the statement said."
(Clinton) underscored our shared responsibility for robust action ... to confront and defeat terrorists and violent extremists."

Clinton, who was visiting Brazil's capital, also discussed the "next steps in the US-Pakistani dialogue" following the conclusion of a Pakistani parliamentary review, State Department Victoria Nuland said.