Two suspected militants and a soldier have died in a gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. Air Max 90 Mesh Three people, including an army major and a policeman, have been injured in the fighting in Rajouri district. The fighting between the militants and security forces began on Sunday and continued overnight. Despite a decline in violence in Kashmir in recent years, there are fears that militants are trying to regroup. Air Max 90 Premium On Monday morning, police said the fighting, in which "two militants, belonging to [the Pakistan-based] Lashkar-e-Taiba (Soldiers of the Pure) group were killed along with an army soldier", was still continuing. Heavy rains in the region were hindering the operation in the remote mountainous forests of Shahdhara area, the police said. Meanwhile, a policeman in Indian-administered Kashmir who threw a shoe at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during India's independence day celebrations in Srinagar on Sunday is being questioned. Air Max 93 The shoe did not hit Mr Abdullah, who continued with the ceremony. A statement issued by the police said that the show-thrower, Abdul Ahad Jan, was a "suspended policeman." "During interrogation, he revealed that he had been approached by a leader of a political party," the police statement said, without identifying the party. In the past two months, the Kashmir Valley has been rocked by clashes between protesters and Indian forces that have left more than 50 civilians dead. Air Max 95 Hundreds of thousands of Indian troops are based in Muslim-majority Kashmir fighting a two-decade insurgency. Anti-India sentiment runs deep in the region, over which India and Pakistan both claim sovereignty and have fought two wars. Air max 97 Air Max BW Air Max Kids 180 Air Max LTD Air-Max-LTD2

Thousands of Roman Catholic pilgrims were evacuated from the Sanctuary of Lourdes in France after a bomb scare which turned out to be a hoax. Air Max 1 MeshThe threat came as 30,000 worshippers gathered for the annual Feast of the Assumption, one of the pilgrimage site's busiest days of the year.Police gave the all-clear for the site to reopen after a search by bomb disposal teams with sniffer dogs.More than six million believers visit the Sanctuary each year.It is famous for what many Roman Catholics believe was a vision of the Virgin Mary by a local girl in 1858.Air Max 1 PremiumIt houses the shrine or grotto to Our Lady of Lourdes and on 15 August believers celebrate the Virgin Mary's ascent to heaven.A Church spokesman told French news agency AFP that a telephoned warning had been received by police, announcing that four bombs were going to go off at around 1500 (1300GMT).He said the evacuation, just before the midday Mass, had taken place calmly.No explosions were heard at 1500, but bomb disposal teams could still be seen at key buildings and areas.Air Max 180Police later gave the all-clear and the site reopened.Cure claimsThe Sanctuary is the name given to the central area of the Lourdes pilgrimage site.The site is home to 22 places of worship, including the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, which marks the spot where pilgrims believe the Virgin Mary appeared.It was founded after a 14-year-old French girl, Bernadette Soubirous, claimed to have witnessed a series of visions in a cave. Air Max 180 Plus IISince then, many people suffering illness or infirmity claim to have been miraculously cured by spring water coming from the Sanctuary.Air Max 2003Air Max 2009Air Max 2009 IIAir Max 2009 IIIAir Max 2009 Leather

A woman has been banned from every Sainsbury's in the UK for redeeming the points on someone else's loyalty card.Air Max 90 PremiumChristine Turton, of Crosby, Merseyside, used an elderly woman's Nectar card to buy groceries.She said she believes she was given the wrong card by a cashier on a previous shopping trip.Merseyside Police arrested her on suspicion of fraud but she has been released without charge. Sainsbury's said the ban still applied.Mrs Turton, who has been shopping at the store for 26 years, said: "I don't see what I have done wrong other than being stupid and not checking a card which not many people do. Air Max 93"This is humiliating and degrading. I am just absolutely gobsmacked."Drugs testShe said the first she had heard of the situation was when a police officer knocked on her door in June.Merseyside Police said they had received a complaint from a 73-year-old man about his wife's Nectar card going missing with several hundreds of pounds worth of points on it.It had been used several times, police said. Air Max 95The man also told the store of his concerns and the manager traced the person believed to be using the card.Mrs Turton was arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation on 25 June.She said she had been put in a cell, searched, had to comply with a drugs test and had photos taken."It was humiliation at its worst," she said. She was released on bail the same day and told on 8 July no further action would be taken, the spokesman said.Air max 97Acting Ch Insp Neil Turner said Mrs Turton was only arrested after extensive checks with the supermarket."At the end of the day theft is theft, whether it's hundreds of pounds in cash or hundreds of pounds-worth of points and we were duty-bound to investigate this properly, as we did," he added.A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's said: "We want to serve our customers, so we never take this kind of action lightly or without investigation."Mrs Turton can appeal the ban but at this stage we stand by our decision."Air Max BWMrs Turton said she would fight to clear her name.Air Max Kids 180Air Max LTDAir Max LTD 2Air-Max-LTD2Air Max Plus

A former child combatant has gone on trial at Guantanamo Bay, the first detainee to face military justice under President Barack Obama. Air Max 180 Plus IICanadian citizen Omar Khadr, now 23, is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a US soldier during a gun battle in Afghanistan in 2002, when he was 15.He alleges that he was tortured into confessing to the murder.A UN envoy, Radhika Coomaraswamy, said the trial would set a dangerous precedent for child soldiers worldwide.However, the judge said the prosecution must show that Mr Khadr had had intent to commit a crime, and he told jurors they could consider his age in making their decision. Air Max 1Mr Obama had promised to close the controversial detention facility by January this year.Mr Khadr's trial will shine further light on both the camp and Mr Obama's failure to close it, the BBC's Kim Ghattas reports from Washington.'Clear standards'Military officers in the jury pool indicated that they saw no problem with trying Mr Khadr."Does anyone believe that juveniles should not be prosecuted for violent offences?" Prosecutor Jeff Groharing asked them.Air Max 1 Leather"Does anyone feel the accused should be held to a different standard because he was 15 years old at the time of the alleged offences?"None said they held those beliefs.The judge, Col Patrick Parrish, said the jury could consider the age of the defendant - now a tall, broad-shouldered and bushy-bearded man - at the time of his alleged crime."It's certainly something you may consider in deciding whether the government has proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt," he said. Air Max 1 MeshOpening arguments are due to begin on Wednesday in a trial expected to last about three weeks.Ms Coomaraswamy, special envoy for children in armed conflict, said no child had been prosecuted for a war crime since World War II."Juvenile justice standards are clear: children should not be tried before military tribunals," she said.'Sad, pathetic chapter'Prosecutors describe Mr Khadr as an al-Qaeda militant, who killed Sgt Christopher Speer when a US special forces unit raided one of the group's compounds in eastern Afghanistan. Air Max 1 PremiumMr Khadr was shot twice in the back during the firefight and was flown to Guantanamo shortly after.But the defence say Mr Khadr was himself a victim, forced into war by a family with close ties to al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.The US says his father, Ahmed Said Khadr, was an al-Qaeda financier before he was killed in a gun battle in Pakistan in 2003.The judge ruled earlier that the confessions Mr Khadr allegedly made while in custody could feature in the trial.Lt Col Jon Jackson, lawyer for the accused, had argued that they were obtained through "degrading treatment", including indirect threats of rape and death. Air Max 180On Tuesday, Lt Col Jackson attacked Mr Obama for allowing both Guantanamo to remain open and the tribunal to go ahead."President Obama has decided to write the next sad, pathetic chapter in the book of military commissions," he said."So forever Obama's military commissions will be remembered for starting with a case against a child soldier."The charges include murder, conspiracy and support of terrorism. Mr Khadr has refused an offer of 30 years in jail in exchange for a guilty plea. A conviction carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.Air Max 180 Plus IICanada has declined to intervene in Mr Khadr's trial, despite federal court rulings in Ottawa that his rights were violated when Canadian agents interrogated him at Guantanamo Bay.Air Max 2003Air Max 2009Air Max 2009 IIAir Max 2009 IIIAir Max 2009 Leather

Landslides have inundated two villages in northern Pakistan, as heavy rain continues to hamper efforts to help millions affected by flooding. Air Max 2010Officials said 28 bodies had been recovered and 25 more people were missing after the landslides.Pakistani media reported dozens more flood-related deaths as officials admitted they were struggling to cope. At least 1,600 people have died in the nation's worst deluge in 80 years. Some 14 million people have been affected.The landslides hit two villages in Gilgit-Baltistan province on Saturday, and officials are still trying to recover bodies from under the mud. Air Max 2010 LeatherIn another flood-related incident, at least 14 people were killed when a lorry carrying people across a river in Lower Dir province was swept away, according to local media.Food prices riseMost of the deaths have occurred in northern Pakistan, but as the rain has continued, the south is now also on red alert.One dam in the southern Sindh province has already been breached, and engineers are warning that the huge Tarbela and Mangla dams in the north are close to their maximum levels.Air Max 2010 MeshPakistan's meteorological office has warned that at least two more days of rain are expected in Sindh, where authorities have declared an "imminent" and "extreme" flood threat.Further downpours are also forecast in the badly-hit north-western province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Peshawar says places where floodwaters had receded are now submerged again.The UN's World Food Programme spokesman Amjad Jamal said things were getting worse, and the rain was hampering the relief work. Air Max 2012 LeatherHe said four million people would need food aid for the next three months.The UN's special envoy for the disaster, Jean-Maurice Ripert, told the Associated Press that the need for foreign aid was likely to grow as the reconstruction gets under way."The emergency phase will require hundreds of millions of dollars and the recovery and reconstruction part will require billions of dollars," he said. Air Max 2012The floods, brought on by seasonal monsoon rains, began in the north-west, but have now inundated a stretch of Pakistan about 1,000km (600 miles) long, primarily along the Indus river and its tributaries.With the flood surge heading south, authorities have evacuated more than half a million people living near the Indus as hundreds of villages have been inundated by floodwaters.Air Max 2012 LeatherAir Max 2012 MeshAir Max 24-7Air Max 24 7Air Max 360

Virender Sehwag took two early wickets to put Sri Lanka under pressure in their second innings as India seek to level the series in the third Test. Air Max 90 Chi TownAfter India were dismissed for 436, Sri Lankan opener Tharanga Paranavitana could only make 16 before edging Sehwag to wicketkeeper Mahendra Dhoni.Murali Vijay snared a catch from Tillakaratne Dilshan (13) off Sehwag (109), who had top-scored for India.The hosts have a 1-0 series lead after a 10-wicket win in the first Test.Air Max TN 10India resumed on day three of the final Test on 180-2 but quickly lost overnight batsmen Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar.Tendulkar added only one run to his score of 40 before edging paceman Lasith Malinga to wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene.Sehwag completed his 21st Test century off 90 balls when he pulled Randiv for his 18th four but, on 109, played a loose shot off the same bowler to give a simple catch to mid-off.The home side picked up the wickets of VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina and India skipper Dhoni in the afternoon session.Air Max 90 CLLaxman (56) edged a catch to slip and Raina (62) played a check shot to short mid-wicket, both off Ajantha Mendis.Malinga removed Dhoni for 15 as he went to pull a short delivery and gloved a catch to Mahela Jayawardene.Off-spinner Suraj Randiv wrapped up the innings with the last three wickets to finish with career-best figures of 4-80.After breaking the 64-run eighth-wicket partnership between Abhimanyu Mithun (46) and Amit Mishra (40), Randiv followed up with Ishant Sharma for just eight. Air Max TN 8Sri Lanka lead by 34 runs with eight wickets in hand after Kumar Sangakkara (12) and nightwatchman Randiv (0) saw the hosts through a nervous last 12 minutes after Sehwag's early strikes on a pitch which is showing sharp turn and duly favouring spinners.Air Max 90 ClassicAir Max 90 Current FlywireAir Max 90 HighAir Max 90 LeatherAir Max 90 Mesh

An extreme storm may have contributed to the deaths of famed climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine as they tried to reach Everest's summit in 1924. Air Max 2010That is the conclusion of a new study using weather data recorded during their historic expedition.Mallory and Irvine were sighted on 8 June 1924, scaling Everest's north-east ridge, before vanishing.The storm caused a pressure drop big enough to deprive the climbers of oxygen, the new study proposes.Air Max 2009 IIIThe research, published in the journal Weather, focuses on meteorological measurements from the 1924 expedition, which the authors uncovered at the Royal Geographical Society library in London.Although the data were published as a table in a 1926 report on the expedition, they were never analysed for information on the disappearance of Mallory and Irvine until this study.The researchers analysed barometric pressure measurements and found that during the Mallory and Irvine summit attempt, there was a pressure drop at Everest base camp of approximately 18 millibars (mbar).Air Max 2009 LeatherLead author GW Kent Moore, from the University of Toronto, Canada, described this as "quite a large drop".He said: "We concluded that Mallory and Irvine most likely encountered a very intense storm as they made their way towards the summit."The finding is potentially controversial, because a debate still rages over whether the climbers reached Everest's summit before vanishing on its slopes. Air Max TN 8Professor Moore told BBC News: "I think it is fair to say that the existence of the storm would have greatly complicated Mallory and Irvine's summit attempt."Dr John Semple, chief of surgery at the Women's College Hospital in Toronto, said: "Mount Everest is so high that there is barely enough oxygen near its summit to sustain life and a drop of pressure of four mbar at the summit is sufficient to drive individuals into a hypoxic state."The authors of the study propose that the pressure drop and ensuing hypoxia contributed to the climbers' deaths, together with existing stresses such as the extreme cold, high winds and the uncertainty over their route to the summit.Air Max 2009 IIIMountaineer Noel Odell was climbing behind Mallory and Irvine and was the last person to see them alive as they disappeared from view on the mountain's north-east ridge.Odell claimed that a blizzard had occurred on the afternoon that the climbers disappeared. But many writers ignored this, as Odell believed that it had lasted only for a short period of time.Mallory's body was discovered in 1999, but this has not yielded any clues to whether the summit was reached.Air Max 2009 Leather SiIt would take until 1953 for climbers to reach the summit of Everest and return to tell the tale.New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay scaled the peak on 29 May as part of the ninth British expedition to the Himalayan mountain.Air Max+ 2009Air Max 2010Air Max 2010 LeatherAir Max 2010 MeshAir Max 2012

Many people fear helping a child in need in case witnesses think an attempt is being made to abduct the youngster, a UK survey suggests. Air Max 2012A total of 44% of men and 28% of women told researchers they would be wary of helping a child for this reason.The research also suggests 79% of adults believe community spirit has weakened since they were children.The survey of more than 2,000 adults and children was carried out by ICM for children's charity Play England.Nearly half (47%) of the adults questioned said it was unsafe for children to play out without supervision, while one in three parents said they were concerned they would be judged by their neighbours if they let their children play out in this way. Air Max 2012 LeatherHowever, it also found that 81% of the adults questioned believed children playing outside helped to improve community spirit, with 70% saying that it made an area more desirable to live in.Adrian Voce, director of Play England, said: "This survey highlights that children are increasingly isolated and unable to play outside with friends."More than half the parents we spoke to told us they only feel confident for their children to play outside if other children are playing out too. They want to give children that freedom but are worried about the dangers and about what people will think. Air Max 2012 Mesh"The danger is that these anxieties are perpetuating a cycle of children being denied important opportunities to enjoy their childhood and develop healthy, active lifestyles. This is storing up huge problems for the future."Children with regular access to playable spaces are much more likely to enjoy childhood and grow up healthier and happier."As well as the fear that their motives for helping a child might be questioned, some adults also feared what the child's response would be. Air Max 24-7One in three said they would hesitate to help a child in need of assistance in their neighbourhood because they would be worried that the child might be abusive to them.ICM Research interviewed a random sample of 1034 adults in the UK aged 18+ by telephone between 16 and 17 June 2010. They also interviewed a random sample of 1031 children and young people aged seven to 14 across the UK by telephone between 16 and 22 June 2010Air Max 24 7Air Max 360Air Max 90Air Max 90-360Air Max 90 360