Sunday's final will be a rematch of the teams' opening Group C clash in the competition which the Pharoahs won 4-2.

Ivory Coast created the first surprise of the night when they started Arsenal center-half Kolo Toure, who suffered a groin injury against Benin in a group game and was understood to have played his last match of the competition.

Now, saline water worries flood-hit Malwa farmers

Meanwhile, Badal said he would be taking up the issue of bonus on paddy to farmers with the union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar. He would be demanding a hike on the expected bonus of Rs 40 per quintal and also seek immediate announcement in this regard.

Badal also categorically denied that the deputy commissioner and SSP of Amritsar were being shifted at the behest of Bikram Singh Majithia, minister for public relations. Badal said Majithia had clarified that he was wrongly quoted in the media as having demanded the transfer of the DC and the SSP for bad handling of the function to mark the birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

On the issue of media reports that certain IPS officers had held a meeting to discuss the matter, Badal said as per my knowledge no meeting has been held but he added I can assure all officers that no undue action will be taken and all cases will be dealt on merit and on available evidence.

Puppy love | FERN REED YARNICK

Stephen, my 5-year-old grandson, has become the apple of his grandmother's eye. Not to take away from his sister or his cousin, Stephen is the picture of innocence. Sitting in my apartment one day, my little cherub made a profound statement: "I am going to marry you, Gammy," he said softly. Shocked, I turned and said, "What did you say?" After repeating himself, I smiled, "Well, OK." A few weeks later, I saw my grandson in church. He was sporting a pair of new glasses that were just right for his face.Later that day, I called him on the telephone. "Stephen, you look so cute in your glasses. You are going to be so handsome when I come down the aisle to get married."I can't marry you," he quipped. "Why not," I countered? Quick as a flash, he had the answer. "I have another girlfriend.""Where did you meet her?""In preschool," he explained."Did she get you a valentine?" You could tell in his voice that he had run out of answers.

Huckabee, Obama win multiple contests

Puerto Rico anchors the Democratic calendar, with 55 delegates chosen in caucuses on June 7.If Super Tuesday failed to settle the campaign, it produced a remarkable surge in fundraising.Obama's aides announced he had raised more than $7 million on line in the two days that followed.Clinton disclosed she had loaned her campaign $5 million late last month in an attempt to counter her rival's Super Tuesday television advertising. She raised more than $6 million in the two days after the busiest night in primary history.The television ad wars continued unabated.Obama has been airing commercials for more than a week in television markets serving every state that has a contest though Feb 19.Clinton began airing ads midweek in Washington state, Maine and Nebraska, and added Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia on Friday.The exit poll was conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International for The Associated Press and the television networks.

Energy Independence Is Stupid (Updated)

Instead everyone wants the costs to go and at same time the demand to decrease. Politically need to link security, economics, climate change, and Apple Pie together and put a surcharge on non-renewable energy supplies and redirect that money into renewables. And understand it will take time (as in a decade or two) to make a sizable shift.