METRO Monday, October 19, 2009 D MENU THE Home Digest 4 Guilty Pleasures Celebrity gossip 6 World Digest 10 MetroLife Arts and entertainment 12-13 60 Second Interview Filmmaker Kevin Smith 14 TV 14-15 Puzzles & Letters 16-17 Classifieds 18-19 Sport 20-24 Help keep Dublin clean and tidy for everyone by taking your Metro with you and recycling it TODAY: A dull, overcast and breezy day. Max: 13C TOMORROW: Windy with rain, clearing a bit later. Max: 13C LOTTO SATURDAYS DRAW 03 17 19 23 37 45 Bonus: 16 Plus 1: 07 09 13 20 30 43 Bonus: 16 Plus 2: 01 06 07 22 30 37 Bonus: 42 METRO Weather Pakistan-Taliban warfare kills 66 PAKISTANI troops fought the Taliban in fierce battles near the Afghan border yesterday. A Taliban spokesman vowed to fight to our last drop of blood to defend the stronghold of South Waziristan. A Pakistan army statement said 60 militants had been killed, along with six soldiers, since Saturday in the region the army has been trying to wrest from the Taliban since 2004. DID YOU KNOW? PETROLEUM magnate Nubar Gulbenkian launched a $10million lawsuit in 1939, after his fathers firm for which he worked unpaid refused him $4.50 for a meal. Dublin may get a new ghost bike DUBLIN may be getting its second ghost bike memorial. The white bicycles are found in more than a hundred locations around the world as a reminder of the dangers of cycling. The bike at Harolds Cross Bridge is in memory of Zu Zhang Wong, who was hit by a truck. Dr Mike McKillen said arrangements are being made to speak to the family of a cyclist who died on Merchants Quay recently. BY KATE McCARTHY Retailer code is backward ESRI A CODE of practice for the grocery sector aimed at protecting Irish suppliers would have the opposite effect and should be with- drawn, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has said. The economic think tank has described proposals put forward by Tnaiste and enter- prise minister Mary Coughlan as protec- tionist and backward. It said the proposals, which are intended to protect Irish suppliers, would result in consumers paying higher prices and retailers choosing to stock im- ports over Irish products. Paul Gorecki of the ESRI said that suppli- ers should be encouraged to adapt and com- pete with imports rather than being protected by a code. He claimed that the marketplace is already operating as it should and that retailers can- not offer the best value to consumers if they do not have the freedom to seek out lower prices. The Competition Authority and the Mus- grave Group are also reported to be against the proposals. Musgraves, which owns the Supervalu and Centra franchises, said the code would lead to retailers sourcing more of their stock from abroad. However, the Irish Farmers Association is in favour of the proposals, claiming super- markets are forcing farmers to accept prices which are less than they have spent produc- ing the product. The draft code also includes the appoint- ment of an ombudsman and the abolition of so-called hello money. FanTaSTIc MISS Fox Aquarium shark is no angelA MAN was bitten by a shark at an aquarium in North Queensferry, Scotland. The 23-year-old staff diver suffered between 15 and 20 lacerations, each roughly a centimetre long, in the attack at Deep Sea World in Fife, near Edinburgh. He was bitten on the hand by an angel shark also known as a monkfish which is usually about 1.5m (5ft) long. The angel shark is an ambush predator which lies in wait for unsuspecting prey to venture close enough before attacking them. The mans wounds were dressed by paramedics and he was later released. In a statement, Deep Sea World bosses said: A member of staff had received an injury while diving in the aquariums main ocean display. The member of staff was treated at the aquarium but did not require hospitalisation. An investigation into the incident has begun. The centre has been trying to raise awareness of shark conservation as part of European Shark Week. The last 15 years have seen an 80-per cent drop in the shark population, and 20 per cent of the European species are on the verge of critical status for survival. Using a mixture of exhibitions, entertaining talks, feeding demonstrations and fun activities, Shark Week aims to dispel many of the popular misconceptions of sharks as mindless man- eaters by showing the facts behind the fiction. Sultry Megan Fox accepts the Best Sci-Fi Actress award for her role in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen at Spike TVs Scream 2009, at the Greek Theatre in LA, California Picture: Getty Former Met chief rewriting history RELATIVES of Jean Charles de Menezes have condemned as offensive comments made by former London Met police chief Sir Ian Blair that the officers who shot the Brazilian dead on a London tube train in 2005 should be given medals. A family spokeswoman accused Mr Blair of trying to rewrite history. STUDENTS from across Ireland who served as interns in Hillary Clintons US office yesterday praised her support for the countrys future. The US Secretary of State met up with the former students during her recent Belfast visit as they celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Washington-Ireland Programme for Service and Leadership (WIP). Bryan OConnell from Limerick City was an intern with Senator Clinton in 2004 when he was a student at University College Dublin. He said: You could see Hillary Clinton was committed to Ireland in her engagement on issues related to both economic and political matters. clinton praised by Irish students Committed: Hillary Clinton index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html