Striker Jayden Stockley returns to the Aberdeen squad for the Scottish Cup quarter-final against Partick Thistle.

The Dons are, however, without injured trio Jonny Hayes, Mark Reynolds and Ryan Jack.
Partick Thistle welcome defender Mustapha Dumbuya back from injury for the match.
On-loan Crawley winger Jason Banton could be available but Sean Welsh, Ryan Scully, Stuart Bannigan and Gary Fraser all remain out injured.
Aberdeen assistant manager Tony Docherty: "It's a Partick Thistle side in fine form. I watched them against Dundee the other night and it was another fantastic victory for them.
"They have won their last four matches comfortably without conceding a goal and scored six. They are riding high and full of confidence, and we realise we need to be at our best to beat Partick Thistle.
"They aren't losing a lot of goals so we need to be patient in our build-up and we need to be clinical. When opportunities arise we have to take them, and that's something perhaps we can learn from the other night's defeat."
Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald: "We'll be tested to the max come Sunday. But we've defended really well in the last few weeks. We've competed well enough against Aberdeen this season. We've got enough belief that we can go and do it."


Mercedes blamed a lack of clarity about tyre-testing procedure for the controversy surrounding Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix.

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Hamilton's victory was in doubt for a couple of hours after it emerged one of his tyres was below the minimum recommended pressure before the race.
But stewards took no action following an investigation that established Mercedes had operated the car safely.
"It is about the procedure when you measure the tyre," Toto Wolff said.
Wolff, Mercedes' F1 boss, said the team had correctly followed the procedure for measuring the tyre pressures established by manufacturer Pirelli but that they had been measured by governing body the FIA outside the stipulated period.
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The FIA referred the issue to the race stewards after Hamilton's left-rear tyre was found to be 0.3psi below the minimum requirement, after the signal indicating five minutes to go before the start of the race.
But Wolff said the procedure agreed with Pirelli had been to measure the pressure before that.
"We followed the procedure established with Pirelli, which was to have the tyres in the blankets, check the pressures together with Pirelli," Wolff said.
"The pressures were well above the minimum because safety is important for us. The tyres on the car - for whatever reason, maybe because the tyres cooled down - a different pressure was found on one of the tyres. It was a tiny discrepancy."
The stewards said in their verdict that the electric blankets that maintain the tyre pressures had been disconnected.
Wolff said that the FIA needed to make clear a specific procedure that was clear to all before the next race in Singapore on 18-20 September.
He also said he could "absolutely rule out" any attempt to let the tyre pressure drop before the race in search of a performance advantage.
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A higher pressure limit was set by Pirelli for the Italian race after two high-speed failures at the previous race in Belgium.
"We have worked the whole week after Spa with Pirelli to find solutions in order to make those tyres safe," Wolff said.
"We were very much part of trying to guide them on minimum tyre pressures and minimum camber, which we already had on our car at Spa.
"So I can rule out that we would be the ones who were trying to gain an advantage in a way which is absolutely unscientific and uncontrollable."
Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg was also found to have a too-low tyre pressure - by 1.1psi in his case.
The German retired from the race with an engine failure while running third with two laps to go.
Hamilton leads Rosberg in the championship by 53 points with 175 still available over the remaining seven races.
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Paralysed jockey Freddy Tylicki has been moved out of intensive care and into a spinal ward.

A statement by the Injured Jockeys Fund added that Tylicki and his family "are very relieved that his condition is improving" but he would remain in hospital "for some time".
Tylicki was injured in a four-horse pile-up at Kempton on 31 October.
Earlier, Tylicki tweeted about the "long road in front of me" in his first public comments since the accident.
The 30-year-old added that he was "struggling and fighting".
He also thanked people for their support, with a fund having raised more than £270,000 so far.
Tylicki was paralysed from the waist down following the incident, with champion jockey Jim Crowley and Ted Durcan suffering minor injuries.
A fourth jockey, Steve Drowne, and all the horses, were unhurt.
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A painting by the French artist Henri Matisse, stolen more than a decade ago, has been handed back to the Venezuelan authorities by US officials.

The painting, Odalisque in Red Pants,  was recovered in Miami Beach in an undercover operation two years ago.
An American and a Mexican citizen were both arrested and convicted of theft.
The painting, which used to be on display in a museum in Caracas, was replaced by a fake but the switch took years to discover.
It was exchanged for a bad copy sometime between 1999 and 2002 but it was not until 2003 that officials at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas realised what had happened.
The original was found by US undercover agents in a hotel room in Miami.
"The work is in extraordinary condition, with only slight imperfections on the edges, but it is fine,"  said Joel Espinoza, an official with Venezuela's attorney general's office.
The painting was flown back and arrived in Venezuela  on Monday  where it will go on public display in two weeks time.
Painted in 1925, Odalisque in  Red Pants has been valued at more than $3m.
It was bought by the Venezuelan government from a gallery in New York in 1981.


A former property developer who faked his own kidnapping has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Kevin McGeever, 71, of Clontarf in Dublin, was at Galway Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday and admitted wasting police time, RTÉ reports.
He told gardaí (Irish police) in 2013 he had been abducted and held in captivity for eight months.
McGeever was found on a roadside in County Leitrim in a dishevelled state in January that year.
He later told gardaí he had been kidnapped at gunpoint and held in a steel container, possibly underground, by his captors.
His statements prompted a six-week investigation, costing €86,500 (£68,000) and involving over 3,000 hours of police time.
The court heard McGeever owed a considerable amount of money to investors following the economic crash.
He hoped the claim of kidnapping would get them off his back.
McGeever's defence counsel John Jordan said his client had done something "incredibly stupid" and regretted his actions.
A judge said the charge was of considerable gravity, but in light of the defendant's age and the burden already carried by taxpayers as a result of his crime, he suspended the sentence.
When asked afterwards if he was glad the matter was resolved, McGeever said: "Figure that out yourself".


Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has won part of a human rights case against the Norwegian state.

The court upheld his claim that some of his treatment amounted to "inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".
After the judgement, Breivik's lawyer, Oystein Storrvik, called for his solitary confinement to be repealed.
Breivik, a right-wing extremist, killed 69 people at a summer camp for young centre-left political activists on the island of Utoeya in July 2011.
Earlier that day, he set off a car bomb in the capital, Oslo, killing eight people.
In her ruling, judge Helen Andenaes Sekulic said the right not to be subjected to inhuman treatment represented "a fundamental value in a democratic society" and also applied to "terrorists and killers".
Breivik had challenged the government over his solitary confinement, which saw him kept alone in his cell for 22 to 23 hours a day, denied contact with other inmates and only communicating with prison staff through a thick glass barrier.
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His prison regime deviated so markedly from that enforced upon any other prisoner in Norway, regardless of the severity of their crimes, that it had to be considered an extra punishment, the judge said.
However, article three of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) required that prisoners be detained in conditions that did not exceed the unavoidable level of suffering inherent in detention, given the practical requirements of the particular case, she said.
The prison authorities had also not done enough to counteract the damage he had suffered from being in isolation, she said.
Judge Sekulic also noted that Breivik had been woken up every half hour at night over a long period of time and on some occasions subjected to strip searches with female officers present, which he found particularly difficult.
"Taken together with the other stringent restrictions which he was subject, this was regarded as degrading treatment in the Convention sense," said the judge, Norwegian national broadcaster NRK reported.
State lawyer Marius Emberland said the government was surprised by the verdict but had not decided whether to appeal.
If neither side appeals within four weeks, the prison is obliged to make Breivik's regime more lenient in line with the judge's remarks, NRK reported.
The prison must work to bring in other prisoners and "facilitate a community", the judge said.
However, the judge ruled that strict controls on Breivik's correspondence were justified and his right to a private and family life under article eight of the ECHR had not been violated.
The court also ordered the Norwegian state to pay Breivik's legal costs of 330,000 kroner ($40,000; Â£28,000).
Eskil Pedersen, a survivor of the shootings on Utoeya island, said he was "surprised, and then angry and upset" by the ruling.
"It was like being punched in the gut that the perpetrator won such a public victory," he told NRK.
Another survivor, Bjorn Ihler, tweeted that the judgement in Breivik's favour showed Norway had a "working court system, respecting human rights even under extreme conditions".
Lisbeth Kristine Roeyneland, who runs a support group for the victims' families, told NRK she was surprised and "a little disappointed", but also relieved that the ruling prevented him making contact with other extremists.


Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is having a medical ahead of a proposed move to Manchester United in a deal worth in excess of £25m.

The Saints have confirmed that an agreement is in place for the transfer.
Schneiderlin now looks set to join Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger on United's pre-season tour of the United States.
United have already signed PSV forward Memphis Depay and Torino defender Matteo Darmian this summer.
Southampton confirmed they had rejected a bid from United for the 25-year-old France international last week.
But, providing there are no unforeseen issues, Schneiderlin will now join Louis van Gaal, Schweinsteiger and their new team-mates on their flight to Seattle for the start of their US tour on Monday afternoon.
Last summer, Schneiderlin was a target for Tottenham and he missed the start of pre-season after telling the club he was "not mentally or physically ready" to play after a bid was rejected.
But he went on to make 30 appearances for the Saints last season as they finished in seventh place.
Schneiderlin join the Saints from Strasbourg in 2008 for £1.2m and has played for them in League One, the Championship and the Premier League.
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Police have said a car which crashed in Enniskillen in the early hours of Saturday had failed to stop for police shortly before it hit a roundabout.

Five people were taken to hospital just before 02:00 BST after the accident at the Johnston Bridge roundabout.
One of them, a 23-year-old man, is said to be in a critical condition.
A sixth person, an 18-year-old man, was arrested but has since been released on bail pending further inquiries.
A number of roads in the area remain closed.
PSNI Insp Rod Flood said: "It is believed that six people were inside the car at the time of the incident.
"Two females, aged 42 and 22, and two males, aged 28 and 27, have been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment to injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
"One male, aged 23, has been taken to a nearby hospital with serious head injuries. His condition is described as critical."
BBC News NI reporter Julian Fowler visited the scene of the crash.
"The blue Ford Focus was travelling down the Cornagrade Road when it appears to have mounted the pavement and collided with a metal railing," he said.
"It then travelled across a traffic island before stopping in the middle of the roundabout."
Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
The Johnston Bridge roundabout at the junction with the Cornagrade Road, Queen Elizabeth Road, Queen Street and Halls Lane remain closed to traffic.


Singer Tulisa Contostavlos has been charged with drink driving after she allegedly crashed her Ferrari in north London.

The former X Factor star's car collided with a Saab outside Southgate Tube station on 10 September last year.
The singer was also charged with dangerous driving, a Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed on 7 March.
She has been released on bail and will appear at Highbury Magistrates Court on 4 April.
A conviction for drink driving could see the former N-Dubz singer banned from driving for up to a year, while a conviction for dangerous driving would result in an obligatory ban of one year.
The crash took place at a roundabout outside the tube station shortly before midnight.
Officers were called and Ms Contostavlos was breathalysed at the scene. The singer was arrested and held in custody before being released on bail pending further enquiries.
Ms Contostavlos had taken possession of the sports car just days before the incident.
The singer was a judge on ITV singing talent show the X Factor from 2011 to 2012.
Prior to that, she was a member of the London hip-hop group N-Dubz. They formed in 2000 and confirmed their split in 2012.


The former Coronation Street set is to be demolished following the soap's move to a new site.

The set on the old Granada TV lot in central Manchester was turned into a visitor attraction after filming moved to Trafford in January.
But developer Allied London, which bought the Quay Street site for Â£26m last year, is planning to build flats, shops and offices in its place.
The set had been used since 1982 but was refused listed status in 2012.
English Heritage said the complex was not sufficiently historic or architecturally significant to be listed.
The set has attracted more than 200,000 visitors since opening as a temporary tourist attraction in April.
The attraction is due to close on 4 October, although it could be extended to allow it to remain open until demolition work begins. The redevelopment of the area is due to start next year.
An ITV spokesperson said: "Coronation Street's new home is at MediaCityUK and the tour at Quay Street was always for a limited time.
"Although we can't confirm the official closure date - once the tour has closed, ITV will return the site to Allied London with the Coronation Street lot removed."
Glenda Young, editor of the Coronation Street Blog, said it was bad for fans and urged the developers to retain something from the street.
"It seems a shame," she said. "Even if there's just a bit of the old cobbles left, or Maxine's bench, or something that we know, it would be ideal.
"Make it a place for people to go and sit and be a focal point for that piece of Coronation Street history and culture. Once that's gone, there's nowhere else for fans to go.
"The Hacienda [nightclub] has been turned into flats, but people still turn up and have a look to see a bit of the old Hacienda."
But she admitted a full tourist attraction would probably not be viable in the long term.
"I think something like that's got a shelf life, and now that we all know they film on a different set anyway, the novelty would wear off," she said.


The use of food banks in Scotland has risen by two-thirds over the last year, according to new figures from the charity the Trussell Trust.

It issued a three-day supply of emergency food on 117,689 occasions last year - a 65% increase on the figures for the previous year.
More than 36,000 of the parcels were distributed to children.
Across the UK, the trust's food banks were used more than one million times in 2014/15.
In 2011, there was one food bank in Scotland operated in partnership with the Trussell Trust.
The charity said that as of April 2015, it had 50 food banks in 27 Scottish local authorities.
The trust records the number of times that adults and children are given a three-day supply of emergency food from its centres.
It does not measure the number of individual users - but estimates that more than 65% were only helped once over a six month period, while 7.5% needed four or more vouchers.
The charity has broken the figures on food bank use down by council areas - with its food banks in Glasgow being used 18,000 times in the last financial year.
The figure was about 14,000 in Edinburgh and more than 10,000 in Fife.
The charity said the main reasons behind people being referred to its food banks were due to a benefit delay, low income or a benefit change.
Low income showed the biggest numerical rise, with 24,609 people referred for this reason in 2014/15 compared with 13,552 the previous year,  an increase of more than 80%.
Ewan Gurr, Scotland network manager at The Trussell Trust, said: "Despite welcome signs of economic recovery, hunger continues to affect significant numbers of men, women and children in Scotland.
"The full extent of the problem could well be much wider as the Trussell Trust figures do not include people who are helped by other food charities or those who feel too ashamed to seek help."
The charity said as well as providing food it was also offering support services, including debt counselling and welfare advice.
Mr Gurr added: "The latest figures highlight how vital it is that we all work to prevent and relieve hunger in the United Kingdom. It is absolutely crucial that we listen to the challenges of those using food banks to truly understand the nature of the challenges people face.
"The experiences of those who experience hunger is the key to finding a solution."
The Trussell Trust, which partners with churches and communities, operates more than 1,200 food distribution centres across the UK.
A scoping study funded by the Scottish government in 2013 to provide insight into the extent of food aid provision in Scotland reported that the Trussell Trust's data is a good indicator of general provision and demand trends and reasons for demand experienced by other providers of food parcels.
The study recognised that there are many non-Trust food banks - they account for only 20% of all food centres in Glasgow - but that there is no definitive list of Scottish food banks.


For many, Claudio Bravo's first five months in English football were neatly summed up by the caller to the BBC's 606 phone-in last weekend who dubbed the Manchester City goalkeeper a 'false no. 1'.

The 33-year-old Chile international arrived with a reputation for fancy footwork but is now, to some, thought of as being a shot-stopper who does not stop shots - something Everton took full advantage of when they scored with every effort they had on target in Sunday's 4-0 win.
City's defence admittedly did not do much to help him at Goodison Park, but Bravo has now conceded a total of 23 goals from the 57 shots on target he has faced in the Premier League this season.
"It looks like people are playing City and thinking if they hit the target, they will score," MOTD2 pundit Phil Neville said in his analysis after watching Bravo's latest less than convincing performance.
"It is not even as if they are all going into the corners of the net - he is being beaten in the central areas of his goal too."
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Do the stats back up that belief Bravo should have done better? According to Tom Worville, a data scientist at football analysts Opta, the answer is a resounding yes.
Using an historical database built using information such as the build-up, distance, angle and placement of more than 250,000 shots, Opta can evaluate 'Expected Goals' - the quality of any chance a player has, and how likely it is to be saved.
Or, in Bravo's case, whether it should have been...
Based on the historic quality of those 57 shots on target against City, only 16 should have beaten Bravo, not 23.
The £15.4m summer signing from Barcelona has conceded 6.7 goals more than he should have done, putting him in the bottom five of the 23 Premier League keepers to have faced more than 100 shots in 2016-17.
It gets worse for Bravo when Opta focus on his current eight-game run that has seen him concede 14 goals from 22 shots on target.
"Of those 22 shots, we get an 'Expected Goals' figure of 7.33 - so he has conceded nearly double than expected in that time," added Worville. "It's a huge deficit, and the figures are pretty damning.
"I'm hesitant to jump to the conclusion that Bravo is a poor goalkeeper - we know that he isn't - but he's having a terrible time at the moment."
Most keepers are having a better time right now, including all of Bravo's counterparts at other top-six clubs.
It is a 12-goal swing from Bravo's figures to those of Burnley's Tom Heaton, the Premier League's top performer by Opta's calculations.
Heaton has saved almost five 'expected' goals this season - enough to give him the edge over the likes of Tottenham's Hugo Lloris and Arsenal's Petr Cech, who average around three apiece.
David de Gea has 'saved' one goal for Manchester United while Liverpool's Simon Mignolet has conceded one more than expected. All of them are doing much better than Bravo, though.
Few City fans thought that allowing Joe Hart to leave for a season in Serie A was a good idea back in August. It is possible only Pep Guardiola thinks that is the case now.
Over in Italy, Hart has had a positive effect to the Torino backline, despite conceding the same amount of goals and playing the same number of minutes as Bravo at City.
Bravo has delivered in one area for City, however, and it is the main reason they signed him in the first place.
His passing accuracy in his 18 Premier League games so far is 71.5%, ranked second only to Lloris. That might provide some solace to Guardiola, although even he would probably prefer it if his keeper started making some saves.
"Considering Joe Hart has conceded about one goal fewer than expected, it's easy to jump to the conclusion that with him between the sticks, City may have conceded fewer this season," Worville explained.
"Hart's playing behind a different defence though, which definitely has an impact on the quality of shots that he's facing.
"Additionally there's a lot more to goalkeeping than making stops, with the distribution side of things being one of the main reasons Bravo was bought back in the summer.
"Having Hart in the team may have lead to fewer goals conceded, but at the same time it may have impacted the style of play Pep wanted to implement."


A memorial to people cared for at a Dorset hospice has been vandalised a fortnight after it opened.

One thousand handmade sunflowers were unveiled in Poole Park earlier this month, each representing someone cared for at Forest Holme Hospice.
A spokeswoman said 12 had been "aggressively smashed to pieces" sometime on Sunday.
Dorset Police confirmed it was looking into a report of criminal damage.
The appeal, inspired by the 2014 ceramic poppy memorial at the Tower of London, encouraged families to buy a sunflower with the name of a relative who stayed at the hospice.
The hospice spokeswoman added: "This was a heartless and needless act which is not only upsetting for those who have dedicated a flower to a loved one, but will also result in a financial loss of Â£300 for our charity."
Supporters have since started an online fundraising effort to recoup the losses.
Sammy Reeves, 26, who set up an online collection, said she was "so angry" after hearing news of the vandalism.
"It's not just the time and effort in setting up the sunflowers, but it creates a lot of hurt and upset - it's just vile."


Western US states are baking in an extended heatwave, with temperatures threatening to break the all-time high recorded on Earth.

In Phoenix, Arizona, the mercury hit 47C (116F) on Friday, and in the desert of Death Valley, California, the thermometer approached 51C.
The heatwave is expected to last through the weekend.
Cities in the region are opening cooling centres and officials fear the heat could delay air travel.
Most large aircraft can operate in temperatures up to 52C, but readings as low as 47C could affect lift-off conditions.
A US Airways spokesman said the airline would be monitoring temperatures in Phoenix "very closely".
Michael Fedo of Scottsdale, Arizona, told the BBC his family was spending less time outdoors as the temperature rose and that he had taken to shopping for food in the middle of the night.
"I've installed blackout shades on every window in my house," he said.
"I'm a fourth-generation native of Phoenix so I expect it to be hot. But when it goes above 45C it hurts to breathe. The heat sucks the energy from your core."
The National Weather Service has issued a heat warning for several parts of the region, including Las Vegas, until Monday morning. Parts of five states including Colorado and Utah will see temperatures higher than 37C over the weekend.
"We'll be at or above record levels in the Phoenix area and throughout a lot of the south-western United States," meteorologist Mark O'Malley said.
Temperatures in Death Valley in the California desert are forecast to reach 53C over the weekend. The hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth, 57C, was marked there almost 100 years ago on 10 July 1913.
Weather officials say the extreme weather is caused by a high-pressure system stuck over the area.
Scientists say the North American jet stream, the path of air that influences weather patterns, has become more erratic in the past few years, making weather systems more likely to become stuck in place.
But they disagree on whether global warming is the cause of the jet stream's behaviour.
The US Border Patrol's search, trauma and rescue unit has added extra personnel this weekend as the threat of exhaustion and dehydration rises for those attempting to cross the US-Mexico border illegally on foot.
At least seven migrants were found dead in Arizona's desert last week in lower temperatures. Border officials in Tucson, Arizona, rescued more than 170 people suffering from the heat during a 30-day period in May and June.
Utility officials planned to monitor electricity usage closely over the weekend but were not immediately concerned about overloads.
"While it's hot, people tend to leave town and some businesses aren't open, so that has a tendency to mitigate demand and is why we typically don't set records on weekends," said spokesman Scott Harelson of Phoenix-area utility Salt River Project.
And zookeepers at the Phoenix Zoo were expected to keep outdoor animals chilled with water hoses and concrete slabs cooled by internal water-filled pipes.


More than 30 people have been arrested as part of a major investigation into the sexual exploitation of children and young people in Northern Ireland.

A number have already appeared in court charged with sexual exploitation and other offences.
The police have identified a group of 22 young people - aged between 13 and 18 -  that may have been abused.
The investigation follows a review of cases of young people missing from the care system over the past 18 months.
A team of 15 detectives and social workers is working on the investigation.
The issue is to be discussed at Stormont on Monday during  a joint meeting of the assembly's health and justice committees.
By Vincent KearneyBBC NI home affairs correspondent
Almost two years ago, a survey by the charity, Barnardos, claimed two thirds of young girls in care homes here were at risk of sexual exploitation.
The charity provided the police with the names of potential victims. That survey was funded by the Department of Health.
The vast majority of the victims were young girls. It is understood a small number of young boys were also involved.
Police fear the number of victims will increase.
At this stage, police have not uncovered any evidence to suggest this is the work of a large-scale sex ring or sex rings.
Police talk of loose associations of people and friends who groom these young people by buying them gifts, taking them out and providing them with drink and drugs and then having sex with them - in some cases, then passing them around to other people.
Most of the suspected offenders are in their early 20s but the eldest under suspicion is 60.
Police say they have firm suspects in each of the cases being investigated.
The number of arrests is expected to increase.
Health Minister Edwin Poots and Justice Minister David Ford are due to attend the Stormont meeting.
In a statement, Mr Poots said: "The Safeguarding Board Northern Ireland has identified child sexual exploitation as a priority and is developing and agreeing a multi-agency action plan to deal with the issue.
"Our first priority is to ensure that those who cynically exploit children in this way face the full force of the law and are brought to justice. That is why I have given my full support to the joint investigation between the PSNI and Social Services of CSE currently under way.
"All agencies must continue to demonstrate that robust and sufficient action is being taken to both prevent children and young people being sexually exploited and to deal effectively with those who perpetrate child sexual exploitation."
The health minister has said the abuse was on a scale not seen before in Northern Ireland and compared it to recent high-profile court cases in Rochdale and Oxford.
The majority of the children were abused when they went missing from care homes but it is  understood some of the victims were living at home with their families and were abused when they left their homes.
Monday's Stormont meeting was called by the justice committee chairman, Paul Givan, who described the reports of abuse as "gravely disturbing".
"The horrors of these crimes leave us only to pray for the victims and work towards ensuring the perpetrators are brought to justice," he said.
"The public will be deeply concerned at this development and need to hear from the relevant authorities as to what has happened."
Mr Givan said the meeting would provide "an opportunity to probe what actions are being taken to investigate and bring to justice those responsible".
Neil Anderson, of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, (NSPCC), said: "As the details of this investigation begin to unfold, I want to stress NSPCC's commitment to working closely with other safeguarding and child protection agencies to ensure a co-ordinated response to the support of victims.
"The early focus of this investigation in Northern Ireland has been on children in care, but it is important to remember that vulnerable children from all backgrounds and all walks of life can become victims of sexual exploitation.
"This is a sharp reminder that every one of us has to remain vigilant and when we have concerns about a child, we have to speak out."


West Ham are in "disarray" and manager Slaven Bilic has "major surgery" to do to resolve their problems, says BBC pundit Chris Sutton.

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Speaking after Sunday's 3-0 loss to Southampton, their fourth straight league defeat, captain Mark Noble said his side's defending was "laughable".
Noble added things "can't get any worse" for the Hammers, who are 18th.
"It's dark days for them and I can't remember such an abject display," Sutton said on BBC Radio 5 live.
West Ham only managed one shot on target against Southampton, who were comfortable winners thanks to goals from Charlie Austin, Dusan Tadic and James Ward-Prowse.
Thousands of home supporters left the London Stadium in the final 10 minutes, with swathes of empty seats visible at the final whistle.
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Sutton, who played in the top flight for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Birmingham City and Aston Villa between 1991 and 2007, does not think the Hammers should sack Bilic.
"It's been quite frankly embarrassing from West Ham," he said. "It's not a crisis, but Slaven Bilic has some major surgery to do."
Sunday's loss followed defeats by West Brom, Watford and Manchester City.
"They had a big chance to put it right but they are in disarray," said Sutton. "Can you blame the fans who left early? They had seen enough.
"It's a massive job for Bilic now. He did enough last season to warrant patience at this stage. But their next three games - Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace and Sunderland - he cannot afford to lose."
Bilic, though, does not believe he or his players can use last season's exploits - they finished seventh - to deflect criticism from fans.
Speaking about the empty seats at the final whistle, he said: "That's not a good sign. It hurts me as a manager and it hurts the team. It's my responsibility, it's my team, I know how it works and I'm not running away.
"These are the same players, and the same manager, as last year and at the moment everything that was really good last year is bad this season and everything that was average last season is now way below par.
"The season has only started, it's true, but it's happened for four games now and we have to change it big time.
"I told the players after we lost to West Brom that there is no need to panic, the credit was there for a lot of them. But now that credit is gone."
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Long-serving Hammers skipper Noble lamented a poor performance, which left them with three points from their opening six league fixtures.
"If I'm honest it could have been six in the end. Adrian pulled off some good saves and, on the bright side, I don't think it can get any worse," he said.
"Eleven goals [conceded] in three games is laughable and it's not good enough. We've got to work hard for each other and look to ourselves."
Sutton claims West Ham's players should not use the London Stadium as an excuse, reserving particularly scathing criticism for Italy forward Simone Zaza.
"When players like Manuel Lanzini and Dimitri Payet, who were great last season, perform like that they are in trouble," Sutton said.
"Zaza? He was pathetic. They need to snap out of it and quickly. The big problem is they are disjointed and concede goals.
"The players have a responsibility to provide the energy, passion and drive to get this crowd up. There might be teething problems with the stadium but the team on the pitch are not helping.
"We can make excuses about off-the-pitch stuff but the players have a responsibility to do better."
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Banks must take "meaningful action" to tackle the threat of customers losing "life-changing sums of money" to fraudsters, a consumer group has said.

Consumer group Which? says banks have made little progress in protecting people from so-called push fraud.
Victims are conned into transferring money to the accounts of fraudsters, believing they are legitimate firms.
The banks' anti-fraud group said it had a clear action plan which was being worked through.
The issue of bank transfer scams was raised by Which? last year when it submitted a "super complaint" - a legally-backed demand for a review - to the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).
Which? wanted banks to refund consumers in cases where victims had accidentally transferred money to a fraudster, similar to the protections provided on credit card transactions.
In one example highlighted by Which?, Christopher Mills, from York, was tricked into paying a Â£10,000 house deposit to a fraudster who posed as his estate agent. The bank refused to cover his loss.
More recently, BBC News revealed a civil action was being prepared aimed at trying to recoup the losses of Santander customers caught out by fraudsters.
Campaigner Richard Emery claims a loophole in Santander's system was exploited by fraudsters to direct people into transferring money. Santander refutes any claim of a loophole.
The PSR's initial findings following the Which? super-complaint stopped short of recommending automatic compensation for victims of fraud.
However, it did say that banks should be doing more to combat this type of fraud.
Specifically, this included a demand for a common approach from banks in tackling fraud and the collection of more data on the issue.
The PSR's full report into the issue is not expected until late August or early September.
Which? said that, in the meantime, there was not enough evidence of banks taking "meaningful action".
In a new letter to banks, it is demanding that they outline what has been done so far.
Gareth Shaw, money expert at Which?, said: "Despite the fact that consumers are still losing life-changing sums of money to fraudsters, it is not clear what meaningful action the banks have taken to protect their customers.
"People assume that banks will look after them and their money. So it is vital that the industry, regulator and next government act quickly and decisively to tackle financial fraud. Failure to do so will continue to leave consumers paying the price."
But a spokesman for Financial Fraud Action UK, which coordinates the banks' anti-fraud strategy, said: "We have agreed a clear action plan with the regulator on push payment fraud and the industry is working hard to deliver this to the agreed timetable.
"The PSR has already stated it will review progress in the second half of 2017.
"Across the industry, and with partners, we are developing new processes to help police intervene when potential victims visit a bank branch, and we are exploring new ways to track stolen funds moved between multiple bank accounts. We are also running our largest ever fraud awareness campaign."
When you transfer money from your bank account, you are asked to enter three pieces of information:  the name of the payee, their account number, and the sort code. However, only the last two are cross-checked by the bank. So putting in the correct name is no guarantee that person will get the money.
Financial Fraud Action UK offers the following advice:


London Irish have been boosted by the news Tom Coventry will take up his role as head coach earlier than planned.

Coventry will now take up his position after the conclusion of the Super Rugby tournament in July having been expected to arrive after the World Cup.
Meanwhile, on 1 July, interim head coach, Glenn Delaney, will become the club's head of rugby operations.
Richard Whiffin will continue as assistant boss with Rob Palmer promoted to head of strength and conditioning.


A man who denies brutally murdering two vulnerable adults in their own homes has described the prosecution case against him as "annoying".

James Allen is accused of killing Colin Dunford, 81, of Middlesbrough, and Julie Davison, 50, of Whitby.
Mr Allen, 36, said there was no forensic evidence linking him to the deaths and claimed the judge was not listening to him.
Mr Dunford and Ms Davison were both found with head injuries in April.
The defendant told the jury he was smoking cannabis and cocaine on the night Mr Dunford died.
Rod Hunt, defending, asked Mr Allen about the prosecution's claims at Newcastle Crown Court.
Mr Allen said: "They keep saying I'm responsible for these murders but despite all the forensics they found no blood on me ... there would have been transfer of blood but there was nothing ever found.
"I know 100% I have not killed anybody or been in those properties."
During cross-examination, Robert Smith QC asked Mr Allen about a jacket which a witness said she saw him wearing and which had blood spots on it.
Mr Allen said he would have disposed of it if he was guilty.
He said: "If I had just murdered someone I would have discarded the top and as far as I'm concerned there was no mark on [it]."
Mr Allen, previously of Middlesbrough, refused to answer a question about a pair of black trainers, and told the court he had been in 35 different prisons.
"I don't behave in prison because I don't like conforming to rules," he said.
The prosecution claims robbery was the motivation for both killings.
The trial continues.


DTH van der Merwe scored a hat-trick as Scarlets ran in eight tries to thrash Treviso and move up to fourth in the Pro12 table.

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Canada international van der Merwe crossed to give Scarlets an early lead while Steff Evans scored soon after.
Van der Merwe scored his second of the evening before Ken Owens crossed over on his 200th Scarlets appearance.
Evans and Tom Price touched down either side of the break while van der Merwe completed his hat-trick late on.
Captain Owens enjoyed the perfect return from his 200th Scarlets game as he sealed their bonus point in the first half, almost 11 years after making his debut appearance for the region.
Van der Merwe, who will move to Newcastle Falcons next term, capped off a fine return to the starting line-up with his three-try haul while Evans' brace of tries helped ensure Scarlets leapfrogged Ulster into fourth in the Pro12.
Francesco Minto scored a second-half consolation for the Italians, who were comprehensively outplayed on a warm spring night at Parc y Scarlets.
Treviso's task got even harder when they had Federico Zani, Minto and Edoardo Gori sent to the bin within six minutes just after the hour mark.
Scarlets made their three-man advantage count as van der Merwe scored a third try before Aled Davies joined an burgeoning scoresheet.
Scarlets: Johnny Mcnicholl, DTH van der Merwe, Hadleigh Parkes, Scott Williams, Steff Evans, Dan Jones, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Ken Owens (captain), Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Tadhg Beirne, Aaron Shingler, James Davies, John Barclay
Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Wyn Jones, Werner Kruger, Tom Price, Josh Macleod, Aled Davies, Aled Thomas, Liam Williams
Treviso: David Odiete, Angelo Esposito, Tommaso Benvenuti, Alberto Sgarbi, Luca Sperandio, Ian McKinley, Tito Tebaldi; Federico Zani, Luca Bigi, Tiziano Pasquali, Filippo Gerosa, Dean Budd (captain), Francesco Minto, Marco Lazzaroni, Robert Barbieri
Replacements: Ornel Gega, Alberto Porolli, Simone Ferrari, Marco Fuser, Teofilo Paulo, Abraham Steyn, Edoardo Gori, Luke McLean
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistants referees: Stuart Gaffikin (IRFU), Gareth Newman (WRU)
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU).


Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg bounds into the centre of the crowd at the Norfolk Arms Hotel, located in the hills on the edge of town in the Sheffield Hallam constituency.

"We're in a pub, so I've got a pub quiz for you," he shouts. "Unemployment in Sheffield Hallam is half of what it was compared to five years ago. Was it A, the Labour Party, or B, the Liberal Democrats who did that?"
He follows that up with another question, about which party has ensured that more than a billion pounds has been spent repairing Sheffield roads and streetlights over the past few years.
"The Liberal Democrats!" the crowd of volunteers and supporters shouts with glee.
There's a famous saying by former US Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill that all politics is local - and that certainly was the case on Tuesday night.
Mr Clegg is in the middle of a marathon bus tour of closely contested races across the UK, but Sheffield Hallam is his home constituency, which he has represented in Parliament for 10 years. And recent polls suggest that he could be fighting for his political life here, as his Labour opponent, Oliver Coppard, is presenting a strong challenge.
Liberal Democrats appear to be in trouble across the country, after posting a record number of wins in 2010. The party currently holds 56 seats, and political forecasters say that if they keep half of them after Thursday's election, they should consider it a moral victory.
The problem for the Liberal Democrats stems in part from their decision to join in a governing coalition with the Conservative Party five years ago. The move installed Mr Clegg as deputy prime minister, but it also tied his party to the austerity budget cuts the government imposed in response to the recession of 2008.
Mr Clegg had to go back on a promise not to raise tuition fees, for instance, presenting a challenge for a party largely comprised of moderate voters on the left and the right.
Even Mr Clegg's supporters admit the coalition with the Conservatives has been difficult for their party.
"Labour was soundly defeated last time, they were being rejected," says Sheffield resident Christopher Pennell, a former Labour voter who left the party over the Iraq War. "The Liberal Democrats couldn't, as it were, strap themselves to a corpse. A sensible negotiation with conservatives was the right thing to do as a nation, and we've paid as a party for it. Inevitably people would feel betrayed. But we've done a brave thing for everybody."
Now Mr Clegg is changing the way he pitches his party to the people. He's framing himself as the only candidate who can talk honestly about the likely outcome of the election - a fractured Parliament where no party has a clear governing majority and coalitions and deal-making will be necessary to secure 10 Downing Street.
"Ed Miliband and David Cameron, they don't want to create stability," Mr Clegg says. "They want to create a shambles." He says that the Conservatives will be beholden to their right wing and the UK Independence Party, while Labour will answer to Scottish National Party politicians who want to break up the United Kingdom.
The Liberal Democrats were a moderating influence on the Conservatives over the last five years, he contends, and going forward they can serve as a bulwark in challenging political times.
"Only the Liberal Democrats can provide stability, only the Liberal Democrats will guarantee decency in government, only the Liberal Democrats will act for the whole of the country," he says. "So if you want a stable, decent, united United Kingdom, you've got to vote for it."
It's the kind of pitch to clear-eyed responsibility that many of Mr Clegg's supporters in the room said attracted them to the Liberal Democrats in the first place.
"If you want your personal freedoms, you've also got to take responsibility for actions and try to do something positive," says Barbara Masters, another Sheffield Hallam constituent. "You can't expect someone to constantly bail you out of things by just throwing cash at you. That's not the way."
On Thursday the verdict will be in on whether Mr Clegg's new strategy to cast the Liberal Democrats as the grown-ups in the room pays dividends.
In the meantime recent stories indicate that Mr Clegg, the local MP who gets roads paved and finds people jobs, may be getting help in his race from an unlikely source - Conservatives who are opting to vote for him over their candidate, Ian Walker, in order to keep Labour from winning the seat.
It's an illustration of the complicated political calculus voters are facing in this most unusual, hotly contested election.


A priest has condemned an attack on an elderly disabled man at his home in Bessbrook, County Armagh.

The victim, who is in his 70s, was left critically ill after being cut several times and beaten by a gang of men while he was in bed at his home at Clogharevan Park at about 02:40 BST on Monday.
Police believe a sum of money was stolen during the incident.
Parish priest Father Sean Larkin said the community was in shock.
"He's a very kind man, appreciative, grateful for the help he got," he said.
"Talking to people this morning, they're all in a state of shock and outrage that such a thing should happen to an old, frail man who lived on his own."
The man was taken to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry before being transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
Police have appealed to anyone who noticed anything suspicious around the time of the attack to contact them.


The Scottish child abuse inquiry will investigate care establishments run by Catholic organisations as part of the second phase of its hearings.

The inquiry will begin its investigation in the autumn of five homes run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul.
In 2018, it will look into a further four children's homes run by the Sisters of Nazareth.
It has asked people with experience of the homes to contact them.
The inquiry is continuing to privately take statements from abuse survivors in Scotland, and will hold its first public sessions in May.
More than 60 institutions, including several top private schools, are being investigated by the inquiry, which is expected to last for four years.
Other institutions being investigated include those run by faith-based organisations and major care providers like Quarriers and Barnardo's.
Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
•         Smyllum Park in Lanark
•         Bellevue House in Rutherglen
•         St Joseph's Hospital in Rosewell
•         St Vincent's School for the Deaf/Blind in Glasgow
•         Roseangle Orphanage (St Vincent's) in Dundee.
Sisters of Nazareth
•         Nazareth House in Aberdeen
•         Nazareth House in Cardonald
•         Nazareth House in Kilmarnock
•         Nazareth House in Lasswade


At a time when the driverless car is said to be just around the corner, the rail dispute that has brought five days of strike action to Southern trains seems to belong to another age.

The trend in transport systems is towards growing automation. But it seems that plans for drivers to operate train carriage doors instead of guards can still cause industrial strife.
Not so long ago, such a change would not have been possible. As recently as 2005, some Southern services were still using old-fashioned "slam-door" carriages, which could be opened at any time, even while the train was moving.
These were phased out on safety grounds and replaced by sliding doors, which can be centrally locked. The question now is, who should do the locking?
As far as the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union is concerned, safety is still an important issue, and one which also forms part of its separate dispute with Virgin East Coast, where workers have also just voted to go on strike.
The RMT says that guards are needed on trains for more than just operating doors, and if that role is taken away from them, they will eventually disappear altogether, leaving no-one to protect passengers from robbery or physical attack.
Southern's response is that no-one will lose their job as a result of the change. Guards will remain on trains, but they will become "on-board supervisors", making them more, not less responsive to passengers' needs.
In the latest development, Southern has said it is prepared to have talks "any time, any place, anywhere" with the RMT in an effort to break the deadlock.
The RMT, for its part, has accused the government of blocking a deal.
Southern says 40% of its services already have "driver-only operation", while the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, part of the Department for Transport, says it has found "no evidence" that driver-only trains are unsafe.
On the other hand, Southern has said that the change will allow trains to run without a guard in the event of staff shortages, reducing the number of cancelled services.
This is a particular issue for the company, which has had to cancel large numbers of trains in recent months because of guards calling in sick.
Southern says this amounts to "unofficial industrial action", while the RMT says Southern is not recruiting enough staff and that many of its members are suffering from work-related stress.
Whatever the truth of the matter, it suggests that there is more to this dispute than a mere reallocation of roles.
The RMT certainly thinks that the possibility of allowing trains to leave the station without a guard on board strengthens its argument that there will be job losses in future.
So who is suffering most from this five-day strike? The RMT's members are certainly paying for their action, since they lose a week's pay, but that hardly seems to have dented their resolve.
Even so, they have failed to bring the network to a standstill, since Southern has said roughly half its trains are operating as normal - and since that "normal" level actually refers to an emergency timetable that already involves hundreds of cancellations, hard-pressed commuters may feel that the service can scarcely get any worse.
As for Southern, the system of government subsidies for rail franchises means that the company suffers little short-term financial penalty from the dispute. It also has a near-monopoly on many of the lines that it operates, so passengers have nowhere else to go.
So how and when is this disruption likely to end? Well, in the long run, technology is almost certain to win out - but it's unclear how long that will take.
Some rail trade unionists acknowledge that one day, the railway service is likely to be fully automated, with even train drivers becoming a thing of the past.
Mick Whelan, general secretary of train drivers' union Aslef, which is not involved in the Southern dispute, told the BBC: "We will have a digital railway some time in the future, probably not in my lifetime.
"I'm not against technology, I'm not against advancement, but it has to be brought in in a safe, better way."
With this kind of talk in the air, it's small wonder that many observers see this dispute as being about more than just carriage doors.
In their view, what's at stake is nothing less than the whole future shape of the railway industry in the 21st Century.
Unfortunately, that is of little consolation to long-suffering commuters who just want to be able to get to work on time.
There may be a shining future for the railway network, but from where they're standing, it looks a long way down the line.


The government will learn next Tuesday whether it has won its legal battle to get Brexit under way without the need for a vote by MPs.

The Supreme Court's judgement follows an appeal against the High Court's rejection of ministers' arguments.
Theresa May says the government already has powers to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - starting Brexit talks - by the end of March.
But campaigners say Parliament must be consulted before she does so.
Labour has already said it will not vote against the government over invoking Article 50.


A pensioner who sexually assaulted four girls over a 22-year period has been jailed for seven years.

John Ridgway, 75, from Dunfermline, started abusing his first victim - who cannot be named for legal reasons - in April 1974 when she was just eight.
The retired lorry driver continued to sexually assault the young girl until April 1981. He had denied the charges.
The court heard how Ridgway then abused another three children. He was found guilty of eight sexual assault charges.
His offences stopped in October 1996 when his victims spoke to the police.
At the High Court in Glasgow Judge John Morris put Ridgway on the sex offenders' register and told him: "The jury convicted you of a series of sex offences against young girls."
The court heard he started abusing his first victim at a house in Dunfermline in April 1974 and continued to abuse her until April 1981.
He then repeatedly sexually assaulted a girl at a house in Dunfermline between April 1977 and April 1979.
She was 14 when the abuse started.
Ridgway abused another girl, from the age of 10, on various occasions between April 1976 and April 1978, also at a house in Dunfermline.
Then on various occasions between October 1985 and October 1996, Ridgway sexually assaulted another young girl at an address in Dunfermline.
She was five when the abuse started.
Ridgway gave evidence in his own defence.
He said he was innocent and claimed his victims had all "collaborated against me."
Prosecutor Shirley McKenna said the pensioner had one previous conviction from 25 years ago for assault to severe injury.
Defence counsel Michael Anderson said: "He is an elderly man and this will be his first sentence of imprisonment.
"The charges he was convicted of are less serious than those he was originally charged with."


Neat stacks of medical text books, a sharply-designed carrier bag from a clothes store, an English novel and pairs of smart shoes in the draughty bedroom of the 23-year-old Delhi gang rape victim, tell the story of a woman determined to make the leap to a middle class lifestyle for her and her family.

After visiting the spartan house in a rundown Delhi neighbourhood where she lived with her parents and brothers, you could see how much they had put into helping her realise the dream, shared by so many hundreds of millions of Indians.
Many of the young and middle class Indians - men as well as women - who've joined protests in recent weeks said it was that sense of shared identity, as well as the shocking nature of the attack, that had propelled them onto the streets.
Yet the victim - who legally still can't be named in India - seems to have been much closer to the accused, in her background and means, than to the many wealthier Indians who've been confronting police lines for the first time.
That was the impression I took away after her family invited us in - having also seen the homes of most of the six arrested for this gruesome crime.
The woman's home in a narrow alley doesn't have a proper roof, so the place was damp and water-logged after recent rain storms.
Next-door neighbours were looking down at us through the gap from their tiny dwellings just feet away, as we climbed the stairs to her bedroom - a curtain serving as a door because the lower half was missing.
The walk there took us along muddy streets strewn with rubbish, in a far western suburb of Delhi its rich elite would never visit. Until last year, the area was still classified by city authorities as an illegal slum.
The lanes of Delhi's Ravi Das colony, the slum district where four of the accused had their homes, were if anything in better shape.
Like the student's family, at least two of the accused are from impoverished villages in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, and source for many of the thousands of migrants who come to Delhi every year hoping for a better life - the same journey her father made nearly 30 years ago.
And the other men are from similar migrant backgrounds. Where they differ, though, was in what they did about it.
"We gave our all to our daughter," her mother told us, still devastated with grief.
She says she can barely leave her bed, complaining of frequent headaches and chest pains.
And their support was working: her daughter was studying at a college in Dehradun in northern India and was on course to qualify as a physiotherapist, while working overtime in a call centre.
"We never gave our sons better treatment," said the mother. In that respect they were also different from many among India's middle class.
Figures show they are just as likely as poorer groups to favour male children, even before they are born - and afterwards in care and medical treatment.
It means India is in a rare category - along with only China - of having higher rates of infant mortality among girls than boys.
The student's mother also lashed out at India's sexist attitudes, attacking the many politicians and other public figures who've suggested she brought the rape on herself.
One well-known spiritual guru even said she should have embraced her attackers as "brothers" to stop them assaulting her.
"Either they don't have daughters," her mother said, "or they are clearly backing these crimes."
Her stance is also a sign of how it's simplistic to see the outcry over this brutal crime as being a kind of "Arab spring" by the more educated middle class.
Her father, sitting on the bed where they laid her body after she was brought back from Singapore, is now left with the memories of his determined daughter.
Echoing his wife's criticisms, he said India had to change to make sure such crimes never happened again. "The character of our society is very poor," he said.
But his daughter's example, he said, was that "you should stand up for yourself. Don't lose, only win."
What makes this story even more tragic is that the young student was clearly so close to doing that.


Afghan lawmakers accused of corruption have been named in parliament by Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal, triggering noisy cheering and applause in the lower house.

Mr Zakhilwal had been under pressure to name them after making general accusations earlier this year about corruption in parliament.
He did so in a heated session of the lower house.
Corruption is one of the key challenges faced by the country.
It has become an especially important issue as it tries to establish a functioning state before US-led troops leave next year.
One of the accused MPs, Naeem Lalai, shouted insults at Mr Zakhilwal as he delivered what correspondents say was an incendiary speech that shocked and delighted lawmakers.
Another accused MP, Samiullah Samim, told the BBC Mr Zakhilwal's accusations were "totally baseless and completely false".  Other accused MPs refused to answer their telephones when contacted by the BBC.
The minister said Mr Lalai had tried illegally to import 1,970 cars and that he and other lawmakers often persuaded custom officers to allow their contraband  shipments into the country.
"Any time he [Mr Lalai] comes back from abroad he brings a lot of alcoholic drinks," Mr Zakhilwal said. "Yesterday, he called one of my customs officers and threatened him with death."
The minister - seen as a pro-Western politician - also accused MP Zahir Qadir of being involved in smuggling flour from Pakistan worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
"I was called by Mr Zahir asking me to release it," he said.
In another case, he said that MP Samiullah Samim had telephoned him from Germany to ask for the release of some fuel trucks that had been impounded.
When he responded that it would be illegal, the MP said that if it were legal he would not be phoning the minister.
The BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says that Mr Zakhilwal easily shrugged off a vote of no confidence in the aftermath of his pronouncements and will have won public support for his stand against corruption.
But our correspondent says that he has made himself some powerful enemies.


India captain Virat Kohli says he thought England would "panic" during his side's chase of 351 to win the first one-day international in Pune.

India had slipped to 63-4 but were put on the way to the joint-fourth-highest chase in ODI history by centuries from Kohli and Kedar Jadhav.
"The moment he came to the crease, Jadhav started hitting the ball really well," said Kohli.
"I said, 'if we get to 150 here, they will press the panic button - watch'."
For Kohli, 122 from 105 balls was his 17th century in the second innings of an ODI and the extension of a remarkable record in run chases.
The 28-year-old averages 90.90 when batting second in India victories and averages 95.66 overall since the beginning of 2016.
England captain Eoin Morgan admitted that stopping Kohli is a difficult task.
"We nearly had him caught at third man bowling a little wider," Morgan told BBC Sport. "That might have worked on a different ground and we will look at different options for the next two games."
Though England posted 350, their highest score against India and ninth best of all-time, Irishman Morgan said his side could have made even more.
"We didn't play out of or skins and still managed to post 350, that was an indication of good the wicket was and how small the ground is," he said.
"If guys go on, which we would do normally, we would have posted a bigger score."
Morgan also suggested that his bowlers must learn from the defeat for the final two matches of the series, the first of which is in Cuttack on Thursday.
"Cuttack is a bigger ground and an easier pitch to bowl on," he said.
"Here we took four early wickets, which was an incredible effort. From there, we need to be more disciplined in what we can do and stick to our guns a little longer."


From the EU referendum to the powers of our spooks, there's all manner of interesting action this week - opening with the long-awaited vote to set the date of the referendum on Monday.

The government's due to publish its Investigatory Powers Bill - the latest incarnation of the package of internet communications monitoring powers for the Security Services, that critics dub the "Snoopers Charter" - which would then come up for second reading shortly before the Easter break.
One interesting question will be the extent to which the latest version takes account of the three parliamentary committees, which examined the bill in draft: the Intelligence and Security Committee, which produced some tough criticisms of the original proposals; the special committee, under former Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy, set up to scrutinise the draft bill; and the Science and Technology Committee, which looked at the technical aspects.
It's a huge and complicated bill, and the government has to have something in place by the time the existing legislation expires, in December - so expect loud complaints, from its opponents,  that a measure with important civil liberties implications is being rushed through.....
Meanwhile, over in the Lords, Armageddon looms over the Trade Union Bill.
Or does it?
With its tough new requirements for strike ballots, its new rules for collection of subscriptions and its highly controversial provisions about union funding for political parties - almost exclusively Labour - this promised to be the hardest-fought bill to come before their Lordships since the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill, of blessed memory, back in 2010.
Much revolves around the findings of the special select committee, set up to examine the party funding aspects of the bill, which is due to report on Monday.
It could go one of two ways - it might provide the Opposition parties in the Lords with a launch pad for an amendment - maybe one which will impose a "sunrise clause" ensuring that the restrictions on political funding by trade unions do not come into force until parallel restrictions on individual donations are enacted.
Alternatively it might suggest a fudge of the detail which ensures the Labour party does not lose out to the extent it currently fears.
If the "sunrise amendment" does emerge, the Opposition parties probably have the votes to force such an amendment through, but that would not be the end; the low scraping sound you may be able to detect in Westminster is the sound of the government unsheathing the Parliament Act, with a view to tanking the bill into law, minus any Lords amendments, at the start of the next session.
Some government ultras might quite fancy that, but it's not a cost-free exercise in terms of Parliamentary time, so both sides have every incentive to negotiate a compromise (although I still expect a battle royal over other parts of the bill).
Here's my rundown of the week ahead:
The Commons meets at 2.30pm for Defence questions. As ever, the end of question time at 3.30pm is the most probable moment for any post-weekend ministerial statements or urgent questions.
Then Europe returns to centre-stage, as the government puts forward the Statutory Instrument (SI) to set the date for the EU Referendum on 23 June. Expect strong opposition from the SNP, who have long argued that the proposed date is too close to the elections to the Scottish Parliament, and will overshadow the election campaign. SIs cannot be amended, so they will vote against.
That will be followed by an Opposition Day debate on the UK steel industry.
In the Lords (from 2.30pm) first, peers will deal with changes made by MPs to the Work and Welfare Bill - the Commons reversed the two defeats inflicted on the government by peers, requiring a report on child poverty and altering the rules on the payment of Employment Support Allowance to disabled people who have been assessed as capable of some work - the Work-Related Activities Group, or WRAG.
This encompasses around half a million people, split roughly evenly between those with physical and mental disabilities; they stand to lose Â£30 a week from a spending cut which would save the taxpayer Â£600m.
Although the government got its way in the Commons, critics of the bill may have been encouraged by a mini-rebellion by Conservative MPs, and by a number of critical speeches that were not followed-up by votes; the Crossbench peer and disability campaigner Lord Low of Dalston has put down a further amendment, calling for the changes to be postponed until the government can produce better evidence that they would indeed encourage disabled people into work.
If the amendment was passed, the bill would then return to the Commons, probably on Wednesday. This will probably be the only vote of the week.
After that, peers move onto the second day of report stage debate on the Scotland Bill - which did see a vote this week, at a quarter to midnight on Wednesday, on the British Transport Police's right to police railways and railway property in Scotland - just 29 peers voted, so the House was inquorate, and the issue will bounce back to the House today. Don't expect fireworks.
The Commons opens (11.30am) with Treasury questions, after which the Lib Dem Mark Williams has a Ten Minute Rule Bill, the Devolution (Bank Holidays) (Wales) Bill, which does exactly what it says on the tin.
Then MPs move onto the first of two Commons Estimates Days - these are debates on different aspects of government spending. First comes the Foreign Office and the 2015 Spending Review, and second is the reform of the police funding formula - which was the subject of this report from the Home Affairs Committee, which concluded that the current system is "widely recognised as being 'not fit for purpose'".
In Westminster Hall, the first debate on the future of high streets (9.30am -11am) caught my eye. The Conservative Mark Menzies will lead a wide-ranging look at the state of UK high streets, four years on from the Portas Review. One concern is the impact of charity shops; Mr Menzies is worried that the bigger charities can now outbid small traders for leaseholds, and may be squeezing them out in some areas.
In the Lords (at 2.30pm) the main event is detailed discussion of the Housing and Planning Bill at committee stage  - peers will be looking at the clauses dealing with Starter Homes and Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding.
There will also be a short debate on the security of the EU's border and the documentation of those individuals EU member states accept as refugees.
The Commons kicks off (11.30am) with Northern Ireland questions, followed at noon by Prime Minister's question time.
There's a Ten Minute Rule Bill on Employment Status (Review) from Labour's Jim Cunningham, and two more Estimates Day debates follow - on the science budget, following this report from the Science and Technology Select Committee, which warned that the UK has fallen behind its competitors in terms of total R&D investment and this will put UK competitiveness, productivity and high-value jobs at risk if it is not reversed.
The second debate is on End of Life Care - looking back to a Health Select Committee report from the end of the previous Parliament.
Then MPs will be invited to rubber stamp the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill, which provides Parliamentary authority for funds requested by the government. It is part of 'supply procedure', which is how Parliament grants the government's requests for money. There is no debate.
A slot has also been pencilled in to allow the Commons to respond to any Lords amendments sent back from the Welfare Reform and Work Bill (see above). A well-judged amendment might well tempt some backbench Conservative waverers.
The adjournment debate from the Conservative Gareth Johnson, is on sentencing in cases of dog theft - he's planning to highlight two issues. Firstly the growing numbers of dog thefts and second, the often premeditated and malicious nature of the crime.
He wants to raise awareness of the effect on the victim and call on the Home Office to to recognise a growing problem. He also wants increased penalties for those convicted of dog theft.
In the Lords (from 3pm) it's EU day - with a double-headed debate covering the motion to set the referendum date and the government's policy paper "The best of both worlds: the United Kingdom's special status in a reformed European Union".
In the Commons (9.30am) the day opens with Culture Media and Sport questions, followed by questions to the Leader of the House and to the House of Commons Commission on in-house issues - and at 10.30am (or following any urgent questions or ministerial statements) the Leader, Chris Grayling will announce next week's Commons business.
The main events are two backbench business debates - first Chuka Umunna leads a debate on gangs and serious youth violence, which will focus upon the causes and effects of gang and serious youth violence which has increased in recent years. Information by Citizens Report, a not-for-profit independent organisation that carries out data research in this area, shows that in 2015, 17 teenagers lost their lives to gang and youth violence in London alone. That is an increase on the 11 young people who lost their lives in 2014. He wants the government to establish an independent all-party commission to get to investigate the issue.
Then Stephen Kinnock leads a general debate on Welsh affairs. An annual St David's Day Welsh affairs debate (or at any rate a debate held close to St David's Day) used to be a fixture in the Parliamentary calendar; but since the creation of the Backbench Business Committee, it has had to compete with other demands.
This debate looks set to be dominated by devolution issues, with Labour MPs unhappy with the development of Welsh devolution queuing up to weigh in. And there may also be calls for a UK Constitutional Convention to draw up a lasting devolution package. Another strong element will probably be the impact of benefit changes in Wales.
The Westminster Hall debate (1.30pm) is on the offshore oil and gas industry.
In the Lords (11am) the main event is day three of the marathon committee stage on the Housing and Planning Bill. Peers will cover the provisions on social housing, implementing the right to buy on a voluntary basis, and vacant high-value local council housing. (Normally, Lords Thursdays are used for backbench debates, but towards the end of the parliamentary year, convention allows them to be used for uncontroversial legislative debates).
That is followed by a short debate on the principles of the circular economy based on re-use, repair, refurbishment and recycling - led by Labour's Baroness Jones of Whitchurch.
It's private members' bill day in the Commons again with Peter Bone's intriguing Prime Minister (Temporary Appointment) Bill topping the bill for its second reading debate.
In the last parliament, he became very concerned at the prospect of Nick Clegg - the then deputy prime minister - entering No 10, if David Cameron had been run over by a bus - and this sounds like a continuation of that theme.
Private members bill usual suspect Christopher Chope has bills down for debate on Illegal Immigrants (Criminal Sanctions) and European Parliament Elections, and further down the agenda there are all kinds of Ten Minute Rule Bills and Presentation Bills, which probably won't be debated.
We're getting to the end of the Parliamentary year - which means the most the promoters of these bills can hope for is a debate in the House, followed by legislative oblivion - but the deep initiates of the private members' bill process scheme feverishly for the chance to get their pet issues onto the floor of the House, if only for the pleasure of goading government ministers.


As voters go to the polls, the papers take the opportunity to give their opinions on the front pages.
However, the BBC - like other broadcasters - is restricted to reporting only factual accounts of the election in line with polling day rules.
With the election understandably hogging the headlines, it leaves an eclectic mix of other stories in the papers.
The Daily Record leads with the claim that a Rangers fan who confronted Celtic's Scott Brown during last Saturday's Old Firm match was convicted of exposing himself to an 11-year-old girl in 2010.
A failed businessman who conned friends and relatives - including his own daughter - out of more than Â£250,000 with a "catastrophic" betting scheme has been jailed for 27 months, reports The Courier.
The Metro leads with the conviction of a man for planting a bag of explosives on a London tube train. Damon Smith was caught on CCTV dumping a bag containing a home-made bomb and deadly ball-bearing shrapnel.
Like many of Thursday's papers, The Scottish Sun carries revelations from Hollywood star Brad Pitt, who has admitted that a drinking problem wrecked his marriage and tore his young family apart.
Opening up in a candid interview with GQ Style magazine, the 53-year-old spoke about the repercussions of his divorce from Angelina Jolie, said the Daily Star.
The parents of Madeleine McCann have vowed to never give up hope of finding their daughter as they mark the 10th anniversary of her disappearance from a holiday villa in Portugal, says the Scottish Daily Express.
The Scottish Daily Mail claims that thousands of new mothers are left without food or pain relief in overstretched NHS maternity units, leaving many psychologically scarred.
Shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland have been urged to vote against the re-election of chairman Sir Howard Davies over the lack of female representation on the board, says The Herald.
Edinburgh has been ranked second in a global quality of life survey - behind Wellington in New Zealand, according to a survey published in The Scotsman.
A video of a Danish choir singing on top of a Scottish mountain has gone viral, reports The National.
The Times writes that motorists will be urged to put their mobile phone in a car compartment that blocks signals under plans to prevent dangerous distractions at the wheel.


Gary Ballance has been recalled to England's one-day squad for the tri-series in Australia and the World Cup.

The Yorkshire batsman, 25, has replaced Alastair Cook in the 15-man squad, who has been dropped as captain in favour of Eoin Morgan.
James Anderson and Stuart Broad return from injury and replace Ben Stokes and Harry Gurney.
England have also named Jonathan Trott as captain of the Lions' four-day squad for next month's tour to South Africa.
This winter's trip will be Trott's first since returning early from last winter's Ashes tour with a stress-related illness.
The senior one-day squad leave for Australia on 6 January for a tri-series also including India as a warm-up for the World Cup, which starts in February.
Ballance has not played one-day cricket for England since the end of last summer, but hit 64 to help beat Sri Lanka at The Oval in May.
Durham all-rounder Stokes and Nottinghamshire left-arm seamer Gurney both struggled to establish themselves on the Sri Lanka tour and make way for the more experienced pair of Anderson and Broad.
National selector James Whitaker said: "We have had to make some difficult decisions to get to our final squad but firmly believe that the 15 players selected offer the very best chance of success at the World Cup.
"There have been a number of promising performances from players in recent series and it is important that this squad continues to develop their one-day skills quickly and players start to show the sort of consistency needed to succeed regularly on the world stage."
Stokes and Gurney have been included in the Lions' one-day squad, although England are yet to announce a captain for the limited overs section in South Africa.
England squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), James Taylor (Nottinghamshire), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).
England Lions four-day squad: Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jack Brooks (Yorkshire), Matthew Dunn (Surrey), Alex Lees (Yorkshire), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Adam Riley (Kent), Sam Robson (Middlesex), James Vince (Hampshire), Mark Wood (Durham).
England Lions one-day squad: Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jack Brooks (Yorkshire), Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire), Alex Lees (Yorkshire), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Stephen Parry (Lancashire), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Vince (Hampshire).


Irish surfing is about to turn 50 and this weekend some veteran surfers are marking the occasion in a special way.

The intrepid enthusiasts who first ventured out onto the wild Atlantic are set to gather in Rossnowlagh in County Donegal.
Back then their boards were usually homemade.
Half a century of the Irish Surfing Association has seen the sport change in a way those free-spirited teenagers could barely have imagined.
"In those early days, it was very primitive," says Davy Govan, one of those early surfers.
"Some people were surfing on their own and had never actually met another surfer.
"There was a fellow from Bangor that we met. He was unaware of our existence; we were unaware of his. And he saw us waxing our board; you know you put the wax on the top of the board to repel the water so that your feet can grip and you don't slip off.
"When he saw us doing this, he said 'You know I always put the wax on the bottom part of the board. I thought it was for making it go faster'!"
That early lack of expertise was soon to change with the arrival in Ireland of Australians and Californians, drawn by tales of the hefty waves that build their strength crossing the Atlantic before breaking in dramatic fashion on the north and west coasts.
"They kind of demonstrated to us what was possible," said Davy.
"We always had confidence that the waves here were good enough and this was really confirmed by these visiting Australians and Californians."
Many of those visitors were living in Cornwall at that time where a board-making industry was in its infancy.
In Ireland, it still tended to be the case that, if you saw a board, you could be pretty sure it was home-made.
Wetsuits too were made by the surfers themselves, painstakingly cut from sheets of unwieldy neoprene.
These days the ready availability of wetsuits and boards is one of the driving forces behind an explosion in the sport's popularity here.
For those who remember the virtually empty seas of the sixties, there could be a tinge of regret as these days it can seem like a struggle just to find space to surf in.
Davy welcomes surfing's growth with open arms.
"There are people of all different abilities in surfing and they all seem to derive similar amounts of enjoyment from it," he said
"It's probably nothing to do with how technically good you are; it's just being in the ocean. I know people who can barely stand up on their boards and they would go out and get bashed about in the waves and they come in and they've enjoyed themselves as much as somebody who's had some fantastic rides.
"It's about throwing yourself in the ocean and it's joyous to see all these people doing just that."


The government says it wants a million homes built in England by 2020, as the scale of the housing crisis is revealed in a BBC Inside Out investigation.

The National Housing Federation estimated 974,000 homes were needed between 2011 and 2014.
But figures from 326 councils showed only 457,490 were built.
Housing minister Brandon Lewis said the government aimed to see one million new homes over this Parliament, but Labour said the Tories had failed on housing.
The federation said about 245,000 new homes were needed each year in England.
Gill Payne, director of policy and external affairs, said: "In some areas, there is a drastic shortage causing prices to soar, putting homes out of the reach of many people.
"Families and young people across the country are crying out for genuinely affordable homes so they can put roots down and achieve their dreams of owning a home.
"Skyrocketing rents and ballooning house prices are eating up more and more of people's wages and forcing people out of their local communities or into smaller, lower quality housing.
"We haven't built enough homes in this country for decades, and if the gap between the number of households forming and the number of new homes being built continues to grow, we are in danger of not being able to house our children."
Numerous factors have been blamed, ranging from planning procedures being too slow to developers sitting on large tracts of empty land instead of building on it.
In 2012, the government introduced changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, aimed at making the planning process simpler and quicker.
Some 240,000 planning applications have been given detailed permission in 2014 compared with 158,000 in 2011
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But critics say the change has also made it easier for "inappropriate and unwanted" developments to progress.
They also say the rise may be simply a response to low numbers of applications caused by the 2008 financial crash.
A shortage of land has also been cited by homelessness charity Shelter, while criticism has been levelled at developers who build slowly rather than progressing quickly.
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By keeping the number of new homes available at any one time low, the price of those houses can be kept high, said Matthew Pointon, property economist at Capital Economics.
"By building them more slowly it means they can maximise the value of their assets," he  told the BBC earlier this year.
A shortage of skilled labour, a big drop in the number of councils building new homes and regulations restricting housing associations have also been blamed.
What sort of homes will we need to build to meet housing shortages over the next 40 years?
Dr Philip Oldfield and the Sustainable Tall Buildings Design Lab at the University of Nottingham have been attempting to predict what new houses will look like in 2050.
From vertical villages and flat pack housing to eco homes, they have devised alternative schemes to solve future housing problems.
"We need the ability to provide housing en masse, there is a huge housing crisis at the moment," said Dr Mark Gillott from the university.
Mr Lewis said he wanted to make it "easier" for people to develop "especially on brownfield sites".
The minister added that further changes to planning rules would create a "principle of development" on brownfield sites to help councils determine applications quicker.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England estimates there are enough brownfield areas to accommodate 1.8 million homes.
Mr Lewis said: "Ultimately, it is up to local authorities to look at what their housing needs are and where they feel it is appropriate to build.
"I trust local people to get that right."
He said schemes such as Help to Buy, which sees the government assist buyers, should give developers the confidence that their builds will be sold.
Ms Payne said housing federations built 40% of all new homes across the country and had ambitions to "vastly increase this".
Labour's shadow housing minister John Healey said: "Ministers making big promises about homes in the future won't wash any more. People have seen five years of failure with Conservatives in charge of housing."
Shelter's chief executive Campbell Robb added: "We are past the time for another grand statement of ambition. To give ordinary families back the hope of a stable home, we need to see investment and a comprehensive plan that can actually get these homes built."
Inside Out is broadcast on BBC One on Monday, 21 September at 19:30 BST and nationwide for 30 days thereafter on the iPlayer


A Russian whistleblower could have been poisoned with soup but vital evidence about his last meal was "flushed away", an inquest has been told.

Alexander Perepilichnyy collapsed outside his Weybridge home in 2012. Traces of a chemical linked to plant poison were found in his stomach.
Claims have been made he was killed for helping to uncover a major fraud.
The pre-inquest hearing at the Old Bailey heard an ingredient in his sorrel soup may have been switched.
The latest pre-inquest review heard Mr Perepilichnyy had eaten a popular Russian dish based on the sorrel herb but tests had not indentified the herb in his stomach contents.
Bob Moxone-Browne for Legal and General, which had issued a substantial life insurance policy to Mr Perepilichnyy shortly before his death, asked why no-one had asked his widow what he had had for lunch on the day he died.
He said: "The contents of Mr Perepilichnyy's stomach were flushed away very shortly after his death. There is a quantity of material that was subsequently retrieved from the stomach cavity."
The Russian was originally thought to have died of natural causes, but traces of a chemical that can be found in the poisonous plant Gelsemium elegans were later found in his stomach.
Mr Moxone-Brown told the hearing there was a "possibility somebody had substituted another vegetable matter for sorrel".
Hermitage Capital Management has claimed Mr Perepilichnyy may have been killed for helping it uncover a $230 million (Â£150 million) Russian money-laundering operation.
Henrietta Hill, for Hermitage, told the hearing: "There is an issue why Mr Perepilichnyy had so much life insurance. It has been suggested at one point he was advised to take out multiple policies by his bank manager."
Both Hermitage and Legal and General have argued Mr Perepilichnyy may have been murdered, possibly by agents of the Russian State.
There have been a number of pre-inquest reviews with one hearing being told Mr Perepilichny's death had parallels with the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
The full inquest into Mr Perepilichnyy's death is due to start on 5 June.


India's government has told the parliament that it has no idea about the whereabouts of former Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

Ibrahim is a "most wanted man" in India and has been charged with masterminding the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings.
Some 257 people died and more than 700 others were wounded in the attacks.
India had earlier alleged that Ibrahim was sheltering in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Islamabad has always denied the charge.
"The United Nations Security Council has also issued a special notice against him [Dawood Ibrahim]. The subject has not been located so far. Extradition process with regard to Dawood Ibrahim would be initiated once the subject is located," junior Home Minister Haribhai Chaudhury was quoted as saying in the parliament by the Press Trust of India news agency.
The Mumbai bombings were believed to have been carried out to avenge the deaths of hundreds of Muslims in riots in 1992 blamed on the right-wing Hindu Shiv Sena party.
Ibrahim was named a "global terrorist" in October 2003, and in June 2006, he was named by the US president as a "foreign narcotics trafficker".
He is accused of smuggling narcotics from Afghanistan and Thailand to the US, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.


The US state department has said a planned visit to North Korea by Google chairman Eric Schmidt is unhelpful.

The reason for the trip has not yet been revealed, but reports say it is part of a humanitarian mission led by US politician Bill Richardson.
State department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said: "We don't think the timing of this is particularly helpful."
Ms Nuland added that Mr Schmidt and Mr Richardson were "well aware" of the US government's views.
Mr Richardson, a former governor of New Mexico, has been involved in ad-hoc negotiations with the North Koreans in the last 20 years and has helped in securing the release of US nationals detained by Pyongyang.
Last month, North Korea arrested a US citizen of Korean origin, Pae Jun Ho, for unspecified alleged crimes.
Google is present in neighbouring China, where it was involved in lengthy negotiations over internet access before it effectively shut down its Chinese search engine in 2010.
Internet use is highly restricted in North Korea, where few people have access to a computer and most users can only access a national intranet rather than the world wide web.
Some analysts speculated that for Google's Eric Schmidt the trip could have strategic reasons.
"I think this is part of Google's broader vision to bring the Internet to the world, and North Korea is the last frontier," said Peter Beck, of South Korean's non-profit Asia Foundation, to Reuters.
Google has refused to comment so far.
Confirmation of Mr Schmidt's trip came days after the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, delivered a new year's message on state TV, the first such broadcast for 19 years.
Kim Jong-un, in power since 2011, spoke of the need to improve the economy and also to reunify the Koreas, warning that confrontation only led to war.
Kim Jong-un said 2013 would be a year of creations and changes, calling for a "radical turnabout" that would transform the impoverished, isolated state into an "economic giant" and raise living standards.
But while he said confrontation between the North and the South should be removed, Mr Kim stressed that military power remained a national priority.
Under Mr Kim's leadership, North Korea has conducted two long-range rocket launches - actions condemned by the US and Pyongyang's neighbours as banned tests of missile technology.
The launch in April failed, but December's attempt appears to have been a success, placing a satellite into orbit.
The US, Japan and South Korea are seeking a response in the UN Security Council, which banned North Korea from missile tests after nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.


Southampton will not appoint former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager.

The 62-year-old Chilean was keen on the move but the club are looking at other options to replace Ronald Koeman.
Frenchman Claude Puel, 54, is reportedly the favourite to take over after leaving French Ligue 1 side Nice at the end of last season.
Dutchman Koeman left to join Everton earlier this month after two campaigns at St Mary's.
United States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is also not being considered despite being linked with the job.
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe, former Manchester United manager David Moyes and ex-Ajax head coach Frank de Boer are all out of the running too.
Southampton are looking to appoint their new boss by the time players report for pre-season training next week.


The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's visit to the north-east of England is to be celebrated with a year-long series of events.

The American accepted an honorary doctorate in civil law from Newcastle University on 13 November 1967.
Tyneside's Freedom City 2017 will see outdoor events, exhibitions and public art mark that occasion.
His Newcastle speech was the last he made outside the United States before his assassination in 1968.
King had recently been released from prison when he visited Tyneside for 24 hours.
Footage of the ceremony lay forgotten in the university's archives for more than 40 years.
The launch of the programme of events, running in Newcastle and Gateshead throughout 2017, coincides with Martin Luther King Jr Day, which is held on the third Monday of January in the US.
Professor Richard Davies, pro-vice-chancellor for engagement and internationalism at Newcastle University, said: "Awarding an honorary degree was the highest honour the university could bestow and came at a time when Dr King was an increasingly controversial figure.
"Indeed, Newcastle was the only UK university to honour Dr King in this way during his lifetime and it remains one of the most important moments in our history."
A bronze sculpture will be unveiled at the university in November.
The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art will host a civil rights-themed exhibition, while Great North Museum: Hancock will tell the story of King's visit.
A series of drama, dance and art performances will focus on people who have campaigned for political and social change.