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Romario vows to investigate FIFA irregularities

2011-11-12 00:00:00

SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (AP): Former star striker Romario is pledging to step up his efforts in Brazil's parliament to shed light on alleged irregularities involving FIFA and Brazilian football federation president Ricardo Teixeira. Romario, now a congressman, said he...

Djokovic pulls out of Paris Masters

2011-11-12 00:00:00

PARIS, Nov 11 (Reuters): Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday because of a sore shoulder and apologised to fans who had bought tickets for his quarter-final showdown with French favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. "Sadly I have to...

Hart wants to play all the way through to finals

2011-11-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP):England goalkeeper Joe Hart has told coach Fabio Capello he is willing to risk burn-out by playing every minute of his country's preparations for Euro 2012. Hart is firmly established as England and Manchester City number one...

Chelsea's Villa-Boas charged over referee criticism

2011-11-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 11 (AP): The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas with improper conduct over his criticism of a referee. Villas-Boas said Chris Foy's performance in Chelsea's 1-0 loss at Queens Park Rangers last month was "very,...

Time to give up 'big' meat --- if not all meat

2011-11-12 00:00:00

No offence meant to the self-proclaimed religious brethren who are bent on performing ancient rituals far more than following the actual spirit of their faith. But isn't the gory spectacle of slaughtering millions of big animals on a single day...

An archaic world in need of creative recipe

2011-11-12 00:00:00

Nilratan Halder Evolution of human society is a wonderful process where new ideas come along but only in a great while. Ideas or knowledge has catapulted human civilisation on to higher planes and the process continues. Where will man's cognitive...

Centenary of Chinese Revolution

2011-11-12 00:00:00

Nehal Adil The Chinese Imperial government was serving as a stooge of the Anglo-Saxon powers and their ally the Czarist Russia. One can not ignore that the Chinese Revolution took place six years before the Russian Revolution that overthrew the...

Getting inspiration from famous entrepreneurs

2011-11-12 00:00:00

Nusrat Jahan Most of us think that after completing graduation we should go for searching jobs. We cannot stay away ourselves from this kind of thinking. We always think that it is not our job to develop new ideas; it...

Beckham, Henry on MLS Best XI for the first time

2011-11-12 00:00:00

NEW YORK, NOV 11 (AP): David Beckham has been selected for the MLS Best XI for the first time, joining Los Angeles Galaxy teammates Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez and Todd Dunivant. In the final season of a $32.5 million, five-year...

Japan beat Tajikistan in WC qualifier

2011-11-12 00:00:00

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Nov 11 (AP): Japan brushed aside Tajikistan 4-0 to continue its unbeaten streak in 2014 World Cup qualifying on Friday. Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki scored his second goal of the match in the dying seconds, putting the final...

Rowe takes legal action against Jamaica board

2011-11-12 00:00:00

Former West Indies batsman Lawrence Rowe has initiated legal action against the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) for revoking its decision to name the pavilion at Sabina Park in Kingston after him, according to website cricinfo. "We received written notification from...

Romario vows to investigate FIFA irregularities

2011-11-12 00:00:00

SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (AP): Former star striker Romario is pledging to step up his efforts in Brazil's parliament to shed light on alleged irregularities involving FIFA and Brazilian football federation president Ricardo Teixeira. Romario, now a congressman, said he...

Djokovic pulls out of Paris Masters

2011-11-12 00:00:00

PARIS, Nov 11 (Reuters): Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday because of a sore shoulder and apologised to fans who had bought tickets for his quarter-final showdown with French favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. "Sadly I have to...

Hart wants to play all the way through to finals

2011-11-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP):England goalkeeper Joe Hart has told coach Fabio Capello he is willing to risk burn-out by playing every minute of his country's preparations for Euro 2012. Hart is firmly established as England and Manchester City number one...

Chelsea's Villa-Boas charged over referee criticism

2011-11-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 11 (AP): The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas with improper conduct over his criticism of a referee. Villas-Boas said Chris Foy's performance in Chelsea's 1-0 loss at Queens Park Rangers last month was "very,...

Arab nations aim to win back tourists

2011-11-12 00:00:00

Will Smale This year's Arab Spring has meant tough times for the tourism industry across North Africa and the Middle East. With popular uprisings leading to regime change in Egypt and Tunisia, popular beach resorts such as Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh...

Protecting and promotinghuman rights for all

2011-11-12 00:00:00

M Azizur Rahman Human rights, according to Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia - are "basic rights and freedom that all people are entitled to regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, language, or other status". All people,...

Haunted by past, Kazakhstan shuns nuclear bomb

2011-11-12 00:00:00

Robin Paxton Khafiz Matayev dived for cover when he saw the mushroom cloud rise from the steppe. Sixty years have not dulled his memory of the sound that accompanied the blast. "That day, we heard the voice of the earth...

Euro crisis could launch safe-haven gold to $2,000oz

2011-11-12 00:00:00

Amanda Cooper Gold has confounded market watchers by refusing to behave like a safe-haven and instead has tracked equities over the past few weeks, but the escalating European debt crisis could see bullion ditch its risk-asset mantle and return to...

Beckham, Henry on MLS Best XI for the first time

2011-11-12 00:00:00

NEW YORK, NOV 11 (AP): David Beckham has been selected for the MLS Best XI for the first time, joining Los Angeles Galaxy teammates Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez and Todd Dunivant. In the final season of a $32.5 million, five-year...

Japan beat Tajikistan in WC qualifier

2011-11-12 00:00:00

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Nov 11 (AP): Japan brushed aside Tajikistan 4-0 to continue its unbeaten streak in 2014 World Cup qualifying on Friday. Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki scored his second goal of the match in the dying seconds, putting the final...

Rowe takes legal action against Jamaica board

2011-11-12 00:00:00

Former West Indies batsman Lawrence Rowe has initiated legal action against the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) for revoking its decision to name the pavilion at Sabina Park in Kingston after him, according to website cricinfo. "We received written notification from...

Romario vows to investigate FIFA irregularities

2011-11-12 00:00:00

SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (AP): Former star striker Romario is pledging to step up his efforts in Brazil's parliament to shed light on alleged irregularities involving FIFA and Brazilian football federation president Ricardo Teixeira. Romario, now a congressman, said he...

Djokovic pulls out of Paris Masters

2011-11-12 00:00:00

PARIS, Nov 11 (Reuters): Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday because of a sore shoulder and apologised to fans who had bought tickets for his quarter-final showdown with French favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. "Sadly I have to...

Hart wants to play all the way through to finals

2011-11-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP):England goalkeeper Joe Hart has told coach Fabio Capello he is willing to risk burn-out by playing every minute of his country's preparations for Euro 2012. Hart is firmly established as England and Manchester City number one...

Chelsea's Villa-Boas charged over referee criticism

2011-11-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 11 (AP): The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas with improper conduct over his criticism of a referee. Villas-Boas said Chris Foy's performance in Chelsea's 1-0 loss at Queens Park Rangers last month was "very,...

Asian markets mostly up as Europe tension eases

2011-11-12 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Nov 11 (AFP): Asian markets mostly rose Friday after Greece named a new prime minister to push through urgent reforms while Italy's borrowing costs eased as it searches for a successor to Silvio Berlusconi. A day after suffering...

European shares bounce back on political progress

2011-11-12 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters): European shares bounced back on Friday on expectations that some political developments in highly-indebted Italy and Greece would pave the way for tough austerity measures that are crucial to contain the region's two-year-old debt crisis. Italy's...

Indian shares post biggest weekly fall in 7 weeks

2011-11-12 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (Reuters): Indian shares posted their biggest weekly fall in seven weeks on Friday, as slower-than-expected domestic industrial output growth and a bleak outlook for financials further dented investor confidence already hurt by the euro zone's troubles....

IOC, SKS Microfinance, Voltas hit 52-week low

2011-11-12 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (Economic Times): Shares of IOC Ltd, SKS Microfinance and Voltas hit 52-week low in trade today on BSE. More than 100 stocks are trading at their year low on BSE. Indian Oil Corporation declared disappointing results...