SYDNEY, Mar 28 (AFP): Australia fast bowler Shaun Tait Monday announced his retirement from one-day cricket to concentrate on the Twenty20 form of the game. Tait, 28, who has just returned from the World Cup on the subcontinent, said he...
NEW DELHI, Mar 28: India, home to most of the world's wild tigers, on Monday reported a rise in the animal's numbers for the first time in years in a rare piece of good news for conservationists. The census found...
NEW DELHI, Mar 28: The Indian navy has arrested 16 Somali pirates and freed the same number of crewmen after a battle with a hijacked ship in the Arabian Sea, a spokesman said Monday. A navy vessel and a coast...
MILAN, Mar 28: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attended a legal hearing on Monday for the first time in eight years, over allegations of fiscal fraud and breach of trust in his business interests. The hearing in Milan is part...
ABIDJAN, Mar 28: Fighters backing recognised president Alassane Ouattara launched Monday their biggest offensive yet to seize control of western Ivory Coast, attacking a key town held by his presidential rival. Fierce fighting raged throughout the morning in the strategic...
SANAA, Mar 27 (AP): Islamic militants seized control of a weapons factory and a nearby town in Yemen's south Sunday, said a witness and security officials, as political turmoil around the country causes security to unravel. Yemen is a key...
TARLAY, (Myanmar), Mar 27 (AFP): Rescue teams struggled Sunday to reach those affected by a powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar's east three days ago, as aid workers said they feared the death toll will rise. Officials say 75 people were...
KABUL, Maer 27: The Taliban say they have kidnapped 50 Afghan policemen in the northeast of the country. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said Sunday that the policemen, who were from Nuristan province, had just finished their training to join the...
AMMAN, Mar 27: Jordan's Islamic opposition, leftists and trade unions demanded the ouster of Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit, who they blame for violence that has killed one person and injured 130. "We demand the prime minister and intelligence chief (Mohammed...
LISBON, Mar 27: Portugal's Socialist Party overwhelmingly re-elected outgoing Prime Minister Jose Socrates as its leader, it announced Sunday, after he quit last week when parliament rejected his austerity plan. Socrates took 93.3 percent of party member votes, putting him...
RAWALPINDI, Mar 27: Pakistan will ask Interpol to circulate a global arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf over the murder of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, a prosecutor said on Saturday. A Pakistani court last week gave prosecutors until April 2...
COLOMBO, March 27 (AFP): Ace batsman Ross Taylor believes New Zealand can make history by qualifying for a first World Cup final by beating co-hosts Sri Lanka Tuesday. The Black Caps will appear in their sixth World Cup semi-final since...
MELBOURNE, Mar 27 (AFP): Ricky Ponting said on Sunday he will decide his international future over the next few days, but insisted he still has a lot to offer Australian cricket. The captain's return home after Australia's World Cup quarter-final...
GRANADA, Spain, Mar 27 (AFP): World Champions Spain survived a scare against the Czech Republic as a David Villa double saw them come from behind to win 2-1 Friday and maintain their 100 per cent record in qualifying for Euro...
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, Mar 27 (AFP): Lionel Messi dazzled, but the two-time world footballer of the year and Argentina had to settle for a 1-1 draw with the United States in a friendly international football match on Saturday. Juan...
KABUL, Maer 27: The Taliban say they have kidnapped 50 Afghan policemen in the northeast of the country. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said Sunday that the policemen, who were from Nuristan province, had just finished their training to join the...
AMMAN, Mar 27: Jordan's Islamic opposition, leftists and trade unions demanded the ouster of Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit, who they blame for violence that has killed one person and injured 130. "We demand the prime minister and intelligence chief (Mohammed...
LISBON, Mar 27: Portugal's Socialist Party overwhelmingly re-elected outgoing Prime Minister Jose Socrates as its leader, it announced Sunday, after he quit last week when parliament rejected his austerity plan. Socrates took 93.3 percent of party member votes, putting him...
RAWALPINDI, Mar 27: Pakistan will ask Interpol to circulate a global arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf over the murder of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, a prosecutor said on Saturday. A Pakistani court last week gave prosecutors until April 2...
NEW DELHI, Mar 27 (AFP): India and Pakistan kicked-off the mind games ahead of their World Cup semi-final blockbuster Sunday while New Zealand attempted to halt a three-pronged Asian assault on the title. Pakistan, the 1992 champions, insist all the...
NEW DELHI, Mar 27 (AFP): A joke is doing the rounds at the World Cup that if India's Yuvraj Singh bats even with a stump, he will return to the dressing-room with at least a half-century under his belt. The...
NEW DELHI, Mar 27 (AFP): Australia's Simon Taufel and Ian Gould of England were Sunday named as the umpires for Wednesday's highly-charged World Cup semi-final between India Pakistan. Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle will be match referee with New Zealand's Billy...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 27 (AFP): In a victory for "cricket diplomacy", Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has accepted an invitation to visit India to watch the World Cup semi-final between the two arch-rivals. Wednesday's match in Mohali will be the...
MOHALI, Mar 27 (AFP): Security was ramped up at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium Sunday as India staged their first training session ahead of the high-profile World Cup semi-final against Pakistan. The match, the first between the arch-rivals on Indian...
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori and paceman Kyle Mills along with South Africa's Faf du Plessis were Saturday slapped with heavy fines for their ugly bust-up during the World Cup quarter-finals, reports AFP. The fines followed a stormy clash at...
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori dismissed suggestions Saturday that reaching the World Cup semi-finals should be the limit of his team's ambitions, reports AFP. "I look at it as an achievement for a country so small that we make so...
RAWALPINDI, Mar 27: Pakistan will ask Interpol to circulate a global arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf over the murder of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, a prosecutor said on Saturday. A Pakistani court last week gave prosecutors until April 2...
TOKYO, Mar 27 (Reuters): Japanese companies' demand for funding has soared since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with the country's top three banks seeing a surge in new loan requests, lenders said on Sunday. Companies are rushing to secure...
BEIJING, Mar 27 (AFP): China's Sinopec said Sunday its 2010 net profit rose nearly 14 per cent on higher oil prices and strong domestic demand for refined oil and chemical products. Asia's largest refiner reported a net profit of 71.8...
NEW DELHI, Mar 27 (AFP): Australia's Simon Taufel and Ian Gould of England were Sunday named as the umpires for Wednesday's highly-charged World Cup semi-final between India Pakistan. Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle will be match referee with New Zealand's Billy...
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