Muralitharan, Chanderpaul top ICC Rankings
DUBAI: Riding on the match-saving hundred against New Zealand in the second Test, Indian batsman VVS Laxman on Tuesday returned to the top-20 of the VVS Laxman celebrates....
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Britain starts pulling out of Iraq
BAGHDAD: British forces have officially started pulling out of Iraq on Tuesday, signaling the end of six years of military operations that began with the US-led invasion ....
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Clinton backs reconciliation with Taliban who reject violence
Updated at: 1737 PST, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
THE HAGUE: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton backed Tuesday Afghanistan's plans to hold reconciliation talks with members of the Taliban or past Al-Qaeda supporters who reject violence.
"We must ... support efforts by the government of Afghanistan to separate the extremists of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban from those who joined their ranks not out of conviction, but out of desperation," she said. "They should be offered an honorable form of .... Full Story
SC restores Shahbaz Sharif as CM Punjab
Updated at: 1311 PST, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan stayed on Tuesday its decision of February 25 in which it disqualified Pakistan Muslim League-N President, Mian Shahbaz Sharif to hold the office of chief executive of Punjab province.
The five-member bench headed by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani granted a stay to Shahbaz Sharif on a writ filed through Khawaja Haris till the disposal of main petition.
The bench also announced that the operation of judgme .... Full Story
Nawaz Sharif calls for end to drone attacks
Updated at: 1841 PST, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday the new U.S. administration was much better than the previous one, but needed to understand his country's concerns as it battles extremism.
He said reaction to President Barack Obama's new plan for Pakistan and Afghanistan, announced last week, had been "mixed" in the country."
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Miandad re-appointed as PCB Director General
Updated at: 1344 PST, Monday, March 30, 2009
KARACHI: Former Test cricketer and captain Javed Miandad has re-appointed as Director General of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).According to sources, Miandad himself announced that he is appointed once again as PCB Director General. However, sources said Javed Miandad would serve as advisor to chairman PCB.Miandad had resigned few months ago after having differences with PCB
ECNEC approves 29 projects worth Rs77 bln
Updated at: 2324 PST, Monday, March 30, 2009
ISLAMABAD: Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a total of 29 projects worth Rs77 billion including 11 projects of energy.The ECNEC meeting presided over by Finance Advisor Shaukat Tarin approved the above projects.The projects approved include Rs30 billion worth of 11 energy projects whose completion will cut down line losses by 128 MW.
The ECNEC also approved 6 projects worth Rs11.40 billion for road construction .... Full Story
Ship carrying 257 migrants sinks off Libya coast: report
Updated at: 2234 PST, Monday, March 30, 2009
CAIRO: A ship carrying 257 illegal migrants travelling to Europe has sunk 30 kilometres off the coast of Libya, Egyptian state news agency MENA said on Monday, quoting a foreign ministry official.Ahmed Rizq, responsible for consular affairs in the foreign ministry, said 20 passengers, including six Egyptians, were saved by Libyan rescue workers.The ship sank after setting from Sidi Bilal, near the capital Tripoli, on Sunday morning,
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Manawan Police Center siege ends, 4 attackers killed, 4 held
Updated at: 1840 PST, Monday, March 30, 2009
LAHORE: The siege at the Manawan Police Center in Lahore has ended, bringing a halt to eight-hour long operation Security forces have arrested four terrorists before regaining control of the besieged Police Center. Four terrorists were also killed in the operation. According to sources, eight policemen were martyred, while 95 others were injured in the deadly attack.
The attack came at a time when the trainee policemen were doing parade at a Pol ....
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Arrested terrorist is Afghan national: Rehman
Updated at: 2118 PST, Monday, March 30, 2009
LAHORE: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has said that the terrorist arrested from Manawan is an Afghan national and hails from Paktika province of Afghanistan.
Speaking to newsmen here at the Rangers Headquarter, he said that today’s attack on Manawan Police Academy was planned in South Waziristan.
He said that investigations were underway to find more information in this connection.
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Razzaq available for selection
Updated at: 1814 PST, Sunday, March 29, 2009
LAHORE: Star all-rounder Abdul Razzaq said today that Indian Cricket League (ICL) has released all players and issued no-objection certificate (NOC) too.Speaking to newsmen here, Razzaq said that he would apprise Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of his availability for selection in a couple of days. “Players can now sign agreement with anyone after issuance of NOC from the unofficial cricket league,” he said.
Britain, Spain amid several EU countries’ people march in G20 protests
Updated at: 1115 PST, Sunday, March 29, 2009
LONDON: Tens of thousands of people in several European countries including Britain and Spain took to the streets in their capital cities ahead of Thursday G20 summit to express their anger at the human cost of the financial crisis.Demonstrators also marched in other European capitals as politicians appealed for calm during Thursday's Group of 20 gathering in London, due to be attended by world leaders including US President Barack Obama.The prot .... Full Story
Policemen among 17 killed in Afghan violence
Updated at: 2016 PST, Sunday, March 29, 2009
KABUL: Four Afghan police were killed in a rebel ambush in western Afghanistan Sunday, while three army commandos and 10 rebels died in other violence, authorities said.Three policemen were killed after militants attacked their vehicle near the western province of Herat, a police spokesman, Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, told a foreign news agency. A senior police officer was injured, he said.Another officer was killed after a police post was ambushed by the .... Full Story
U.S. trying to end extremism with Pak neighbors help: Holbrooke
Updated at: 1931 PST, Sunday, March 29, 2009
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Pakistan's intelligence service to cut contacts with extremists in Afghanistan, which he called an "existential threat" to Pakistan itself.Meanwhile, U.S. special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said that U.S. is endeavoring to get to the bottom of problem in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Efforts are being made to end extremism in collaboration with Pakistan neighbors, he sa .... Full Story
Obama rules out US troops in Pakistan
Updated at: 1938 PST, Sunday, March 29, 2009
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama says he will consult with Pakistan's leaders before going after terrorist hideouts in their country.
He also wants Pakistan to be more accountable, but is ruling out deploying U.S. troops there.
In Obama's words, his Afghanistan strategy “does not change the recognition of Pakistan as a sovereign government.''
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Hillary Says Pro-Life Is Anti-Democratic, and the Papers Only Say She 'Champions Women's Rights'?
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was honored Saturday night in Houston by America’s leading provider of abortions, with an award named for a woman who believed the...
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