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CNEWS SYDNEY: Australia great Shane Warne has accused Andrew Strauss of showing a “lack of respect for Test cricket” following the England captain’’s decision to opt out of the tour of Bangladesh. Warne, speaking at Lord’’s here on Monday, said Strauss’’s absence for next month’’s two-Test series, when England are due to be captained by [...]
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CNEWS DHAKA: Pakistan’s Naseem Hameed created history on Monday when she sprinted her way to becoming the fastest woman in South Asia by winning the 100-metre crown of the South Asian Games in Dhaka. Naseem, who represents Army at the domestic level, bagged her first gold medal before a strong crowd at Bangabandhu National Stadium. [...]
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CNEWS MUMBAI: India’’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is likely to grow by 7.2 per cent in 2009-10 as compared to the growth rate of 6.7 per cent achieved in 2008-09, despite a slight decline in the growth of the agriculture sector, data released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) said. In its Advance Estimates of [...]
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CNEWS KABUL: Avalanches in a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 15 people, injured more than 50 and left hundreds stranded on blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday. The avalanches took place Monday following heavy snows in the Salang Pass that links the Afghan capital with the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and [...]
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CNEWS NAGPUR: India were 223 for six in their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the opening test against South Africa at the VCA Stadium on Tuesday. Scores: South Africa 558-6 declared (J. Kallis 173, H. Amla 253 not out, AB de Villiers 53); India 233 (V. Sehwag 109, S. Badrinath 56, [...]
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CNEWS LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC), called the federal government to account for the restrictions on Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan regarding his meeting the relatives and receiving medical facilities, CNews News reported Tuesday. The court, during the hearing of a petition filed by the nuclear scientist, ordered that he should be immediately given [...]
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CNEWS LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC), called the federal government to account for the restrictions on Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan regarding his meeting the relatives and receiving medical facilities, CNews News reported Tuesday. The court, during the hearing of a petition filed by the nuclear scientist, ordered that he should be immediately given [...]
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CNEWS JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli minister called on Tuesday for the international community to adopt tough sanctions against arch-foe Iran over its controversial nuclear programme. “The coming month is decisive,” Silvan Shalom, vice premier, told public radio. “It is time the international community imposes tough sanctions against Iran, even if Russia and China do not [...]
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CNEWS SINGAPORE: Oil recovered early losses to rise above $72 a barrel on Tuesday, buoyed by a weaker U.S. dollar and hopes that European Union leaders could soon cobble together a rescue package for ailing euro zone countries. Sentiment turned after the euro rose against the dollar, clambering off last week’’s 8-½-month low on speculation [...]
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CNEWS TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday began enriching uranium to 20 percent purity level at its Natanz plant in defiance of world powers but under the supervision of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog, state media said. A source from Iran’’s atomic body as telling the state-owned channel that “Iran has started enriching uranium to 20 [...]
