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| Deeply disturbed by Quran burning plan: UN chief UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that no religion in the world can condone the burning of the... |
| Jolie speaks out against plan to burn Quran Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who is on a visit to flood-hit areas in Pakistan as UN Goodwill Ambassador, has condemned plans of a Florida church to burn the... |
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| India has resources for world-class arbitration centre, says Moily Union Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Wednesday that India has a comprehensive, contemporary and progressive legal framework to support international arbitration that is on par with the best in the... |
| ICC reopens Sydney Test investigations, sends Akmal notice The International Cricket Council (ICC) has sent Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal an official notice saying he is under investigation for being involved in match fixing in the Sydney... |
| India to make Formula One debut next year India will make its Formula One Grand Prix debut next year, taking the number of races to 20 from next season, the sport's governing body International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced... |
| Snooker World No.1 Higgins banned for six months Snooker World number one John Higgins was banned for six months and fined 75,000 pounds Wednesday for breaching betting rules but has been cleared of match-fixing... |
| 'Backbone' of twin towers returns to 9/11 site A 70-feet-tall steel column, that literally formed the backbone of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, made a return to the original site and would be part of a memorial to the Sep 11, 2001 terror... |
| Cambridge pips Harvard as world's top university The University of Cambridge has attained the numero uno spot in the 2010 QS World University Rankings, as Harvard University slipped to the second position for the first time in seven... |
| Spot fixing: Ex-ICC chief Mani slams PCB for not suspending tainted trio immediately The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should have promptly suspended the tainted players-Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer - after they were allegedly accused of spot fixing during the Lord's Test against England, said former International Cricket Council president Ehsan... |
| India women blanked 0-3 by Kiwis in World Cup hockey India were blanked 0-3 by New Zealand in their last pool match in the women's World Cup hockey at the Jockey Club... |
| Pak cricketers lack grooming, hence missing out on game's riches A professional cricket career is seen in Pakistan as an escape route into a world of glamour, celebrity and untold riches, but the recent revelations of match fixing and spot fixing by Pakistani cricketers, is likely to have an adverse impact, feel experts and... |
| Don't ban Pakistan from world cricket, says Ponting At a time when the cricketing world wants Pakistan banned for a series of match-fixing scandals involving its players, Australian captain Ricky Ponting says cricket cannot afford to lose... |
| Meet the teen alcoholic who drinks 3 bottles of wine a day! A 17-year-old Brit girl apparently drinks three bottles of wine a day and has been warned she will soon need a liver transplant if she doesn't curb her... |
| BBC World Service to pull out of several countries? The BBC World Service has reportedly been asked to prepare itself for cuts, which may force it to shut its services from several countries, including... |
| One of rarest flowers in world blooms in UK for 1st time in 200 years A flower, which is now extinct in the wild, has been successfully grown in a part of Britain where it disappeared 200 years... |
| FIA to check possible trafficking of missing Pak girls Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been directed to keep strict check on departures at international airports to avoid possible trafficking of girls and children who have gone missing during the floods in the... |
| Terrorists in Pak, Afghanistan 'threat not only to US but world' says Gibbs US White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has said that the presence of al-Qaeda and its extremist allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan is not an issue of concern for only the US, rather it is of international concern and that is the reason for deploying the international security force... |
| Argentina crush world champs Spain 4-1 Argentine football star Carlos Tevez laid on two goals and scored one as Argentina handed Spain its first loss since winning the 2010 South Africa World Cup, earning a dominant 4-1 win in a friendly trouncing in Buenos... |
| Thai Airways lands safely in L.A. after getting toilet room bomb threat A Thai Airways flight landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport after a written bomb threat was found on a toilet mirror of the... |
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| On Gandhi's birthday, Museum in New York will transform into 'peace lab' Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) will transform into a "peace lab" on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday falling on October two to commemorate International Day of... |
| Log on to www.postcardsfromuniverse.org to send e-postcards from space to family, friends Visitors to the website of a book that features articles from astronomers around the world about the hottest astronomical topics of the moment can now send an electronic postcard from space to family and friends-the only postal service that makes light-speed... |
 Hondurans die as gunman targets shoe factoryPolice in Honduras have said they don’t know who shot down victims inside a shoe... |
| 'Food secure' Pak will now have to "start from scratch", says UN official Pakistan's ability to feed itself is in doubt after massive floods ravaged the "food-secure" country, and it may now have to "start from scratch", Luigi Damiani, senior emergency and rehabilitation co-ordinator for the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization in Pakistan, has... |
| Vishwanathan Anand honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award The Rotary Club of Madras conferred the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award on World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand here on... |
| Security think tank says west's Afghan counter-insurgency strategy 'ballooning out of proportion' The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has claimed that the west's counter-insurgency strategy has "ballooned" out of proportion to the original aim of preventing al-Qaeda from mounting terrorist attacks there, and must be replaced by a less ambitious but more sensible policy of "containment and... |
| India's participation highest during International Year of Astronomy 2009 A 1300-page final report for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 has been released which revealed that the highest of participation came from... |
| Australia very reliant on foreign students to prop up varsity funding Australia has the highest proportion of international students enrolled in its tertiary institutions in the world, suggesting that it is highly reliant on this student community strata to attract funding to institutions of higher learning, according to an international... |
| Fla. church adamant on burning Korans on 9/11 despite widespread outrage Despite being condemned by top US officials, a Florida evangelical church appears to be adamant to proceed with its plans to burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Earlier, Terry Jones, head of the 50-member Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, had warned that a message needed to be sent that radical Islam couldn't threaten... |
| Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum highlights opportunities for success in business Europe Asia Business School (EABS) played host to the Junior World Entrepreneurship Forum in Pune this past... |
| Sonia Gandhi to inaugurate 31 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas Congress President Sonia Gandhi will on Wednesday inaugurate 31 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) on the International Literacy... |
| Afridi still optimistic of World Cup 2011glory despite match-fixing turmoil Pakistani cricket may be going through a period of great turmoil and uncertainty after the spot-fixing allegations, but the team's one-day captain, Shahid Afridi, is quite optimistic that the entire squad will be available for the World Cup... |
| Offering Rudd Foreign Affairs portfolio 'beset with risk', experts warn Gillard Amid speculations that the former Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, would be offered the Foreign Affairs portfolio, many experts have raised concerns saying he would be a "risky choice" for the job as he had damaged relations with key international partners while in... |
| Call for Polish state honour for former Indian maharaja Polish academics and Indophiles have requested newly elected Polish President Bronislaw Kmorowski to posthumously honour the late Maharaja of Jamnagar who cared for more than one thousand Polish children during World War... |
| Islam will sooner or later dominate Europe: Italian priest Christians in Europe must have more children or else the continent would become Islamised, said a Vatican official who predicted that Islam would 'sooner rather than later conquer the majority in... |
 Completion date announced for Ground Zero edificeNew York officials have announced that the centrepiece tower to replace the World Trade Centre in New York will be complete in... |
 Two previously unseen asteroids to bypass earthTwo asteroids are due to whiz past the Earth on Wednesday according to... |
