The scheduling of the ICC Champions Trophy in the English autumn has perplexed the Australian captain.
US captain Richard Staple said the hammering from Australia in the Champions Trophy match was an experience for his team.
While security personnel and equipment are important, it is the mindset that is the pivotal tipping factor in the battle against the Maoists, writes Vivek Gumaste.
In a revelation, the Newsweek magazine claims in its upcoming issue that the recent suicide attacks in Pakistan following the storming of Lal Masjid by the army to flush out militants were ordered by Zawahiri.
Even as the world's urban population explodes, these eight cities face potential extinction.
India edged out Malaysia 5-2, while Pakistan registered a 7-3 win over South Korea in the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament.
The Indian girl, despite being hampered by a knee strain, beat Thailand's Thassha Vityaviroj in the semi-finals of the ITF tournament.
Basically, the by-elections tell us that in UP now, the number one and number two slots are occupied by the BSP and SP. The two biggest national parties, the Congress and the BJP, are so out of the reckoning, they can be ignored. They have become irrelevant to the politics of the state.
The 15% meltdown in the Bangkok bourse following currency-control measures highlights the volatility of developing markets as the dollar swoons.
In a letter to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, copies of which were released to the media, he said: "History has proved that annihilation of Naxalite leaders cannot supress the movement."
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon is the only Indian Air Force warrior to be decorated with the Param Vir Chakra. 'My admiration for his gallant action remains undiminished,' says M P Anil Kumar. 'It was not his day, yet he made it his own.'
"They rang [up] on Sunday and told me to make something that was as fast and bouncy as possible," groundsman Doug Strachan said.
"They rang [up] on Sunday and told me to make something that was as fast and bouncy as possible," groundsman Doug Strachan said.
The LTTE forgot that Eelam was a means to an end -- that is a place of honour for Tamils and preservation of their identity and culture. By obdurately focussing on 'all or nothing' strategy, the LTTE lost everything and has brought upon untold misery on the Tamil people of Jaffna.
Think 'Grand Theft Auto' is over the top? Then you haven't heard of videogames based on Virginia Tech and Columbine.
'It sent a clear message to the Americans that despite the Hyde Act, India would deal with Iran on the basis of its own lights.'
Arsenal, champions Manchester United and big-spending Chelsea are proving a cut abover the rest.
It is time to free this great son India from the shackles of narrow regionalism, says Colonel Anil Athale (retd).
"If the Australian team is being true to the Test cap, their aim will be to go out there and annihilate Bangladesh," said David Hookes
'We should not allow our nation to become a banana republic where terrorists roam free with Z-level official security while Kashmiri Hindus, who believe in India , live like refugees.'
A round-up of Day 4 at the second Grand Slam of the year.
The tenth seed was beaten by Slovenia's Tina Pisnik in the second round at the French Open.
The Kiwi captain said the team possesses much more talent than it was allowed to display by the "below-par" pitches in New Zealand.
Tamil Nationalist Movement leader, one of the most vocal supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and its supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, speaks on the civil war raging in Sri Lanka.
P V Bakthavatchalam will be part of the international panel of lawyers being constituted to defend Saddam Hussein.
The ace midfielder rubbished reports that he was dropped from the Asian Games squad for lack of fitness.
The minnows of cricket beat the World champs by five wickets in the ODI triangular series.
India should shift to a 'flexible response' from the current no first use and minimum deterrence posture. Against China it would be a strategy of dissuasion based on survivable second strike force that could threaten Chinese high value targets. In case of Pakistan, the flexible response strategy would be based on ambiguous no first or second use and a 1,000 point targeting with the aim of annihilation of that entity.
Shahid Azmi, the defence lawyer in the 11/7 blasts case, defends the accused while damning the police and the investigation.
We embark on a big, fat Greek test drive of the new BMW X5.
M P Arjun emerged the wrecker-in-chief after a six-wicket haul as Hyderabad bowled out hosts Punjab for a modest 221 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A Match in Mohali on Tuesday.
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