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Olympic champion Felix Sanchez pulled up after the first hurdle clutching his right hamstring.

The brunette from Toronto was chosen from five contestants, including four from Latin America, in the final round of the competition.

Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla will give AIDS medicines at half the normal prices to former US President Bill Clinton's Foundation

The state department has launched the 2006 Diversity Visa Lottery, a programme by which 50,000 permanent resident visas are issued annually to individuals from countries with low levels of immigration to the United States.

Tonique Williams-Darling and Christian Olsson will chase at least a share of the million dollar Golden League jackpot in the final meeting of the series.

Refereeing controversy marred the opening day of the Olympic taekwondo competition as Taiwan won both gold medals on offer.

India's K M Binu qualified for the semi-finals of the one-lap race.

The names of flag bearers in order of the country's entry into the Olympic stadium.

In the Global Corruption Index, a survey of 133 nations conducted by Transparency International (an anti-graft watchdog), India stood 83rd, recording a score of 2.8 out of 10.

India, the world's third-largest cotton producer, is likely to benefit when the United States and Europe end the 30-year old quota regime next year under which 47 developing nations are guaranteed a share in their apparel market.

India have been drawn in along with Japan, Oman and Singapore in the Asian qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup football finals.\n\n

Former US President Bill Clinton on Friday launched a major medical initiative to make available Anti-Retroviral Drugs to millions affected by HIV/AIDS around the world at almost one-third of the existing market costs.

'All in all, the Papacy would seem to be simply offering salvation with discounts and incentives without seeking redemption itself.'

Miss India Nikita Anand did not make it to the top ten.

It got the maximum number of votes [47] in a secret ballot.

Putting behind the post-Pokhran freeze on export of dual use technologies, the US has inked an agreement with India to substantially boost bilateral high technology trade to further consolidate the strategic relationship between the two countries.