Top seed Amelie Mauresmo and third seed Maria Sharapova also marched on with straight-sets victories at the US Open.\n
India, 28 others demand end to Israeli military action
The government has notified a list of 57 countries in Africa and South America that would get duty benefits under the Focus Market scheme, announced in the Foreign Trade Policy early this year, to boost exports.
Brazil and Paraguay share second place in the World Cup qualifying standings with four points, behind Argentina on six.
The striker's career has taken a roller-coaster ride in the last four years but he is still Ecuador's most potent weapon in attack.
Arthur J Pais interviews 18-year-old American student William J Oppenheim III, who, along with a few friends, has established the Omprakash Foundation, which links for-free volunteer teachers with more than 100 grassroots educational projects in 26 countries.
Injury-hit English clubs, Liverpool and Chelsea also open their European campaign on Tuesday.
The 68-year-old Argentine soccer great was rushed to hospital with inflammation of the pancreas.
England striker Wayne Rooney suffered a hairline fracture of his left foot in Manchester United's 0-0 draw with Reading on Sunday, the Premier League champions announced.
"Reliance continues to accrue oil and gas properties overseas. These overseas oil and gas initiatives would reinforce the domestic effort. It will also bring a better balance between domestic and international operations as well as between onshore and offshore properties," RIL's chairman and managing director, Mukesh Ambani, told shareholders at the company's 35th annual general meeting in Mumbai.
Indian employers are second most likely to hire more employees in the world after Japan in the second quarter of 2006, according to a survey by global recruitment consultancy firm Manpower.
Humpy cruised to an easy victory over Sabure in the first round of World women's chess championship.
A new 'malicious worm' has begun infecting computer systems and threatens to attack on the third day of every month beginning February 3, according to Micro Trend, an anti-virus and content security company.
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A bloody confrontation with the Naxalites will not solve the problem of governance failure in the poorest states of the country.
Sebastien Grosjean upset sixth seed Guillermo Coria while Tommy Robredo beat James Blake
Egypt, Peru, Galapagos and China are the first four top travel destinations.
India's Taj Mahal, China's Great Wall, the Stonehenge monoliths in England and the desert city of Petra in Jordan are among 21 candidate sites to be named the new seven wonders of the world, organisers said Tuesday.
A Kerala company involved in tackling the problem of dumped food waste and a Karnataka firm that has provided thousands of rural families dung-based biogas plants are among 10 global projects shortlisted for the Ashden Awards
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Mexico scored a stunning 3-0 victory over defending champions Brazil to capture the FIFA Under-17 World Championship.
Diplomats inside the meeting said, however, that only 22 of the 35 board nations voted for the United States-backed European Union motion, reflecting the divisions over the referral
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An Indonesian jetliner crashed into a crowded residential neighborhood in the city of Medan shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing 141 people, some of them on the ground.
The England striker scored his first goal for Manchester City as his new club went top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Sunderland.
Devesh Kapur, Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India, discusses the impact of interniational migration with Arthur J Pais
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