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Biden deploys additional 1000 troops to Afghanistan

United States President Joe Biden has rushed an additional 1,000 US soldiers to Afghanistan for an "orderly and safe drawdown" of American and allied personnel, as the Taliban insurgents moved......

Briton Howard Jacobson wins 2010 Booker Prize

British author Howard Jacobsen won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his book The Finkler Question.Jacobson had been longlisted twice for the prize, in 2006 for Kalooki Nights and in 2002......

World's scariest yet thrilling glass bridges

A mere two weeks after its grand opening to queasy visitors, the Yuntaishan glass bridge in Central China’s Shiniuizhai National Geological Park Bridge developed cracks scaring away......

Neel Mukherjee's novel in Booker Prize shortlist

Kolkata-born British author Neel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s and centres around a dysfunctional family, has been shortlisted for the......

The V S Naipaul I came to know

Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday. IMAGE: Sir V S Naipaul gives the Nobel lecture at the Old Stock......

The 10 hardest jobs to fill in America

For the second year in a row, engineer is the hardest job to fill in America. Why are engineers so hard to find? "We have whole generations of people loving liberal arts, not going into science......

Big Mac and the calorie count

McDonald's, the fast food giant accused by nutritionists of contributing to obesity, has announced that it will put nutrition information on the packaging of most menu items starting early next......

Women hotshots in the media biz

For female media executives breaking through the glass ceiling, times have never been more stressful, with the entire sector undergoing a seismic shift. More consumers are buying their......

All about the $100 laptop

The $100 laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant. The machines' AC......

Will the third Wimpy Kid pack a punch as well?

Diary of Wimpy Kid: Dog Days releases in the US on August 3. Here's what we can look forward to.During his summer vacation, the wise-cracking 'Wimpy Kid' Greg Heffley, hatches a plan to pretend he......

Shyamalan's Harry Potter plans

M Night Shyamalanisn't donejust yet.Despite all thecritic flak following his latest release Lady In The Water, Shyamalan is still an A-list director -- and potentially the man helming a future......

Villa's Richards gets in heated argument with fans

‘It was brave of him to do that’ IMAGE: Aston Villa's Micah Richards walks down the tunnel at the end of the game. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters Aston Villa captain Micah Richards......

FA Cup: Heartbreak for Eastleigh; Arsenal progress

IMAGE: Eastleigh's Yemi Odubade shoots at goal while David Wheater of Bolton Wanderers attempts to block. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images Minor league Eastleigh suffered FA Cup heartbreak......

United beat Philadelphia for pre-season victory

Manchester United beat the Philadelphia Union 1-0 on Wednesday in a scrappy game against Major League Soccer's newest team. United emerged with a victory at Lincoln Financial Field but laboured in......

Merrick earns first PGA Tour win in playoff

Local favourite John Merrick won his first PGA Tour title by beating fellow American Charlie Beljan in a sudden-death playoff for the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club on Sunday.......

Jeev out, Chopra makes the cut

Jeev Milkha Singh was left to rue a poor back nine in his level-par 70 as he missed his second successive cut in the US PGA Tour, but Daniel Chopra fired a superb four-under 66 to ensure weekend......

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