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What Will Israel Do Next?

In days of smart, networked technology and no shame over collateral damage, what will blow up next -- cars, mobile phones, TV sets, refrigerators? And where?, asks Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Smoke......

2 Weeks On, What Did Hamas Attack Achieve?

By creating mayhem, Hamas aims to force the Arab States to give up their plans of reconciliation with Israel, explains Colonel Anil A Athale. IMAGE: Israeli rescue workers in Sderot, southern......

'How can the US tolerate such injustice against the Palestinians?'

'This award is funded by American money so I took this decision.' IMAGE: Palestinian children at the site of an Israeli strike in south Gaza. Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters Social......

Yasser Arafat, 75, dies

Yasser Arafat, the enduring symbol of Palestinian nationalism for four decades, died in a French hospital on Thursday, plunging the Middle East peace process into uncertainty.The 75-year-old......

Yasser Arafat in serious condition

Palestinian Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat is said to be in a serious condition.CNN quoted Palestinian officials as saying that the 75-year-old leader is too weak to walk and unable......

UPA-Left meet postponed

The Left parties would strongly raise the issue of hike in petroleum prices at the meeting of the coordination committee with thegovernment at a later date.The meeting which was scheduled for......

Davos: From medical tourism, skiing to economic talk fest

Davos' biggest claim to fame for the past four decades has been World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting every January. Image: Davos all set for WEF. Photograph: Reuters In a......

When Salman met Fidel Castro

Diana Hayden has spent a month introducing us to famous historical figures on Biography. And now it's time for the first phase to end.All of May, we were acquainted with icons from world politics,......

Arafat itching to shine for Sussex

Yasir Arafat is not excited about being the lone Pakistani player in the Champions League but the 27-year-old Sussex all-rounder acknowledged the fact that it's a huge honour to be part of the......

Indian batsmen display good form

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and the openers hit early form with half centuries to help India to 298 for four on the first day of their three-day tour match against Pakistan 'A' on......

Vinod, Geeta emerge champs

Top seed Vinod Sridhar of Tamil Nadu defeated VM Ranjeet 6-1, 6-3 in the final to win the men's singles title in the All India Ranking Tennis Tournament, at the Cosmopolitan Club, Bhimavaram,......

Rastogi halts Sanam's march

Karan Rastogi halted Sanam Singh's winning streak with a 7-5, 6-3 victory and advanced to the men's singles semifinals of the State Bank of Saurashtra National Grass Court tennis championships in......

Big names gather for Games

Former U.S. President George Bush began a gathering of political heavyweights for the Athens Olympics but doping was again the talking point for sport on Tuesday when a Kenyan boxer was thrown......

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