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Former India captain ‘Tiger’ Pataudi dies at 70
september 22, 2011by latadmin
NEW DELHI (AP) — Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, a former India cricket captain who led the country to its first series victory abroad, died Thursday at a local hospital...
IMF’s Lagarde Says ‘Downside Risks’ Are High for Global Economic Recovery
september 22, 2011by latadmin
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said “downside risks” are high for the world economy. “We’re in it together and we will be able...
Myths About China and India’s Africa Race
september 22, 2011by latadmin
More countries in Africa are joining the global economy. Over the last decade, the continent’s GDP expanded at an average annual rate of 5.1 percent, low compared...
Adm Mike Mullen’s address
september 22, 2011by latadmin
The following are extracts of the address by outgoing chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm Mike Mullen to a US Senate panel in Washington, in which he accuses...
Is Pakistan ‘failing’ the people hit by the floods?
september 22, 2011by latadmin
Pakistan’s most needy are being left to fend for themselves after flooding devastated much of southern Sindh province. It is astonishing and depressing that this...
Mullen Asserts Pakistani Role in Attack on U.S. Embassy
september 22, 2011by latadmin
WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s intelligence agency aided the insurgents who attacked the American Embassy in Kabul last week, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the...
Bombings Add to Growing Unrest in Dagestan
september 22, 2011by latadmin
MOSCOW — A coordinated pair of explosions in the capital of Dagestan early Thursday killed at least one person and injured dozens more in the violence-plagued...
Militants fire on Pakistan army chopper
september 21, 2011by latadmin
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Suspected militants opened fire on an army helicopter flying in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, wounding a regional commander inside the aircraft....
US to face Switzerland in 2012 Davis Cup
september 21, 2011by latadmin
BANGKOK (AP) — The United States has been drawn to play at Switzerland in the first round of the 2012 Davis Cup. Switzerland will be at home for the best-of-five...
FBI head visits Pakistan amid tensions
september 21, 2011by latadmin
ISLAMABAD (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller is visiting Pakistan as tensions between the two countries spike over U.S. demands that Islamabad crack down on Afghan...