Saturday, January 26, 2008 (Rafah (Egypt))
Hamas-backed militants driving bulldozers knocked down more fortifications on Friday along the Gaza-Egypt border, a brazen challenge to Egyptian riot police, who abandoned their positions after attempting to reseal the frontier using human chains, dogs and water cannons.
Militants in black clothing, some of them masked, stood atop a bulldozer as […]
Saturday, January 26, 2008 (Mumbai)
India’s Republic Day is also a day that celebrates bravery, two such bravehearts from Mumbai will be honoured this year for their selfless acts.
One of Mumbai’s worst tragedies has been the 2006 serial train blasts.
At that time Ramesh Salunkhe wasn’t thinking of accolades, when he carried his fellow passengers, wounded and […]
Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist faced pressure on Friday to prove his critics wrong after a series of fumbled catches sparked debate about his future.
Gilchrist is just two dismissals away from claiming the world record of South African Mark Boucher.
But his latest wicketkeeping blunder — dropping an absolute sitter off Indian batsman V.V.S. Laxman on the […]
Friday, January 25, 2008 (Melbourne)
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Friday, January 25, 2008 (Mumbai):
Markets closed firm on Friday with the benchmark index settling at 18,361 levels, making a gain of 6.6 per cent or 1,139 points.
In the broader markets, Nifty closed in green by seven per cent. The 50-share index closed at 5,383 levels. Buying emerged in real estate, metal, banking, healthcare and oil […]
Actors Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta, business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya were among the winners of the bids for the eight franchises for the Indian cricket board’s upcoming Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL).
The winners for the eight teams were Shah Rukh Khan (Kolkata), Preity Zinta (Chandigarh), Mukesh Ambani (Mumbai), Vijay Mallya (Bangalore), […]
Electing to bat, India were all out for 526 on the second day of the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Skipper Anil Kumble (86) and Ishant Sharma (14) were the unbeaten batsmen at the crease.
Skipper Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh have already put on a 90 plus 8th […]
Friday, January 25, 2008 (Bangkok)
Myanmar’s ruling military has imprisoned nearly 100 more political activists, despite its promise to the United Nations that it would halt arrests following last September’s pro-democracy demonstrations, a human rights group said on Friday.
Amnesty International said 1,850 political prisoners were behind bars, including 96 imprisoned since early November when the government […]
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said he will quit his post the day he ”realise” people don’t want him to head the country.
”The day I realise that I can’t contribute (for the country) and people don’t like me to continue, I will quit,” Musharraf said in an interview with a private channel in Davos, […]
Elusive al-Qaeda mastermind Osama-bin Laden may have terrorised the world, but his 26-year-old son Omar wants to launch ”a movement of peace” and wishes his father will give up violence and find ”another way” to pursue his goals.
Omar, who last saw Osama in 2000 when he decided to leave al-Qaeda, said he did not think […]
