Cricket ties between Pakistan and India could be restored as early as next year, with Pakistan’s top cricket official on Monday saying he’s hoping to host India in a test series.
One of life’s puzzles is why in a country as stylish as Italy, where people’s abiding preoccupation is to cut a bella figura, they should play such flat, joyless football.
New Zealand tailender Daniel Vettori and Sri Lankan vice-captain Marvan Atapattu were cleared of serious injuries after being rushed to hospital by ambulance after a mid-pitch collision in the second cricket test in Sri Lanka.
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The contractor who built the dormitory building which disintegrated into dust during the Bingol earthquake, killing at least 66 children, was in hiding yesterday as grieving and angry relatives stepped up demands for him to be prosecuted.
For 15 years, the three al-Ani brothers have run a taxi business from their adjacent houses, opposite the local school. It was a nice place to live, recalls Raid al-Hati, their neighbour and cousin, a quiet part of town.
British diplomats have called for a full investigation into the fatal shooting of an award-winning journalist by Israeli troops.
The United States congratulated Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo on his re-election in the country’s April 19 poll, which it hailed as ”largely peaceful”.
The impact of the deadly Sars virus in Africa would be devastating and the continent cannot afford to see the disease spread there, warns the World Health Organisation.
The Brazilian government on Saturday expressed an interest in manufacturing antiretroviral drugs in Mozambique, a Brazilian lawmaker said.