
In Asia, a tourism downturn hits airlines, high end shopping and resorts. ...

06:26 PM, Nov 13, 2008

London: Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Amir was given permission at a London court on Friday to appeal against his six-month jail sentence for his part in the spot-fixing betting scam. The fast bowler, 19, was sentenced to serve six months in a British young offenders' institute last week after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to cheat at gambling and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments. A judge at the Court of ...

03:47 PM, Mar 18, 2008

London: Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Amir was given permission at a London court on Friday to appeal against his six-month jail sentence for his part in the spot-fixing betting scam. The fast bowler, 19, was sentenced to serve six months in a British young offenders' institute last week after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to cheat at gambling and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments. A judge at the Court of ...

03:47 PM, Mar 18, 2008

Bridgetown: West Indies skipper Darren Sammy has welcomed the introduction of Umpires Decisions Review System (UDRS) across the world though he mentioned that it seemed to produce a lot more leg before decisions. "My experience is that it minimises errors. It's a good thing that ICC has brought it into place, it lessens mistakes in a game," stated Sammy ahead of the second Test on Tuesday. An ICC meeting in ...

12:11 PM, Feb 07, 2008

Bridgetown: West Indies skipper Darren Sammy has welcomed the introduction of Umpires Decisions Review System (UDRS) across the world though he mentioned that it seemed to produce a lot more leg before decisions. "My experience is that it minimises errors. It's a good thing that ICC has brought it into place, it lessens mistakes in a game," stated Sammy ahead of the second Test on Tuesday. An ICC meeting in ...

12:11 PM, Feb 07, 2008

Colombo: In a scathing attack on the BCCI, former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga said the Indian Board's financial might has turned the ICC into a toothless tiger and called the IPL a monster that will destroy international cricket. Ranatunga, who led Sri Lanka to the 1996 World Cup triumph, said the ICC has become a body which is constantly under the BCCI's pressure. The ICC's job is to protect...

04:34 PM, Jan 31, 2008

Colombo: In a scathing attack on the BCCI, former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga said the Indian Board's financial might has turned the ICC into a toothless tiger and called the IPL a monster that will destroy international cricket. Ranatunga, who led Sri Lanka to the 1996 World Cup triumph, said the ICC has become a body which is constantly under the BCCI's pressure. The ICC's job is to protect...

04:34 PM, Jan 31, 2008

At Cebu detention and rehabilitation centre, every able-bodied inmate must dance. ...

04:10 PM, Sep 04, 2007

At Cebu detention and rehabilitation centre, every able-bodied inmate must dance. ...

04:10 PM, Sep 04, 2007
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For this generation of children in Iraq, A is for artillery, B for bomb and graduation day is hard to come by. ...

05:14 PM, May 27, 2007

For this generation of children in Iraq, A is for artillery, B for bomb and graduation day is hard to come by. ...

05:14 PM, May 27, 2007
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Violence - and the fear of violence - has cut school attendance by almost 60 per cent in Baghdad. ...

05:06 PM, May 23, 2007

Violence - and the fear of violence - has cut school attendance by almost 60 per cent in Baghdad. ...

05:06 PM, May 23, 2007

Pregnant women from mainland China are flooding across the border, to Hong Kong, to give birth to their babies. ...

07:10 PM, Feb 02, 2007