
Cairo: A group of unruly protesters ransacked and set ablaze the campaign headquarters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo, after the Election Commission announced that Hosni Mubarak's the last prime minister made it into a run off vote with an Islamist rival. Around 400 people arrived from the direction of Tahrir Square shouting slogans against remnants of the former regime on May 28 night. They broke into the...

11:49 AM, May 29, 2012

Ghaziabad: Former BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the Presidential candidate should not be disputable in any manner and favoured a person acceptable to the whole country. "The candidate for the post of President of India should be above caste, religion and colour and he should not be disputable in any manner with no stigma of corruption, favouritism and political vendetta," said the BJP MP from Ghaziabad. He was...

12:38 AM, May 07, 2012

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday said it was "open minded" about suggestions on choice of the next president and that it will consult its United Progressive Alliance partners on the issue. Responding to ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar's reported support for an apolitical candidate, Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said it was the party's duty to listen to views of its allies. She said the party's core...

04:20 AM, Apr 24, 2012

Juneau, Alaska: A best-selling author accused of helping leak an unpublished tell-all on Sarah Palin is releasing his own book on the former Alaska governor this summer. Amazon.com lists a Sept. 20 release date for author Joe McGinniss' 'The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin.' McGinniss, who wrote a magazine expose on Palin and her natural gas pipeline plans, made headlines last year when he moved next door to...

05:29 PM, Feb 23, 2011

Colin was seen as a possible Republican presidential candidate. ...

09:13 PM, Oct 20, 2008

CNN's Jeanne Moo reports the pre-debate preparations. ...

08:41 PM, Oct 02, 2008

With the Democratic convention less than a month away Obama is mum. ...

11:44 PM, Jul 30, 2008

Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday said the prize money for last year's Champions League Twenty20 tournament held in South Africa has not been disbursed yet because of the need for regulatory approvals by the treasury department. "Regulatory approvals from the treasury department are awaited," Sundar Raman, CEO of the IPL, owned by the Cricket Board which is one of the founders of the CL T20 league, told ...

06:24 PM, Dec 29, 2007
Nagpur: Canada plays Zimbabwe at the World Cup on Monday hoping its young players get the kind of experience necessary to excel in a very different type of cricket. The Group A match is one of only two Canada has any real hope of winning, but with little chance of progress and almost certain exclusion from the next 50-over tournament, Canada is looking ahead to the 2012 World Twenty20. With ...

11:26 AM, Dec 22, 2007
Karachi: Pakistan's out of favour leg-spinner Danish Kaneria urged the Pakistan team management to play off-spinner Saeed Ajmal in the World Cup game against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday as he felt that the latter would be very effective against the left-handed batsmen. "I think Saeed should be played because Sri Lanka have lot of left-handers and he is a very experienced bowler and good at bowling to left-handers,"...

06:04 PM, Dec 21, 2007

it's the one liner that often gets seared into the consciousness. ...

04:38 PM, Nov 17, 2007

US gives Mush billions in aid, but he is doing little to combat terror. ...

10:39 AM, Sep 08, 2007

No decision on next President, counting in Goa tomorrow, SC notice to Amrinder kin and Amar Singh files FIR. ...

11:18 PM, Jun 04, 2007

Politicians were first wary of the popular website for posting videos but now they using it to their advantage. ...

05:51 PM, Mar 07, 2007