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Strong Pakistan takes on Kenya today |
Updated at: 0038 PST, Wednesday, February 23, 2011
 HAMBANTOTA: Given Kenya's recent run in the warm-up games and in the World Cup's opening match in India, the outcome of Wednesday's match to be played here seems pretty apparent — a win for Pakistan.
But that does not worry Team Kenya as it looks to salvage its reputation, hugely dented by the humiliating loss to New Zealand in Chennai.
“I thought the Chennai pitch played well, despite the fact that one or two deliveries kept lo ... Full Story |
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 PM convenes allied parties meeting
Updated at: 0802 PST, Wednesday, February 23, 2011
ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has summoned a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee of the PPP and its allied parties today, Geo News reported.The meeting will review government’s economic agenda, the progress of the committee constituted for consultations with various political parties and the implementation status of 10 points agenda given by the PML(N).In a statement, Prime Minister Gilani said that PPP has come into pow .... Full Story |
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 Deadly unrest grips Libya; 400 killed
Updated at: 0636 PST, Wednesday, February 23, 2011
TRIPOLI: The regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is facing its biggest threat since it took over Libya 41 years ago as the death toll of the unrest gripped the country over the past seven days hit 400.Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV, citing eyewitnesses, said deadly clashes in the Libyan capital of Tripoli claimed the lives of 160 people on Monday.It said the Libyan forces hurled protesters in Tripoli with hand grenades in a last ditch to keep the .... Full Story |
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 PSO defers import of 1 million tonne POL products
Updated at: 1610 PST, Tuesday, February 22, 2011
KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has deferred import of one million tonne of different oil products owing to financial restraints, Geo News reported on Tuesday.The decision to import oil for March-April period has been deferred for one week.It may be noted here that large-scale consumers of POL products owed to PSO a cumulative sum of Rs158.4 billion. In turn, PSO owed Rs40 billion to Kuwait Petroleum and other international petroleum companies .... Full Story |
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 Federer overcomes the partisans
Updated at: 0830 PST, Wednesday, February 23, 2011
DUBAI: Roger Federer, without a Grand Slam title for the first time in eight years, had little chance to indicate the likelihood of holding one again as he comfortably negotiated his first encounter since losing the Australian Open title three weeks ago.Federer needed only 75 minutes to win 6-3, 6-3 against Somdev Devvarman, the world number 79 who had been given a wild card entry with an eye to his popularity with the large Indian ex-patriate po .... Full Story |
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 Rahat Fateh Ali Khan home
Updated at: 0726 PST, Wednesday, February 23, 2011
ISLAMABAD: Famous singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, detained in India under charges of carrying undeclared money, has reached home today, Geo News reported.He said his detention was due to lack of his knowledge relating to Indian Custom Laws. However, he showed agreement to revisit India conditioning that if hosts invite him with respect.To a question, he dismissed impression of being made a target in India unlike Adnan Sami Khan.Later, he thanked Abd .... Full Story |
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 Excessive use of red meat causes cancer, heart diseases
Updated at: 1710 PST, Tuesday, February 22, 2011
LONDON: Cutting back on steak, sausages and salami could help prolong your life, according to the most comprehensive study done on meat and mortality.A team of researchers tracked half a million Americans over a decade and found those who ate more red and processed meats appear to have a "modestly increased" risk of dying from all causes, and specifically from cancer or heart disease.In contrast, those who ate more white meat have a decreased ris .... Full Story |
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 Town changes name from ‘Speed’ to ‘Speedkills’
Updated at: 1640 PST, Tuesday, February 22, 2011
SYDNEY: Names can matter, thinks one Australian town named Speed -- which renamed itself ‘Speedkills’ in an effort to promote road safety.Speed, an outback town in rural Victoria with a population of just 45, will change its name for the month of March to reduce rural road accidents and increase awareness of the dangers associated with speeding."Most people recognise that drink driving is a socially unacceptable activity, they are less convinced .... Full Story |
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