IMF rep, UN staff among 14 killed in Kabul restaurant attack
KABUL, January 18, 2014 (AFP) - Taliban suicide attackers killed at least 14 people, including the IMF representative in Afghanistan and three UN staff, in a …
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Cricket: Perera, Mathews miss hundreds as Sri Lanka foil Pakistan
SHARJAH, January 17, 2014 (AFP) - Dilruwan Perera missed a century on his debut while skipper Angelo Mathews fell for 91 as Sri Lanka frustrated Pakistan in …
Modern cigarettes more dangerous than ever: US health report
WASHINGTON, January 17, 2014 (AFP) - Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than lung cancer, including blindness, diabetes, erectile …
Sri Lanka battle hard against Pakistan spinners
SHARJAH, January 16, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka battled hard against Pakistan's spinners led by Saeed Ajmal to reach 220-5 at close on the opening day of the third …
India’s Sonia Gandhi stalls son Rahul PM candidacy push
NEW DELHI, January 17, 2014 (AFP) - India's ruling party was putting on a united front Friday at a mass rally after its leader Sonia Gandhi stalled a push to …
Double Trouble
BOBIGNY, January 14, 2014 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan man wanted on an international arrest warrant for terrorism, was discovered in France by accident, after he …
Cricket: Sri Lanka says Bangladesh tour still on
COLOMBO, January 15, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is to go ahead with a tour to Bangladesh later this month after carrying out its own security assessment in the …
US Call
COLOMBO, January 12, 2014 (AFP) - The United States called Sunday for Sri Lanka to investigate rights abuses by security forces after a top envoy completed a …
Cricket: Misbah leads Pakistan’s resistance to foil Sri Lanka
DUBAI, January 11, 2014 (AFP) - Skipper Misbah-ul Haq led Pakistan's resistance with a gritty 97 to thwart Sri Lanka's victory bids on the fourth day of the …
Dominant Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in second cricket Test
DUBAI, January 12, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lanka produced a professional performance to register their biggest victory over Pakistan by nine wickets in the second …
Scapgoat
WASHINGTON, January 9, 2014 (AFP) - An American jailed for nine months in the United Arab Emirates for making a spoof YouTube video mocking Dubai teenagers …
Cricket: Ton-up Jayawardene gives Sri Lanka upper hand
DUBAI, January 9, 2014 (AFP) - Mahela Jayawardene defied a left-hand webbing injury to notch his 32nd century and Kaushal Silva missed his by five runs as Sri …
Ton-up Mathews helps Sri Lanka foil Pakistan
ABU DHABI, January 3, 2014 (AFP) - Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews hit a pugnacious hundred to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble on the fourth day of the first …
Ton-up Younis, Misbah give Pakistan control
ABU DHABI, January 1, 2014 (AFP) - Exepreienced batsmen Younis Khan and Misbah-ul Haq hit sparkling hundreds as Pakistan took command of the first Test in Abu …
Sri Lankan found dead on Maldives resort
MALÉ, December 30, 2013 (AFP) - A dead body has washed up at an exclusive island resort in the Maldives where English football star David Beckham is taking …
Junaid, Bhatti destroy Sri Lanka in first cricket Test
ABU DHABI, December 31, 2013 (AFP) - Pacemen Junaid Khan grabbed five and Bilawal Bhatti took three wickets as Pakistan caught Sri Lanka napping at 167-8 at …
Three Asian workers dead in Saudi oil platform sinking
JEDDAH, December 28, 2013 (AFP) - Saudi coastguards have found the bodies of three Asian workers at sea after they went missing when an oil company's offshore …
Sri Lanka pull off thrilling consolation win over Pakistan
ABU DHABI, December 27, 2013 (AFP) - Dinesh Chandimal kept his nerve to pull off a sensational two-wicket win for Sri Lanka in the fifth and final one-dayer in …
Rescue underway for Russian ship trapped by Antarctic ice
SYDNEY, December 26, 2013 (AFP) - Three icebreaking ships were Thursday hurrying to reach a Russian vessel carrying 74 people on a scientific expedition which …
Hafeez, Ajmal guide Pakistan to series-clinching win
ABU DHABI, December 25, 2013 (AFP) - Mohammad Hafeez notched his third hundred of the series while off-spinner Saeed Ajmal grabbed four wickets to help …