NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Supreme Court on Friday stopped criminal proceedings against the country's top cricket officials on perjury charges, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The Calcutta High Court had last month ordered police to file the charges against six officials of the Board of ...

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Friday named squads for their two-Test away series against Bangladesh later this month and a tri-nation one-day tournament involving Zimbabwe. The Test series begins on December 26, followed by the tri-nation tournament in January. The tour begins with a three-day ...

MUMBAI (AFP) - From peace marches to calls for toned-down Eid celebrations, Mumbai's Muslims are doing all they can to dissociate themselves from last week's attacks. Even though dozens of the 163 dead were Muslim, community leaders have expressed concerns that Hindu nationalists could exploit the ...

KATE Winslet is happy being "imperfect." "The Reader" actress - who recently appeared in a computer-improved Vanity Fair magazine shoot - is finally comfortable with the way she looks and her curvaceous figure. She said: "I'm happy with who I am. I have grown more comfortable in my own skin for all ...

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA/ (AFP) - The US economy lost a stunning 533,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate jumped to a 15-year high of 6.7 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. The monthly report on nonfarm payrolls, seen as one of the best indicators of economic momentum, highlighted the ...