ISLAMABAD - Awami National Party (ANP) has welcomed the proposed constitutional package while the second major ruling coalition partner, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has not come forward with a clear ...

KINGSTON - A promising 128-run partnership between Runako Morton and Shivnarine Chanderpaul pushed West Indies towards the follow-on mark but a loose shot from Morton just before lunch let Australia finish what had been a frustrating session for them on a high. For most of the day the visitors ...

PARIS (AFP) - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have turned to playing mindgames ahead of the latest instalment of their epic French Open rivalry. Federer, desperate for a first Roland Garros title to add to his 12-strong Grand Slam collection, believes he is the more positive of the two men while ...

PARIS (AFP) - All the talk is of the new generation - Maria Sharapova or Ana Ivanovic - to win the French Open and replace the freshly-retired Justine Henin as world No.1. But the "veteran" Serena Williams believes this could be the year she adds a second Roland Garros crown to the one ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA's three-legged Phoenix Mars Lander is slated to descend onto the planet's north pole region on Sunday on a mission to examine the frigid area's water history, probe the soil for the possibility of life and assess the habitability of the region. Shaped like a cone as it ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian motorists held protests across the country on Saturday against petrol prices that are rising despite Russia's status as the world's second biggest oil producer. Echo of Moscow radio station quoted an organiser as saying that 30 motorists were detained at one protest in the ...