KABUL  - Relatives of 17 people shot dead in a rampage by a US soldier in southern Afghanistan have been paid tens of thousands of dollars in compensation, a tribal chief and government officials said Sunday.The money - provided by the US military - was handed over at a private ceremony at the ...

Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne on Wednesday escaped a ban but was fined USD 50,000 for his public spat with RCA secretary Sanjay Dixit, thus clearing the decks for the Australian spin legend's swansong IPL appearance on Friday. The IPL's Disciplinary Commission, which had summoned both Warne ...

Ben Fraser's first vote in an Irish general election may also be his last for a long while. Like many of his contemporaries, the 18-year-old student is seriously considering joining an exodus that is gathering pace as the recession deepens. Up to 50,000 Irish citizens could leave the country this ...

Essa Khan found the bag of notes stuffed in a safe deposit box while carrying out a routine inspection of a room vacated by a Japanese NGO worker before another guest arrived. After years of negative publicity from terror strikes and political unrest, politicians have lauded the housekeeper's ...

Pakistan has cancelled a tender to import 50,000 tonnes of white sugar, an official of the state-owned Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) and an industry official said on Monday. The tender, issued on April 30, was to have closed last Saturday but was cancelled on Friday, said the TCP official. ...

US economy deteriorating situation has landed all major firms in dire straits, which has compelled these firms layoff at least 50,000 employees in one day and this has also hit the popularity rating of Obama by 15 percent. Monday proved to be the black day relating to the job cuts in US, when the ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has agreed to allow the export of 50,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan. In a telephonic call from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the Prime Minister approved export of wheat to Afghanistan as a special gesture for the brotherly country facing problems of ...