LAHORE - As the series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka got a green signal from Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director general Javed Miandad went into a gratitude overdrive to thank Sri Lanka for

Israel's cabinet voted on Sunday to release some 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to president Mahmud Abbas aimed at bolstering slow-moving US-backed peace talks. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman Mark Regev called the

Pakistani prison authorities on Friday released 97 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture, days after peace talks between the nuclear-armed rivals, officials said. The released fishermen have been sent from Karachi to the eastern city of