BANGKOK (AFP) - John Daly said Tuesday he had heard no more from the Australian golf authorities over an incident in which he stormed out of a tournament last month after hitting six shots in a lake. "I haven't really talked to anybody and they haven't talked to me," said the fiery American, whose ...

DHAKA (AFP) - Darren Bravo cracked his maiden Test century to put the West Indies in command on the third day of the series-deciding second and final Test against Bangladesh on Monday. The left-hander was unbeaten on 100 after Kirk Edwards hit a solid 86 as the West Indies reached 207-3 in their ...

Putting the onus on India, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said the US has made clear the steps New Delhi needs to take "to allow us to move forward" on implementation of bilateral civil nuclear deal. "We remain fully committed to expanding the civil nuclear cooperation with India and ...

LAHORE A rally was taken out under the aegis of Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) on the occasion of Salam Teachers Day on Wednesday. The participants were holding banners and placards inscribed with their demands. The leaders including Dr Zahid Shaikh, Prof Tanvir Shah and ...

Interpol put ousted Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi's son al-Saadi on the equivalent of its most-wanted list on Thursday, and said he was last seen in Niger. The international police agency said in a statement that it has issued a red notice for al-Saadi Gaddafi, based on a request by the National ...

CATHERINE, the Duchess of Cambridge, is making discreet visits to several charities to decide which ones she wants to support, St Jamess Palace said Sunday. Since their April 29 wedding and tour of Canada and California, Kate and her husband Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, have kept a low ...

OSTRAVA (AFP) - Jamaican athletics superstar Usain Bolt easily beat compatriot and this season's fastest man over 100m Steve Mullings here on Tuesday at the Golden Spike event. The 24-year-old world record holder timed 9.91sec, the same time as he ran in the Diamond League event in Rome last ...

ISLAMABAD - The finance-starved Pakistan Railways was spinning into worse crisis and non-provision of the bail out package of Rs 11.1 billion approved by the Federal Cabinet depicted the sheer apathy of the Federal Government toward the sinking of this department of strategic importance. The ...

LAHORE The issue of the possible reduction in deemed duty on HSD put the refineries sector under pressure, leading the stock market to perform sluggishly. The KSE 100 Index remained bearish during the first three trading sessions of the week also due to pre-emptive selling by the local investors ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Member PAC and Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) Hamid Yar Hiraj over allotment of a plot in the Diplomatic Enclave on cheap rates. It also directed the Chairman Capital Development Authority to appear ...

GALLE (Sri Lanka) (AFP) Chris Gayle became the first West Indies batsman to hammer a triple-century in an away Test, putting Sri Lanka under pressure in the opening Test on Tuesday. The former captain made a career-best 333 as the West Indies posted a massive 580-9 declared in their first innings ...

Five Pakistan-based "most dangerous bad guy groups", including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) responsible for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, pose a critical threat in war-torn Afghanistan, says a top US official. "Of course, Afghanistan and Pakistan have always been closely related," US special ...

SINGAPORE (AFP) The controversial issue of goal-line technology will be discussed at a meeting of the International Football Association Board in October, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Wednesday. During the World Cup in South Africa, Blatter indicated it would be tabled at a meeting of ...

ABBOTTABAD Hundreds of thousands of people took to the roads across Hazara region in what could be duly termed as an impressive show of public support for a genuine ideological cum political cause. The participants exceeding three hundred thousand in number believed to have actively responded to ...

The U.S. included the notorious leader of Chechen militants, Doku Umarov, on its list of terrorists, the U.S. Department of State said on Thursday. Umarov, who styles himself as "the Emir of the Caucasus," has claimed responsibility for the two recent major terrorist attacks on the Russian ...

PORT ELIZABETH (Reuters) Striker Jermain Defoe rescued Englands stuttering World Cup campaign with a first-half strike that was enough to beat Slovenia 1-0 in Group C on Wednesday and book a place in the second round. Defoe started for the first time in the tournament and converted James Milners ...

ISLAMABAD Like their predecessor IMF-branded economic wizards, the incumbent economy team has also done statistical 'magic for the PPP regime to show a higher GDP growth rate, nearly a percentile above the target of 3.3 percent. National Accounts Committee, the highest body on computing the size ...

Conservative Party leader David Cameron gained momentum Friday as Britain moved into the final phase of its election campaign, using an unflappable performance in the final television debate to galvanize supporters. The 43-year-old Tory chief brimmed with the relaxed confidence that has ...

In nearly nine years of warfare in Afghanistan, U.S. Special Forces have done their fighting in the shadows, governed by rules largely of their own making. Now, these elite and secretive troops, their actions long shielded from public scrutiny, are the focus of a high-profile investigation that ...

LONDON (AFP) Veteran midfielder Paul Scholes scored his 100th Premier League goal as reigning champions Manchester United returned to the top of the table with a 1-0 win at gritty strugglers Wolves on Saturday. Scholes found the target at Molineux in the 73rd minute when he was first to react ...

The general in charge of persuading Afghan fighters to put down their weapons has estimated that there are as many as 36,000 insurgents, giving a rare appraisal of the fighting force at the command of the Taliban. Reiterating the view that finding jobs for those fighting Western and Afghan forces ...

KARACHI - Inadequate transport facility has put a question mark on the future of road safety education programme (RSEP) and it is feared the programme may not bear the desired fruits in the prevailing circumstances, TheNation has learnt. According to details, due to favouritism and preference on ...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - Evolution Robotics is betting that folks with hardwood or tile floors are craving mechanical maids to keep them beautiful. The firm used the Consumer Electronics Show ending Sunday in Las Vegas to show off a Mint Cleaner that automatically dusts or wet mops hard-surface ...

LAHORE - The Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Commerce Ilyas Bilour has said that the United States has put Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) in NWFP on the back burner and it would have a very negative impact on overall economic scenario in the country. Senator Ilyas Bilour along with ...

KANPUR (India) (AFP) Sri Lanka were staring at a massive defeat after Indias Shanthakumaran Sreesanth grabbed 6-85 on the third day of the second cricket Test here on Thursday. Sreesanth, 26, took the second five-wicket haul of his career to bowl out Sri Lanka for 229 in their first innings and ...

PARIS (AFP) Superstar Thierry Henry was at the centre of a sensational World Cup cheating storm on Wednesday as France reached the 2010 finals in South Africa along with Portugal, Greece and Slovenia. France, the 1998 champions and 2006 runners-up, drew 1-1 with Ireland at the Stade de France here ...

DOHA (AFP) Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki wept and hobbled into WTA Championships folklore on Thursday, relegating Serena and Venus Williams to supporting roles. World number four Wozniacki burst into tears after overcoming Russias Vera Zvonareva and crippling cramp, while collapsing to the ...

LONDON (AFP) Chelsea are on the verge of booking their place in the last 16 of the Champions League after Salomon Kalous double inspired a 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. Carlo Ancelottis side may have spluttered of late in the Premier League but they are top of Group D with nine points ...

KARACHI - Bulls made a strong come back at the Karachi Stock Exchange on the last trading day of the week as the investors gained some confidence ahead of September quarter results, while the KSE-100 index added 1.66 percent or 154 points to close at 9,455 points. Expectation of capital gain in ...

TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - A prosecutor demanded on Tuesday maximum punishment for a senior reformer accused of acting against national security, a crime punishable by death, in Irans fourth mass trial of moderates since a disputed election. Saeed Hajjarian, disabled since an assassination attempt in ...