CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) - A private company will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station in February, a key step in a new US programme to buy spaceflight services on a commercial basis, NASA said on Friday. California-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, plans to ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Greg Chalmers swooped under the radar to capture his second Australian Open by a shot and prolong Tiger Woods's tournament drought at The Lakes in Sydney on Sunday. A controlled final round of three-under par 69 left the Australian left-hander with a 13-under total of 275, one clear ...

PESHAWAR - Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Ejaz Afzal Khan Monday inaugurated the Peshawar High Courts Bannu Bench and formally commenced the judicial proceedings over there for disposal of cases presently numbering over 2100. The ceremony was attended by the Advocate General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ...

Our Staff reporter GUJRAT - The prolonged spell of power outages have triggered mass protests in the district in which angry protestors torched furniture and records of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) sub-offices over the past two days, The Nation learnt here. The district is ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Martin McGuinness journey from guerrilla commander to mainstream politician took a new turn on Friday when his Sinn Fein party said he would be put forward to run for president of the Republic of Ireland. A hero among Catholics in British-controlled Northern Ireland for helping ...

BUREWALA - A speeding trailer crushed two youth to death and injured another on the Multan Road in-front of telephone exchange here on Saturday night. Hamza along with his friends Abdul Rehman and Muhammad Sufian was returning home after purchasing house holds for Iftari from bazaar when they ...

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel battened down the hatches at its main airport on Thursday, awaiting hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists as Greece blocked the last boat in a scuppered campaign to ship aid to the Gaza Strip. Organisers of the "Welcome to Palestine" campaign, which some have called the ...

A RUNNER dubbed 'Forrest Stump' is about to complete a remarkable 630-mile run around the British coast - despite only having one leg. Amputee Colin Edwards, 56, has jogged the equivalent of a half marathon every day for the last six weeks along the South West Coast path. The super-fit ...

MULTAN - The students of Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) turned Multan Press Club and Abdali Road into a battlefield when they got provoked during a protest and attacked the press club with bricks and stones on Wednesday, leaving at least nine reporters and photojournalists injured, half a ...

OKARA - Armed robbers took away two motorbikes, gold ornaments and cash worth hundreds of thousands of rupees here in four different strikes in and around the city the other day. As per detail, a resident of Shergarh was on way back home on his bike from Rajuwal when near Pul 23/D armed dacoits ...

PARIS (AFP) - Tennis legend John McEnroe has heaped praise on Novak Djokovic saying that the Serb's stunning 37-match unbeaten run in 2011 is more impressive than his record-breaking run of 42 wins he achieved in 1984. The 52-year-old American said ahead of the finals of the ATP Champions Tour in ...

Pak-India talks were held in Bhurban on the second day. Both the sides agreed on facilitating traders, installing digital monitoring system at Wagah border. It was also agreed to run a cargo train between the two countries. Ending non-tariff barriers and change in the positive list also came under ...

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, Tuesday told the upper house of the Parliament that a separate division would be constituted under the Cabinet Division to run the affairs of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). Replying a question during the ...

ISLAMABAD - The fiscal tragedy of the cash strapped Pakistan State Oil (PSO) deepened further to possible default of fuel suppliers as receivables on Tuesday swelled to Rs 164.65 billion leading to disruption in fuel supply chain across the country. Though Ministries of Water and Power and Finance ...

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - Unheralded Greta Arn completed her giant-killing run and claimed her second WTA Tour title when she beat champion and second seed Yanina Wickmayer 6-3 6-3 in the Auckland Classic final Saturday. The 31-year-old Hungarian, who had expected to arrive in Auckland and play ...

GUANGZHOU (China) (AFP) Sandeep Singh scored two goals as India stormed into the Asian Games mens hockey semi-finals with a 3-2 win over Pakistan Saturday, their fourth success over their arch-rivals this year. The penalty corner specialist slammed one in each half and Dharamvir Singh chipped in ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) Indias day of destiny finally arrived Sunday with the Commonwealth Games due to begin in a fortress-like New Delhi after a shambolic run-up that threatened to derail the event. Britains Prince Charles was due to get the troubled showpiece underway at 1330 GMT during a ...

BARCELONA (Reuters) Veteran sprinter Merlene Ottey is already eyeing a spot at next years World Championships in South Korea after becoming the oldest athlete to compete at a European championships on Saturday. The Jamaican-born 50-year-old, whose haul of nine Olympic medals is more than any other ...

COLOMBO (AFP) Star batsman Sachin Tendulkar hit 203 and debutant Suresh Raina made 120 as India bettered Sri Lankas run-spree in the high-scoring second cricket Test on Thursday. India, kept on the field for the first two days during Sri Lankas massive 642-4 declared, responded by piling up 669-9 ...

MONTREAL (AFP) Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest time in Fridays second practice for Sundays Canadian Grand Prix as the young German started repairing the damage caused by his controversial drive last time out. Perhaps with a point to prove after crashing while challenging teammate Mark Webber ...

MANCHESTER (AFP) Pi Hongyan, the adopted Parisian who is favourite to win the European womens badminton title here this week, got off to a winning start on Wednesday and warned she feels confident of becoming the fourth successive Asia-raised player to win the crown. The China-raised Pi needed ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan number 14 Nasir Iqbal overwhelmed Pakistan number four Mansoor Zaman 3-1 in the second quarter-final of the ongoing 8th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Squash Championship here at Mushaf Squash Complex on Wednesday. The final score-line was 1-11, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11 and 11-6. It was ...

MIAMI (AFP) Sixth-seeded American Andy Roddick ended the giant-killing run of Czech Tomas Berdych to secure the Miami ATP Masters 1000 title Sunday. One break of serve in each set was enough for Roddick, who didnt face a break point in the entire match which he won 7-5, 6-4. Its a surprising stat, ...

ISLAMABAD Since the Competition Ordinance 2009 expired on March 28, along certain other ordinances requiring re-promulgation, the Competition Commission of Pakistan entered on Monday a vacuum period having no legal backing in terms of an Ordinance or Act of Parliament. This is a prime time for ...

PARIS (AFP) Former French giants St Etienne dealt Monacos hopes of a late run at the title perhaps a fatal blow on Sunday as they beat them 3-0 to end their seven match unbeaten run. Victory for 'Les Verts also saw them grab three vital points in their bid to retain their elite status as they ...

BAHAWALPUR The PML-N will never roll back the Kashmir policy as it fully supports the Kashmir cause believing that the issue should be settled according to the wishes of Kashmiri people and the UN resolutions. This was stated by former prime minister and PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif here Thursday ...

United Nations peacekeepers warned yesterday that Haitis capital could quickly descend into rioting if three million hungry, thirsty and traumatised earthquake survivors dont receive emergency aid soon. The warning came as relief agencies battled to deliver tonnes of material to Haitis capital ...

The Indo-Pak border situation has improved but suspicions continue to run deeper between the two countries, according to influential US Senator John Kerry, who is a key foreign policy aide to President Barack Obama. It (situation along the Indo-Pak border) has improved in the last few months. The ...

VENICE (Reuters) - The award of top prize to hard-hitting Israeli war movie Lebanon was a fitting end to this years Venice film festival, where political passions ran high throughout. The appearance of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and veteran US director Oliver Stone together on the red carpet ...

RAWALPINDI - The provincial government has been running the affairs of the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) in a casual manner as most of the top slots, including the post of Director General (DG), in the civic agency are being administered by the low-cadre officials having additional ...