MUNCHHOUSE - GN - By strapping a hydrogen peroxide-powered rocket to his bike, daredevil cyclist Francois Gissy broke a land speed record, reaching a top speed of 163 MPH.Gissy set his mark along a vacant stretch of highway in Munchhouse, France, besting the previous rocket-powered bicycle record ...

VIENNA  - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a UN nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how efficiently they would work.The Islamic state's progress in introducing next-generation centrifuges is ...

  KARACHI     Little-known bowler Ahmed Jamal has vowed to make a name for himself after winning a nationwide "King of Speed" competition launched by cricket chiefs to unearth a new Pakistani quick. Pakistan boast a proud history of pacemen including the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar ...

LAHOREThe second last trials for fast bowlers in round one were held in Azad Kashmir at Mirpur Stadium AJK under the Ufone-PCB ‘King of Speed’ programme. Shezad Ahmed and Salman Irshad were the lucky participants, who were selected after tough competition in AJK (Mirpur) with top speeds ...

ISLAMABAD (PR) - Under the 'Ufone-PCB king of speed' programme the trials of fast bowlers for the round-1 were held in Abbottabad and Quetta here on Wednesday.These trials are part of the MoU signed between Ufone and PCB earlier this month to hunt and train the best raw talent in fast bowling.Ameer ...

ISLAMABAD – Unplanned u-turns on IJ Principal Road have given rise to road accidents due to lack of reflectors and speed breakers. Traffic police have abolished traffic signal system and built U-turns on IJ Principal road due to upsurge in public transport and heavy vehicular traffic. These ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in cooperation with Ufone Wednesday announced the schedule of trials for ‘King of Speed’, a talent hunt which will identify the best fast bowling talent. “The ‘King of Speed’ camps will be set up in 10 cities across Pakistan ...

Pakistan is doubling the capacity for NATO trucks at a key border crossing, officials said Monday, to speed up processing for an expected influx of supplies for troops in Afghanistan.Customs officials at Torkham border crossing in the country's troubled northwest told AFP that work had begun to ...

KARACHI – Karachi Port Trust Chairman Aslam Hayat on Saturday inaugurated new speed boats for the entertainment of masses. Unveiling the plaque to inaugurate the Eco Tours, a speed boat cruise, for the citizens, he highlighted that Port Grand will launch diner cruise for the masses. He ...

WASHINGTON - A four-legged robot known as the Cheetah lived up to its name on Monday, setting a new land speed record for legged robots by running at 18 mph (29 kph) on a treadmill at a laboratory in Massachusetts, its developer said.The Cheetah, being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from ...

WASHINGTON (Agencies) – Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year’s raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, reported CBS quoting an American news agency.That ...

WASHINGTON  - The United States should resist the urge to pull troops out of Afghanistan ahead of schedule due to the violence against Americans over the burning of the Quran at a US military base, US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said on Sunday.“Tensions are running very high ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Industry of Commerce and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) would jointly speed up their activities for facilitating the development and exports of value added products in the Agro-Food sector and the authority would act as the focal agency. This was stated by Zafar ...

SYDNEY (Online) - The money gambled on cricket now is astronomical, and if former International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Malcolm Speed is to be believed, at least 500 million dollars was gambled away during the recent World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan in Mohali , India. The Age ...

HANOI (AFP) - Southeast Asian leaders called Friday for vital road, sea and air links to be built more quickly to speed economic recovery and boost the regions competitiveness. In a statement at the close of a two-day summit, they also pledged greater efforts in the development of information and ...

SANDRA Bullock has just one regret in her career - making Speed 2. The actress wishes someone had told her not to make the action-packed sequel alongside pal Keanu Reeves because it was such a flop. Ive always been at the helm of what I do. Theres never been anything that someone said 'I think you ...

CONTACT with nature has long been suspected to increase positive feelings, reduce stress, and provide distraction from the pain associated with recovery from surgery. Now, research has confirmed the beneficial effects of plants and flowers for patients recovering from abdominal surgery. A recent ...

PARIS (AFP) - Scientists unveiled Sunday the first direct evidence that massive floods deep below Antarctica's ice cover are accelerating the flow of glaciers into the sea. How quickly these huge bodies of ice slide off the Antarctic and Greenland land masses into the ocean help determine the ...

ISLAMABAD - Fortnightly meeting of Islamabad Police was held to review the performance of circle police relating to heinous crimes, pending references, arrest of proclaimed offenders, court absconders and military deserters. Acting SSP Dr Moeen Masood presided over the meeting. The SP (East), ...