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Google turns its attention to dying languages
22 Jun 2012 7:56 AM ISTGoogle has set out to save the world's dying languages. In an alliance with scholars and linguists, the Internet powerhouse introduced an Endangered...
Czech out to defy Ronaldo
22 Jun 2012 3:05 AM ISTCzech Republic coach Michal Bilek says his team must stop Cristiano Ronaldo running at them or he will be 'impossible' to stop. The Czechs...
Karzai sacks academics over ‘offensive’ book
21 Jun 2012 6:39 AM ISTAfghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday sacked four academics from a leading research centre over a book that sparked fury for reportedly insulting...
Bailout fund would calm, not heal: EU
21 Jun 2012 6:01 AM ISTThe European Commission [EU] on Wednesday dubbed an idea to use eurozone rescue funding to lower high borrowing costs for Spain and Italy via a bond...
Microsoft tablet, a big bet on future
20 Jun 2012 8:52 AM ISTMicrosoft's decision to make its own tablet computer is a sign of frustration with its longtime hardware partners and a big bet on the technology...
Kabul accuses Pak of attacking Shiite Muslims
20 Jun 2012 7:14 AM ISTAfghan authorities on Tuesday said 'regional spy agencies' were behind a rare suicide attack targeting Shiite Muslims that killed more than 80 people...
Taliban strikes Afghan, NATO Kandahar bases
20 Jun 2012 7:13 AM ISTTaliban insurgents struck Afghan and NATO bases in the restive province of Kandahar on Tuesday, after a coalition soldier was killed by attackers in...
Spain bailout fears mount in euro storm
20 Jun 2012 6:07 AM ISTFears of a full-scale bailout for Spain mounted on Tuesday as its borrowing costs spiked to danger levels on concern over the nation’s stricken banks...
Gayle back with a bang
20 Jun 2012 1:50 AM ISTChris Gayle marked his return to top-flight West Indies duty with a blistering fifty in the second one-day international against England at The Oval...
Walcott fitness a definite boost for England
20 Jun 2012 1:14 AM ISTEngland's hopes of reaching the Euro 2012 quarterfinals received a boost on Monday after winger Theo Walcott was declared fit to face Ukraine...
Mathews guides SL to series win over Pak
20 Jun 2012 1:06 AM ISTAngelo Mathews hammered a brisk 80 not out as Sri Lanka posted a thrilling two-wicket victory over Pakistan in the fifth and final one-day...
‘Blair thought Brown was bonkers’
19 Jun 2012 8:41 AM ISTFormer British premier Tony Blair thought his successor Gordon Brown was ‘bonkers’ and a ‘malign force’ that was ‘hell-bent’ on his destruction,...


