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Babar, Shah star in Pak’s big win over Australia
28 Oct 2014 4:14 AM ISTZulfiqar Babar took a maiden five-wicket haul and fellow leg-spinner Yasir Shah took four as Pakistan humiliated Australia by 221 runs in the first...
Suarez laments ‘bittersweet’ debut loss
28 Oct 2014 3:16 AM IST‘I am very happy to return to playing, it is a great relief to have this time behind me. The feeling is bittersweet because of the result, but this...
Pak eye win after Younis, Shehzad slam hundreds
27 Oct 2014 4:25 AM ISTPakistan took a huge step towards victory in the first Test by taking four key Australian wickets after hundreds from Younis Khan and Ahmed Shehzad...
NYC police say hatchet attack was ‘terrorism’
27 Oct 2014 2:41 AM ISTThe hatchet-wielding man who wounded two New York City police officers, one of them critically, was a self-radicalized convert to Islam who is...
Iran hangs woman defying int’l campaign
27 Oct 2014 2:39 AM ISTIran executed on Saturday a 26-year-old woman who had spent five years on death row for the murder of a former intelligence official, defying...
Ukraine readies to vote under shadow of war
27 Oct 2014 2:33 AM ISTUkrainian leaders made final appeals to voters ahead of snap parliamentary elections on Sunday that are intended to give impetus to democratic...
Fatal virus claims its first victim in Mali
27 Oct 2014 2:32 AM ISTMali authorities on Saturday scrambled to calm fears over Ebola after the disease claimed its first victim in the African country, a contagious...
Amla-inspired Proteas rout NZ to clinch series
26 Oct 2014 5:20 AM ISTIn a see-sawing match, the Proteas initially blunted the Black Caps attack then endured a late batting collapse that restricted them to 282-9 before...
Pakistan in command despite Warner’s century
26 Oct 2014 5:18 AM ISTPakistan’s spin bowlers shared six wickets between them to take control of the first Test against Australia despite a brilliant hundred by David...
Scorsese to produce docu on Grateful Dead
26 Oct 2014 5:07 AM ISTScorsese, 71, executive produce along with Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Andrew Heller, Sanford Heller, and Rick Yorn. Longtime Grateful Dead archivist...
Cloud limits Microsoft profit dip to 13.4%
26 Oct 2014 3:56 AM ISTNet profit in the quarter dipped to $ 4.5 billion from $5.2 billion in the same period a year ago, but topped most analyst forecasts. Revenue rose...
Ton-up Younis defies Australia in 1st Test
24 Oct 2014 5:12 AM ISTThe 36-year-old right hander scored 106 for his 25th century to help Pakistan counter the fiery pace of Mitchell Johnson (3-22) after Pakistan won the...


