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Greece adopts austerity, protests turn violent
Jun 30th
ATHENS: Greek lawmakers backed a stinging new austerity plan demanded by international creditors Wednesday, enraging protesters fighting street battles with police firing tear gas.
Lawmakers voted 155 to 138 for the hotly-disputed package to slash 28….
West propagating against Pak N-arms: AQK
Jun 29th
BERLIN: Nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan has claimed that the fear of Pakistan”s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists is being spread by the west.
In an email interview to German paper Der Spiegel, Dr. Khan said that Pakistan was forced t…
Addressing Pakistan’s Sovereignty Deficit
Jun 29th
Christine Fair writes a fairly good assessment of the Pakistan-US love-hate relationship at the German Marshall Fund of the United States to say -> The Pakistan government’s inability to provide for the security and prosperity of its own people…
Serena, Venus, Wozniacki, Petrova out of Wimbledon
Jun 28th
LONDON: Defending champion Serena Williams, five-time champion Venus Williams and top seed Caroline Wozniacki were sent crashing out of Wimbledon Monday as the women”s singles was rocked by a triple upset.
Serena, who has only recently returned f…
Asian stocks down as European debt fears rise
Jun 27th
HONG KONG: Asian stock markets mostly fell on Monday as dealers worried that Greece”s debt problems were going to infect other parts of Europe.
Markets dropped after a warning at the back end of last week from Moody”s over Italian banks” creditwort…
Serena survives scare to reach third round
Jun 23rd
LONDON: Defending champion Serena Williams survived a scare before moving into the third round at Wimbledon with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Romania”s Simona Halep on Thursday.
Serena has played only three matches since she clinched her fourth Wimbl…
Roddick eases through to Wimbledon second round
Jun 23rd
LONDON: Three-time finalist Andy Roddick eased into the second round at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 over German qualifier Andreas Beck on Tuesday. Roddick was never at his best against the gutsy Beck on Court One, but the American eighth seed’…
Murray surges into Wimbledon second round
Jun 21st
LONDON: Fourth seed Andy Murray survived a nervous start to surge into the second round at Wimbledon with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 win against Spain”s Daniel Gimeno-Traver on Monday.
Murray”s second experience of playing under the Centre Court roof …
Asian markets cautiously optimistic over Greece
Jun 20th
HONG KONG: Asian markets on Monday were cautiously optimistic after news from Europe that there could be light at the end of the tunnel for Greece”s crippling debt crisis.
After seven hours of crunch talks aimed at averting Greek default — and the p…
Euro eases amid uncertainty over Greek bailout
Jun 20th
TOKYO: The euro eased against the dollar in Asia on Monday amid uncertainty surrounding talks towards securing a eurozone bailout for bankruptcy-threatened Greece, dealers said.
The euro fell to $1.4276 in Tokyo morning trading from $1.4301 in New Yor…
