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Football: FIFA sets goal-line technology tests schedule
May 4th
First stage of testings to be held later this year and a final report to be presented to the IFAB, in July next year.
Osama bin Laden killed: Live updates
May 3rd
Osama bin Laden is dead and his body has been recovered and reportedly buried at sea by US authorities.
Bin Laden”s death lifts dollar
May 3rd
SINGAPORE: The dollar strengthened against the euro in Asian trade Tuesday as markets revelled in the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, analysts said. One euro bought $1.4818 in afternoon Asian trade compared to $1.4824 in New York on Monday. B…
Japan welcomes bin Laden death
May 2nd
TOKYO: Japan”s Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said Monday that the country welcomed the death of Osama bin Laden as “significant progress of counter-terrorism measures”, the foreign ministry said. (AFP)
Online revelry at Osama bin Laden”s death
May 2nd
SAN FRANCISCO: Word of Osama bin Laden”s death rocketed through the Internet in rapid-fire Twitter messages, Facebook updates, and YouTube video clips. The number of terse text message “tweets” at Twitter topped 4,000 per second while US President Bar…
Motorcycling: Pedrosa wins Portuguese GP
May 2nd
Dani Pedrosa swept past world champion and pole-setter Jorge Lorenzo with three laps to go to claim his debut win.
Wozniacki, Sharapova off the mark in Madrid
May 2nd
World number one beats Japan’s Morita in straight sets.
Balochistan: Smuggler’s paradise
May 1st
The people of Chaman don’t like gardens. They like smuggling.
Blood Bank: MQM, Japanese Consulate join hands
May 1st
Government of Japan donates blood screening machines worth Re20 million, will screen 95 blood tests free of charge.
Are Kurmi Shias pushed to the brink?
May 1st
By Dr Ghayur Ayub
On the map of Pakistan, the Kurram agency resembles the closed beak of a bird pecking its way into Afghanistan. The Himalaya mountains close off the valley from the north, south, and west, leaving an opening at the east for the Tal-Pa…
