Archive for January 2010
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Maria Sharapova's belated return to the Australian Open ended swiftly on Monday when the former world number one was knocked out just hours after the first grand slam of 2010 began. Belgian Kim Clijsters, back
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Pakistan's skipper Mohammad Yousuf says Australia are best Test cricket team in the world. Maybe that's not surprising coming from captain of fourth consecutive Pakistan side to be at dirty end of a three-Test series
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair will give evidence to Britain's Iraq inquiry on January 29 in a full-day session expected to be attended by relatives of war victims and anti- war groups, it was
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Andy Murray overcame pre-match nerves and some wayward serving to muscle into the second round of the Australian Open with a 6-1 6-1 6-2 demolition of South Africa's Kevin Anderson on Monday. After breezing through
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Israel and the Vatican are in talks to end a long-running dispute over the ownership and tax status of religious sites in the Holy Land, including a place revered as the location of Jesus' last
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Iran vowed Monday to take revenge on Israel and the United States for the slaying last week of a physics professor in a mysterious bomb attack, the official news agency reported. Iranian officials have blamed
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Maoist rebels blew up three mobile phone towers, destroyed railway tracks and forced shops to close during a day-long strike in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Monday, police said. The Maoist violence -
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Three Saudis linked with the al Qaeda terrorist network were killed in an explosion that took place last September outside the kingdom, a Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman said Monday. "Communicating with the relevant authorities we
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Suspected drug traffickers shot dead three policemen in Iran's volatile south-east near Pakistan, Iranian media reported on Monday. Security forces often clash with heavily-armed criminal gangs in the area. The semi-official Fars News Agency said
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The battle for Britain's crucial centrist swing voters began in earnest on Monday when the ruling Labour party and opposition Conservatives sparred over how they would raise education standards for more children. Opinion polls suggest
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