Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday congratulated the national hockey team on defeating India and winning a bronze medal in Champions Trophy. The Chief Minister termed the success against India as the result of

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Pakistan won their first Champions Trophy medal since 2004 on Sunday, beating India 3-2 in the bronze medal play-off, depriving their arch-rivals of their first medal in more than 30 years. Pakistani champion Shakeel Abbasi

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Australia went some way to erasing the pain of their London Olympics flop by winning a record fifth consecutive Champions Trophy in a 2-1 extra-time victory over the Netherlands on Sunday. An early Dutch goal

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Russia failed to put a communications satellite into designated orbit Sunday, in the latest setback for the once-pioneering space industry, officials said. The latest mishap is believed to be linked to a malfunction in the

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Russia's foreign minister urged parliament on Sunday to agree a tough response to a US law punishing Russian human rights violators, increasing the risk of a chill in relations with Washington. Moscow announced restrictions on

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Leaders of the rival Palestinian movements Hamas and Fatah on Sunday called for fresh attempts to cement a reconciliation process that has been stalled for more than a year. In Gaza, the exiled head of

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A Russia-led proposal calling for sweeping new governmental powers to regulate cyberspace could enable countries to block some Web locations and wrest control of allotting Internet addresses from a US-based body. The proposal, co-signed by

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Italy was preparing prepared for early elections Sunday after Prime Minister Mario Monti said he would soon resign and Silvio Berlusconi announced he would run for the top job for the sixth time in two

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Sectarian clashes linked to the 21-month conflict in Syria killed six people and wounded 40 in neighbouring Lebanon on Sunday, a security official said. The latest fighting in the northern city of Tripoli between Sunni

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Qatar called at an Arab League ministerial meeting Sunday for a rethink of an Arab offer of normal ties with Israel in return for its pullout from occupied land and branded the international Quartet a

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