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MUMBAI: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan was on Friday named brand ambassador of the upcoming Airtel Champions League Twenty20 by the tournament's official broadcaster and commercial partner ESPN Star Sports. "I am delighted to be associated with Airtel CL T20. It is an interesting format, an international T20 tournament where only champion [...]
Sudan denies aid agencies access to Darfur camp
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudanese authorities have denied the U.N.'s humanitarian arm access to a Darfur refugee camp after an outbreak of violence, a U.N. spokesman said Friday. Kalma camp is home to around 100,000 of the more than 2.5 million people displaced by fighting in the large region of western Sudan since 2003. The Office for the [...]
Obama is Preparing to Bomb Iran.
After about two and a half years during which the danger of war between the United States and Iran was at a relatively low level, this threat is now rapidly increasing. A pattern of political and diplomatic events, military deployments, and media chatter now indicates that Anglo-American ruling circles, acting through the troubled Obama [...]
Jordan on the rise again
Success is a relative notion for the countries that comprise Planet Football. Whether it is acquiring trophies and titles, reaching the final stages of continental tournaments or establishing themselves as a force on the global stage, objectives vary from nation to nation. It is rare for aspirations to equate to simply improving performances and [...]
Key Sponsors Of Dubai Summer Surprises 2010 Hail Event’s Successful Contribution To Dubai’s Economy
Leading business entities and organizations that sponsored the thirteenth edition of Dubai Summer Surprises have said that economic activity during the summer was robust, indicating that DSS was successful in generating business across all economic sectors. The summer extravaganza concludes on August 7th. Laila Suhail, Chief Executive Officer [...]
World Cup venue to be named after Muralitharan
COLOMBO: A new cricket stadium being built for next year's World Cup will be named after the world's most successful bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, a report said on Friday. The 22,000-capacity stadium, being constructed in Pallekele in Muralitharan's home district of Kandy, is due to host three matches of the World Cup in South Asia in [...]
PIA plane catches fire; passengers remain unhurt
KARACHI: All the passengers and crewmembers were safe after a PIA’s airliner PK-302 caught fire during taxi on runway here at Jinnah International Airport on Friday morning, Geo news reported. Earlier, a loud blast was heard in an engine of PIA’s flight PK-302, a bowing commercial plane, when the airliner was preparing to take off on [...]
Pakistan search for black box into third day
ISLAMABAD: Investigators spent a third day searching Friday for the black box of a Pakistani jet that crashed into Islamabad's hills, killing all 152 people on board, officials said. The search for human remains has been called off and most bodies handed over to families for burial, police said. The Airblue passenger jet crashed in a ball [...]
Devastating rains, floods kill hundreds in KP; scores missing
PESHAWAR: The destruction being brought about by devastating floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Southern Areas is still afoot as hundreds of people have lost their lives and thousands other have been rendered homeless. Scores of people are missing, many houses, link and main bridges, link roads, tributaries have been either completely washed [...]
GAWA gears up for Commonwealth Games
The Greater Accra Weightlifting Association (GAWA) has commenced preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India, to be held later in the year. The Association would on July 23, organize a one day weightlifting championship at the Azumah Nelson Sports Complex. Saka Acquaye, Great Accra Regional Sports Development Officer said in a [...]
