Iran showed the discipline and organisation teams need to win major titles when they came from behind to beat arch-rivals and reigning champions Iraq 2-1 in their opening Asian Cup Group D match in Doha, on Tuesday.
President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the editorial says, have used demagoguery and fear to quell Americans demands for an end to this war.
The notes do not provide any indication of what Bush meant by including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on the list of concern over so-called weapons of mass destruction.
Equity and oil markets can breathe easy for now, as the developments in Russia are unlikely to trigger a runaway rally in crude oil prices, said analysts. India, which imports nearly 80 per cent of its crude oil requirement, has been dependent on cheap Russian oil over the past few months to keep inflation - a sore point for the equity markets - in check. For the Indian markets that are expected to remain volatile amid these developments, analysts believe, the progress of monsoon, fund flows - both foreign institutional investor (FII) and domestic - and the upcoming corporate earnings season back home remain key.
Bush said he would not have committed US troops if he had not been convinced the objective was achievable.
While there is no imminent threat to the AFC Asian Cup participation by the senior men's team in late 2023 or early 2024, some of the games slated for clubs and age-group national teams in the next few months could well be a tricky terrain.
Bernd Stange is hopeful of the 2004 Olympic qualifier against Vietnam being played.
The poll shows that 64 per cent believe the situation in Iraq is worsening despite the presence of British forces.
Voicing concern over the deteriorating situation in Iraq, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he looked forward to his summit meeting with US President Barack Obama to discuss how India and the US can build a partnership for peace, stability and prosperity in the world.
The survey has shown that 47 per cent said they trust McCain more in handling the war while 45 per cent have more faith in Obama.
India's crude oil imports are coming in from a changing mix of countries, with the top three accounting for around 60 per cent of total imports. Russia emerged as the largest source of crude oil imports for India in June, as per the latest available data from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The data which is released with a lag, showed that Russian imports accounted for 24 per cent of the total crude imports into the country.
Melbourne-born Prakash, who was linked to several Australia-based attack plans and calls for lone-wolf attacks against the US, was killed in an airstrike in Mosul.
A major Chinese telecom firm has won an over $5 million contract in post-war Iraq, despite facing "some resistance" from the US-led provincial authority, the state media reported on Tuesday.
Four Keralites recruited by job agents and taken to a US military camp in Iraq recently narrated their nine-month ordeal after managing to escape.
'We have to fight, eliminate and eradicate terrorism from J&K. India is too big a country to want any assistance from anyone.'
India's import of discounted crude oil from the Russian Federation hit an all-time high in May, with state-run refiner IOC becoming the biggest importer of Russian oil, relegating Reliance Industries to the second place, trade and shipping data show. Indian imports of Russian oil, accounting for over 46 per cent of its total crude oil imports in May, have grown after strong backing by New Delhi, with state-run refiners powering imports of discounted crude. Discounts on Russian oil average around $10 a barrel, said an official from a state-run refiner. IOC's May purchases rose by 64 per cent on the month, and accounted for half of its total crude imports last month, ship tracking data show.
Ranbir Kaur, 19, is a part-time college student from the obscure San Joaquin Valley town in California's Earlimart.
The three, hailing from Mumbai, were part of a 12-member group on a pilgrimage to the Shia holy place.
A dozen Nobel laureates have opposed the proposed US-led war against Iraq in a letter to the editor published in the Times daily.
Forty six Indian nurses initially stranded at a hospital in Tikrit and later moved to Mosul have been freed by the fighters of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Indian companies have signed contracts worth Rs 3,000 crore in Iraq. The government has been facilitating these contracts with the help of the Permanent Mission of India in New York.
Petraeus said he will recommend reducing the number of American troops in Iraq by next summer.
Despite a government ban on working in Iraq, many Indians still travel to the war-torn country to gain employment by using the UAE and Kuwait as a transit route. These workers come to the UAE on visit visas and take up menial jobs for a month to a year while waiting for agents to liaise with recruiting companies based in the UAE to get them Iraqi employment visas or entry permits, a news report said.
A media report in London said the British defence secretary gave 'misleading' evidence to a parliamentary committee on the controversial dossier.
Another group assigned with the task of disposing off chemical and biological weapons is reportedly twiddling its thumbs.
The Guardian newspaper reports that leaders of three of the insurgent groups said the armed resistance would continue till all foreign troops had left Iraqi soil and, in passing, blamed the Al Qaeda for mayhem targeting civilians
The committee adopted the measure by 12-9 vote with one Republican, Senator Chuck Hagel, breaking ranks to join the 11 Democrats on the panel in approving the resolution.
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