On the eve of US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke's visit to the South Asia, The Guardian newspaper has said Pakistan is the greatest foreign policy challenge for the Barack Obama administration.
A senior Pakistani diplomat told the Guardian newspaper that the youth were "third-generation British... born, raised and taught in Britain" and UK should take "responsibility". "Sometimes for our British friends the truth is bitter. We have somehow turned out to be a whipping boy, there is a long history to that," the unnamed diplomat said.
'Families look after the elderly. And these families are facing a lot of problems now.'
The British government is under increasing pressure to order an inquiry into claims that the country's security services were covertly gathering a mass of personal data from some of the world's largest Internet firms through a US spy programme.
If a day-night format is the future of Test cricket going forward, then coloured balls will certainly have a role to play, believe the guardians of the sport -- the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The ball was tried and tested for the first time in the country in a charity match in Mumbai on Tuesday in which India's international players like Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Gautam Gambhir took part and tried the coloured balls.
The Marylebone Cricket Club is all set to become one of the owners of an Indian Premier League franchise, to be sold next month at a minimum base price of US $225 million, media reports said on Thursday. The Telegraph reported that the MCC, the guardians of the laws of cricket, are in negotiations to join a consortium bidding to buy one of two IPL franchises, likely to be based in Pune, Maharashtra.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has said that if Qatar was denied hosting rights because of the weather, the next step could be snatching rights from a nation because of arbitrary and discriminatory reasons, and he was not a party to this but moving the World Cup to winter was definitely needed.
The film's director Danny Boyle had to fly down to India to warn the children's parents to stop demanding flash homes and cars.
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Former England cricket team skipper Andrew Strauss has slammed the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for their handling of Alastair Cook's dismissal as the squad's ODI captain.
It was a shot in the arm for thousands of protesting Iranians when the Guardian Council the religious body entrusted with overseeing the election in the country -- said the number of votes counted in about 50 cities exceeded the number of eligible voters there.
State television quoted Khamenei directing the Guardian Council to look into charges by Ahmadinejad's rival and pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
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Didier Drogba, who has so far scored 18 goals for Chelsea, could miss the club's game against Portsmouth because of an injured back.
A theory about players' initials is the latest among many coincidences that are being related to England's dramatic Ashes win over Australia. According to a report in leading British daily The Guardian, there is a pattern based on player's initials which decides who wins the Ashes.
Nadal claimed his second grand slam title of the year -- having won the French Open in June -- beating No. 28 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, on Sunday.
It could prove to be a major breakthrough in the protracted standoff between 44-year-old Assange and Sweden, where he is wanted in relation to a 2010 rape allegation.
There is not a single Australian in the side.
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The lawsuits allege that KPMG LLP assisted in and certified 'materially misstated financial statements', and that KPMG's international parent failed in its watchdog role and is responsible for "the severely reckless and grossly negligent acts of its agent", the report pointed out. New Century had been US's second-biggest sub prime mortgage lender that mainly served people with poor credit histories but had to file for bankruptcy in April 2007.
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Ricky Ponting's rant about England's alleged lack of respect for the spirit of the game rings hollow because Australia is the team which violates it most, said Ashes winning coach Duncan Fletcher.
England captain Alastair Cook confirmed that Anderson is yet to resume bowling and might not even be in India at the start of the first match.
Pakistan poses a 'bigger' security challenge than Afghanistan for the United States and the rest of the world, a top American diplomat has said. Christopher Dell, who currently runs the US embassy in Kabul, said Pakistani Taliban groups had formed a common front to attack North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops in Afghanistan. "Pakistan is a bigger place, has a larger population, it's nuclear-armed. It has certainly made radical Islam a part of its political life," he said.
If the UK government's help does not come soon, Indian owner Tata Motors will have to cut down its investment plans for Jaguar Land Rover with possible job losses and plant closures, a media report said.
Chelsea Football Club have condemned an incident, captured in amateur video footage in the Paris metro, that shows fans pushing a black man off a train and chanting "we're racist".
Amit Varma, who publishes the popular India Uncut blog, speaks to rediff.com about his debut novel, My Friend Sancho.
CAS orders FIFA not to extend his 90-day provisional suspension but will not be allowed to attend the Euro 2016 draw
British domestic intelligence agency M15 is facing allegations of outsourcing the torture of Pak-origin Britons to Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence, after the accused were detained during counter-terror operations in that country. Human rights groups and British Parliamenterians called for an investigation into allegations made by four such British citizens of Pakistani-origin. They also asked the British government to explain steps taken against torture.
The Trump Administration's consideration in this regard comes months after a successful meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump at the White House on June 26.
Biting opponents may be appalling but it is harmless and should not be punished as severely as a bad tackle, says controversial Barcelona striker Luis Suarez.
England captain Kevin Pietersen revealed he played the Chennai Test with a fractured rib and oozed confidence of playing the Mohali Test as well despite the injury. 'I have got a fractured rib,' Pietersen told The Guardian. 'There are no dramas. I will deal with it. I don't like injections. I will just take painkillers,' said the England skipper, insisting he would play the second and final Test in Mohali starting Friday.
Not even the guardians of the Ashes at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) museum are exactly certain what is in the urn given to England cricket captain Ivo Bligh by his future wife while on a playing tour of Australia in 1883.
McLaren's Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton can go on to match or even surpass Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles, according to new team principal Martin Whitmarsh. Whitmarsh said Hamilton, who won the title by a single point despite winning fewer races than Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa, is determined to win the title again to show that he is a worthy champion.
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