Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek overcame a fighting Russian pair of Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva to book a semi-final berth in the US $ 600,000 WTA East West Bank Classic tournament in Los Angeles. The Indo-American pair, seeded second, pipped the Russian duo 6-3, 1-6, 10-8 in one hour and 14 minutes in the quarter-finals of the Tier II hard court event on Friday night.
The second seeds pipped the American-Russian duo of Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.
Sania Mirza scored a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Czech Eva Hrdinova to advance to the second round of the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles.
The Indo-American duo beat Janette Husarova and Michaella Krajicek 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 in the first round.
According to newly-released documents, Hussein was afraid of losing control of his country following the capture of the West Bank, home to thousands of Palestinian refugees, in the 1973 Yom Kippur War
China's Yuan Meng beat Indian 16th seed Sania Mirza 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the WTA tournament in Los Angeles.
The Representative of India in the Palestinian National Authority, Zikrur Rahman, said that the mission has been constantly in touch with all the Indian nationals living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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Paes and Damm were playing their first match in the hard court tournament after getting a bye in the first round and a walkover in the second.
The Indian lost 6-1, 7-6 to France's Virginie Razzano in the third round in Los Angeles.
The Indian ace beat qualifier Alesandra Wozniak 6-3, 6-2 to set up a second round clash with Martina Hingis.
From the political maelstrom in Washington to the humanitarian disaster in Yemen to the deadly unrest along the Israel-Gaza border, photographers captured a world in turbulent transition.
The government refused on Monday to go ahead with a listed short duration discussion on the ongoing violence in West Bank and Gaza, saying it could impact India's diplomatic ties with Israel and Palestine, both friendly countries.
The medicines were handed over to the representative of presidency by the Indian Representative to Palestine in Ramallah.
Palestinian swimmer Mary al-Atrash can't wait to make a splash at the Rio Olympics in August, but participation, rather than a podium finish, is probably the best she can hope for.
A twitter handle of the Israeli army was taken over by Internet hackers, who posted a message warning that a nuclear facility in Israel has been hit by two rockets, causing a brief torrent of panic.
Of Jerusalem's 700,000 residents, about 230,000 are Palestinians.
What the ceasefire does is to show the supporters of violence in the Kashmir valley an alternative to militancy, argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Israel, however, still retains control over Gaza's borders.
'Traditionally, the US tried to tamp down tensions whenever a crisis situation arose and deputed officials from Washington to travel to Delhi to counsel restraint.' 'This time around, no US envoy flew down to Delhi -- not even when tensions spiked and a flashpoint was reached last week,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Troops marched into two West Bank Settlements, Sanur and Homesh on Tuesday to evacuate 2000 armed extremists barricaded there.
Former Foreign Secretary Romesh Bhandari talks about his friendship with Yasser Arafat.
Israel has acceded to requests by the Palestinian Authority in this regard.
He will also order the state department to start the process of planning and building a new US embassy in Jerusalem, but White House officials said that process would take at least three years.
However, the Israeli media has pronounced him dead.
A Chicago court has ordered 3 Islamic charities to pay $156m to the parents of David Boim, a US teenager killed by Hamas in the West Bank in 1996.
The Islamic nations also sought a najor UN role in Iraq.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clinched an 11th-hour deal with a right-wing party to form a hardline coalition government that could pose a major challenge to any global initiative to break the logjam in peace talks with the Palestinians.
The move follows a devastating suicide bombing in Israel and a retaliatory air strike against Syria.
Palestinians, who protested massively along the Gaza border clashed with Israeli forces.
Women in war-torn countries battle on the front lines
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the collapse of a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, asking Israel and the Palestinians factions to reach an immediate understanding on a durable truce.
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