KARACHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has
threatened to sue former Pakistan coaches Intikhab Alam and
Aaqib Javed for defamation unless they apologise for suggesting
his performance in Australia may have been linked to bookmakers.
WEST POINT, N.Y. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared on Saturday the United States cannot act alone in the world and pledged to shape a new "international order" as part of a national security strategy to seal his break with Bush-era policies.
WASHINGTON/VENICE, La. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday blamed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill on "a breakdown of responsibility" at energy giant BP Plc as he officially unveiled a commission to investigate the disaster.
MANGALORE (Reuters) - An Air India Express airliner crashed and burst into flames outside Mangalore airport in Karnataka on Saturday, killing 158 people, many thought to be Indian migrant workers returning home from Dubai.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A 13-year-old American boy on Saturday became the youngest climber to conquer Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, a climbing website said.
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan all-rounder and Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi has ended a self-imposed exile from test cricket and made himself available for this year's tour to England.
KARACHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan all-rounder and
Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi has ended a self-imposed exile
from test cricket and made himself available for this year's
tour to England.
VIRGINIA WATER, England, May 22 (Reuters) - Although James
Morrison played in England's youth cricket teams with Alastair
Cook, Ravi Bopara and Tim Bresnan, he has no regrets about
giving up cricket as a teenager for golf.
ASHGABAT (Reuters) - Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, president of Turkmenistan, Central Asia's top gas exporter, will discuss a gas pipeline to India with the Indian government next week, a Turkmen government source told Reuters on Saturday.
DUBAI (Reuters) - The black box has been recovered from an Air India Express passenger plane from Dubai that crashed on landing in Mangalore on Saturday, the United Arab Emirates' state media said.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Somdev Devvarman said his work was not yet done after becoming the first Indian to make the main men's singles draw at the French Open for 13 years.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories Inc will pay $3.72 billion to acquire the branded generics business of Piramal Healthcare, as global drugmakers look to boost their presence in emerging markets.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has detained at least four people suspected of links with a failed bid to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square, including one who worked for a catering company servicing embassies in Islamabad.
REUTERS - An Air India Express passenger plane from Dubai crashed outside an airport in southern India on Saturday, killing at least 160 people. There were reports of some survivors.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Air India said in a statement on Saturday that there were 160 passengers and 6 crew members on board the crashed flight and it was awaiting details on casualties.
