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Afghans expressed doubts about whether the impending surge in U.S. troops would make much of a difference in the war-torn country. "It is just a political decision taken by the Americans; it has nothing to do with us," a diner...

The chairman of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa), Arabinda Rajkhowa, and his family have been living in the capital, Dhaka. There are unconfirmed reports that Bangladeshi forces have held two more Indian rebel leaders. The Ulfa rebels have...

Virender Sehwag's brilliant 151 and his 221-run opening stand with Murali Vijay put India in command of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka, taking the hosts to 260/1 at tea on day two on Thursday. Scorecard Sehwag smashed...

Twenty-five years on, Rajwinder Sahota visits the city to find out what happened to the victims The diminutive, unkempt figure of Lechobhai huddles on the filthy stone floor in the crumbling shack that serves as her home. Days, even weeks,...

President Obama's speech evoked alarm and questions from Afghanistan about America's proposed pullout from that war-torn country, officials say. The president announced he would begin withdrawing combat troops in 18-months in a move, some speculate, that reflects U.S. fatigue with...

The guidelines provide advice to anti-doping agencies on how to implement programs to collect and store athletes' blood samples and monitor them for any variations that could indicate doping — without an actual positive test...Anti-Doping Agency is starting a program...

Brian Westbrook remains sidelined with a concussion and DeSean Jackson's status for Philadelphia's game at Atlanta is uncertain after he sustained a head injury. Westbrook will miss his third straight game after sustaining his second concussion in a three-week span...

Initially, the company would operate within Asia and Europe with four Airbus 310-300F aircraft before moving on to using Airbus 330-200F planes. Aryan will treat the Saarc countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Afghanistan) as one...

The government is all set to take a complete U-turn before the Supreme Court and will now defend the stinking NRO, which the government itself found discriminatory only recently in the the National Assemblyís Standing Committee on Law and Justice....

Raju, and the former Dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB) M...Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has filed seven cases in the special court for economic offences here, under various provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. The court summoned all...