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Kaneria implicated in English spot-fix case

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Pakistan international spinner Danish Kaneria was named in court on Friday as being involved in a spot-fixing scam that led to the trial of a former English county cricketer.

Prosecutors in the case

Murdoch to launch new British Sunday tabloid

Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm is set to launch a Sun on Sunday newspaper 'very soon' it said on Friday, as the media owner reassured staff he was still committed to their work in Britain.

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Science behind ponytail shape unravelled

Physicists claim to have developed a simple equation that explains and predicts the shape of a ponytail, a finding they say could help scientists better understand natural materials such as wool and f

Osama bin Laden wanted to marry Whitney Houston and slay Bobby Brown

Osama bin Laden lusted after Whitney Houston, dreamed of marrying her and at one point even plotted to murder her husband Bobby Brown, a new book has claimed.

The incredible account of the terrorist’

Hockey pitch to turn blue for London Olympics

In order to make the game more attractive and television-friendly, the FIH is set to conduct the hockey matches of the upcoming London Olympics on blue turf in place of the traditional green, while th

Darwin was right, life began in ‘little pond’

Charles Darwin had suggested that life on earth originated on land in a “warm little pond” and not in the oceans.

Oil prices rise on Iran jitters

World oil prices rose on Wednesday amid heightened tensions between the West and major crude producer Iran, analysts said.

New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude fo

Streep stalls The Artist clean sweep at Bafta

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The French silent film, The Artist, swept the British Academy film awards on Sunday night with seven wins, including the best film, best director, best actor and original screenplay prizes.
The Artist award bandwagon was briefly halted by American actress Meryl Streep, who depicted former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron lady, a biopic on Baroness Thatcher’s life. She won the best actress Bafta.

Deaf girl: I was kept in UK cellar as sex slave

Locked in a cellar where she was allegedly raped and beaten for nearly a decade, a young deaf and mute Pakistani woman told a UK court on Tuesday how she was trafficked into Britain and forced to work

UK stabbing case: 3 Indians to appear before court on March 3

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Three Indians charged with the attempted murder of Praveen Reddy, an MBA student from Andhra Pradesh who was critically stabbed in east London last week, will appear in custody before a court here on

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.