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Afridi mulls return to Tests

Karachi, Sept. 24: Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi hinted at a return to Test cricket as the team returned from what he called the “most difficult” tour of his career in England.

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30 injured after plane goes off runway in Sicily

About 30 passengers have suffered light injuries after a plane went off the runway while attempting a landing in heavy rain at Palermo airport in Sicily, the ANSA news agency reported.

Thailand might hold early 2011 elections: PM

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said that early elections could take place early in 2011 if the Opposition Red Shirts prove they can remain peaceful.

Gunmen shoot dead 2 at Pakistan mosque

Gunmen on Saturday stormed a mosque in eastern Pakistan and fired at worshippers, killing two and wounding seven others, police said.

Quietly, US military opens up to Sikhs

Growing up near the Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio, Tejdeep Singh Rattan knew he wanted to serve in uniform. When the military discouraged him, he persisted but again got a cold shoulder.

Games on but Hooper says still lot to be done

Sept. 23: Delhi authorities have made progress in fixing problems in the Commonwealth Games village and the event is expected to go ahead, the chief executive of the Games federation said on Thursday.

Israel ready for settlements 'compromise': govt official

Israel is ready to reach a "compromise agreement" on extending a partial moratorium on settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, a senior government official told AFP on Friday.

Suu Kyi can vote: Burmese officials

Burmese officials on Friday said that detained Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be entitled to vote in the upcoming election, despite earlier statements that she would be barred from taking pa

Arctic must be zone of peace, says Putin

Sept. 23: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called Thursday for “a zone of peace” in the Arctic as Russia and its Polar neighbours scramble to stake their claims to the region’s energy-rich seabed. “We th

Coach backs Zidane’s son for U-16 side

Madrid, Sept. 22: Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said on Wednesday he saw nothing wrong with France legend Zinedine Zidane’s eldest son Enzo playing for the country’s under-16 side.

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