England cricketer Cook builds lead against Pakistan

England's Alastair Cook hits out, watched by Pakistan's Kamran Akmal and Yasir Hameed (L), during their third cricket test match at the Oval in London August 20, 2010.

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Jayawardene boosts Sri Lanka against Kiwis

Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene plays a shot during the fourth One Day International (ODI) cricket match of the Micromax tri-series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the Rangiri Dambulla In…

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Pakistan seeks IMF loan restructuring after floods

Pakistani villagers carry their belongings as they wade through flood waters. The disaster-hit nation is to ask the International Monetary Fund to ease the terms of a 10-billion-dollar loan after endu…

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US investor Soros buys stake in India stock exchange

US billionaire investor George Soros (pictured) has bought a four percent stake in the Bombay Stock Exchange for almost 35 million dollars, a spokesman for the stock exchange said

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EU ban on seal goods imports in place, with exceptions

BRUSSELS: A European Union embargo on importing seal products went into effect Friday as planned though an exception was made for legal challengers to the ban, the European Commission said.

Following consultations with the EU members, the commission said the ban would not apply to the plaintiffs in a case before the European General Court.

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HSEB vice chair puts in papers

Himalayan News Service Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, August 20 Vice Chairman of Higher Secondary Education Board Prof Dr Upendra Koirala today tendered his resignation to the Ministry of Educat…

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Kim Kardashian leaks sexy new calender shots online

Agencies LOS ANGELES: Kim Kardashian has given fans an exclusive glimpse of shots from her new 2011 calendar. The reality TV star posted an image from her recent photo-shoot on the social networking …

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Mumbai struggles with record malaria outbreak

AFP MUMBAI: India has drafted in health workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres to help tackle what they said Friday is a record number of malaria cases in the country's financial capital, Mumbai. The…

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In Brief Cholera outbreak in Nepal under control, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) says a cholera outbreak that struck 1,400 people in mid-western and resulted in eight deaths – including at least five children – is now under control. The…

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SC issues stay order on Upper Tamakoshi row

RSS KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday issued a stay order in response to a writ petition filed by Arjun Kumar Karki stating that he was illegally terminated from the post of executive direc…

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