Sharath crashes out of Olympics

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tennis event of Olympics after Achantha Sharath Kamal meekly surrendered 1-4 to Austria's Chen Weixing in the second roundclash of the men's singles event here Wednesday.

UN appoints new Asst Secy-Gen for Legal Affairs

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Peter Taksoe-Jensen of Denmark as the new Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, the world body announcedWednesday.

Taksoe-Jensen replaces Larry Johnson of United States.

Russia condemns Pak terror strike

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the terror strike at a hospital in Pakistan's Dera-Ismail Khanin which 25 people were killed and over 50 wounded.

India urged to sign CTBT

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Vienna, Aug 20 (PTI) As the Indo-US nuclear deal goes through the motions, India was today asked to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (C.T.B.T.) by the UNorganisation overseeing this non-pro

'Human error' leads to Haywood's discreet departure

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attributed to "human error" by an immigration official the discreet departure of Ken Haywood, a US national whose internet connection was used to send terror e-mail minutesbefore Ahmedabad blasts.<

MQM backs Zardari for post of President

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Islamabad, Aug 20 (PTI) Backing Pakistan Peoples Party (P.P.P.) chief Asif Ali Zardari for the post of President, Pakistan's opposition Muttahida Quami Movement (M.Q.M.) party Wednesday said he was

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