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World Cup venue to be named after Muralitharan
COLOMBO — A new cricket stadium being built for next year's World Cup will be named after the world's most successful bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, a report said on Friday.The 22,000-capacity stadium,…
Australia pledges expansion of fibre broadband network
SYDNEY — The Australian government Friday committed to expanding its fibre broadband Internet network to a further 300,000 homes across the vast island continent if re-elected at next month's polls.Labor Prime…
Most Pakistanis see US as an enemy: poll
WASHINGTON — A majority of Pakistanis view the United States as an enemy, oppose the US-led war in Afghanistan and are less concerned about the Taliban and Al-Qaeda than a year…
Ecuador urges meet to calm Colombia-Venezuela row
QUITO — Ecuador has called for a presidential summit of the Unasur group of South American nations to deal with the diplomatic breakdown between Bogota and Caracas over Colombian rebels allegedly…
Sharapova through, Peer out at Stanford WTA event
STANFORD, California — Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova reached the quarter-finals while Shahar Peer became the first seeded player to fall at the WTA Bank of the West Classic Thursday.Fifth…
Falla slips into LA ATP tennis quarter finals
LOS ANGELES — Colombian Alejandro Falla has rallied to beat fifth seeded Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10/8) in a marathon second round match at the 620,000 dollar ATP…
Samsung Electronics books record Q2 profit
SEOUL — Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips and flat-screen televisions, reported record second-quarter profits Friday as revived global demand pushed up memory chip prices.South Korea's largest firm…
Google says China services back up
BEIJING — Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other…
Samsung Electronics sees massive operating profit
SEOUL — South Korea's Samsung Electronics Friday reported a record second-quarter operating profit of 5.01 trillion won (4.2 billion dollars), an 88 percent rise on the same period last year.Samsung, the…
Japan's unemployment rises, output falls
TOKYO — Japan's unemployment rate ticked higher while production of automobiles and electronic gadgets slipped in June, data showed Friday, in a mixed picture for the world's second-largest economy.Unemployment rose to…
Google services blocked in China except for Gmail
WASHINGTON — Google's services in China were fully or partially blocked on Thursday with the exception of its email service, Gmail.There was no immediate explanation from Google for the disruption in…
Springbok coach faces misconduct charge
WELLINGTON — Springboks rugby coach Peter de Villiers faces a misconduct charge following his outburst suggesting a conspiracy theory to help the All Blacks ahead of next year's World Cup.A SANZAR…