England crush Windies to clinch Test series
May 28th
NOTTINGHAM: England beat West Indies by nine wickets to win the second Test with more than a day to spare at Trent Bridge here on Monday and take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Set 108 for victory on the fourth day, England finished on 111 for one. England captain Andrew Strauss, who made 141 in the first innings to follow his hundred in the five-wicket first Test win at Lord’s, was out for 45 when he chipped part-time spinner Marlon Samuels to short extra-cover with his side just 19 runs short of victory.
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Laai ...Ten minste 36 killed across Syria as clashes rage
May 28th
BEIRUT: Violence raged on Monday across Syria, where at least 36 mense, most of them regime forces, were reported killed as clashes erupted in several restive provinces, monitors said. The deadly violence came even as UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Damascus to try to salvage a battered ceasefire, a day after monitors reported 90 people killed in Syria, more than a third of them in the central city of Hama. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said clashes raged in several provinces on Monday, including Idlib in the northwest and Daraa in the south, where the uprising against the regime first erupted more than 14 months ago.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...ISI Chief postpones US visit
May 28th
An army spokesman said that the visit of the Director General Inter-Services Intelligence to the US has been postponed due his pressing commitments here.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...World’s richest woman increases stakes in media group Fairfax
May 28th
Rinehart, who has a fortune of Aus$29.17 billion (US$28.48 billion) according to an annual index by Business Review Weekly, increased her holding to more than 13 percent from the 12.8 percent she bought in February. Her foray into the market — she was already Fairfax s largest shareholder — came just days after she was overlooked for a Fairfax board seat in favour of former Ernst & Young boss James Millar
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Japan’s big three car makers post strong sales
May 28th
In an impressive start to the fiscal year that runs through March, Japan s biggest car maker by volume, Toyota Motor Corp., said domestic production soared more than five-fold in April to 275,761 vehicles.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Bali bombmaker’s lawyers call for lenient sentence
May 28th
Prosecutors last week recommended a life sentence for Umar Patek, 45, accused of heading the bombmaking operation in the attacks on two nightclubs on the resort island and Jakarta church bombings on Christmas Eve in 2000. "The judges must give our client a sentence of less than 15 jaar imprisonment," Asludin Hatjani, one of Patek s lawyers, told AFP outside the court after the trial.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Singh holds talks with Myanmar president
May 28th
Manmohan Singh, who was accorded an impressive guard of honour in this new Myanmar capital, is the first Indian prime minister to visit the resource-rich country in 25 jaar. Sein is a former general who has introduced dramatic reforms in the country.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...27 killed in accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
May 28th
The incident took place in the wee hours around 1 am when the tyres of one of the mini-buses carrying a marriage party got punctured on the highway and was parked on the roadside while another bus was stationed just behind the vehicle, helping it out with the repairs, they said. The mishap occurred when a high-speeding auto lost control and rammed into the second mini bus from the rear, crushing people seated on the road between both the vehicles, police said.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Two killed as rally race car rams into crowd
May 28th
Seven others were injured when the car crashed into a crowd of 30 spectators at the race in County Cavan 50 miles northwest of Dublin, Sky News reported.
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Zara Phillips to miss Jubilee pageant
May 28th
The 31-year-old royal is skipping the boat parade on the River Thames to pursue her London Olympic dreams by making a last ditch attempt to qualify for Britain s equestrian team on her horse, High Kingdom, to compete at the sporting event, which begins in July. Zara was due to join her grandmother the queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, Duchess Catherine and Prince Harry on the royal barge – the Spirit of Chartwell – for the river procession, which is expected to include 1,000 vessels, on Sunday (03.06.12). Zara s spokesman told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper: I can confirm that Zara will be competing on the Jubilee weekend and will, therefore, not be on the royal barge. The blonde equestrian – who has previously won world and European eventing titles – was hoping to qualify for Team GB at the Badminton horse trials earlier this month but they were cancelled due to heavy rain
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Tennis: Legend Becker hails Federer
May 28th
"The guy who has changed tennis is Federer – beauty, technique, coordination and footwork," Becker said in an interview published Monday in Spanish daily El Pais. Becker said he had – at least to begin with – been less impressed with the raw, but at that stage unhoned, athleticism of Rafael Nadal, who along with Federer has defined the men s game over the past decade with 26 Grand Slam singles titles between them. Meeting the Mallorcan when Nadal was a young teen just starting out, Becker opined: "His serve was rubbish
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Bangladesh court charges JI leader over alleged 1971 genocide
May 28th
Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, was indicted on 16 charges including killing of some of the country s top professors, journalists and doctors, a state prosecutor said. "Nizami was the head of a pro-Pakistan force called Al Badr. The Al Badr men killed many intellectuals on his orders just days before the country won independence," Ghulam Arif Tipoo told AFP
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...England beat Windies by nine wickets in second Test Series
May 28th
England beat West Indies by nine wickets to win the second Test with more than a day to spare at Trent Bridge here on Monday and take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in this three-match series. England captain Andrew Strauss, who made 141 in the first innings to follow his hundred in the five-wicket first Test win at Lord s, was out for 45 when he chipped part-time spinner Marlon Samuels to short extra-cover with his side just 19 runs short of victory. But fellow left-hander Alastair Cook (43 not out) and Jonathan Trott (17 not out) completed the win
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...COAS Gen. attends concluding session of CC War Games in Kharian
May 28th
Staff Report RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Kharian, today, to attend the concluding session of the Central Command War Games. According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, these war games are being conducted as part of Azm-e-Nau series exercises
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...South Korea thrash Pakistan in Azlan Shah Cup
May 28th
Beoordelingsrapport Lahore: Pakistan suffered a humiliating defeat (4-0) from South Korea in a match of Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in IPOH, Malaysia, today (Monday). It was a forgettable day for the Green Shirts, which wasted several solid chances of scoring goals
(Nog geen klassifikasies) Laai ...Federer equals record with win, Azarenka has close shave
May 28th
PARIS: Roger Federer’s bid for a record 17th major tennis title began with another landmark on Monday, when he won his 233rd match at a grand slam event, equalling the achievement of Jimmy Connors. Federer beat German Tobias Kamke 6-2 7-5 6-3 in the first round of the French Open and can surpass American Connors’s professional-era record by continuing his progress here.
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